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882755

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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	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

882756

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: Tax Allowances
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 provide full Council Tax Relief for working-age people.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not collect data on the number of local authorities offering full council tax relief to working-age applicants. There are currently 2.4 million working-age claimants in receipt of a reduced council tax bill across England.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/04/2018 15:02:17 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882757

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date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Wheelchairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the practice of taxi hire firms nominating cars suitable for wheelchairs as private hire taxis only thereby increasing the costs of taxi hire for disabled users.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Both taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) provide disabled people with an essential service, enabling them to complete door-to-door journeys where other forms of transport may not be accessible.</p><p> </p><p>Section 165 of the Equality Act 2010 ensures that drivers of designated wheelchair accessible taxis and PHVs cannot charge wheelchair users more than other passengers, and we encourage licensing authorities to take the steps necessary to ensure the rules apply to drivers in their area.</p><p> </p><p>Authorities should also use their existing powers to ensure that taxi and PHV fleets include an appropriate mix of vehicles to ensure the service they provide is accessible to wheelchair users and other disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 23/04/2018 15:08:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882758

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	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been of administering the childcare service portal in each month since the beginning of the portal's operation.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the cost of administering the childcare service each month. These include the operational costs of providing call centre support and ongoing IT service support costs.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Cost (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 17</p></td><td><p>1,937,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 17</p></td><td><p>2,294,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 17</p></td><td><p>2,469,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 17</p></td><td><p>2,824,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 17</p></td><td><p>3,291,804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 17</p></td><td><p>3,822,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 17</p></td><td><p>3,018,888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 17</p></td><td><p>3,479,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 17</p></td><td><p>3,229,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 18</p></td><td><p>3,730,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 18</p></td><td><p>3,384,455</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 18</p></td><td><p>3,562,783</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/04/2018 14:04:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds