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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

451607

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assurances HM Revenue and Customs obtains from its potential contractors and suppliers on the level of their compliance with UK tax obligations.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Prior to engagement, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) require a new contractor or supplier to provide their tax details, and to agree to HMRC performing revenue compliance checks throughout the procurement process, using information from its own records and taking appropriate action where required in line with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts for such engagements include clauses requiring that at all times the contractor or supplier shall comply with all statutes and regulations relating to direct or indirect taxes, and that failure to comply may constitute a material breach of the contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 22/02/2016 17:24:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

451608

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many days' work were lost to industrial action taken by employees of the Government and its agencies in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 22/02/2016 13:59:52 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name UKSA response to 26575.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Industrial Action Days Off
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

451609

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assurances the Government Digital Service obtains from potential contractors and suppliers on the level of their compliance with UK tax obligations.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 16 February 2016 to UIN: 26226.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 22/02/2016 15:39:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

451172

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assurances the Government Digital Service seeks from its contractors and suppliers that they are fully compliant with their UK tax obligations.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>All contractors and suppliers are required to confirm that they are compliant with UK tax obligations in order to compete for contracts with the Cabinet Office<strong>. </strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/02/2016 15:26:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

451183

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assurances HM Revenue and Customs seeks from its contractors and suppliers that they are fully compliant with their UK tax obligations.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text Prior to engagement, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) require a new contractor or supplier to provide their tax details, and to agree to HMRC performing revenue compliance checks throughout the procurement process, using information from its own records and taking appropriate action where required in line with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.<p><em> </em></p>Contracts for such engagements include clauses requiring that at all times the contractor or supplier shall comply with all statutes and regulations relating to direct or indirect taxes, and that failure to comply may constitute a material breach of the contract.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/02/2016 16:02:55 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

449533

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Ingeus: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to new Ingeus advisers in advising clients with mental health issues; and what plans are in place to ensure all Ingeus advisers are given such training.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	25212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not prescribe how providers delivering welfare to work provision train their staff.</p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/02/2016 13:57:03 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

448950

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of functional areas of the existing HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) IT Aspire contract for which any HMRC plan to create a GoCo capability would not require TUPE transfers of staff.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	24883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has reviewed a number of options when considering the transition from Aspire. Due to commercial confidentiality, the Department is not in a position to give more details of its plans at this stage. HMRC’s ultimate aim is an operating model that has the right mix of technology, processes and skills, delivered in a multi-sourced model.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/02/2016 16:50:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

448951

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Savings and Investments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the costs and benefits to the (a) public purse and (b) Debt Management Office of the Government's ownership of National Savings and Investments.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	24884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The core purpose of NS&amp;I remains to raise cost-effective finance for the Government, using an operating framework that balances the interests of savers, taxpayers and the wider financial sector.</p><p> </p><p>An indication of NS&amp;I’s cost effectiveness in raising finance for the Government, as measured by the Value Indicator, is published annually. The Value Indicator is calculated by comparing the total cost of delivering Net Financing and servicing existing customers deposits with how much it would cost the Government to raise funds through the wholesale market via equivalent maturity gilts. Last year £330m was saved.</p><p> </p><p>As an arms-length body, NS&amp;I is responsible for its own brand strategy. In line with government Spend Controls, Cabinet Office approval is required for advertising, marketing and communications spend of £100,000 or above.</p><p> </p><p>NS&amp;I relocated its operations within Glasgow from the Cowglen site to the Capella building in the centre of Glasgow in May 2015. The closure of Cowglen facilitated the move to more modern and cost effective accommodation and released the surplus site for redevelopment for housing, together with a capital receipt for the Exchequer. NS&amp;I’s mail processing and scanning operations previously located at Cowglen, moved to Orbital House in East Kilbride in October 2015. NS&amp;I remains committed to its operations in Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 24877 24878 24885 question first answered 05/02/2016 13:57:19 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

448952

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Savings and Investments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the future of National Savings and Investments.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	24885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The core purpose of NS&amp;I remains to raise cost-effective finance for the Government, using an operating framework that balances the interests of savers, taxpayers and the wider financial sector.</p><p> </p><p>An indication of NS&amp;I’s cost effectiveness in raising finance for the Government, as measured by the Value Indicator, is published annually. The Value Indicator is calculated by comparing the total cost of delivering Net Financing and servicing existing customers deposits with how much it would cost the Government to raise funds through the wholesale market via equivalent maturity gilts. Last year £330m was saved.</p><p> </p><p>As an arms-length body, NS&amp;I is responsible for its own brand strategy. In line with government Spend Controls, Cabinet Office approval is required for advertising, marketing and communications spend of £100,000 or above.</p><p> </p><p>NS&amp;I relocated its operations within Glasgow from the Cowglen site to the Capella building in the centre of Glasgow in May 2015. The closure of Cowglen facilitated the move to more modern and cost effective accommodation and released the surplus site for redevelopment for housing, together with a capital receipt for the Exchequer. NS&amp;I’s mail processing and scanning operations previously located at Cowglen, moved to Orbital House in East Kilbride in October 2015. NS&amp;I remains committed to its operations in Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 24877 24878 24884 question first answered 05/02/2016 13:57:19 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens