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	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were fined the maximum penalty for breaches of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 in each month of 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	212979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage very seriously and has increased the financial penalty percentage from 50% to 100% of the unpaid wages owed to workers, and the maximum penalty from £5,000 to £20,000. These new limits are now in force where arrears are identified in pay reference periods on or after 7 March 2014. The Government will also bring in primary legislation as soon as possible so that the maximum £20,000 penalty can apply to each underpaid worker.<br><br>I am unable to provide in-year figures for 2014/15 as HM Revenue and Customs do not disclose results mid-way through a year; this is because the results have not been internally verified. In an effort to assist I have provided the verified figures up to the year 2013/14, which provides numbers of the maximum penalties issued up until April 2014.&quot;</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/01/2015 13:58:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

114618

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments the Government has made to (a) Capgemini and (b) Fujitsu for work decommissioning tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	Telford
	tabling member printed	David Wright
	uin	213642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has undertaken limited decommissioning work on the Tax Credit systems. All decommissioning costs are paid through Cap Gemini as our prime supplier and the value of those payments is £1.2m.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/01/2015 12:52:31 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1461 label Biography information for David Wright

167701

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Luxembourg
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he plans to make to the President of the EU Commission on tax deals given by Luxemburg to corporations trading in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
	uin	217022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on the tax decisions of other Member States. There are, however, regular discussions of international tax issues in the ECOFIN Council, in the OECD and in other international fora including the G20. The UK is playing a leading role in reform of the international tax rules to ensure that companies pay the taxes they owe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/01/2015 11:36:56 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

170315

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff at each grade worked in the Transfer Pricing Group of HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	218658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The Transfer Pricing Group is spread around a number of business units. It is made up of Transfer Pricing Specialists and Economists who identify transfer pricing risk and who work cases in partnership with the large business case teams. The Transfer Pricing Group is involved in the annual risk assessment of multi-national enterprises. The yield from transfer pricing enquiries since 2010 is £3,074 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/02/2015 16:46:12 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

170320

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the compliance yield of the Large Business Service team of HM Revenue and Customs was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	218591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC’s) Large Business Service dealt with the tax affairs of around 800 of the largest businesses in the UK up to 31 March 2014. HMRC’s approach has enabled it to recover £22bn in additional compliance revenues from large businesses dealt with by Large Business Service between April 2010 and March 2013 as follows:<br><br>2013-14 - £5.94bn<br>2012-13 - £5.28bn<br>2011-12 - £5.04bn<br>2010-11 - £5.74bn<br>2009-10 - £4.56bn<br>2008-09 - £4.86bn <br><br>From 1 April 2014 HMRC’s new Large Business (LB) directorate deals with the tax affairs of the 2,100 largest businesses in the UK.</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/01/2015 14:25:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

170323

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average time was taken by HM Revenue and Customs to pre-approve transfer pricing arrangements in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	218609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has run an Advance Pricing Agreement Programme since 1999 to assist businesses in identifying solutions for complex transfer pricing issues and by agreeing their transfer pricing in advance. The average time taken by HMRC to draw up an agreement is available on the HMRC website at: <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/international/transfer-pricing-stats.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/international/transfer-pricing-stats.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Time taken is measured from the date the formal APA application is received to the date the agreement is signed by all relevant parties. The increase in elapsed times reflects an increased number of bilateral applications where HMRC has to work with other tax administrations, and has limited control over the process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/02/2015 16:55:12 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

170324

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each grade resigned from the Corporation Tax International and Stamps team of HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	218610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>The Corporation Tax International and Stamps team of HM Revenue and Customs did not exist until March 2014. Annual statistics are not available for 2014/15</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 218611 question first answered 30/01/2015 13:55:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

170325

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each grade worked in the Corporation Tax International and Stamps team of HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	218611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>The Corporation Tax International and Stamps team of HM Revenue and Customs did not exist until March 2014. Annual statistics are not available for 2014/15</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 218610 question first answered 30/01/2015 13:55:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

172432

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff worked on national minimum wage enforcement in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	219989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously. HMRC review every complaint that is referred to them by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline. In addition, HMRC undertake targeted enforcement on employers across the United Kingdom who are more likely to be not paying NMW.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Those employed by HMRC undertaking work on NMW are detailed in the table below. Staff across HMRC contribute to enforcing NMW, including people who work in legal advice, debt management, technical support and criminal investigation amongst others, but HMRC does not record specific numbers of those staff involved beyond those identified below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Staff in Post</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold information on the issue date of Notices of Underpayment. Our management information for all NMW cases records investigation time taken until final closure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 219984 question first answered 30/01/2015 13:50:21 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172433

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time between a national minimum wage infringement first being reported and the issue of the resulting Notice of Underpayment was in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	219984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously. HMRC review every complaint that is referred to them by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline. In addition, HMRC undertake targeted enforcement on employers across the United Kingdom who are more likely to be not paying NMW.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Those employed by HMRC undertaking work on NMW are detailed in the table below. Staff across HMRC contribute to enforcing NMW, including people who work in legal advice, debt management, technical support and criminal investigation amongst others, but HMRC does not record specific numbers of those staff involved beyond those identified below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Staff in Post</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold information on the issue date of Notices of Underpayment. Our management information for all NMW cases records investigation time taken until final closure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 219989 question first answered 30/01/2015 13:50:22 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms