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1177209

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 13 December 2017 (HL3799), what estimate they have made of the number of people aged (1) 50–59, (2) 60–69, (3) 70–79, (4) 80–89, and (5) 90 or over, who own ISAs; and for each age group, what is the monetary value of the average holding.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2020 answer text <p>The number of people in the age bands (1) 50–59, (2) 60–69, (3) 70–79, (4) 80–89, and (5) 90 or over, who own ISAs; and the average holding is set out in the table below for the most recent year for which we have data (2016/2017):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>ISA Holders (16/17)</p></td><td><p>Numbers: thousands</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>Total Number of ISA holders</p></td><td><p>Average ISA Market Values</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50-59</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td><p>£26,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>60-69</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td><td><p>£41,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>70-79</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>£47,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>80-89</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>£48,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>90 and over</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>£51,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total<sub>1</sub></p></td><td><p>21,200</p></td><td><p>£27,600</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Footnotes</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>1</sup> Total is for all ages, including those not shown in the table.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This table is based on information used in HMRC Individual Savings Account (ISA) statistics, which is available on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 21/02/2020 13:20:21 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1177317

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure free access to cash for people in rural communities.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	John Nicolson
uin	14733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has launched the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group – bringing together the Payment Systems Regulator, Financial Conduct Authority, and Bank of England – to ensure comprehensive oversight of the overall cash infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>Industry has a key role to play. LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s largest ATM network, has committed to protect remote free-to-use ATMs one kilometre or further from the next nearest free-to-use ATM or Post Office counter. LINK has also provided funding to allow local communities to request new free-to-use ATMs. The Payment Systems Regulator has used its powers to hold LINK to account over its commitments to preserve the broad geographic spread of ATMs.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 18:03:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4415 label Biography information for John Nicolson

1177348

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Dementia: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of increased funding for dementia care in Budget 2020.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	14746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>At the 2019 Spending Review, the Government provided an additional £1bn funding for social care in 2020-21. In addition the Government has committed to urgently seek a cross-party consensus to bring forward proposals and legislation for long-term reform of adult social care. In line with successive administrations, the details of Ministerial discussions are not normally discussed.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 17/02/2020 13:00:50 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1177354

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that policies to tackle disguised employment do not adversely affect genuine contractors.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	14749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Government policies to tackle disguised employment only apply to individuals who are working like employees under the current employment status tests. They do not apply to the self-employed or stop anyone working through their own company.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are committed to working with organisations to ensure changes to the rules are introduced correctly. This includes:</p><ul><li>An enhanced version of the Check Employment Status for Tax tool</li><li>Webinars for tax agents</li><li>Online guidance</li><li>Targeted communications for organisations affected.</li></ul> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/02/2020 10:55:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1177355

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that policies on tackling disguised employment do not encourage the contracting of work to overseas or foreign contractors where HMRC has more limited powers.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	14750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Government policies to tackle disguised employment only apply to individuals who are working like employees under the current employment status tests. They do not apply to the self-employed or stop anyone working through their own company.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/02/2020 10:56:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1177368

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: St Albans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment he undertook on the effect of the closure of the St Albans regional VOA branch on local businesses' ability to challenge or appeal valuations, prior to the closure of that office.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	14759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Check, Challenge, Appeal system was introduced in 2017 to improve and modernise the business rates appeal process. It is a digital system which enables ratepayers to submit Checks and Challenges to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) at a time and from a location which is best for them. Technology changes and greater access to data have fundamentally altered the way the VOA works and this has reduced the need to be based in specific locations. Checks and Challenges are handled by the most appropriate teams and specialists, regardless of where they are physically located. Businesses needing to make a Check or Challenge are not disadvantaged by the closure of any VOA office.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Valuation Tribunal Service is responsible for appeals.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/02/2020 14:19:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1177372

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working: Offshore Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of proposed changes to IR35 rules from April 2020 on trends in the level of employment in the oil and gas sector in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	14763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (commonly known as IR35) are designed to ensure that an individual who works like an employee, but through their own limited company, pays broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions as other employees. The rules do not apply to the self-employed or stop anyone working through their own company.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published in July 2019 sets out HMRC’s assessment that the reform to the off-payroll working rules is expected to affect 170,000 individuals; this is a UK-wide figure. The TIIN can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/02/2020 14:08:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1177373

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Offshore Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department’s (a) anti-fraud and (b) anti-money laundering procedures monitor (i) payments by his Department to offshore accounts and (ii) the use of offshore accounts by his Department's (A) suppliers and (B) senior staff.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	14764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department has extensive anti-fraud and anti-money laundering procedures in making payments including verifying the identity of suppliers and staff, and the validity of payment details.</p><p> </p><p>All suppliers and public office holders are expected to comply with the law as it applies to offshore banking activity.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Civil Servants also uphold the standards of conduct as set out in the Ministerial and Civil Service Code respectively, as well as the seven principles of public life.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 18:05:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1177374

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Offshore Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) members of his departmental Board and (b) senior executives in his Department are required to disclose offshore bank accounts and holdings.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	14765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The departmental Board and Senior Executives are not required to disclose offshore bank accounts and holdings.</p><p> </p><p>All public office holders are expected to comply with the law as it applies to offshore banking activity.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Civil Servants must also uphold the standards of conduct as set out in the Ministerial and Civil Service Code respectively, as well as the 7 principles of public life.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 18:07:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1177375

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Offshore Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money his Department paid into offshore bank accounts in the financial year 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	14766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>In 2018-19 the Department made £2m of foreign payments to suppliers, all of which were made to the countries where the suppliers have operations.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018-19 the Department made £13k of foreign salary payments, all of which were made to the countries where the employees were resident in at the time.</p><p> </p><p>All suppliers and public office holders are expected to comply with the law as it applies to offshore banking activity.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Civil Servants also uphold the standards of conduct as set out in the Ministerial and Civil Service Code respectively, as well as the seven principles of public life.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 18:06:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq