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The off-payroll rules (commonly known as IR35) ensure that where an individual would be an employee if they were engaged directly rather than through their own company, they pay broadly the same taxes as employees. Since April 2017, public sector bodies have been responsible for deciding if these rules apply. Early analysis of tax receipts between April and June shows that around 90,000 additional new engagements occurred in the public sector above the level that would normally be expected. This indicates more individuals are being taxed as employees since the reforms, and is consistent with the government\u2019s expectations that the reforms would increase tax compliance in the public sector.<\/p>
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The cost of non-compliance in the private sector is continuing to increase: the latest estimate is that tax losses to the Exchequer will grow to £1.2 billion a year by 2022/23. This is part of the wider increasing cost of incorporation highlighted by the OBR in their 2017 Fiscal Risks Report.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3935", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mel Stride"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Central Devon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mel Stride"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-26T06:31:03.58Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Off-payroll Working"} , "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 assessment he has made of the effect on compliance of the recent reforms to off-payroll working in the public sector; and what recent assessment he has made of the level and effects of non-compliance relating to the recent reforms to off-payroll working in the private sector.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4507", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Horsham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jeremy Quin"} ], "uin" : "109236"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/777058", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/777058/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Bank Referral Scheme helps businesses which are viable, but do not fit the risk appetite of the traditional banks, to access the finance they need to grow and expand. Banks designated by the government are required to refer SMEs they decline for finance, with the SME\u2019s permission, to designated finance platforms that can match SMEs with alternative finance providers.<\/p>
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As of 11 August 2017 over 8,100 SMEs had been referred to the finance platforms, and 230 businesses had received funding totalling £3.8m from alternative finance providers.<\/p>
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The government has announced its intention to designate another finance platform, Alternative Business Funding, on 1 November 2017. Further data will be released in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4095", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Barclay"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Cambridgeshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Barclay"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "109420"} , {"_value" : "109421"} , {"_value" : "109422"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-26T13:21:50.993Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses: Finance"} , "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 assessment has he made of the effectiveness of the Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015 in ensuring that small and medium-sized businesses are able to access finance.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4418", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Madders"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ellesmere Port and Neston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Justin Madders"} ], "uin" : "109419"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/777059", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/777059/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Bank Referral Scheme helps businesses which are viable, but do not fit the risk appetite of the traditional banks, to access the finance they need to grow and expand. Banks designated by the government are required to refer SMEs they decline for finance, with the SME\u2019s permission, to designated finance platforms that can match SMEs with alternative finance providers.<\/p>
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As of 11 August 2017 over 8,100 SMEs had been referred to the finance platforms, and 230 businesses had received funding totalling £3.8m from alternative finance providers.<\/p>
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The government has announced its intention to designate another finance platform, Alternative Business Funding, on 1 November 2017. Further data will be released in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4095", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Barclay"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Cambridgeshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Barclay"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "109419"} , {"_value" : "109420"} , {"_value" : "109422"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-26T13:21:51.103Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses: Finance"} , "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 businesses have been referred to (a) Business Finance Compared, (b) Funding Options and (c) Funding Xchange under the Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015 in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4418", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Madders"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ellesmere Port and Neston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Justin Madders"} ], "uin" : "109421"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/777060", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/777060/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Bank Referral Scheme helps businesses which are viable, but do not fit the risk appetite of the traditional banks, to access the finance they need to grow and expand. Banks designated by the government are required to refer SMEs they decline for finance, with the SME\u2019s permission, to designated finance platforms that can match SMEs with alternative finance providers.<\/p>
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As of 11 August 2017 over 8,100 SMEs had been referred to the finance platforms, and 230 businesses had received funding totalling £3.8m from alternative finance providers.<\/p>
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The government has announced its intention to designate another finance platform, Alternative Business Funding, on 1 November 2017. Further data will be released in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4095", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Barclay"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Cambridgeshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Barclay"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "109419"} , {"_value" : "109420"} , {"_value" : "109421"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-26T13:21:51.137Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses: Finance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he or a Minister of his Department will meet the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston to discuss the Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4418", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Madders"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ellesmere Port and Neston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Justin Madders"} ], "uin" : "109422"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/777061", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/777061/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Bank Referral Scheme helps businesses which are viable, but do not fit the risk appetite of the traditional banks, to access the finance they need to grow and expand. Banks designated by the government are required to refer SMEs they decline for finance, with the SME\u2019s permission, to designated finance platforms that can match SMEs with alternative finance providers.<\/p>
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As of 11 August 2017 over 8,100 SMEs had been referred to the finance platforms, and 230 businesses had received funding totalling £3.8m from alternative finance providers.<\/p>
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The government has announced its intention to designate another finance platform, Alternative Business Funding, on 1 November 2017. Further data will be released in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4095", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Barclay"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Cambridgeshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Barclay"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "109419"} , {"_value" : "109421"} , {"_value" : "109422"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-26T13:21:51.057Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses: Finance"} , "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 has been loaned to businesses by (a) Business Finance Compared, (b) Funding Options and (c) Funding Xchange under the Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015 in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4418", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Madders"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ellesmere Port and Neston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Justin Madders"} ], "uin" : "109420"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/776042", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/776042/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "