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1342954

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Re-employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 15260 on Civil Service Agencies: Standards, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that fire and rehire is not being used as a negotiating tactic in HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	25798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text Current recruitment policy in place does not include firing and rehiring, and there are no plans to change this. HMRC have recognised unions (PCS and ARC) with whom they negotiate if the department wishes to make changes to terms and conditions. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/07/2021 12:38:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1334112

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has referred any Freedom of Information requests received by his Department to the central Cabinet Office Clearing House on Freedom of Information requests for advice on handling in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	15231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>FOI requests are referred to the Clearing House in line with the published criteria available on GOV.UK. The Clearing House, which has been in existence since 2004, provides advice to ensure a consistent approach across Government to requests for information.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/06/2021 13:14:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1329469

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on compliance yield from activities relating to ensuring the proper payment of corporation tax in respect of the work of HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each year between 2014-15 and 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	10347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>The Large Business Directorate compliance yield in respect of Corporation Tax is below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CT yield (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>3,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>3,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>3,577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,882 (includes Petroleum Revenue Tax)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2,608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2,582</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2021 13:54:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1329470

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent number of staff employed in HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each year between 2014-15 and 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	10348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>The full-time equivalent number of staff working for HMRC’s Large Business Directorate was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>2,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>2,392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>2,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2020</p></td><td><p>2,395</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Large Business Directorate manages the tax compliance of the UK’s 2,000 largest and most complex businesses through a Customer Compliance Manager (CCM) model. CCMs are highly trained specialists, who lead teams of highly skilled tax professionals and other specialists to scrutinise these most complex and potentially high-risk business customers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC deploy their Large Business Directorate teams flexibly and their compliance professionals are likely to work on a number of different customer enquiries and tax issues at any one time. It is therefore not possible to say how many staff work on each individual Large Business Directorate enquiry.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 10349 10351 question first answered 11/06/2021 13:53:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1329471

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on the total spend on compliance activities by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each year between 2014-15 and 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	10349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>The full-time equivalent number of staff working for HMRC’s Large Business Directorate was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>2,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>2,392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>2,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2020</p></td><td><p>2,395</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Large Business Directorate manages the tax compliance of the UK’s 2,000 largest and most complex businesses through a Customer Compliance Manager (CCM) model. CCMs are highly trained specialists, who lead teams of highly skilled tax professionals and other specialists to scrutinise these most complex and potentially high-risk business customers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC deploy their Large Business Directorate teams flexibly and their compliance professionals are likely to work on a number of different customer enquiries and tax issues at any one time. It is therefore not possible to say how many staff work on each individual Large Business Directorate enquiry.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 10348 10351 question first answered 11/06/2021 13:53:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1329472

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on the number of (a) active enquiries, (b) enquiries initiated and (c) enquiries closed by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each year between 2014-15 and 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	10350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>The information requested has been provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Active enquiries</strong> <strong>at each 31/3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enquiries initiated</strong> <strong>during the year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enquiries closed</strong> <strong>during the year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>3722</p></td><td><p>3041</p></td><td><p>3135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>3875</p></td><td><p>3251</p></td><td><p>3112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>3617</p></td><td><p>2825</p></td><td><p>3109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>3302</p></td><td><p>2845</p></td><td><p>2667</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>3263</p></td><td><p>1993</p></td><td><p>2551</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>3220</p></td><td><p>1940</p></td><td><p>1986</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2021 14:00:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1329473

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on the average (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent number of staff working on each active enquiry undertaken by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each year between 2014-15 to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	10351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>The full-time equivalent number of staff working for HMRC’s Large Business Directorate was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>2,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>2,392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>2,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2020</p></td><td><p>2,395</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Large Business Directorate manages the tax compliance of the UK’s 2,000 largest and most complex businesses through a Customer Compliance Manager (CCM) model. CCMs are highly trained specialists, who lead teams of highly skilled tax professionals and other specialists to scrutinise these most complex and potentially high-risk business customers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC deploy their Large Business Directorate teams flexibly and their compliance professionals are likely to work on a number of different customer enquiries and tax issues at any one time. It is therefore not possible to say how many staff work on each individual Large Business Directorate enquiry.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 10348 10349 question first answered 11/06/2021 13:53:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1329474

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on the (a) number and (b) volume of enquiries undertaken by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in respect of businesses of which the registered location of the parent group is in the (a) UK Crown dependencies and (b) British overseas territories, broken down by territory and dependency in each year between 2014-15 to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	10352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>Information has been provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Risks Closed<br> During each Year Ended 31 March</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>Crown Dependencies</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>British Overseas Territories</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>Crown Dependencies</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>British Overseas Territories</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Crown Dependencies</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>British Overseas Territories</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Crown Dependencies</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>British Overseas Territories</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Crown Dependencies</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>British Overseas Territories</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>Crown Dependencies</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>British Overseas Territories</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data in respect of individual dependencies and territories has not been provided, in order to protect taxpayer confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>Any information that could identify individual taxpayers, including aggregate information concerning a small number of taxpayers, is exempt under <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2F2005%2F11%2Fsection%2F18&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cdebbie.hill%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Cc33500f7b99648db859608d86521d362%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C637370543233973862&amp;sdata=HQvMptuc5nNYkxPqVx3spTwR25hYkt286IQQkzW0nTs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Section 18 Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2021 13:59:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1329475

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on the (a) mean and (b) median duration of all enquiries concluded that year by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each financial year between 2014-15 and 2019-20; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	10353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>The mean and median duration in months for all enquiries concluded by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2021 14:02:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1329476

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Tax Avoidance
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 effectiveness of HMRC’s Large Business Directorate since its establishment in the context of his Department's 2014 strategy on Tackling aggressive tax planning in the global economy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	10354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, which aims to curb international tax avoidance and reduce tax lost, including introducing the Diverted Profits Tax (DPT).</p><p>As at 31 March 2020, HMRC had secured over £6 billion of additional tax revenues through the impact of DPT rules, and had a further 100 investigations under way into multinationals’ arrangements considered to divert profits out of the UK, with a total amount of tax under consideration of £5.3bn.</p><p>In the March 2021 Budget, the Chancellor announced a review of tax administration for large businesses, in order to examine large businesses' experience of UK tax administration and explore improvements including for tax compliance.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2021 15:07:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson