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753982

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current number of outstanding business rate appeals lodged with the valuation office is.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	6237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Data on outstanding challenges against the 2010 rating lists in England and Wales, and the 2017 rating lists in Wales, is publicly available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-challenges-and-changes-england-and-wales-june-2017-non-check-challenge-and-appeal-cca</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/09/2017 07:54:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

758624

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure the collection of taxes that have not been paid through error by HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	9405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) robustly pursues all tax due unless there are compelling reasons not to do so. Where it is discovered that tax is due or uncollected because of official error, HMRC will seek payment in the usual way where statutory time limits allow. The amount of debt remitted or written off each year is small in comparison to the record level of tax receipts.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/09/2017 12:50:50 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

758617

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Life Sciences: Fundraising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of life science companies reach their annual and lifetime fundraising limits with the Enterprise Innovation Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts; and if he will publish a comparison with other sectors.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	9488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text HM Revenue and Customs does not currently collect such detailed information on the total amount of tax-advantaged investments received by life science companies using the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts scheme.<p> </p>All available data related to the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts are available in the annual Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme Statistics (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016</a>) and the Venture Capital Trusts Statistics (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</a>) publications.<p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/09/2017 10:50:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

759193

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether those inspecting social investment tax relief advanced assurance applications in his Department are conducting their inspections in line with the current law on social investment tax relief.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	9840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) administers the social investment tax relief (SITR) scheme and applies the current law when considering applications from social enterprises. HMRC does not provide its opinion on non-statutory pre-clearance applications (advance assurances) where there will be, or may be, a rule change that would affect the eligibility of a proposed investment. Investors are able to make such investments without an advance assurance.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/09/2017 13:54:37 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

766010

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many social investment tax relief advanced assurance applications are pending.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	106228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) administers the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes: the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, Venture Capital Trusts and the Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC operates the same targets for all advance assurance applications and submissions of statutory compliance statements under the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes, and deals with around 12,000 cases each year.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC accepts around 70% of all advance assurance and compliance statements without any further enquiry.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 October 2017 HMRC had 25 SITR advance assurance applications on hand.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC aims to respond to all straightforward advance assurance applications received within 15 working days. The target for more complex cases is 40 working days. Cases may take longer to finalise depending on whether further information is needed.</p><p> </p><p>There is no standard length of time to process an advance assurance. Some application will require further clarification, additional information from an EIS company or a social enterprise. Others can be processed on the information supplied by the company or the social enterprise. HMRC attempts to process all applications as speedily as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on EIS, SEIS and SITR will be published on 31 October. These will include statistics on SITR investments and advance assurance applications received in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation was held last year on ways to streamline the advance assurance service and a summary of responses was published in March. The documents can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service</a>. HMRC will be providing an update on progress in due course.</p><p> </p><p>All available data related to the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts are available in the annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016</a>) and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">Venture Capital Trusts Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</a>) publications.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 106227 106229 106230 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:58:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

766012

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Enterprise Investment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average it takes his Department to process advanced assurance applications to the Enterprise Investment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	106227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) administers the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes: the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, Venture Capital Trusts and the Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC operates the same targets for all advance assurance applications and submissions of statutory compliance statements under the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes, and deals with around 12,000 cases each year.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC accepts around 70% of all advance assurance and compliance statements without any further enquiry.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 October 2017 HMRC had 25 SITR advance assurance applications on hand.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC aims to respond to all straightforward advance assurance applications received within 15 working days. The target for more complex cases is 40 working days. Cases may take longer to finalise depending on whether further information is needed.</p><p> </p><p>There is no standard length of time to process an advance assurance. Some application will require further clarification, additional information from an EIS company or a social enterprise. Others can be processed on the information supplied by the company or the social enterprise. HMRC attempts to process all applications as speedily as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on EIS, SEIS and SITR will be published on 31 October. These will include statistics on SITR investments and advance assurance applications received in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation was held last year on ways to streamline the advance assurance service and a summary of responses was published in March. The documents can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service</a>. HMRC will be providing an update on progress in due course.</p><p> </p><p>All available data related to the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts are available in the annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016</a>) and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">Venture Capital Trusts Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</a>) publications.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 106228 106229 106230 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:58:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

766011

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average it takes his Department to process advanced assurance applications for social investment tax relief.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	106229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) administers the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes: the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, Venture Capital Trusts and the Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC operates the same targets for all advance assurance applications and submissions of statutory compliance statements under the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes, and deals with around 12,000 cases each year.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC accepts around 70% of all advance assurance and compliance statements without any further enquiry.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 October 2017 HMRC had 25 SITR advance assurance applications on hand.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC aims to respond to all straightforward advance assurance applications received within 15 working days. The target for more complex cases is 40 working days. Cases may take longer to finalise depending on whether further information is needed.</p><p> </p><p>There is no standard length of time to process an advance assurance. Some application will require further clarification, additional information from an EIS company or a social enterprise. Others can be processed on the information supplied by the company or the social enterprise. HMRC attempts to process all applications as speedily as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on EIS, SEIS and SITR will be published on 31 October. These will include statistics on SITR investments and advance assurance applications received in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation was held last year on ways to streamline the advance assurance service and a summary of responses was published in March. The documents can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service</a>. HMRC will be providing an update on progress in due course.</p><p> </p><p>All available data related to the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts are available in the annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016</a>) and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">Venture Capital Trusts Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</a>) publications.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 106227 106228 106230 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:58:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

766009

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has set performance targets to expedite the advanced assurance application process for social investment tax relief.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	106230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) administers the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes: the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, Venture Capital Trusts and the Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC operates the same targets for all advance assurance applications and submissions of statutory compliance statements under the tax-advantaged venture capital schemes, and deals with around 12,000 cases each year.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC accepts around 70% of all advance assurance and compliance statements without any further enquiry.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 October 2017 HMRC had 25 SITR advance assurance applications on hand.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC aims to respond to all straightforward advance assurance applications received within 15 working days. The target for more complex cases is 40 working days. Cases may take longer to finalise depending on whether further information is needed.</p><p> </p><p>There is no standard length of time to process an advance assurance. Some application will require further clarification, additional information from an EIS company or a social enterprise. Others can be processed on the information supplied by the company or the social enterprise. HMRC attempts to process all applications as speedily as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on EIS, SEIS and SITR will be published on 31 October. These will include statistics on SITR investments and advance assurance applications received in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation was held last year on ways to streamline the advance assurance service and a summary of responses was published in March. The documents can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tax-advantaged-venture-capital-schemes-streamlining-the-advance-assurance-service</a>. HMRC will be providing an update on progress in due course.</p><p> </p><p>All available data related to the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts are available in the annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics-october-2016</a>) and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">Venture Capital Trusts Statistics</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</a>) publications.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 106227 106228 106229 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:58:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

789969

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Save as You Earn
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 increasing the Save As You Earn contribution holiday period from six to 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	113320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The Save As You Earn employee share scheme is a savings-related share scheme where employees can buy shares with savings for a fixed price. The contributions holiday was designed to offer employees flexibility in saving. The Chancellor announced at Autumn Budget 2017 that employees on maternity and parental leave will be able to take a pause of up to 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 113448 question first answered 24/11/2017 11:52:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

805175

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of expertise HM Revenue and Customs staff have on customs procedures; whether such expertise is accredited through (a) formal qualifications and (b) membership of professional bodies; and how many such staff are trained to the level of the BTEC intermediate award in Customs Export and Import Procedures.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>HMRC is recognised globally as a leading customs authority and for the professionalism and expertise of its staff. HMRC staff are trained in customs procedures through a comprehensive internal blended Learning Framework that includes formal learning, coaching, mentoring, practical application, and mandatory continuous professional development. This blended Learning Framework covers all the tax areas HMRC is responsible for.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC no longer aligns its training programme with BTEC qualifications, and instead relies on the Learning Framework which has been designed to build capability in incremental stages. This ensures that HMRC has the high quality training necessary to meet their bespoke knowledge and skills requirements. Ongoing assessment through a Quality Assurance Framework is used to ensure the capability of staff to carry out their role.</p><p> </p><p>External accreditation includes World Customs Organization training in specialist areas such as Strategic Trade Control Enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/12/2017 17:08:09 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds