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915135

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the thresholds on inheritance tax.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	148947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Inheritance tax thresholds are rising thanks to the introduction of the residence threshold last year. This will continue to rise to give married couples a £1m threshold by 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:19:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

914761

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce the rate of VAT charged on work to reclad tower blocks resulting from the Grenfell Tower fire.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	149092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>On 16 May the government announced that it will fully fund the removal and replacement of potentially dangerous ACM cladding on residential social housing buildings, which are over 18 metres tall and owned by social landlords. This commitment is estimated to cost £400 million.</p><p> </p><p>In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the government also established a comprehensive building safety programme and made it clear that aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on buildings over 18 meters which was not compliant with building regulations guidance should be remediated by the building owners. The government has provided £1m in financial support to help local authorities identify high-rise private residential buildings with unsafe cladding. This work will ensure that hazards in high rise residential buildings are addressed and the government continues to work closely with local authorities, building owners and leaseholder groups to establish what more can be done.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 149093 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:22:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

914762

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of VAT which will be accrued to the public purse from the £400m allocated by the Government to renew cladding on tower blocks that have failed fire safety tests.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	149093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>On 16 May the government announced that it will fully fund the removal and replacement of potentially dangerous ACM cladding on residential social housing buildings, which are over 18 metres tall and owned by social landlords. This commitment is estimated to cost £400 million.</p><p> </p><p>In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the government also established a comprehensive building safety programme and made it clear that aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on buildings over 18 meters which was not compliant with building regulations guidance should be remediated by the building owners. The government has provided £1m in financial support to help local authorities identify high-rise private residential buildings with unsafe cladding. This work will ensure that hazards in high rise residential buildings are addressed and the government continues to work closely with local authorities, building owners and leaseholder groups to establish what more can be done.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 149092 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:22:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

914970

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect the introduction of the 2019 loan charge on people who used umbrella companies on the advice of professionals after the introduction IR35.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	148628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The 2019 loan charge is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings are paid in the form of non-repayable loans made by a third party - “disguised remuneration” (DR) schemes.</p><p> </p><p>DR schemes are clear examples of contrived tax avoidance. It is not normal, or indeed reasonable, to be paid in loans that are unlikely ever to be repaid. It is an individual’s responsibility to ensure they pay the right amount of tax and to understand the consequences of engaging in tax avoidance.</p><p>It is unfair to ordinary taxpayers to let anybody benefit from contrived tax avoidance of this sort, and that is why this Government has taken action to ensure that everybody pays the taxes they owe. The announcement of the loan charge at Budget 2016 provided scheme users with a three-year period to repay their DR loans, or to agree a settlement with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) before the charge takes effect.</p><p> </p><p>50,000 individuals are estimated to be affected by the introduction of the DR loan charge across the UK. It is estimated that less than 0.1% of the population of Wales will be affected. Information is not held at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of the DR loan charge on these individuals was considered at Budget 2016, when the measure was first announced. <sub>­</sub>HMRC consulted on the measure in August 2016. The latest tax information and impact note (TIIN) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 148629 148630 148631 148632 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:04:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

914973

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Arfon constituency, (b) Wales, and (c) the UK who will be affected by the introduction of the 2019 loan charge.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	148629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The 2019 loan charge is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings are paid in the form of non-repayable loans made by a third party - “disguised remuneration” (DR) schemes.</p><p> </p><p>DR schemes are clear examples of contrived tax avoidance. It is not normal, or indeed reasonable, to be paid in loans that are unlikely ever to be repaid. It is an individual’s responsibility to ensure they pay the right amount of tax and to understand the consequences of engaging in tax avoidance.</p><p>It is unfair to ordinary taxpayers to let anybody benefit from contrived tax avoidance of this sort, and that is why this Government has taken action to ensure that everybody pays the taxes they owe. The announcement of the loan charge at Budget 2016 provided scheme users with a three-year period to repay their DR loans, or to agree a settlement with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) before the charge takes effect.</p><p> </p><p>50,000 individuals are estimated to be affected by the introduction of the DR loan charge across the UK. It is estimated that less than 0.1% of the population of Wales will be affected. Information is not held at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of the DR loan charge on these individuals was considered at Budget 2016, when the measure was first announced. <sub>­</sub>HMRC consulted on the measure in August 2016. The latest tax information and impact note (TIIN) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 148628 148630 148631 148632 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:04:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

914974

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department undertook a consultation exercise on the effect on individuals of the introduction of the 2019 loan charge.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	148630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The 2019 loan charge is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings are paid in the form of non-repayable loans made by a third party - “disguised remuneration” (DR) schemes.</p><p> </p><p>DR schemes are clear examples of contrived tax avoidance. It is not normal, or indeed reasonable, to be paid in loans that are unlikely ever to be repaid. It is an individual’s responsibility to ensure they pay the right amount of tax and to understand the consequences of engaging in tax avoidance.</p><p>It is unfair to ordinary taxpayers to let anybody benefit from contrived tax avoidance of this sort, and that is why this Government has taken action to ensure that everybody pays the taxes they owe. The announcement of the loan charge at Budget 2016 provided scheme users with a three-year period to repay their DR loans, or to agree a settlement with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) before the charge takes effect.</p><p> </p><p>50,000 individuals are estimated to be affected by the introduction of the DR loan charge across the UK. It is estimated that less than 0.1% of the population of Wales will be affected. Information is not held at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of the DR loan charge on these individuals was considered at Budget 2016, when the measure was first announced. <sub>­</sub>HMRC consulted on the measure in August 2016. The latest tax information and impact note (TIIN) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 148628 148629 148631 148632 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:04:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

914975

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to measure the effect of the introduction of the 2019 loan charge on people affected by the charge.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	148631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The 2019 loan charge is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings are paid in the form of non-repayable loans made by a third party - “disguised remuneration” (DR) schemes.</p><p> </p><p>DR schemes are clear examples of contrived tax avoidance. It is not normal, or indeed reasonable, to be paid in loans that are unlikely ever to be repaid. It is an individual’s responsibility to ensure they pay the right amount of tax and to understand the consequences of engaging in tax avoidance.</p><p>It is unfair to ordinary taxpayers to let anybody benefit from contrived tax avoidance of this sort, and that is why this Government has taken action to ensure that everybody pays the taxes they owe. The announcement of the loan charge at Budget 2016 provided scheme users with a three-year period to repay their DR loans, or to agree a settlement with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) before the charge takes effect.</p><p> </p><p>50,000 individuals are estimated to be affected by the introduction of the DR loan charge across the UK. It is estimated that less than 0.1% of the population of Wales will be affected. Information is not held at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of the DR loan charge on these individuals was considered at Budget 2016, when the measure was first announced. <sub>­</sub>HMRC consulted on the measure in August 2016. The latest tax information and impact note (TIIN) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 148628 148629 148630 148632 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:04:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

915044

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual costs are for the (a) systems, (b) physical infrastructure, and (c) staff for the processing of VAT for goods entering and leaving the UK from countries outside the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	148601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text When goods enter the UK from outside the EU, import VAT is applied and collected along with customs duties as part of the general customs processes. HM Revenue and Customs' import VAT costs are not captured separately. Goods leaving the UK are generally zero-rated as exports. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:09:36 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake