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1696219

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact that changes in the national (a) living and (b) minimum wage commencing on 1 April 2024 will have on staffing costs in his Department; and how many staff in his Department will receive a pay uplift as a result of those changes.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>All HM Treasury staff are paid above the National Living Wage. The changes that take effect on 1 April 2024 will therefore have no impact on staffing costs to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 20/03/2024 17:54:41 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1696232

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to financially support short term holiday let operators when the Furnished Holiday Let tax scheme is ended.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	18650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has announced that it will abolish the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) tax regime, equalising the tax treatment of landlords with short-term holiday lets and those with standard residential properties. This will take effect from April 2025, giving FHL landlords time to adjust to the change.</p><p>Following abolition, individual FHL landlords will have access to the same tax reliefs as other residential landlords. These include restricted finance cost relief and replacement of domestic items relief.</p><p>The Government keeps all tax policy under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/03/2024 16:34:09 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1696344

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) median, and (2) upper decile, wait time for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs to answer telephone calls.
tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
uin	HL3290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>HMRC does not report on the median or upper decile wait times for telephone calls. However, HMRC publishes data on the average speed of answer for customer calls and the percentage of calls where the customer waited more than 10 minutes.</p><p><br>This information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports#reporting-year-2023-to-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports#reporting-year-2023-to-2024</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/03/2024 12:34:09 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

1695720

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	London Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to exempt London weighting allowance payments from (a) income tax and (b) national insurance contributions.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	18477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>London weighting allowances are an additional wage supplement to people's incomes. They are therefore subject to NICs and income tax. Exempting London weighting allowances from income tax and NICs would increase the complexity of the tax system and be open to abuse. <br> <br>The Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/03/2024 16:49:46 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1695722

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.45 and Table 5.1 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC560, published on 6 March 2024, whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment for the one-off adjustment to rates of air passenger duty on non-economy passengers.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	18479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>When developing policy, including at Spring Budget 2024, the Treasury carefully considers the impact of its decisions on those sharing any of the nine protected characteristics, including sex, race, disability and age, in line with its statutory obligations and strong commitment to promoting fairness.</p><p>As with all taxes, the government keeps APD under review.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 21/03/2024 10:06:08 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1695724

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.31 and Table 5.1 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC560, published on 6 March 2024, whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment for the vaping products duty.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	18480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The government carefully considers the impact of decisions on those sharing protected characteristics in line with both our legal obligations and with this government’s strong commitment to promoting fairness. This was the case during the policy development process on the Vaping Product Duty</p><p><br>Whilst there is no legal requirement to publish Equalities Impact Assessments, the Treasury and HMRC publish Tax Information and Impact Notes for individual tax measures that include, in summary form, assessments of their expected equalities impacts. These are published when the policy is final or near final.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 21/03/2024 10:09:02 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1695756

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Chelsea Football Club
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Financial Sanctions Implementation Office has made on establishing the foundation to manage and distribute monies from the proceeds of the sale of Chelsea FC.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	18399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The proceeds from the sale of Chelsea FC are currently frozen in a UK bank account while independent experts establish a foundation to manage and distribute the money. A licence from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation will then be needed to move the funds to the foundation. We are working hard to reach an arrangement that delivers this money to humanitarian causes in Ukraine as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 18/03/2024 15:34:13 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1695775

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 6 September 2017 to Question 6732 on Taxation: Prosecutions, how many prosecutions resulted from HMRC's criminal investigations into tax avoidance and evasion in the financial year (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21, (e) 2021-22, (f) 2022-23 and (g) 2023-24; and how many of those prosecutions resulted in (i) convictions and (ii) acquittals in each year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Where data is already available via GOV.UK, HMRC have provided links below.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not routinely issue civil penalties as a direct result of criminal investigations, so do not hold the requested data.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecutions, convictions and acquittals:</p><p>2019-2020</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2020-21 and 2021-22</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</p><p> </p><p>2022-23</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total number of individuals charged:</p><p>2020/21 and 2021/22:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2022/23:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>There has been one Deferred Prosecution Agreement:</p><p><a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 18404 18405 18406 18407 question first answered 20/03/2024 16:42:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1695776

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 2 of the Answer of 13 April 2021 to Question 174107 on Tax Evasion: Prosecutions, if he will publish the (a) number of individuals charged and (b) number of individuals charged with tax evasion by HMRC for the financial years (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23 and (iii) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Where data is already available via GOV.UK, HMRC have provided links below.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not routinely issue civil penalties as a direct result of criminal investigations, so do not hold the requested data.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecutions, convictions and acquittals:</p><p>2019-2020</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2020-21 and 2021-22</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</p><p> </p><p>2022-23</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total number of individuals charged:</p><p>2020/21 and 2021/22:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2022/23:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>There has been one Deferred Prosecution Agreement:</p><p><a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 18403 18405 18406 18407 question first answered 20/03/2024 16:42:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1695777

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have resulted from HMRC's criminal investigations into avoidance and evasion of (i) income tax, (ii) national insurance contributions, (iii) VAT, (iv) excise duties and (v) corporation tax in each financial year between 2019-20 and 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Where data is already available via GOV.UK, HMRC have provided links below.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not routinely issue civil penalties as a direct result of criminal investigations, so do not hold the requested data.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecutions, convictions and acquittals:</p><p>2019-2020</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2020-21 and 2021-22</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</p><p> </p><p>2022-23</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total number of individuals charged:</p><p>2020/21 and 2021/22:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2022/23:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>There has been one Deferred Prosecution Agreement:</p><p><a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 18403 18404 18406 18407 question first answered 20/03/2024 16:42:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry