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224115

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Galileo System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2015 to Question 219924, what the nature of the launch anomaly was; and what the result of the full inquiry was.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	225697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>The root cause of the launch anomaly that affected the 5th Galileo launch on 22 August 2014 was a design fault leading to a shortcoming in the system thermal analysis.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the inquiry the system thermal analyses were re-examined and the design fault corrected. The Inquiry Board recommended measures that would allow a return to flight for the Soyuz launch vehicle. The Commission now aims to resume Galileo launches shortly.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2015 14:11:44 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

224118

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Galileo System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 213W, on the Galileo system, what the cost was to January 2014; and what proportion of that cost has been paid by the UK.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	225742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>The Galileo Programme’s development stage took place between 2000 and 2007, and was funded through contributions by Member States of the European Space Agency (ESA). The UK contributed €240.3 million (£163.43m at March 2007 prices) to the approximately €1.5 billion (£1.02bn at March 2007 prices) budget, approximately 16%.</p><p> </p><p>In 2007, Member States and the European Commission agreed a multi-annual budget to last until the end of 2013 of €3.4 billion (£2.3bn at March 2007 prices) of EU funds to complete the programme. EU Member States, including the UK, contribute to the EU Budget as a whole and not to individual spending programmes within it. As a reference point, the UK’s post-abatement financing share of the EU Budget was estimated to be around 12.5% in 2013.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2015 14:12:46 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

223557

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank of Credit and Commerce International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish in full Lord Justice Bingham's report, Inquiry into the Supervision of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, on the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, completed in 1992.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	225460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The information in this document was released in 2011 and is now in the public domain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 224763 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:48:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

222402

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the legal costs and fines recovered from (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) KPMG, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) Deloitte after tax courts and tribunals have rejected tax avoidance schemes designed by those firms in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	224572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) has a very successful record of winning cases against avoidance schemes that taxpayers choose to litigate. They are successful in around 80% of these cases, and many taxpayers, of course, settle before reaching litigation. When successful, HMRC will request costs in appropriate cases. Under the normal court rules relating to costs, these are recovered from the litigant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced the High Risk Promoters (Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes) legislation in Finance Act 2014 to tackle the small and persistent minority of promoters of tax avoidance schemes who display behaviours that are detrimental to the integrity of the tax system. The legislation enhances HMRC's ability to tackle promoters who commonly design, market and implement products which overwhelmingly do not work. It focuses on promoters who rely on non-cooperation with HMRC and may rely on concealment and mis-description of elements of their schemes to succeed. Such promoters must change their behaviour voluntarily or, if they do not do so, be subject to information powers which affect them, their intermediaries and their clients – meaning that promoters can be named and fined up to £1 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/03/2015 15:26:38 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

222403

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of raising the basic state pension by (a) 10, (b) 15 and (c) 20 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	224566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Forecasts of expenditure on the basic State Pension are published at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2015/16 this is forecast to be approximately £68.45 billion in cash terms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This can be used as the basis for calculating simple percentage increases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/03/2015 16:39:04 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

222405

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of raising personal tax allowances by 10 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	224567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>This Government has increased the personal allowance from £6,475 to £10,600 over this Parliament. No estimate has been made of a 10% increase in personal tax allowances. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do publish a ready reckoner of changes to the main rates and thresholds of UK taxes. This does not take into account behavioural change. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/403375/20141203_Illustrativechangesbulletinupdated.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/403375/20141203_Illustrativechangesbulletinupdated.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/02/2015 16:48:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

222406

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are liable to pay income tax at the rates of (a) 10, (b) 20, (c) 40 and (d) 45 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	224568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of taxpayers in each income tax rate band are published in HM Revenue and Custom's (HMRC) National Statistics table 2.1 which is available on the internet at the following address:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/404149/Table_2.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/404149/Table_2.1.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/02/2015 16:48:24 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

222407

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Patents: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from (a) the EU Commission and (b) other EU Member States on the patent box legislation.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	224569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The UK is fully engaged with EU Commission and other EU Member States through the work of the EU Code of Conduct Group in their work on the UK Patent Box.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer the Hon Gentleman to the joint statement on 11 November 2014 agreed by the UK and Germany on the international governance of preferential IP regimes including the UK Patent Box. Parliament was informed of this in a Written Ministerial Statement delivered on 2<sup>nd</sup> December 2014. This proposal has been submitted to, and subsequently endorsed by, the EU Code of Conduct Group along with the OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/02/2015 16:49:26 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

222408

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will appoint an independent commission to investigate claims about the roles of PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Ernst & Young and Deloitte in designing, selling and implementing tax avoidance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	224570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Ernst &amp; Young and Deloitte are members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales, a professional regulator. HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is working with ICAEW and other professional regulators to strengthen their role in upholding professional standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Government introduced the High Risk Promoters (Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes) legislation in Finance Act 2014 to tackle the small and persistent minority of promoters of tax avoidance schemes who display behaviours that are detrimental to the integrity of the tax system. The legislation enhances HMRC's ability to tackle promoters who commonly design, market and implement products which overwhelmingly do not work. It focuses on promoters who rely on non-cooperation with HMRC and may rely on concealment and mis-description of elements of their schemes to succeed. Such promoters must change their behaviour voluntarily or, if they do not do so, be subject to information powers which affect them, their intermediaries and their clients – meaning that promoters can be named and fined up to £1 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/03/2015 15:22:39 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

222409

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce legislation to make partners from accountancy firms ineligible for HM Treasury appointments if a tax tribunal or court finds that tax avoidance schemes marketed by such firms are unlawful.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	224571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>All senior staff are appointed in line with the public appointments code.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/02/2015 16:51:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell