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973351

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of refunds paid in each category of Stamp Duty in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	174732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted “each category of Stamp Duty” as relating to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), Stamp Duty (SD) and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT). However, we have not included refund amounts for Stamp Taxes on Shares (SD and SDRT) to ensure compliance with disclosure policy relating to taxpayer confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached provides an estimate of the amount of refunds authorised for SDLT transactions derived from summary administrative records, for years that were available (last 9 years).</p><p> </p><p>Figures relating specifically to Higher Rate on Additional Dwellings (HRAD) refunds are available in the public domain through the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-stamp-duty-statistics" target="_blank">Quarterly SDLT publication</a>. HRAD was introduced in April 2016, and taxpayers are able to claim repayment of their initial HRAD amount if they sell their previous main residence within 36 months.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/10/2018 16:55:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride attachment 1 file name PQW17-19-2018-15588table response.docx title table
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

973289

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	174814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The highest paid member of staff is contracted to 37 hours a week.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/10/2018 15:04:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973362

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
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 number of people who pay both the employer and employee National Insurance contribution.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	174742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of individuals in Pay As You Earn (PAYE) for which there was both an employee and employer Class 1 National Insurance contributions liability was 26.64m in the 2017/18 tax year.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/10/2018 16:55:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

973189

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of reports that humanitarian access to conflict areas of the Kachin region has been systematically blocked by (a) the armed forces and (b) the Government of Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	174653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>​The UN HRC resolution that was passed on 27 September has asked for immediate, safe and unhindered humanitarian access, including to areas controlled by ethnic armed groups, in particular in Kachin State. We continue to impress on the Burmese Government the importance of open access to all parts of Burma, including access to the press, to stop the fighting and allow access for humanitarian aid.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 15/10/2018 15:49:54 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

973249

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Subsidiary Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the approval criteria for applications for NHS bodies to form wholly-owned companies will be applied retrospectively.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	174762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>NHS Improvement will shortly consult around the regulatory approach of National Health Service bodies setting up subsidiaries and expects to report its outcome later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Further detailed guidance will be issued following the consultation, including the scope of the regulatory approach.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 15/10/2018 16:42:45 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

973400

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children and young people have been admitted to accident and emergency in hospitals in London because of mental illness in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	174798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 15/10/2018 16:37:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

973407

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure claimants of universal credit who receive a salary advance in December to cover the costs of Christmas do not have their eligibility for universal credit reduced as a result.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	174627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Where a claimant receives an advance on their earnings, including at Christmas, such advances are not taken into account as earnings for the period in which they are received. This also applies when the advance is repaid. This aligns with the treatment of such payments for tax purposes.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/10/2018 16:36:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

973404

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the amount given in budgetary advances to claimants awaiting their first universal credit payment is calculated.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	174624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of a Budgeting Advance is to help pay for emergency household costs, or for help getting a job or staying in work. It is not an advance of benefit; therefore no Budgeting Advances have been paid in the last 12 months to cover delays in the payment of benefits.</p><p> </p><p>A Budgeting Advance is available to claimants where they have been in receipt of Universal Credit, or a combination of a legacy benefit and Universal Credit, for at least 6 months or for a lesser period of time if it relates to either them, or their partner, obtaining or retaining employment.</p><p> </p><p>The calculation of the amount of a Budgeting Advance available to a claimant will vary depending upon whether they are single, part of a couple and/or responsible for a child or qualifying young person. It will also be reduced pound for pound by any savings they may have over £1000 and eligibility can be affected depending upon the amount of earnings received in the previous six month period. A Budgeting Advance is repayable over 12 months, which can be extended by up to 6 months in exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Exceptional circumstances would be an unforeseen expense that occurs after an advance is agreed, and continued recovery for the initial agreed repayment period would cause the claimant and their household genuine hardship.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 174625 174626 question first answered 22/10/2018 10:52:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

973401

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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	Universal Credit: Garston and Halewood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants there are in the Garston and Halewood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	174622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit by parliamentary constituency and local authority is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/10/2018 16:33:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

973406

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Garston and Halewood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) legacy benefits, (b) personal independence payments and (c) universal credit in the Garston and Halewood constituency have been given a budgetary advance to cover a delay in payment of their benefit in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	174626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of a Budgeting Advance is to help pay for emergency household costs, or for help getting a job or staying in work. It is not an advance of benefit; therefore no Budgeting Advances have been paid in the last 12 months to cover delays in the payment of benefits.</p><p> </p><p>A Budgeting Advance is available to claimants where they have been in receipt of Universal Credit, or a combination of a legacy benefit and Universal Credit, for at least 6 months or for a lesser period of time if it relates to either them, or their partner, obtaining or retaining employment.</p><p> </p><p>The calculation of the amount of a Budgeting Advance available to a claimant will vary depending upon whether they are single, part of a couple and/or responsible for a child or qualifying young person. It will also be reduced pound for pound by any savings they may have over £1000 and eligibility can be affected depending upon the amount of earnings received in the previous six month period. A Budgeting Advance is repayable over 12 months, which can be extended by up to 6 months in exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Exceptional circumstances would be an unforeseen expense that occurs after an advance is agreed, and continued recovery for the initial agreed repayment period would cause the claimant and their household genuine hardship.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 174624 174625 question first answered 22/10/2018 10:52:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle