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788394

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111542, how many discussions his Department has had with the UK Government Ministers or Welsh Government Ministers in the last 12 months on valuation office closures; on what dates those discussions took place; who participated in those discussions; and whether there were any actionable outcomes from those discussions.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	112656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Neither Treasury Ministers nor officials have discussed the Valuation Office Agency’s estate plans with other UK Ministers or Welsh Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 15:07:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

788399

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111905, on Valuation Office Agency, against which benchmarks performance has been measured at those valuation offices marked for closure.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	112570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) measures performance on an organisation-wide basis, not on an office-by-office basis. Operational work is dealt with across the network of offices, so, for example, a case involving a property in one part of the country could be primarily handled in another part.</p><p> </p><p>Measures of performance, such as those related to timeliness and clearing business rates appeals, are listed in the VOA annual report.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112859 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:06:24 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

788405

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Companies: Guernsey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Guernsey on the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information with HM Revenue and Customs and UK law enforcement agencies and the setting up of a public register of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>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. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government works closely with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on transparency issues and officials have regular discussions with these jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>All the Crown Dependencies and relevant Overseas Territories have committed to the development of a systematic exchange of beneficial ownership information. They have also committed to establish central registers, or similarly effective systems, to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. These arrangements came into effect on 30 June 2017. It remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112778 112779 112790 112791 112792 112793 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:22:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

788406

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Companies: Isle of Man
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of the Isle of Man on the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information with HM Revenue and Customs and UK law enforcement agencies and the setting up of a public register of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>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. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government works closely with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on transparency issues and officials have regular discussions with these jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>All the Crown Dependencies and relevant Overseas Territories have committed to the development of a systematic exchange of beneficial ownership information. They have also committed to establish central registers, or similarly effective systems, to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. These arrangements came into effect on 30 June 2017. It remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112777 112779 112790 112791 112792 112793 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:22:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

788407

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Companies: Jersey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of the Jersey on the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information with HM Revenue and Customs and UK law enforcement agencies and the setting up of a public register of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>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. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government works closely with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on transparency issues and officials have regular discussions with these jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>All the Crown Dependencies and relevant Overseas Territories have committed to the development of a systematic exchange of beneficial ownership information. They have also committed to establish central registers, or similarly effective systems, to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. These arrangements came into effect on 30 June 2017. It remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112777 112778 112790 112791 112792 112793 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:22:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

788408

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Companies: Anguilla
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Anguilla on the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information with HM Revenue and Customs and UK Law enforcement agencies and the setting up of a public register of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>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. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government works closely with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on transparency issues and officials have regular discussions with these jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>All the Crown Dependencies and relevant Overseas Territories have committed to the development of a systematic exchange of beneficial ownership information. They have also committed to establish central registers, or similarly effective systems, to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. These arrangements came into effect on 30 June 2017. It remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112777 112778 112779 112791 112792 112793 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:22:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

788409

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Companies: Gibraltar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Gibraltar on the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information with HM Revenue and Customs and UK Law enforcement agencies and the setting up of a public register of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>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. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government works closely with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on transparency issues and officials have regular discussions with these jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>All the Crown Dependencies and relevant Overseas Territories have committed to the development of a systematic exchange of beneficial ownership information. They have also committed to establish central registers, or similarly effective systems, to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. These arrangements came into effect on 30 June 2017. It remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112777 112778 112779 112790 112792 112793 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:22:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

788410

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Companies: Montserrat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Monserrat on the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information with HM Revenue and Customs and UK Law enforcement agencies and setting up a public register of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>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. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government works closely with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on transparency issues and officials have regular discussions with these jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>All the Crown Dependencies and relevant Overseas Territories have committed to the development of a systematic exchange of beneficial ownership information. They have also committed to establish central registers, or similarly effective systems, to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. These arrangements came into effect on 30 June 2017. It remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112777 112778 112779 112790 112791 112793 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:22:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

788411

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Companies: Bermuda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Bermuda on the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information with HM Revenue and Customs and UK Law enforcement agencies and setting up a public register of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>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. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government works closely with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on transparency issues and officials have regular discussions with these jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>All the Crown Dependencies and relevant Overseas Territories have committed to the development of a systematic exchange of beneficial ownership information. They have also committed to establish central registers, or similarly effective systems, to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. These arrangements came into effect on 30 June 2017. It remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112777 112778 112779 112790 112791 112792 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:22:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

788412

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 112013, on HM Revenue and Customs staff, how many employees were employed in the (a) High Net Worth Unit and (b) Affluent Unit on 31 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	112794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has brought together its High Net Worth Unit and Affluent teams to form a single Wealthy team.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2016, the teams had approximately 775 full time equivalent staff engaged in customer compliance activity, of which 380 were employed in the High Net Worth Unit and 395 were employed in the Affluent Unit.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2017, the teams had approximately 1040 full time equivalent staff engaged in customer compliance activity, of which 522 were employed in the High Net Worth Unit and 518 were employed in the Affluent Unit.</p><p> </p><p>Staff across HMRC work on tax compliance, including with regard to the wealthy – this work is not the sole preserve of the Wealthy team. Around 26,000 full time equivalent staff work in HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 15:11:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens