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1024012

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Northern Rail on improving the reliability of train services.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	201586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings with all of our Train Operating Companies and owning groups on franchise matters.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the case of Northern Rail, the Rail North Partnership (RNP) manages the Northern franchise on behalf of the Department and Transport for the North (TfN). Arriva Rail North operates the Northern rail franchise under a legally binding contract and is constantly monitored as to its contractual compliance.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/12/2018 15:48:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1024017

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate additional funding to the Childhood Obesity Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	201587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>There are no current plans to allocate additional funding to the childhood obesity strategy.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/12/2018 11:57:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1023194

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of paying benefits to working parents whose children are living abroad in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	201120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not collect data on the entire benefits system. However, for Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit paid, which amounted to £11.7 billion and £20.9 billion in 2017-18 respectively, it is estimated that £35 million was paid for children resident in another EEA country. This consists of £20 million of Child Benefit and £15 million of Child Tax Credit.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/12/2018 17:47:31 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1020403

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Social Rented Housing: Mental Illness
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 make an estimate of the number of people with mental health problems that are on social housing waiting lists.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	199310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the answer I gave on 17 October 2018 to question UIN 177200.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/12/2018 16:56:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1010650

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2018 to Questions 185525-8 on Tax Avoidance, whom he defines as (a) employers and (b) individuals.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	193399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>In the context of the legislation at S554A of ITEPA 2003, employers are those who have set up a disguised remuneration (DR) scheme and remunerated their staff or themselves through the DR scheme they have set up. Individuals are employees who are personally responsible for their tax arrangements because HMRC cannot reasonably collect the liability from the employer.</p><p>A breakdown of the number of DR users classified as employers who are individuals paid through their own limited companies is not available. However, the structure of this type of scheme and the costs involved with using one means that it is not likely to be an individual paying themselves through their own limited company.</p><p>HMRC are pursing employers who have used a DR scheme to pay their employees. So far, over 90% of the £650 million collected since Budget 2016 has been collected from employers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 193400 question first answered 28/11/2018 17:51:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1010651

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2018 to Questions 185525-8 on Tax Avoidance, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of the scheme users classified as employers are individuals who were paid through their own limited companies.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	193400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>In the context of the legislation at S554A of ITEPA 2003, employers are those who have set up a disguised remuneration (DR) scheme and remunerated their staff or themselves through the DR scheme they have set up. Individuals are employees who are personally responsible for their tax arrangements because HMRC cannot reasonably collect the liability from the employer.</p><p>A breakdown of the number of DR users classified as employers who are individuals paid through their own limited companies is not available. However, the structure of this type of scheme and the costs involved with using one means that it is not likely to be an individual paying themselves through their own limited company.</p><p>HMRC are pursing employers who have used a DR scheme to pay their employees. So far, over 90% of the £650 million collected since Budget 2016 has been collected from employers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 193399 question first answered 28/11/2018 17:51:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1010655

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2018 to Questions 185525-8 on Tax Avoidance, how many promoters and providers of disguised remuneration schemes have been (a) pursued or investigated and (b) penalised or prosecuted by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	193401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC takes tackling promoters of avoidance schemes seriously, but does not currently categorise information in such a way as to identify disguised remuneration schemes specifically.</p><p> </p><p>In recent years, HMRC has been investigating over 100 promoters and others involved in avoidance, including disguised remuneration arrangements. In the last year, HMRC has taken litigation action against 5 scheme promoters for failure to disclose under Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes with others deciding to disclose to avoid litigation. Further cases will be litigated in the year ahead.</p><p>HMRC has used its powers under the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes to challenge promoters and others. HMRC has also made three successful complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority about misleading advertising; two of which relate to disguised remuneration schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will also consider criminal investigation and make referrals to prosecuting authorities, where appropriate. Since the formation of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service on 1 April 2016 more than 15 individuals have been convicted for offences relating to the promotion and operation of marketed tax avoidance schemes and sentenced to over 95 years custodial with an additional 4 years suspended sentences being ordered, additional matters are the subject of ongoing enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 193402 question first answered 28/11/2018 17:48:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1010656

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2018 to Questions 185525-8 on Tax Avoidance, what estimate he has made of the number of promoters and providers of disguised remuneration schemes he expects to be (a) pursued or investigated and (b) penalised or prosecuted by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	193402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC takes tackling promoters of avoidance schemes seriously, but does not currently categorise information in such a way as to identify disguised remuneration schemes specifically.</p><p> </p><p>In recent years, HMRC has been investigating over 100 promoters and others involved in avoidance, including disguised remuneration arrangements. In the last year, HMRC has taken litigation action against 5 scheme promoters for failure to disclose under Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes with others deciding to disclose to avoid litigation. Further cases will be litigated in the year ahead.</p><p>HMRC has used its powers under the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes to challenge promoters and others. HMRC has also made three successful complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority about misleading advertising; two of which relate to disguised remuneration schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will also consider criminal investigation and make referrals to prosecuting authorities, where appropriate. Since the formation of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service on 1 April 2016 more than 15 individuals have been convicted for offences relating to the promotion and operation of marketed tax avoidance schemes and sentenced to over 95 years custodial with an additional 4 years suspended sentences being ordered, additional matters are the subject of ongoing enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 193401 question first answered 28/11/2018 17:48:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

997696

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the £3.2 billion that the Loan Charge 2019 is estimated to raise for the public purse by 2021 is projected to be recovered from scheme providers.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	185525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government estimates that £3.2 billion from the loan charge policy will be collected from scheme users who can be employers or individuals. 75% of the estimated amount is expected from employers and 25% from individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals of over 650 million pounds. More than 90% of this amount was collected from employers, with less than 10% from individuals. If scheme users repay the loan or agree a settlement for the tax that they owe with HMRC, they will not face the charge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Providers or promoters of tax avoidance schemes are not liable for the loan charge unless they themselves have used arrangements caught by the legislation. HMRC pursues those who promote or enable tax avoidance schemes to ensure that nobody profits from selling avoidance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 185526 185527 185528 question first answered 07/11/2018 16:03:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

997702

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer,what proportion of the £3.2 billion that the Loan Charge 2019 is estimated to raise for the public purse by 2021 is projected to be recovered from scheme users.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	185526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government estimates that £3.2 billion from the loan charge policy will be collected from scheme users who can be employers or individuals. 75% of the estimated amount is expected from employers and 25% from individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals of over 650 million pounds. More than 90% of this amount was collected from employers, with less than 10% from individuals. If scheme users repay the loan or agree a settlement for the tax that they owe with HMRC, they will not face the charge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Providers or promoters of tax avoidance schemes are not liable for the loan charge unless they themselves have used arrangements caught by the legislation. HMRC pursues those who promote or enable tax avoidance schemes to ensure that nobody profits from selling avoidance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 185525 185527 185528 question first answered 07/11/2018 16:03:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans