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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

780382

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tax Evasion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed to investigate tax evasion in the HM Revenue and Customs (a) affluent unit and (b) high net worth unit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	110432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have brought together their High Net Worth Unit and Affluent teams to form a single Wealthy team. This organisational change will ensure that HMRC deploy their specialist, highly skilled resource on those wealthy individuals that present the highest compliance risk.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2017, the team had approximately 1040 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. Customer compliance activity as a whole forms is the largest part of HMRC by staff numbers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/11/2017 16:39:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

844061

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests for back-dated Home Responsibilities Protections payments have been made to HMRC (a) in total, (b) by residents in Scotland and (c) by residents in Glasgow South West constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	128403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Information on eligibility and how to apply is clearly set out on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/home-responsibilities-protection-hrp" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/home-responsibilities-protection-hrp</a>. Applications may be made for years between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 2010. Home Responsibilities Protection was replaced with National Insurance credits for parents and carers on 6 April 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested is not held centrally by HMRC so cannot be provided.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 128177 question first answered 22/02/2018 15:57:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

788412

	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	Revenue and Customs: Staff
	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 112013, on HM Revenue and Customs staff, how many employees were employed in the (a) High Net Worth Unit and (b) Affluent Unit on 31 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	112794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has brought together its High Net Worth Unit and Affluent teams to form a single Wealthy team.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2016, the teams had approximately 775 full time equivalent staff engaged in customer compliance activity, of which 380 were employed in the High Net Worth Unit and 395 were employed in the Affluent Unit.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2017, the teams had approximately 1040 full time equivalent staff engaged in customer compliance activity, of which 522 were employed in the High Net Worth Unit and 518 were employed in the Affluent Unit.</p><p> </p><p>Staff across HMRC work on tax compliance, including with regard to the wealthy – this work is not the sole preserve of the Wealthy team. Around 26,000 full time equivalent staff work in HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 15:11:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

786171

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110432, on tax evasion, how many staff were employed in the (a) High Net Worth Unit and (b) Affluent Unit in the month proceeding the merger.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	112013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2017, the teams had approximately 1040 full time equivalent staff engaged in customer compliance activity, of which roughly 522 were employed in the High Net Worth Unit and 518 in the Affluent Unit.</p><p> </p><p>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 the Fraud Investigation Service to ensure HMRC effectively tackle avoidance and evasion within this customer segment. Customer compliance activity as a whole forms the largest part of HMRC by staff numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/11/2017 16:27:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

844060

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of back-dated Home Responsibilities Protection payments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	128177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Information on eligibility and how to apply is clearly set out on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/home-responsibilities-protection-hrp" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/home-responsibilities-protection-hrp</a>. Applications may be made for years between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 2010. Home Responsibilities Protection was replaced with National Insurance credits for parents and carers on 6 April 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested is not held centrally by HMRC so cannot be provided.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 128403 question first answered 22/02/2018 15:57:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

834045

	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: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Director General of Border Coordination for HM Revenue & Customs is a member of the HMRC Executive Committee.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	125802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Director General of Border Coordination for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Karen Wheeler, is a member of the HMRC Executive Committee (ExCom) and ExCom Brexit sub-committee. Her line manager is the Chief Executive Officer and First Permanent Secretary of HMRC, Jon Thompson.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 125803 125804 question first answered 07/02/2018 15:44:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

834046

	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: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Director General of Border Coordination for HMRC is a member of the HMRC ExCom Brexit Committee.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	125803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Director General of Border Coordination for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Karen Wheeler, is a member of the HMRC Executive Committee (ExCom) and ExCom Brexit sub-committee. Her line manager is the Chief Executive Officer and First Permanent Secretary of HMRC, Jon Thompson.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 125802 125804 question first answered 07/02/2018 15:44:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

834047

	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: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the line manager is for the Director General of Border Coordination for HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	125804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Director General of Border Coordination for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Karen Wheeler, is a member of the HMRC Executive Committee (ExCom) and ExCom Brexit sub-committee. Her line manager is the Chief Executive Officer and First Permanent Secretary of HMRC, Jon Thompson.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 125802 125803 question first answered 07/02/2018 15:44:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

834254

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 154 of the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, how much in tax credits overpayments is written off due to the sums being time-barred under the provisions of the Limitation Act 1980 (or equivalent legislation applying in Scotland and Northern Ireland) in each tax year from 2013-14 to 2016-17 inclusive.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	125881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Limitation Act 1980 does not prevent HMRC recovering tax credits overpayment. We can ask the customer to repay the debt regardless of how old it is. The Act only restricts the time in which HMRC can take court proceedings to recover the debt.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/02/2018 12:13:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens