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1052431

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
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 Department for Education on ensuring the review of post-18 education does not lead to an overall reduction in university funding.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	215566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have regular discussions with their counterparts at DfE on a wide range of issues. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/02/2019 13:39:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1052229

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Tax Thresholds
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 potential effect on the money accrued to the public purse of raising the maximum threshold for VAT by (a) 5 and (b) 10 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	215069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Estimates of the revenue impact of raising the registration threshold for VAT are set out in the review ‘Value added tax: routes to simplification’ by the Office of Tax Simplification, available here (see page 8): <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/657215/Value_added_tax_routes_to_simplification_print.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/657215/Value_added_tax_routes_to_simplification_print.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/02/2019 16:41:36 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1052230

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money accrued to the public purse from VAT from insulating materials for home improvement in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	215070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold this information.</p><p>HMRC does not collect this level of information on its VAT returns and does not have estimates of the VAT collected on the sale of insulating materials for home improvement.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/02/2019 16:29:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1052245

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT
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 amount of money accrued to the public purse from VAT in 2018-19; and what proportion of that amount will be payable to the European Union.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	215071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR) has forecast, in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook- October 2018, that the UK will collect £132.2 billion in revenue from VAT in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The UK does not transfer VAT receipts to the EU, and so will not do so after withdrawal from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Details on our payments to the EU can be found in the White Paper on ‘European Union Finances’ which is published annually and is available online.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/02/2019 16:30:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1052246

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money accrued to the public purse from VAT on (a) domestic and (b) other fuel in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	215072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The details that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to enable the revenue arising from these supplies to be quantified precisely. HMRC does not require detail on particular products and customer types because it would place a considerable administrative burden on businesses.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC has estimated (using other data sources) that the cost to the Exchequer of the 5 per cent reduced rate of VAT on domestic fuel and power, compared to charging the standard rate, was £4.7 billion in 2017-18. This estimate is included in HMRC’s publication ‘Estimated costs of principal tax reliefs’ which may be found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/774765/Jan19_Principal_Reliefs_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/774765/Jan19_Principal_Reliefs_Final.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/02/2019 16:34:24 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1052306

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times HMRC was taken to an employment tribunal for disability discrimination in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	215106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>During the period 2017-18, there were 40 instances of HMRC being taken to an employment tribunal for disability discrimination.</p><p> </p><p>Of these, 15 cases are still ongoing with the outcome of the remaining 25:</p><p> </p><p>Dismissed 3</p><p>Settled 8</p><p>Struck Out 3</p><p>Withdrawn 9</p><p>Won 2</p><p>HMRC has welcomed Laura Whyte’s Respect at Work report and has accepted all its recommendations. We will with immediate effect review our policies, processes and standards to ensure we foster a positive working environment for everyone, and a culture that meets our values.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/02/2019 16:38:36 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1052342

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many countries have gold reserves deposited in the Bank of England.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	215206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>In a Quarterly Bulletin article in 2014 Q2, the Bank of England noted that it had 72 overseas customers with gold accounts. That number does not change significantly over time and the Bank of England has 70 countries as gold customers today.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/02/2019 10:40:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1052344

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January to Question 213405, what the total value of tax reliefs recorded by HMRC was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016, (h) 2017 and (i) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	215207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes statistics relating to estimates of the cost of tax reliefs annually:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics</p><p> </p><p>However it is misleading to simply add up the cost of reliefs’ estimates in this table for various reasons:</p><ol><li><p>Each relief is costed separately, but in many cases simply adding up these individual costs would not give the true combined cost of the reliefs.</p></li><li><p>These figures should be regarded as broad estimates as the loss of revenue from a tax relief cannot be directly observed and so the estimates are often based on simplified assumptions.</p></li><li><p>One table lists reliefs for which there is insufficient data available on which to base any reasonable estimate. In some cases, the costs of reliefs cannot be reliably estimated because there is insufficient available information and the cost of collecting the necessary data or the burden imposed on taxpayers would be disproportionate.</p></li><li><p>The figures do not allow for behavioural changes which could result from changes to the generosity of the reliefs. In practice, if a relief was withdrawn, taxpayer’s behaviour would often alter so the actual yield from withdrawing a relief could be very different from, and often much smaller than the estimate shown.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/02/2019 16:28:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1051402

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to improve public understanding of the link between national insurance credits and child benefit; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the pension income of stay-at-home parents who do not claim child benefit of the high-income child benefit tax charge.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	214595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government has always encouraged families to claim Child Benefit to receive the associated National Insurance credits and help protect their future right to the State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>Parents are advised to do this on the Child Benefit claim form (which is included in Bounty Packs that go to new parents), through the HMRC helpline, and online at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2019 the Child Benefit claim form and accompanying notes will further emphasise the non-monetary benefits a Child Benefit award provides: in particular, the associated National Insurance credits which protect their State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMRC is developing social media content and material that can be distributed to external partners, to further promote the importance of claiming.</p><p> </p><p>Most parents are able to qualify for the new State Pension, even if there are gaps of up to 15 years in their National Insurance records. This means that those parents who have not claimed Child Benefit still have the opportunity to achieve the full State Pension.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/02/2019 12:20:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1051415

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
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 provide funding for students due to start their Erasmus+ placements after 29 March 2019 in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	214484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU with a withdrawal agreement in place, the UK will participate in Erasmus+ until the end of the current cycle in 2020. Leaving the EU with a deal remains the government’s top priority.</p><p> </p><p>In the event the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement, the Government will engage with the European Commission with the aim of securing the UK’s participation in Erasmus+ until 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/02/2019 15:48:45 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden