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1271618

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bankruptcy: Tax Avoidance
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 subject to the Loan Charge who have been declared bankrupt.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	130647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>No estimate of the number of individual bankruptcies has been made, although the original impact assessment acknowledges that there are likely to be some. The impact assessment can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC cannot provide an estimate for the number of people subject to the Loan Charge who have been declared bankrupt, as they could have been declared bankrupt for many reasons and not necessarily as a direct result of a Loan Charge liability. HMRC are not always the only creditor and some people may be declared bankrupt as a result of a non-HMRC debt, and some individuals may choose to enter insolvency themselves based on their overall financial position.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC only ever consider insolvency as a last resort, and encourage people to contact them to agree the best way to settle their tax debts. Anyone who is worried about being able to pay what they owe is encouraged to get in touch with HMRC as soon as possible on 03000 599110.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2021 14:58:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1271186

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: VAT
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 effect of the ending of the temporary VAT reduction on personal protective equipment on funeral director companies.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The temporary zero rate was an extraordinary measure introduced to help affected sectors (such as hospitals and care homes) during the initial shock of the COVID-19 crisis, when global supply of PPE did not meet demand and PPE was procured directly from the open market.</p><p> </p><p>DHSC have now committed in the Winter Plan to provide free PPE for COVID-19 needs to adult social care until March 2021 via the PPE portal and will supply all other adult social care services that will not be supplied via the PPE portal via a combination of the local resilience forums and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The funeral sector source their own PPE through their normal supply routes. In extreme circumstances, there is provision for them to approach their local resilience forum or local authority to discuss access to an emergency supply.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 130028 130029 question first answered 11/01/2021 13:53:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271187

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: VAT Zero Rating
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 which sectors of the economy have been most affected by increases in the cost of personal protective equipment since the ending of the temporary VAT exemption on that equipment on 31 October 2020.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The temporary zero rate was an extraordinary measure introduced to help affected sectors (such as hospitals and care homes) during the initial shock of the COVID-19 crisis, when global supply of PPE did not meet demand and PPE was procured directly from the open market.</p><p> </p><p>DHSC have now committed in the Winter Plan to provide free PPE for COVID-19 needs to adult social care until March 2021 via the PPE portal and will supply all other adult social care services that will not be supplied via the PPE portal via a combination of the local resilience forums and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The funeral sector source their own PPE through their normal supply routes. In extreme circumstances, there is provision for them to approach their local resilience forum or local authority to discuss access to an emergency supply.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 130027 130029 question first answered 11/01/2021 13:53:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271188

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to support funeral director companies to access Government stocks of personal protective equipment after the end of the temporary VAT reduction on those items.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The temporary zero rate was an extraordinary measure introduced to help affected sectors (such as hospitals and care homes) during the initial shock of the COVID-19 crisis, when global supply of PPE did not meet demand and PPE was procured directly from the open market.</p><p> </p><p>DHSC have now committed in the Winter Plan to provide free PPE for COVID-19 needs to adult social care until March 2021 via the PPE portal and will supply all other adult social care services that will not be supplied via the PPE portal via a combination of the local resilience forums and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The funeral sector source their own PPE through their normal supply routes. In extreme circumstances, there is provision for them to approach their local resilience forum or local authority to discuss access to an emergency supply.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 130027 130028 question first answered 11/01/2021 13:53:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271211

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
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 accuracy of the workforce management information published by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>There are processes in place to assure the accuracy of workforce management information before it is published. Workforce information published in the Annual Report is assured within HMRC’s Chief People Officer Group where the information is checked, approved and signed off by the Finance Director. Further internal assurance is carried out by the Audit and Risk Committee, as well as internal verification by the Chief Finance Officer and Permanent Secretary. The management information is then subject to external review and clearance by the NAO. These combined provide strong assurance over the accuracy of the workforce information published in the Annual Report.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2021 13:06:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271212

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many working days have been lost to staff sickness in HMRC in each month of the last five years, by directorate.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The tables attached detail the average sick absence working days lost in HMRC directorates from 1 April 2015–30 November 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2021 14:09:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name AWDL Rolling Summary.docx title Tables to support answer
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271213

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the directorates within HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>A copy of the HMRC Organisational Structure as at 30 November 2020 is provided in the attached PDF.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/12/2020 12:17:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name HMRC Directorates.pdf title HMRC Directorates PDF
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271214

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the (a) total headcount and (b) full-time equivalent staffing of each directorate of HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The table below details the headcount and full-time equivalent staffing in HMRC directorates on 30 November 2020:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>HMRC staff in post per Directorate as at 30 Nov 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directorate</p></td><td><p>Headcount (a)</p></td><td><p>FTE (b)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjudicators Office</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>54.24</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benefits &amp; Credits Delivery</p></td><td><p>4170</p></td><td><p>3499.67</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Border Delivery Group</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Borders &amp; Trade</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11.17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Borders Design to Delivery</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>243.65</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Borders Strategies</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>43.72</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Tax &amp; Customs</p></td><td><p>4735</p></td><td><p>4312.07</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Assets &amp; International Policy</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>437.61</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CCG Central Services</p></td><td><p>851</p></td><td><p>833.28</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CCG Transformation</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>35.86</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CDIO - Core</p></td><td><p>2795</p></td><td><p>2677.99</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CDIO - CSIR</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>222.59</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CFO Corporate Support</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>84.17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CFO Transformation Programmes</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>130.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change, Assurance and Investment</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>29.82</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial Directorate</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>130.41</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corporate Centre</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>39.48</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corporate Finance</p></td><td><p>1344</p></td><td><p>1132.11</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Counter Avoidance Directorate</p></td><td><p>1512</p></td><td><p>1389.04</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COVID-19</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>78.53</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CS Director General</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>19.85</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CS&amp;TD Business Architecture</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>16.73</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSG Transformation</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>255.57</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cust Exp, Professionalism, EU Transition</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>265.61</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Customer Insight &amp; Design</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>444.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Customs &amp; Borders Directorate</p></td><td><p>597</p></td><td><p>562.78</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Customs Transformation</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>286.23</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Debt Management</p></td><td><p>4722</p></td><td><p>4218.44</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estates</p></td><td><p>606</p></td><td><p>578.91</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Transition Unit</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>87.39</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EXCOM</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>24.81</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance Planning &amp; Performance</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>285.11</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud Investigation Service</p></td><td><p>4991</p></td><td><p>4721.36</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Banking Service</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>32.82</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC Change Portfolio</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>78.83</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC Communications</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>252.86</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC Strategies</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>67.39</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HR</p></td><td><p>1606</p></td><td><p>1488.51</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indirect Tax Directorate</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>283.83</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Individuals &amp; Small Business Compliance</p></td><td><p>9056</p></td><td><p>8484.68</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Individuals Policy</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>292.8</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Internal Audit</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>65.02</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Investment Planning Team</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>40.39</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowledge, Analysis &amp; Intelligence</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>524.44</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Large Business Service</p></td><td><p>2328</p></td><td><p>2187.96</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MTDB Transformation Programmes</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>222.31</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Off Payroll Working Programme</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>49.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Operational Excellence &amp; Output Mgmt</p></td><td><p>1219</p></td><td><p>1094.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PDC Customer Strategy &amp; Tax Design</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>149.71</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PT Operations</p></td><td><p>8551</p></td><td><p>7182.51</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risk &amp; Intelligence</p></td><td><p>3063</p></td><td><p>2851.52</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors Office</p></td><td><p>1381</p></td><td><p>1295.96</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surge &amp; ODP</p></td><td><p>544</p></td><td><p>542.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Administration</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>320.36</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Strategy &amp; Professionalism</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>80.39</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Organisational Capabilities</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trader Support Service (TSS)</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13.35</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealthy &amp; Mid-sized Business Compliance</p></td><td><p>4024</p></td><td><p>3695.94</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other *</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>64110</p></td><td><p>58466.88</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* There are eight people unassigned to a directorate as they are either non-Executive directors, or employees whose identity is withheld for security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/12/2020 11:21:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271215

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days have (a) posts, (b) director-level posts and (c) director-general-level posts been vacant in HMRC in each month of each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The information requested concerning the number of posts vacant in HMRC in each month of the last five years cannot be provided, as this data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/12/2020 11:27:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271216

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff, (b) director-level staff and (c) director-general-level staff have left a post in HMRC in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The HMRC HR system does not identify the information requested by Director, or Director General grade, although HMRC can extract the information for all Senior Civil Service (SCS).</p><p> </p><p>Over the last five years, 27,175 staff have left HMRC, 181 of whom were members of the SCS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Leavers Data</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grades below SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SCS Grades</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 - March 2016</p></td><td><p>1418</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016 - March 2017</p></td><td><p>2056</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 - March 2018</p></td><td><p>5982</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>6009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 - March 2019</p></td><td><p>7097</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>7151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019 - March 2020</p></td><td><p>6511</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>6556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020 - November 2020</p></td><td><p>3930</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>3974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>26,994</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>27,175</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/12/2020 10:50:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson