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	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	Aviation: Alternative Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2019 to Question 277102 on Aviation: Alternative Fuels, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing tax (a) incentives and (b) disincentives to accelerate the switch to alternative aviation fuels.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	281560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>In line with international conventions to which the UK is party, the government does not charge fuel duty on commercial aviation fuel, therefore alternative aviation fuels cannot currently be supported through the tax system.</p><p> </p><p>Biofuels are supported outside of the tax system through a market-based certificate trading mechanism called the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), which has a sharp environmental focus.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 05/09/2019 15:57:25 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401779

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bounty Joy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department first became aware that Bounty Joy Ltd were not providing information to women they were contacting who had recently given birth on the possible loss of some pension rights in the event that those women did not apply for child benefit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	101608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>HMRC do not have a direct contract with Bounty Joy Ltd.</p><p>HMRC’s Customer Communication Services Contract is with Communisis UK Ltd. Communisis have a sub-contractor relationship with Bounty Joy Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit claim forms are included in birth packs handed out to new parents by Bounty representatives on maternity wards. Bounty representatives do not have an official role in explaining Child Benefit eligibility criteria, nor the possible implications of not submitting a claim. This information is, however, included on the front page of the Child Benefit claim form.</p><p> </p><p>Although access to maternity wards for Bounty representatives has been limited throughout the pandemic, Bounty have continued to supply the packs to maternity wards as usual, to be handed to new mothers by hospital staff.</p><p> </p><p>Qualifying Years for State Pension can be accrued in different ways: National Insurance (NI) contributions whilst individuals are working or self-employed; by being credited with NI credits whilst being in receipt of certain benefits (including for Child Benefit); and through making voluntary NI contributions. As an individual’s NI record can be filled in a number of ways not all individuals will require the National Insurance credits that come with Child Benefit.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 101609 question first answered 19/01/2022 16:29:11 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401776

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bounty Joy: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Bounty Joy Ltd secured the contract to give out child benefit forms to women in maternity wards; how long that contract lasts for; and how much Bounty Joy Ltd receives from (a) his Department, (b) any other Government department and (c) NHS Trusts; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	101605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>HMRC does not have a direct contract with Bounty Joy Limited, however they are a sub-contractor of HMRC’s print provider Communisis. As such, Bounty Joy Limited do not receive any direct payment from HMRC.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 19/01/2022 16:30:58 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401780

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	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, when his Department first became aware that Bounty Joy Ltd were not providing information to women they were contacting who had recently given birth on the possible loss of some pension rights in the event that those women did not apply for child benefit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	101609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>HMRC do not have a direct contract with Bounty Joy Ltd.</p><p>HMRC’s Customer Communication Services Contract is with Communisis UK Ltd. Communisis have a sub-contractor relationship with Bounty Joy Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit claim forms are included in birth packs handed out to new parents by Bounty representatives on maternity wards. Bounty representatives do not have an official role in explaining Child Benefit eligibility criteria, nor the possible implications of not submitting a claim. This information is, however, included on the front page of the Child Benefit claim form.</p><p> </p><p>Although access to maternity wards for Bounty representatives has been limited throughout the pandemic, Bounty have continued to supply the packs to maternity wards as usual, to be handed to new mothers by hospital staff.</p><p> </p><p>Qualifying Years for State Pension can be accrued in different ways: National Insurance (NI) contributions whilst individuals are working or self-employed; by being credited with NI credits whilst being in receipt of certain benefits (including for Child Benefit); and through making voluntary NI contributions. As an individual’s NI record can be filled in a number of ways not all individuals will require the National Insurance credits that come with Child Benefit.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 101608 question first answered 19/01/2022 16:29:11 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401781

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	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 his Department informs new mothers of their rights to claim child benefit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	101610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>Information about Child Benefit and the Child Benefit claims process is available for all new parents on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Regular communications activity to encourage take-up is issued throughout the year in a variety of formats including via press release and social media posts, and by working with pregnancy and parenting organisations such as Bounty and Emma’s Diary.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to monthly Child Benefit payments, these communications also reference the non-monetary benefits such as National Insurance credits – and provide information about the High Income Child Benefit Charge.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Benefit claim form is included in Bounty Packs which are distributed to all new mothers on maternity wards. Although access to maternity wards for Bounty representatives has been limited throughout the pandemic, Bounty have continued to supply the packs to maternity wards as usual, to be handed to new mothers by hospital staff.</p><p> </p><p>During the pandemic, communications also promoted an easement that temporarily relaxed the policy requirement for Child Benefit claimants to provide a birth registration certificate as part of their claim – as part of additional efforts to ensure new parents were able to overcome pandemic-related disruption and access the support to which they were entitled. This easement ended on 31 October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to look for effective channels to reach new mothers with information about Child Benefit and the Child Benefit claims process – including via the General Register Office and the Department for Work and Pensions.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 19/01/2022 16:27:02 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401782

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	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, what changes were made to the Child Benefit Claim Form (CH2) in April 2021; and for what reason those changes were made.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	101611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>Changes were made to the Child Benefit Claim Form (CH2) in April 2021 to align wording across different versions of the form in response to user feedback from GOV.UK and to ensure consistency of language throughout the CH2. These changes included minor adjustments to drafting to aid clarity and formatting changes to align with other versions of the form.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 19/01/2022 16:32:30 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416814

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters and emails has his Department's Complaints Team received relating to allegations of child benefit fraud by a recipient living in Russia and no longer habitually resident in the UK, since 2020; how many allegations of child benefit fraud his Department has received about a recipient living in Russia and no longer habitually resident in the UK, since August 2020; and how many cases his Department has been alerted to where a person in receipt of child benefit was believed to be living in Russia and subject to legal proceedings in that country since 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	112470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained/compiled/collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 112471 112472 112473 112474 112475 question first answered 01/02/2022 13:47:00 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416815

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the longest investigation by his Department is involving a potential child benefit fraud case where the recipient is believed to be living in Russia.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	112471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained/compiled/collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 112470 112472 112473 112474 112475 question first answered 01/02/2022 13:47:00 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416816

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many and what proportion of child benefit fraud cases has the recipient been believed to have relocated from the UK and where the Department has continued to make payments, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	112472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained/compiled/collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 112470 112471 112473 112474 112475 question first answered 01/02/2022 13:47:00 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416817

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time was that child benefit claims have continued to be paid following an allegation to the Department that an individual had left the UK and was no longer habitually resident in the UK, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	112473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained/compiled/collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 112470 112471 112472 112474 112475 question first answered 01/02/2022 13:47:00 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas