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	registered interest
	date	05/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timescale is for UK ratification of the Istanbul Convention; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	55096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes its international commitments very seriously and we have always been clear on our commitment to ratify the Istanbul Convention.</p><p> </p><p>The Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Act 2017 requires Ministers to publish annual reports on their progress towards being able to ratify the Convention. The most recent report was published on 31 October 2019 and is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/843509/CCS0919132732-001_Istanbul_Convention_2019_Report_Option_A_Web_Accessible.pdf</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Legislation needs to pass before we can ratify the Convention, so at this stage we cannot be sure what the timeframe for ratification will be. When this is clear we will set out a timeframe for ratification. The Domestic Abuse Bill had its Second Reading on 28 April and has now begun Committee stage for detailed scrutiny by MPs. Part 6 of the Bill includes provisions for the purposes of Article 44 of the Convention, which requires that criminal courts in the UK have extraterritorial jurisdiction over certain violent and sexual offences. Additionally, the Domestic Abuse and Family Proceedings Bill currently before the Northern Ireland Assembly provides for a new domestic abuse offence which would criminalise psychological violence in Northern Ireland, as required by Article 33 of the Convention. That Bill also takes extraterritorial jurisdiction in respect of the new offence and so, together with the provisions of Part 6 of the Domestic Abuse Bill, will ensure that the law in Northern Ireland meets the requirements of Article 44.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/06/2020 14:15:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1201698

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Employment: Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on unemployed people starting employment of the time taken by the Disclosure and Barring Service to process applications in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	57289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is a fee funded Arm’s Length Body that provides disclosure certificates and barring functions: which help employers make safer recruitment decisions in England and Wales and prevents unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups and children. It does this by issuing three levels of criminal records certificate, known as disclosure checks, and can bar individuals from working in regulated activity - certain roles that involve working with vulnerable groups and children.</p><p>A link to the DBS’s datasets showing statistics against performance standards including the time taken to process disclosure certificates, from April 2015 to March 2020, is shown below:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fdbs-dataset-1-disclosure-progress-information-disclosed-and-update-service-subscriptions&amp;data=02%7C01%7CEdward.Quigley1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd72f3bbee2b6447aad0f08d80d216712%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637273784412911495&amp;sdata=TByAtOSTlRA8byCZiD%2FUejy89zGttUSVM%2FEftLAiCbs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-1-disclosure-progress-information-disclosed-and-update-service-subscriptions</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/06/2020 10:01:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1542354

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Deposit Return Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on VAT on deposits in relation to the forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	87912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government supports the drinks deposit return schemes (DRS) being introduced across the UK and their environmental aims. The Government is continuing to work with stakeholders to ensure that the schemes operate effectively.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury Ministers regularly engage with their Scottish Government counterparts on a range of issues, including DRS.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/11/2022 15:25:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1646657

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for Tax Simplification paper entitled High Income Child Benefit Charge, published in March 2022, what steps his Department is taking to improve awareness of the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	190821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is a tax charge which was introduced in 2013 for recipients of Child Benefit payments on higher incomes. The HICBC applies to Child Benefit recipients who have, or whose partner has, an adjusted net income of £50,000.</p><p>The Government is grateful to the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) for their suggestions for how the individual’s experience of child benefit and the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) could be improved.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has taken considerable steps to raise awareness of the HICBC. They share information via social media, through third parties such as websites aimed at parents or families, and on GOV.UK. Information about the High Income Child Benefit Charge is on the front page of the Child Benefit claim form and explains how the charge works, including the importance of claiming to ensure receipt of National Insurance credits even if opting out of payments. HMRC also write to around 70,000 customers each year to remind them what they need to do to pay the HICBC.</p><p> </p><p>The latest information on how many people HMRC contact to advise that they may be liable to pay the HICBC is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge" target="_blank"><em>High Income Child Benefit Charge - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</em></a><em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 190822 question first answered 30/06/2023 10:51:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1646658

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people HMRC contacted during tax years (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 to advise that they may be liable to pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	190822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is a tax charge which was introduced in 2013 for recipients of Child Benefit payments on higher incomes. The HICBC applies to Child Benefit recipients who have, or whose partner has, an adjusted net income of £50,000.</p><p>The Government is grateful to the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) for their suggestions for how the individual’s experience of child benefit and the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) could be improved.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has taken considerable steps to raise awareness of the HICBC. They share information via social media, through third parties such as websites aimed at parents or families, and on GOV.UK. Information about the High Income Child Benefit Charge is on the front page of the Child Benefit claim form and explains how the charge works, including the importance of claiming to ensure receipt of National Insurance credits even if opting out of payments. HMRC also write to around 70,000 customers each year to remind them what they need to do to pay the HICBC.</p><p> </p><p>The latest information on how many people HMRC contact to advise that they may be liable to pay the HICBC is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge" target="_blank"><em>High Income Child Benefit Charge - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</em></a><em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 190821 question first answered 30/06/2023 10:51:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1646659

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of families are impacted by the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	190823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>In 2020-2021, 88 per cent of Child Benefit claimants were unaffected by High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC). Of the remaining 12 per cent, 355,000 paid (or had a partner who paid) the tax charge, and 624,000 chose to opt out of receiving Child Benefit payments as an alternative to paying the charge. Please see the Child Benefit Statistics available on the GOV.UK website here: Child Benefit Statistics: annual release, data at August 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge" target="_blank">High Income Child Benefit Charge - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/06/2023 15:49:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657336

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Information Sharing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department are taking to improve information sharing across HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	196956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>HMRC is working towards the implementation of its Data Strategy and policies to ensure that the organisation makes best use of its data in accordance with its intended purpose and in line with its statutory obligations. Recent improvements include establishing a data governance framework and enhancing capabilities within HMRC to better manage our data and to ensure the reliability, validity and integrity of the data is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>We only share HMRC information where it is legal to do so to protect taxpayer confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/09/2023 13:45:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657337

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the impact of rising prices on the incomes of families affected by the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	196957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The threshold for High Income Child Benefit Charge affects taxpayers who are generally on comparatively high incomes. In 2020-21, (the latest year that data is available), 99.7% of those who declared a liability for HICBC paid income tax at the higher rate or above, and 88% of Child Benefit claimants were unaffected by the HICBC.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting families with the pressures they are facing from rising prices. Families who are liable to the HICBC will benefit from the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG), energy bill support scheme and the cancelled planned increase in fuel duty. Moreover, the Government extended the free hours for childcare offers at Spring Budget 2023, so that eligible working parents in England are able to access 30 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks per year from when their child is 9 months old, to when they start school.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 196958 question first answered 11/09/2023 13:55:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657338

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	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 the impact of the High Income Child Benefit Charge on child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	196958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The threshold for High Income Child Benefit Charge affects taxpayers who are generally on comparatively high incomes. In 2020-21, (the latest year that data is available), 99.7% of those who declared a liability for HICBC paid income tax at the higher rate or above, and 88% of Child Benefit claimants were unaffected by the HICBC.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting families with the pressures they are facing from rising prices. Families who are liable to the HICBC will benefit from the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG), energy bill support scheme and the cancelled planned increase in fuel duty. Moreover, the Government extended the free hours for childcare offers at Spring Budget 2023, so that eligible working parents in England are able to access 30 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks per year from when their child is 9 months old, to when they start school.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 196957 question first answered 11/09/2023 13:55:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657339

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to review the income thresholds for the payment of the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	196959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government publishes annual data on individuals who have declared a High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) liability and individuals that have opted out of getting Child Benefit payments, available on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-august-2022/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-data-at-august-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-august-2022/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-data-at-august-2022</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 196334 question first answered 06/09/2023 16:10:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day