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605785

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date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Youth Action Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Youth Action Group last met; who attended that meeting; and what the current membership of that group is.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	49475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The last Youth Action Group meeting was 25 Nov 2014. A Youth Action Group Workshop was held on 24 Feb 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Youth Action Group members and meeting participants were drawn from the government departments and national charities that develop policy and deliver programmes for disadvantaged young people. These included the following:</p><ul><li>Government: Cabinet Office, Department for Education, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Justice, Home Office, Department for Health and Ministry of Defence; and</li><li>VCSE sector: The Prince’s Trust, Rathbone, The Foyer Federation, Catch22, Groundwork, Barnardo’s, Youth United, YoungMinds, Brook and Action for Children</li></ul><p> </p><p>There are no current plans for this group to meet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 24/10/2016 16:30:43 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

605787

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to review the levels of VAT paid by tourism and hospitality businesses.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	49354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, although there are no current plans to review the levels of VAT paid by tourism and hospitality businesses.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2016 16:10:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

605788

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to review the VAT threshold.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	49375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government keeps all tax rates and thresholds under review.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2016 14:45:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

605790

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK solar power market of the proposed 2017 business rate rise for organisations investing in roof top solar power for their own consumption.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	49391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Business rates policy in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government. In England, business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we do not intervene in their independent assessments. We have proposed a £3.4 billion transitional relief scheme for England to ensure that no ratepayer is unfairly penalised by the 2017 revaluation.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 49392 question first answered 24/10/2016 15:48:41 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

605792

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the planned business rate increase for organisations that seek to own or supply their energy with roof top solar panels in the light of carbon emissions targets agreed at the Paris Climate Change Conference.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	49392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Business rates policy in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government. In England, business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we do not intervene in their independent assessments. We have proposed a £3.4 billion transitional relief scheme for England to ensure that no ratepayer is unfairly penalised by the 2017 revaluation.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 49391 question first answered 24/10/2016 15:48:41 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

605800

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
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 ensure that the number of people who miss the 31 January 2017 deadline for tax returns is significantly less than for previous years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	49321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has a number of initiatives leading up to the filing deadline to support and encourage people to file on time. These include improvements to the accessibility of online services, a targeted media campaign running from the end of December, reminder emails and text messages in January to those who have yet to file and use of social media.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2016 16:16:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

605803

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Liability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 7.2, Heading contingent liabilities, page 176 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16 of HM Revenue and Customs, published in December 2015, under what area of legislation are those cases of current liability.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	49498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Trust Statement is prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards adapted or interpreted for public sector context.</p><p> </p><p>International Accounting Standard 37 – ‘Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets’ is the standard that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) follows when calculating the level of contingent liability to be included with the disclosure notes to the Trust Statement. The contingent liabilities relate to legal cases for which the outcome is uncertain and HMRC considers that there is only a possible rather than probable likelihood that they will be required to make a payment, or the amount cannot be reliably measured.</p><p> </p><p>These cases are not current liabilities – they are a possible obligation dependent on whether some uncertain future event occurs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/10/2016 15:21:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

605806

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fish: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much government funding is available for salmon and eel conservation in 2016-17; and how much such funding was available in 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	49454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>In 2009/10, £9.4 million of Government funding was issued to the Environment Agency covering its fisheries specific duties, such as maintaining, improving and developing fisheries for migratory fish species, for both England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, the Environment Agency has received Government funding to deliver its environmental objectives through an integrated approach which does not allow disaggregation. Salmon and eel conservation has benefited from work on delivering the Water Framework Directive, funding for the community-led Catchment Based Approach for delivering water improvements, pollution prevention work and from areas such as monitoring and planning. In addition to this broad Government funding, migratory fish species benefit from the Environment Agency’s charging activity work.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/10/2016 09:28:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

605808

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Domicil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax was paid by UK resident non-domiciled people in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what proportion of the total income tax receipt those amounts were.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	49481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is set out below :</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Non-Domiciled Individuals</p></td><td><p>Number of UK Resident Non-Domiciled Individuals</p></td><td><p>Income Tax Paid by UK Resident Non-Domiciled Individuals (£bn)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of Total UK Income Tax (%) paid by UK Resident Non-Domiciled Individuals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>115,100</p></td><td><p>80,900</p></td><td><p>6.09</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>113,200</p></td><td><p>80,200</p></td><td><p>6.20</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>116,600</p></td><td><p>81,700</p></td><td><p>6.29</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>118,200</p></td><td><p>83,000</p></td><td><p>6.56</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>118,100</p></td><td><p>83,400</p></td><td><p>6.44</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 49483 question first answered 24/10/2016 16:22:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

605816

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to respond to the findings of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research evaluation study, No evidence Troubled Families Programme has any significant impact on key objectives, published on 17 October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	49557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The National Institute of Economic and Social Research Impact Study was just one of 6 reports comprising the independent evaluation of the first Troubled Families Programme. The evaluation found that the programme had many positive achievements. These include:</p><ul><li>Families feeling more confident and optimistic about being able to cope in the future</li><li>Joining up local services for families by encouraging a single keyworker approach to work with the whole family on all of its problems</li><li>Raising the quality and capacity of local data systems</li><li>Better joint working with partners such as Jobcentre Plus</li></ul><p>The data shows that nearly 120,000 of the families on this programme saw their lives improve – more children attending school, youth crime and anti-social behaviour significantly cut and, in more than 18,000 families, an adult holding down a job. The evaluation does not dispute this fact.</p><p>Unsurprisingly, the ambitious and innovative impact study which used national administrative datasets to track changes in families circumstances over comparatively short time periods, was unable to specifically attribute positive outcomes achieved in employment, youth crime or school attendance to the Troubled Families Programme.</p><p>This was because at that time the level of change achieved was not significantly different from that seen in a group of families not on the programme with whom comparisons were made. This is not the same, however, as saying that the evaluation shows family outcomes did not improve, as some have wrongly inferred.</p><p>Of course, we will continue to review all evidence of how the programme is working, to learn from it and see if there's more we can do to help families facing such multiple problems. In fact, we have already adapted the new programme in a number of ways, including extending the length of time over which family outcomes will be tracked – from 12 months to 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 49361 question first answered 25/10/2016 16:25:39 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 16224 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis