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1462535

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date	12/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxpayer Protection Taskforce: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the Government's £100 million investment in the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce, announced in November 2021, has been used for (a) existing and (b) new HMRC staff.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>The Covid Taxpayer Protection Taskforce is made up of 1,265 experienced compliance officers, and all its staff have been reassigned from other teams across HMRC. These staff were selected from those who have tax training and compliance experience. Once they joined the taskforce, staff were provided with additional training on the COVID-19 Schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has recruited an additional 430 full-time equivalent staff, funded for five years, to backfill those colleagues who were deployed to the Covid-19 taskforce for two years.</p><p> </p><p>The £100 million has been used to recruit new HMRC staff to backfill those who were reassigned into the Covid-19 taskforce.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 1367 question first answered 17/05/2022 15:16:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1462536

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxpayer Protection Taskforce: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have been (a) reassigned from other teams in HMRC into the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce and (b) hired by HMRC to replace those who have been reassigned.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>The Covid Taxpayer Protection Taskforce is made up of 1,265 experienced compliance officers, and all its staff have been reassigned from other teams across HMRC. These staff were selected from those who have tax training and compliance experience. Once they joined the taskforce, staff were provided with additional training on the COVID-19 Schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has recruited an additional 430 full-time equivalent staff, funded for five years, to backfill those colleagues who were deployed to the Covid-19 taskforce for two years.</p><p> </p><p>The £100 million has been used to recruit new HMRC staff to backfill those who were reassigned into the Covid-19 taskforce.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 1366 question first answered 17/05/2022 15:16:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1462537

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many allegations of fraud in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from whistleblowers HMRC has (a) received, (b) investigated and (c) concluded were fraudulent as of 12 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>HMRC does not categorise intelligence reports, including allegations received from whistle-blowers, by fraud or other non-compliant behaviours and so is unable to provide the information requested.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/05/2022 15:21:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1462538

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eat Out to Help Out Scheme: Fraud
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 value of Eat to Help Out funds that were claimed fraudulently.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>HMRC identifies claims for compliance checks where the amount of the claim is out of step with other information. The risk that a claim is incorrect may be due to either an honest mistake or fraud, and the reason cannot be established until the check is concluded.</p><p>Estimates for the proportion of error and fraud were published in November 2021, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-error-and-fraud-in-the-covid-19-schemes/measuring-error-and-fraud-in-the-covid-19-support-schemes-methodology-and-approach" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-error-and-fraud-in-the-covid-19-schemes/measuring-error-and-fraud-in-the-covid-19-support-schemes-methodology-and-approach</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/05/2022 15:19:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1462539

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the value of loans issued through the Bounce Back Loan Scheme at risk of being used to fund terrorist organisations.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>Bounce Back Loans were offered by accredited lenders who were required to carry out appropriate anti-money laundering and know-your-customer checks on applications.</p><p> </p><p>In the event that lenders have concerns in regard to a loan already issued, they are responsible for recovering funds or referring the organisations to law enforcement agencies for investigation and recovery. In order to support these efforts, at Spring Statement the government provided £13.2m additional funding for the National Investigation Service to investigate fraud and financial crime against the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/05/2022 15:01:30 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1462541

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
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 estimate he has made of the number of loans made under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme to directors that have subsequently been disqualified or made subject to bankruptcy undertakings as a result of bounce-back loan misuse; and what the value of those loans is.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service has secured 159 disqualifications of company directors as a result of COVID-19 financial support scheme abuse.</p><p>The Insolvency Service publishes official statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/insolvency-service-enforcement-outcomes?msclkid=ef7e0397d12e11ec9414c6c3c95bdbb7" target="_blank">online</a> of its enforcement outcomes.</p><p>Our official statistics do not currently include bankruptcy restriction undertakings with regards to the Bounce Back Loan scheme.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/05/2022 08:22:03 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1462542

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
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 companies that received Bounce Back loans were set up after March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>As of 22 February 2022, Cabinet Office analysis has identified 3,761 loans as having been issued to companies incorporated after 1 March 2020. Businesses had to be established on or before 1 March 2020 to be eligible. However, some businesses may have been carrying out business before 1 March 2020 as sole traders and partnerships, and chose to incorporate subsequently. A legitimate business which changed its legal form in this way was still eligible for the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/05/2022 08:20:30 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1462544

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
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 and what proportion of companies that received Coronavirus Bounce Back Loans were issued to companies that had been created by company formation agents.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/05/2022 08:18:34 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1462545

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud
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 and what proportion of coronavirus bounce back loans from each lender have been identified as fraudulent.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>It is not possible to confirm the proportion of Bounce Back Loans from each lender that have been identified as fraudulent.</p><p> </p><p>Lenders are able to flag individual loans as suspected fraud, however this does not necessarily indicate that a fraud has taken place, as this is ultimately determined by the Courts.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/05/2022 08:19:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1462546

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the managing public money guidance on fraud was last updated.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The Managing Public Money Guidance was last updated on 4 March 2022. The latest edition of <em>Managing Public Money</em> (section 4.9.5) now requires that for any new major area of spend, departments shall assess the risk of and impact from fraud at the outset when the spending is being proposed. Departments must also complete a full fraud assessment and keep it up to date. This should all be done in conjunction with counter-fraud experts. Accompanying changes to the <em>Green Book</em> (section A5.27), published on 30 March 2022, set out how fraud risks and counter-fraud measures should be taken into account in the business case process.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 19/05/2022 14:34:56 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare