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746718

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs Customer Compliance Group has made changes to its recruitment plans because of an overspend in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Customer Compliance Group is not expecting to overspend in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>At Spending Review 2015 HMRC committed to deliver £717m of sustainable resource savings by 2019-20, delivered through digitisation of tax collection and a smaller but more highly skilled workforce.</p><p> </p><p>Spending Review 2015 also confirmed £800m funding up to 2020-21 for additional work in Customer Compliance Group to tackle evasion and non-compliance in the tax system.</p><p> </p><p>Customer Compliance Group’s recruitment plans reflect these long term commitments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/07/2017 15:37:50 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

746719

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish HM Revenue and Customs' review of its Needs Extra Support service; and if he will make a statement before the summer recess.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of their continuous improvement process, HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking an internal review of its Needs Extra Support (NES) service to ensure that it continues to provide the same high level of service. There are no plans to publish this externally.</p><p> </p><p>The NES Service was not launched until May 2014. The number of NES staff that were in post at the start of each of the last four tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Advisers (who visit customers)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephony Advisers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of face to face appointments booked in each of the last three full tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Face to face appointments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>25,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 1930 1931 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

746720

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Needs Extra Support advisers were employed by HM Revenue ad Customs in each tax year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of their continuous improvement process, HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking an internal review of its Needs Extra Support (NES) service to ensure that it continues to provide the same high level of service. There are no plans to publish this externally.</p><p> </p><p>The NES Service was not launched until May 2014. The number of NES staff that were in post at the start of each of the last four tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Advisers (who visit customers)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephony Advisers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of face to face appointments booked in each of the last three full tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Face to face appointments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>25,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 1929 1931 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

746721

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many face-to-face visits HM Revenue and Customs Needs Extra Support advisers conducted in each tax year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of their continuous improvement process, HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking an internal review of its Needs Extra Support (NES) service to ensure that it continues to provide the same high level of service. There are no plans to publish this externally.</p><p> </p><p>The NES Service was not launched until May 2014. The number of NES staff that were in post at the start of each of the last four tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Advisers (who visit customers)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephony Advisers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of face to face appointments booked in each of the last three full tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Face to face appointments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>25,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 1929 1930 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

746765

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the (a) tax and (b) charitable status of independent schools; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Where an independent school satisfies the requirements of the Charities Act it may be recognised by the relevant Charity regulator as having charitable status. Requirements will include operating on a not-for-profit basis with a focus on the public benefit of the education they provide.</p><p> </p><p>Schools with charitable status that apply to HM Revenue and Customs may be eligible for a number of tax exemptions and reliefs. These include the ability to reclaim Gift Aid on any qualifying donations that they receive and exemptions on charitable trading profits, rental income, investment income and business rates, as well as certain reliefs from VAT.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/07/2017 14:18:59 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

746770

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Private Education: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the sum likely to accrue to the public purse from (a) changing the tax status of and (b) ending the charitable status of independent schools.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>No estimates of the sum likely to accrue to the public purse from changing the charitable tax status of independent schools have been made. Also, no estimate of ending the charitable status of independent schools have been made. Data held on charitable tax relief costs cannot be broken down into specific sectors.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/07/2017 14:05:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

746785

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of public sector workers have received a pay rise above one per cent since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	2181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The pay for an individual public sector worker is affected by several factors including progression pay, allowances and the one per cent pay policy. It will therefore vary by individual. HMT does not collect this data centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/07/2017 14:25:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

746791

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Barclays: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with Barclays on its programme of branch closures.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	2150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 07/07/2017 10:36:44 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

746792

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Borrowing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister since 9 June 2017 on increasing Government borrowing to invest in national infrastructure; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	2151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor has regular discussions with the Prime Minister and other Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues including government investment in infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>At the Autumn Statement the Chancellor introduced the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) which will provide an additional £23bn of investment between 2017/18 and 2020/21. The NPIF will be targeted at infrastructure, housing, and research and development. The government is getting on with delivering this additional investment. For instance on Tuesday 4<sup>th</sup> July, the Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government launched the £2.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The NPIF comes on top of previous commitments already set out, including the biggest investment in transport infrastructure in generations.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/07/2017 13:42:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

746808

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of minimum alcohol and cigarette pricing on the ability of small and medium-sized retailers to compete with large national retailers.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	2051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The government keeps all excise duties and structures under review. HM Treasury engages with a wide variety of organisations, including representatives of small and medium-sized retailers, to understand industry developments and the impact of policy changes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/07/2017 14:17:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods