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176350

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Communication
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	222595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Communication with stakeholders and the public is a part of the job of all Treasury teams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The costs of running HM Treasury Communication department, including all staff and running costs have more than halved since 2009/10. The figures are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2009/10 £2,612,258</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 £2,196,291</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 £2,122,484</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £1,269,977</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £1,289,075</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/03/2015 10:40:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

179010

	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	Debts: Greece
	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 possible risk of Greek sovereign default and subsequent effects on the UK banking sector.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	224032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury regularly monitors global economic developments and their impact on the UK as part of the normal process of policy development. The UK is one of the most open economies in the world through trade and financial channels, and we are not immune to developments in the global economy. The best way to insulate the UK economy from any such instability is to stick to our long term economic plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The exposure of UK banks to Greece is small. Moreover the Bank of England’s recent stress tests showed that our banking sector is far stronger and better capitalised than before.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 224031 question first answered 25/02/2015 16:52:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

177081

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amount his Department has allocated for advertising in each financial year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	222865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>There was no specific budget allocated for advertising from 2010-11 to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>You may wish to know that as part of the Government’s transparency agenda, all Departments publish details of spend over £25,000. Data is published one month in arrears and can be found within the link below: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/02/2015 16:03:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

38564

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	188327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>I can confirm that Ministers have a total of 256.08 sq m of office space currently assigned to them.</p><p> </p><p>In total, there are 35staff working in ministerial offices, compared to 38 members of staff in 2009. This is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Range B: 6</p><p>Range C: 8</p><p>Range D: 13</p><p>Range E: 5</p><p>Range E2: 2</p><p>SCS: 1</p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the latest data available for staffing numbers for HMT Treasury as of May 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

423236

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many serving members of each branch of the armed forces are in receipt of (a) child and (b) working tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	12998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>I refer the member to the answer I provided on the 13 July 2015 to question 14259:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-07-08/6266/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-07-08/6266/</a></p><br /> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 12999 question first answered 29/10/2015 14:55:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

424024

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Age Benefits: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many former members of each branch of the armed forces are in receipt of (a) child and (b) working tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	13458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 29/10/2015 14:39:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

423287

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Veterans: Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many former members of each branch of the armed forces are in receipt of (a) child and (b) working tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	13031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/10/2015 16:15:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

388517

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many serving members of each branch of the armed forces are in receipt of (a) child and (b) working tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	6266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2015 13:22:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

390207

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Defence: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding will be allocated to the Joint Security Fund in each year up to 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	7223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The new Joint Security Fund will grow to £1.5bn by the end of this Parliament and will fund key capabilities in Defence and the Intelligence Agencies, providing further support for the UK to defend itself against the threats it faces. The profile of this fund will not be determined until the conclusion of the Spending Review and Strategic Defence and Security Review this autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/07/2015 16:11:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

106218

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Landfill Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget is of HM Revenue and Customs to investigate landfill tax fraud.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	213284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling tax fraud and avoidance and has re-invested almost £1 billion in HMRC to strengthen the response to criminal attacks on the tax system, tax avoidance, and unpaid tax debt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s response to non-compliance is tailored to the seriousness of the offence. HMRC is actively responding to the risks in the sector, and working with the National Crime Agency to develop and deliver a comprehensive multi-agency waste sector campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Visits to landfill sites are one part of HMRC’s response to landfill tax compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to these visits and audit checks, HMRC has launched a cross-tax waste sector pilot exercise which is currently under way, where cases are being worked across all taxes, rather than just landfill tax. HMRC is also working collaboratively with other agencies to tackle non-compliance and develop a joined up multi-agency strategy, capitalising on the full range of sanctions available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC adopts a risk-based approach to compliance activity to enable resources to be deployed flexibly to areas of highest risk and does not therefore allocate budgets to any particular tax regime</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s management information systems are unable to identify the number of complaints received specifically about the non-payment of landfill tax without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 213276 213277 213278 213279 213280 213281 213282 question first answered 12/11/2014 11:52:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones