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1177188

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing benefit tourism.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	900694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear that benefits should only be provided for the lawful residents of the UK, including migrants who are settled here.</p><p>The Government has taken steps to prevent illegal access to benefits, with those migrants who abuse the UK’s hospitality facing having to repay any benefits obtained. The will also be liable to be refused immigration leave, or having it curtailed, prosecution and removal from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/02/2020 17:17:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1176661

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dogs: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to tackle the drugging of dogs for use by buskers.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	900660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>There are already laws and regulations in place to protect animals used by buskers. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is a criminal offence to cause unnecessary suffering to an animal, and to administer an injurious or poisonous drug to an animal. Specific concerns about the welfare of dogs used by buskers can be reported to local authorities, the police or the RSPCA.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/02/2020 17:17:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1175765

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of expenditure on welfare benefits payments was classified as overpaid in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions administers over 25 benefits, ensuring that the very different conditions of entitlement are met in each individual instance. We publish annual figures on the amount we estimate has been overpaid under the title ‘Fraud and Error in the Benefit System’.</p><p> </p><p>The percentage of benefit expenditure estimated to have been overpaid for each of the last 10 years can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount overpaid as a percentage of the Department’s expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has worked hard to deliver major welfare reform during much of this period, all whilst limiting fraud and error to 2.2% or less.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We continue to focus on preventing loss before it occurs, which is in everyone’s interest. Sophisticated data matching rules are increasingly allowing us to cross check what claimants tell us, with potential discrepancies being routed to our fraud investigators.</p><p> </p><p>We are constantly exploring the use of new data sources, which will improve this process still further.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/02/2020 14:23:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1175772

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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, what steps he is taking to stop the promotion of payroll loan schemes.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government and HMRC are determined to continue to tackle promoters of tax avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2019 the Government announced in its response to the Independent Loan Charge Review further measures to tackle promoters of avoidance schemes, measures will reduce the scope for promoters to market tax avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will:</p><p> </p><p>• Ensure HMRC can more effectively issue stop notices to promoters to make it harder to promote schemes that do not work;</p><p> </p><p>• Prevent promoters from abusing corporate entity structures that sell schemes to avoid their obligations under the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Scheme (POTAS) rules;</p><p> </p><p>• Ensure HMRC can obtain information about the enabling of abusive schemes as soon as they are identified, and enabler penalties are felt without delay when a scheme has been defeated at tribunal;</p><p> </p><p>• Ensure that HMRC can act decisively where promoters fail to provide information on their avoidance schemes; and</p><p> </p><p>• Make further technical amendments to the POTAS regime so that it continues to operate effectively and to ensure that the General Anti Abuse Rule (GAAR) can be used to counteract partnerships as intended.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail on these measures will be set out at the Budget.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 11477 question first answered 11/02/2020 08:56:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1175774

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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 Independent Loan Charge Review, published in December 2019, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) people and (b) companies that promoted payroll loan schemes.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government and HMRC are determined to continue to tackle promoters of tax avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2019 the Government announced in its response to the Independent Loan Charge Review further measures to tackle promoters of avoidance schemes, measures will reduce the scope for promoters to market tax avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will:</p><p> </p><p>• Ensure HMRC can more effectively issue stop notices to promoters to make it harder to promote schemes that do not work;</p><p> </p><p>• Prevent promoters from abusing corporate entity structures that sell schemes to avoid their obligations under the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Scheme (POTAS) rules;</p><p> </p><p>• Ensure HMRC can obtain information about the enabling of abusive schemes as soon as they are identified, and enabler penalties are felt without delay when a scheme has been defeated at tribunal;</p><p> </p><p>• Ensure that HMRC can act decisively where promoters fail to provide information on their avoidance schemes; and</p><p> </p><p>• Make further technical amendments to the POTAS regime so that it continues to operate effectively and to ensure that the General Anti Abuse Rule (GAAR) can be used to counteract partnerships as intended.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail on these measures will be set out at the Budget.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 11475 question first answered 11/02/2020 08:56:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1175776

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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 Independent Loan Charge Review, published in December 2019, how many people will be required to pay the 2019 Loan Charge in the event that the Government implements the recommendations of that review.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Of the estimated 50,000 individuals affected by the loan charge, the Government currently estimates that around 11,000 will be taken out of the loan charge altogether. In addition, individuals who have settled or are settling their tax liability with HMRC will be out of scope of the charge. There is not yet a firm estimate of the number who will choose to settle and so be out of scope of the loan charge.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/02/2020 09:00:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1175779

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dogs: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 15 January 2020, Official Report, column, 1020, what the timeframe is for bringing forward legislative proposals to reduce the rate of smuggling of puppies and dogs; and what provisions she plans to include in those proposals.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the welfare of all animals seriously, and that is why we have committed to cracking down on puppy smuggling. It is an abhorrent trade which causes suffering to the smuggled dogs and puts the health of pets and people in the UK at risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/02/2020 15:21:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1175780

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the publication of negotiation objectives for trade deals with China.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>We are not currently negotiating a free trade agreement with China. China is an important trading partner for the UK, and we are pursuing increased bilateral trade.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 11/02/2020 12:21:15 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1175782

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of the Nigerian Government on Official Development Assistance allocated to that country.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government engages regularly on overseas development assistance with representatives of the Nigerian Government at all levels – including Federal, State and Local government administrations. We do this at all stages of our programming, from portfolio discussions, to more granular engagement on design, delivery and lesson learning following the closure of our projects.</p><p> </p><p>While no money goes directly to the Government of Nigeria, aid is delivered in partnership with government bodies to ensure it is effective, impactful and in line with national priorities.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 10/02/2020 15:45:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1174201

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Busking: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle the (a) import, (b) drugging and (c) trafficking within the UK of dogs for use by multiple street entertainers.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	9614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of the illegal importation of dogs and puppies seriously. All dogs entering the UK must be compliant with specific documentary and health preparations intended to safeguard their welfare and the biosecurity of this country. We have one of the most rigorous pet travel checking regimes in the world and any dogs found to be non-compliant with import rules may be refused entry or detained until compliant.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who illegally administers drugs to dogs to be used for begging or as part of street entertainment would be in breach of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 by causing unnecessary suffering or administering injurious drugs. The maximum penalty for either of these offences is six months’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. However, the Government has already announced that it will increase the maximum custodial penalty for these offences to five years’ imprisonment. Anyone who has concerns about the health and welfare of a dog or any other animal used by beggars or street entertainers should report it to the relevant local authority or the police who have powers to deal with such matters, or to the RSPCA who will also investigate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/02/2020 17:24:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell