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517927

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Money Laundering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35790, what data her Department holds on criminal assets abroad and whether such assets are recovered or not.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>As the Answer to Question 35790 set out, the Action Plan for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance states that there is no definitive measure of the scale of money laundering, but the best available international estimate, by the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), of amounts laundered globally are equivalent to 2.7% of global GDP or US$1.6 trillion in 2009. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold data on criminal assets held abroad. Criminal assets recovered since 2009 under asset sharing arrangements were set out in the previous answer.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/05/2016 11:58:18 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517930

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Business: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many reports of sanctions breaches were made to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in each year since 2009-10; how many of those alleged breaches concerned businesses in HM Revenue and Customs' large business database; in how many such cases (a) the OFSI identified wrongdoing and (b) made a referral to the Crown Prosecution Service for prosecution in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation was established on 31st March 2016 however breaches of financial sanctions have previously been reported to HM Treasury. There are 441 records of alleged breaches reported to HM Treasury between September 2013 and December 2015. There are no records prior to September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold the requested information regarding HMRC's large business database.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not determine wrongdoing but works closely with UK law enforcement to deal with suspected breaches. It is a matter for law enforcement to make any referrals to the Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/05/2016 13:07:17 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517925

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	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	Shares
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35753, how many and which companies have not confirmed to Companies House that they no longer have bearer shares; and what action he plans to take against such companies.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As of 6 May 2016, 63 companies had not informed Companies House that they no longer have bearer shares.</p><p> </p><p>No action will be taken against these companies at the present time. There is no statutory obligation for any company that has converted bearer shares to registered shares to inform Companies House until it delivers its annual return or confirmation statement.</p><p> </p><p>I have requested the Registrar of Companies to write to the Hon Member with the list of the company names.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/05/2016 15:58:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517950

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	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: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2016 to Question 31997, on employment: telephone services, if he will provide that data for financial years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/05/2016 12:40:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 60554 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517926

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which foreign countries made requests to the UK to recover criminal assets they had identified as having been laundered in the UK in each year since 2009; and how much in criminal assets was recovered from the UK for each of those countries in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the countries and territories that have made requests to the UK for assistance in recovering criminal assets.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year Received</p></td><td><p>Requesting Country</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Iran</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cyprus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Brazil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Netherlands</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures only show countries where 6 or more requests have been made for restraint or confiscation. This is because disclosure of figures where 5 or fewer requests have been made may lead to the identification of an individual Mutual Legal Assistance request. Please note that these figures are taken from local management information, and have not been quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 12/05/2016 10:21:46 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517952

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how much funding was allocated to and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by (i) the National Crime Agency's Criminal Finances Threat Group and (ii) each of the cash-based money laundering, non cash-based money laundering and professional enablers divisions and the other sub-groups in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15 sets out the Agency’s staffing numbers and funding allocations including gross expenditure for the Economic Crime Command for 2013-14, and 2014-15.</p><p>The gross expenditure of the Economic Crime Command in 2013/14, the first year of the NCA’s operation, was £10,571,000. In 2014-15 gross expenditure was £21,718,000. In June 2015, the International Corruption Unit was established in the Economic Crime Command. It brought together resources from the Metropolitan Police Service, City of London Police and the NCA into a single unit and is responsible for investigating the bribery of foreign public officials by individuals or companies from the UK, and money laundering by corrupt foreign officials and their associates.</p><p>The Economic Crime Command also leads the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (JMLIT) through which the financial sector, law enforcement agencies and the Financial Conduct Authority share information to prevent, detect and disrupt money laundering and terrorist financing. The NCA as a whole has around 4,000 staff. The majority of the NCA’s staff work as a flexible investigative resource, not in a particular Command, but assigned to particular operations across all areas of the NCA as needed. The agency also houses a number of deployable specialist capabilities.</p><p>The number of staff working in a particular Command is not a reliable indicator of the overall NCA resource linked to a particular type of crime. The Criminal Finances Threat Group is a multi-agency group chaired by the NCA which includes representatives from across law enforcement, meeting quarterly. As the Group is not a unit within the NCA, the information sought is not available. HMRC leads on tax evasion.</p><p>The NCA works closely with HMRC in relation to tax evasion that relates to serious and organised crime. Through the NCA’s national tasking and coordination mechanisms the Agency is able act on these cases by utilising its specialist capabilities, for example undertaking tax investigations to recover assets from serious and organised criminals under part 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 36223 36226 question first answered 12/05/2016 11:47:29 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517928

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation: Profits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised by the diverted profits tax in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Diverted Profits Tax is designed to counteract contrived arrangements used to avoid tax in the UK, and incentivise businesses to change their behaviour and pay tax on profits from economic activities in the UK. The Office for Budget Responsibility's (OBR) recent assessment at Budget 2016 is that overall yield (including Corporation Tax from behavioural change) is expected to be close to that originally scored.</p><p> </p><p>The OBR noted on page 122 of its “Economic and fiscal outlook” March 2016: “Our forecast assumes that overall yield from the measure will be close to that originally scored, but we now expect that around two-thirds of the yield will come through higher Corporation Tax payments (as firms restructure their tax affairs) rather than via the diverted profits tax itself.” This is available at: http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2016EFO.pdf.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/05/2016 10:29:07 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517931

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sub-departments HMRC has in addition to the Tax Capacity Building Unit, the Large Business Service/Directorate, the Compliance Unit, the Transfer Pricing Unit, the Business International Directorate, and the Anti-Money Laundering Supervision Team; and (a) what funds were allocated to and (b) how many FTE staff were employed by each sub-department in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is split into four sub-departments, or business areas, for delivery purposes, which are supported by corporate areas.</p><p> </p><p>Please see below the expenditure and full time equivalent (FTE) staff for each of those areas for the period 2009/10 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Net expenditure (£m)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>09/10</p></td><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enforcement and Compliance</p></td><td><p>1,033</p></td><td><p>1,004</p></td><td><p>991</p></td><td><p>1,028</p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Tax</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Tax</p></td><td><p>763</p></td><td><p>682</p></td><td><p>726</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benefits &amp; Credits</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corporate</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>1,477</p></td><td><p>1,647</p></td><td><p>1,566</p></td><td><p>1,629</p></td><td><p>1,595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>3,947</p></td><td><p>3,575</p></td><td><p>3,699</p></td><td><p>3,664</p></td><td><p>3,645</p></td><td><p>3,468</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMRC has not yet published accounts for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>FTE staff</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>09/10</p></td><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enforcement and Compliance</p></td><td><p>26,864</p></td><td><p>25,475</p></td><td><p>25,334</p></td><td><p>26,601</p></td><td><p>26,923</p></td><td><p>26,223</p></td><td><p>26,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Tax</p></td><td><p>3,776</p></td><td><p>3,877</p></td><td><p>3,695</p></td><td><p>3,410</p></td><td><p>3,160</p></td><td><p>4,415</p></td><td><p>4,582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Tax</p></td><td><p>27,307</p></td><td><p>25,975</p></td><td><p>26,858</p></td><td><p>24,444</p></td><td><p>20,558</p></td><td><p>14,949</p></td><td><p>15,661</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benefits &amp; Credits</p></td><td><p>6,307</p></td><td><p>5,834</p></td><td><p>5,301</p></td><td><p>5,157</p></td><td><p>4,983</p></td><td><p>5,193</p></td><td><p>5,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corporates</p></td><td><p>6,445</p></td><td><p>5,720</p></td><td><p>5,279</p></td><td><p>4,865</p></td><td><p>6,376</p></td><td><p>6,358</p></td><td><p>7,356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC*</p></td><td><p>70,699</p></td><td><p>66,881</p></td><td><p>66,467</p></td><td><p>64,477</p></td><td><p>61,370</p></td><td><p>57,138</p></td><td><p>59,856</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*this total for HMRC includes Civil Service Resourcing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The question mentions specific teams within HMRC and those teams are within the Business Areas above, as follows:</p><p>Large Business – Business Tax</p><p>Compliance Unit – Enforcement and Compliance</p><p>Transfer Pricing Unit – Business Tax</p><p>Business International – Business Tax</p><p>Anti-money laundering – Enforcement and Compliance</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not publish accounts information at a level of detail that includes expenditure or allocations by specific teams.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/05/2016 07:24:32 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517932

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many advance pricing arrangements (APAs) were agreed between companies and his Department in each year since 2009-10; how many such arrangements resulted in a (a) positive and (b) negative yield to the Exchequer; what the net amount raised by these APAs was in each such year; and how many APAs were annulled by HM Revenue and Customs in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes annual statistics reporting its performance across its transfer pricing work, including enquiries, advance pricing agreements, advance thin capitalisation agreements and mutual agreement procedure cases. The most recent published statistics are for 2013- 14. HMRC intends to publish the statistics for 2014-15 shortly. These statistics answer many of the individual questions asked. However, HMRC does not hold information centrally in a form which allows it to answer all the questions asked in the required timeframe.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the Advance Pricing Arrangements (APA) Programme is to provide businesses with certainty on the pricing of complex intra-group transactions. An APA sets out the method for determining, in accordance with the law, the transfer price for intra-group transactions. APAs are part of the internationally recognised best practices recommended by the OECD. HMRC has published guidance about what APAs are, the circumstances where it would be appropriate for businesses to apply for an APA and what information is required before any agreement can be made.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 36720 question first answered 12/05/2016 10:33:20 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517933

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Transfer Pricing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many transfer pricing cases have been opened with HM Revenue and Customs' transfer pricing unit in each year since 2008-09; how many such cases have been closed in each such year; and how much was raised in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes annual statistics reporting its performance across its transfer pricing work, including enquiries, advance pricing agreements, advance thin capitalisation agreements and mutual agreement procedure cases. The most recent published statistics are for 2013- 14. HMRC intends to publish the statistics for 2014-15 shortly. These statistics answer many of the individual questions asked. However, HMRC does not hold information centrally in a form which allows it to answer all the questions asked in the required timeframe.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the Advance Pricing Arrangements (APA) Programme is to provide businesses with certainty on the pricing of complex intra-group transactions. An APA sets out the method for determining, in accordance with the law, the transfer price for intra-group transactions. APAs are part of the internationally recognised best practices recommended by the OECD. HMRC has published guidance about what APAs are, the circumstances where it would be appropriate for businesses to apply for an APA and what information is required before any agreement can be made.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 36718 question first answered 12/05/2016 10:33:20 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq