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1233708

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to prevent tax avoidance by (a) corporations and (b) individuals.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	88946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling tax avoidance and evasion at all levels in order to ensure that everyone, no matter who they are, pays the right amount of tax at the right time.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 the Government has taken significant action, including introducing over 120 new measures tackling tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance. This action has secured and protected over £220 billion that would have otherwise gone unpaid, helping to reduce the avoidance tax gap from £3.7 billion in 2005 to 2006 to £1.7 billion in 2018 to 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/09/2020 13:09:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1233710

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to reduce tax avoidance in (a) Bermuda, (b) the Cayman Islands, (c) the British Virgin Islands, (d) Anguilla, (e) the Turks and Caicos Islands, (f) Montserrat, (g) Gibraltar, (h) the Channel Islands, and (i) the Isle of Man.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	88947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories are autonomous jurisdictions with their own democratically elected governments, who have the mandate to decide their own fiscal policies. However, thanks to UK leadership, all Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories with a financial centre have made commitments to implementing global standards on tax transparency.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/09/2020 13:14:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1233711

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the annual cost of tax avoidance on South Yorkshire’s economy and services.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	88948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>Tax avoidance contributes to the overall tax gap estimates HMRC publish. However, HMRC do not make regional estimates of the tax gap related to tax avoidance.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the 2020 Measuring the Tax Gap publication, HMRC estimated that £1.7bn of tax liability was unpaid due to tax avoidance in the 2018-19 financial year, reduced from £3.7bn in 2005-06.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are committed to bearing down on tax avoidance wherever it occurs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/09/2020 13:08:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1229048

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing stamp duty relief for owners of properties affected by the costs of cladding replacement and who are planning to sell up and buy a new home.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	82625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not currently have any plans to relieve SDLT from owners of properties where cladding is replaced. The Government keeps all tax policy, including on SDLT, under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 15:25:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1195607

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duties: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming Stamp Duty.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	46827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2014 the Government reformed SDLT on residential properties, cutting the tax for 98 per cent of buyers who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property. Stamp Duty Land Tax continues to be an important source of government revenue, raising several billion pounds each year to help pay for the essential services the Government provides. Any changes to SDLT would have to be carefully considered given the potential effect on public finances.</p><p> </p>The Government does not currently have any plans to change the amount of Stamp Duty Land Tax on property purchases. However, the Government keeps all taxes under review as part of the usual tax policy making process. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 46828 question first answered 21/05/2020 19:52:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1195608

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duties: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reform Stamp Duty.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	46828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2014 the Government reformed SDLT on residential properties, cutting the tax for 98 per cent of buyers who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property. Stamp Duty Land Tax continues to be an important source of government revenue, raising several billion pounds each year to help pay for the essential services the Government provides. Any changes to SDLT would have to be carefully considered given the potential effect on public finances.</p><p> </p>The Government does not currently have any plans to change the amount of Stamp Duty Land Tax on property purchases. However, the Government keeps all taxes under review as part of the usual tax policy making process. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 46827 question first answered 21/05/2020 19:52:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1192793

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Rother Valley
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 the number of people that will be made bankrupt in Rother Valley constituency as a result of accelerated payment notices in respect of the 2019 Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	43209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text I refer the Honourable Member to the responses of 18 March 2020 to UIN 27532 and 27533. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 43210 question first answered 13/05/2020 08:38:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1192794

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Rother Valley
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 the number of people in Rother Valley constituency that will be affected by the 2019 Loan Charge after the Government has implemented recommendations of Sir Amyas Morse's review of that charge.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	43210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text I refer the Honourable Member to the responses of 18 March 2020 to UIN 27532 and 27533. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 43209 question first answered 13/05/2020 08:38:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1192799

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge: Rother Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children there are in households to which the high income child benefit charge applies in Rother Valley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	43214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/05/2020 08:43:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1192036

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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 the number of people who are (a) clinically extremely vulnerable and (b) shielding other members of their household who are clinically extremely vulnerable who are in receipt of support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	42222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20<sup>th</sup> April. By close 3 May 2020, HMRC had received 800,000 claims representing 6.3m furloughed employments and £8bn in support.</p><p> </p><p>This is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will make the timescales for publication and the types of data available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/05/2020 15:57:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford