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1187057

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will suspend the tax credit income disregard for reductions in earnings for the financial year 2020-21 to ensure that where earnings fall households' tax credit entitlement takes full account of that loss.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	33615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>This Government is doing whatever it can to ensure that individuals, families and businesses are supported during the Covid-19 outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that Tax Credits were introduced in the early 2000s and no longer fully reflect the world of work for many people. That is one of the reasons why we are introducing Universal Credit. Universal Credit replaces Tax Credits and several other legacy benefits, to provide a single system of means-tested support for working age people. Universal Credit is assessed and paid monthly and is based on claimants’ actual earnings in the month, rather than their annual income. As HMRC and DWP are experiencing significant increased demand, the Government has chosen to prioritise the safety and stability of the benefits system overall. That is why we have introduced measures that can be operationalised as quickly and safely as possible in order to provide support to those who need it most.</p><p> </p><p>Suspending the income disregard in Working Tax Credit (WTC) would not benefit claimants on the lowest incomes who are already in receipt of the maximum support available through WTC.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has taken additional steps to support those affected by Covid-19 and has announced a wide-ranging package of measures to support individuals, families and businesses affected by Covid-19. These measures include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Making Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) available for individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 or those unable to work because they are self-isolating in line with Government guidance. This is in addition to the change announced by the Prime Minister that SSP will be payable from day 1 instead of day 4 for affected individuals.</li><li>Increasing the standard allowance in Universal Credit and the basic element of Working Tax Credit by up to £20 per week</li><li>A further temporary relaxation of earnings rules for self-employed Universal Credit claimants</li><li>Increasing the Local Housing Allowance for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of market rents.</li><li>Introducing the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment. Businesses can put workers on temporary leave and the Government will pay them cash grants to cover 80% of their wages up to a cap of £2,500, providing they keep the worker employed.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 21/04/2020 06:54:27 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1035202

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 197633 on VAT: Electronic Government, how many and what proportion of eligible businesses have signed up for making tax digital for VAT.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	205403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>Further to my response on 5 December 2018 to PQ 197633; daily take-up during this pilot stage has now increased to over 100 businesses per day. HMRC is continuing to issue letters to all businesses in scope inviting them to join early, so that they can test the service before mandation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:45:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1039113

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2019 to Question 205403, what the total to date is of businesses signed up for making tax digital for VAT; and what estimate he has made of what that total represents as a proportion of eligible businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	207321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Further to my response on 9 January 2019 to PQ 205403, daily take-up during this pilot stage has now increased to over 100 businesses a day, in line with initial expectations. There are currently over 4,000 businesses in the pilot. This is enabling HMRC to test the service fully for all business types. HMRC informed stakeholder groups of the numbers participating in the pilot by email on 10 January.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also continuing to issue letters to all businesses in scope inviting them to join early, alongside a range of other communications activity. HMRC’s assessment is that progress with testing and take-up remains on track to mandate the service from April 2019, and support all businesses in scope to join the service in time for their first VAT return due after that date.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to work with a wide range of business groups, agents and software providers to support business readiness for this change.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/01/2019 13:53:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1042281

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207321, for what reasons that answer did not provide an estimate of what proportion of eligible businesses the 4000 companies now in scope for making tax digital represents.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	209400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Further to my response on 15 January 2019 to PQ 207321, daily take-up during this pilot stage has now increased to over 200 businesses a day, and total take-up has increased to over 6,000.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in my previous response, a key objective of this pilot stage is to ensure that full testing is undertaken with the full range of mandated business types, so that improvements to the service and customer support model can be made where necessary. The technical aspects of the service have been rigorously tested to date with a cross-section of business types, including specific trades, representative of the wider business population. While we expect take-up to increase further in the run-up to the mandation date, it would be misleading for the reasons set out in my previous response for that to be the sole focus. At this stage, in line with expectations and plans, take-up is a small but growing proportion of the overall mandated population of 1.1 million.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is continuing to issue letters to all businesses in scope inviting them to join early, alongside a range of other communications activity, which is increasing participation in the pilot. HMRC’s assessment is that progress with take-up across the range of business types and other delivery activity is on track to be ready to mandate the service for VAT periods which start on or after 1 April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has continued to engage with stakeholders and listen to their concerns about business readiness. In October I announced a 6 month delay for those customers with the most complex requirements, to ensure there is sufficient time for testing the service with them in the pilot before they are mandated to join from 1 October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/01/2019 15:15:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1281656

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether easements or forbearance are available to businesses as a result of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement; and whether legal provisions have been communicated to businesses to prevent future prosecution as a result of non-compliance in the initial period following the publication of that Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	145129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government has provided extensive guidance to traders to support them, including publishing the detailed Border Operating Model to help traders take the necessary steps. Recognising the impact of coronavirus on businesses’ ability to prepare, the UK Government has taken the decision to introduce the new border controls in three stages up until 1 July 2021. From 1 January to 30 June, traders when importing non-controlled EU goods to GB will have the option to make a declaration in their own records at the time of import followed by a supplementary declaration up to 175 days later, which provides traders and intermediaries with more time to prepare.</p><p> </p><p>While HMRC will penalise deliberate non-compliance, they will seek to support those who make genuine errors to get it right. HMRC are carrying out a range of activities to support and educate traders on their obligations during this period, and are promoting the keeping of good records, which will be crucial in minimising losses to error once supplementary declarations are made.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/02/2021 15:48:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1108797

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of companies that need Economic Operator and Registration Identification numbers have them.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	239318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>At present traders who trade with the rest of the world, (but not including the EU) require an EORI number. In the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal UK traders that only trade with the EU will need an EORI number. As part of no deal planning, HMRC is encouraging these EU-only traders to register for an EORI with HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) estimated that in 2017 there were 144,000 VAT-registered traders that only traded with the EU. A separate estimate indicates there are around 100,000 non VAT-registered traders that trade only with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Latest HMRC validated data show that between 1 December 2018 and 29 March 2019, which covers the period from the start of the business readiness campaign, there were more than 73,000 registrations for an EORI.</p><p> </p><p>Registering for an EORI number is free and very quick – it currently takes around 10 minutes.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 04/04/2019 15:53:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1139824

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	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 proportion of companies that need economic operator and registration identification numbers have them.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	278591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of companies that need Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) numbers is not readily available. Using 2018 trade in goods data, HM Revenue and Customs estimate that around two thirds of the total value of trade undertaken only with the EU was carried out by VAT registered businesses which solely trade with the EU, and which have now registered for an EORI number.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/07/2019 15:59:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1146688

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the 95,000 non VAT registered companies estimated to need EORI numbers have registered for them.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	291486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>To help businesses continue trading with customers and suppliers in the EU after Brexit, HMRC have automatically enrolled VAT-registered businesses that only trade with the EU for a UK EORI number (Economic Operator Registration and Identification).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not have the necessary information to register non VAT-registered businesses, but encourage them to follow the simple online application process, which takes less than 10 minutes. Since December 2018, HMRC has issued 171,000 live UK EORI numbers. This includes 88,000 VAT-registered businesses who were auto-enrolled in August 2019.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC cannot break down the number of live UK EORI registrations between VAT and non VAT-registered businesses. Many non VAT-registered businesses may not need a UK EORI number if they only move goods by post, provide services or only <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/customs-procedures-for-goods-moving-between-ireland-and-northern-ireland-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal" target="_blank">move goods between Northern Ireland and Ireland</a>. If they use a parcel company to move goods, they should check with the parcel company whether they will need a UK EORI number.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2019 16:03:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1111223

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trusts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which tax avoidance schemes involving trusts have been (a) notified to HMRC and (b) classified as harmful in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	243573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p><strong>Tax avoidance deprives the Exchequer of hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Every amount of tax avoided means more tax for other taxpayers to pay, or less funding for our vital public services – our nurses, teachers, doctors, police and many others.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Introduced in 2004, the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Scheme (DOTAS) regime requires those who design and/or promote tax avoidance schemes to notify HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) where a scheme contains various ‘hallmarks’ of tax avoidance, or face a penalty. Once notified, HMRC send the promoter a Scheme Reference Number (SRN) who must give it to scheme users for inclusion on their tax returns. This alerts users that they are involved in a disclosed tax avoidance scheme. The fact that a scheme has been notified under DOTAS does not in any way signify that it has been ‘approved’ by HMRC. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Since 2014, over 60 schemes have been disclosed under DOTAS. </strong></p><p><strong>A list of tax avoidance schemes involving trusts which have been notified to HMRC over the past 5 years cannot be released because of HMRC’s duty of confidentiality. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>HMRC challenge appropriate cases and raises awareness of tax avoidance schemes through its series of Spotlight publications which is available on GOV.UK.</strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2019 15:47:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1122690

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trusts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2019 to Question 243573, how many of the over 60 schemes that have been disclosed under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Scheme involve trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	247154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Scheme (DOTAS) regime generally does not expressly require disclosers to tell HMRC whether a scheme involves a trust. HMRC review all disclosures under DOTAS and challenges schemes as appropriate as part of its risk based compliance strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis at the point of disclosure indicates that around a third of the avoidance schemes disclosed under DOTAS rules since 2014 include trusts. However, the use of a trust may not be a material component of the scheme or arrangements being disclosed under DOTAS, the exact use of a trust will in many cases only become clear on further investigation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/04/2019 15:12:01 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds