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1663029

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to mitigate the risks of a major (a) IT failure and (b) security breach.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	200883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>HMRC continually upgrades IT systems as part of ongoing maintenance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has 24/7 support operation in place with established processes for early identification of incidents and respond to these appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>Customer data is subject to high levels of protection and HMRC takes data protection seriously.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2023 11:35:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1663187

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to help reduce the risk of a (a) major IT failure and (b) security breach.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	201041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>HMRC continually upgrades IT systems as part of ongoing maintenance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has 24/7 support operation in place with established processes for early identification of incidents and respond to these appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>Customer data is subject to high levels of protection and HMRC takes data protection seriously.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2023 12:15:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1663204

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett Consequential for Northern Ireland will be as a result of the 6.5% pay increase for teachers in England.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	201058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s pay recommendations for the 2023/24 teacher pay award in England in full. We are reprioritising from within the Department for Education’s existing budget to deliver the additional funding to schools in England for the costs of the pay award over 3.5%.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) receives funding through the Barnett formula when UK Government departmental DEL budgets change. As there is no change to the Department for Education’s DEL budget associated with this announcement, there are no associated Barnett consequentials. Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland would already have resulted from the Department for Education’s initial budget settlement at Spending Review 2021 (SR21).</p><p /><p>The devolved administrations are well funded to deliver all their devolved responsibilities. SR21 set the largest annual block grants for the devolved administrations, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since the Devolution Acts. This provided on average £15 billion per year for the NIE. The NIE continues to receive at least 20% more funding per head than the UK Government spends on the same things in the rest of the UK.</p><p /><p>A full breakdown of changes to devolved administrations’ block grants, including Barnett consequentials, is set out in the published Block Grant Transparency document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/10/2023 08:34:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1663405

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	No-interest Loans Scheme: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans that the pilot No Interest Loan Scheme will be launched in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	201259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>At Budget 2021, HM Treasury announced £3.8 million of funding to pilot a No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS), designed to help vulnerable consumers across all four nations of the UK who would benefit from affordable credit to meet unexpected costs.</p><p>This pilot is being run by Fair4AllFinance, in conjunction with their partners. It is HM Treasury’s clear expectation that they shall launch a pilot site in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 18/10/2023 11:32:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1663539

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of administrative changes to IR35 in 2021 on the extent to which domestic contractors are able to secure short-term contracts from UK clients.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	201393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees but through their own company pay broadly the same income tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) as those who are directly employed.</p><p>The government and HMRC remain committed to understanding the impacts of changes made to the rules in April 2021, and have published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/short-term-effects-of-the-2021-off-payroll-working-rules-reform-for-private-and-voluntary-sector-organisations" target="_blank">external research</a> and HMRC’s own <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impacts-of-the-2021-off-payroll-working-rules-reform-in-the-private-and-voluntary-sectors/impacts-of-the-off-payroll-working-rules-reform-in-the-private-and-voluntary-sectors" target="_blank">internal analysis</a> on the short-term impacts of the reforms.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2023 11:34:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1663642

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the allocation to Northern Ireland will be from Wave 3 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	201496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>At Spending Review 2021, funding was allocated for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund to the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Barnett formula was applied.</p><p> </p><p>At spending reviews, the Barnett formula is applied to changes in each UK government department’s DEL budget with the Barnett consequentials that arise then added to the devolved administrations’ baseline block grants. Because the Barnett formula is not applied to changes in funding for all the individual programmes within a UK government department’s DEL budget, the Barnett consequentials associated with these individual programmes, such as the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, cannot be identified.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Chancellor announced £6 billion of funding to go towards energy efficiency policies in the next Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p>All decisions on devolved administration funding beyond the current Spending Review period will be taken at future Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/10/2023 08:40:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1663645

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the levels of (a) Marriage and (b) Married Couple's Allowance ahead of the Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mark Logan
uin	201499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Marriage Allowance (MA) in April 2015 to recognise marriage and civil partnerships in the tax system. It allows a spouse or civil partner to transfer 10 per cent of their Personal Allowance (PA) if their partner is a basic rate taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Chancellor announced that the PA would be maintained at 2021-22 levels up to and including 2027-28. The transferable tax allowance of £1,260 provided through the MA is therefore due to remain at its current level until 2027-28.</p><p> </p><p>The Married Couple’s Allowance, which is available to those born before 6 April 1935, was uprated to be valued between £4,010 and £10,375 in 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>As with all elements of income tax, the Government keeps this under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2023 13:43:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4815 label Biography information for Mark Logan

1663866

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Health Services and Social Services: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much accrued to the Exchequer from VAT on health and social care training in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Somerset
tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
uin	201719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Businesses are not required to provide figures at a product level within their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive administrative burden.</p><p>The information requested is therefore not available.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2023 13:45:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1664037

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Personnel Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the efficiency of the Respect at Work programme in HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	201890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text HMRC published an independent review about what it’s like to work at HMRC, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrcs-respect-at-work-review" target="_blank">Respect at Work Review</a> in 2019. The review made a series of recommendations that HMRC implemented including significant changes to departmental policy, processes and practice.<p> </p>The programme closed at the end of March 2023 and ongoing work was absorbed into business as usual. As reported (on page 50) of <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1179615/HMRC_annual_report_and_accounts_2022_to_2023.pdf" target="_blank">HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts</a> HMRC’s activities in 2022-23 included ‘delivering the remaining aspects of the Respect at Work Programme’. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2023 13:54:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1664207

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for Tax Simplification's (OTS) evaluation paper on the High Income Child Benefit Charge, whether steps have been taken to progress recommendations relating to the high income child benefit charge made in the OTS's 2019 Life Events review.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	202060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government was grateful to the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) for their suggestions for how the individual’s experience of Child Benefit and the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) could be improved.</p><p> </p><p>The OTS acknowledged that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has made progress following their ‘Simplifying everyday tax for smaller businesses’ and the ‘Life events review: simplifying tax for individuals’ reports from 2019. This has included improving the Child Benefit form to ensure that it is clear that the form should be completed, even where the parents may wish to opt out of getting Child Benefit payments. HMRC has also undertaken customer research to explore Child Benefit claimants’ understanding of HICBC, benefits of claiming and the reasons why some do not make a claim.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has taken considerable steps to raise awareness of the HICBC. It currently shares information via social media, through third parties such as websites aimed at parents or families, and on GOV.UK. HMRC writes to around 70,000 customers each year to remind them what they need to do to pay the HICBC.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are also delivering on the Government’s commitment, made in July 2023, to enable employed individuals to pay the HICBC through their tax code, removing the need to register for Self Assessment. This will make the process of paying the charge simpler for individuals who become liable to the charge, reaffirming the Government’s commitment to a simpler and fairer tax system. The Government will provide further detail in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government recognises concerns that some eligible parents who have not claimed Child Benefit could miss out on their future entitlement to a full State Pension. This is why at Tax Administration and Maintenance Day on 28 April 2023, the Government announced that it will address this issue to enable affected parents to receive a National Insurance credit retrospectively. Further details of next steps will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The OTS’ findings continue to inform HMRC’s ongoing work</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2023 13:42:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day