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758053

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cultural Heritage: Capital Taxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of HM Revenue and Customs are employed in monitoring whether undertakings in respect of public access to heritage assets that have been exempted from inheritance tax and capital gains tax are adhered to.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	9294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text The estimated cost of the inheritance tax exemption for heritage assets can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a> The cost of the capital gains tax exemption for heritage assets is not available.<p> </p><p>The legislation was introduced to protect national heritage assets. Where there has been a failure to meet the undertakings, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) approach is to work with owners in order to put things right. It has not in the last 10 years been necessary for HMRC to remove an exemption.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of exemptions (by claim) granted in each year for the categories listed within the legislation over the last ten years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pre-eminent objects s.31(1)(a)IHTA and (aa)</p></td><td><p>Land s.31(1)(b)IHTA</p></td><td><p>Buildings &amp; amenity land s.31(1)(c) and (d) IHTA</p></td><td><p>Historically associated objects s.31(1)(e)IHTA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Sixteen people within HMRC are involved in ensuring undertakings are adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9162 9165 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:57:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

758054

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to ratify the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	9241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>A Command Paper setting out the UK’s plans to ratify the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products will be laid before Parliament once legislation to implement the Protocol has been approved by Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>While the UK already has many of the Protocol’s requirements in place, the requirement to license tobacco manufacturing machinery has not yet been implemented. Legislation to accomplish this is currently before Parliament in the Finance Bill.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 9195 question first answered 15/09/2017 11:00:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

758056

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2017 to HL1074, whether the estimates for average employer pension contributions used in the table given in that Answer were based on (a) all public sector and private sector employees or (b) public sector and private sector employees who are enrolled in a pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	9207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>This analysis was conducted by HM Treasury based on data from the ONS’s Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Further information regarding the data on which the calculation is based can be found here <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/methodologies/annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashemethodologyandguidance" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/methodologies/annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashemethodologyandguidance</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/09/2017 13:03:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

758057

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section 8 of his Department's Civil Service Pay Guidance 2017-18, published on 27 April 2017, what recruitment and retention-related pay flexibilities have been granted since 2012 for (a) non-consolidated performance related pay pot adjustments and (b) targeted consolidated increases; and to which core departments and non-departmental public bodies those flexibilities have been granted.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	9209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Comprehensive information is not held centrally. Departments will hold specific information about their own pay arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/09/2017 10:52:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

758058

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of stamp duty levels on the housing market; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	9056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The property market is affected by a wide variety of factors. The Government published an assessment of the 2014 changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax in 2015. It showed that in the year after the reforms, the number of residential property transactions above £1m was the same as the year beforehand. The analysis can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preliminary-assessment-of-2014-residential-sdlt-slice-reforms</p><p> </p><p>Recent statistics show that residential transactions greater than £2m are 9% lower in Q2 2017 than Q2 2014, while transactions between £1 and £2 million are 19% higher.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/09/2017 15:54:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

758059

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
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 effect of abolishing the Class 2 National Insurance category on the living standards of people earning under £6,000 a year.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text The Government has previously consulted extensively on the impacts of abolishing Class 2 NICs and responded to this consultation at Autumn Statement. This response is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-abolishing-class-2-national-insurance-and-introducing-a-contributory-benefit-test-to-class-4-national-insurance-for-the-self-employed. The Government published a tax information and impact note on this policy at Autumn Statement 2016. The figures requested are not available.<p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9081 9097 9098 question first answered 11/09/2017 16:03:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

758060

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK earn under £6,000 a year and make voluntary national insurance contributions through Class 2.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	9081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text The Government has previously consulted extensively on the impacts of abolishing Class 2 NICs and responded to this consultation at Autumn Statement. This response is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-abolishing-class-2-national-insurance-and-introducing-a-contributory-benefit-test-to-class-4-national-insurance-for-the-self-employed. The Government published a tax information and impact note on this policy at Autumn Statement 2016. The figures requested are not available.<p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9080 9097 9098 question first answered 11/09/2017 16:03:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

758061

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to provide (a) information on its services in British Sign Language (BSL) and (b) correspondence in BSL to people whose principal language is BSL.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	9012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>All Treasury publications contain a statement and contact details on how to obtain information in alterative formats or how to make enquiries about HM Treasury and its work.</p><p> </p><p>This commitment includes providing information and responses in British Sign Language (BSL) if requested to so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/09/2017 15:32:09 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

758062

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance: Plain English
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the terms and conditions of insurance policies are drafted in plan English to facilitate consumer understanding.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	9036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The readability of the terms and conditions set out in life insurance policies falls within the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). As such, HM Treasury has not conducted research into this topic.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is the UK’s conduct of business regulator and is an independent public body. The FCA has confirmed that it will provide a written response to the Member’s question. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 8661 question first answered 13/09/2017 15:13:50 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

758063

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date the free software promised by HM Revenue and Customs for smaller companies to comply with Making Tax Digital will be made available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>HMRC is working very closely with the software industry to ensure a range of suitable products at a wide variety of price points is made available. Free software will be available for those businesses with the most straightforward affairs who voluntarily choose to use Making Tax Digital to meet their Income Tax obligations as part of the pilot phase.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/09/2017 15:56:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms