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917162

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Students: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to The Guardian article entitled Revealed: the developers cashing in on privatisation of student housing, published on 27 May 2018, what his Department's policy is on private providers of student accommodation using offshore companies to minimise their tax liability, and whether his Department is taking steps to limit that practice.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	149630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Like UK companies non-resident companies pay tax on their rental income from UK properties. There are commercial reasons for UK property being held through non-UK resident companies. However, the government has taken action to remove the tax advantages available from holding UK property through offshore companies. This action includes:</p><ul><li><p>making sure that offshore property developers are taxed on the profits they make from developing UK land;</p></li><li><p>from April 2019 taxing non-residents on all the gains they make from UK land and buildings;</p></li><li><p>and from April 2020, moving the taxation of rental income received by offshore companies from income tax to corporation tax will ensure that the same tax rules and tax rates will apply to property income no matter where the company is resident.</p><p>This action will raise significant tax revenue, and will ensure a fairer system for taxing income and gains on UK property.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/06/2018 10:33:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

917163

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Students: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the tax liabilities of (a) private companies and (b) overseas investors that collect rental income from student accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	149631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>HMRC collects and holds information on income from property, including rental income, from companies, partnerships and individuals through company and self-assessment tax returns. However, information provided in tax returns is not detailed enough to isolate and identify rental income from student accommodation from other types of property income. Therefore it is not possible to identify businesses that collect rental income from student accommodation, or to make an estimate of their tax liabilities arising from such activities.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/06/2018 10:59:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384521

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	3483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Holdings of real estate are assessed as either being required to deliver departmental functions (forming the Core estate) or surplus to this requirement (Non-Core). There is no system for classifying frequency of use. The government's top priority for surplus holdings is to reduce property costs by exiting leasehold agreements, selling freeholds or by sub-letting to external tenants. We have a portal - Find Me Some Government Space (https://www.gov.uk/find-government-property) – for more efficient marketing of surplus land and buildings. This is searchable by developers, community groups and the general public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is considered not to be in the public interest to disclose real estate valuation reports, as this information can be commercially sensitive and any disclosure could adversely affect the Government’s future ability to negotiate efficiencies and achieve value for money to the taxpayer. However, the value of HM Treasury’s land and buildings is available in its annual report and accounts, which is accessible on www.gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 30/06/2015 14:07:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

383780

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which buildings occupied by his Department are owned or part-owned privately; what the total value is of the rent paid to private landlords for the use of such buildings for official duties; and to whom such rent is paid.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	3111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury rents space in three buildings: Rosebery Court, Norwich; Eastcheap Court, London and Melville Crescent, Edinburgh. In each case, the space is rented from other Government departments: Cabinet Office, Debt Management Office and Scotland Office respectively. HM Treasury pays a service charge for each of these occupations, which include rent, rates and maintenance. The below amounts were spent on occupation for the 2014/15 financial year:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Rosebery Court: £188,911.03;</p><p> </p><p>Eastcheap Court: £127,379.20; and</p><p> </p><p>Melville Crescent: £12,112.57.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/06/2015 16:06:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

381380

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mothers with more than two children currently receive child benefit in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Tameside local authority area and (c) Stockport local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	2786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>To provide an answer would come at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/06/2015 13:10:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

157031

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Securities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Annex to the communiqué published following the G20 Summit in Brisbane in November 2014, what steps the Government is taking to implement the call for the inclusion of strengthened collective action and pari passu clauses in international sovereign bonds and for their use to be actively promoted by the international community and private sector.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	215372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government strongly supports the promotion of strengthened collective action and pari passu clauses in international sovereign bonds, and has called on the International Monetary Fund to take an active role in doing so. The Government hopes that the text in the G20 Communiqué will lend momentum to this process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2014 16:25:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

156587

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Vulture Funds: Argentina
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 17 November 2014, Official Report, column 49, what workarounds the Government is proposing so that Argentina can avoid technical default without paying vulture funds in full.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	215171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Securing the resolution of its sovereign debts is a matter for the government of Argentina. We encourage Argentina and its creditors to work towards a negotiated resolution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to actively engage in ongoing discussions to improve the operation of sovereign debt restructurings in international fora, including supporting the International Monetary Fund’s work on the contractual framework that has proposed new measures to reduce the power of holdout creditors in future debt restructurings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/11/2014 17:44:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne