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registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
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, whether he plans to increase the personal allowance during this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Havant
tabling member printed	Mr Alan Mak
uin	903839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to raising the income tax personal allowance from £10,600 to £12,500 by the end of this parliament. This is alongside our commitment to raise the higher rate threshold to £50,000. Over 30 million individuals will benefit from these changes.</p><p> </p><p>Summer Budget 2015 confirmed that the personal allowance will increase to £11,000 in 2016-17, and £11,200 in 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/03/2016 15:04:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak

445436

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
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, if he will publish an estimate of how many people in each region and parliamentary constituency will benefit from the rise in the income tax personal allowance to £11,000 on 6 April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	22893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government estimates that the increase in the personal allowance to £11,000 in 2016/17 will reduce the income tax liability for 29.2 million individuals in the UK.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/01/2016 17:16:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

424053

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
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 assessment he has made of the effect on earnings of the increase in the personal allowance planned for 2016-17; and how he plans to deliver an increase in that allowance to £12,500 by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Johnny Mercer
uin	901814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>Summer Budget 2015 confirmed that the personal allowance will increase from £10,600 in 2015-16 to £11,000 in 2016-17. These changes will benefit over 29 million individuals, taking 570,000 taxpayers out of income tax altogether. A typical basic rate taxpayer will see their income tax bill reduced by £905, compared to 2010.</p><br /><p>This is the first step towards meeting our commitment to raise the personal allowance to £12,500 by the end of this parliament.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/10/2015 16:22:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer

422549

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
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 plans he has to raise the income tax personal allowance during this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	12640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The government has committed to raising the income tax personal allowance to £12,500 by the end of this parliament, alongside our commitment to raise the higher rate threshold to £50,000. These changes will benefit over 30 million individuals.</p><br /><p>Summer Budget 2015 set out the first step in meeting this commitment. The personal allowance will increase from £10,600 in 2015-16 to £11,000 in 2016-17, and £11,200 in 2017-18.</p><br /><p>These changes will benefit over 29 million individuals and take 570,000 individuals out of income tax altogether by 2016-17. This will increase to over 660,000 by 2017-18. A typical basic rate taxpayer will see their income tax bill reduced by £905 by 2016-17, compared to 2010.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/10/2015 17:32:25 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

418644

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
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 estimate he has made of the number of people who will potentially lose their personal tax allowance as a result of the provisions set out in clause 24 of the Finance Bill 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	10112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 22/09/2015 13:00:55 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

418645

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
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 estimate he has made of the number of lower rate income tax payers who will potentially be moved into the higher rate as a result of the provisions set out in clause 24 of the Finance Bill 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	10113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>It is assumed that the question refers to clause 24 of the Summer 2015 Finance Bill: relief for finance costs related to residential property businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To make the tax system fairer, the Government will restrict the amount of tax relief landlords can claim on property finance costs (such as mortgage interest or interest on loans to buy furnishings) to the basic rate of tax. This will ensure that landlords with the largest incomes no longer receive the most generous tax treatment. To give landlords time to adjust the Government will introduce this change over 4 years starting from April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The actual number of taxpayers affected will depend on behavioural changes and other economic factors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 22/09/2015 13:19:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland