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155412

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	214284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>(a) This information has already been published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li><p><a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm</a></p></li><li><p><a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm</a></p></li><li><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372</a></p></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) Expenditure on other car hire could not be extracted without exceeding the statutory disproportionate costs threshold.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/11/2014 12:56:20 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

155413

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the scope of the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on automatic exchange of taxpayer information recently signed in Berlin; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	214326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) signed in Berlin is the instrument which will give effect to exchange under the new global standard of automatic tax information exchange by its signatories. At the signing event in Berlin 51 countries and jurisdictions signed the MCAA and we expect the other countries committed to implementation to do so shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Implementation of the global standard will lead to step change in the international communities’ ability to tackle offshore tax evasion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/11/2014 16:47:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

155414

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how often his Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	214258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>HM Treasury continually reviews its processes for logging emails, letters and other correspondence received.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We take correspondence very seriously and aim to respond to all correspondence requiring a reply within 15 working days of receipt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance on handling correspondence from Members of Parliament, Peers, MEPs and Members of devolved Administrations is available online at the following link - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2014 13:52:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

155415

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to respond to the OECD's proposals on involvement of low income countries in development of the automatic exchange of tax payer information.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	214411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>As made clear during our G8 Presidency, we are committed to helping developing countries benefit from increased tax transparency including the new global standard of automatic exchange of information. Since G20 Finance Ministers welcomed the Global Forum’s Roadmap in September, my officials and their counterparts in DfID and HMRC have engaged in discussions with a number of developing countries on the possibility of piloting implementation of the new global standard. These discussions are ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 214410 question first answered 24/11/2014 13:53:20 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

155416

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Multinational Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the Base Erosion and Profit Sharing process; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	214412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of multilateral action through the G20 and OECD to tackle the issue of tax avoidance by multinational enterprise. The UK used its Presidency of the G8 to successfully build international support for this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work is well underway at the OECD, in the form of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. The first phase of the BEPS project is now complete, with participants reaching agreement on seven reports which have been produced by the OECD and endorsed by G20 Finance Ministers at their Summit in Cairns 20-21 September.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of these outputs, this government has already taken domestic action towards implementation. In September 2014 the UK announced it would be the first of 44 countries to formally commit to implementing the newly agreed BEPS output of a country-by-country reporting template.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Subsequently, in October 2014 the UK announced its commitment to publish a consultation on the BEPs project’s 2014 output to neutralise hybrid mismatches - a tax avoidance technique used by multinationals to exploit differences between countries’ tax rules to avoid paying tax in either country, or to obtain more tax relief against profits than they are entitled to.</p><p> </p><p>The BEPS project is due to finish by December 2015. In order to achieve success by creating effective recommendations for the remaining Actions, in line with the Action Plan, the collaboration and momentum of the process must continue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As set out in the publication at Budget 14, one of the key principles underpinning the UK’s approach to the BEPS project is that the solutions should be consistent with the Government’s wish to promote UK growth and competitiveness.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the project will not be completed until the end of 2015, if we can achieve our goals, we will succeed in fundamentally changing the international tax landscape, and shift the balance of the rules in favour of tax authorities, enabling us to clamp down on those who refuse to play by the rules.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/11/2014 16:54:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

155417

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the G20's 2013 St Petersburg Declaration, what plans he has for a spillover analysis of the effects of UK tax rules on developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	214389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The St Petersburg Declaration refers to Action 11 of the G20-OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project, which is developing an economic analysis to determine the scale and impact of aggressive tax planning by multinationals, including on the spillover effects into other countries. The UK supports this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/11/2014 17:23:11 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

155418

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will pilot a scheme on automatic information exchange with a developing country.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	214410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>As made clear during our G8 Presidency, we are committed to helping developing countries benefit from increased tax transparency including the new global standard of automatic exchange of information. Since G20 Finance Ministers welcomed the Global Forum’s Roadmap in September, my officials and their counterparts in DfID and HMRC have engaged in discussions with a number of developing countries on the possibility of piloting implementation of the new global standard. These discussions are ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 214411 question first answered 24/11/2014 13:53:20 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

155420

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Network Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact the reclassification of Network Rail as a government body has had on (a) the financial position of the Government and (b) the financial position of Network Rail; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Harris
uin	214213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The impact of the reclassification on the government’s financial position is set out in the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook as at March 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 21/11/2014 12:58:26 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	1418 label Biography information for Mr Tom Harris

155421

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Network Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any proportion of Network Rail's debt has been allocated to the Scottish Government as a result of the reclassification of Network Rail as a government body on 1 September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Harris
uin	214214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>Public Sector Net Debt (PSND) is not currently geographically split and so only overall Public Sector Net Debt (PSND) has increased.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 20/11/2014 17:01:13 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	1418 label Biography information for Mr Tom Harris

155422

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Banff and Buchan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Banff and Buchan constituency paid the top rate of income tax in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	214300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>i, ii, iii, iv and v. Statistics on the number of additional rate income tax payers liable to pay by government office regions, including Scotland, are published in HMRC’s income tax statistics, table 2.2: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306856/Table_2.2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306856/Table_2.2.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>County and constituency level information on additional rate tax payers is not published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 214297 214298 214299 214976 question first answered 20/11/2014 17:26:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford