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887062

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the security of HMRC’s practice of returning important personal documents including (a) passports and (b) birth certificates by standard post.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC monitors the security of all its operational activity on a continuing basis.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/04/2018 16:32:51 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

887107

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Buildings: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve disabled access to public buildings through the tax system.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	136672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to combatting all types of discrimination in the workplace and wider society.</p><p> </p><p>Many public-sector bodies are exempt from corporation tax and can either reclaim VAT on their purchases or are funded to cover their VAT liabilities. Therefore, they could not be incentivised through tax reliefs to invest further in accessibility to public buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Act 2010 requires all companies and organisations to make reasonable adjustments to remove the barriers faced by the disabled to ensure they have access to the same services as someone who is not disabled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 12:53:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

887108

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Charities: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support charities undertaking building works through the tax system.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	136673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vitally important work the charity sector does in the UK, which is why we currently provide tax relief to charities and donors worth over £5 billion per year. This includes over £1.3 billion for Gift Aid alone and a zero rate of VAT for the construction of buildings used for relevant charitable purposes. The zero rate means that charities do not pay tax on the construction of new buildings or services closely connected to the construction of a new building.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 12:51:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

887133

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of HMRC's local measure of child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	136698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given on 8 March 2018 in response to question 130804.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/04/2018 12:34:01 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

887158

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2018 to Question 135389 on Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties, how much Vehicle Excise Duty was collected, in each vehicle class, from vehicles registered in (a) Bury North constituency (b) Bury and (c) North West in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	136722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is collected nationwide. There is no official methodology to identify the VED collected in specific areas.</p><p> </p><p>The government publishes data on vehicle registrations by postcode and region. The latest vehicle licensing statistics were published on 12 April 2018 and are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/vehicle-licensing-statistics-july-to-september-2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/04/2018 09:03:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

887175

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued to HMRC on handling cases where people have been defrauded out of tax repayments by companies claiming to represent them.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	136739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has a strong track record in tackling avoidance, fraud and evasion and non-compliance in the system. Since 2010, HMRC compliance activity has brought in more than £175 billion which would otherwise have gone unpaid.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC take all reports of non-compliance with the tax system seriously, including identity hijacking, and will investigate fully any allegations of wrongdoing brought to its attention.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is suspected potential tax fraud, HMRC has the powers and capability to criminally investigate, and will not hesitate to do so. HMRC regularly work with the police to ensure cases are investigated appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is bound by The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime. The Code requires HMRC to help victims of fraud where HMRC is carrying out a criminal investigation into the crime, or has accepted responsibility for making a decision to prosecute the crime. Matters relating to theft and fraud that are outside HMRC’s remit would be subject to Police investigation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also have a vulnerable customer policy to support customers who are the victims of fraud in certain circumstances. This policy ensures that vulnerable customers are treated with care, sensitivity and given the extra support they might need to manage their tax and benefit affairs. Each case is determined on its own individual facts.</p><p> </p><p>In cases of identity theft, where, for example, a tax repayment is fraudulently claimed without a taxpayer’s knowledge, HMRC would not take action against the taxpayer whose identity was stolen, as both the taxpayer and HMRC would be the victims of fraud.</p><p>HMRC is not able to estimate the amount spent on tackling this particular type of compliance activity because compliance teams work across a number of compliance risks at any one time.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not made any estimate of the value of tax refund fraud in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of ministerial discussions are not routinely disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136741 136742 136743 136744 136746 136747 136748 136749 question first answered 25/04/2018 13:39:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

887177

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) HMRC and (b) his Department has spent on tackling companies that defraud thier clients in cases of tax refunds in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	136741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has a strong track record in tackling avoidance, fraud and evasion and non-compliance in the system. Since 2010, HMRC compliance activity has brought in more than £175 billion which would otherwise have gone unpaid.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC take all reports of non-compliance with the tax system seriously, including identity hijacking, and will investigate fully any allegations of wrongdoing brought to its attention.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is suspected potential tax fraud, HMRC has the powers and capability to criminally investigate, and will not hesitate to do so. HMRC regularly work with the police to ensure cases are investigated appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is bound by The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime. The Code requires HMRC to help victims of fraud where HMRC is carrying out a criminal investigation into the crime, or has accepted responsibility for making a decision to prosecute the crime. Matters relating to theft and fraud that are outside HMRC’s remit would be subject to Police investigation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also have a vulnerable customer policy to support customers who are the victims of fraud in certain circumstances. This policy ensures that vulnerable customers are treated with care, sensitivity and given the extra support they might need to manage their tax and benefit affairs. Each case is determined on its own individual facts.</p><p> </p><p>In cases of identity theft, where, for example, a tax repayment is fraudulently claimed without a taxpayer’s knowledge, HMRC would not take action against the taxpayer whose identity was stolen, as both the taxpayer and HMRC would be the victims of fraud.</p><p>HMRC is not able to estimate the amount spent on tackling this particular type of compliance activity because compliance teams work across a number of compliance risks at any one time.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not made any estimate of the value of tax refund fraud in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of ministerial discussions are not routinely disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136739 136742 136743 136744 136746 136747 136748 136749 question first answered 25/04/2018 13:39:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

887178

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC has taken to pursue (a) individuals and (b) companies who have defrauded people they represent out of tax refunds in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	136742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has a strong track record in tackling avoidance, fraud and evasion and non-compliance in the system. Since 2010, HMRC compliance activity has brought in more than £175 billion which would otherwise have gone unpaid.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC take all reports of non-compliance with the tax system seriously, including identity hijacking, and will investigate fully any allegations of wrongdoing brought to its attention.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is suspected potential tax fraud, HMRC has the powers and capability to criminally investigate, and will not hesitate to do so. HMRC regularly work with the police to ensure cases are investigated appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is bound by The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime. The Code requires HMRC to help victims of fraud where HMRC is carrying out a criminal investigation into the crime, or has accepted responsibility for making a decision to prosecute the crime. Matters relating to theft and fraud that are outside HMRC’s remit would be subject to Police investigation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also have a vulnerable customer policy to support customers who are the victims of fraud in certain circumstances. This policy ensures that vulnerable customers are treated with care, sensitivity and given the extra support they might need to manage their tax and benefit affairs. Each case is determined on its own individual facts.</p><p> </p><p>In cases of identity theft, where, for example, a tax repayment is fraudulently claimed without a taxpayer’s knowledge, HMRC would not take action against the taxpayer whose identity was stolen, as both the taxpayer and HMRC would be the victims of fraud.</p><p>HMRC is not able to estimate the amount spent on tackling this particular type of compliance activity because compliance teams work across a number of compliance risks at any one time.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not made any estimate of the value of tax refund fraud in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of ministerial discussions are not routinely disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136739 136741 136743 136744 136746 136747 136748 136749 question first answered 25/04/2018 13:39:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

887179

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fraud
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 value of tax refund fraud in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	136743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has a strong track record in tackling avoidance, fraud and evasion and non-compliance in the system. Since 2010, HMRC compliance activity has brought in more than £175 billion which would otherwise have gone unpaid.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC take all reports of non-compliance with the tax system seriously, including identity hijacking, and will investigate fully any allegations of wrongdoing brought to its attention.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is suspected potential tax fraud, HMRC has the powers and capability to criminally investigate, and will not hesitate to do so. HMRC regularly work with the police to ensure cases are investigated appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is bound by The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime. The Code requires HMRC to help victims of fraud where HMRC is carrying out a criminal investigation into the crime, or has accepted responsibility for making a decision to prosecute the crime. Matters relating to theft and fraud that are outside HMRC’s remit would be subject to Police investigation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also have a vulnerable customer policy to support customers who are the victims of fraud in certain circumstances. This policy ensures that vulnerable customers are treated with care, sensitivity and given the extra support they might need to manage their tax and benefit affairs. Each case is determined on its own individual facts.</p><p> </p><p>In cases of identity theft, where, for example, a tax repayment is fraudulently claimed without a taxpayer’s knowledge, HMRC would not take action against the taxpayer whose identity was stolen, as both the taxpayer and HMRC would be the victims of fraud.</p><p>HMRC is not able to estimate the amount spent on tackling this particular type of compliance activity because compliance teams work across a number of compliance risks at any one time.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not made any estimate of the value of tax refund fraud in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of ministerial discussions are not routinely disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136739 136741 136742 136744 136746 136747 136748 136749 question first answered 25/04/2018 13:39:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

887180

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what HMRC's policy is when it is notified of a company allegedly acting fraudulently on behalf of a taxpayer applying for a tax refund.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	136744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has a strong track record in tackling avoidance, fraud and evasion and non-compliance in the system. Since 2010, HMRC compliance activity has brought in more than £175 billion which would otherwise have gone unpaid.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC take all reports of non-compliance with the tax system seriously, including identity hijacking, and will investigate fully any allegations of wrongdoing brought to its attention.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is suspected potential tax fraud, HMRC has the powers and capability to criminally investigate, and will not hesitate to do so. HMRC regularly work with the police to ensure cases are investigated appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is bound by The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime. The Code requires HMRC to help victims of fraud where HMRC is carrying out a criminal investigation into the crime, or has accepted responsibility for making a decision to prosecute the crime. Matters relating to theft and fraud that are outside HMRC’s remit would be subject to Police investigation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also have a vulnerable customer policy to support customers who are the victims of fraud in certain circumstances. This policy ensures that vulnerable customers are treated with care, sensitivity and given the extra support they might need to manage their tax and benefit affairs. Each case is determined on its own individual facts.</p><p> </p><p>In cases of identity theft, where, for example, a tax repayment is fraudulently claimed without a taxpayer’s knowledge, HMRC would not take action against the taxpayer whose identity was stolen, as both the taxpayer and HMRC would be the victims of fraud.</p><p>HMRC is not able to estimate the amount spent on tackling this particular type of compliance activity because compliance teams work across a number of compliance risks at any one time.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not made any estimate of the value of tax refund fraud in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of ministerial discussions are not routinely disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136739 136741 136742 136743 136746 136747 136748 136749 question first answered 25/04/2018 13:39:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray