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1146857

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce tax (a) avoidance and (b) evasion.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	912456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text This government has taken significant action, including introducing 100 new measures tackling tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance, since 2010, securing and protecting £200bn that would have otherwise gone unpaid and helping to bring the UK’s tax gap to a near record low of 5.6%. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2019 15:57:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

455220

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 22 February 2016, Official Report, column 35, on the European Council, whether his Department is undertaking planning in the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	28504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p><strong>At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/03/2016 17:13:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

485532

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice he has received from the Office for Budget Responsibility on the effect on the economy in the event of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	32317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>A vote to leave the EU is identified as an economic risk in the OBR’s March 2016 <em>Economic and Fiscal Outlook</em>, which states that it “could usher in an extended period of uncertainty regarding the precise terms of the UK’s future relationship with the EU. This could have negative implications for activity via business and consumer confidence and might result in greater volatility in financial and other asset markets”.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/04/2016 16:46:24 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

417554

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the savings that will accrue to the public purse from capping public sector pay increases at 1 per cent in each of (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19, (d) 2019-20 and (e) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	9624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>At Summer Budget the government reiterated the need to continue to take tough decisions on public sector pay, in order to improve the public finances while protecting the quality of public services and jobs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Therefore the government announced that it will fund public sector workforces for an average pay award of 1% for 4 years from 2016-17 onwards. This will save approximately £5 billion by 2019-20.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 16/09/2015 10:22:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

1083542

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Services: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.16 of Budget 2018, what proportion of the £410 million for adult and children's social care will be allocated to children’s social care.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	229732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Autumn Budget 2018 provided a further £410 million in 2019-20 for adults and children’s social care. Where necessary, local councils should use this funding to ensure that adult social care pressures do not create additional demand on the NHS. Local councils can also use it to improve their social care offer for older people, people with disabilities and children.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/03/2019 14:08:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

901342

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to allow low income families to continue claiming child benefit if their child undertakes an apprenticeship.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	142930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit support parents with the extra costs of raising a child. Both are payable for children until 31st August following their 16th birthday. After this, the young person must satisfy additional conditions: they must remain in full-time, non-advanced education up to and including A-level/GNVQ level 3, or equivalent, or they must be undertaking a course of approved training. If a young person is undertaking a paid apprenticeship, or they are in training or education by virtue of a contract of employment, the family is no longer eligible.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 142931 question first answered 16/05/2018 13:13:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

901343

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credits: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to make low income families eligible for child tax credits if their child undertakes an apprenticeship.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	142931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit support parents with the extra costs of raising a child. Both are payable for children until 31st August following their 16th birthday. After this, the young person must satisfy additional conditions: they must remain in full-time, non-advanced education up to and including A-level/GNVQ level 3, or equivalent, or they must be undertaking a course of approved training. If a young person is undertaking a paid apprenticeship, or they are in training or education by virtue of a contract of employment, the family is no longer eligible.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 142930 question first answered 16/05/2018 13:13:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

479525

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Blockchain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what planning his Department is undertaking to facilitate private sector investment in the scalability of the proofs-of-work aspects of blockchain technology; and what discussions he has had with the Bank of England on that topic.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	31545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Digital currencies, and the distributed ledger technology that underpins them, have the potential to bring innovative services and products to UK customers and firms – particularly in areas like international transfers.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced in March 2015 that the Government will bring digital currency exchange firms into regulation in the UK to help the legitimate industry flourish, and to create a hostile environment for illicit actors. We will publish proposals on this regulatory regime in due course.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in Deputy Governor, Ben Broadbent’s recent speech, the Bank of England is also exploring this emerging sector and the implications it could have for monetary and financial stability as part of its broader research agenda.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, academics at University College London’s (UCL) digital currency research centre have also been looking at how the distributed ledger technology that underpins digital currencies could be harnessed by central banks. The Government is encouraged to see this research from one of the UK’s world-leading universities. However, this a theoretical paper by an independent institution, separate from the Bank of England’s work and from Government policy.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Government’s ambition to foster the growth of legitimate digital currency firms as part of the wider FinTech ecosystem here in the UK. As part of this, the Government will consider the wider implications of a growing digital currencies sector for the financial services sector and the economy as a whole. Some parts of Government are also looking at how the benefits of distributed ledger technology can be harnessed to deliver greater innovation. However, the Government and the Bank of England do not currently have any plans to introduce a centrally issued digital currency.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been rated as having the world’s leading FinTech ecosystem in a recent global benchmarking exercise and attracted c. £524mn in investment in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 31556 31557 31558 31559 question first answered 22/03/2016 16:41:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

479528

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what planning his Department is undertaking in relation to the effect of crypto-currencies on traditional banking models.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	31557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Digital currencies, and the distributed ledger technology that underpins them, have the potential to bring innovative services and products to UK customers and firms – particularly in areas like international transfers.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced in March 2015 that the Government will bring digital currency exchange firms into regulation in the UK to help the legitimate industry flourish, and to create a hostile environment for illicit actors. We will publish proposals on this regulatory regime in due course.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in Deputy Governor, Ben Broadbent’s recent speech, the Bank of England is also exploring this emerging sector and the implications it could have for monetary and financial stability as part of its broader research agenda.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, academics at University College London’s (UCL) digital currency research centre have also been looking at how the distributed ledger technology that underpins digital currencies could be harnessed by central banks. The Government is encouraged to see this research from one of the UK’s world-leading universities. However, this a theoretical paper by an independent institution, separate from the Bank of England’s work and from Government policy.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Government’s ambition to foster the growth of legitimate digital currency firms as part of the wider FinTech ecosystem here in the UK. As part of this, the Government will consider the wider implications of a growing digital currencies sector for the financial services sector and the economy as a whole. Some parts of Government are also looking at how the benefits of distributed ledger technology can be harnessed to deliver greater innovation. However, the Government and the Bank of England do not currently have any plans to introduce a centrally issued digital currency.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been rated as having the world’s leading FinTech ecosystem in a recent global benchmarking exercise and attracted c. £524mn in investment in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 31545 31556 31558 31559 question first answered 22/03/2016 16:41:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

479529

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Blockchain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what planning his Department is undertaking on the collation of block chain data; and what discussions he has had with the Bank of England on that topic.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	31559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Digital currencies, and the distributed ledger technology that underpins them, have the potential to bring innovative services and products to UK customers and firms – particularly in areas like international transfers.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced in March 2015 that the Government will bring digital currency exchange firms into regulation in the UK to help the legitimate industry flourish, and to create a hostile environment for illicit actors. We will publish proposals on this regulatory regime in due course.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in Deputy Governor, Ben Broadbent’s recent speech, the Bank of England is also exploring this emerging sector and the implications it could have for monetary and financial stability as part of its broader research agenda.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, academics at University College London’s (UCL) digital currency research centre have also been looking at how the distributed ledger technology that underpins digital currencies could be harnessed by central banks. The Government is encouraged to see this research from one of the UK’s world-leading universities. However, this a theoretical paper by an independent institution, separate from the Bank of England’s work and from Government policy.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Government’s ambition to foster the growth of legitimate digital currency firms as part of the wider FinTech ecosystem here in the UK. As part of this, the Government will consider the wider implications of a growing digital currencies sector for the financial services sector and the economy as a whole. Some parts of Government are also looking at how the benefits of distributed ledger technology can be harnessed to deliver greater innovation. However, the Government and the Bank of England do not currently have any plans to introduce a centrally issued digital currency.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been rated as having the world’s leading FinTech ecosystem in a recent global benchmarking exercise and attracted c. £524mn in investment in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 31545 31556 31557 31558 question first answered 22/03/2016 16:41:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell