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994511

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	183820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/11/2018 14:37:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

994586

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Annuities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the trivial commutation and small pots rules to enable more people to access their annuities as a lump sum.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	183913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The small pots and trivial commutation rules are permissive sets of tax rules which pre-date the pension freedoms reforms introduced in 2015. The rules may allow an individual to access their pension as a lump sum if they are at least 55 years old, or retiring at an earlier age because of ill-health, and the value of the payment does not exceed £10,000 for small pots, or £30,000 for trivial commutation. The rules limit what arrangements can be accessed in this way.</p><p> </p><p>As the regulations are permissive, there is no obligation on providers to offer small pot lump sums to consumers. The Government has no plans at present to amend existing legislation to require insurers to commute annuities in payment.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 183914 question first answered 31/10/2018 10:39:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

994587

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Annuities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the trivial commutation and small pots rules to require insurers to commute annuities into lump sum payments for consumers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	183914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The small pots and trivial commutation rules are permissive sets of tax rules which pre-date the pension freedoms reforms introduced in 2015. The rules may allow an individual to access their pension as a lump sum if they are at least 55 years old, or retiring at an earlier age because of ill-health, and the value of the payment does not exceed £10,000 for small pots, or £30,000 for trivial commutation. The rules limit what arrangements can be accessed in this way.</p><p> </p><p>As the regulations are permissive, there is no obligation on providers to offer small pot lump sums to consumers. The Government has no plans at present to amend existing legislation to require insurers to commute annuities in payment.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 183913 question first answered 31/10/2018 10:39:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

994625

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the removal of VAT on digital (a) books, (b) magazines and (c) newspapers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	183973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer discusses a range of issues with Cabinet colleagues, including VAT.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/11/2018 17:35:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

994665

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proposed time frame is to reduce the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals to £2.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	183992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>As announced at Budget the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals will be reduced to £2 from 1 October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport intend to lay the draft regulations before Parliament, for the usual process of approval, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/11/2018 14:41:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

994691

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Borders: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that all 12 of the critical IT systems required at the border are ready in the event that the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019 without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	183938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>All of the 12 critical IT systems are subject to close scrutiny within departments, alongside scrutiny by the Border Delivery Group and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority where applicable.</p><p> </p><p>For programmes where there are delivery risks, departments have mitigation plans to address the risks, and have ensured there are appropriate contingency plans in place.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/11/2018 17:29:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

994007

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 11 May 2018 to Question 141715 on Taxation: Self-Assessment, how many of the 746,000 self-assessment tax returns that were outstanding and filed after 31 January 2018 were estimated not to have been liable to pay a fine.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	183284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC automatically applies a penalty or fine on any self-assessment return that is submitted late. Customers can object or appeal against a penalty levied for late submission. If HMRC accept the explanation for the late return the penalty will be cancelled.</p><p>HMRC does not have an estimate of how many customers appealed or objected, or how many penalties or fines were cancelled.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/10/2018 11:00:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

994104

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for each (a) government department and (b) non-departmental public body how much additional funding to support EU-exit related activity in (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-20 has been (A) bid for and (B) allocated; and whether his Department plans to invite further such bids for such funding in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	183244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>At the Autumn Budget 2017, the Government committed an additional £3 billion over 2018/19 and 2019/20 to help departments and non-departmental public bodies prepare for the UK’s exit from the EU. As part of the bidding process, non-departmental bodies bid through central departments.</p><p> </p><p>The final allocations for 2018/19 were announced at Spring Statement 2018, with just over £1.5bn allocated to departments and non-departmental public bodies. A full breakdown of allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is discussing EU Exit preparations for 2019/20 with departments and allocations will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/10/2018 11:57:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

994139

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the details of arrangements for clearing goods quickly through UK ports after 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	183208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Government ministers and officials have been engaging extensively with key UK ports to discuss the challenges that the introduction of customs declarations would pose Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) port environment as well as potential mitigations for Day 1of a ‘no deal’.</p><p>We have also begun communicating targeted technical delivery critical messages and actions to groups of impacted stakeholders and businesses, for example on RoRo, Excise and VAT software, through our technical notices. By the end of the year, HMRC will provide more information on what people can do should they wish to make preparations and when they should do this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/11/2018 17:33:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

994143

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers are paying the apprenticeship levy; and how many levy payers there are in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	183266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of businesses paying the Apprenticeship Levy is not available. HMRC collects data on a Pay As You Earn (PAYE) scheme basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/10/2018 11:54:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden