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1565138

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 110631 on Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, how much of the expenditure incurred on 2 July 2021 was subsequently recovered by the Financial Services Group following the postponement of the planned event.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	119038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text £3277.20 was recovered. answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2023 14:29:05 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1524745

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long it takes to be trained as an authorised officer of HMRC with the power of arrest.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	uin	67969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text Within HMRC, only authorised officers in the Fraud Investigation Service have the power of arrest. These officers receive extensive training in HMRC’s criminal investigation powers, procedures, and safeguards, including the power of arrest. This training takes 69.5 weeks and is a combination of taught class room training and assessed practical training and is accredited by the University of Northumbria. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/10/2022 12:38:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1587158

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of providing payments through the Energy Bills Support Scheme (a) after and (b) before the application of VAT.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	148779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text Whether VAT applies to the payment made under the Energy Bills Support Scheme is determined by VAT legislation. Under the Scheme, the government is paying £400 of the domestic customer’s energy bills. Payments made under the scheme into the customers energy account are regarded as third-party payments from the government. Energy suppliers are required to account for VAT at the reduced rate of five percent under the normal rules, as the payment is made for a taxable supply of energy. There are no plans to review the VAT legislation. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/02/2023 16:29:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1640094

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed by his Department to work on matters relating to (a) equality, (b) diversity and (c) inclusivity in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	186613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2023 answer text Where the number of individuals is fewer than five, as is the case here, we consider that to provide an exact figure and the additional details requested would constitute the disclosure of personal data.<p> </p>The first data protection principle requires the disclosure of third-party personal data to be lawful, fair and transparent. We believe that releasing the information would breach the first data protection principle. answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 06/06/2023 15:19:01 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1605950

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Childcare: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the tax free childcare scheme to cover (a) 25 per cent and (b) 30 per cent of childcare costs.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	170766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text Up-to-date estimates are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Should the Government announce any changes to Tax-Free Childcare or other policy measures in future, costings will be submitted to the Office for Budget Responsibility and published in the budget report on GOV.UK. answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/03/2023 14:17:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1565535

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of instructing energy utilities to include energy support payments in bills before VAT is calculated.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	119965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text Under the Energy Bills Support Scheme, the Government is paying £400 of the cost of domestic customer’s energy bills. VAT law applies a reduced rate of 5 per cent VAT to supplies of energy made to domestic customers. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/01/2023 17:32:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1580634

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse was spent on child benefit payments to parents of 16-19 year olds in full-time further education at (a) school and (b) college in (i) the UK and (ii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	132426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text This information is only available at disproportionate cost as the available Child Benefit data does not distinguish between young persons who are 16 and not in further education and those who are. Information on the educational setting (school or college) attended by young people aged 16 or over is not held.<p> </p>Child Benefit statistics are published using August data from each year, detailing the number of children receiving Child Benefit payments by age and region. Figures from 2019-2021 for children aged 16-19 are summarised in the table below:<p> </p><p><strong>Number of children in (i) the UK and (ii) England receiving Child Benefit payments as of August of each year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>643,915</p></td><td><p>542,490</p></td><td><p>656,640</p></td><td><p>554,150</p></td><td><p>660,420</p></td><td><p>557,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>500,560</p></td><td><p>423,980</p></td><td><p>517,110</p></td><td><p>439,520</p></td><td><p>528,280</p></td><td><p>450,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>418,565</p></td><td><p>361,175</p></td><td><p>422,505</p></td><td><p>366,560</p></td><td><p>440,745</p></td><td><p>383,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>95,830</p></td><td><p>80,305</p></td><td><p>90,610</p></td><td><p>75,490</p></td><td><p>84,015</p></td><td><p>70,080</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note 1: not all 16 year olds will remain in further education from the following September</p><p> </p><p>The Child Benefit annual statistics are published on GOV.UK at:</p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics</em></a> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 132425 question first answered 02/02/2023 14:21:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1580633

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of parents with 16-19 year olds in full-time further education at school and college were in receipt of child benefit in (a) England and (b) the UK in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	132425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text This information is only available at disproportionate cost as the available Child Benefit data does not distinguish between young persons who are 16 and not in further education and those who are. Information on the educational setting (school or college) attended by young people aged 16 or over is not held.<p> </p>Child Benefit statistics are published using August data from each year, detailing the number of children receiving Child Benefit payments by age and region. Figures from 2019-2021 for children aged 16-19 are summarised in the table below:<p> </p><p><strong>Number of children in (i) the UK and (ii) England receiving Child Benefit payments as of August of each year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>643,915</p></td><td><p>542,490</p></td><td><p>656,640</p></td><td><p>554,150</p></td><td><p>660,420</p></td><td><p>557,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>500,560</p></td><td><p>423,980</p></td><td><p>517,110</p></td><td><p>439,520</p></td><td><p>528,280</p></td><td><p>450,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>418,565</p></td><td><p>361,175</p></td><td><p>422,505</p></td><td><p>366,560</p></td><td><p>440,745</p></td><td><p>383,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>95,830</p></td><td><p>80,305</p></td><td><p>90,610</p></td><td><p>75,490</p></td><td><p>84,015</p></td><td><p>70,080</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note 1: not all 16 year olds will remain in further education from the following September</p><p> </p><p>The Child Benefit annual statistics are published on GOV.UK at:</p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics</em></a> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 132426 question first answered 02/02/2023 14:21:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1544910

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Repayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) schools or (b) education trusts have received demands for backdated VAT, where HMRC has deemed that institution liable, due to their provision of tablet computers, laptops or other electronic devices to students, for each of the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	94867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text This data is not held by HMRC, as VAT assessments do not include information at a product level and HMRC does not keep data on assessments. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/12/2022 16:42:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1610448

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals to the Valuation Office Agency were successful in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Enfield in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	180581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text There are two forms of formal challenge (appeal) for Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating disputes. A formal challenge submitted to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and appeals to the independent Valuation Tribunal (VT). Legislation permits a taxpayer to appeal to VT when they disagree with the VOA’s decision on the Council Tax band of their domestic property, or Rateable Value of their non-domestic (business) property.<p> </p><p>The VOA publish annual statistics on the number of challenges received, for both domestic and non-domestic properties, including the outcomes, broken down by region. You can view them here:</p><p> </p><p>Domestic properties, ‘Challenges and changes: financial year summaries March 2022’, Table_CTCAC1.3: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-tax-challenges-and-changes-in-england-and-wales-march-2022" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-tax-challenges-and-changes-in-england-and-wales-march-2022</a></p><p> </p><p>Non-domestic properties, see ‘Non-domestic Rating: Checks, Challenges and Changes, England’ spreadsheets for each year, refer to tables citing Challenges: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/non-domestic-rating-challenges-and-changes" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/non-domestic-rating-challenges-and-changes</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 180579 question first answered 19/04/2023 13:56:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark