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754497

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Capital Gains Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was lost to the Exchequer as a result of the reduction of capital gains tax (a) basic rate to 10 per cent and (b) main rate to 20 per cent excluding residential property and carried interest since that reduction was implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	6565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text The estimated effect on Exchequer revenue resulting from the reduction of capital gains tax (a) basic rate to 10 per cent and (b) main rate to 20 per cent excluding residential property and carried interest was published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508147/PU1912_Policy_Costings_FINAL3.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508147/PU1912_Policy_Costings_FINAL3.pdf</a>. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/09/2017 08:53:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

754544

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases HM Revenue and Customs has pursued to prosecution for tax avoidance and evasion since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	6732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of prosecutions for tax avoidance and evasion for each full year since 2010 are as below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Prosecutions (Convictions + Acquittals)</p></td><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>Acquittals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>761</p></td><td><p>716</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>709</p></td><td><p>642</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>808</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>886</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not act as a prosecuting authority. All prosecutions must be authorized by the relevant independent prosecuting authority, which for England and Wales would be the Crown Prosecution Service; for Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; and for Northern Ireland, the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/09/2017 09:12:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

754545

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what equality impact assessment his Department has carried out on the Government's plan to cut corporation tax to 17 per cent by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	6563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The government has not conducted a full distributional analysis of cutting corporation tax to 17%. This is because there is insufficient data about the income distribution of corporate shareholders and uncertainty about the incidence of corporation tax.</p><p> </p><p>However, it is widely accepted, including by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, that a significant proportion of the burden of corporation tax is borne by workers and consumers, not just shareholders.</p><p> </p><p>As with all tax measures, the Government has published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) for this measure which provides our assessment that there are no equalities impacts.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 6564 question first answered 06/09/2017 09:23:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

754496

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what distributional analysis his Department has carried out on the Government's plan to cut corporation tax to 17 per cent by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	6564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The government has not conducted a full distributional analysis of cutting corporation tax to 17%. This is because there is insufficient data about the income distribution of corporate shareholders and uncertainty about the incidence of corporation tax.</p><p> </p><p>However, it is widely accepted, including by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, that a significant proportion of the burden of corporation tax is borne by workers and consumers, not just shareholders.</p><p> </p><p>As with all tax measures, the Government has published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) for this measure which provides our assessment that there are no equalities impacts.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 6563 question first answered 06/09/2017 09:23:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

754532

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to proceed with the increase in the cost of making voluntary national insurance payments for the self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	6587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has previously consulted extensively on the impacts of abolishing Class 2 NICs and responded to this consultation at Autumn Statement. This response is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-abolishing-class-2-national-insurance-and-introducing-a-contributory-benefit-test-to-class-4-national-insurance-for-the-self-employed. The Government published a tax information and impact note on this policy at Autumn Statement 2016.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 6551 6588 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:51:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

754502

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to introduce legislative proposals for the abolition of Class 2s NICS as announced in the 2016 Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	6551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has previously consulted extensively on the impacts of abolishing Class 2 NICs and responded to this consultation at Autumn Statement. This response is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-abolishing-class-2-national-insurance-and-introducing-a-contributory-benefit-test-to-class-4-national-insurance-for-the-self-employed. The Government published a tax information and impact note on this policy at Autumn Statement 2016.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 6587 6588 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:51:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

754533

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed
	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 effect of the increase in the cost of making voluntary national insurance payments for the self-employed on (a) low paid self-employed workers and (b) workers with variable incomes.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	6588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has previously consulted extensively on the impacts of abolishing Class 2 NICs and responded to this consultation at Autumn Statement. This response is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-abolishing-class-2-national-insurance-and-introducing-a-contributory-benefit-test-to-class-4-national-insurance-for-the-self-employed. The Government published a tax information and impact note on this policy at Autumn Statement 2016.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 6551 6587 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:51:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

754509

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce measures to tackle tax avoidance and evasion by people through nom-dom status and offshore trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	6461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Government have secured almost £160 billion in additional tax revenue as a result of actions to tackle tax evasion, tax avoidance and non-compliance. This includes more than £2.7 billon from offshore tax evaders, with action both at home and abroad.</p><p> </p><p>The UK already has effective legislation to tackle avoidance involving offshore trusts. We announced our intention to legislate further, making it harder for anybody to avoid paying tax on funds held in offshore trusts and to introduce tougher sanctions for those who fail to declare past UK tax liabilities on offshore interests before October 2018. The Government is introducing legislation which will raise over £1.5bn from non-domiciled individuals over a five-year period.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been at the forefront of international work which has seen over 100 countries commit to automatically exchange financial account information. Furthermore, we have set up a register for trusts with tax consequences, we have introduced new civil and criminal sanctions for offshore tax evaders and those who help them, and since 2010, we have invested over £1.8 billion in HMRC to tackle evasion, avoidance and non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 6462 6560 question first answered 06/09/2017 09:25:34 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

754542

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Offshore Trusts: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce measures to tackle tax avoidance and evasion by people and companies through offshore trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	6560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Government have secured almost £160 billion in additional tax revenue as a result of actions to tackle tax evasion, tax avoidance and non-compliance. This includes more than £2.7 billon from offshore tax evaders, with action both at home and abroad.</p><p> </p><p>The UK already has effective legislation to tackle avoidance involving offshore trusts. We announced our intention to legislate further, making it harder for anybody to avoid paying tax on funds held in offshore trusts and to introduce tougher sanctions for those who fail to declare past UK tax liabilities on offshore interests before October 2018. The Government is introducing legislation which will raise over £1.5bn from non-domiciled individuals over a five-year period.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been at the forefront of international work which has seen over 100 countries commit to automatically exchange financial account information. Furthermore, we have set up a register for trusts with tax consequences, we have introduced new civil and criminal sanctions for offshore tax evaders and those who help them, and since 2010, we have invested over £1.8 billion in HMRC to tackle evasion, avoidance and non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 6461 6462 question first answered 06/09/2017 09:25:34 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

754510

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Offshore Trusts: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the loss of revenue to the Exchequer as a result of (a) tax avoidance and (b) tax evasion by people and companies through offshore trusts in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	6462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Government have secured almost £160 billion in additional tax revenue as a result of actions to tackle tax evasion, tax avoidance and non-compliance. This includes more than £2.7 billon from offshore tax evaders, with action both at home and abroad.</p><p> </p><p>The UK already has effective legislation to tackle avoidance involving offshore trusts. We announced our intention to legislate further, making it harder for anybody to avoid paying tax on funds held in offshore trusts and to introduce tougher sanctions for those who fail to declare past UK tax liabilities on offshore interests before October 2018. The Government is introducing legislation which will raise over £1.5bn from non-domiciled individuals over a five-year period.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been at the forefront of international work which has seen over 100 countries commit to automatically exchange financial account information. Furthermore, we have set up a register for trusts with tax consequences, we have introduced new civil and criminal sanctions for offshore tax evaders and those who help them, and since 2010, we have invested over £1.8 billion in HMRC to tackle evasion, avoidance and non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 6461 6560 question first answered 06/09/2017 09:25:34 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell