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1670008

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date	14/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue And Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff work on customer compliance in (a) total and (b) each team in HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The average full-time equivalents (FTE) in HMRC currently working on customer compliance activity in 2023/24 is approximately 17,300.</p><p> </p><p>Within Customer Compliance Group staff are deployed across a wide range of compliance risks. Internally, these are usually grouped by customer segment, tax head or specific tax risk being worked.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on the amounts spent on compliance by customer segment in our annual report and accounts at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023-technical-notes/tax-by-different-customer-groups-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Tax by different customer groups – 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The information for 2023/24 will be available in 2024. HMRC does not release detailed breakdowns of this information for operational reasons.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/11/2023 11:36:21 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1670009

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the cost to the public purse of tax compliance cases in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>HMRC does not track the value directly spent on tax compliance cases.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/11/2023 11:33:14 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1670010

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Unpaid Taxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce on trends in the level of uncollected tax.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>At Budget 2021, the government announced an investment of over £100 million in the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to combat error and fraud in the COVID-19 financial support schemes administered by HMRC. This investment enabled HMRC to deploy compliance staff to the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce for the lifetime of the taskforce, and to backfill for those staff to prevent an opportunity cost to the collection of tax revenues. <em><br> </em><br> As planned, HMRC began to transition the activity and the staff working on the taskforce into business-as-usual tax compliance activity from March 2023.</p><p>Our compliance activity on the COVID-19 support schemes up to end September 2023 has protected over £1.6 billion worth of grants. This is made up of £430 million prevented from being paid out and over £1.2 billion recovered from overpayments. <br> <br> We remain committed to tackling error and fraud in the COVID-19 support schemes where this is the most cost-effective use of resources.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/11/2023 14:17:26 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1669460

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Prices: Christmas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the impact of inflation on the average price of a (a) turkey, (b) Christmas pudding, (c) bottle of brandy and (d) Christmas cracker in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics are responsible for collecting and publishing official statistics including inflation. Where data for these items are collected they can be found online here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/consumerpriceinflation" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/consumerpriceinflation</a> or alternatively in ONS’s shopping price comparison tool, which can be found online here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/articles/shoppingpricescomparisontool/2023-05-03" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/articles/shoppingpricescomparisontool/2023-05-03</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 21/11/2023 10:49:56 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1669586

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv) external hard drives that have been (A) lost and (B) stolen in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>This department has over 3,500 staff and almost all have access to devices to enable them to work effectively.</p><p>Sadly, on rare occasions, some devices are lost or stolen. This is not a unique problem for Government and I note that according to the Huffington Post ‘Sheffield Lib Dems HQ [was] burgled’ in 2019 leading to local campaign organiser Kurtis Crossland appealing for ‘replacement laptops and mobile phones.’ A link to this article is available <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/sheffield-lib-dems-hq-burgled-phones-and-laptops-missing_uk_5dc41e42e4b005513883b258" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>In 2022, this department recorded ten lost/stolen laptops and eight lost/stolen phones – which is a very small proportion of total devices.</p><p>All departmental IT is security encrypted. The department does not provide or support memory sticks or external drives. Details of Government contracts are published online. Departmental security investigates each reported loss from the department. There has been no reported data loss or compromise as a result of these losses.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 21/11/2023 16:53:44 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1669587

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv) external hard drives that have been (A) lost and (B) stolen in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The response below covers the central Department and the five Executive Agencies: VCA, DVLA, MCGA, ATE and DVSA. Please note: DfT(c) handle all IT devices for Active Travel England (ATE) and so these figures are included in the DfT(c) figures.</p><p> </p><p>(a,i,A) The number of lost laptops was 30.</p><p> </p><p>(a,ii,A) The number of lost mobile phones was 86.</p><p> </p><p>(a,i,B) The number of stolen laptops was 24.</p><p> </p><p>(a,ii,B) the number of stolen mobile phones was 20.</p><p> </p><p>(b,i,A) the cost of replacing lost laptops was between £1185 incl VAT and £1856.40 incl VAT, per item.</p><p> </p><p>(b,ii,A) the cost of replacing lost mobile phones was between £240 incl VAT and £790.78 incl VAT, per item.</p><p> </p><p>(b,i,B) the cost of replacing stolen laptops was between £1185 and £1856.40 incl VAT, per item.</p><p> </p><p>(b,ii,B) the cost of replacing stolen mobile phones was between £240 incl VAT and £790.78 incl VAT, per item..</p><p> </p><p>(iii and iv) we do not issue memory sticks or external hard drives, so do not hold data on them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/11/2023 11:42:18 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1669588

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv) external hard drives that have been (A) lost and (B) stolen in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Scotland Office uses the information technology system provided and operated by the Cabinet Office, which has responsibility for all hardware and software procurement, administration, support maintenance, security, and integrity of the system.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office response to this question includes any losses reported by the Scotland Office.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 20/11/2023 10:56:11 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1669589

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv) external hard drives that have been (A) lost and (B) stolen in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Wales Office has reported no lost or stolen items listed in the question over the last 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brecon and Radnorshire answering member printed Fay Jones question first answered 20/11/2023 13:32:58 answering member 4763 label Biography information for Fay Jones
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1669622

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme: Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of people with Help to Buy ISAs who have bought a house in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting people of all incomes and at all stages of life to save, and to making the aspiration of home ownership a reality for as many households as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Help to Buy: ISA scheme continues to support existing account holders save for a deposit towards their first home. The number of property completions is available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-statistics-on-the-help-to-buy-isa-scheme" target="_blank">Official Statistics on the Help to Buy: ISA scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 16/11/2023 16:52:53 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1669624

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have paid a charge to withdraw money early from an ISA in the last three years; and if he will make an estimate of the total value of those charges.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Withdrawals from ISAs do not attract a statutory withdrawal charge. The exception is the Lifetime ISA where a 25% charge applies on the amount withdrawn, other than where the withdrawn funds are used by a first-time buyer to purchase a home that costs £450,000 or below, or where the investor is terminally ill or aged 60 or over. Statistics on the number of individuals making unauthorised withdrawals from the Lifetime ISA and the value of these charges can be found in HMRC’s published annual savings statistics 2023.</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2023</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 16/11/2023 16:49:36 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney