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77744

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many officials employed by the Government Equalities Office, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	205457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office joined DCMS in September 2012. The Department’s database management system does not record this information in a way that can extract the information asked for. To identify this information for each employee would incur disproportionate cost. Pay awards for civil service departments are limited to an average of up to one percent of overall paybill costs.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 21/07/2014 09:50:50 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

77033

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Standard of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent fiscal steps he has taken to encourage an improvement in living standards; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	205098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The IFS state that “there have been very significant falls in real earnings as a direct but delayed result of the 2008 recession, essentially”.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has taken continued action to help hardworking families, including raising the personal allowance, which will take over 3.2m individuals out of income tax altogether by 2015/16, as well as freezing fuel duty, council tax and reducing household energy bills. The best way to improve people's living standards is to boost productivity and jobs, and the labour market has continued to strengthen with record numbers of people in work.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 15/07/2014 14:57:14 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

76265

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of whether changes made to child benefit legislation since May 2010 have resulted in unfair tax burdens falling on people who are living with a partner who has his or her own children in the household.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Natascha Engel
uin	204403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>Child Benefit is paid for the welfare of the child/children in the household. If any partner in the household has income over £50,000 then they are required to register for the Higher Income Child Benefit Charge regardless of whether or not they are the biological parent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This approach withdraws Child Benefit from those on high incomes, whilst leaving the majority of claimants completely unaffected by the changes. Those families with at least one taxpayer with an income over £60,000 can choose not to receive the Child Benefit, which means that they do not have to pay the tax charge at all.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 15/07/2014 13:59:50 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1507 label Biography information for Natascha Engel

65296

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to lower air passenger duty.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	203541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Budget 2014 announced the reform of air passenger duty with the abolition of bands C and D from 1 April 2015. This will eliminate the two highest rates of air passenger duty charged on flights to countries over 4,000 miles from Britain, cutting tax for millions of passengers travelling to China, India, Brazil and many other emerging markets. This will also mean that flights to South Asia and the Caribbean will pay tax at the lower band B rate.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 07/07/2014 14:04:06 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

65299

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the level of growth in the UK economy in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015; and what change in the level of public sector employment he anticipates will take place in each region and constituent part of the UK in that time.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	203572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The OBR is responsible for producing independent economic and fiscal forecasts of the UK economy. The OBR's most recent forecast (published at Budget 2014) is for UK GDP to grow by 2.7 per cent this year and 2.3 per cent in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OBR forecast general government employment will fall by 0.1 million in 2014 and 2015. This is more than offset by increases in market sector employment of 0.5 million in 2014 and 0.3 million in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 09/07/2014 15:23:08 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

65404

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new claims were paid in April 2014 for (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Data relating to the volume of Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit awards is published by bi-annually and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305891/cwtc-apr14.pdf." target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305891/cwtc-apr14.pdf.</strong></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There would be a disproportionate cost attached to providing the information for the specific month in question.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 07/07/2014 16:48:07 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

64895

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that parents use their tax-free childcare accounts to pay for childcare; and what additional costs such checks will place on HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	203316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Parents' payments from their Tax-Free Childcare accounts will only go to registered childcare providers. HMRC will investigate in the exceptional circumstances where it suspects the payments were not used for childcare. The Childcare Payments Bill sets out HMRC's proposed compliance powers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The administration costs of the scheme will be settled once the scheme's design has been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 09/07/2014 16:01:31 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

64896

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average value of tax credits were paid to claimants who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	203325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Tax Year</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'in work'</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'out of work'</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as self employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as both employed and self employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£4,300</p></td><td><p>£5,800</p></td><td><p>£2,800</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£4,700</p></td><td><p>£6,500</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£6,800</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£5,200</p></td><td><p>£6,900</p></td><td><p>£3,900</p></td><td><p>£4,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£5,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td><td><p>£4,500</p></td><td><p>£4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£7,600</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>7,500</ins></ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£6,300</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>6,200</ins></ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£6,400</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>6,000</ins></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>Data from earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in average tax credit awards in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ in April 2012. This policy removed a number of higher income households from the tax credit population. As higher income households generally have lower tax credit awards, the effect of removing these households increases the average award.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 07/07/2014 14:06:19 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:54:34 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes previous answer version 8139 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

64897

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Warrington North constituency were self-employed and in receipt of working tax credit in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	203276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>Warrington Unitary Authority</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of families in receipt of tax credits containing at least one member identified as self-employed</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Families benefitting from both WTC and CTC</p></td><td><p>Families benefitting from WTC Only</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Warrington North Parliamentary Constituency</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of families in receipt of tax credits containing at least one member identified as self-employed</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Families benefitting from both WTC and CTC</p></td><td><p>Families benefitting from WTC Only</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In general, there is and has been a long term trend of growth in the number of self employed people.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 201711 question first answered 07/07/2014 15:24:16 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

64661

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department approved the Universal Credit Strategic Outline Business Case.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Universal Credit will provide the right incentives for people to work, target support at those who need it most, reduce fraud and error, and streamline the administration of the welfare system. Up to 300,000 more people will be in work.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury have approved funding for the Universal Credit programme in 2013/14 and 2014/15, in line with the ministerial announcement (5 December 2013, Official Report, column 65WS)—link to WMS:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#column_65ws" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#column_65ws</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The roll out of Universal Credit continues in a progressive approach, with the live service expanding to couples and the North West of England and then to families.The government continues to roll out the service in a controlled manner in order to assess how claimants are responding, and to inform development of the enhanced digital solution.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 07/07/2014 14:02:40 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms