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227291

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on total customer debt to suppliers of (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the total amount of customer debt owed to energy supply companies.</p><p>Although Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt, they do not publish data showing the total amount of outstanding debt owed by customers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 15:09:19 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227324

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department publishes details of all staff engaged off payroll in its Annual Report and Accounts and the information requested can be found at the following links:</p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323953/dwp-annual-report-accounts-2013-2014.PDF" target="_blank">DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2013-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264555/dwp-annual-report-accounts-2012-2013.pdf" target="_blank">DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2012-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214340/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-2012.pdf" target="_blank">DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2011-2012</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/03/2015 16:31:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

226586

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much inheritance tax was collected in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available; and what the inheritance tax gap was in each of those years in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Details of Inheritance Tax receipts for 2009/10 to 2013/14 have been published at <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338949/140722Table12-1DUChecked.pdf" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338949/140722Table12-1DUChecked.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338949/140722Table12-1DUChecked.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs published its latest tax gap estimates on 16 October 2014 in 'Measuring Tax Gaps' 2014 edition: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364009/4382_Measuring_Tax_Gaps_2014_IW_v4B_accessible_20141014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364009/4382_Measuring_Tax_Gaps_2014_IW_v4B_accessible_20141014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the UK tax gap for each type of tax are provided from 2005-06 to 2012-13. In 2012-13 the overall UK tax gap was estimated at £34 billion, 6.8 per cent of total tax due. Within this, the tax gap due to Inheritance Tax was estimated at £300 million. A time series can be found on table 8.1, page 70.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not break down any of the estimates by country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/03/2015 16:56:58 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

226588

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2015 to Question 226142, how many enquiries were opened and how much additional tax was due to be collected in total as a result of those enquiries.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 17/03/2015 17:01:18 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

226397

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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	Remploy
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 Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224963, on which dates since May 2010 Ministers in his Department met a former Remploy employee.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	226941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 3 March 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-26/225675/" target="_blank">225675</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/03/2015 12:00:46 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

226001

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many prepayment meter customers are in arrears for (a) electricity and (b) gas in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England and (iv) Wales in each year from May 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	226856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how many prepayment customers are in arrears with their electricity and/or gas supply company.</p><p>Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt owed by domestic customers for their electricity and gas supplies in its Social Obligations Annual Reports:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-work/working-consumers/supplier-performance-social-obligations" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-work/working-consumers/supplier-performance-social-obligations</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 16:51:07 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

226002

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of what the average household (a) gas and (b) electricity bill was in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	226837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of average domestic energy bills are published by DECC in the quarterly energy prices publication:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/domestic-energy-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/domestic-energy-prices</a></p><p>Data is not separately available for England and Wales as it is reported to DECC for each public electricity supply regions (PES regions); Merseyside and North Wales is one of these regions. Gas in not widely used in the domestic sector in Northern Ireland, so estimates are not available. The 2014 data are provisional and will be revised on 26 March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 16:50:27 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

225101

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many off-payroll engagements there were in each government department and its arm's-length bodies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	226353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Cabinet Office. Departments are responsible for publishing information on their off-payroll engagements in their annual accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 11/03/2015 16:04:09 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

225110

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Savings Bonds: Pensioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will direct HM Revenue and Customs to issue guidance on whether 65-plus Guaranteed Growth Bonds cashed in following a bondholder's death will be subject to taxation.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	226317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>65+ Bonds can be cashed in without penalty after the death of a sole, or last surviving Bond holder.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the tax treatment of 65+ bonds is available in the brochure for the bonds, the terms and conditions under which the bonds are issued and in the annual statement issued to bond holders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The income earned on the bonds is taxable and tax at the basic rate will be deducted when interest is added to a bond. This applies equally to any bond interest paid after the bond holder’s death. There is no capital gains tax charge when one of these Bonds is cashed in either by the original purchaser or the purchaser's legatee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/03/2015 17:06:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

224647

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Gains Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual cost to the Exchequer of Private Residence Relief in each year between 2010 and 2020 in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	226021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Forecasts of the cost of private residence relief have not been made beyond 2014/15 and splits by UK country are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 225888 question first answered 17/03/2015 16:50:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash