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1126283

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Primary Care Networks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he had with (a) the British Medical Association, (b) the Royal College of General Practitioners and (c) other representative groups before announcing the timetable for the creation of primary care networks.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	253710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has met with both Richard Vautrey and Helen Stokes-Lampard as representatives of the profession to discuss a range of issues, including, but not limited to, the creation of Primary Care Networks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Departmental officials have been in regular communication with both the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the British Medical Association (BMA) throughout the development of the Primary Care Networks policy and will continue these close working relationships as the networks are implemented.</p><p> </p><p>The Primary Care Network Directed Enhanced Service specification, which sets out the timetable for networks, was agreed with the General Practitioners Committee and the BMA as part of negotiations on the contract for 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 16/05/2019 15:44:50 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1125877

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the incidence of the taxation of carried interest has been annually since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	252881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer that I gave on 23 April 2019 to PQ UIN 243571. In addition, since 6 April 2016 Income Tax has been levied on carried interest that relates to certain short term investments.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/05/2019 15:43:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1125878

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public sector organisations paid workers through disguised remuneration loans.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	252882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Disguised remuneration (DR) loan schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions. The loans are provided on terms that mean they are not repaid in practice, so they are no different to normal income and are, and always have been, taxable.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals, working for public bodies, identified in the course of HMRC’s compliance work as using a tax avoidance scheme would be investigated in the same way as any other scheme user.</p><p> </p><p>The Government estimates that around 50,000 individuals could be affected by the charge on DR loans. The charge applies to all users of DR tax avoidance schemes, it does not single out a specific group or industry. It is possible for individuals to use DR tax avoidance schemes without the participation or knowledge of the entity that engages them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/05/2019 15:41:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1125369

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the level of involvement of recruitment agencies in disguised remuneration loans.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	252056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>DR schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration, usually through an offshore trust, with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions. The loans are provided on terms that mean they are not repaid in practice, so they are no different to normal income and are, and always have been, taxable.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will always seek payment of the loan charge from employers in the first instance. It is only where HMRC cannot reasonably collect from the employer, for example where the employer is no longer in existence or is based offshore, that the individual will be liable to pay the tax due. Around 75% of overall yield from the measure is expected to come from employers.</p><p> </p><p>Only an employer, or umbrella company established for the purpose, can originate a DR scheme. Recruitment agencies match individuals with engagers who require their labour. In most cases recruitment agencies do not employ the individual in question. Where a recruitment agency used a DR scheme to reward their employees they will be liable to pay the loan charge in the first instance.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 252057 question first answered 13/05/2019 15:46:10 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1125370

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recruitment agencies have been implicated in loan charge cases.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	252057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>DR schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration, usually through an offshore trust, with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions. The loans are provided on terms that mean they are not repaid in practice, so they are no different to normal income and are, and always have been, taxable.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will always seek payment of the loan charge from employers in the first instance. It is only where HMRC cannot reasonably collect from the employer, for example where the employer is no longer in existence or is based offshore, that the individual will be liable to pay the tax due. Around 75% of overall yield from the measure is expected to come from employers.</p><p> </p><p>Only an employer, or umbrella company established for the purpose, can originate a DR scheme. Recruitment agencies match individuals with engagers who require their labour. In most cases recruitment agencies do not employ the individual in question. Where a recruitment agency used a DR scheme to reward their employees they will be liable to pay the loan charge in the first instance.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 252056 question first answered 13/05/2019 15:46:10 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1125372

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is undertaking a review of internal (a) advice and (b) procedures on public sector organisations engaging in tax avoidance schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	252058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text HMRC is committed to tackling tax avoidance and evasion at all levels to ensure that everyone, no matter who they are, pays the right amount of tax at the right time. It keeps its policies under constant review, including those affecting public sector bodies. HMRC works closely with public bodies to support them with their tax affairs and ensure they pay the right amount. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/05/2019 15:50:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1111209

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall levels of payment were from the Flexible Support Fund (a) in each region, and (b) on (i) childcare, (ii) training, (iii) clothing for work and (iv) other categories of activity in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	243572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables attached.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/05/2019 12:03:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma attachment 1 file name Flexible Support Fund Expenditure by Region.docx title Flexible Support Fund Expenditure by Region previous answer version 114103 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds