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824430

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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, how much additional funding has been allocated to HM Revenue and Customs to tackle tax avoidance since the release of the Paradise Papers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>HMRC will investigate any allegations of wrongdoing brought to its attention. In the Autumn Budget 2017, the government confirmed 18 further measures and additional investment in HMRC to tackle avoidance, evasion, and non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has generated over £160 billion of additional yield since 2010 from tackling avoidance, evasion and non-compliance. There are currently 26,000 people working in the Customer Compliance Group tackling all forms of non-compliance – ranging from individuals operating in the hidden economy, through to detailed investigation of offshore structures and scrutinising the tax affairs of the largest multi-national companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Financial Analysis Centre (JFAC) established in the wake of the Panama Papers brings together data and intelligence from across Government and has developed into a national capability underpinning the Government’s ambitions to fight complex tax and economic crime, at home and overseas.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 123232 question first answered 23/01/2018 15:37:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

805176

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase the capacity of the HM Revenue Customs (HMRC) in customs regulations and procedures in the next twelve months; and where HMRC has advertised additional posts?
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>HMRC continues to consider staffing requirements, including for customs regulations and procedures, as part of its planning for EU Exit. HMRC is considering a number of resourcing options including redeployment of existing staff and use of existing reserve lists to fill additional posts as part of that process. Recruitment to the Civil Service typically involves advertisement on Civil Service Jobs.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/12/2017 17:24:48 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

791071

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 12 October and 13 November 2017 to Questions 106562 and 111438, for what reasons his Department no longer has a Later, Missing and Incorrect joint initiative.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	113660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>DWP does not have a Late Missing &amp; Incorrect (LMI) team / project but we jointly fund an HMRC initiative. The remit of this initiative is for HMRC to identify those cases where enhanced employer education and support will improve the timeliness and quality of RTI submissions from employers.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/11/2017 17:12:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

783276

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
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, whether the HM Revenue and Customs Jointly Managed Engagement Team is the same as the Late, Missing and Incorrect RTI project, referred to in the reply of 26 September 2017 from his Department's Freedom of Information Team, ref Fol 3556, to Mr John Slater; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	111438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The joint initiative between HMRC and DWP referred to as Late, Missing and Incorrect is separate from the Jointly Managed Engagement Team; the two areas do work collaboratively with each other.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/11/2017 16:17:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

780390

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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, how many needs-enhanced enquiries were made to HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	110424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The total number of needs-enhanced enquiries received by HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months are set out below:</p><p> </p><p>November 2016 14171</p><p>December 2016 7274</p><p>January 2017 10910</p><p>February 2017 7336</p><p>March 2017 10704</p><p>April 2017 9398</p><p>May 2017 9897</p><p>June 2017 9818</p><p>July 2017 9572</p><p>August 2017 8734</p><p>September 2017 7762</p><p>October 2017 5981</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/11/2017 15:55:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

756727

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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, if he will publish a position paper on the future of HM Revenue and Customs after the UK leaves the EU and its role in investigating tax avoidance by multinational corporations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	7874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken the lead in implementing the project’s recommendations in domestic legislation including a restriction on tax relief for corporate interest expense and rules to prevent multinationals exploiting mismatches between countries’ tax regimes.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the EU will not impact the Government’s commitment to ensure that the UK has a fair and competitive tax system, where taxes are paid. As the UK’s tax authority, HMRC will continue to engage on these issues after the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/09/2017 14:15:37 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

746719

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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, if he will publish HM Revenue and Customs' review of its Needs Extra Support service; and if he will make a statement before the summer recess.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of their continuous improvement process, HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking an internal review of its Needs Extra Support (NES) service to ensure that it continues to provide the same high level of service. There are no plans to publish this externally.</p><p> </p><p>The NES Service was not launched until May 2014. The number of NES staff that were in post at the start of each of the last four tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Advisers (who visit customers)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephony Advisers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of face to face appointments booked in each of the last three full tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Face to face appointments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>25,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 1930 1931 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

746721

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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, how many face-to-face visits HM Revenue and Customs Needs Extra Support advisers conducted in each tax year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of their continuous improvement process, HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking an internal review of its Needs Extra Support (NES) service to ensure that it continues to provide the same high level of service. There are no plans to publish this externally.</p><p> </p><p>The NES Service was not launched until May 2014. The number of NES staff that were in post at the start of each of the last four tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Advisers (who visit customers)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephony Advisers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of face to face appointments booked in each of the last three full tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Face to face appointments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>25,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 1929 1930 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

662803

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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 the (a) budget and (b) workforce is of each HM Revenue and Customs team responsible for enforcing employment categorisation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	58600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for enforcing employment categorisation is shared across a number of teams within HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The Employment Status and Intermediaries Team handles most of the cases. The budget for the Employment Status and Intermediaries team in 2016-17 is £10.637m, this covers the pay bill and travel &amp; subsistence costs. Other costs are allocated centrally by HMRC and are not split to team level. There is currently the equivalent of 253 full time employees in the team.</p><p>Some cases are also handled by HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS), Large Business and National Minimum Wage teams. In these teams it is not possible to isolate either the resource or budget allocated to enforcing employment categorisation as the resource is allocated according to the risk presented in the case. Multi-skilled teams working across all areas of the tax system tackle the largest and most serious cases with appropriate resource depending on the range of risks presented of which employment categorisation may be one.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 58601 question first answered 09/01/2017 14:06:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

662804

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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 the (a) budget and (b) planned workforce is of HM Revenue and Customs' employment status and intermediaries team.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	58601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for enforcing employment categorisation is shared across a number of teams within HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The Employment Status and Intermediaries Team handles most of the cases. The budget for the Employment Status and Intermediaries team in 2016-17 is £10.637m, this covers the pay bill and travel &amp; subsistence costs. Other costs are allocated centrally by HMRC and are not split to team level. There is currently the equivalent of 253 full time employees in the team.</p><p>Some cases are also handled by HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS), Large Business and National Minimum Wage teams. In these teams it is not possible to isolate either the resource or budget allocated to enforcing employment categorisation as the resource is allocated according to the risk presented in the case. Multi-skilled teams working across all areas of the tax system tackle the largest and most serious cases with appropriate resource depending on the range of risks presented of which employment categorisation may be one.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 58600 question first answered 09/01/2017 14:06:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey