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760628

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Customs Officers: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to base customs officials in Scotland after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	105159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The allocation of resources and staffing levels required by HMRC after the UK leaves the European Union will be dependent on the outcome of negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/10/2017 16:45:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

760629

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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 employees received national insurance relief for employment allowance in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	105169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Employment Allowance provides eligible employers with a reduction of up to £3,000 a year on their employer’s National Insurance contributions (NICs). This is a relief on employer’s rather than employee NICs; the allowance does not give employees national insurance relief.</p><p> </p><p>Details on the employers that benefit from the Employment Allowance can be found in HMRC’s Employment Allowance take-up publication, found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-allowance-take-up-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-allowance-take-up-statistics</a>. In particular, table 6 provides a summary of Employment Allowance take-up by employer size.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 13:06:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

760630

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to appoint a Chief Scientific Adviser.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	105178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury is committed to ensuring that we access the very best scientific expertise. The Director for the Enterprise and Growth Unit, who is responsible for public science funding, acts as HM Treasury’s Chief Scientific Adviser, working closely with the Government Office for Science and the wider network of scientific advisers. In addition, the Second Permanent Secretary is a member of the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105128 question first answered 09/10/2017 15:41:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

760631

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Visitors: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT has been refunded to visitors to the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold information on VAT to this level of detail. The Retail Export scheme is operated and administered by the participating retailers. Retailers do not separately identify retail exports on their VAT returns so HMRC does not hold any record of the actual VAT refunds made.</p><p> </p><p>In a 2013 consultation document VAT: Retail Export Scheme, HMRC estimated that, in the UK, more than £300 million of VAT is refunded under the VAT Retail Export Scheme each year. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209487/20130627_Consultation_document_1_0_complete.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209487/20130627_Consultation_document_1_0_complete.pdf</a> (Paragraph 2.4)</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 15:29:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

760633

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Patents: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and to who the annual tax reliefs have been granted under the Patent-Box scheme.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The latest National Statistics on usage of the Patent Box were published on 14 September and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643860/Patent_Box_Statistics_2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643860/Patent_Box_Statistics_2014-15.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 15:31:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

760636

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Payments: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration the Government has given to bringing forward legislative proposals to protect customers who use payment initiation services under the revised Payment Services Directive in the event that a product ordered online does not (a) arrive or (b) meet the customer's expectations.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	105118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Payment Services Regulations 2017 (which implement the second Payment Services Directive, PSDII) were laid in Parliament on 19 July 2017 and will apply from 13 January 2018. This brings payment initiation services into regulation for the first time. PSDII is a maximum harmonising Directive, which means the Government is not able to go beyond the explicit requirements on protections for customers using payment initiation services from January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Rights Act 2015 sets out consumers’ rights regarding the arrival and condition of goods and services, which apply regardless of the method of payment used. There are separate existing protections that apply to consumers who order a product online but don’t receive it or are dissatisfied in the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/10/2017 13:01:38 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760637

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Office for Budget Responsibility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to allow HM Opposition access to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	105133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) remit is set out in the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 which prevents it from assessing alternatives to stated government policy. Extending the OBR’s remit to cover alternative policies risks drawing the OBR into political controversy and diverting it from an already difficult task. The Government’s approach is in line with the recommendations of the Page review and the Ramsden review of the OBR.</p><p> </p><p>HM Opposition, along with other interested parties, have access to the reports and analysis of the OBR when published.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 09/10/2017 12:57:08 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

760638

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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 assessment he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of removing the public sector pay cap.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	105134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I set out the Government’s position on public sector pay in the House of Commons on 12 September 2017. A copy of this statement is available at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 13:08:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

760639

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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 plans he has to end the public sector pay cap for (a) firefighters, (b) police, (c) teachers, (d) nurses and (e) doctors.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	105071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I set out the Government’s position on public sector pay in the House of Commons on 12 September 2017. A copy of this statement is available at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There is a process by which independent pay review bodies make recommendations on the pay award for police, teachers, nurses and doctors. These recommendations will be made public, and the government will respond to them in the usual way. It would be wrong to pre-empt this established process.</p><p> </p><p>For firefighters, Central Government has no role in setting their pay negotiation process, which is a matter for the National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:51:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

760809

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations responsible for monitoring and enforcing anti-money laundering laws are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>There are 25 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) supervisors in the UK. These include the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), HM Revenue and Customs, the Gambling Commission and the 22 accountancy and legal professional bodies listed below:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Association of Accounting Technicians</li><li>Association of Chartered Certified Accountants</li><li>Association of International Accountants</li><li>Association of Taxation Technicians</li><li>Chartered Institute of Legal Executives</li><li>Chartered Institute of Management Accountants</li><li>Chartered Institute of Taxation</li><li>Council for Licensed Conveyancers</li><li>Faculty of Advocates</li><li>Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury</li><li>General Council of the Bar</li><li>General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland</li><li>Insolvency Practitioners Association</li><li>Institute of Certified Bookkeepers</li><li>Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales</li><li>Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland</li><li>Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland</li><li>Institute of Financial Accountants</li><li>International Association of Bookkeepers</li><li>Law Society</li><li>Law Society of Northern Ireland</li><li>Law Society of Scotland</li></ol><p> </p><p>These supervisors monitor and enforce compliance with AML legislation. This complements the work of law enforcement agencies, including the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office and local police forces.</p><p> </p><p>The government has reviewed the supervisory regime and is implementing reforms to strengthen it. These include creating a new team – the Office for Professional Body AML Supervision (OPBAS) – within the FCA to help, and ensure, professional bodies provide consistently high standards of supervision. OPBAS will also work across the regime, to facilitate high standards amongst statutory supervisors and strengthen supervisors’ collaboration with law enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>Law enforcement agencies, the FCA, HM Revenue and Customs and the Gambling Commission are subject to the Freedom of Information Act whilst the 22 professional bodies named above are not. The government supports greater transparency to help build public confidence in our regime, and the 2017 Money Laundering Regulations require that all AML supervisors, including the 22 professional bodies, provide information to inform the Treasury’s Annual Supervision Report.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 105356 question first answered 10/10/2017 12:53:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins