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882455

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date	13/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases referred to prosecuting authorities by HMRC for serious and complex tax crime by corporations have concluded with a criminal conviction since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC investigates companies where fraudulent behaviour can be attributed to individuals who are directing minds of the company.</p><p>However, HMRC also investigates individuals who are officers of companies but are prosecuted for irregularities relating to their personal tax affairs rather than that of the company. HMRC’s records do not categorise whether investigations and subsequent convictions are in respect of the individual working as an officer for the company or in relation to their personal tax affairs.</p><p>HMRC has a strong track record of tackling those who have evaded their responsibilities or those who have facilitated tax evasion and is successful in over 90% of prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2018 15:05:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882741

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities use the minimum income floor for universal credit to calculate the eligibility of self-employed claimants for council tax support.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>We have devolved the implementation of council tax support to local authorities in England, as they are best placed to decide how to provide help most effectively to low income council tax payers in their communities.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the number of local authorities that use a minimum income floor in assessing self-employed applicants applying for council tax reduction.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/04/2018 14:57:19 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882742

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will commission research into the number of self-employed council tax support claimants who have lost (a) part and (b) all of their entitlement to council tax support since the introduction of the minimum income floor by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The distribution of local council tax support is a matter for local authorities and we do not currently intend to conduct research on the design or impacts of local schemes.</p><p>However, councils conduct equality impact assessments when designing their schemes each year and also consult local residents and take their views into account.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/04/2018 15:03:00 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882743

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will respond to the recommendations in the report, Taking control, the need for fundamental bailiff reform, published in March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice intends to launch a Call for Evidence on the implementation of the enforcement agent reforms which were introduced in 2014. The purpose of the Call for Evidence will be to seek views from all interested parties about how the reforms are working in practice.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Call for Evidence, the Ministry will respond to the recommendations made in the report “<em>Taking control, the need for fundamental bailiff reform</em>”, including the recommendation that the complaints procedure should be improved.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135806 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:54:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882744

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection: Enforcement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to establish an independent, transparent complaints procedure for people affected by enforcement agents.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice intends to launch a Call for Evidence on the implementation of the enforcement agent reforms which were introduced in 2014. The purpose of the Call for Evidence will be to seek views from all interested parties about how the reforms are working in practice.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Call for Evidence, the Ministry will respond to the recommendations made in the report “<em>Taking control, the need for fundamental bailiff reform</em>”, including the recommendation that the complaints procedure should be improved.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135805 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:54:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882750

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	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of customs checks were cleared by HMRC within (a) 30 minutes, (b) one hour, (c) 90 minutes, (d) two hours and (e) three hours in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs use a series of risk based controls to identify consignments which should be subject to scrutiny following submission of customs declarations. This minimises delays to legitimate trade and ensures the efficient use of resources whilst effectively protecting society and tax revenue. As interventions are designed to tackle non-compliance, customs control activity is sensitive and details are not publicised.</p><p> </p><p>Between March 2017 and March 2018, approximately 98% of consignments were cleared by customs within 30 minutes of being presented. Approximately 1% of the declarations were subject to further documentary scrutiny. HMRC endeavours to complete these checks within 2 hours (in the case of exportations, air traffic and roll-on roll-off ferries), and 3 hours (in the case of containerised maritime arrivals). HMRC met these targets in 96% of cases during the period.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining 1% of goods were either subject to physical controls, which will have delayed clearance by over 3 hours, or did not clear due to additional complications, such as being abandoned by the trader.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/04/2018 14:09:02 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882752

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	Treasury: Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the Policy Partnership between HM Treasury and HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury (HMT) has a policy partnership with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to develop and deliver tax policy. The Policy Partnership is not a document or policy, but is rather the term used to describe the relationship between HMT and HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>HMT leads on strategic work and tax policy development, supported by HMRC. HMRC leads on policy maintenance and delivery, supported by HMT. The policy partnership covers policy work on all direct and indirect taxes and duties, National Insurance, tax credits and Child Benefit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2018 15:55:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882753

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	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Figure 8 of HMRC's Annual Report 2016-17, what methodology was used to assess the cost of providing personal tax credits and other reliefs at £30.5billion.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Of the £30.5bn referred to in figure 13, page 42 of HMRC’s accounts, the majority (27.1bn) relates to personal tax credits (further details at page 190).</p><p> </p><p>The methodology for calculating Personal Tax credits expenditure considers three main elements;</p><ol><li>Actual expenditure arising from claims</li><li>Anticipated expenditure for claims not yet finalised; and</li><li>Anticipated expenditure for doubtful or challenging debt recovery cases.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The other significant element of the £30.5bn expenditure relates to Corporation tax reliefs (£3.4bn). These values are based on forecasts made at the Spring Budget 2017. The expenditure for other reliefs are based on their take up which is refined and analysed on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/04/2018 14:12:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882754

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	Revenue and Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new contracts is Department has entered into in respect of the Columbus IT procurement programme for HMRC; what the value of those contracts was; and the (a) date and (b) duration of those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has entered into 3 new contracts in respect of the Columbus IT procurement programme. All of the contracts started in July 2017 and are for an initial 3 year period ending June 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Contract</p></td><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>Contract Value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1. Managed Desktop Services</p></td><td><p>Fujitsu</p></td><td><p>£79m-£90m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. HMRC Customer Communication Service</p></td><td><p>Communisis</p></td><td><p>£33m-£90m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3. Managed Print Service</p></td><td><p>HP</p></td><td><p>£20m-£40m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2018 15:46:48 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882755

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	Revenue and Customs: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section 5.1 of HMRC's Annual Report 2016-17, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the low results for engagement amongst HMRC staff compared with other civil servants in other Departments.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC’s Employee Engagement Index (EEI) for the 2017 People Survey is 50%, 3% up from last year with increases in 8 of 9 themes measured in the survey, thus mirroring the overall Civil Service trend. The increase in our EEI to 50% places HMRC 11% away from the Civil Service benchmark 2017 of 61%.</p><p> </p><p>Of the top 3 themes with the strongest association with engagement in HMRC:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>‘Leadership and Managing change’ increased by 5% points, to 39%, still 7% behind the Civil Service benchmark but an overall increase of 9% since 2015.</p></li><li><p>‘My Manager’ increased by 3% scoring 70% equalling the CS benchmark.</p></li><li><p>‘Pay and Benefits’ was the only theme that dropped, down 2% to 22%, some 8% off the benchmark figure – this mirrors the trend across the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>To put into context, HMRC is currently undergoing a substantial change programme ‘Building our Future’, which will rationalise our estate into 13 regional centres and better position ourselves to meet future demands and challenges. This includes several changes to the way people work in HMRC including the introduction of new technology and systems through ‘Making Tax Digital’ and different approaches to how HMRC investigates and identifies tax evaders through looking at how compliance activity will be done in the future. These changes impact on every employee in HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>Following the results publication in December our analytical community and business engagement leads have been looking at the data in greater detail and obtaining substantive feedback from our people through follow up workshops and focus groups.</p><p> </p></li></ul> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/04/2018 14:10:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds