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746697

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	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to prevent UK-based companies in the financial sector moving abroad when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	1965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We are engaging with firms on a regular basis, and reassuring them of the Government’s aim to agree a bold and ambitious free-trade agreement. Transitional arrangements to avoid unnecessary disruption and dangerous cliff edges will be mutually beneficial. This will give firms more time before they have to make permanent decisions regarding their future plans, and minimise the need for them to restructure their operations. We will also ensure that EU legislation is brought into UK law in good time to ensure firms have certainty about their regulatory environment once the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/07/2017 16:38:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

746698

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	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effect has been on (a) employment and (b) UK public finances of financial sector companies moving abroad since the vote to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	1966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics (ONS) publishes regular updates on employment figures, including by sector. In terms of the economy as a whole, the ONS has calculated that the employment rate from February to April 2017 was 74.8%, the joint highest since comparable records began in 1971. The Office for Budget Responsibility is due to publish its next report on the public finances later this month.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/07/2017 16:39:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

746699

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	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of UK-based financial sector companies that (a) have moved certain operations abroad since the vote to leave the EU and (b) are planning to move operations abroad when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	1967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We understand the issues that the UK’s departure from the EU creates for the financial sector as a whole and for specific firms. The government believes that an implementation period agreed early in the process would help both sides to minimise unnecessary disruption. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) publishes regular updates on employment figures, including by sector.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/07/2017 16:40:41 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

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

746136

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of losing access to the EU Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme on tackling terrorism in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	1560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken regarding how the UK will continue to cooperate with the EU on tackling cross-border crime and security threats as this will be a matter for negotiations. The Government has been clear that one of the 12 negotiating objectives is continuing to work with the EU to preserve European security, to fight terrorism, and to uphold justice across Europe. We are examining a number of options and as part of the negotiations, we will discuss with the EU and its Member States how best to continue cooperation on security, law enforcement and criminal justice, including access to the EU Terrorist Finance Tracking terrorism.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/07/2017 15:21:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

746140

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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 government expenditure has been spent on public sector pay in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	1804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Proportion of Government Expenditure spent on public sector pay in each of the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>National Statistics</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>£million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011-12 outturn</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012-13 outturn</p></td><td><p>2013-14 outturn</p></td><td><p>2014-15 outturn</p></td><td><p>2015-16 outturn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pay</p></td><td><p>165,995</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>164,135</p></td><td><p>163,627</p></td><td><p>167,173</p></td><td><p>171,859</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Managed Expenditure <sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>716,170</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>731,993</p></td><td><p>736,886</p></td><td><p>751,988</p></td><td><p>753,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pay as proportion of TME</p></td><td><p>23.18%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>22.42%</p></td><td><p>22.21%</p></td><td><p>22.23%</p></td><td><p>22.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><sub>(2) This excludes the temporary effects of banks being classified to the public sector.</sub></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><sub>Source: Public Spending Statistics May 2017 (National Statistics)</sub></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/07/2017 14:30:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

746181

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Health Professions: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the widening access training scheme in the NHS applies to staff who work in health professions transferred to work in local authorities.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Employers may offer a range of training opportunities to their employees. Whether a payment to an employee ‘in training’ qualifies for an Income Tax and National Insurance exemption will depend on the facts of each case. HM Revenue and Customs’ <em>Statement of Practice 4 1986</em> sets out the circumstances when a payment by an employer to an employee can be exempted from a charge to tax. These rules apply equally to all employers - they are not specific to the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/07/2017 15:17:09 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell