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988714

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase personal income tax allowances for lower rate taxpayers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	180153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>In April, the government took a significant step towards meeting these commitments; the personal allowance increased from £11,500 to £11,850, and the higher rate threshold from £45,000 to £46,350.</p><p> </p><p>By year end 2018-19, these changes will have benefitted over 31 million individuals since the start of the last Parliament, 1.2 million people on the lowest incomes will have been taken out of income tax altogether, and a typical taxpayer will pay £1,075 less income tax, compared to 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p>As with all aspects of the tax system, the government will keep the personal allowance under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken as part of the annual Budget process in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/10/2018 15:52:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

988715

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
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 over-payments by HMRC to claimants in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	180154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The estimated number of overpaid tax credits awards in the 2016-17 tax year, as at 5 April 2017, was 1.57 million.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers of overpaid awards for each tax year are published annually in the publication <em>“Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments” </em> the most recent publication is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 14:19:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

988717

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents in Northern Ireland applied for tax free childcare in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	180155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of parents in Northern Ireland who have applied for Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) in each of the last three years. TFC was trialled in 2016 and launched in April 2017.</p><p>We are promoting the scheme across the UK, including a marketing campaign which launched on 10 September 2018, to increase awareness and take-up of Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,039</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,044</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,093</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,301</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 14:22:46 question first ministerially corrected 14/11/2018 13:36:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss previous answer version 80216 answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882219

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have (a) signed up to the help to buy scheme and (b) received their bonus under that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>More than 1.1m Help to Buy: ISA accounts have been opened since the start of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 April the latest Help to Buy: ISA quarterly statistics will be published and unfortunately we cannot pre-empt that release. However the most recent set, published on 11 January 2018 and covering the period to September 2017, showed that since the start of the Help to Buy: ISA scheme, 143,894 bonuses had been paid out.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-statistics-on-the-help-to-buy-isa-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-statistics-on-the-help-to-buy-isa-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/04/2018 09:14:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

857005

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Corporation Tax: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document, A Fresh Start, the Stormont agreement and implementation plan, published in November 2015, what the timetable is for a reduction in corporation tax in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	131517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Act 2015 allows for devolution of power to the Northern Ireland Assembly to set a Northern Ireland rate of corporation tax to apply to certain trading income.</p><p> </p><p>This government remains committed to the commencement of this power once, as set out in the Stormont House Agreement, a restored Executive demonstrates that its finances are on a sustainable footing.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to this, the UK government will work with a restored Executive to consider a commencement timetable.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/03/2018 15:43:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

767397

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to introduce legislation to restrict promoters of tax avoidance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	106451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The government has taken significant steps to tackle the promoters of tax avoidance schemes. It introduced the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS) regime in Budget 2013 to tackle high-risk promoters, and Finance Bill 2017-2019 goes further by introducing a new penalty on the enablers of tax avoidance.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/10/2017 11:27:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

522985

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that every region in the UK benefits from future economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	39428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Economic development in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is the responsibility of the devolved administrations. At the 2015 Spending Review, the government announced that funding available for infrastructure investment via the block grant would rise by 12% in Northern Ireland, 14% in Scotland and 17% in Wales through to 2020-21. At Budget 2016 the government then committed an additional £220m of funding through the Barnett Formula to Northern Ireland, over £650m to Scotland, and more than £380m to Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The government is also empowering England to take responsibility for economic growth. By May 2017, over half the population of the North of England will have a powerful new directly elected mayor. £200m has been committed to Transport for the North, strategic investments have been made in science (including £235m for the Sir Henry Royce Institute,) and Hull has been backed as the 2017 City of Culture. The government is investing in growth in all parts of the country, for example through creating a Midlands Engine Investment Fund of over £250m. Meanwhile our business rate reforms offer local authorities across England unprecedented new levers to drive growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/06/2016 09:13:53 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

522453

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Consumer Information
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 private pension providers facilitate access by policyholders to details of their investments.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	38967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>At Budget 2016 the government announced that it will ensure the industry designs, funds and launches a pensions dashboard by 2019. This will help people to ensure that people can clearly view all their pension savings in one place.</p><p> </p><p>This work will be industry-led. The Treasury is starting the work on catalysing and challenging the industry to deliver and I will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/06/2016 11:29:09 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

522459

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Savings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take to make young working families aware of ways in which they can access (a) proposed Government schemes in the Lifetime Savings Bill and (b) other Government schemes relating to long-term savings.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	39181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting savers of all incomes and at all stages of life. From April 2017, the Government will introduce a Lifetime ISA for adults under 40 to help save for a first home or retirement. The Government will also introduce a new Help to Save scheme, available from no later than April 2018, to support working families on low incomes to build up a rainy day fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of ensuring that all consumers can access high quality, affordable advice so they can make informed decisions about their hard-earned money. That is why we will replace the Money Advice Service with a new commissioning body that will identify gaps in the financial guidance market and commission targeted money guidance accordingly.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/06/2016 13:36:58 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

416501

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of laundered fuel moved from the Republic of Ireland to the UK each year.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	8476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of the loss of revenue due to laundered fuel moving from the Republic of Ireland to the UK each year. However, tax gap figures published in October 2014 in the document at the link below estimates the market share for all illicit diesel in Northern Ireland as 13%, or £80M in 2012/13. Petrol fraud is negligible</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to reducing revenue loss due to fuel duty fraud and HM Revenue and Customs works closely with the Revenue Commissioners in the Republic of Ireland and others to fight fuel fraud on a wide range of fronts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/09/2015 13:28:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson