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894764

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has allocated additional funding for the Windrush generation compensation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	139476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>As the Home Secretary has set out, the Government is committed to putting right the wrongs experienced by the Windrush generation, and is clear that where people have suffered loss they will be compensated. The Home Office is working through the detail of what this scheme will look like, including potential costs to the department.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/05/2018 13:46:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

894777

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC investigations of taxpayers initiated in 2013 were ongoing for more than (a) one year (b) two years and (c) four years prior to prosecution; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	139416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The HMRC data below relates to the number of people who were subject to a criminal investigation started in 2013/14, broken down by duration in years. The end point to determine duration is the outcome of the prosecution (conviction or acquittal). The number of investigation cases involved will be less as many cases involve more than one individual.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Criminal Investigations started in 2013-2014:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>147 individuals were subject to a criminal investigation which lasted one year or less.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>189 individuals were subject to a criminal investigation which lasted one to two years.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>228 individuals were subject to a criminal investigation which lasted two to four years.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>17 individuals were subject to a criminal investigation which lasted over 4 years.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>309 individuals are subject to a criminal investigation which is still ongoing.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/05/2018 14:32:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

894779

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time is that the fraud investigation department of HMRC takes to (a) carry out investigations and (b) receive confirmation from the Crown Prosecution Service of a decision to prosecute; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	139417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The duration of a case is calculated as the time from the start of the case to the close, which includes the trial outcome and where relevant the issuing of a confiscation order. Criminal cases can vary significantly in their size and complexity with some cases concluding within a few months, whilst others can take years. Last year, one of our longest running cases concluded after over ten years.</p><p>For cases that closed in 2018, the mean duration of a criminal case is 15 months and the median is 10 months.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 03/05/2018 14:07:50 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

894781

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government made an assessment of the potential merits of a conversion plan when introducing provisions on real-time information reporting to HMRC in order to mitigate the additional tax payable during the second 12-month period of the scheme as a result of moving the start of the tax year in 2013-14 from 1 April to 6 April.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	139512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>There were no changes made to the start of the tax year for Pay As You Earn (PAYE) as a result of the introduction of Real Time Information (RTI) which remained 6 April, or to the deadlines for paying the tax, National Insurance contributions and any other deductions due.</p><p> </p><p>As RTI was not expected to affect the annual levels of tax receipts, no conversion plan for additional tax payable was considered for 2013-14.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 03/05/2018 14:06:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

894799

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Credit Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-introducing the ability to pay personal tax by credit card.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	139427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>HMRC accepts payment by credit card on the basis that there is no cost to the public purse. It achieves this by passing the fees charged by the card issuer back to the customer. The Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) which came into effect on 13 January 2018 means that HMRC can no longer do this where a customer uses a personal credit card. After careful consideration, HMRC made the decision to stop accepting payment by this method.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17 personal credit cards only accounted for 0.2% of payments made to HMRC by value. Fees associated with these payments were expected to be on average £5.5m per annum going forward. To continue accepting personal credit cards HMRC would have to fund the payment of fees from the public purse. This means customers paying by other methods would be cross-subsidising those who benefit from facilities provided by credit card issuers in exchange for fees, including deferring the payment date and collecting rewards.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/05/2018 13:49:24 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

894838

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Domicil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2018 to Question 136770, on Taxation: Domicil, for what reason the latest figures available are over three yeas old.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	139344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>Individuals register their non-UK domiciled status with HMRC via the Self Assessment process.</p><p>The deadline for individuals to file Self Assessment returns relating to the tax year 2015-16 was 31 January 2017. Information about non-UK domiciled taxpayers for this tax year is not yet available to allow for a proportion of individuals who file their Self Assessment returns after the deadline. In accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics the release of these statistics has been pre-announced for release in June 2018.</p><p>The deadline for individuals to file Self Assessment returns relating to the tax year 2016-17 was 31 January 2018. Consequently insufficient time has so far elapsed to allow for reliable figures to be published.</p><p>The deadline for individuals to file Self Assessment returns relating to the tax year 2017-18 is 31 January 2019. Information is therefore not yet available because the deadline for returns has not yet passed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/05/2018 13:52:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

894854

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Motherwell and Wishaw
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims have been made under the non-consensual conception exemption for child tax credit in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	139532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given on 25<sup>th</sup> April 2018 in response to question 136579.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/05/2018 10:10:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

895005

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
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 progress made by the banking sector in ensuring that the needs of vulnerable consumers are met.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	139526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes it is vitally important that the banking sector meets the needs of vulnerable consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has given the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the independent conduct regulator for the financial services sector, a statutory objective to protect consumers. The FCA continually assess whether the banks they regulate are meeting the rules regarding the needs of vulnerable consumers.</p><p> </p><p>UK banks’ treatment of their customers is governed by the FCA in its Principles for Businesses, as well as specific requirements in its Handbook. The FCA's Principles require firms to conduct their business with due skill, care and diligence, and to pay due regard to the interests of its customers and treat them fairly.</p><p> </p><p>The nine largest personal current account providers in the UK are legally required to offer fee-free basic bank accounts to customers who do not have a bank account or who are ineligible for a bank’s standard current account. The Treasury’s December 2017 publication shows that in total there are nearly 8 million basic bank accounts open in the UK, and that just over 900,000 new accounts were opened between July 2016 and June 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/05/2018 12:55:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

895069

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank of England: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to seek candidates internationally for a replacement governor of the Bank of England rather than restricting the post to British candidates; and if so, why.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL7434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The current Governor of the Bank of England has announced he will serve to 30 June 2019. The process of appointing the next Governor will begin in due course and in a way that ensures a smooth transition and gives certainty to markets. When the time comes, the best person for the job will be appointed, whoever she or he may be.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/05/2018 16:15:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

893100

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to protect customers from the high cost of (a) rent-to-own and (b) doorstep lending products.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	138967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The government transferred the regulation of consumer credit, including rent-to-own and doorstep lending, to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2014. The Government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers, and the FCA proactively monitors the market, focussing on the areas most likely to cause consumer harm.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is reviewing the high-cost credit market, and has identified specific concerns in rent-to-own and doorstep lending. The FCA will publish an update on its work later this month.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury ministers and officials meet regularly with the FCA, and the government will continue to work closely with the FCA to ensure all customers are treated fairly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 138968 question first answered 02/05/2018 14:52:04 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell