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346870

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse will be by 2020 of increasing the personal allowance to £12,500 per annum; and from which area of expenditure that cost will be met.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>The cost of raising the income tax personal allowance may be approximated using the “Direct effects of illustrative tax changes” table as published at the following address:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table shows the cost of a £100 increase and a 10% increase in the personal allowance. This can be used to scale the proportionate cost to raise the personal allowance to a level where indexation would take it to £12,500 by 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/06/2015 13:38:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346932

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to date; and how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Financial Penalties for aggravated breach of employment law, under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, were introduced on 6 April 2014. Financial penalties are intended to be used in exceptional circumstances where employers have deliberately flouted the law, and whose behaviour is malicious or negligent.</p><p> </p><p>Three have been imposed to date. One has been paid. The other two are currently unpaid.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/06/2015 16:41:43 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

346939

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria and process will be for determining which people aged between 18 and 21 will be exempt from the proposed restriction of housing benefit; how data will be collected to facilitate any proposed exemptions; what assessment he has made of whether young people currently accessing housing benefit would be put at risk of homelessness as a result of the proposed change; what methodology he has used for any such assessment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>We will set out our policy design in due course. As we develop the detailed policy we will ensure that those in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it while ensuring the overall system is fair to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 123 question first answered 05/06/2015 13:39:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

346981

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will carry out an impact assessment of the proposal to remove housing benefit entitlement from people aged 18 to 21 years old including the collection of data (a) for local authority areas and (b) nationally on the number of young people aged between 18 and 21 claiming housing benefit (i) who have suffered abuse and domestic violence in the family home and escaped, (ii) who have been thrown out of the family home because they are LGBTIQ, (iii) who have an alcoholic or drug dependent parent, (iv) who are orphans, (v) who are care leavers, (vi) who have never got on with a step-parent, (vii) whose parents are overseas, (viii) whose parents have moved to a different local authority area, (ix) who are living in a hostel, (x) who are living in a foyer, (xi) who are living in domestic violence refuges, (xii) whose parents do not have room for them and (xiii) who have parents in prison; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will set out our policy design in due course. As we develop the detailed policy we will ensure that those in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it while ensuring the overall system is fair to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 145 question first answered 05/06/2015 13:39:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

347018

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to tackle tax avoidance and tax evasion.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is relentless in its crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion, taking a range of action to prevent such behaviour at the outset, and to detect and counter it effectively where it persists.<br><br>Since April 2010, the Government has invested more than £1 billion in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to strengthen their powers in tackling avoidance and evasion and have made more than 40 changes to tax law, closing down loopholes and introducing major reforms to the UK tax system. <br><br>During the last Parliament, as a result of actions to tackle evasion, avoidance and non-compliance, HMRC are expected to have secured £100 billion in additional compliance revenue.<br><br>The Government has committed to raising at least £5 billion from measures to tackle evasion, avoidance and aggressive planning within the tax system. We will announce further details at the Budget.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 14:58:42 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347024

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Devolution: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to devolve powers to people resident in (a) West Lancashire and (b) Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has introduced the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill that will enable the devolution of powers to local areas to drive economic growth. The Government welcomes proposals for increased powers and greater freedoms to maximise economic growth from all parts of the country and I met with the Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership on Friday 3 July to hear how this opportunity can build on the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal and Lancashire Growth Deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/07/2015 14:31:33 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

347038

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Communication
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost of his Department's communications budget was in each year since 2010; and what such spending will be in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Communication with stakeholders and the public is a part of the job of all Treasury teams.</p><p> </p><p>The figures for 2014/15 were £1.773,235., a reduction of over a third of the 2009/10 spend.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Details of expenditure for the financial years 2010-14 were provided in an answer on 26 March given to the hon member for North Durham (Kevan Jones). Details below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-28/222595/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-28/222595/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 08/06/2015 16:42:51 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347057

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the quality of service provided by HM Revenue and Customs on corporation tax.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>HMRC uses surveys to monitor the quality of service provided to small, medium sized and large businesses. These surveys track their whole experience and the service they receive, not just on Corporation Tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Small and medium sized businesses</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC tracks the experience of its SME business customers as part of its annual Customer Survey, conducted by external research agency TNS-BMRB since 2008. The latest report was published in September 2014 and is available on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/349467/report336.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/349467/report336.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Large businesses</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 a Large Business Panel Survey has been carried out by external research agency IFF Research. The latest report was published in June 2014 and is available on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318936/report312.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318936/report312.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/06/2015 13:40:28 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347058

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the quality of service provided by HM Revenue and Customs on corporation tax.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials speak regularly to businesses on tax policies and the quality of service provided by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). In additional to this, HMRC uses surveys to monitor the quality of service provided to small, medium sized and large businesses. These surveys track their whole experience and the service they receive, not just on Corporation Tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC tracks the experience of its SME business customers as part of its annual Customer Survey, conducted by external research agency TNS-BMRB since 2008. The latest report was published in September 2014 and is available on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/349467/report336.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/349467/report336.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 a Large Business Panel Survey has been carried out by external research agency IFF Research. The latest report was published in June 2014 and is available on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318936/report312.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318936/report312.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/06/2015 13:42:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347060

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax inspectors were employed by his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are forecasting to deliver over £15 billion additional revenue by the end of 2013/2014 – growth from £8 billion in 2011-12 and they have made significant reduction in its debt balance. <br><br>In response to the two questions the number of HM Inspectors employed by HMRC since 2010 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>HM Inspectors employed in -HMRC </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HM Inspectors employed in Sheffield</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26274</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>302</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>288</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25455</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>319</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27164</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>465</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27935</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>493</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 201 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:50:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh