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506303

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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, how many (a) Post Transaction Valuation and (b) Pay As You Earn healthcare requests were made to HM Revenue and Customs' Shares and Assets Valuation team in (i) the 2015-16 tax year and (ii) previous tax years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	32668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The figures below show the requests received by HM Revenue and Customs Shares and Assets Valuation in the last four tax years. Figures are also given for the total number of Post Transaction Valuation checks and those relating to the recently withdrawn income tax checks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PAYE healthcheck</p></td><td><p>Total Post Transaction Valuation Check</p></td><td><p>Income Tax Post Transaction Valuation Check</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>1441</p></td><td><p>558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>1517</p></td><td><p>586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>1502</p></td><td><p>606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>1792</p></td><td><p>727</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 18/04/2016 15:53:18 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

457465

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
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, whether decisions to close HM Revenue and Customs offices are subject to ministerial approval on a case-by-case basis.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	29663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>As HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced in November, it is transforming the way it works to be able to deliver better public services at lower cost to the taxpayer, meeting the Government’s challenge to all departments to do more with less.</p><p>As part of that programme, HMRC plans to bring together its employees in 13 Regional Centres. These will be large, modern offices, equipped with the digital infrastructure and training facilities needed to build a more highly-skilled workforce.</p><p>Treasury Ministers are supportive of the objectives of HMRC’s transformation programme. However, HMRC is a non-ministerial department and decisions on where to locate the future Regional Centres are operational ones, which are ultimately approved by its Executive Committee.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/03/2016 17:07:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

432638

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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, when he made the decision to close 170 local tax offices and replace them with 13 regional centres.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	17814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) first shared its transformation plans with its employees 18 months ago. Since then, it has held more than 2,000 events across the UK, talking to its employees about how and why it is changing. HMRC will be holding one-to-one discussions with each of its people to discuss next steps.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/12/2015 16:45:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

422171

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
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, on what dates officials or Ministers at HM Revenue and Customs have met (a) representatives of Mitie and (b) representatives of MiHomecare in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	12379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not comment on an individual taxpayer or company for reasons of confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 22/10/2015 14:56:12 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

391704

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 6496, how much of the £800 million referred to in that Answer is allocated as additional spending in the Budget.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs received an additional £800m of funding at the Summer Budget 2015 for a range of measures to tackle evasion and non-compliance. The additional expenditure which covers both the funding and the investment is set out in line 54 of table 2.1 in Chapter 2 on page 72 of the Summer Budget 2015 document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 8217 question first answered 10/09/2015 14:58:04 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

391726

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 6496, how much of the £800 million referred to in the Answer will be invested in each year of the present Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs received an additional £800m of funding at the Summer Budget 2015 for a range of measures to tackle evasion and non-compliance. The additional expenditure which covers both the funding and the investment is set out in line 54 of table 2.1 in Chapter 2 on page 72 of the Summer Budget 2015 document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 8292 question first answered 10/09/2015 14:58:04 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

390182

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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 conduct a public consultation on the HM Revenue and Customs Building our Future programme.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	7449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Building our Future is an internal communications exercise in which HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is having a conversation with its workforce about the future of the department, and how it can change its ways of working to meet customer needs and maximise tax compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC regularly engages with its stakeholders on the ways it is changing, which include investing in new digital services and data analysis to improve the customer experience and reduce tax error and fraud.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Its annual report for 2014-15 has just been published showing that HMRC has brought in record revenues of £517.7 billion last year, and sets out the department’s future development plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/07/2015 14:52:22 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

390203

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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 assessment he has made of the effect of moving HM Revenue and Customs services online on people using such services who are without access to the technology required for online access.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	7332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>We recognise there will always be individuals who need extra support using digital channels and we acknowledge that the continued growth and development of our digital services cannot be at the expense of people who cannot use them, do not have the technology, or who struggle to use them. Our digital strategy incorporates principles for supporting people who need help and those who are digitally excluded.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-digital-strategy-2014/hmrc-digital-strategy-2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/07/2015 13:24:48 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

389477

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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 steps his Department is taking to support people who (a) do not have access to a computer or the internet or (b) are not computer and internet literate to access HM Revenue and Customs' services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	6872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) recognise that their customers' needs are varied and that some of their customers will have difficulty or would prefer not to manage their tax affairs online. It won’t be compulsory for people to interact with them digitally and they will continue to provide help and support to ensure that they can access HMRC services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC are running a digital inclusion project to design and implement their future support models for digitally excluded customers. They are about to trial an initiative using a third party to help support people without access to digital or the skills and confidence to use it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC are also actively developing our role in the Digital Friends initiative, promoting and encouraging staff to find someone they know who needs help to go online, and give them basic advice and support on skills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, and in line with the Government Digital Service (GDS) service standard, every new or redesigned HMRC digital service must first undertake detailed research with digitally excluded customers, including those who do not have access to a computer or are not computer literate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Service designers must use this insight to provide service specific support for digitally excluded customers, both before and at the point of contact. The focus is on helping customers to use digital, but must also provide appropriate alternative ways for customers to transact with HMRC where research shows there may be a need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also designing and rolling out specific training to contact handling advisers on how to recognise digitally excluded customers, and quickly identify and offer appropriate solutions that will meet their needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/07/2015 15:45:21 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

386097

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the recent closure of the Euston and Lambeth office of HM Revenue and Customs, how many centres remain in (1) London, and (2) the United Kingdom as a whole, where a member of the public can obtain a face-to-face meeting with a revenue official.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>HMRC currently have no walk in centres in any part of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following public consultation, from June 2014, HMRC introduced a new service for customers who need extra help to get their taxes and entitlements right. This replaced the network of walk-in Enquiry Centres. The service can be accessed in a number of different ways and detailed information can be found on Gov.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where a face-to-face meeting is most appropriate, a new team of mobile advisers will arrange to meet our customers at one of the 336 convenient locations in the community throughout the country, or at their home if a mobility difficulty exists.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 09/07/2015 14:09:33 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk