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431613

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) income tax and (b) corporation tax receipts; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	17295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Government wants to deliver a low tax, high wage economy.The personal allowance has been increased from £6,475 in 2010-11 to £10,600 in 2015-16, and the headline rate of corporation tax has been cut from 28 per cent to 20 per cent since 2010.</p><br /><p>The Government has committed to going further in this parliament by raising the personal allowance to £12,500 and the higher rate threshold to £50,000.Corporation tax will be cut to 18 per cent by 2020, benefitting over a million companies.</p><br /><p>Due to the strength of our economy, tax receipts are growing strongly. Onshore corporation tax receipts have risen nearly 30% since 2010.Income tax receipts are £8bn higher in the first 10 months of 2015 compared to the first 10 months of 2014. In its most recent Economic and Fiscal Outlook the Office for Budget Responsibility have raised their forecast for receipts over the parliament.</p><br /><p>At the same time the government has taken a number of steps to clamp down on avoidance and evasion. For instance it will invest over £800m in HM Revenue and Customs to help them to tackle evasion and non-compliance over the course of the parliament. These measures are forecast to raise £7.2bn by 2020-21.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/12/2015 17:32:26 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

709630

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Funerals: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has received representations on the creation of a children's funeral fund.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	67250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>I can confirm that HM Treasury has received representations on this issue, and registered the contents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 14/03/2017 13:45:35 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

647083

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2016 to Question 54558, what steps he plans to take to determine which infrastructure projects to fund from the National Productivity Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	55188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Paragraph 3.9 of the Autumn Statement details the allocation approach for the National Productivity and Investment Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/12/2016 15:54:42 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

444136

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	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 number of companies issued fines for underpayment of the minimum wage in each of the last five years; what the total value of such fines issued is; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	22207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it.</p><br /><p>Employers who pay workers less than the minimum wage not only have to pay back arrears of wages at current minimum wage rates but also face financial penalties of up to £20,000 per underpaid worker. A further increase in penalties will come into force in April 2016 and will increase the penalty percentage from 100% to 200% of the underpayments owed to each worker, up to the existing maximum.</p><br /><p>I refer the honourable member to the answers provided at UIN 18487 and UIN 205613 for the information on penalties charged on employers.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 18/01/2016 16:53:54 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

457458

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 12W, what assessment he has made of the effects on revenues of a reduction in the top rate of tax from 45p to (a) 44p, (b) 43p, (c) 42p, (d) 41p and (d) 40p.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	29642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review and any decisions on future changes are taken as part of the annual Budget process in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/03/2016 17:06:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

705721

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
	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 on exemptions to the proposed limit on tax credits to two children for women who have had a subsequent child as a result of rape.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	65666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government ran a public consultation on all the exceptions which closed on 27 November 2016. The Government published the consultation response setting out finalised policy decisions on 20 January 2017. The consultation response listed the organisations that made representations to the Government during the consultation period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 02/03/2017 11:40:03 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

642950

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Productivity Investment Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of spending from the National Productivity Investment Fund in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	54558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) will provide £23bn of additional spending between 2017/18 and 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>The government will fund the NPIF from additional borrowing in the short-term. All other new policies announced at Autumn Statement are funded through additional tax and spending measures.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/11/2016 11:12:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

658426

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Productivity Investment Fund
	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 December 2016 to Question 56178, on the National Productivity Investment Fund, what test will be used to define projects as critical to boosting productivity.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	57676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The National Productivity Investment Fund will be targeted at areas that are critical for productivity: housing; research and development (R&amp;D); and economic infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>Paragraphs 3.9 of the Autumn Statement document sets out the priority areas for this new investment, using value for money assessments, following HM Treasury standards. Where relevant, expert sector bodies such as Highways England, the Homes and Communities Agency, and UK research and Innovation (UKRI) will make this assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/12/2016 12:35:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

512452

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2016 to Question 31494, what information his Department holds on the potential percentage change in GDP which would result from estimated levels of immigration in the next 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	33799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury has not made any formal assessment of the effect of immigration on GDP in the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 18/04/2016 16:59:28 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

512453

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 level of immigration in each of the next five years to inform its economic forecasts; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	33797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The data can be found in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook charts and tables – March 2016, under Chapter 5, Chart 5.6: Past and projected net migration to the UK, available here: <a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2016/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2016/</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 18/04/2016 16:59:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham