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691769

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average income for (a) men and (b) women in Coventry South constituency was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	64649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 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 Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/02/2017 13:26:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ64649 v.02.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Average Income
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

691770

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to make available the free software from HM Revenue and Customs to enable compliance with quarterly reporting obligations being imposed under the Making Tax Digital programme.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Mrs Theresa Villiers
uin	64652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs is working closely with the software industry to ensure that a range of software products (including free software) is available before the commencement of Making Tax Digital in April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The tax system already provides support via various reliefs and deductions for the purchase of hardware and software as well as other expenditure. As part of the Making Tax Digital consultations, the Government sought views on further financial assistance and support. Given the views expressed, it announced on 31 January that it will continue to consider options for assistance and support alongside the fiscal impacts.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 64200 question first answered 23/02/2017 15:30:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

691771

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a revision of his Department's forecast of the annual impact of leaving the EU on the UK after 15 years which was published in his Department's analysis entitled the long-term economic impact of EU membership and the alternatives Cm 9250, published in April 2016, to reflect proposals published in The United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European Union, of February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	64645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The government is undertaking a range of analyses to inform the UK’s position for the upcoming EU exit negotiations. We are seeking the best possible arrangement for the United Kingdom and the work being conducted reflects this. The Office for Budget Responsibility will publish updated economic and fiscal projections alongside the Budget on 8 March.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/02/2017 15:53:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

691773

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse will be of the decision to keep salary sacrifice schemes in place for school fees for each year until 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	64682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The new rules for salary sacrifice schemes include a longer transitional period for school fees, cars and accommodation than other benefits-in-kind. This reflects the longer contractual arrangements that normally apply to these benefits. If there were no protection for school fees, the Exchequer yield would have been approximately £10m higher in 2017-18, a figure which reduces each year to 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/02/2017 15:51:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

691774

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on how the money raised by the Apprenticeship Levy will be spent.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	64684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy will apply across the UK and will be collected from employers on a UK wide basis.</p><p> </p><p>In England, levy paying employers will be able to access their levy funds through the Apprenticeship Service to pay for apprenticeship training and assessment.</p><p> </p><p>By 2019-20, based on current forecasts, total spending across the UK will exceed what we expect to raise through the levy. Spending on apprenticeships in England will be £2.45 billion, and the Devolved Administrations will receive £460 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/02/2017 10:57:12 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

691777

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by his Department was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	64408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the department has routinely published contract information on Contracts Finder. The requested information is available via:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a> for contracts published between 2010 and February 2015.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a> for contracts published since February 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The information maintained on the value of pro bono engagements and the estimated number of work days contracted out in each year is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 23/02/2017 14:06:12 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

691779

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential costs to the public purse of increasing compensation to members of the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	64459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>After making payments of over £1.1billion to more than 900,000 policyholders, the Payment Scheme has now closed. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 64460 question first answered 23/02/2017 15:16:33 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

691780

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to reopen the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	64460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>After making payments of over £1.1billion to more than 900,000 policyholders, the Payment Scheme has now closed. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 64459 question first answered 23/02/2017 15:16:33 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

691786

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of HM Revenue and Customs budget is allocated to investigate landfill tax fraud.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	64488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) takes a risk-based approach to tackling all non-compliance, including those relating to Landfill Tax fraud. This means that it does not routinely allocate compliance budgets for individual taxes, but instead responds flexibly with civil and criminal investigations based upon the risks involved.</p><p> </p><p>For Landfill Tax, over the past five years HMRC has issued 51 Landfill Tax assessments totalling £94.3m, including 37 civil penalties totalling £2.2m. In addition, since April 2015, HMRC has commenced 78 compliance interventions targeting landfill site operators, and in the last 12 months visited 28 landfill sites.</p><p> </p><p>This work has also been supported by the waste sector taskforce, which has targeted businesses across the supply chain. In 2015-16, the taskforce investigated 250 business, with a further 179 businesses targeted in 2016-17 to date.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also undertakes criminal investigations, and in September 2015 14 people were arrested as a result of a multi-agency operation into Landfill Tax fraud. This investigation is ongoing. To avoid jeopardising any investigations and/or sources of intelligence, HMRC does not disclose specific regional details.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2016, in its ‘Measuring Tax Gaps’ 2016 publication, HMRC estimated the Landfill Tax gap to be £150 million in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold readily accessible information concerning the number of complaints received for non-payment of Landfill Tax.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 64528 64529 64531 64532 question first answered 23/02/2017 17:25:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

691787

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of landfill tax outstanding from landfill operators.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	64532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) takes a risk-based approach to tackling all non-compliance, including those relating to Landfill Tax fraud. This means that it does not routinely allocate compliance budgets for individual taxes, but instead responds flexibly with civil and criminal investigations based upon the risks involved.</p><p> </p><p>For Landfill Tax, over the past five years HMRC has issued 51 Landfill Tax assessments totalling £94.3m, including 37 civil penalties totalling £2.2m. In addition, since April 2015, HMRC has commenced 78 compliance interventions targeting landfill site operators, and in the last 12 months visited 28 landfill sites.</p><p> </p><p>This work has also been supported by the waste sector taskforce, which has targeted businesses across the supply chain. In 2015-16, the taskforce investigated 250 business, with a further 179 businesses targeted in 2016-17 to date.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also undertakes criminal investigations, and in September 2015 14 people were arrested as a result of a multi-agency operation into Landfill Tax fraud. This investigation is ongoing. To avoid jeopardising any investigations and/or sources of intelligence, HMRC does not disclose specific regional details.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2016, in its ‘Measuring Tax Gaps’ 2016 publication, HMRC estimated the Landfill Tax gap to be £150 million in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold readily accessible information concerning the number of complaints received for non-payment of Landfill Tax.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 64488 64528 64529 64531 question first answered 23/02/2017 17:25:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones