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882753

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Figure 8 of HMRC's Annual Report 2016-17, what methodology was used to assess the cost of providing personal tax credits and other reliefs at £30.5billion.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	135815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Of the £30.5bn referred to in figure 13, page 42 of HMRC’s accounts, the majority (27.1bn) relates to personal tax credits (further details at page 190).</p><p> </p><p>The methodology for calculating Personal Tax credits expenditure considers three main elements;</p><ol><li>Actual expenditure arising from claims</li><li>Anticipated expenditure for claims not yet finalised; and</li><li>Anticipated expenditure for doubtful or challenging debt recovery cases.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The other significant element of the £30.5bn expenditure relates to Corporation tax reliefs (£3.4bn). These values are based on forecasts made at the Spring Budget 2017. The expenditure for other reliefs are based on their take up which is refined and analysed on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/04/2018 14:12:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882752

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the Policy Partnership between HM Treasury and HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	135814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury (HMT) has a policy partnership with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to develop and deliver tax policy. The Policy Partnership is not a document or policy, but is rather the term used to describe the relationship between HMT and HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>HMT leads on strategic work and tax policy development, supported by HMRC. HMRC leads on policy maintenance and delivery, supported by HMT. The policy partnership covers policy work on all direct and indirect taxes and duties, National Insurance, tax credits and Child Benefit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2018 15:55:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882749

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Yields
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the guidance his Department has issue to HMRC on the criteria for Future Revenue Benefit.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	135811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Future Revenue Benefit is a component of compliance yield, which represents the additional revenue that is collected or protected as a result of HMRC compliance activity.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are responsible for developing the methodology for measuring Future Revenue Benefit and this is described in further detail at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537622/HMRCs_Compliance_Revenues-how_HMRC_will_change_how_it_reports_Future_Revenue_Benefit_web_.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/04/2018 14:07:24 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882751

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the success rate of HMRC has been in taking action through (a) court proceedings and (b) tax tribunals in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	135813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC’s success rates in court proceedings and tax tribunals, for the years for which such information is available, are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Tribunals</p></td><td><p>Data not held</p></td><td><p>71.0%*</p></td><td><p>79.1%*</p></td><td><p>68.0%*</p></td><td><p>68.8%</p></td><td><p>82.2%</p></td><td><p>86.1%</p></td><td><p>81.8%</p></td><td><p>83.7%</p></td><td><p>77.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courts<sup>†</sup></p></td><td><p>Data not held</p></td><td><p>Data not held</p></td><td><p>Data not held</p></td><td><p>85.0%</p></td><td><p>72.0%</p></td><td><p>72.3%</p></td><td><p>69.2%</p></td><td><p>71.1%</p></td><td><p>74.5%</p></td><td><p>90.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*First-tier Tribunal only</p><p><sup>†</sup>High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court</p><p> </p><p>These figures do not include criminal prosecutions brought by HMRC, since these are prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that not all cases can be categorised as “wins or losses”for HMRC, and some cases may be counted multiple times as they are appealed up through the tribunals and courts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/04/2018 14:02:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882455

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases referred to prosecuting authorities by HMRC for serious and complex tax crime by corporations have concluded with a criminal conviction since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	135517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC investigates companies where fraudulent behaviour can be attributed to individuals who are directing minds of the company.</p><p>However, HMRC also investigates individuals who are officers of companies but are prosecuted for irregularities relating to their personal tax affairs rather than that of the company. HMRC’s records do not categorise whether investigations and subsequent convictions are in respect of the individual working as an officer for the company or in relation to their personal tax affairs.</p><p>HMRC has a strong track record of tackling those who have evaded their responsibilities or those who have facilitated tax evasion and is successful in over 90% of prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2018 15:05:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882754

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new contracts is Department has entered into in respect of the Columbus IT procurement programme for HMRC; what the value of those contracts was; and the (a) date and (b) duration of those contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	135816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has entered into 3 new contracts in respect of the Columbus IT procurement programme. All of the contracts started in July 2017 and are for an initial 3 year period ending June 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Contract</p></td><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>Contract Value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1. Managed Desktop Services</p></td><td><p>Fujitsu</p></td><td><p>£79m-£90m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. HMRC Customer Communication Service</p></td><td><p>Communisis</p></td><td><p>£33m-£90m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3. Managed Print Service</p></td><td><p>HP</p></td><td><p>£20m-£40m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2018 15:46:48 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882755

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section 5.1 of HMRC's Annual Report 2016-17, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the low results for engagement amongst HMRC staff compared with other civil servants in other Departments.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	135817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC’s Employee Engagement Index (EEI) for the 2017 People Survey is 50%, 3% up from last year with increases in 8 of 9 themes measured in the survey, thus mirroring the overall Civil Service trend. The increase in our EEI to 50% places HMRC 11% away from the Civil Service benchmark 2017 of 61%.</p><p> </p><p>Of the top 3 themes with the strongest association with engagement in HMRC:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>‘Leadership and Managing change’ increased by 5% points, to 39%, still 7% behind the Civil Service benchmark but an overall increase of 9% since 2015.</p></li><li><p>‘My Manager’ increased by 3% scoring 70% equalling the CS benchmark.</p></li><li><p>‘Pay and Benefits’ was the only theme that dropped, down 2% to 22%, some 8% off the benchmark figure – this mirrors the trend across the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>To put into context, HMRC is currently undergoing a substantial change programme ‘Building our Future’, which will rationalise our estate into 13 regional centres and better position ourselves to meet future demands and challenges. This includes several changes to the way people work in HMRC including the introduction of new technology and systems through ‘Making Tax Digital’ and different approaches to how HMRC investigates and identifies tax evaders through looking at how compliance activity will be done in the future. These changes impact on every employee in HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>Following the results publication in December our analytical community and business engagement leads have been looking at the data in greater detail and obtaining substantive feedback from our people through follow up workshops and focus groups.</p><p> </p></li></ul> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/04/2018 14:10:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882750

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of customs checks were cleared by HMRC within (a) 30 minutes, (b) one hour, (c) 90 minutes, (d) two hours and (e) three hours in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	135812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs use a series of risk based controls to identify consignments which should be subject to scrutiny following submission of customs declarations. This minimises delays to legitimate trade and ensures the efficient use of resources whilst effectively protecting society and tax revenue. As interventions are designed to tackle non-compliance, customs control activity is sensitive and details are not publicised.</p><p> </p><p>Between March 2017 and March 2018, approximately 98% of consignments were cleared by customs within 30 minutes of being presented. Approximately 1% of the declarations were subject to further documentary scrutiny. HMRC endeavours to complete these checks within 2 hours (in the case of exportations, air traffic and roll-on roll-off ferries), and 3 hours (in the case of containerised maritime arrivals). HMRC met these targets in 96% of cases during the period.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining 1% of goods were either subject to physical controls, which will have delayed clearance by over 3 hours, or did not clear due to additional complications, such as being abandoned by the trader.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/04/2018 14:09:02 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882758

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been of administering the childcare service portal in each month since the beginning of the portal's operation.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	135820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the cost of administering the childcare service each month. These include the operational costs of providing call centre support and ongoing IT service support costs.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Cost (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 17</p></td><td><p>1,937,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 17</p></td><td><p>2,294,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 17</p></td><td><p>2,469,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 17</p></td><td><p>2,824,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 17</p></td><td><p>3,291,804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 17</p></td><td><p>3,822,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 17</p></td><td><p>3,018,888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 17</p></td><td><p>3,479,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 17</p></td><td><p>3,229,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 18</p></td><td><p>3,730,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 18</p></td><td><p>3,384,455</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 18</p></td><td><p>3,562,783</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/04/2018 14:04:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds