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677444

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a dedicated unit has been established to undertake the audit of public services to reveal racial disparities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	61291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The purpose of the Race Disparity Audit is to reveal, for the first time, comprehensive information on the disparate outcomes people of different racial groups experience when accessing public services. We will make public the outcome of the Audit clearly and openly for every citizen in Summer 2017. This will include clear and accessible data on a digital platform, following extensive data assurance and user testing. The methodology followed will be published on the platform.</p><p>A dedicated unit to undertake the Audit was established jointly by the Cabinet Office and the Department for Communities and Local Government in September 2016. The unit currently has 11 full-time equivalent staff, though it is supported by staff in every Government department and by the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 61292 61293 61294 question first answered 26/01/2017 09:03:27 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

677445

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Government plans to publish its audit of public services to reveal racial disparities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	61292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The purpose of the Race Disparity Audit is to reveal, for the first time, comprehensive information on the disparate outcomes people of different racial groups experience when accessing public services. We will make public the outcome of the Audit clearly and openly for every citizen in Summer 2017. This will include clear and accessible data on a digital platform, following extensive data assurance and user testing. The methodology followed will be published on the platform.</p><p>A dedicated unit to undertake the Audit was established jointly by the Cabinet Office and the Department for Communities and Local Government in September 2016. The unit currently has 11 full-time equivalent staff, though it is supported by staff in every Government department and by the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 61291 61293 61294 question first answered 26/01/2017 09:03:27 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

677447

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff the Government has employed to work on the audit of public services to reveal racial disparities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	61293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The purpose of the Race Disparity Audit is to reveal, for the first time, comprehensive information on the disparate outcomes people of different racial groups experience when accessing public services. We will make public the outcome of the Audit clearly and openly for every citizen in Summer 2017. This will include clear and accessible data on a digital platform, following extensive data assurance and user testing. The methodology followed will be published on the platform.</p><p>A dedicated unit to undertake the Audit was established jointly by the Cabinet Office and the Department for Communities and Local Government in September 2016. The unit currently has 11 full-time equivalent staff, though it is supported by staff in every Government department and by the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 61291 61292 61294 question first answered 26/01/2017 09:03:27 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

677448

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to publish the metrics which are being used in its audit of public services to reveal racial disparities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	61294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The purpose of the Race Disparity Audit is to reveal, for the first time, comprehensive information on the disparate outcomes people of different racial groups experience when accessing public services. We will make public the outcome of the Audit clearly and openly for every citizen in Summer 2017. This will include clear and accessible data on a digital platform, following extensive data assurance and user testing. The methodology followed will be published on the platform.</p><p>A dedicated unit to undertake the Audit was established jointly by the Cabinet Office and the Department for Communities and Local Government in September 2016. The unit currently has 11 full-time equivalent staff, though it is supported by staff in every Government department and by the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 61291 61292 61293 question first answered 26/01/2017 09:03:27 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

677450

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Venture Capital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for venture capital trusts in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	61130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of people claiming income tax relief on investments in Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) in 2014-15 was 12,920. HM Revenue and Customs has not yet published statistics for the number of claims in 2015-16; these will be published by the end of 2017, as part of the regular schedule of VCT statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/01/2017 11:03:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

677451

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Profit Sharing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for approved company share option plans in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	61131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>Latest statistics on Company Share Option Plans can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-share-option-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-share-option-plans</a>.</p><p>The number of employees that received income tax relief for shares awarded in relation to Company Share Option Plans in 2013-14 was 35,000. Data for 2014-15 and 2015-16 is not currently available.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/01/2017 10:55:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

677452

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employee Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for share incentive plans in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	61132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes information on the amount of income tax relief related to shares appropriated through Share Incentive Plans (SIP) at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/share-incentive-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/share-incentive-plan</a>.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to calculate the unique number of employees receiving income tax relief on SIP shares. Some employees may hold more than one type of SIP share simultaneously or may be awarded shares more than once a year and will therefore be recorded on the HMRC SIP tax return multiple times.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/01/2017 11:05:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

677453

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people or (b) businesses received each tax relief listed in the HM Revenue and Customs document Estimated Costs of Principal Tax Reliefs, published on 30 December 2016, in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	61133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs publishes statistics providing estimates of the cost of tax reliefs for 2012-13 to 2016-17 for principal and minor tax reliefs. Information on the number of people or businesses who claim these reliefs is not available for the full list of reliefs in these tables.</p><p> </p><p>The bulletin that accompanies the tables has recently been extended to provide links to other statistical information on tax reliefs. In some cases this includes numbers of claimants, where this is currently available. This is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579690/Dec16_Reliefs_bulletin_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579690/Dec16_Reliefs_bulletin_Final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 61243 question first answered 26/01/2017 11:08:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

677454

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate the Government has made of the economic contribution of the Scotch whisky industry to the (a) Scottish and (b) UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	61150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not made an independent assessment of the contribution of Scotch whisky to the Scottish or UK economies. However, the Scotch Whisky Association estimates that the industry contributes over £5 billion to the UK economy, supporting over 40,000 jobs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/01/2017 10:58:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

677455

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses benefitted from each tax relief listed in HM Revenue and Custom's publication of 30 December 2016, entitled Minor Tax Expenditures and Structural Reliefs in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	61243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs publishes statistics providing estimates of the cost of tax reliefs for 2012-13 to 2016-17 for principal and minor tax reliefs. Information on the number of people or businesses who claim these reliefs is not available for the full list of reliefs in these tables.</p><p> </p><p>The bulletin that accompanies the tables has recently been extended to provide links to other statistical information on tax reliefs. In some cases this includes numbers of claimants, where this is currently available. This is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579690/Dec16_Reliefs_bulletin_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579690/Dec16_Reliefs_bulletin_Final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 61133 question first answered 26/01/2017 11:08:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey