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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) does not break down statistics for oils prosecutions to separate out those resulting from the dismantling of illegal laundering plants.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-10-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-10-19T11:28:35.367Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-09-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Fuels: Tax Evasion"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 8518, what possible prosecutions and convictions have arisen as a result of the dismantling of illegal laundering plants.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4130", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Down"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ms Margaret Ritchie"} ], "uin" : "10359"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418858", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418858/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The reforms announced at the Summer Budget will ensure that support will be focused more on those on the very lowest incomes and the system will be fairer upon those who pay for it, as well as those who benefit from it. Taking the welfare changes in the Budget together with the record increases in the income tax personal allowance and the introduction of the new National Living Wage, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off in 2017-18.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-09-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-09-23T13:01:28.753Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-09-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Income"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the maximum number of people whose income will fall as a result of changes to taxes and benefits introduced by the Summer Budget 2015; and if he will estimate the average fall in annual income for those people.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1486", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Anderson"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blaydon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr David Anderson"} ], "uin" : "10384"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418985", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418985/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

This information is unavailable.<\/p>

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The Government is making changes to Tax Credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The emphasis is on supporting hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, rather than on topping up low wages through tax credits.<\/p>

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HMT has published a distributional analysis of the impact of the Summer Budget 2015 which includes the effect of tax credit and other welfare measures on households. This information can be found here:<\/p>

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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf<\/a><\/p>

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HMRC publishes information on families\u2019 tax credit awards within local authorities. The most recent available data is for 2013-14 and can be found here:<\/p>

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https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014<\/a><\/p>

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Information on the number of families in individual constituencies receiving tax credits and the average value of these payments can be found in table 2.<\/p>

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<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-09-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-09-23T12:57:20.027Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-09-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Welfare Tax Credits"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in each constituency will be affected by the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1540", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Greg Mulholland"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Leeds North West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Greg Mulholland"} ], "uin" : "10377"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418089", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418089/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The refreshed strategy \u2018Tackling illicit tobacco: from leaf to light\u2019, published on 24 March 2015, makes it clear that this problem requires collaboration across government. Further details on the establishment of a cross government ministerial group will be released in due course.<\/p>

The joint HMRC/Border Force strategy to tackle illicit tobacco can be accessed on GOV.UK:<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-illicit-tobacco-from-leaf-to-light<\/a><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-10-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-10-12T13:49:15.613Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-09-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Departmental Coordination: Tobacco"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the March 2015 Budget, what progress the Government has made on establishing a cross-government ministerial group to oversee future evolution of the anti-illicit tobacco strategy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4055", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Sherwood"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mark Spencer"} ], "uin" : "9677"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418090", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418090/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority. Where cases handled by HMRC do proceed to the criminal courts the prosecution is carried out by the relevant independent prosecuting authority. This is the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in England and Wales, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in Scotland, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI).<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-10-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-10-12T13:47:44.517Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-09-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Tobacco: Smuggling"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 30 October 2012, Official Report, column 210W, on tobacco: smuggling, how many people were convicted in relation to seizures made by the Border Force and HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4055", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Sherwood"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mark Spencer"} ], "uin" : "9679"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418091", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418091/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

To the extent that we are able to provide details, the following tables show the number of individual seizures of cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco (HRT) made in each of the last five years and the total volume of tobacco products seized. This does not include the number of individual overseas seizures, which are not recorded centrally, or the number of individual postal seizures from 2010-11 when a new information system was introduced.<\/p>

Cigarettes: Number of Seizures<\/p><\/td>

HMRC<\/p><\/td>

UKBF<\/p><\/td>

Overseas<\/p><\/td>

Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

2,011<\/p><\/td>

28,787<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

30798<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

1,845<\/p><\/td>

28,750<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

30595<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

1,215<\/p><\/td>

30,011<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

31226<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

543<\/p><\/td>

35,622<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

36165<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

582<\/p><\/td>

39,578<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

40160<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Cigarettes: Quantity (Sticks)<\/p><\/td>

HMRC<\/p><\/td>

UKBF<\/p><\/td>

Overseas<\/p><\/td>

Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

76,559,489<\/p><\/td>

650,060,670<\/p><\/td>

991,713,280<\/p><\/td>

1,718,333,439<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

142,230,184<\/p><\/td>

455,174,133<\/p><\/td>

1,134,984,800<\/p><\/td>

1,732,389,117<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

98,477,437<\/p><\/td>

487,835,338<\/p><\/td>

1,271,622,181<\/p><\/td>

1,857,934,956<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

59,599,120<\/p><\/td>

318,880,074<\/p><\/td>

1,058,975,055<\/p><\/td>

1,437,454,249<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

75,953,705<\/p><\/td>

439,018,394<\/p><\/td>

1,252,616,840<\/p><\/td>

1,767,588,939<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

HRT: Number of Seizures.<\/p><\/td>

HMRC<\/p><\/td>

UKBF<\/p><\/td>

Overseas<\/p><\/td>

Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

1,596<\/p><\/td>

10,814<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

12,410<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

1,567<\/p><\/td>

11,533<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

13,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

1,044<\/p><\/td>

12,552<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

13,596<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

461<\/p><\/td>

12,057<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

12,518<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

411<\/p><\/td>

12,804<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

13,215<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

HRT: Quantity (Kgs)<\/p><\/td>

HMRC<\/p><\/td>

UKBF<\/p><\/td>

Overseas<\/p><\/td>

Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

46,741<\/p><\/td>

314,775<\/p><\/td>

27,889<\/p><\/td>

389,405<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

56,295<\/p><\/td>

508,112<\/p><\/td>

7,815<\/p><\/td>

572,222<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

67,872<\/p><\/td>

359,635<\/p><\/td>

55,658<\/p><\/td>

483,165<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

32,921<\/p><\/td>

262,873<\/p><\/td>

34,200<\/p><\/td>

329,994<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

57,183<\/p><\/td>

227,928<\/p><\/td>

27,901<\/p><\/td>

313,012<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-10-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-10-22T16:16:56.613Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-09-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Tobacco: Smuggling"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 30 October 2012, Official Report, column 210W, on tobacco: smuggling, how many individual seizures were made by the Border Force and HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years; and what the total volume of the products seized in each year was.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4055", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Sherwood"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mark Spencer"} ], "uin" : "9678"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418092", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418092/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The total spent by HMRC on delivering the Government\u2019s strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling in each of the last five years is as follows:<\/p>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

2014/15<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

£65.75m<\/p><\/td>

£68.92m<\/p><\/td>

£67.61m<\/p><\/td>

£76.00m<\/p><\/td>

£78.001m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Border Force cannot provide the information requested without incurring disproportionate costs.<\/p>

Border Force adopts an intelligence led approach to all of its customs activities, including tackling tobacco smuggling so that its multi-functional resources can be deployed as effectively as possible in line with latest threat assessments.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-10-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-10-12T13:53:11.473Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-09-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Tobacco: Smuggling"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) the UK Border Force and (b) HM Revenue and Customs spent on delivering the Government's tobacco smuggling strategy in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4055", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Sherwood"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mark Spencer"} ], "uin" : "9684"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 7, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }