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751652

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from organisations representing sign-language interpreters for the deaf on the IR35 tax system.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	4767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor receives representations from a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/07/2017 14:55:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

751653

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual yield to the Exchequer of reversing the rate reduction of the Bank Levy introduced in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	4783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>There was a one off Banker’s Bonus Tax in 2009-10 aimed at encouraging banks to rebuild their financial base in the wake of the financial crisis.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, the government has been clear that banks should make a fair contribution to the Exchequer. For that reason, in 2011 the government introduced the bank levy, a tax on banks’ balance sheets that has so far raised £14.3bn. In 2015 the government set out a long term plan for bank taxation, announcing the introduction of an 8% bank corporation tax surcharge alongside reform of the levy. The OBR forecast that these two measures will raise £18.9bn over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 4784 question first answered 18/07/2017 14:59:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

751654

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual yield to the Exchequer of the introduction of a banker's bonus tax.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	4784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>There was a one off Banker’s Bonus Tax in 2009-10 aimed at encouraging banks to rebuild their financial base in the wake of the financial crisis.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, the government has been clear that banks should make a fair contribution to the Exchequer. For that reason, in 2011 the government introduced the bank levy, a tax on banks’ balance sheets that has so far raised £14.3bn. In 2015 the government set out a long term plan for bank taxation, announcing the introduction of an 8% bank corporation tax surcharge alongside reform of the levy. The OBR forecast that these two measures will raise £18.9bn over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 4783 question first answered 18/07/2017 14:59:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

751655

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has recovered from company liquidations caused by unpaid accelerated payment notice debts.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	4786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has stringent governance arrangements in place where insolvency is considered. Each case is considered individually and, where a company is trading insolvent, HMRC must take the most appropriate action to mitigate the tax losses. Many factors are considered when deciding whether to petition against a company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC treats unpaid Accelerated Payments as any other established debt using their range of debt collection powers as necessary to recover what is owed, including insolvency powers where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold information on the amount recovered from company liquidations caused by unpaid accelerated payment notice debts. Any insolvency action in relation to unpaid accelerated payment notices is currently at an early stage.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 4787 question first answered 18/07/2017 15:03:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

751656

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to include milk-based products.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	4785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has committed to review the exemption for milk-based products in 2020 based on evidence from Public Health England on the progress the industry has made on reformulating their products.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/07/2017 14:52:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

751666

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Central Motoring Police Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the decision of West Mercia Police to withdraw from the Central Motorway Police Group on its responsibility to collaborate effectively with other police forces.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	4773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Decisions on how the police enforce the law and deploy their available resources, including collaboration arrangements, are the responsibility of individual Chief Officers, taking into account the specific local problems and demands with which they are faced.</p><p>The Home Office has therefore not made any assessment of the effect of the withdrawal of West Mercia Police from the Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) on levels of public safety.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 4774 question first answered 18/07/2017 12:45:06 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

751670

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make an announcement on the successful bidders for funding under New Station Fund 2.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	4770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Assessment of the New Stations Fund bids is now complete and I hope to announce the successful projects shortly.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/07/2017 11:30:23 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

751671

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applying for employment and support allowance in Scotland had to wait more than six weeks to receive their benefit in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	4794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>The management information system used to report Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) clearance times only shows data on the average time or the number cleared within 5, 10, 16 or 21 days. The system cannot produce data on cases which had to wait more than 6 weeks to receive their benefit.</p><p> </p><p>However ESA claimants are paid an assessment rate of benefit based on a preliminary decision prior to going through the work capability assessment. This means that the majority of claimants receive a decision on their claim with the first 10 working days.</p><p> </p><p>From April 17 – June 17 85.2% of claimants have received a decision on their claim within 10 working days.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/07/2017 13:30:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

751672

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 3597, what form of dispute resolution body he envisages enforcing the rights in the Withdrawal Agreement which will have the status of international law.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	4803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The large majority of ​international agreements involve some form of dispute resolution or enforcement mechanism​ and there are a range of models for dispute resolution mechanisms in international agreements.</p><p>We have been clear that we will bring an end to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the United Kingdom. The dispute resolution mechanisms adopted as part of our future relationship with the EU will be a matter for negotiation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/07/2017 11:15:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

751677

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bombings: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take as a result of the admission and apology by Mick Hayes in relation to the Birmingham pub bombing in 1974.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	4973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The murder of 21 people by Irish Republican turmoil in 1974 in the Birmingham pub bombing was a heinous crime perpetrated on innocent people. Comments made by Mick Hayes in relation to the bombings are a matter for the police. The investigation into the bombings is still open and as such it would be inappropriate to comment further.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 18/07/2017 15:11:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips