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429016

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ringfence spending on the Homelessness Prevention Grant until 2020 in the Spending Review.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	16785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>From 2013-14 support for preventing homelessness has been included in the annual Local Government Finance Settlement, split between Revenue Support Grant and estimated retained business rates.</p><p>Revenue Support Grant and retained business rates are not ring-fenced. It is up to individual authorities to decide how grant funding should be spent in order to deliver local services.</p><p>The Chancellor will set out full details of the Spending Review on Wednesday 25 November.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/11/2015 16:33:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

484474

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with response to his contribution of 16 March 2016, Official Report, column 963-64, whether the proposed exemption from the sugar levy for fruit juices will apply to (a) fruit juices with added sugar and (b) fruit juices with natural sugars only.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	32180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The levy applies to drinks with added sugar, excluding milk-based drinks.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, the levy will apply to fruit juices with added sugar, but not to fruit juices containing only naturally occurring sugar.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/04/2016 13:43:36 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

516179

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Diesel: Rebates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs plans to publish the one-year progress report on implementation of the Accutrace S10 Fuel Marker.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	35913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>As stated in the 6 month report, published on 4 November 2015, HMRC will continue to monitor the impact of the new fuel marker and will publish a further report on the first 12 months as soon as the data is available</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 04/05/2016 15:22:54 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

581948

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce any hardship associated with the target of 42 days to resolve appeals on child tax credit claims.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	46032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has a 42-day target to resolve Mandatory Reconsiderations, where customers challenge their tax credits award calculation. The average time taken to work Mandatory Reconsiderations can vary depending upon the complexity of the request, individual circumstances and the level of supporting evidence provided.</p><p> </p><p>When a customer requests a Mandatory Reconsideration HMRC suspends the recovery of any previous overpayment that is being collected from their current award, to minimise customer hardship during the reconsideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/09/2016 14:42:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

581949

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has conducted research on the effect of a suspension of child tax credit payments when a change in circumstance has been assumed.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	46079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) regularly carries out checks on tax credits awards, including Child Tax Credit, to reduce error and fraud. These checks identify potential risks with ongoing tax credits claims.</p><p>Depending on the level of risk found, HMRC may ask customers for more information about their claim and circumstances, or a compliance team might undertake a full examination.</p><p>In most cases, HMRC does not suspend the payment of tax credits payments during the check. It only does this where information held indicates that this is a reasonable step to prevent payments being made in error. In these cases, if a customer demonstrates that the claim is correct, HMRC reinstates payments immediately.</p><p>In these circumstances, making further payments would therefore result in increased overpayments of tax credits overall which the customer would have to repay.</p><p>HMRC has not carried out research into the specific aspect of the tax credits system related to suspension of Child Tax Credits.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 46080 question first answered 15/09/2016 14:35:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

581950

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing survival payments in cases when the regular payment of child tax credits has been suspended.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	46080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) regularly carries out checks on tax credits awards, including Child Tax Credit, to reduce error and fraud. These checks identify potential risks with ongoing tax credits claims.</p><p>Depending on the level of risk found, HMRC may ask customers for more information about their claim and circumstances, or a compliance team might undertake a full examination.</p><p>In most cases, HMRC does not suspend the payment of tax credits payments during the check. It only does this where information held indicates that this is a reasonable step to prevent payments being made in error. In these cases, if a customer demonstrates that the claim is correct, HMRC reinstates payments immediately.</p><p>In these circumstances, making further payments would therefore result in increased overpayments of tax credits overall which the customer would have to repay.</p><p>HMRC has not carried out research into the specific aspect of the tax credits system related to suspension of Child Tax Credits.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 46079 question first answered 15/09/2016 14:35:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

581951

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recipients of child tax credit have had their payments restored following investigation in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	46081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/09/2016 14:40:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

582457

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect on children of the suspension of child tax credit when investigations are carried out.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	46181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>In most cases, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not suspend the payment of tax credits payments during checks on tax credit awards. It only does this where information held indicates that this is a reasonable step to prevent payments being made in error. In these circumstances, making further payments would therefore result in increased overpayments of tax credits overall which the customer would have to repay. Nevertheless, if a customer demonstrates that the claim is correct, HMRC reinstates payments immediately.</p><p>HMRC has not carried out research into the specific aspect of the tax credits system related to suspension of Child Tax Credits.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/10/2016 15:16:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

705527

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Concentrix: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the Concentrix staff transferred to HM Revenue and Customs via a TUPE arrangement are paid the minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	65735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Under TUPE arrangements a total of 241 Concentrix staff were transferred to HM Revenue and Customs. All of the staff transferred are paid above the National Minimum Wage (NMW).</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/03/2017 15:07:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

720229

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Concentrix: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2017 to Question 65735, on Concentrix: minimum wage, how the level of average salary paid to Concentrix staff who have been transferred to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) via a TUPE arrangement compares with the average salary of staff already in HMRC carrying out similar jobs.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	70349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>From 1 April 2017, all former Concentrix staff who transferred to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) under TUPE terms were offered the opportunity to transfer to HMRC terms and conditions, including pay harmonisation.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/04/2017 11:01:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson