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170610

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that overseas retailers trading online stock which is located in the UK pay the appropriate level of VAT.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	218877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Supplies of goods are within the scope of UK VAT if the goods are actually in the UK at the time they are sold to the customer.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are cracking down hard on all forms of tax evasion, regardless of where it occurs or who commits it. HMRC are determined to tackle deliberate non-compliance to ensure that the tax system operates fairly and efficiently to create a level playing field for all.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/01/2015 12:50:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

170611

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was overpaid in child and working tax credit because of error by officials in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	218880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMRC" target="_blank">HMRC</a> tax credit overpayment figures are available in the Finalised Child and Working Tax Credits statistics annual award supplement on payments located here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards-sup.xls" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards-sup.xls</a> on the ‘Main Aggregates’ table. HMRC total tax credit expenditure figures are available in the Finalised Child and Working Tax Credits statistics located here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards.xls" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards.xls</a> in Table 1.1.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/01/2015 11:52:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170612

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Workers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the overall budget for the Care First programme was in each year of that programme.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
uin	218921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>Care First was funded as part of the Young Person’s Guarantee. The final budget allocation for Care First was £75m across 2009/10 and 2010/11. The Young Person’s Guarantee was replaced by the Youth Contract.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/12/2014 09:34:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

170613

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	eBay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that all online retailers trading on eBay in the UK display VAT numbers.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	218935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>There is no requirement in tax legislation for a VAT-registered person to declare to a customer that they are registered or to provide a VAT registration number, unless they make a supply to another VAT-registered person, in which case they are obliged to issue a VAT invoice including their VAT number. However businesses are required to comply with the Electronic Commerce Regulations 2002 concerning the provision of this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:38:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

170614

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the new rates of stamp duty, under what category land will be sold if planning permission has been granted for both commercial and residential purposes.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	219042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Undeveloped land is treated as non-residential property for stamp duty land tax (SDLT) purposes. The existence or otherwise of planning permission is immaterial.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:36:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

170616

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Christmas Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	219003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers send Christmas cards to a range of people with whom the Treasury interacts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/01/2015 11:54:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

170617

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debt Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2014 to Question 210848, if he will publish the criteria used by HM Revenue and Customs to determine whether payment of a debt should be pursued even when a case has been accepted for investigation by the Adjudicator.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	218974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>HMRC are not required to suspend activity while the Adjudicator is investigating a complaint and therefore there is no specific criteria used in relation to this. The complaints process, including a referral to the Adjudicator, is not a legal process and it should not be used to override the law in which HMRC must comply with in regards to the collection of debts that are legally due.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/01/2015 11:39:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

170618

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Institutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on budgetary prudence with regards to EU staff pay and pensions.
tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
tabling member printed	Stephen Phillips
uin	218976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a significant reduction in EU administrative costs, including the level of pay and pensions for EU staff. The Prime Minister’s deal on the Multiannual Financial Framework delivered a real terms cut to the EU’s seven year budget. Nevertheless, EU administrative spending remains unacceptably high and the Government routinely pushes the European Commission for restraint.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/01/2015 15:00:52 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4054 label Biography information for Stephen Phillips

170869

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 5 December (HL3055), whether they have published an impact assessment on the fiscal impact of immigration into the United Kingdom since 2008.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>The government has not published an impact assessment on the fiscal impact of immigration into the United Kingdom since 2008. The fiscal impacts of migration are considered in impact assessments published by the government where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 19/12/2014 12:54:53 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

170228

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Action
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the progress of current negotiations on the proposed 4th European Union Directive on money laundering as regards risk assessment and consequent enhanced due diligence for United Kingdom Politically Exposed Persons.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL3724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government has advocated a risk-based approach to “politically exposed persons” domestically, through negotiations on the Directive.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>In the UK, this would require treating UK PEPs, such as UK Parliamentarians, on the basis of risk when undertaking customer due diligence. Enhanced due diligence would only apply if the business relationship is assessed as high risk.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Political agreement between the Presidency, the European Parliament and the Commission on the Directive was reached on 16 December. We expect the Italian Presidency to provide further details shortly. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 22/12/2014 14:45:24 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones