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1139717

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	EU External Trade: Import Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of goods from non-EU countries are held at EU borders for physical checks.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	278327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The European Commission collates statistics on the proportion of EU imports subject to physical control, but does not publish this data.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2019 16:04:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1139906

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Services: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of removing VAT from social care after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Saffron Walden
	tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
	uin	278576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The provision of welfare services by certain bodies is exempt from VAT, so no VAT is charged to the final consumer. In order to qualify for this exemption, service providers either need to meet the requirements set by the Care Quality Commission or be a registered charity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2019 16:06:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1140195

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage and Unpaid Work: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints HMRC has received of employers (a) advertising unpaid internships and (b) not paying the minimum wage in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	279153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Everyone entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) should receive it.</p><p> </p><p>All businesses, irrespective of size or business sector, are responsible in law for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC actively promote compliance by working with both employers and workers to raise awareness of the employers’ obligations and workers’ rights in respect of NMW. This includes scanning the internet for adverts with a view to making contact where a business may appear to be non-compliant with its NMW obligations.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not hold a record of employers advertising for unpaid internships but in the last 12 months has received 40 complaints relating to issues affecting interns. The total number of complaints received by HMRC in the last 12 months is 3,972.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2019 16:15:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1140550

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of the business taxation system.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	279435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans at present to review business taxation.</p><p> </p><p>All aspects of the tax system are kept under review and are subject to change through the annual Budget, in the context of the wider public finances, with any future changes to the tax system being announced through this process.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/07/2019 11:34:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1140551

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Valuation Office Agency budgeted for appeals against revaluations of business rate liabilities in each financial year since 2010-11; and how much of that budget was spent in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	279436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency does not hold data broken down in this way. The combined costs of delivering work on Business Rates and Council Tax, as published each year in the Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts, are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Business Rates and Council Tax</p></td><td><p>Expenditure £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>156.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>160.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>150.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>152.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>150.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>169.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>167.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>157.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>158.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/07/2019 07:14:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1140592

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	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 (a) longest and (b) average response time was to answer an HMRC helpline; and how many complaints about telephone response times to those helplines have been made in the last six months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	279394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>HMRC measure their telephony performance through average speed to answer and the percentage of customers needing to wait over 10 minutes.</p><p>In 2018-19, for customers who needed to speak to an adviser after going through the automated telephone system, HMRC’s average speed of answer was narrowly outside the five minute target at 5:14 mins. 19.7% of customers waited longer than ten minutes to be connected to an adviser, which is outside HMRC’s 15% target.</p><p>HMRC do not record complaints data broken down to this level of detail so the information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/07/2019 07:14:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1140617

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if there's no deal, published by the Department for Exiting the European Union, what parts of the plan for VAT for businesses in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal have been implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	279466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>As a responsible government, the Government has been preparing plans to minimise any disruption in the event of no deal for nearly three years.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs and HM Treasury are aware of the VAT policies that need to be delivered for exit day and the Government remains confident that all required SIs will be brought forward in good time.</p><p> </p><p>In light of the extension that has now been agreed, departments continue to advance their ‘no deal’ preparations and are making sensible adjustments on the timing and pace at which certain work is progressing, so that the Government is ready to implement necessary work in the lead-up to 31 October if needed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2019 16:09:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1141473

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wills: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing VAT from wills that include a charitable donation.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	280957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>Under current EU law, it is not possible to remove VAT on fees for writing wills where those wills include charitable donations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/07/2019 10:19:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1141613

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 11 June 2019 to Questions 258889 and 258888, what steps his Department is taking to tackle delays on customs house clearance times for packages sent from EU member states.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	281546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In a no deal Brexit, the Government’s priority is to avoid delays at the border and keep goods flowing, whilst protecting security and revenue. HM Revenue and Customs is working closely with businesses involved in importing goods into the UK as parcels and packages to support their preparations for exiting the EU.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/09/2019 15:03:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1141667

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Occupational Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the findings of the John Lewis Partnership Working Well report, published on 11 June 2019 on the benefits to public services of greater workplace health prevention and early intervention; and what steps he plans to take ensure that taxation incentivises early intervention from employers.
	tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
	tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
	uin	281709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the valuable work of employers such as the John Lewis Partnership in providing for the health of their staff.</p><p> </p><p>Employers have a critical role to play in helping disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to remain in work. Keeping more people in work is good for them. But it is good for the economy too, and it reduces spending on out-of-work benefits, and potentially also demand on the NHS. For employers, investing in employee health and wellbeing can lead to increased workforce productivity and help retain key talent in an organisation.</p><p> </p><p>Employers normally incur expenditure on employee healthcare for a business purpose and can already deduct this in full when calculating their taxable profits under the longstanding general rules for business expenses. This means employers already receive full tax relief for these costs. The Government therefore does not believe that the existing tax system for business expenses incurred by employers provides a barrier to those wishing to support employees at work.</p><p> </p><p>The tax system also ensures employees do not pay income tax or National Insurance Contributions (NICs) on several employer-provided, health-related benefits and there is no corresponding Class 1A NICs liability for employers when there is an exemption for income tax. This includes recommended medical treatment of up to £500 intended to help employees return to work.</p><p> </p><p>This particular exemption is targeted at supporting individuals who are expected to reach or who have already reached four weeks of sickness absence. This is because evidence suggests there is an increased likelihood of employees moving on to benefits after an absence lasting four weeks or longer. The £500 cap is in line with the estimated annual cost of the medical treatment that would typically be recommended to help employees return to work.</p><p> </p><p>In July, the Government launched a consultation on measures to reduce ill health-related job loss. The broad focus of this consultation chimes with recommendations in the John Lewis report, including potential financial incentives to encourage more employers to access occupational health services, driving early and supportive employer action and spreading best practice. However, it also notes that there is limited evidence that making the tax treatment more generous is the most effective lever to incentivise more employers to start offering occupational health provision, if the initial cost is the main barrier for them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will use the evidence and views gathered during this consultation to develop its proposals further, considering an approach which offers the best value for money and is affordable in the context of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 281710 281711 281712 281713 281714 281715 question first answered 09/09/2019 13:08:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti