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1146117

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost to UK business of the roll-out of the off-payroll rules to the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	290936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (sometimes known as IR35) have been in place since 2000. They are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees pay broadly the same amount of tax and NICs, regardless of the structure they work through. They do not affect the self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 the Government reformed the way the rules operate in the public sector in order to address widespread non-compliance. Evidence shows that compliance is improving, without reducing the flexibility of the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced that the reform would be extended to all sectors, but not until April 2020, giving businesses more time to prepare. The Government has consulted extensively on the reform and HMRC are rolling out guidance as well as an education and support programme.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 July 2019, HMRC published a Tax Information and Impact Note setting out the costs to business and individuals of the reform. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 290937 290938 290939 question first answered 04/10/2019 13:34:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1146118

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the number of contracting roles that will potentially be lost to the UK economy from the roll-out of the off-payroll rules.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	290937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (sometimes known as IR35) have been in place since 2000. They are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees pay broadly the same amount of tax and NICs, regardless of the structure they work through. They do not affect the self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 the Government reformed the way the rules operate in the public sector in order to address widespread non-compliance. Evidence shows that compliance is improving, without reducing the flexibility of the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced that the reform would be extended to all sectors, but not until April 2020, giving businesses more time to prepare. The Government has consulted extensively on the reform and HMRC are rolling out guidance as well as an education and support programme.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 July 2019, HMRC published a Tax Information and Impact Note setting out the costs to business and individuals of the reform. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 290936 290938 290939 question first answered 04/10/2019 13:34:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1146119

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the public sector of the off-payroll rules.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	290938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (sometimes known as IR35) have been in place since 2000. They are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees pay broadly the same amount of tax and NICs, regardless of the structure they work through. They do not affect the self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 the Government reformed the way the rules operate in the public sector in order to address widespread non-compliance. Evidence shows that compliance is improving, without reducing the flexibility of the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced that the reform would be extended to all sectors, but not until April 2020, giving businesses more time to prepare. The Government has consulted extensively on the reform and HMRC are rolling out guidance as well as an education and support programme.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 July 2019, HMRC published a Tax Information and Impact Note setting out the costs to business and individuals of the reform. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 290936 290937 290939 question first answered 04/10/2019 13:34:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1146120

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on rates of pay of the off-payroll roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	290939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (sometimes known as IR35) have been in place since 2000. They are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees pay broadly the same amount of tax and NICs, regardless of the structure they work through. They do not affect the self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 the Government reformed the way the rules operate in the public sector in order to address widespread non-compliance. Evidence shows that compliance is improving, without reducing the flexibility of the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced that the reform would be extended to all sectors, but not until April 2020, giving businesses more time to prepare. The Government has consulted extensively on the reform and HMRC are rolling out guidance as well as an education and support programme.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 July 2019, HMRC published a Tax Information and Impact Note setting out the costs to business and individuals of the reform. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 290936 290937 290938 question first answered 04/10/2019 13:34:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

997668

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many international treaties with third parties the UK is party to as a result of its membership of the EU; and how many of those treaties the UK plans to replicate after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	185557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The EU Treaties Office Database lists Treaties relating to our EU membership: http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/default.home.do.</p><p>Not all of these require action as the UK leaves the EU. We are seeking to replicate the effects of our international treaties, as far as possible and where relevant, and we are engaging closely with third parties to deliver this continuity as we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/11/2018 16:14:23 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

999137

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	EU External Trade: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the article entitled UK has rolled over only 14 of 236 EU International Treaties published by the Financial Times on 29 October 2018, how many of the EU free trade agreements the Government has secured agreement to replicate.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	186277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>As an EU Member State, the UK currently participates in around 40 free trade agreements. The Government continues to seek continuity for the effects of these agreements as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 09/11/2018 11:11:29 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

997669

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many free trade agreements with third parties the UK is party to as a result of its membership of the EU ; and how many of those agreements the UK Government plans to replicate after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	185558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>As an EU member state, the UK currently participates in around 40 free trade agreements. A list of these agreements can be found here: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/negotiations-and-agreements/" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/negotiations-and-agreements/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is seeking continuity for the effects of these agreements as we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 06/11/2018 11:27:17 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

997670

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many international treaties with third countries the UK is party to as a result of the UK's membership of the EU; and how many of those treaties the Government plans to (a) alter and (b) renegotiate after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	185559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The EU Treaties Office Database lists Treaties relating to our EU membership: http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/default.home.do.</p><p>Not all of these require action as the UK leaves the EU. We are seeking to replicate the effects of our international treaties, as far as possible and where relevant, and we are engaging closely with third parties to deliver this continuity as we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/11/2018 16:18:05 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

973268

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the Crossrail 2 independent affordability review.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	174657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Crossrail 2 Independent Affordability Review, chaired by Mike Gerrard, has provided interim recommendations to the Secretary of State for Transport and Mayor of London this summer, including recommendations for further work to ensure the scheme taken forward is affordable. Further work is now being taken forward to inform the next steps for the project and complete the Review.</p><p> </p><p>Following the additional work, we expect to publish the findings of the Gerrard Review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/10/2018 10:50:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

909124

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shared Ownership Schemes: Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a first-time buyer purchasing a shared ownership resale property qualifies for the first-time buyer relief on Stamp Duty Land Tax if they elect to pay that tax on the full value of the property rather than on the share being purchased.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	146185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The option to elect to pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on the full market value of shared ownership property can only be made by the first purchaser on the initial grant of a lease to them. Subsequent purchasers are not able to make an election.</p><p> </p><p>However, where there is a resale of a shared ownership property, first time buyers’ relief will be available where the purchase price is £500,000 or below.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/05/2018 10:41:02 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond