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789982

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Appleby: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has taken legal steps to obtain information held by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists relating to the Paradise papers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	113170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HMRC does not have power to acquire journalistic material held overseas and, therefore, is unable to obtain the information held by the ICIJ ‎known as the Paradise Papers. However, HMRC has requested access to the material that has been provided by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to the BBC and <em>The Guardian</em>. HMRC has also encouraged these organisations to pass on any information that points to wrongdoing and are prepared to look at every allegation in full.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:25:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

789983

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were charged with tax evasion in each year from 2010 to date; and how many of those people served a custodial sentence as a result of that tax evasion.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	113172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs is not itself a prosecuting authority. All prosecutions have to be authorised by the relevant independent prosecuting authority, which for England and Wales would be the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS); for Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS); and for Northern Ireland, the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI).</p><p> </p><p>The custodial sentences handed down in a particular financial year may be in respect of charging decisions made in previous years, due to the length of time individuals can take to proceed through the judicial system from charging decision to outcome. They therefore do not correlate directly to the number of charging decisions in that financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Positive Charging Decisions</p></td><td><p>Number of Custodial Sentences Handed Down</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>501</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>739</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1254</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1067</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1067</p></td><td><p>292</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:37:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

789994

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of changes to eligibility for VAT registration on (a) guest houses and bed and breakfast outlets and (b) other small and medium-sized enterprises.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	113430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK's VAT registration threshold is currently set at £85,000. Businesses must register for VAT when their turnover is above £85,000. Businesses below the threshold are eligible to register voluntarily if making taxable supplies.</p><p> </p><p>To assess the impact of VAT on small and medium enterprises HM Revenue and Customs commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct research into their behaviours and experiences around VAT registration. The report was published on 16 November 2017.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:41:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

788989

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Crown Dependencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an estimate of the scale of tax avoidance in the Crown dependencies.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to my previous answer, Hansard Reference 111910. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) provides an annual estimate of the UK tax gap that includes tax lost through avoidance arrangements that can be challenged under UK law. HMRC does not estimate tax losses outside its jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers have regular discussions with the governments of the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories on a range of issues, including their commitments to international tax agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112870 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:00:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

788991

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library any information his Department holds on the performance indicators for individual valuation offices in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	112859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) measures performance on an organisation-wide basis, not on an office-by-office basis. Operational work is dealt with across the network of offices, so, for example, a case involving a property in one part of the country could be primarily handled in another part.</p><p> </p><p>Measures of performance, such as those related to timeliness and clearing business rates appeals, are listed in the VOA annual report.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112570 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:06:24 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

788992

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111910, whether (a) Government Ministers and (b) HM Revenue and Customs have had discussions with their counterparts in the (i) UK Overseas Territories and (ii) Crown Dependencies to ascertain an estimate of the scale of tax avoidance in those territories.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to my previous answer, Hansard Reference 111910. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) provides an annual estimate of the UK tax gap that includes tax lost through avoidance arrangements that can be challenged under UK law. HMRC does not estimate tax losses outside its jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers have regular discussions with the governments of the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories on a range of issues, including their commitments to international tax agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 112864 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:00:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

788995

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Rhyl
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111680, how many individual cases the Rhyl valuation office has processed in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	112988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. The Valuation Office Agency does not monitor numbers of individual cases processed at each of its locations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:40:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

789221

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Arts: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend creative tax relief to new sectors.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	113062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The creative sector tax reliefs provide support to ensure that creative industries thrive in the UK. There are currently seven schemes, covering film, animation, high-end TV, children’s TV, video games, theatre and orchestra.</p><p> </p><p>The government has recently legislated for an eighth creative sector relief, for museums and galleries.</p><p> </p><p>The government keeps all tax reliefs under review.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:42:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

789223

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the remit and activities are of the joint initiatives between HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions referred to as Late, Missing and Incorrect.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	113074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The remit of this initiative is for HMRC to identify those cases where enhanced employer education and support will improve the timeliness and quality of RTI submissions.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:46:10 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

788394

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111542, how many discussions his Department has had with the UK Government Ministers or Welsh Government Ministers in the last 12 months on valuation office closures; on what dates those discussions took place; who participated in those discussions; and whether there were any actionable outcomes from those discussions.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	112656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Neither Treasury Ministers nor officials have discussed the Valuation Office Agency’s estate plans with other UK Ministers or Welsh Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 15:07:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane