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709263

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2017 to Question 64992, on Attorney General: procurement, how many civil servants of the Law Officers' Departments have contract management responsibility for external providers.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	66990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to be precise about the exact number of civil servants who oversee contracts which have been awarded to external providers.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of the 330 lawyers GLD’s Litigation Group are engaged in managing contracts, for example instructing expert witnesses and counsel.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>12.5 (fte) CPS staff spend more than 50% of their time on commercial work - including 2.0 staff specifically engaged to provide the Government Legal Department purchasing advice.</p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has a central procurement team of three individuals who oversee SFO procurement including managing high value contracts and advising staff on best practice.</p><p> </p><p>There will be other staff across the LODs that are responsible for overseeing contracts however central records are not currently maintained on each staff member involved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/03/2017 17:32:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

709264

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Lloyds Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will make representations to the Serious Fraud Office to open an inquiry into any activity of Lloyds Bank Consumer Debt Recovery and Alder King.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	67052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office is an independent Government department which investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption. In considering whether to take on an investigation, the Director David Green CB QC applies a Statement of Principle, which includes consideration of:</p><p> </p><ul><li>whether the apparent criminality undermines UK PLC’s commercial or financial interests in general and the City of London in particular;</li><li>whether the actual or potential financial loss involved is high;</li><li>whether actual or potential economic harm is significant;</li><li>whether there is a significant public interest element, and;</li><li>whether there is a new type of fraud.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The SFO has given full and lengthy consideration to allegations against Lloyds Bank Consumer Debt Recovery and Alder King but they did not meet the threshold for the Director to open an SFO investigation.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/03/2017 16:31:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

709266

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation he plans to carry out on potential future regional investment funds to replace European Structural and Investments funds, once the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	67089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The government has guaranteed all multi-year European Structural and Investment Fund projects which are signed ahead of the point at which the UK leaves the EU. Departments are working closely with local stakeholders to support them to deliver the current programme. Officials are beginning the long-term work of considering how we can best support our regions following the UK’s departure from the European Union. Further details of this work will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/03/2017 14:11:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

709267

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to revisit the case for adopting public country-by-country reporting in the UK unilaterally, if a multilateral agreement is not forthcoming.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	67093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of efforts to improve tax transparency.</p><p> </p><p>It initiated the international work on country-by-country reporting, calling on the OECD to develop country-by-country reporting to tax authorities as part of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been actively engaged with international partners on a multilateral approach to making this information public, which includes participation in the discussions on a European Commission proposal for public country-by-country reporting.</p><p> </p><p>A multilateral approach is the only way of ensuring an effective model of public country-by-country reporting, one which provides a comprehensive breakdown of information for the jurisdictions in which both domestic and foreign headquartered multinationals operate.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer and other Treasury Ministers continue to meet with their international counterparts on a regular basis, including at the G20 and the European Union, to discuss multilateral actions to counter tax avoidance and promote tax transparency.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 67027 67028 question first answered 13/03/2017 17:22:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

709268

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce VAT on flight training and general aviation-related mechanical or engineering education programmes.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	67039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>Where education is provided for no charge it is outside the scope of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>Where an eligible body such as a university or a further education college charges for supplies of vocational training, or school, higher, or further education, that supply will be exempt from VAT.</p><p> </p><p>While all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to provide further VAT relief for flight training and general aviation-related mechanical or engineering education programmes.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/03/2017 08:22:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

709271

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Entertainers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his proposals on Making Tax Digital, published in December 2015, for what reasons the threshold of an income of £10,000 was agreed; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that threshold on self-employed entertainment sector workers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	67049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>Making Tax Digital for Businesses (MTDfB) will modernise the tax system and make it easier for businesses to get their tax right. A deferral of one year for unincorporated businesses below the VAT threshold was announced at Spring Budget 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The £10,000 threshold was set after considering evidence both about the size of the business population and about the composition of the tax gap.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published an updated impact assessment on 8 March alongside Spring Budget 2017. This estimated the impacts averaged across the entire unincorporated business population, using established models, consultation feedback, stakeholder engagement and internal insight.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/03/2017 08:28:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

709273

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, at how many meetings with Finance Ministers from (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries he has discussed public country-by-country reporting.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	67027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of efforts to improve tax transparency.</p><p> </p><p>It initiated the international work on country-by-country reporting, calling on the OECD to develop country-by-country reporting to tax authorities as part of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been actively engaged with international partners on a multilateral approach to making this information public, which includes participation in the discussions on a European Commission proposal for public country-by-country reporting.</p><p> </p><p>A multilateral approach is the only way of ensuring an effective model of public country-by-country reporting, one which provides a comprehensive breakdown of information for the jurisdictions in which both domestic and foreign headquartered multinationals operate.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer and other Treasury Ministers continue to meet with their international counterparts on a regular basis, including at the G20 and the European Union, to discuss multilateral actions to counter tax avoidance and promote tax transparency.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 67028 67093 question first answered 13/03/2017 17:22:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

709274

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reach a multilateral agreement under which the UK may adopt public country-by-country reporting.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	67028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of efforts to improve tax transparency.</p><p> </p><p>It initiated the international work on country-by-country reporting, calling on the OECD to develop country-by-country reporting to tax authorities as part of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been actively engaged with international partners on a multilateral approach to making this information public, which includes participation in the discussions on a European Commission proposal for public country-by-country reporting.</p><p> </p><p>A multilateral approach is the only way of ensuring an effective model of public country-by-country reporting, one which provides a comprehensive breakdown of information for the jurisdictions in which both domestic and foreign headquartered multinationals operate.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer and other Treasury Ministers continue to meet with their international counterparts on a regular basis, including at the G20 and the European Union, to discuss multilateral actions to counter tax avoidance and promote tax transparency.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 67027 67093 question first answered 13/03/2017 17:22:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

709275

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance Premium Tax: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered setting a special rate of insurance premium tax for charitable organisations.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	67024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) is a tax on the insurer, and there is no obligation to pass the increase on to the customer.</p><p> </p><p>All tax policy is kept under review, however, it would be challenging to implement an exemption for insurance purchased by any specific group. Any such legislation would be very difficult for insurers to implement since this would require them to differentiate between customers who were buying the same type of insurance products.</p><p> </p><p>Charities are a vital part of our society and the Government continues to support them and their donors, including through tax reliefs worth over £5 billion in 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/03/2017 11:05:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

709278

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Excise Duties: Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Financial Secretary to the Treasury has had on tobacco related taxation with representatives of (a) the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health and (b) Action on Smoking and Health.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	67103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text HM Treasury Ministers receive written submissions from a wide range of stakeholders and all of these representations are taken into consideration as part of the policy making process. HM Treasury regularly publishes a list of Ministerial meetings with external organisations, which can be found at:<p> </p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel<p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/03/2017 08:31:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies