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1569015

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	128661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Treasury collects and publishes data on protected characteristics in its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">annual reports</a> on the public gov.uk website, in accordance with the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty 2011 and GDPR 2018 regulations. Departmental monitoring data is made available to staff in the department as necessary – including union representatives.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 30/01/2023 17:25:02 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1569070

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid to HMRC in tax penalties for (a) underpayment and (b) late payment in the period between 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	128644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Below is a table providing the total value of penalties issued (rounded to the nearest £ million) and the number of penalties issued (rounded to the nearest thousand) between 2019-20 to 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, our penalty data is reported by financial, not calendar, years, so have provided data for the 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Years</p></td><td><p>Total Value of Penalties Issued</p></td><td><p>Number of Penalties Issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£329m</p></td><td><p>76k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£239m</p></td><td><p>65k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£366m</p></td><td><p>106k</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2023 16:17:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1569073

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average tax penalty paid to HMRC for (a) late and (b) underpaid taxation was in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	128645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Below is a table providing the average penalty value (rounded to the nearest £ hundred) between 2019-20 to 2021-22.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Years</p></td><td><p>Average Penalty Value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£4,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£3,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/01/2023 12:25:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1568598

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has employed (a) consultants and (b) businesses to provide advice on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
uin	127708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>With respect to customs, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) has employed consultants to deliver the protocol and advise on trade between Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI). Furthermore, the Government has carried out an extensive programme of business engagement in relation to the movement of goods between GB and NI.</p><p> </p>HMRC does not hold data on other Government departments in relation to the matters specified. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2023 11:55:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

1568622

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Imports: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of personal allowances on bringing excise and non-excise into the (a) UK and (b) EU on tax revenues.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	127763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Passengers arriving in Great Britain from outside the UK, and those arriving in Northern Ireland from outside the EU do not need to make a formal declaration for goods that fall within the allowances.</p><p> </p><p>Consequently, we do not hold any information in relation to the tax revenue on goods brought into the UK that are within the permitted allowances. We also do not have access to information on EU tax revenue.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, we are unable to make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of personal allowances on UK and EU tax revenues.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/01/2023 13:30:53 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1568644

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insurance Companies: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of a potential impact of the Government's proposed Solvency II reforms on the level of risk to the financial stability of the banking sector.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	127764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Solvency II reforms strike a careful balance between boosting growth and maintaining high standards of policyholder protection. Insurers will still have to hold enough capital to withstand a 1-in-200-year shock. They will still have to adhere to high standards of risk management and will still be comprehensively supervised by our world-class independent regulator. The Government has announced a suite of additional supervisory measures the PRA will be taking forwards to hold insurers to account in maintaining safety, soundness, and policyholder protection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/01/2023 12:03:36 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1568646

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insurance Companies: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial assessment his Department has made on the effect of the proposed Solvency II reforms on the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	127765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Solvency II reforms strike a careful balance between boosting growth and maintaining high standards of policyholder protection. Insurers will still have to hold enough capital to withstand a 1-in-200-year shock. They will still have to adhere to high standards of risk management and will still be comprehensively supervised by our world-class independent regulator. The Government has announced a suite of additional supervisory measures the PRA will be taking forwards to hold insurers to account in maintaining safety, soundness, and policyholder protection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/01/2023 12:02:30 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1568653

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on 17 January 2023 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Financial Conduct Authority's response to concerns raised by his Department regarding Safe Hands Funeral Plans; and whether he will publish his Department correspondence with the Financial Conduct Authority on that issue.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	127725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Safe Hands Plans went into administration in March 2022. The government understands that this situation is very concerning for customers of Safe Hands.</p><p> </p><p>Since being made aware of misconduct across the funeral plan sector in 2017, the government and Financial Conduct Authority have dedicated significant resource to regulate the sector fully. This has ensured that those trying to make financial arrangements for their funerals now have the right regulatory protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s work to bring pre-paid funeral plans into regulation has ensured that – for the first time – 1.6 million funeral plan consumers are protected from poor practice within the sector. Because of the action taken, it is now a criminal offence to sell pre-paid funeral plans without FCA authorisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 127726 127727 127728 127729 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:57:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1568655

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, what estimate his Department has had made of the number of consumers who were at risk from Safe Hands Funeral Plans in July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	127726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Safe Hands Plans went into administration in March 2022. The government understands that this situation is very concerning for customers of Safe Hands.</p><p> </p><p>Since being made aware of misconduct across the funeral plan sector in 2017, the government and Financial Conduct Authority have dedicated significant resource to regulate the sector fully. This has ensured that those trying to make financial arrangements for their funerals now have the right regulatory protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s work to bring pre-paid funeral plans into regulation has ensured that – for the first time – 1.6 million funeral plan consumers are protected from poor practice within the sector. Because of the action taken, it is now a criminal offence to sell pre-paid funeral plans without FCA authorisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 127725 127727 127728 127729 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:57:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1568656

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to Safe Hands’ customers at the time that those concerns were raised.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	127727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Safe Hands Plans went into administration in March 2022. The government understands that this situation is very concerning for customers of Safe Hands.</p><p> </p><p>Since being made aware of misconduct across the funeral plan sector in 2017, the government and Financial Conduct Authority have dedicated significant resource to regulate the sector fully. This has ensured that those trying to make financial arrangements for their funerals now have the right regulatory protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s work to bring pre-paid funeral plans into regulation has ensured that – for the first time – 1.6 million funeral plan consumers are protected from poor practice within the sector. Because of the action taken, it is now a criminal offence to sell pre-paid funeral plans without FCA authorisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 127725 127726 127728 127729 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:57:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith