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229336

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time was for a decision to be made on a working tax credit claim in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>HMRC do not hold the requested data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/03/2015 09:59:11 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

229337

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance against targets on the length of time for a decision to be made on a working tax credit claim.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>HMRC do not hold the requested data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/03/2015 09:57:27 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

229340

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question 227268, tabled on 11 March 2015 by the hon. Member for Leeds West.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	228904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I have done so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/03/2015 09:26:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

229072

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Concentrix
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what telephone number can tax credit claimants contact Synnex-Concentrix UK to discuss mandatory reconsideration.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	228744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Synnex-Concentrix UK Limited is paid on a payment by results model on the basis of savings to public finances from correcting tax credit claims. Payments to Concentrix are also based on the quality and accuracy of their work. The model provides for adjustments for mandatory reconsiderations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The mandatory reconsideration process is set out as part of HMRC’s contract with Synnex-Concentrix UK Limited.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tax credits claimants can discuss a mandatory reconsideration of a decision to amend a tax credits award by contacting Synnex-Concentix UK Limited on 0345 600 3130.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 228762 question first answered 26/03/2015 10:07:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

229073

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Capital Gains Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much accrued to the Exchequer in capital gains tax arising from the sale of properties worth over £1 million in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	228753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Tax liabilities cannot be assigned at an asset level. Moreover, information on capital gains tax revenue accrued between April 2014 and March 2015 will not be available until October 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/03/2015 09:33:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

229074

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the effects on people's health of the cuts to alcohol duty in the Budget 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	228712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury Ministers discuss a variety of issues with Ministers from other government departments throughout the year, including the run up to Budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/03/2015 10:01:19 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

229075

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Energy: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from the European Commission on his Department's timetable for proposed tax changes affecting community energy societies.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	228663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is in ongoing discussions with the European Commission on the expansion of the Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR). Discussions relating to State aid applications are confidential and the Government is therefore not able to provide any more detail at this stage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Budget 2015 announced that there will be a transition period of six months following the confirmation of State aid approval for the expansion of SITR before eligibility for the Enterprise Investment Scheme, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trust Scheme is withdrawn for community energy organisations benefiting from subsidies for the generation of renewable energy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/03/2015 09:57:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

229076

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Annuities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the additional cost to the public purse arising from additional (a) social security payments and (b) social care costs of people in receipt of annuity income reassigning that income to a third party in order to receive the value of that annuity as a lump sum.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	228659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>From April 2016, the government will change the tax rules to allow people who are already receiving income from an annuity to assign that income to a third party, subject to agreement from their annuity provider. The proceeds of the assignment could then be taken directly or drawn down over a number of years, and would be taxed at their marginal rate, in the same way as those taking their pension after April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of how the costs of this measure have been calculated including the number of annuities that could be assigned can be found in the Budget 2015 Policy Costings document here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413895/Policy_Costings_18_00.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413895/Policy_Costings_18_00.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 228657 228658 question first answered 26/03/2015 09:00:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

229077

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Annuities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the figures in table 2.1 of Budget 2015 on a secondary market in annuities, how many people receiving an annuity income will have to reassign that income to a third party and take the value as a lump sum in order to generate the projected additional revenues of £535 million in 2016-17 and £540 million in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	228657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>From April 2016, the government will change the tax rules to allow people who are already receiving income from an annuity to assign that income to a third party, subject to agreement from their annuity provider. The proceeds of the assignment could then be taken directly or drawn down over a number of years, and would be taxed at their marginal rate, in the same way as those taking their pension after April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of how the costs of this measure have been calculated including the number of annuities that could be assigned can be found in the Budget 2015 Policy Costings document here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413895/Policy_Costings_18_00.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413895/Policy_Costings_18_00.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 228658 228659 question first answered 26/03/2015 09:00:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

229078

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Annuities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the figures in table 2.1 of Budget 2015 on a secondary market in annuities, for what reason income tax revenue is projected to fall by £130 million in 2018-19 and £120 million in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	228658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>From April 2016, the government will change the tax rules to allow people who are already receiving income from an annuity to assign that income to a third party, subject to agreement from their annuity provider. The proceeds of the assignment could then be taken directly or drawn down over a number of years, and would be taxed at their marginal rate, in the same way as those taking their pension after April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of how the costs of this measure have been calculated including the number of annuities that could be assigned can be found in the Budget 2015 Policy Costings document here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413895/Policy_Costings_18_00.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413895/Policy_Costings_18_00.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 228657 228659 question first answered 26/03/2015 09:00:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson