Women and Equalities<p>Conversion therapy is wrong and we are not willing to let it continue. That is why we are committed to bringing forward proposals to end this abhorrent practice in the UK. We recognise this is a complex issue that we need to get right. Officials in the Government Equalities Office are working with stakeholders to consider all legislative and non-legislative options and will announce further detail on the matter in due course.</p>Louth and HorncastleVictoria Atkins2018-09-13false2018-09-13T13:12:17.133Z31Women and EqualitiesWomen and Equalities2018-09-13Conversion Therapy1House of CommonsWhen she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to end the practice of gay conversion therapy.falseWashington and Sunderland WestMrs Sharon Hodgson906878Wales Office<p>The highest paid member of staff at the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is contracted to work a minimum of 42 hours.</p>EastleighMims Davies2018-10-11false2018-10-11T11:11:19.61Z28WalesWales2018-09-13Wales Office: Working Hours1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.falseHornsey and Wood GreenCatherine West174821Wales Office<p>Staff in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales are based in either London or Cardiff.</p><p>All staff based in our London office are paid at a rate above the London Living Wage and all staff based in our Cardiff office are paid at a rate above the UK Living Wage (Real Living Wage).</p><p> </p>EastleighMims Davies2018-10-09174111false2018-10-09T10:08:52.573Z28WalesWales2018-09-13Wales Office: Living Wage1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.falseHornsey and Wood GreenCatherine West174811Treasury<p>London & Continental Railways was responsible for the construction of High Speed 1 and the Channel Tunnel. This was an international project and for the benefit of the United Kingdom as a whole. High Speed 2 is a domestic project and rail infrastructure is devolved in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p>South West NorfolkElizabeth Truss2018-10-09false2018-10-09T14:39:47.58Z14TreasuryTreasury2018-09-13Devolution: Finance1House of CommonsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 63 of document entitled Statement of funding policy: funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly, published by his Department in November 2015, for what reason the London & Continental Railways Corp budget line in Table C.16: Department for Transport is classed as non-Barnett applicable to Scotland but High Speed Two is 100 per cent Barnett applicable to Scotland.falseKilmarnock and LoudounAlan Brown174777Treasury<p>We have interpreted “each category of Stamp Duty” as relating to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), Stamp Duty (SD) and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT). However, we have not included refund amounts for Stamp Taxes on Shares (SD and SDRT) to ensure compliance with disclosure policy relating to taxpayer confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached provides an estimate of the amount of refunds authorised for SDLT transactions derived from summary administrative records, for years that were available (last 9 years).</p><p> </p><p>Figures relating specifically to Higher Rate on Additional Dwellings (HRAD) refunds are available in the public domain through the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-stamp-duty-statistics" target="_blank">Quarterly SDLT publication</a>. HRAD was introduced in April 2016, and taxpayers are able to claim repayment of their initial HRAD amount if they sell their previous main residence within 36 months.</p>Central DevonMel StridePQW17-19-2018-15588table response.docxtable2018-10-15false2018-10-15T16:55:31.723Z14TreasuryTreasury2018-09-13Stamp Duties1House of CommonsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of refunds paid in each category of Stamp Duty in each of the last 10 years.falseEllesmere Port and NestonJustin Madders174732Treasury<p>The highest paid member of staff is contracted to 37 hours a week.</p>NewarkRobert Jenrick2018-10-15false2018-10-15T15:04:25.083Z14TreasuryTreasury2018-09-13Treasury: Working Hours1House of CommonsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.falseHornsey and Wood GreenCatherine West174814Treasury<p>The Government is considering the responses to the consultation on non-compliance with the off-payroll working rules in the private sector. A number of these responses were from individuals who identified themselves as self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will issue a formal response to the consultation in due course.</p>Central DevonMel Stride2018-10-09false2018-10-09T14:42:04.68Z14TreasuryTreasury2018-09-13Off-payroll Working1House of CommonsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from self-employed people on the potential extension of IR35 off-payroll tax to the private sector; and what proportion of those representations have been critical of that potential change.falseHovePeter Kyle174787Treasury<p>The Government has continued to press at EU level for the flexibility to apply a zero rate of VAT to women’s sanitary products so that this can be introduced in the UK at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2018, the European Commission brought forward a legislative proposal to enhance Member States’ flexibility to apply reduced and zero rates of VAT. This proposal remains under discussion and, if agreed to by Member States, would give the UK the legal ability to zero rate women’s sanitary products.</p>Central DevonMel Stride2018-10-09false2018-10-09T14:46:54.707Z14TreasuryTreasury2018-09-13Sanitary Products: VAT1House of CommonsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the EU on the EU classification of sanitary items for VAT purposes.falseOxford EastAnneliese Dodds174836Treasury<p>The number of individuals in Pay As You Earn (PAYE) for which there was both an employee and employer Class 1 National Insurance contributions liability was 26.64m in the 2017/18 tax year.</p>Central DevonMel Stride2018-10-15false2018-10-15T16:55:55.69Z14TreasuryTreasury2018-09-13National Insurance Contributions1House of CommonsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who pay both the employer and employee National Insurance contribution.falseEllesmere Port and NestonJustin Madders174742Treasury<p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has not received any withdrawal charges from Lifetime Individual Saving Accounts (LISA). The functionality to receive these charges is expected to be in place by spring 2019. In the meantime, LISA providers are deducting the appropriate withdrawal charges as required and holding the funds, pending the roll out of the collection functionality.</p>SalisburyJohn Glen2018-10-15false2018-10-15T14:00:37.163Z14TreasuryTreasury2018-09-13Individual Savings Accounts1House of CommonsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2018 to Question 162093 on Individual Savings Accounts, whether the data for the first quarter of 2018-19 is available for publication.falseEllesmere Port and NestonJustin Madders1747371001278