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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1253433/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As part of their overall collections strategy, debt collection agencies (DCAs) provide HMRC with additional capacity. The department keeps under review the cost effectiveness and value for money that using DCAs provides to the Exchequer and UK citizens. There are no current plans to move away from using agencies to send final opportunity letters.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The table below sets out the total expenditure on DCAs by HMRC and the amount spent instructing them to issue final opportunity letters.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Total spend<\/p><\/td><td><p>Final opportunity letter spend<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017/18<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 32,099,756.77<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,714,901.62<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018/19<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 26,021,351.78<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,302,490.63<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019/20<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 26,163,245.08<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,242,984.66<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Final opportunity letters are sent on HMRC\u2019s behalf by some of the debt collection agencies that the department works with. These are:<\/p><ul><li>Advantis Credit Ltd<\/li><li>Bluestone Credit Management<\/li><li>1st Locate (UK) Ltd<\/li><li>Past Due Credit Solutions<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>The full list of debt collection agencies that HMRC work with can be found on GOV.UK: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/if-you-dont-pay-your-tax-bill/debt-collection-agencies\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/if-you-dont-pay-your-tax-bill/debt-collection-agencies<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1253434/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As part of their overall collections strategy, debt collection agencies (DCAs) provide HMRC with additional capacity. The department keeps under review the cost effectiveness and value for money that using DCAs provides to the Exchequer and UK citizens. There are no current plans to move away from using agencies to send final opportunity letters.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The table below sets out the total expenditure on DCAs by HMRC and the amount spent instructing them to issue final opportunity letters.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Total spend<\/p><\/td><td><p>Final opportunity letter spend<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017/18<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 32,099,756.77<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,714,901.62<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018/19<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 26,021,351.78<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,302,490.63<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019/20<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 26,163,245.08<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,242,984.66<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Final opportunity letters are sent on HMRC\u2019s behalf by some of the debt collection agencies that the department works with. These are:<\/p><ul><li>Advantis Credit Ltd<\/li><li>Bluestone Credit Management<\/li><li>1st Locate (UK) Ltd<\/li><li>Past Due Credit Solutions<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>The full list of debt collection agencies that HMRC work with can be found on GOV.UK: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/if-you-dont-pay-your-tax-bill/debt-collection-agencies\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/if-you-dont-pay-your-tax-bill/debt-collection-agencies<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1253435/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As part of their overall collections strategy, debt collection agencies (DCAs) provide HMRC with additional capacity. The department keeps under review the cost effectiveness and value for money that using DCAs provides to the Exchequer and UK citizens. There are no current plans to move away from using agencies to send final opportunity letters.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The table below sets out the total expenditure on DCAs by HMRC and the amount spent instructing them to issue final opportunity letters.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Total spend<\/p><\/td><td><p>Final opportunity letter spend<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017/18<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 32,099,756.77<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,714,901.62<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018/19<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 26,021,351.78<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,302,490.63<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019/20<\/p><\/td><td><p>£ 26,163,245.08<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1,242,984.66<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Final opportunity letters are sent on HMRC\u2019s behalf by some of the debt collection agencies that the department works with. These are:<\/p><ul><li>Advantis Credit Ltd<\/li><li>Bluestone Credit Management<\/li><li>1st Locate (UK) Ltd<\/li><li>Past Due Credit Solutions<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>The full list of debt collection agencies that HMRC work with can be found on GOV.UK: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/if-you-dont-pay-your-tax-bill/debt-collection-agencies\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/if-you-dont-pay-your-tax-bill/debt-collection-agencies<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on instructing debt collection agencies to send final opportunity letters in each of the last three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason ten pin bowling businesses were not included in the reduction in VAT that was extended to food outlets, cinemas and other competitor businesses in response to the covid-19 outbreak.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1178750/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is committed to working with organisations to ensure changes to the rules are implemented correctly. HMRC are undertaking an extensive programme of education and support to help organisations prepare for the reform. This includes:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Offering one-to-one support to more than 2,000 of the UK\u2019s biggest employers, and writing directly to 43,000 medium sized businesses and other organisations.<\/li><li>Providing large and medium sized businesses, public bodies, and charities with factsheets to share with their contractors, and publishing this factsheet on gov.uk.<\/li><li>Holding workshops with small tax agents, recruitment agencies, charities, and public bodies.<\/li><li>Holding at least weekly webinars, with small tax agents, recruitment agencies, charities, public bodies and contractors.<\/li><li>An enhanced version of the Check Employment Status for Tax online tool was published in November 2019 to help individuals and organisations make the right status determinations and apply the off-payroll rules correctly.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>The reform of the off-payroll working rules in April 2020 will apply only to medium and large-sized businesses, minimising administrative burdens for the vast majority of engagers. The existing rules will continue to apply to the smallest 1.5m businesses.<\/p>"}
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