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1679188

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed to investigate tax evasion in HMRC's Wealthy Team as of 19 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to the answer on 11 May 2023 to UIN 183914 <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-05-05/183914" target="_blank">Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament</a> and the answer on 6 June 2023 to UIN 186796 <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-05-24/186796" target="_blank">Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament</a>.</p><p>For data on the full time equivalent (FTE) employees working in HMRC’s Wealthy Teams, I refer the hon member to the answer on 28 June 2023 to UIN 189356 <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-13/189356" target="_blank">Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/01/2024 14:27:37 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679189

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department investigate benefit fraud; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of fraud to the public purse in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The latest information of the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff who are in paid employment and undertake investigations on benefit fraud is in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DWP Product</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CFC ESOC</strong></p></td><td><p>527.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CFC Fraud Investigations (Including Surveillance)</strong></p></td><td><p>627.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1154.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note the following caveats</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data is drawn at the end of each month. Data is correct as of end of November 2023.</li><li>Figures were derived from the Department’s Activity Based Model (ABM), which provides Full Time Equivalent (FTE) figures based on point in time estimate by Line Managers. They cover only FTE of staff with paid employment. They have been rounded to one decimal place.</li><li>Figures include all staff on CFC Economic Serious Organised Crime and CFC Investigations including staff undertaking surveillance activities.</li><li>The data is frequently revised and changes to definitions / benefits / DWP structure effect comparisons over time. It should therefore be treated with caution and must be seen as an indication of how staff have been deployed.</li><li>The number of staff is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal department use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics standard. As the Department holds the information, we have released it.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information on the cost of fraud to the public purse has been set out in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/01/2024 14:27:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679190

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff work in HMRC's national minimum wage compliance unit; and how many posts in that unit were unfilled as of 19 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>HMRC enforces the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).</p><p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the NMW receives it.</p><p>HMRC’s NMW compliance work is funded by DBT. The annual funding for minimum wage enforcement has doubled since 2015 (Table 1, link below) and this additional investment has enabled a significant expansion of resources dedicated to enforcing the minimum wage.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1149618/supplementary_data_for_enforcement_and_compliance_report.xlsx" target="_blank"><em>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1149618/supplementary_data_for_enforcement_and_compliance_report.xlsx</em>(opens in a new tab)</a></p><p>Data on the number of full-time equivalent staff (FTE) working in HMRC’s NMW team will change during the course of the year, and the final FTE position will be published as part of the Government Evidence on Enforcement and Compliance in 2024/2025.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/01/2024 14:28:37 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679195

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people that are required to make payments under the Loan Charge as of 19 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates that there are around 40,000 individuals and around 5,000 employers who have either failed to return the Loan Charge or have returned a figure that is not correct.</p><p>HMRC continues to support taxpayers to resolve their use of disguised remuneration schemes and get out of avoidance for good, including helping those who need extra support and providing additional time to pay where needed.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/01/2024 14:26:48 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679196

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure umbrella companies comply with legislation on the deduction of employers’ taxes from contractors’ pay.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>Like all employers, umbrella companies are responsible for paying employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) where they are due. Employers cannot, by law, deduct employer NICs from an employee's gross pay. The payment of employer NICs out of the umbrella company’s fee may be shown on the same payslip as deductions, such as Income Tax, from the employee’s gross pay, meaning that it can look as if an individual is paying the employer NICs, when this is not actually the case.</p><p>All agency workers must be given a Key Information Document by an agency before agreeing terms, including when the agency worker is engaged through an umbrella company. Key Information Documents set out details about the engagement, including rates of pay. This allows workers to see how deductions and fees are made through the labour supply chain and how this affects their gross pay and net pay.</p><p>When set up and operated correctly, umbrella companies comply with tax and NICs legislation. Umbrella company employees who believe that an umbrella company is not complying with its tax or NICs obligations can report it to HM Revenue and Customs:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/report-fraud-to-hmrc" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/report-fraud-to-hmrc</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/01/2024 14:29:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679207

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against Personal Independence Payment decisions were lapsed by her Department in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal registrations and lapsed appeals. Data is provided for appeals registered in the 2022/23 financial year, the latest full financial year that data is available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Appeals registered in 2022/23 and how many were subsequently lapsed</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals registered</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>81,000</p></td><td><p>18,000 (22% of appeals registered)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>Data provided is for England and Wales (excluding Scotland).</li><li>These figures include appeal registrations and decisions for PIP New Claims, Reassessments, Award Reviews and Change of Circumstances. These figures include appeals registered in 2022/23 financial year and any lapsed appeals related to these appeal registrations up to the 30th September 2023, the latest date for which published data is available.</li><li>Appeals data has been taken from DWP PIP customer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li><li>This data is unpublished data. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/01/2024 12:05:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679209

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of appeals to the Tribunals Service for (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) jobseekers allowance and (e) tax credits were successful in (i) Glasgow South West constituency, (ii) Glasgow, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Great Britain in (A) 2021-22 and (B) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. Glasgow Tribunal Centre is the only SSCS venue serving the Glasgow South West constituency. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes of (a) Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and (b) Employment Support Allowance (ESA), for (i) Glasgow South West constituency (this is covered by the Glasgow data), (ii) Glasgow, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Great Britain in (A) 2021-22 and (B) 2022-23.</p><p>The tables below contain the requested information for Glasgow and Scotland for (c) Income Support, (d) Job Seekers Allowance and (e) Tax Credits for 2021 – 22; and 2022-23:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>INCOME SUPPORT</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Glasgow Venue<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Scotland HMCTS Region<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. Cleared at Hearing</p></td><td><p>No. Decision in Favour</p></td><td><p>% Decision in Favour<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>No. Cleared at Hearing</p></td><td><p>No. Decision in Favour</p></td><td><p>% Decision in Favour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021_2022<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022_2023<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>JOB SEEKER’S ALLOWANCE</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Glasgow Venue</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Scotland HMCTS Region</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. Cleared at Hearing</p></td><td><p>No. Decision in Favour</p></td><td><p>% Decision in Favour</p></td><td><p>No. Cleared at Hearing</p></td><td><p>No. Decision in Favour</p></td><td><p>% Decision in Favour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021_2022</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022_2023</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>TAX CREDITS</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Glasgow Venue</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Scotland HMCTS Region</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. Cleared at Hearing</p></td><td><p>No. Decision in Favour</p></td><td><p>% Decision in Favour</p></td><td><p>No. Cleared at Hearing</p></td><td><p>No. Decision in Favour</p></td><td><p>% Decision in Favour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021_2022</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022_2023</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>1. SSCS data is normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellant’s actual address but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue. 2. Proportion based on the number of cases found in favour of the appellant at a tribunal hearing as a percentage of the cases heard at a tribunal hearing. 3. 1<sup>st</sup> April – 31<sup>st</sup> March <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="3"><p>~ Suppressed in line with official published stats. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available. These data may differ slightly to that of the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 08/01/2024 09:59:41 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679211

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Jobcentres: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the most recent risk assessment on violence at work was conducted at Govan jobcentre.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions assess the risks around violence at work via the Jobcentre Claimant Facing Risk Assessment (JCFRA). Govan Jobcentre has a site-specific Jobcentre Claimant Facing Risk Assessment in place, and this was last reviewed 18<sup>th</sup> September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 11/01/2024 13:42:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679212

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Jobcentres: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the number of violence-at-work incidents that have been reported at Govan job centre.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions record all reported violence-at-work incidents. In the current financial year, April – October 2023, Govan Jobcentre recorded 27 incidents.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022/2023 financial year there were 19 incidents and in 2021/2022 financial year there were 20 incidents.</p><p> </p><p>All incidents reported at Govan Jobcentre have been categorised as verbal or written with none being classed as physical incidents.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 11/01/2024 13:50:49 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1679214

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Jobcentres: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentre clients have been assisted by an Armed Forces Champion in Glasgow South West constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	7612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>Since April 2023, 231 members of the local Armed Forces community have been supported by an Armed Forces Champion in the Glasgow South West constituency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/01/2024 17:27:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens