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1055022

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Companies House: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many prosecutions have been made in each of the last five years for fraudulent use of an address through Companies House.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	216951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>There have been no prosecutions for fraudulent use of an address through Companies House. The Department is currently considering a broad package of reforms to Companies House and plan to consult on these reforms in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/02/2019 16:38:33 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1055120

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to limit any disruption to EU–UK trade flows that may arise from a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Chidgey
uin	HL13445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting businesses and recognises the importance of trade fluidity for goods through the UK’s borders.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are introducing temporary easements for a no deal scenario making it easier for businesses to import goods from the EU using Roll on Roll off locations. Once registered, businesses will be able to transport goods into the UK without having to make full declarations at the border, and will be able to postpone paying import duties for a short period.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/02/2019 12:48:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	50 label Biography information for Lord Chidgey

1055122

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Bacteriophages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what research is being conducted in the UK into the use of phages as a response to antibiotic resistance.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL13446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to invest in research into new and alternative treatments. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is currently funding 12 projects across three of its councils (BBSRC, EPSRC and MRC) that relate to the use of phages as a response to antibiotic resistance. This represents a commitment of over £6m.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally the Department of Health and Social Care and Wellcome sponsored a strategic pipeline briefing into alternatives to antibiotics in 2015. The briefing reviewed the feasibility and potential clinical impact of alternatives to antibiotics, including bacteriophages, and considered approaches that were most likely to deliver new treatments in the next ten years.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/02/2019 17:57:22 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

1055150

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electrical Goods: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions (a) he, (b) ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with the representatives of the Scottish Government on the sale of unsafe electrical goods online; and whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals for the regulation of the sale of those products online.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	217057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has had discussions with the Scottish Government on a number of issues related to the safety of consumers, including on the Office for Product Safety and Standards’ (OPSS) new strategy for product safety. OPSS also works closely with local authority Trading Standards services across Scotland on specific issues, including the safety of electrical goods.</p><p> </p><p>All electrical goods must meet essential safety requirements before they can be placed on the UK market, including electrical goods sold to consumers by online retailers. The Government has no plans to introduce further regulation in this area.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/02/2019 17:19:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1055154

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Undocumented Migrants: Mediterranean Sea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they did not agree to take in migrants from Sea-Watch 3 following the collapse of that boat on 19 January.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL13466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK does not participate in relocation efforts. The UK Government's approach is instead to resettle refugees directly from source and transit countries, to avoid creating a pull factor. The UK has a strong record of providing protection to the most vulnerable through our resettlement schemes.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/02/2019 13:45:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1055175

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Gaza: Chevening Scholarships Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 28 January (HL12814), how many students have left Gaza on Chevening Scholarships in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL13479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The following information reflects the number of scholars who attended their Chevening interview in Gaza and whose pre-award address lists Gaza. The total number of scholars from Gaza who, in the past five years, completed a Chevening award is 23.</p><p>Breakdown by year:</p><p>2014- 3</p><p>2015- 3</p><p>2016- 4</p><p>2017- 6</p><p>2018- 7</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/02/2019 13:41:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1055223

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Neurology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have a neurological condition applying for assessment for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance who are assessed by an appropriate health care professional for that neurological condition in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	216965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Medical condition data is collected from the point of claim on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) from claimants’ fit notes, and at Work Capability Assessments (WCA). DWP statistics on the number of applications for ESA are grouped into medical conditions based on the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10) published by the World Health Organisation and do not include a specific group of neurological conditions. Information on the number of initial ESA WCA applications by available groups of medical conditions are available at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. The Departments’ choice of system for recording groups of medical conditions does not affect the correct administration the benefits individual recipients are entitled to.</p><p> </p><p>In the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of applicants to PIP with particular conditions. Only those who have a disability assessment determination decision will have a main disabling condition recorded for them. Information on the number of initial decisions made by disabling condition for claimants who had an assessment is published in the PIP clearances table and available at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. PIP main disabling conditions are recorded using a different system to ESA.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users of Stat Xplore is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>All assessments of claimants to ESA and PIP are carried out by appropriate Health Professionals. They are functional assessments which focus not on a claimant’s condition but on the functional effects of that condition. All Health Professionals have passed strict recruitment and experience criteria and are registered with a relevant regulatory body.</p><p> </p><p>Healthcare Professionals carrying out assessments for PIP and WCAs for ESA must have 2 years of clinical experience (or less than 2 years post full registration experience by individual agreement with the Department) and are trained to undertake functional assessments. In addition, they complete training on neurological conditions and have access to a range of relevant resources.</p><p> </p><p>Health Professionals can engage with claimants’ specialists where necessary to gather supporting medical evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/02/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 100778 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1055234

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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, with reference to the Loan Charge 2019, whether employees will be exempt from paying taxes in relation to those loans in cases where employers have paid PAYE on loans given to their employees through an employment benefit trust scheme since 1999.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	216970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Disguised Remuneration (DR) schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is working hard to help individuals get out of tax avoidance for good and is encouraging anyone who is concerned about their ability to pay what they owe, to contact them as soon as possible to discuss their position. In November 2017, HMRC set up a dedicated helpline for those wanting to settle their avoidance scheme use, and discuss payment options. HMRC will work with all individuals to reach a manageable and sustainable payment plan wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has now agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals totalling over £1 billion. Pay As You Earn (PAYE) liabilities fall on the employer in the first instance. The charge on DR loans does not change this principle and the employee will only be liable where the amount cannot reasonably be collected from the employer, such as where the employer is offshore or no longer exists. Around 85% of the settlement yield since 2016 is from employers, with less than 15% from individuals.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also introduced a simplified process for those who choose to settle their use of DR avoidance schemes before the loan charge arises. DR scheme users who currently have an income of less than £50,000 and are no longer engaging in tax avoidance can automatically agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need to give HMRC any information about their income and assets. This arrangement has been extended to 7 years for scheme users who have an income of less than £30,000.</p><p> </p><p>Those who consider they need more than five (or seven) years to pay what they owe or who earn £50,000 or more should still come forward and talk to HMRC about payment terms. There are no defined minimum or maximum time periods for payment arrangements and HMRC can tailor any payment plan to their individual financial circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced comprehensive double taxation provisions to ensure that no individual will pay income tax twice on the same income. More information is included in the DR Technical Note published by HMRC on 5 December 2016. Where employers have paid the income tax and NICs due on loans made through these schemes, the individual will not be liable to the loan charge.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the proportion of employers who paid their employees through an Employer Benefit Trust (EBT) arrangements and have paid the PAYE and NICs due is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>A list of scheme providers that have paid taxes on loans given to individuals through an EBT scheme cannot be released because of HMRC’s duty of confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 216968 216969 216971 216972 question first answered 13/02/2019 13:30:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1055235

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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, with reference to the Loan Charge 2019, whether he has published a list of scheme providers that have paid taxes on loans given to individuals through an employment benefit trust scheme since 1999.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	216971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Disguised Remuneration (DR) schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is working hard to help individuals get out of tax avoidance for good and is encouraging anyone who is concerned about their ability to pay what they owe, to contact them as soon as possible to discuss their position. In November 2017, HMRC set up a dedicated helpline for those wanting to settle their avoidance scheme use, and discuss payment options. HMRC will work with all individuals to reach a manageable and sustainable payment plan wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has now agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals totalling over £1 billion. Pay As You Earn (PAYE) liabilities fall on the employer in the first instance. The charge on DR loans does not change this principle and the employee will only be liable where the amount cannot reasonably be collected from the employer, such as where the employer is offshore or no longer exists. Around 85% of the settlement yield since 2016 is from employers, with less than 15% from individuals.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also introduced a simplified process for those who choose to settle their use of DR avoidance schemes before the loan charge arises. DR scheme users who currently have an income of less than £50,000 and are no longer engaging in tax avoidance can automatically agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need to give HMRC any information about their income and assets. This arrangement has been extended to 7 years for scheme users who have an income of less than £30,000.</p><p> </p><p>Those who consider they need more than five (or seven) years to pay what they owe or who earn £50,000 or more should still come forward and talk to HMRC about payment terms. There are no defined minimum or maximum time periods for payment arrangements and HMRC can tailor any payment plan to their individual financial circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced comprehensive double taxation provisions to ensure that no individual will pay income tax twice on the same income. More information is included in the DR Technical Note published by HMRC on 5 December 2016. Where employers have paid the income tax and NICs due on loans made through these schemes, the individual will not be liable to the loan charge.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the proportion of employers who paid their employees through an Employer Benefit Trust (EBT) arrangements and have paid the PAYE and NICs due is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>A list of scheme providers that have paid taxes on loans given to individuals through an EBT scheme cannot be released because of HMRC’s duty of confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 216968 216969 216970 216972 question first answered 13/02/2019 13:30:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1055236

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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, with reference to the Loan Charge 2019, what safeguards his Department has put in place to prevent double taxation in cases where the taxes now due on employment benefit trust loans have already been collected from scheme providers.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	216972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Disguised Remuneration (DR) schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is working hard to help individuals get out of tax avoidance for good and is encouraging anyone who is concerned about their ability to pay what they owe, to contact them as soon as possible to discuss their position. In November 2017, HMRC set up a dedicated helpline for those wanting to settle their avoidance scheme use, and discuss payment options. HMRC will work with all individuals to reach a manageable and sustainable payment plan wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has now agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals totalling over £1 billion. Pay As You Earn (PAYE) liabilities fall on the employer in the first instance. The charge on DR loans does not change this principle and the employee will only be liable where the amount cannot reasonably be collected from the employer, such as where the employer is offshore or no longer exists. Around 85% of the settlement yield since 2016 is from employers, with less than 15% from individuals.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also introduced a simplified process for those who choose to settle their use of DR avoidance schemes before the loan charge arises. DR scheme users who currently have an income of less than £50,000 and are no longer engaging in tax avoidance can automatically agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need to give HMRC any information about their income and assets. This arrangement has been extended to 7 years for scheme users who have an income of less than £30,000.</p><p> </p><p>Those who consider they need more than five (or seven) years to pay what they owe or who earn £50,000 or more should still come forward and talk to HMRC about payment terms. There are no defined minimum or maximum time periods for payment arrangements and HMRC can tailor any payment plan to their individual financial circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced comprehensive double taxation provisions to ensure that no individual will pay income tax twice on the same income. More information is included in the DR Technical Note published by HMRC on 5 December 2016. Where employers have paid the income tax and NICs due on loans made through these schemes, the individual will not be liable to the loan charge.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the proportion of employers who paid their employees through an Employer Benefit Trust (EBT) arrangements and have paid the PAYE and NICs due is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>A list of scheme providers that have paid taxes on loans given to individuals through an EBT scheme cannot be released because of HMRC’s duty of confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 216968 216969 216970 216971 question first answered 13/02/2019 13:30:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans