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1035013

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fadia Kiwan and Intisar al-Jabouri
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the visas of (a) Intisar al-Jabouri, member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, and (b) Dr Fadia Kiwan, Director General of the Arab Women Organization, were delayed in advance of their attendance at an event in Parliament on the 5 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	205233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases. All applications for a visa to travel to the UK are considered on their individual merits, in accordance with the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 15:52:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1035015

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Politicians: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the effect of visa refusals for foreign parliamentarians on bilateral relations with those countries.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	205235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK engages with bilateral partners on a wide range of issues including any concerns which they may raise.</p><p>Foreign government Ministers visiting the UK on official visits are exempt from immigration control (including the visa requirement). In addition, all diplomats posted to the UK are exempt from the visa requirement.</p><p>Applications from Parliamentarians for visit visas are assessed against the published Immigration Rules (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules</a>)</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 15:49:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1035016

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Countries: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of recent reports of (a) human rights abuses and (b) systematic summary returns in violation of (i) the European Union Asylum Procedures Directive or (ii) the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees by Greek authorities against migrants travelling from Turkey.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	205236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of alleged human rights abuses and forced returns of migrants at the Greek/Turkish land border. The Ambassador to Greece visited the border area in November to meet officials there and learn more about the situation. In our contact at official and Ministerial level we have consistently raised concerns about the humanitarian situation faced by some migrants in Greece, and we will continue to do so. The UK continues to provide support, including through sharing of personnel and expertise, to help Greece deal with migrant flows.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/01/2019 13:55:11 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1035110

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2018 to Question 197426 on Teachers: Qualifications, what steps he is taking to ensure that more teachers of religious education have a relevant post A-level qualification in that subject.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	205237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting schools in recruiting well qualified teachers in religious education (RE), although the responsibility for making recruitment decisions rightly rests with schools, including what specialist qualifications and experience individual teachers are expected to hold.</p><p><br> To support recruitment efforts for postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) courses the Department is offering a £9,000 bursary for all RE trainees with at least a 2:2 degree classification, starting in 2019/20.</p><p><br> RE ITT applicants are also now eligible for one to one support from our expert Teacher Training Advisers, to guide them through their journey into teaching. They can access this support by registering with Get into Teaching.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2019 16:41:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1035111

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Politicians: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentarians from overseas countries have had to (a) cancel and (b) delay travel to the UK as a result of (i) visa refusals, (ii) visa cancellations, and (iii) delays in the issuing of a visa in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	205238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate or publish the information requested.</p><p>The available information relates to total entry clearance visas refused, published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics Visas volume 1 table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a> .</p><p>Information published in the Migration Transparency data indicates that the vast majority of straightforward cases are processed within Service standards (see table Visa_01, at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a> )</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:02:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1028739

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the planned HMRC guidance pack setting out advice for UK businesses on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal, whether that guidance will inform UK business to consumer digital services exporters who fall below the turnover threshold for VAT registration in relation to cross-border trade in digital services within the EU that the new arrangements coming into force as a result of the Value Added Tax (Place of Supply of Services) (Supplies of Electronic, Telecommunication and Broadcasting Services) Order 2018 will no longer apply to them in that scenario.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	203857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC published a Technical Notice on 23 August 2018 entitled ‘VAT for businesses if there’s no Brexit deal’. The guidance explains the actions businesses will need to take if they want to continue using the Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) scheme after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Additional guidance was also sent to all UK users of the VAT MOSS scheme on 27 December 2018 explaining that, should the UK leave the EU without a deal, the threshold will cease to apply to UK businesses.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will continue to communicate key messages and publish further guidance on the impact of EU exit on VAT and the MOSS scheme to support businesses in preparing for EU exit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:39:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1028741

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the planned HMRC guidance pack setting out advice for UK businesses on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal will contain information on the requirement for UK B2C digital services exporters to register for the non-Union VAT MOSS scheme in an EU member state after the day of exit but before the 10th day of the month following a B2C sale into the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	203858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC published a Technical Notice on 23 August 2018 entitled ‘VAT for businesses if there’s no Brexit deal’. The guidance explains the actions businesses will need to take if they want to continue using the Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) scheme after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will continue to communicate key messages and publish further guidance on the impact of EU exit on the MOSS scheme to support businesses in preparing for EU exit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:36:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1028742

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) total cost to (i) UK B2C digital services exporters that fall below the turnover threshold for VAT registration in relation to cross-border trade in digital services within the EU and (b) other B2C UK services exporters of registration for the non-Union VAT MOSS scheme in an EU Member State in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	203859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The costs to service exporters will depend on the precise circumstances of the exporter in question, including the extent to which they have any VAT liability in the UK or the EU. The UK MOSS scheme costs a participating business around £40 per annum.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:40:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1028743

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many promoters of tax avoidance schemes have been fined for failures to inform their clients that registration under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Scheme legislation does not signify that a scheme has been approved by HMRC in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	203860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC does not approve tax avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Promoters are required to give scheme users the tax avoidance ‘Scheme Reference Number (SRN)’ issued by HMRC when an avoidance scheme is disclosed under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Scheme (DOTAS). For schemes disclosed since the end of March 2015, which involve employers and their employees, the employer is required to give the SRN to those employees.</p><p> </p><p>The forms that promoters and employers are required to use make it clear to the recipient that they are “involved in a Disclosed Tax Avoidance Scheme” and that the scheme is “not HMRC approved”. They also provide clear information to inform would‑be tax avoiders of the risks they face by using avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has no evidence to suggest that promoters and employers are not complying with these obligations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 203861 question first answered 11/01/2019 14:25:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1028745

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers using tax avoidance schemes have faced (a) investigation and (b) sanction for failures to inform their employees that they are involved in a Disclosed Tax Avoidance Scheme that has not been approved by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	203861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC does not approve tax avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Promoters are required to give scheme users the tax avoidance ‘Scheme Reference Number (SRN)’ issued by HMRC when an avoidance scheme is disclosed under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Scheme (DOTAS). For schemes disclosed since the end of March 2015, which involve employers and their employees, the employer is required to give the SRN to those employees.</p><p> </p><p>The forms that promoters and employers are required to use make it clear to the recipient that they are “involved in a Disclosed Tax Avoidance Scheme” and that the scheme is “not HMRC approved”. They also provide clear information to inform would‑be tax avoiders of the risks they face by using avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has no evidence to suggest that promoters and employers are not complying with these obligations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 203860 question first answered 11/01/2019 14:25:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown