Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

100598

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what progress he has made on plans for changes to the devolution settlement in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	905596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has set out the timetable for further devolution to Scotland to be considered. Much work is also underway to ensure we have a balanced devolution settlement - fair to people in all parts of the United Kingdom.</p><p>For Scotland, we are implementing the Scotland Act 2012, we have published a Command Paper on the parties' proposals for further devolution and Lord Smith of Kelvin is overseeing the cross-party process to take forward the devolution commitments for Scotland. For Wales, the Wales Bill is progressing through Parliament and the Secretary of State has met the Welsh Leaders of the political parties in Westminster and there will be further discussions with them and with political leaders in the Assembly in the coming weeks. In England, work continues to devolve more powers from Whitehall to our cities and regions and the Government is examining the various constitutional issues that arise from further devolution, including the so-called West Lothian Question. For Northern Ireland, work continues to ensure that the devolved institutions function effectively.</p><p>The House, and others, will be kept updated and have the chance to contribute to these important discussions.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Mr William Hague question first answered 23/10/2014 15:49:14 answering member 379 label Biography information for Lord Hague of Richmond
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1010650

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2018 to Questions 185525-8 on Tax Avoidance, whom he defines as (a) employers and (b) individuals.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	193399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>In the context of the legislation at S554A of ITEPA 2003, employers are those who have set up a disguised remuneration (DR) scheme and remunerated their staff or themselves through the DR scheme they have set up. Individuals are employees who are personally responsible for their tax arrangements because HMRC cannot reasonably collect the liability from the employer.</p><p>A breakdown of the number of DR users classified as employers who are individuals paid through their own limited companies is not available. However, the structure of this type of scheme and the costs involved with using one means that it is not likely to be an individual paying themselves through their own limited company.</p><p>HMRC are pursing employers who have used a DR scheme to pay their employees. So far, over 90% of the £650 million collected since Budget 2016 has been collected from employers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 193400 question first answered 28/11/2018 17:51:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1010651

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2018 to Questions 185525-8 on Tax Avoidance, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of the scheme users classified as employers are individuals who were paid through their own limited companies.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	193400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>In the context of the legislation at S554A of ITEPA 2003, employers are those who have set up a disguised remuneration (DR) scheme and remunerated their staff or themselves through the DR scheme they have set up. Individuals are employees who are personally responsible for their tax arrangements because HMRC cannot reasonably collect the liability from the employer.</p><p>A breakdown of the number of DR users classified as employers who are individuals paid through their own limited companies is not available. However, the structure of this type of scheme and the costs involved with using one means that it is not likely to be an individual paying themselves through their own limited company.</p><p>HMRC are pursing employers who have used a DR scheme to pay their employees. So far, over 90% of the £650 million collected since Budget 2016 has been collected from employers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 193399 question first answered 28/11/2018 17:51:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1010655

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2018 to Questions 185525-8 on Tax Avoidance, how many promoters and providers of disguised remuneration schemes have been (a) pursued or investigated and (b) penalised or prosecuted by HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	193401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC takes tackling promoters of avoidance schemes seriously, but does not currently categorise information in such a way as to identify disguised remuneration schemes specifically.</p><p> </p><p>In recent years, HMRC has been investigating over 100 promoters and others involved in avoidance, including disguised remuneration arrangements. In the last year, HMRC has taken litigation action against 5 scheme promoters for failure to disclose under Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes with others deciding to disclose to avoid litigation. Further cases will be litigated in the year ahead.</p><p>HMRC has used its powers under the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes to challenge promoters and others. HMRC has also made three successful complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority about misleading advertising; two of which relate to disguised remuneration schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will also consider criminal investigation and make referrals to prosecuting authorities, where appropriate. Since the formation of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service on 1 April 2016 more than 15 individuals have been convicted for offences relating to the promotion and operation of marketed tax avoidance schemes and sentenced to over 95 years custodial with an additional 4 years suspended sentences being ordered, additional matters are the subject of ongoing enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 193402 question first answered 28/11/2018 17:48:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1010656

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2018 to Questions 185525-8 on Tax Avoidance, what estimate he has made of the number of promoters and providers of disguised remuneration schemes he expects to be (a) pursued or investigated and (b) penalised or prosecuted by HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	193402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC takes tackling promoters of avoidance schemes seriously, but does not currently categorise information in such a way as to identify disguised remuneration schemes specifically.</p><p> </p><p>In recent years, HMRC has been investigating over 100 promoters and others involved in avoidance, including disguised remuneration arrangements. In the last year, HMRC has taken litigation action against 5 scheme promoters for failure to disclose under Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes with others deciding to disclose to avoid litigation. Further cases will be litigated in the year ahead.</p><p>HMRC has used its powers under the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes to challenge promoters and others. HMRC has also made three successful complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority about misleading advertising; two of which relate to disguised remuneration schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will also consider criminal investigation and make referrals to prosecuting authorities, where appropriate. Since the formation of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service on 1 April 2016 more than 15 individuals have been convicted for offences relating to the promotion and operation of marketed tax avoidance schemes and sentenced to over 95 years custodial with an additional 4 years suspended sentences being ordered, additional matters are the subject of ongoing enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 193401 question first answered 28/11/2018 17:48:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

101907

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to introduce further measures at airports to prevent the spread of Ebola to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	212791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has put in place enhanced screening and monitoring at the United Kingdom’s main ports of entry for people travelling from the affected Ebola regions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The risk of transmission occurring within the community in the UK is, and remains very low due to the range of robust measures that have been put in place including screening. However, we keep the screening programme under regular review and will take into account any significant changes in the factors underpinning this assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 16:17:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

101982

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the economic benefit of High Speed 3 to the North West.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	212790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has given the green light to develop proposals for HS3 as part of its long-term economic plan. HS3 will cut journey times, boost business and create more jobs and security for hardworking people in the North West. The Government, working with Transport for the North, will publish an interim report on a transport strategy for the North, including HS3, in March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/11/2014 17:04:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1020403

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the number of people with mental health problems that are on social housing waiting lists.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	199310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the answer I gave on 17 October 2018 to question UIN 177200.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/12/2018 16:56:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1023194

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of paying benefits to working parents whose children are living abroad in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	201120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not collect data on the entire benefits system. However, for Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit paid, which amounted to £11.7 billion and £20.9 billion in 2017-18 respectively, it is estimated that £35 million was paid for children resident in another EEA country. This consists of £20 million of Child Benefit and £15 million of Child Tax Credit.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/12/2018 17:47:31 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1024012

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Northern Rail on improving the reliability of train services.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	201586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings with all of our Train Operating Companies and owning groups on franchise matters.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the case of Northern Rail, the Rail North Partnership (RNP) manages the Northern franchise on behalf of the Department and Transport for the North (TfN). Arriva Rail North operates the Northern rail franchise under a legally binding contract and is constantly monitored as to its contractual compliance.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/12/2018 15:48:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans