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1150845

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Peterborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the (a) employment prospects and (b) financial security of former staff of the HMRC office in Peterborough of the closure of that office.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
uin	2900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>HMRC’s office in Peterborough (Churchgate) is scheduled to close in December 2020 with staff moving where possible to the Stratford Regional Centre, or to Croydon or Nottingham if these are more suitable options. One-to-one meetings between staff and managers to discuss personal circumstances and support packages tailored to individual needs are scheduled to start in November 2019. The precise impact of the office closure will not be known until these meetings have been completed.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will support people who are unable to move to work through all possible options, including helping them to find another role and offering advice and training on applying for jobs. HMRC have a close working relationship with the other government departments in Peterborough and will continue to scope opportunities for their staff as they arise.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are committed to supporting their people and in July 2019 HMRC published a People and Equality Impact Assessment, which is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/817787/People_and_Equality_Impact_Assessment_-_Locations_Programme__2019_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/817787/People_and_Equality_Impact_Assessment_-_Locations_Programme__2019_.pdf</a>. The document sets out the actions HMRC are taking across the UK to minimise the impacts on their people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/10/2019 13:35:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes

1150904

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cystic Fibrosis: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will made an assessment of the potential merits of waiving tax on generic versions of lifesaving cystic fibrosis drugs entering the UK from Argentina until an agreement between NHS England and Vertex can be agreed.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	2906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>UK Government policy is that there is no VAT on drugs prescribed by a qualified professional. HM Treasury keeps all taxes under review but there are no plans to extend the zero rate to other products at this time.</p><p> </p><p>EU trade policy applies to the UK until the UK leaves the EU. The “Common Customs Tariff” must be applied by all EU members to the import of goods into the EU. The European Commission negotiates trade agreements and manages the tariff.</p><p> </p><p>In March, the Government announced the Temporary Tariff Regime for the import of goods to the UK in the event of a no deal Brexit. In October, the Government confirmed this policy. The rates contained within the Temporary Tariff Regime would apply for a period of up to 12 months. Under the Temporary Tariff Regime, imports of medicinal drugs will be eligible for tariff-free access. During this temporary period, the Government will undertake a full public consultation to inform the UK’s permanent tariff policy.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2019 14:19:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1151033

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of revenue lost to the public purse as a result of incorrect filings of dormant companies in each year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	2936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. HM Revenue and Customs do not make an estimate of the amount of revenue lost as a result of incorrect filings of dormant companies.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2019 14:12:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1151110

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training HMRC staff have on economic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	2711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text HMRC have safeguarding procedures for apprentices who are training in HMRC. These safeguarding procedures include mandatory training for everyone working with or managing tax apprentices, as well as the apprentices themselves. This safeguarding training covers the indicators of economic, or financial, abuse relating to vulnerable adults.<p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/10/2019 16:09:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1151111

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received Specified Adult Childcare Credits in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	2881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of approved applications for Specified Adult Childcare Credits over the last three calendar years. The figures for 2019 are provided up to and including September.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2019 – to date</p></td><td><p>11,797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>11,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>11,522</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2019 14:14:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1150454

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is still the Government's policy to allocate taxes raised by the stamp duty surcharge on overseas property investors to fund programmes to tackle rough sleeping.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	1587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>At Budget 2018, the Government announced it would consult on a new Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) surcharge of 1% on non-UK residents buying residential property in England and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>This measure is designed to help control house price growth, and to ensure that those resident in the UK can get on the housing ladder.</p><p> </p><p>The revenue raised by the surcharge will be used to tackle rough sleeping alongside the £422 million funding announced at the 2019 Spending Review, in addition to the £1.2 billion the Government committed to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in the last Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consulted on the surcharge earlier this year and is considering the responses.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/10/2019 15:07:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150488

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: VAT
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 effect of changes to the reduced rate of VAT for energy-saving materials on the rate of uptake of those materials.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Around 1,500 future installations of solar panels, energy-saving boilers and wind turbines are expected to be affected annually, plus some other smaller scale items, by the changes to the VAT rules for energy-saving materials. This represents less than 5 per cent of the value of all installations currently eligible for the reduced rated.</p><p> </p><p>It is anticipated that these changes will have a negligible impact on the environment.</p><p> </p><p>A Tax Information and Impact Note was published by HMRC on GOV.UK on 10 July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2019 13:16:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1150489

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the eligibility for the reduced rate of VAT for energy-saving materials to (a) charities, (b) community groups, (c) public bodies and (d) social enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2015 a Court of Justice of the European Union decision said that the scope of the UK’s VAT relief on energy saving materials was too wide.</p><p>Following discussions with the European Commission, the Government has maintained the reduced rate of VAT for certain energy saving materials for people who are aged 60 or over or in receipt of certain benefits, and for housing associations or certain residential buildings, such as children’s homes or care homes.</p><p> </p><p>In all other cases, the reduced rate will still apply unless the value of the materials exceeds 60% of the total cost of installation. In such cases the reduced rate will apply to the labour costs of installation.</p><p> </p><p>There may be flexibility to amend VAT rules in the future, but while the UK is a member of the EU it is required to comply with EU VAT rules.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2019 13:25:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1150519

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of total tax receipts from the Romford constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publish total tax revenue for the United Kingdom. A link to the publication is below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Estimates for revenue by constituency for each head of duty are not available apart from Income Tax, stamp duty land tax, and child and working tax credits.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of income and Income Tax for taxpayers resident in each parliamentary constituency are available for 2016-17 to 2010-11, and are available in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011</a></p><p> </p><p>Estimates of total stamp duty land tax yield attributable to residential and non-residential land and property transactions in each parliamentary constituency are available for 2018-19 to 2010-11 in the links below:</p><p> </p><p>2018-19 to 2012-13: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-stamp-tax-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-stamp-tax-statistics</a></p><p>2010-11 to 2011-12: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/stamp-duty-land-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-and-government-office-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/stamp-duty-land-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-and-government-office-region</a></p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the number of recipient families receiving Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC) in each parliamentary constituency are available in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-provisional-awards-geographical-analyses-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-provisional-awards-geographical-analyses-december-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2019 13:08:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1150548

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation (Cross Border Trade) Act 2018
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to review the provisions of Part 6 of the Taxation (Cross Border) Trade Act 2018.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not currently intend to review the provisions of Part 6 of the Taxation (Cross Border) Trade Act 2018.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2019 12:59:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell