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819112

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	HSBC: Low Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC employees are paid less than £7.83 per hour; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	121789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>1,342 HMRC employees were paid below the annualised equivalent of £7.83 per hour as at 31 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s annualized rate for the current 2017 NLW is £16,443, and six employees are paid at this rate. The annualized rate for 2018 will be £17,167, which will impact 1,342 employees on 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/01/2018 15:09:10 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

971521

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: East Kilbride
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed by HMRC in East Kilbride.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	172630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>At 31 August 2018 there were around 2,200 full time equivalent (FTE) HMRC staff employed in East Kilbride.</p><p>HMRC plans to accommodate around 2,700 FTE employees in its Glasgow Regional Centre when the first phase opens in 2021. When the Regional Centre is fully occupied, HMRC expects the number of employees working at the East Kilbride Transitional Site to have fallen to around 1,100 FTE. This is due to staff moves, retirements and a reduced need for the type of work carried out there.</p><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site will remain open until 2025-26. Over the next seven years HMRC’s workforce plans will continue to evolve, and it will review its plans for the Glasgow Regional Centre as these plans become clearer.</p><p>Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025. The Programme will deliver annual cash savings of £74 million in 2025-26, rising to around £90 million from 2028.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 172631 172632 question first answered 18/09/2018 15:00:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

971522

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Lanarkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff HMRC plans to employ in East Kilbride when the opening of phase one of its Glasgow regional centre is complete.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	172631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>At 31 August 2018 there were around 2,200 full time equivalent (FTE) HMRC staff employed in East Kilbride.</p><p>HMRC plans to accommodate around 2,700 FTE employees in its Glasgow Regional Centre when the first phase opens in 2021. When the Regional Centre is fully occupied, HMRC expects the number of employees working at the East Kilbride Transitional Site to have fallen to around 1,100 FTE. This is due to staff moves, retirements and a reduced need for the type of work carried out there.</p><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site will remain open until 2025-26. Over the next seven years HMRC’s workforce plans will continue to evolve, and it will review its plans for the Glasgow Regional Centre as these plans become clearer.</p><p>Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025. The Programme will deliver annual cash savings of £74 million in 2025-26, rising to around £90 million from 2028.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 172630 172632 question first answered 18/09/2018 15:00:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

971523

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Lanarkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff HMRC plans to employ in its Glasgow regional centre when it withdraws from East Kilbride in 2026.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	172632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>At 31 August 2018 there were around 2,200 full time equivalent (FTE) HMRC staff employed in East Kilbride.</p><p>HMRC plans to accommodate around 2,700 FTE employees in its Glasgow Regional Centre when the first phase opens in 2021. When the Regional Centre is fully occupied, HMRC expects the number of employees working at the East Kilbride Transitional Site to have fallen to around 1,100 FTE. This is due to staff moves, retirements and a reduced need for the type of work carried out there.</p><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site will remain open until 2025-26. Over the next seven years HMRC’s workforce plans will continue to evolve, and it will review its plans for the Glasgow Regional Centre as these plans become clearer.</p><p>Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025. The Programme will deliver annual cash savings of £74 million in 2025-26, rising to around £90 million from 2028.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 172630 172631 question first answered 18/09/2018 15:00:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

834048

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 35 of the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, how many HMRC staff are currently planned to transfer across to the DWP in line with the migration timetable for Universal Credit through to 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	125805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC are working with colleagues in DWP on plans for staff and building transfers. Transfers are dependent on DWP’s requirements and HMRC’s Tax Credit caseload run down.</p><p> </p><p>The present planning assumption is that approximately 2,000 staff currently working in Guild Tower and Unicentre, Preston and Sidlaw House, Dundee will be available to transfer across to DWP in line with the migration timetable through to 2022.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 125806 question first answered 07/02/2018 15:47:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

834049

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 35 of the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, which HMRC buildings are currently planned to transfer across to the DWP in line with the migration timetable for Universal Credit through to 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	125806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC are working with colleagues in DWP on plans for staff and building transfers. Transfers are dependent on DWP’s requirements and HMRC’s Tax Credit caseload run down.</p><p> </p><p>The present planning assumption is that approximately 2,000 staff currently working in Guild Tower and Unicentre, Preston and Sidlaw House, Dundee will be available to transfer across to DWP in line with the migration timetable through to 2022.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 125805 question first answered 07/02/2018 15:47:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

971528

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Ipswich
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the overall (a) cost and (b) projected staffing numbers of the HMRC Building Our Future programme changed following the decision to retain the Ipswich office of HMRC as a permanent specialist location after 2026.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	172637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not expect the decision to retain Ipswich, Haven House as a Specialist Site, to have an impact on either the overall costs or projected staffing numbers for its Locations Programme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC monitors its spending closely and is continuing to deliver the Programme within its existing funding.</p><p> </p><p>Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025. The Programme will deliver annual cash savings of £74 million in 2025-26, rising to around £90 million from 2028.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/09/2018 14:56:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

942872

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Evasion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed to investigate tax evasion in the HMRC's Customs Wealthy Team Unit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	165083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not have a team called the “Customs Wealthy Team Unit”. HMRC’s Wealthy team (merging the previous High Net Worth Unit and Affluent teams) as of 31<sup>st</sup> March 2018 had approximately 1046 full time equivalent staff engaged in customer compliance activity. Their roles focus on promoting tax compliance and tackling non-compliance amongst the wealthy population, including, where evidence is found, investigating potential tax evasion. The team works closely with Counter Avoidance and Fraud Investigation Service to ensure HMRC effectively tackle avoidance and evasion within this customer segment.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/07/2018 11:01:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

971526

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost per call is of opening HMRC contact centres (a) Monday to Friday and (b) on a (i) Saturday and (ii) Sunday.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	172635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not hold this information because they allocate staff resource in a flexible manner across a range of customer services and channels. This allows HMRC resource to be used more effectively and delivers better value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/09/2018 15:08:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1010800

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxpayers: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many basic rate taxpayers in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland have contacted HM Revenue and Customs to register their residence in Scotland in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	193608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has robust systems in place to identify Scottish taxpayers and ensure that they pay tax at the correct Scottish rates. Where a customer reports a change in address it is recorded on HMRC systems and, where it involves a move from the rest of the UK to Scotland, or vice versa, which changes their taxpayer status HMRC update their tax code accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>Whether someone is a Scottish taxpayer is defined in legislation and is normally determined by where they have their only or main residence.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/11/2018 14:47:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens