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	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the divide between the rich and the poor.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	226891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has taken a number of steps to reduce poverty and inequality, and income inequality is now lower than when this Government came into office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By introducing Universal Credit, the Government will ensure that it always pays to be in work. Those in low paid jobs continue to be supported by the Minimum Wage, and in 2014, the Government increased the Minimum Wage in real terms for the first time since 2007. For those at the top, the Government is committed to ensuring that the richest pay a fair contribution: in the last year, the top 1% of income tax payers paid 28% of income tax revenue, a higher proportion than at any time under the previous Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/03/2015 17:06:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

175927

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs has taken to encourage people to complete their tax returns by 31 January.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	222146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The 31 January deadline for online filing of tax returns is well known among Self Assessment (SA) filers, more than two-thirds of whom are represented by agents. For the past three years, more than 90% of customers filed on time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uses a mixture of direct reminders and a multimedia proactive publicity campaign to raise awareness and encourage people to pay and file on time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/02/2015 13:58:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

178792

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Personal Savings: Pensioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice his Department provides to pensioners on how to invest their money.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	224108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>At Budget 2014, the Chancellor announced a number of measures to give people more choice about how they use and manage their money in retirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced that from April 2015, anyone 55 and over will be able to access their defined contribution pension savings and use the savings as they choose.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A new service, Pension Wise, will provide guidance online, face-to-face and on the phone, and will be up and running in time for April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The website, in pilot form, is already available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/02/2015 16:51:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon