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1061014

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Finance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 2014 Government report Scotland anaylsis: fiscal policy and sustainability, what the evidential basis was for the statement that each person in Scotland would be £1,400 better off each year if Scotland remained part of the UK, and what that figure has been for each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	221657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>In Scotland analysis: fiscal policy and sustainability (2014), HM Government projected that, as part of the UK, Scotland would be able to have lower tax or higher spending than under independence. This was estimated to be worth £1,400 per person in Scotland in each year from 2016-17 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>The methodology used to calculate this can be found in Annex A of Scotland analysis: fiscal policy and sustainability</p><p> </p><p>HM Government has not updated this analysis since the publication.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/02/2019 12:13:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1061022

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the requirement for people filing VAT returns under Making Things Digital to use a private company's software, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the contract for that software; and what assessment he has made of the potential risk of data breach.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	221561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>HMRC has not made contracts or paid software developers for the provision of Making Tax Digital (MTD) compatible software.</p><p>However, software developers intending to develop MTD compatible software must comply with HMRC’s Terms of Use, which set out strict requirements they must meet, including in terms of cyber-security and the security, storage, management and processing of customer data. HMRC monitors data sent to its systems for fraud prevention, and to ensure that customer data is safe. The Terms of Use are available here:</p><p><a href="https://developer.service.hmrc.gov.uk/api-documentation/docs/terms-of-use" target="_blank">https://developer.service.hmrc.gov.uk/api-documentation/docs/terms-of-use</a>.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/02/2019 16:47:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1061060

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HMRC has made of the level of non-compliance at the UK border in a No Deal scenario with customs declarations and observance of tariffs; and if he will place that estimate in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	221545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text In the event of a no deal HMRC will prioritise flow at the UK border but not at the expense of security, and will support businesses to meet their obligations. The level of compliance on declarations and tariffs is dependent on a number of factors and an estimate of the level of non-compliance is not available at this stage. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/02/2019 16:45:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1061081

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cars: Leasing and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of current car loans and car-leasing schemes in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	221565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>On 1 April 2014, regulation of the consumer credit market, including high-cost lenders, was transferred to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have passed the Honourable Members question on to the FCA, who will reply directly by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/02/2019 15:31:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1061100

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Holiday Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials in his Department have had annual leave scheduled for April 2019 cancelled.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	221551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>It is Treasury policy that line managers are responsible for ensuring that employees are given the opportunity to take, as a minimum, their statutory annual leave during the leave year. Line managers will take into account the Treasury’s operational needs while making decisions for granting annual leave.</p><p> </p><p>All annual leave requests are managed within the line management chain, and hence, details of any approved or cancelled annual leave is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/02/2019 14:34:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1061146

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Conduct Authority: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 10 December 2018 Financial Times article FCA fines against individuals almost treble, whether his Department has made an assessment of the reasons for which fines issued by the Financial Conduct Authority decreased 88 per cent between 2017 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	221810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is an independent non-governmental body, given statutory powers by the Financial Services and Markets Act (2000). In view of this independence, HMT does not make an assessment of the fines issued by the FCA. The FCA provides year on year analysis of the fines it levies in its annual enforcement report. The 2017/18 report can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/corporate/annual-report-2017-18-enforcement-performance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/corporate/annual-report-2017-18-enforcement-performance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/02/2019 12:39:58 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1061147

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department made to the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering ahead of the release of that body's evaluation of the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime in December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	221811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global standard-setter on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing. In line with the FATF procedures (available at <a href="http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/mutualevaluations/documents/4th-round-procedures.html" target="_blank">http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/mutualevaluations/documents/4th-round-procedures.html</a>), HM Treasury submitted supporting documents for its evaluation in autumn 2017, outlining the technical compliance and efficacy of the UK’s regime. HM Treasury officials subsequently engaged with FATF assessors during on-site meetings in March 2018 and at face-to-face meetings in August 2018. The UK’s report was formally agreed by FATF members at the October 2018 FATF plenary meeting and published on 7 December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/02/2019 12:42:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1061148

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering
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 implement the recommendations made by the Financial Action Task Force in its recent assessment of the UK's anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	221812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>In its recent assessment of the UK's anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) regime, the Financial Action Task Force gave the UK the strongest results of 60 countries it has assessed to date. Out of the 11 areas assessed, the UK received the highest possible rating in 4 and the second highest rating in a further 4.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The strong assessment of the UK’s system reflects the UK’s commitment to tackling illicit finance – as reflected through recent reforms such as the establishment of the National Economic Crime Centre, the establishment of the Office for Professional Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) within the Financial Conduct Authority, the new measures introduced in the Criminal Finances Act 2017, and the implementation of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In January, the Chancellor and Home Secretary launched the Economic Crime Strategic Board which will work with senior figures from the public and private sectors to tackle economic crime. The Board, which will meet twice a year, will set priorities, direct resources and scrutinise performance against the economic crime threat. It is through the work of this Board, and the ongoing Treasury and Home Office-led economic crime reform programme, that the Financial Action Task Force’s recommendations will be addressed.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 February, I co-chaired an AML/CFT Supervision roundtable with the Minister of State for Security &amp; Economic Crime, with attendance from across the professional body supervision regime. This provided an important opportunity to emphasise the commitment of government to tackling illicit finance in the accountancy and legal sectors, to reaffirm my support for OPBAS in raising supervision standards and to make clear to attendees their responsibility to address the recommendations made by FATF during their review of the UK’s AML/CFT regime.</p><p> </p><p>There is work already in train to address some of the recommendations. For example, the government is already committed to:</p><ul><li><p>Reforming the Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) regime, to further improve the use of financial intelligence in the UK</p></li><li><p>Regulating virtual currencies for AML/CTF purposes by the end of 2019, to tackle emerging risks in the sector</p></li><li><p>Taking appropriate action on mitigating the threats posed by limited partnerships, on which the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy published proposals in December 2018</p></li><li><p>A broader package of reforms to Companies House which will be consulted on later this year, and</p></li><li><p>Strengthening the AML supervisory regime through the work of the OPBAS.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/02/2019 14:27:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1061302

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the dates of the meetings he has had with representatives of the Federation of Small Businesses on making tax digital.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	221649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer you to my answer to Question 220806 which references the extensive stakeholder engagement exercise undertaken as part of the development of Making Tax Digital (MTD), and which involved the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The FSB have also shared their views about these important reforms with me directly.</p><p> </p><p>The FSB is also a member of a number of fora where HMRC engages with stakeholders on issues relevant to the development of MTD, including the Joint VAT Consultative Committee, and the SME Digital Services Group.</p><p> </p><p>Entries for ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/02/2019 16:49:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1061304

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures his Department has put in place to monitor the successful migration from manual taxation to making tax digital.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	221650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Mandatory online filing for VAT returns was introduced in 2012 and some 98% of VAT returns are already received online. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is committed to ensuring businesses can successfully transition to Making Tax Digital (MTD) – which also requires use of digital tools for record keeping. HMRC has been running an extensive pilot to test the service, including the support that has been developed to help businesses transition, and ensure it is designed in the light of business and agent experience. HMRC is closely monitoring progress in the pilot, evaluating the number of sign-ups, submissions, the customer service offering and other technical elements ahead of the service being mandated for periods starting on or after 1 April. They are also tracking levels of awareness and the experience of businesses in the pilot.</p><p> </p><p>This monitoring will continue after mandation when HMRC will be able to continue to assess how the service is operating at scale, and the impact on additional tax revenue.</p><p> </p><p>MTD will not be extended to other taxes or to those below the VAT threshold until the system is shown to be working.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/02/2019 16:52:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane