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1713401

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Bank of England on bank rates.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Monetary policy is the responsibility of the independent Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. This includes decisions on the Bank Rate.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury meet with the Bank of England regularly to discuss their assessment of the economy and financial services. This includes regular meetings between the Chancellor and the Governor of the Bank of England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 29/04/2024 14:37:35 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1713404

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensioners: 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 an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the personal allowance threshold for pensioners to £15,000.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	23388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>As with all aspects of the tax system, the Government keeps the Personal Allowance under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/04/2024 14:33:33 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1713414

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sharing Economy: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the model rules for reporting by platform operators with respect to sellers in the sharing and gig economy on (a) costs to HMRC and (b) tax revenues.
tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Dame Harriett Baldwin
uin	23475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>(a)</p><p>Please see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reporting-rules-for-digital-platforms/reporting-rules-for-digital-platforms" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reporting-rules-for-digital-platforms/reporting-rules-for-digital-platforms</a></p><p> </p><p>(b)</p><p>Please see:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2023/autumn-statement-2023-html#policy-decisions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2023/autumn-statement-2023-html#policy-decisions</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/04/2024 11:27:16 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1713415

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sharing Economy: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has received recent projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility on the potential impact of the model rules for reporting by platform operators with respect to sellers in the sharing and gig economy on (a) costs to HMRC and (b) tax revenues.
tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Dame Harriett Baldwin
uin	23476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>(a)</p><p>Please see:</p><p><a href="https://obr.uk/download/policy-measures-database-6/?tmstv=1714126499" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/download/policy-measures-database-6/?tmstv=1714126499</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b)</p><p>Please see:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2023/autumn-statement-2023-html#policy-decisions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2023/autumn-statement-2023-html#policy-decisions</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/04/2024 11:29:51 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1713459

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people paying basic rate income tax in the financial years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	23410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>This data is published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-income-taxpayers-by-marginal-rate-gender-and-age" target="_blank">Table 2.1 Number of individual Income Tax payers</a> in the Income Tax statistics and distributions publication.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/04/2024 11:04:53 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1713494

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on external consultancies in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	23377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>HMRC spend on consultancy is reported in HMRC Annual Report and Accounts published on GOV.UK. Consultancy spend for the last 5 five years can be accessed from these links:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cchloe.kelly%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C39eb2719bd154c3d7a4308dc684536ab%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638499893686673577%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UwOJY4Wo1RdDmYcMWE8%2FRMKes5T5qDRSSfWcCv3Oqno%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HMRC annual report and accounts: 2018 to 2019 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2018 to 2019 (Print). Page 128.</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cchloe.kelly%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C39eb2719bd154c3d7a4308dc684536ab%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638499893686689912%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Hv4Tj3a1NodpIDC5QmvQhsU4eSjV44bzMQO92S0uE3Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HMRC annual report and accounts: 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2019 to 2020 (Print). Page 140.</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cchloe.kelly%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C39eb2719bd154c3d7a4308dc684536ab%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638499893686699144%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ckOXxh4qDaHqYus5jJoY3XldfhHpMsBr6Kv4iV3nS64%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HMRC annual report and accounts: 2020 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2020 to 2021 (Print). Page 171.</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cchloe.kelly%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C39eb2719bd154c3d7a4308dc684536ab%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638499893686705720%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2Banbj8hJA4uq%2BgG7zE%2Fpjmfytgk9n%2BWbtsYQAso47LA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HMRC annual report and accounts: 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022 (Print). Page 139.</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cchloe.kelly%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C39eb2719bd154c3d7a4308dc684536ab%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638499893686711657%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=n9LtLbNiaptZ2Ng%2FDo0X7EMZaK%2FyS1Yiu3Gz6DDjNP0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HMRC annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2018 to 2019 (Print). Page 140.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/04/2024 13:21:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1713072

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism and Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is to decide on the model for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing supervisory reform.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	23087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Treasury’s consultation on reforming the UK’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing supervisory regime closed in September 2023. The Department is continuing to analyse responses with the intention to announce a decision in due course as part of our commitment to reform the current supervision system and reduce economic crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 29/04/2024 14:31:59 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Baroness Hodge of Barking

1713077

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the HMRC registration is for the Trust or company service provider that provides a company registered address for 149 live UK companies at Office 1 16 Beck Road, Leeds, United Kingdom LS8 4EJ.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	23088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>HMRC’s register of Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs) does not show any TSCPs with that registered office address; and none of the TCSPs supervised by HMRC lists the address as business premises. HMRC supervises only those TCSPs which are not supervised by a professional body supervisor or the Financial Conduct Authority</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/04/2024 14:26:17 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Baroness Hodge of Barking

1713116

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Trusts: Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs plans to calculate and publish a new standalone offshore tax gap.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	23089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>An estimate of the annual offshore tax gap for individuals in Self Assessment will be published alongside HMRC’s measuring tax gaps statistics ‘Measuring tax gaps 2024 edition’ scheduled for 20 June 2024.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/04/2024 14:30:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Baroness Hodge of Barking

1713187

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take in the 2024-25 financial year to help tackle crypto currency fraud.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	23147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously, and published a comprehensive Fraud Strategy in May last year. Through this the Government will work: with industry to remove the vulnerabilities that fraudsters exploit; with intelligence agencies to shut down fraudulent infrastructure; with law enforcement to identify and bring the most harmful offenders to justice; and with all partners to ensure that the public have the advice and support they need</p><p><br>Further, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) commenced enforcement of the cryptoassets financial promotion regime in October last year, requiring such promotions to be fair, clear and not misleading. This is aimed at improving consumers’ understanding of the risks and benefits associated with cryptoasset purchases and ensuring that cryptoasset promotions are held to the same standards as similar risk financial services products. In the next phase of its work, the Government is creating a comprehensive financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 26/04/2024 13:07:45 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell