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794168

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans his Department has to support Small Business Saturday.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	902509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Small Business Saturday is a nation-wide grass roots campaign, celebrating small businesses across the UK. It is now in its fifth year and will take place on Saturday 2 December 2017.</p><p>DIT Ministers will be supporting this activity to promote our small businesses and their essential contribution to the UK economy.</p><p>I am hosting a roundtable in Portishead to discuss exporting issues for SMEs and to celebrate Small Business Saturday with the Department’s mobile Exporting is GREAT Hub, which many members have already used.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/11/2017 13:39:00 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

782077

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been allocated to HM Revenue and Customs in percentage and cash terms on preparation for no deal being reached in negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	110751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury is working with all departments to understand the funding requirements to prepare for Brexit effectively. The additional funding HMRC has received for 2017-18 will be set out at Supplementary Estimates and funding for future years will be confirmed at a later date.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/11/2017 15:39:05 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

780395

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how income inequality has changed by percentile since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	110198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Households Below Average Income survey (HBAI) produces information on the income distribution and income inequality which can be found here. This publication shows income inequality has fallen between 2009/10 and 2015/16.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201516" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201516</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 2.1ts of this publication sets out median incomes over time for each decile of the population, ordered from the 10% of individuals with the lowest equivalised household incomes (decile 1), to the 10% of individuals with the highest incomes (decile 10). This shows between 2009/10 and 2015/16 on a Before Housing Cost (BHC) basis, the median income of decile 1 increased by 4%, whereas the median income of decile 10 decreased by 3%. The patterns were similar on an After Housing Cost (AHC) basis, whereby decile 1 increased by 2% and decile 10 decreased by 3%.</p><p> </p><p>The publication also has measures for income inequality. One of these is the Gini-coefficient, which is an international standard technical measure, showing how incomes are distributed across all individuals. It ranges from 0% (when everyone has identical incomes) to 100% (when all income goes to only one person). Income inequality according to this measure has fallen between 2009/10 and 2015/16 from 36% to 35% on a BHC basis, and from 40% to 39% on an AHC basis.</p><p> </p><p>Another measure of income inequality is the 90/10 ratio; this compares the incomes of the 90<sup>th</sup> percentile to the 10<sup>th</sup> percentile. The higher the number, the greater the gap between those with the highest incomes and those with the lowest incomes. This measure has fallen between 2009/10 and 2015/16 from 4.1 to 3.9 on a BHC basis, and from 5.4 to 5.2 on an AHC basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/11/2017 14:06:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

778763

registered interest
date	27/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to other Government departments to prepare for the contingency of no deal being reached in the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	110038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury has committed over £250 million of additional spending in 2017-18 to prepare for Brexit from the Reserve. Departmental allocations will be set out at Supplementary Estimates in the usual way. This is in addition to the £412m of additional funding over the parliament announced at Autumn Statement 2016 for the Department of International Trade, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Exiting the European Union. That means the government has allocated over half a billion pounds so far in funding to ensure a successful exit from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/11/2017 11:49:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

778764

registered interest
date	27/10/2017
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, how much funding from the public purse his Department has allocated as a contingency for itself in the event that no deal is reached in negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	110039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Like all departments, HMT is planning for a number of EU Exit scenarios to make sure we are ready on Day 1. Over £250m of additional funding has been approved across a number of departments in 2017/18 to prepare for Brexit. Additional funding received from the reserve will be set out at Supplementary Estimates.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/11/2017 11:51:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

778100

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of income tax was raised from the (a) top-earning one, (b) top-earning 10 and (c) bottom-earning 10 per cent in (i) 2017, (ii) 2010, (iii) 1997 and (iv) 1979.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	109936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The estimates for the proportion of income tax raised from the top-earning one, top-earning 10 and bottom-earning 10 per cent are provided for 1996-97, 2009-10 and 2016-17 tax years in the table below. The percentile groups ranged on total income before tax. Estimates for the proportion of income tax raised in the 1978-79 tax year are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Share of Total Income Tax Liability</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Top<sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>Bottom<sup>(3)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>26.5</p></td><td><p>54.9</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>(1)(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>*This figure is not available.</p><p> </p><p>(1) Projected estimates based upon the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes using economic assumptions consistent with the OBR’s March 2017 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p>(2) Prior to 2016-17, total income includes the amount of dividends plus dividend tax credit (one ninth of the dividend), the grossed dividend, and income tax is charged on the grossed dividend. The tax due can be satisfied (in part) by the notional tax credit (10% of the grossed dividend). The table reflects the grossed dividend in total income and shows the income tax liability before the tax credit is offset. From 2016-17 the dividend tax credit is abolished, effective dividend tax rates are increased by 7.5% and a £5,000 Personal Dividend Allowance is introduced. This affects the measure of total income and leads to a discontinuity in the basis on which tax liabilities are presented between 2015-16 (and earlier) and 2016-17, so the share of incomes and tax liabilities are not directly comparable.</p><p>(3) Percentile groups ranged on total income before tax.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 02/11/2017 17:10:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

778101

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what rates income levels have changed for the (a) bottom-earning and (b) top-earning 10 per cent in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	109937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The lowest 10% of earners have seen the strongest earnings growth since 2010, as highlighted in the table below, which shows gross weekly earnings of all UK employees. Their earnings have grown more than twice as fast as the earnings of the top 10% of earners.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Gross weekly earnings (£)</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>% change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10<sup>th</sup> percentile</p></td><td><p>118.9</p></td><td><p>144.3</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>90<sup>th</sup> percentile</p></td><td><p>884.7</p></td><td><p>973.1</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HMT calculations using Office for National Statistics data (Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings)</p><p>Note: Includes all employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey period was unaffected by absence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 02/11/2017 17:24:27 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

757391

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to introduce provisions relating to Class 3 national insurance credits in the National Insurance Contributions Bill.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	8487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to introduce a Class 3 National Insurance credit for volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>However on 6 September, a Call For Evidence was published on the Full-Time Social Action Review which will develop recommendations on how to support full time volunteering.</p><p> </p><p>Details of how to submit evidence are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643612/Full_Time_Social_Action_Review_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643612/Full_Time_Social_Action_Review_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The review will consider what the voluntary sector, industry and, if needed, government can do to support full-time volunteering.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 8437 8438 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:02:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

757604

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of average living costs covered by the average student loan for a (a) student and (b) disabled student.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	8665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The Student Income and Expenditure Survey (SIES) reports on the average living costs across demographic groups. The 2014-15 report will be published shortly.</p><p>Loans for living costs are a contribution towards a full-time student’s costs while attending University rather than covering them in full. All full-time students qualify for some loan for living costs with the most support available for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Disabled students can also apply for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs), which are not income assessed and are not repayable, to cover essential, additional, learning-related expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/09/2017 16:13:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

756842

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	National Insurance Contributions: Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the forthcoming National Insurance Contributions Bill, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of granting Class 3 national insurance credits to young people engaged in full-time social action programmes.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	8437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to introduce a Class 3 National Insurance credit for volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>However on 6 September, a Call For Evidence was published on the Full-Time Social Action Review which will develop recommendations on how to support full time volunteering.</p><p> </p><p>Details of how to submit evidence are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643612/Full_Time_Social_Action_Review_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643612/Full_Time_Social_Action_Review_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The review will consider what the voluntary sector, industry and, if needed, government can do to support full-time volunteering.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 8438 8487 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:02:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson