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1020396

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Health Professions: 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 (a) doctors and (b) nurses that will be subject to the 2019 Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	199328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>Disguised Remuneration schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions. When taking into account the loan they received, loan scheme users have on average twice as much income as the average UK taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC data indicates that fewer than 3% of those affected work in medical services (doctors and nurses) and teaching. Further information can be found in HMRC’s issue briefing: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is working hard to help individuals to get out of tax avoidance for good. HMRC does not want to make anybody bankrupt and very few cases ever reach that stage.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has simplified the process for those who choose to settle their use of avoidance schemes before the charge arises, so that those earning less than £50,000 a year and no longer engaging in tax avoidance can agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need for detailed supporting information. There is no maximum period within which an overall settlement can be agreed, and HMRC will deal with individual cases appropriately and sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals of over 650 million pounds. More than 90% of this amount was collected from employers, with less than 10% from individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 199329 question first answered 14/12/2018 13:52:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1020397

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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 will be made bankrupt as a result of the 2019 Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	199329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>Disguised Remuneration schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions. When taking into account the loan they received, loan scheme users have on average twice as much income as the average UK taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC data indicates that fewer than 3% of those affected work in medical services (doctors and nurses) and teaching. Further information can be found in HMRC’s issue briefing: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is working hard to help individuals to get out of tax avoidance for good. HMRC does not want to make anybody bankrupt and very few cases ever reach that stage.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has simplified the process for those who choose to settle their use of avoidance schemes before the charge arises, so that those earning less than £50,000 a year and no longer engaging in tax avoidance can agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need for detailed supporting information. There is no maximum period within which an overall settlement can be agreed, and HMRC will deal with individual cases appropriately and sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals of over 650 million pounds. More than 90% of this amount was collected from employers, with less than 10% from individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 199328 question first answered 14/12/2018 13:52:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1179951

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Support: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse is of increasing the Minimum Income Guarantee for people receiving local authority social care other than in a care home in line with inflation in the financial year 2020-2021.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	19979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury has not made an assessment of the cost to the public purse of this proposal. It is for Local Authorities to set Minimum Income Guarantee rates in their area, subject to nationally mandated floors. At the 2019 Spending Round we gave LAs access to up to an additional £1.5bn for social care, on top of existing grants.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 27/02/2020 13:37:59 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1182198

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2020 to Question 19979 on Personal Income, if he will make an estimate the cost to the public purse of an increase in the nationally mandated rate by the rate of inflation.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	24446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>DHSC hold policy responsibility for social care and review the social care allowances, including the Minimum Income Guarantee, annually.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 09/03/2020 17:15:04 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

175838

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of small business start-ups on the wider economy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
uin	907256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy, and the UK is a great place to start a business. At the start of 2014 there were 5.2 million small businesses in the UK, an increase of 760,000 since 2010. These small businesses employ 12.1 million people – 48% of total UK private sector employment – and have a combined annual turnover of £1.2 trillion: 33% of the UK private sector total. The government has backed small businesses, including with 25,000 Start Up Loans, tax incentives for investment, and the £2000 Employment Allowance which means 450,000 businesses now pay no employers NICs.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/01/2015 15:33:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

515226

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have been prosecuted for tax evasion during the last 10 years; and what revenue has been recovered as a result of those prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	35377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/05/2016 12:28:03 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

515227

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been prosecuted for tax evasion during the last 10 years; and what revenue has been recovered as a result of those prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	35378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) holds a central record of the number of individuals subject to criminal investigation for tax evasion, together with subsequent prosecutions covering the period from 2011/12 to 2014/15. HMRC does not hold a central record of the number of prosecutions and convictions broken down in this way for earlier years.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of criminal prosecutions of individuals for tax evasion during the period 2011/12 to 2014/15 was 2404. 'Revenue Loss Prevented' is the HMRC management information measure recorded in such cases and the total amount of Revenue Loss Prevented from 2011/12 to 2014/15 was £ 5,070,538,527.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/05/2016 12:31:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham