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926848

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when compliance yield started to be reported by HMRC; and to what extent the different components counting towards the calculation of that yield have varied since compliance yield started to be reported.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has reported the impact of its compliance work each year since it was formed in 2005. Compliance yield is recorded under five classifications:</p><ul><li>Cash expected</li><li>Revenue loss prevented</li><li>Future revenue benefit (FRB)</li><li>Product and process yield</li><li>Accelerated Payments</li></ul><p> </p><p>These classifications are explained further in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, which also sets out (on page 23) the size of each of these components. The document can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts</p><p> </p><p>Other than the inclusion of ‘Accelerated Payments’ from 2014, the methodology for calculating HMRC’s compliance yield has remained stable since the start of the SR10 period. Since the start of SR15, HMRC has reported FRB in the year in which the FRB has an impact on Exchequer receipts rather than in the year in which HMRC complete compliance interventions.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2018 11:38:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

926849

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC monthly performance update: January 2018, published on 1 March 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for (a) the reduction in post turnaround speed between 2013-14 and 2015-16, and (b) the improvement in post turnaround speed 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2014-15 HMRC introduced a number of longer-term changes to improve customer service, such as a new telephony system and digital mail system, which unfortunately led to longer call handling times. To limit these impacts HMRC prioritised phone service over post, which led to a reduction in post performance. During the early part of 2015-16 due to the prioritisation of phones over post HMRC had a large amount of post on hand which led to significant underperformance. HMRC took action during the year to address the poor performance by recruiting additional staff and moving staff from other areas of HMRC to work on post.</p><p> </p><p>Efforts to reduce the levels of post on hand resulted in improved service levels – during the last four months of 2015-16 HMRC turned around more than 95% of post within 40 days and more than 70% within 15 days. The improvement continued into 2016-17 where HMRC exceeded their targets for turning round customer post.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2018 11:27:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

926850

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	General Anti-abuse Rule Advisory Panel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where redacted versions of opinions by the General Anti-Abuse Rule Advisory Panel are publicly available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR) Advisory Panel opinions are published on GOV.UK at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-avoidance-general-anti-abuse-rule-gaar</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2018 11:29:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

926964

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Spirits: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the price elasticity of spirits and the appropriate rate of duty on them.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The price elasticity of demand for spirits used by the Government is available online on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimation-of-price-elasticities-of-demand-for-alcohol-in-the-uk" target="_blank">HMRC’s website</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are used to create forecasts and costings, which are compared with actual duty receipts to check that the published elasticities remain reasonable. All costings are subject to OBR scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2018 11:41:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

926966

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on the use of the Excise Movement and Control System (a) during and (b) after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK and EU negotiating teams have reached agreement on the terms of an implementation period that will start on 30 March 2019 and last until 31 December 2020. During the implementation period, the UK will no longer be a Member State of the European Union, but market access will continue on current terms.</p><p> </p><p>To give businesses and citizens certainty, common rules will remain in place until the end of the period meaning businesses will be able to trade on the same terms as now up until the end of 2020. Going forward, it will be for the UK government and Parliament to decide what excise rules we have, subject to the outcome of negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2018 11:22:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

927032

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the financial savings which will arise from the Building Our Future programme.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>HMRC’s Building our Future Locations Programme is the key to its wider transformation. HMRC currently expects that the move to regional centres will result in savings of around £300 million up to 2025. The Locations Programme will also deliver annual cash savings of £74 million in 2025-26, compared with 2015-16 costs, rising to around £90 million by 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2018 11:35:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

927034

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases referred by HMRC to prosecuting authorities relating to serious and complex tax crime by corporations have been taken up by those authorities in every year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The tables below show the number of individuals referred to independent prosecuting authorities since 2011/12 and the number of positive charging decisions during the same period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total Number of Individuals Referred to Prosecuting Authorities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1199</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total Number of Positive Charging Decisions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1007</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold this data for earlier years.</p><p> </p><p>Changes in numbers between years will be partly due to natural fluctuation, but HMRC are also dealing with increasingly complex investigations and more and more sophisticated criminal organisations, which will affect the length and resource requirements for cases.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC investigates companies where fraudulent behaviour can be attributed to individuals who are directing minds of the company. 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> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2018 11:24:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

927035

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on ensuring coordination between NHS trusts and Local Safeguarding Children Boards after the decision was taken to disband the specialist team focused on female genital mutilation.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Throughout the previous female genital mutilation (FGM) Prevention Programme, the focus of protecting young girls from FGM remained on local National Health Service trusts, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and Local Safeguarding Children Boards and other partners to develop appropriate local arrangements to deliver the improvements themselves.</p><p> </p><p>Governance and monitoring/planning was built into the Programme framework since its launch in 2014, including plans to conclude the Programme and discussions and arrangements for the work to be taken forward after April 2018. Over the four years since the launch, regular discussions took place between Departmental officials and NHS England, who worked closely with regional safeguarding teams across England, and these teams will be carrying on the work to tackle FGM across the NHS in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Programme held a number of transition events, both regionally and nationally, and communicated with all key stakeholders including Local Safeguarding Children Boards, to strengthen the focus on local progress and coordination. Regional safeguarding teams will now oversee this work.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and its partners remain committed to tackling FGM and ensuring that all respective staff understand that this important element of safeguarding work remains as business as usual. All partners involved will continue to protect and support young girls potentially at risk from FGM, which is a completely unnecessary medical and highly physically and mentally damaging procedure.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/06/2018 16:17:48 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

927038

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many actions for failure to notify under the disclosure of tax avoidance schemes legislation have been taken by HMRC against firms using the employment allowance avoidance scheme described by HMRC's guidance of the 29th June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>HMRC is taking robust action in response to avoidance involving the abuse of Employment Allowance (EA), including legislative change and targeted compliance activity against those who abuse the allowance. Action under Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) is only one of a range of actions available. HMRC will also consider criminal prosecution where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2018 11:33:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

917622

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the press release, Dormant Assets Scheme bolstered by industry leaders, of 3 June 2018, how much and what proportion of the money reclaimed by the scheme has been used to fund financial inclusion; and how many people have benefited from that work.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	150245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>In England, all funding released from dormant assets so far has been put towards social investment initiatives by Big Society Capital. However, in January 2018 the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport committed to use £55 million from new tranches of dormant asset funding on financial inclusion in England. This money will be put towards increasing the use of fair, affordable and appropriate financial products and services. Following an ongoing engagement exercise, Ministers are expected to announce further details on how this will be used in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/06/2018 11:21:59 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds