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106214

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in work did not pay any income tax as a result of changes to the personal allowance threshold in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	213291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>By April 2013, the cumulative effect of the Government's increases in the personal allowance for those aged under 65 years (born after 5 April 1948 from 2013-14 tax year) since 2010-11 had taken 2.8 million people out of income tax liability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The year on year growth over the three years requested is shown in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Tax Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Taken out of tax since 2010-11 by PA increases<br> (millions - cumulative)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2014 17:04:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

106223

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2014 to Question 207058, if he will discuss with (a) the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and (b) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills the implications for his policies on financial stability of the statements given to the World Bank seminar on integrated reporting on 10 October 2014 by the Governor of the Bank of England on unburnable carbon and market failures; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	213226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. member to the answer [the Chancellor of the Exchequer] gave her on 2 September 2014, Official Report, column 221W</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/11/2014 16:40:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

114877

	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	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the effectiveness of the Payment Services Directive in tackling online fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	213500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of organisations as part of the usual policy making process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of the ongoing negotiations on the revised Payments Service Directive, HM Treasury has been engaging closely with the Financial Conduct Authority. This has been to ensure that the UK fulfills its objectives by supporting a clear, proportionate and effective Payment Services Directive II, which aims to promote competition, transparency and greater protection for consumers, including protections against online fraud.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It might be useful to know that the Treasury publishes a list of ministerial meetings with external organisations. This is available online at: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/11/2014 16:44:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

106390

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful prosecutions for breaches of national minimum wage legislation there have been since 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	213421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer my honerable friend to the response provide by the Solicitor General on 16 October 2014 <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209683" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209683</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2014 17:11:04 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

106399

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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 HM Revenue and Customs employs; and how many and what proportion of such staff have been allocated to the enforcement of the national minimum wage in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	213375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has responsibility for National Minimum Wage (NMW) policy and legislation and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) enforces NMW on behalf of BIS. Staff across HMRC contribute to enforcing NMW, including people who work in legal advice, debt management, technical support and criminal investigation amongst others.</p><p> </p><p>ONS publishes staffing figures in the Annual Civil Service Survey reports</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2014 16:56:42 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

142101

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change Levy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been raised each year by the Climate Change Levy since it was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	213738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Historical information on Climate Change Levy receipts can be found in Table 4 of the HM Revenue and Customs ‘Climate Change Levy and Carbon Price Floor Bulletin’. This is published on the HM Revenue and Customs website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All figures in the table are on a cash basis and from 2013/14 onwards include receipts from Carbon Price Floor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/11/2014 16:48:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

106400

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2014 to Question 205614, what proportion of the penalties imposed in each year have been successfully enforced; and how much of the amount of penalty imposed is outstanding.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	213409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of 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.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of employers pay penalties upon being issued with a Notice of Underpayment. Where they do not, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will seek to recover through debt management processes. In the period 2009/10 - 2013/14 HMRC issued over 3,500 penalties totalling nearly £3m. Of these, 2 per cent are currently being pursued through debt management processes..</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2014 16:55:22 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

142104

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that developing countries who cannot sign up to the automatic exchange of tax information in its current form benefit from greater local transparency in taxation.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
	uin	213755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>HM Treasury and the Department for International Development meet regularly to discuss issues of common interest, including tax transparency.</p><p> </p><p>The UK funds the Global Forum Secretariat and the World Bank Group to provide support to developing countries that wish to implement international standards of tax transparency and join the Global Forum. We have also worked closely in the G20 to produce a roadmap to assist developing countries in implementing the new standard of automatic exchange of information (AEOI) and stand ready to help those that wish to participate in AEOI.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2014 16:58:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

105837

	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	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded employment allowance in (i) Wales and (ii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	212884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data was published on the 7<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that up to October 5<sup>th</sup> 2014, midway through the 2014-15 tax year, 35,000 employers in Wales and 728,000 employers in England had claimed and benefitted from the Employment Allowance. Employers automatically benefit from the allowance if they make a claim and have an employer Class 1 National Insurance Contribution bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far 900 employers in Aberconwy and 6,400 employers in the North Wales constituencies have benefitted from the Employment Allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212969 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:56:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

105842

	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	National Insurance Contributions: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded employment allowance in (i) Aberconwy, (ii) Conwy and (iii) North Wales in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	212969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data was published on the 7<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that up to October 5<sup>th</sup> 2014, midway through the 2014-15 tax year, 35,000 employers in Wales and 728,000 employers in England had claimed and benefitted from the Employment Allowance. Employers automatically benefit from the allowance if they make a claim and have an employer Class 1 National Insurance Contribution bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far 900 employers in Aberconwy and 6,400 employers in the North Wales constituencies have benefitted from the Employment Allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212884 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:56:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb