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805175

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date	12/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of expertise HM Revenue and Customs staff have on customs procedures; whether such expertise is accredited through (a) formal qualifications and (b) membership of professional bodies; and how many such staff are trained to the level of the BTEC intermediate award in Customs Export and Import Procedures.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>HMRC is recognised globally as a leading customs authority and for the professionalism and expertise of its staff. HMRC staff are trained in customs procedures through a comprehensive internal blended Learning Framework that includes formal learning, coaching, mentoring, practical application, and mandatory continuous professional development. This blended Learning Framework covers all the tax areas HMRC is responsible for.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC no longer aligns its training programme with BTEC qualifications, and instead relies on the Learning Framework which has been designed to build capability in incremental stages. This ensures that HMRC has the high quality training necessary to meet their bespoke knowledge and skills requirements. Ongoing assessment through a Quality Assurance Framework is used to ensure the capability of staff to carry out their role.</p><p> </p><p>External accreditation includes World Customs Organization training in specialist areas such as Strategic Trade Control Enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/12/2017 17:08:09 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

805176

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase the capacity of the HM Revenue Customs (HMRC) in customs regulations and procedures in the next twelve months; and where HMRC has advertised additional posts?
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>HMRC continues to consider staffing requirements, including for customs regulations and procedures, as part of its planning for EU Exit. HMRC is considering a number of resourcing options including redeployment of existing staff and use of existing reserve lists to fill additional posts as part of that process. Recruitment to the Civil Service typically involves advertisement on Civil Service Jobs.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/12/2017 17:24:48 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

805177

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase information technology skills in the HM Revenue and Customs needed for the planned introduction of the CHIEF system and the extension of existing customs processing systems?
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Introducing the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) Programme is a key priority for HMRC, and we are ensuring that it has the resources that it needs for both the development and subsequent operation. This includes active recruitment, reprioritising resources and adapting existing supporting organisations within the department. We are migrating customers from the current CHIEF system to CDS between August 2018 and January 2019, when CDS is due to be fully rolled out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/12/2017 17:23:59 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

805178

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Channel Crossing: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs have had bilaterally with customs officers and management at the port of Calais on potential capacity issues at the French end of the Eurotunnel and ferry services?
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of trade fluidity through the UK’s key ports to the country’s economy. The Government is committed to maintaining trade fluidity, so traffic can flow as freely possible through ferry ports and the Channel Tunnel.</p><p>Negotiating guidelines for EU exit mean that there is a two stage process to negotiations. The UK Government looks forward to discussing the UK’s future customs arrangements with the EU as part of the next stage of negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/12/2017 17:10:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

805180

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the decision was taken to exempt Companies House from the requirements of anti-money laundering due diligence during company registration; and whether that decision was as a result of the statutory status of Companies' House.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that the UK is a hostile environment for illicit finance. The UK’s anti-money laundering regime is based on risk to reduce the burdens placed on legitimate businesses. The EU’s 4<sup>th</sup> Money Laundering Directive, which has recently been transposed into UK law, does not require national company registers to conduct due diligence upon companies at formation. Higher risk company formation activities in the UK will generally be done via Trust or Company Service Providers, who are subject to the Money Laundering Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>Companies House employs systematic checks for accuracy, and has implemented a number of reforms to improve the quality of data. The most recent reform was adding a “Report It Now” feature in July 2017 to make it easier for users of the register to report any concerns with the data. While the function is relatively new, Companies House are receiving between 180-200 contacts a day through this service. Additional reforms underway include improved procedures to follow-up and cleanse redundant entries, and increased automation to reduce errors.</p><p> </p><p>Maintaining one of the most open and extensively accessed company registers in the world – viewed over 2 billion times last year – is a powerful tool in identifying false, inaccurate, or possibly fraudulent information. Furthermore, the Government has a statutory obligation to review the operation of the People with Significant Control Register in 2019. This review will consider statistics on the operation of the register and evidence from the main users (law enforcement, obliged entities and civil society) and from the companies that supply the information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/12/2017 16:59:26 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

789969

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Save as You Earn
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 potential merits of increasing the Save As You Earn contribution holiday period from six to 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	113320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The Save As You Earn employee share scheme is a savings-related share scheme where employees can buy shares with savings for a fixed price. The contributions holiday was designed to offer employees flexibility in saving. The Chancellor announced at Autumn Budget 2017 that employees on maternity and parental leave will be able to take a pause of up to 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 113448 question first answered 24/11/2017 11:52:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

788993

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Save as You Earn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to review the six-month contribution holiday for Save As You Earn schemes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	112910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Employees saving into a Save As You Earn scheme may suspend their monthly payments for up to a maximum of six months during the savings period. The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review and any changes to eligibility conditions of the scheme would be announced by the Chancellor at a fiscal event.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 21/11/2017 16:06:22 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

766009

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has set performance targets to expedite the advanced assurance application process for social investment tax relief.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	106230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) administers the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes: the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, Venture Capital Trusts and the Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC operates the same targets for all advance assurance applications and submissions of statutory compliance statements under the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes, and deals with around 12,000 cases each year.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC accepts around 70% of all advance assurance and compliance statements without any further enquiry.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 October 2017 HMRC had 25 SITR advance assurance applications on hand.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC aims to respond to all straightforward advance assurance applications received within 15 working days. The target for more complex cases is 40 working days. Cases may take longer to finalise depending on whether further information is needed.</p><p> </p><p>There is no standard length of time to process an advance assurance. Some application will require further clarification, additional information from an EIS company or a social enterprise. Others can be processed on the information supplied by the company or the social enterprise. HMRC attempts to process all applications as speedily as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on EIS, SEIS and SITR will be published on 31 October. These will include statistics on SITR investments and advance assurance applications received in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation was held last year on ways to streamline the advance assurance service and a summary of responses was published in March. The documents can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service</a>. HMRC will be providing an update on progress in due course.</p><p> </p><p>All available data related to the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts are available in the annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016</a>) and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">Venture Capital Trusts Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</a>) publications.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 106227 106228 106229 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:58:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

766010

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many social investment tax relief advanced assurance applications are pending.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	106228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) administers the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes: the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, Venture Capital Trusts and the Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC operates the same targets for all advance assurance applications and submissions of statutory compliance statements under the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes, and deals with around 12,000 cases each year.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC accepts around 70% of all advance assurance and compliance statements without any further enquiry.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 October 2017 HMRC had 25 SITR advance assurance applications on hand.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC aims to respond to all straightforward advance assurance applications received within 15 working days. The target for more complex cases is 40 working days. Cases may take longer to finalise depending on whether further information is needed.</p><p> </p><p>There is no standard length of time to process an advance assurance. Some application will require further clarification, additional information from an EIS company or a social enterprise. Others can be processed on the information supplied by the company or the social enterprise. HMRC attempts to process all applications as speedily as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on EIS, SEIS and SITR will be published on 31 October. These will include statistics on SITR investments and advance assurance applications received in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation was held last year on ways to streamline the advance assurance service and a summary of responses was published in March. The documents can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service</a>. HMRC will be providing an update on progress in due course.</p><p> </p><p>All available data related to the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts are available in the annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016</a>) and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">Venture Capital Trusts Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</a>) publications.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 106227 106229 106230 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:58:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

766011

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average it takes his Department to process advanced assurance applications for social investment tax relief.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	106229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) administers the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes: the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, Venture Capital Trusts and the Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC operates the same targets for all advance assurance applications and submissions of statutory compliance statements under the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes, and deals with around 12,000 cases each year.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC accepts around 70% of all advance assurance and compliance statements without any further enquiry.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 October 2017 HMRC had 25 SITR advance assurance applications on hand.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC aims to respond to all straightforward advance assurance applications received within 15 working days. The target for more complex cases is 40 working days. Cases may take longer to finalise depending on whether further information is needed.</p><p> </p><p>There is no standard length of time to process an advance assurance. Some application will require further clarification, additional information from an EIS company or a social enterprise. Others can be processed on the information supplied by the company or the social enterprise. HMRC attempts to process all applications as speedily as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on EIS, SEIS and SITR will be published on 31 October. These will include statistics on SITR investments and advance assurance applications received in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation was held last year on ways to streamline the advance assurance service and a summary of responses was published in March. The documents can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service</a>. HMRC will be providing an update on progress in due course.</p><p> </p><p>All available data related to the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts are available in the annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016</a>) and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">Venture Capital Trusts Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</a>) publications.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 106227 106228 106230 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:58:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds