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788709

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2017 to Question 110711, on EU internal trade: customs, what representations he has received from business organisations about future customs arrangements with the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	112733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Since the referendum, HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs officials have met with over 300 businesses and representative bodies in a variety of sectors to discuss future customs arrangements with the EU. Input provided by businesses and other stakeholders was used to inform the Customs Bill White Paper, published in October 2017. Since publication, the Government has continued to engage with businesses and consumers and sought comment on the content of the White Paper, both through official written responses and formal meetings.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/11/2017 14:08:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

795466

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans for Making Tax Digital to be mandatory for businesses below the VAT threshold; and if he will make statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	115887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable member to my written statement to the House on 13 July which is available here.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-07-13/HCWS47/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-07-13/HCWS47/</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/11/2017 11:07:50 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

818870

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution by the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth on 8 January 2018, how many of the 5,000 new customs officials have been recruited.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	121634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Additional staffing required by HMRC following exit from the European Union will depend on the final outcome of the negotiations. HMRC are looking at all resourcing options including redeployment of existing staff and use of existing reserve lists to fill additional posts before recruiting externally.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/01/2018 13:49:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

847829

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Information Sharing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2018 to Question 126877, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information shared by HMRC with organisations outside the UK is not subsequently shared with third parties.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	129505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is subject to a strict duty of confidentiality and will only disclose information where there is lawful authority to do so.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC carefully considers what is permitted by law before it shares information, and has a range of safeguards to ensure information is handled appropriately when it is shared with other Departments or organisations, whether in the UK or overseas. Where appropriate, these include, but are not limited to, ensuring that onward disclosure of information is only allowed with HMRC’s consent and putting in place agreements or Memoranda of Understanding containing provisions detailing how the information must be accessed, stored, used and protected by the receiving Department or organisation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/03/2018 16:34:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

789230

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Research and Development Expenditure Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111380, on small businesses: technology, what recent representations he has received from business organisations on the use of research development tax credits and the effectiveness of those tax credits in supporting business growth and job creation.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	113142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The government regularly receives representations from a wide variety of businesses and business groups on Research and Development (R&amp;D) tax credits. In particular, the government engaged with many organisations to inform the recent review of the R&amp;D tax environment. At Spring Budget 2017, the government announced that this review had found R&amp;D tax credits to be an effective and internationally competitive element of the government's support for innovative businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/11/2017 17:10:50 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

892387

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Crown Dependencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General of 26 April 2018, on customs and borders, what estimate he has made of the financial contribution to trade (a) as an amount and (b) as a proportion of total UK overseas trade of trade conducted between the UK and a Crown Dependencies customs union in each year of the first five years after such a union is formally established.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	138612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Dependencies are currently part of the EU Customs Union, by virtue of the UK’s membership.</p><p> </p><p>When the UK leaves the EU, the Crown Dependencies’ relationship with the EU will also change and they will leave the Customs Union alongside the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working closely with the Crown Dependencies to maintain our trading relationships after EU exit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/05/2018 15:13:09 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794120

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution of 22 November 2017, what plans he has for businesses to take responsibility for the revaluation of their own premises.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	115208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Autumn Budget 2017 announced that the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) would revalue properties for business rates purposes every three years, instead of every five, following the next revaluation (currently due in 2022).</p><p> </p><p>To enable the VOA to deliver more frequent revaluations, ratepayers will need to provide information regularly on who is responsible for business rates and property characteristics including use and rent. The Government will consult on the detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/11/2017 17:28:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

789228

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Charities: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 112174, on charities: VAT, what recent representations he has received from (a) business and (b) charity organisations on exempting trading subsidiaries of charities from the Government's Making Tax Digital scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	113140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The 2016 consultation on Making Tax Digital examined whether exempting trading subsidiaries of charities from Making Tax Digital was appropriate. Responses were divided with many respondents arguing that charities who are trading should be treated in the same way as any other trading company.</p><p> </p><p>Further information in the consultation document (page 52) and consultation response document (page 44) can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-tax-digital-bringing-business-tax-into-the-digital-age" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-tax-digital-bringing-business-tax-into-the-digital-age</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/11/2017 17:13:02 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

797696

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Business Premises: Valuation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2017 to Question 115208 on business premises: valuation, what plans he has to change the amount charged by the Valuation Office Agency to revalue properties for business rates purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	116659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency does not charge ratepayers for undertaking property valuations and has no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 04/12/2017 16:16:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

808883

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Banks: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the amount of money that would have been raised for the public purse if the bankers' bonus tax had been retained in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	119992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The bank payroll tax applied only to banking bonuses awarded between December 2009 and April 2010. The last Labour Chancellor conceded that it could not be repeated without significant tax avoidance.</p><p> </p><p>Bank specific tax measures introduced by the Conservative government since the bank payroll tax include the bank levy, an additional 8% surcharge on banking profits, making misconduct compensation non-deductible and restricting the amount of carry-forward losses. All these changes mean that we will have raised more than £44 billion in additional bank taxes by 2023.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/12/2017 14:48:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson