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1542209

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation: Rebates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards his Department has implemented to ensure that companies who act as tax agents have the full and informed consent of the taxpayers on whose behalf they accept rebates; how many payments his Department has made in the last three months to Ensign Advisory Ltd; and whether companies acting as tax agents are authorised to deduct a fee from a rebate they receive before passing it on to the taxpayer on whose behalf they act.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	87731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Individuals can claim tax repayments from HMRC and HMRC will refund them directly. However, HMRC will issue a tax repayment to a third party when a taxpayer has either nominated or assigned the repayment to them.</p><p> </p><p>Companies which specialize in claiming tax refunds often use assignments as part of the sign-up process, which means the repayment then legally belongs to that agent. When a taxpayer signs an assignment, HMRC is obliged to make payment directly to the repayment agent. Repayment agents may deduct a fee from the repayment before they forward the repayment to their client. This will be set out in their terms and conditions.</p><p>When a customer has used a repayment agent and has an assignment in place, HMRC completes essential checks to satisfy that the assignment is valid. HMRC takes firm action against any agent who does not comply with the law.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC launched the “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/raising-standards-in-tax-advice-protecting-customers-claiming-tax-repayments" target="_blank">Raising standards in tax advice: protecting customers claiming tax repayments” </a>consultation on 22 June 2022. The consultation sought views on restricting the use of assignments for tax repayments, and introducing measures designed to ensure taxpayers see material information about a repayment agent’s service before entering into a contractual agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation ran for 12 weeks and closed on 14 September 2022. We will publish a summary of responses in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Statement announced changes to Research &amp; Development relief from 1 April 2023, reducing the risk of abuse. The new requirement for claimants to provide additional information with their claim includes providing details of any agent involved with the claim.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not comment on identifiable businesses due to strict confidentiality rules.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/11/2022 15:53:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1549976

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	HMRC: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC does not permit complaints against it to be made by email.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	106305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The main risks associated with using email that concern HMRC are:</p><ul><li>Confidentiality and privacy, as there is a risk that emails sent over the internet may be intercepted.</li><li>Confirmation of identity, as it is crucial that HMRC only communicate with established contacts at their correct email addresses.</li><li>That there is no guarantee that an email received over an insecure network like the internet has not been altered during transit.</li><li>That attachments could contain a virus or malicious code.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/12/2022 16:45:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1640062

	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC has not provided a substantive response to the letter from the Hon. Member for Christchurch dated 18th April, HMRC Ref 0013913 PSA.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	186587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The correspondence of 18 April 2023 was redirected by HM Treasury to HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) on 19 April 2023.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC replied to the Hon Member on 12 May and 19 May 2023 to provide updates and to advise that they are unable to provide a substantive response until their investigations into the complaint have been completed.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will contact the member again when these investigations have been completed.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/06/2023 13:29:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1180183

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 amended by the Enterprise Act 2016, what estimate he has made of the cost to the pubic purse in each year of the delay in the implementation of the £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	19749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The annual Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) publications contain the cost of exit packages made by public sector employers in scope of WGA for the relevant financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government legislated for a £95,000 cap on exit payments in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 as amended by the Enterprise Act 2016. The combined total cost of exit payments over £100,000 in financial years since then (2016/17 and 2017/18) is £0.4 billion. The exit payment cap will reduce this amount by setting a limit of £95,000 on payments. Information on the 2018/19 financial year is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury consulted on regulations implementing the £95,000 cap last year. The Government intends to publish its response to the consultation by Summer and the regulations will be laid before Parliament this year.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 27/02/2020 14:40:18 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1311641

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals for limiting public sector exit payments.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	185793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is working at pace to deliver a new controls procedure for Special Severance exit payments by June 2021. We remain committed to bringing forward new policy measures to address the wide-ranging arrangements that result in six-figure pay-outs across the public sector.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 27/04/2021 14:34:28 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1311643

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of revoking the regulations setting a maximum limit on public sector exit payments in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	185794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>We do not have an estimate of the costs which may be incurred for future years for exit payments, as they are determined by the number and type of exits which take place in the year.</p><p> </p><p>From 2018/19 data reported in Whole of Government Accounts, the combined total cost of exit payments over £100,000 in 2018/19 was £200million. The Regulations set a maximum limit of £95,000 for in scope exit payments. We expected most exit payments that previously would have been above £100,000 to decrease in line with the cap. Therefore, overall savings would be less than the total cost of exits. Data for 2019/20 is not currently available.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 27/04/2021 14:34:48 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1168825

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Motorhomes: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to classify motorhomes as commercial vehicles for taxation purposes; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government reformed Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) to encourage the uptake of vehicles with lower CO<sub>2</sub> emissions to help us meet our legally binding climate change targets. It is right that under the reformed system motorhomes with high CO<sub>2</sub> emissions pay greater first year VED than those with lower emissions.</p><p> </p><p>I met representatives of the industry to discuss the matter and I understand their concerns. As with all taxes, the Government keeps the VED treatment of motorhomes under review.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 07/01/2020 09:24:09 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1454179

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Health and Social Care Levy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution of 23 March 2022, Official Report, column 340, where he stated plans to reform healthcare will ensure every pound of taxpayers money is well spent, what steps he plans to take to (a) monitor and (b) assess the value for money of Government expenditure related to plans to reform healthcare.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	146546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor has launched a new Cabinet Committee on Efficiency and Value for Money, which will clamp down on wasteful spending and ensure a relentless focus on delivering the highest quality services at the best value.</p><p> </p><p>To support this goal, and ensure every penny is spent wisely, the NHS have agreed to double their annual efficiency target from 1.1% to 2.2% a year, freeing up £4.75bn to fund NHS priority areas over the next three years. The NHS will report regularly to Government on action it is taking to meet this commitment. The Government has also launched a review of leadership in health and social care led by Sir Gordon Messenger which will report to the Secretary of State in early 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury will support departments – like DHSC - in delivering their commitments and will hold the NHS and DHSC to account for meeting the new efficiency target, including via the new Cabinet Committee on Efficiency and Value for Money and usual spending control processes.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 29/03/2022 12:53:07 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1456466

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	NHS: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March to Question 146546 on Health and Social Care Levy, if he will take steps to ensure that the NHS also reports regularly to Parliament on steps taken to meet the efficiency target.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	150978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that Parliament is able to scrutinise public spending effectively.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care report regularly to Parliament, including through the Health and Social Care Committee and the Public Accounts Committee. The Government’s Mandate and Financial Directions to NHS England are presented to Parliament ahead of the start of each Financial Year, and the Government’s subsequent assessment of how the NHS performed against the objectives set by the Government is also presented to Parliament. The NHS also publishes its board papers online, which include their in-year assessment of their financial position.</p><p> </p><p>The delivery of the increased efficiency target is a key priority, and as such the Government is committed to ensuring that information on its delivery is made available through existing Parliamentary reporting processes.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 25/04/2022 13:20:03 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1132070

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further steps his Department plans to take to prepare for the UK leaving the EU on 31 October 2019 without withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	264307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU without a deal remains the default option on 31 October. As a responsible government, we have been preparing for all EU exit eventualities, including the possibility of no deal, for over two years. In light of the extension that has now been agreed, departments are making sensible decisions about the timing and pace at which some of this work is progressing, but we will continue to prepare for all exit scenarios. When necessary we will continue to update our advice on <a href="http://gov.uk/euexit" target="_blank">gov.uk/euexit</a> on how businesses and citizens should prepare.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion to prepare for our withdrawal from the EU since 2016, including over £2bn for the 19-20 financial year. This funding will help departments to manage pressures arising from exit preparations, as well as ensuring that the UK is prepared to seize the opportunities available when we leave the EU. The Treasury has also made arrangements to ensure that departments and the Devolved Administrations can fund measures to address civil contingencies in a no deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/06/2019 12:48:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope