I refer the Rt. hon gentleman to Her Majesty\u2019s Revenue and Customs\u2019 (HMRC) brief on this topic.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1529", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Gauke"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Hertfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Gauke"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-19T17:48:03.533Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Bitcoin: VAT"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department's policy to seek to recover VAT on bitcoin transactions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "220822"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173726", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173726/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "Her Majesty\u2019s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes statistics on income tax liabilities on dividend income in Table 2.6 of the HMRC National Statistics series.
<\/p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306833/Table_2.6.pdf<\/a> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1529", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Gauke"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised from taxes on dividend income in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year from 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3909", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Pamela Nash"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Pamela Nash"}
], "uin" : "220787"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173829", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173829/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "\u201cNon-fiscal spend\u201d is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source. <\/p>"}
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}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Danny Alexander"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department defines non-fiscal spend.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1579", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mary Creagh"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mary Creagh"}
], "uin" : "220808"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173832", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173832/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government offers a wide range of financial support to business through different grants and tax reliefs. For example the Regional Growth Fund has so far committed £2.6 billion of support to over 400 awards which are expected to deliver £16 billion of private sector investment and 573,000 jobs.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Overall Government grants and reliefs serve to support UK businesses to invest and grow, generating jobs and economic growth. Business investment has grown 26% since early 2010, there are more people in work now than ever before, and the IMF have forecast the UK as having the fastest growing economy in the G7 in 2014.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1529", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Gauke"}
}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total funds provided by Government for (a) corporate welfare grants and support schemes and (b) tax forgone.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Jim Cunningham"}
], "uin" : "220824"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173833", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173833/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government offers a wide range of financial support to business through different grants and tax reliefs. For example the Regional Growth Fund has so far committed £2.6 billion of support to over 400 awards which are expected to deliver £16 billion of private sector investment and 573,000 jobs.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Overall Government grants and reliefs serve to support UK businesses to invest and grow, generating jobs and economic growth. Business investment has grown 26% since early 2010, there are more people in work now than ever before, and the IMF have forecast the UK as having the fastest growing economy in the G7 in 2014.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1529", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Gauke"}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Gauke"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of government financial support to business through grants and tax forgone.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Jim Cunningham"}
], "uin" : "220825"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173837", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173837/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "The Chancellor receives a large variety of representations from a wide range of people. <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1529", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Gauke"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Hertfordshire"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Gauke"}
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, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-21T11:05:29.847Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Offshore Industry: PAYE"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the PAYE status of (a) divers and (b) diving supervisors working in the offshore energy industry.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3973", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grahame Morris"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Easington"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Grahame M. Morris"}
], "uin" : "220682"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173355", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173355/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " As set out in HM Treasury\u2019s \u201cThe Green Book \u2014 appraisal and evaluation in Central Government\u201d, all new policies, programmes and projects should be subject to comprehensive but proportionate assessment, where it is practicable, so as best to promote the public interest. The nature of this assessment will vary according to the nature of the proposal, and is likely to be influenced by factors such as the scale and complexity of the proposed procurement.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1535", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Danny Alexander"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Danny Alexander"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-16T14:37:10.12Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Government Departments: Procurement"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's guidance on delivering public value from spending proposals, under what circumstances procuring a system precedes completion of the full business case.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"}
], "uin" : "220666"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173359", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173359/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " All these data are available from the Office for Budget Responsibility\u2019s databank, including the Office for National Statistics outturn data (published 22nd<\/sup> November 2014) and the Office for Budget Responsibility\u2019s independent forecast (consistent with the Economic and Fiscal Outlook December 2014 and the Autumn Statement 2014).<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> UK Total Managed Expenditure in nominal sterling.<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ol> <\/p> 2009-10<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010-11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011-12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> TME outturn (£bn)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 680.6<\/p><\/td> 700.9<\/p><\/td> 701.2<\/p><\/td> 717.9<\/p><\/td> 719.9<\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019-20<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> TME forecast (£bn)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 737.1<\/p><\/td> 746.2<\/p><\/td> 746.7<\/p><\/td> 751.3<\/p><\/td> 765.3<\/p><\/td> 779.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Gross Domestic Product in nominal sterling.<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ol> <\/p> 2009-10<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010-11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011-12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Nominal GDP outturn (£bn)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1501.7<\/p><\/td> 1,576.2<\/p><\/td> 1,628.5<\/p><\/td> 1,663.2<\/p><\/td> 1,733.0<\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019-20<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nominal GDP forecast (£bn)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,822.0<\/p><\/td> 1,888.0<\/p><\/td> 1,956.0<\/p><\/td> 2,038.0<\/p><\/td> 2,124.0<\/p><\/td> 2,215.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Total Managed Expenditure expressed as a percentage of the gross domestic product.<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ol> <\/p> 2009-10<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010-11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011-12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> TME outturn (%GDP)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 45.3<\/p><\/td> 44.5<\/p><\/td> 43.1<\/p><\/td> 43.2<\/p><\/td> 41.5<\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019-20<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> TME forecast (%GDP)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 40.5<\/p><\/td> 39.5<\/p><\/td> 38.2<\/p><\/td> 36.9<\/p><\/td> 36.0<\/p><\/td> 35.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Variances when comparing the most up to date figures set out above against the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis (command paper) are due to these figures including the latest outturn data, incorporating the latest forecast judgement by the Office for Budget Responsibility and the latest classification changes made by the Office for National Statistics.<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Since the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis was published in July 2014 the Office for Budget Responsibility has published their latest forecast in their December 2014 Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The Office for National Statistics regularly update outturn, at a various points in the year, for total managed expenditure and gross domestic product.<\/strong><\/p> <\/p>"}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Danny Alexander"}
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]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Public Expenditure"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) UK total managed expenditure in nominal sterling, (b) gross domestic product in nominal sterling and (c) percentage total managed expenditure is expressed as a percentage of the gross domestic product; and what the reasons are for the variances from the Public Expenditure Statistical analysis published by his Department in 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1483", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Hemming"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Hemming"}
], "uin" : "220518"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173360", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173360/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Treasury Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td>