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156988

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Iran
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of Iran's financial and material support for Hamas.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by Iran’s ongoing financial and material support for Hamas and other Palestinian rejectionist groups. The supply of arms to Hamas contravenes the embargo on Iranian arms exports established by UN Security Council Resolution 1747 and undermines prospects for peace and stability in the Middle East.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/11/2014 14:26:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

179531

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Spirits
	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 contribution of the spirits industry to economic activity in the wider economy.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	224341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>Ernst &amp; Young (EY) have recently published its economic impact analysis of the spirits industry in the UK. The EY report which can be found online includes estimates of the spirits industry’s financial contribution to the UK economy, contribution to economic activity and the number of jobs the industry supports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 224340 224343 question first answered 24/02/2015 17:34:49 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

179532

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Spirits: Taxation
	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 how much consumers of spirits paid in duty, tax and VAT in the latest period for which figures are avaiable.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	224342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>Receipts from duties on spirits that are released for consumption in the UK are published in our monthly alcohol bulletin:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on VAT paid by consumers on spirits is not available. HM Revenue &amp; Customs do not collect data on VAT receipts by individual goods or services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/02/2015 17:37:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

179533

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Spirits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs are supported by the spirits industry in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	224343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>Ernst &amp; Young (EY) have recently published its economic impact analysis of the spirits industry in the UK. The EY report which can be found online includes estimates of the spirits industry’s financial contribution to the UK economy, contribution to economic activity and the number of jobs the industry supports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 224340 224341 question first answered 24/02/2015 17:34:49 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

179534

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Spirits
	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 contribution of the spirits industry to the UK economy.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	224340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>Ernst &amp; Young (EY) have recently published its economic impact analysis of the spirits industry in the UK. The EY report which can be found online includes estimates of the spirits industry’s financial contribution to the UK economy, contribution to economic activity and the number of jobs the industry supports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 224341 224343 question first answered 24/02/2015 17:34:49 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

386499

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to UK companies who will need to implement the General Data Protection Regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency policy, meetings between ministers and external organisations are published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice published an Impact Assessment on the Commission’s original proposals for a General Data Protection Regulation on the 22nd November 2012. The Council of the European Union agreed on a general approach at Justice and Home Affairs Council on June 15 2015 after making many amendments to the text. The Government is currently evaluating the impact the Council’s text would have on the UK overall. The potential effect of specific elements of the text on a range of sectors, including the financial sector, will also be explored.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not issued any guidance to companies about the General Data Protection Regulation as the final text is still under negotiation. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, the Information Commissioner’s Office will be considering what guidance may be necessary in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently exploring how it will need to implement the provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation requiring national legislation after the final text has been adopted. Negotiations on the Regulation remain ongoing. Once a final text is adopted, it will be a minimum of two years before it comes into force.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4891 4892 4894 question first answered 08/07/2015 16:06:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

386500

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislation to enact the General Data Protection Regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency policy, meetings between ministers and external organisations are published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice published an Impact Assessment on the Commission’s original proposals for a General Data Protection Regulation on the 22nd November 2012. The Council of the European Union agreed on a general approach at Justice and Home Affairs Council on June 15 2015 after making many amendments to the text. The Government is currently evaluating the impact the Council’s text would have on the UK overall. The potential effect of specific elements of the text on a range of sectors, including the financial sector, will also be explored.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not issued any guidance to companies about the General Data Protection Regulation as the final text is still under negotiation. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, the Information Commissioner’s Office will be considering what guidance may be necessary in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently exploring how it will need to implement the provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation requiring national legislation after the final text has been adopted. Negotiations on the Regulation remain ongoing. Once a final text is adopted, it will be a minimum of two years before it comes into force.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4891 4892 4893 question first answered 08/07/2015 16:06:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

386529

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings his Department has had with the (a) Corporation of London and (b) FCA on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation and possible costs to the UK financial services sector.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency policy, meetings between ministers and external organisations are published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice published an Impact Assessment on the Commission’s original proposals for a General Data Protection Regulation on the 22nd November 2012. The Council of the European Union agreed on a general approach at Justice and Home Affairs Council on June 15 2015 after making many amendments to the text. The Government is currently evaluating the impact the Council’s text would have on the UK overall. The potential effect of specific elements of the text on a range of sectors, including the financial sector, will also be explored.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not issued any guidance to companies about the General Data Protection Regulation as the final text is still under negotiation. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, the Information Commissioner’s Office will be considering what guidance may be necessary in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently exploring how it will need to implement the provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation requiring national legislation after the final text has been adopted. Negotiations on the Regulation remain ongoing. Once a final text is adopted, it will be a minimum of two years before it comes into force.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4891 4893 4894 question first answered 08/07/2015 16:06:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

386530

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of General Data Protection Regulation on the (a) UK economy and (b) UK financial services sector.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency policy, meetings between ministers and external organisations are published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice published an Impact Assessment on the Commission’s original proposals for a General Data Protection Regulation on the 22nd November 2012. The Council of the European Union agreed on a general approach at Justice and Home Affairs Council on June 15 2015 after making many amendments to the text. The Government is currently evaluating the impact the Council’s text would have on the UK overall. The potential effect of specific elements of the text on a range of sectors, including the financial sector, will also be explored.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not issued any guidance to companies about the General Data Protection Regulation as the final text is still under negotiation. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, the Information Commissioner’s Office will be considering what guidance may be necessary in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently exploring how it will need to implement the provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation requiring national legislation after the final text has been adopted. Negotiations on the Regulation remain ongoing. Once a final text is adopted, it will be a minimum of two years before it comes into force.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4892 4893 4894 question first answered 08/07/2015 16:06:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

92459

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to table 4.1 in HM Revenue and Customs report, The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate of income tax, published in March 2012, what recent estimate his Department has made of taxable income elasticity for the UK economy.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>i, ii and iii. The estimated impact of the additional rate on tax liabilities is set out in Chapter 5 of the HM Revenue and Customs report “The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate of income tax”. This report sets out the latest estimates of the taxable income elasticity, and the forestalling and other behavioural effects. It is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>iv. In 1988 the top rate of income tax was reduced from 60 per cent to 40 per cent (the ‘higher rate’). The table below details the tax liabilities for higher rate payers from 1997/98 to 2009/10. Comparable figures are not available for the previous years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Tax Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Liability after Deductions £million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997/1998</p></td><td><p>32,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998/1999</p></td><td><p>38,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999/2000</p></td><td><p>45,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000/2001</p></td><td><p>54,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/2002</p></td><td><p>56,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/2003</p></td><td><p>57,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/2004</p></td><td><p>57,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/2005</p></td><td><p>65,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>76,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>84,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>93,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>89,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>82,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>v. Current and previous estimates of revenue from the 50% income tax rate can be found in the Office of Budget Responsibility’s March 2012 Economic Fiscal Outlook report, “Box 4.2: The additional rate of income tax”.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>£ billion</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Outturn</p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Forecast</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liabilities Basis</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Underlying Impact of 50p rate: Original Estimate</p><p>OBR estimate June 2010 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIE" target="_blank">TIE</a>=0.35)</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Current Costing<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Difference</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>-1.8</p></td><td><p>-1.9</p></td><td><p>-2.1</p></td><td><p>-2.2</p></td><td><p>-2.5</p></td><td><p>-2.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup><em>Based on the current estimates cost of reduction in the rate from 50% to 40%</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>vi. Chart 5.1 of the HMRC Report details the number of taxpayers with incomes above £150,000 for the years 2000/01 to 2010/11 (see link above).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The estimated number of taxpayers liable to the additional rate of income tax for more recent years is published in the HMRC National Statistics table 2.1 available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306826/Table_2.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306826/Table_2.1.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>vii. Estimates of income tax liabilities by income range are published in the HMRC National Statistics table 2.5 available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306857/Table_2.5.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306857/Table_2.5.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Shares of income tax liabilities by percentile group are available in table 2.4 at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306831/Table_2.4.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306831/Table_2.4.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes (<a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPI" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPI" target="_blank">SPI</a>) outturn data up to 2011-12, and then projected to 2013-14 in line with the <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_for_Budget_Responsibility" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_for_Budget_Responsibility" target="_blank">Office for Budget Responsibility</a>'s latest economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 210041 210042 210043 210044 210045 210046 question first answered 17/10/2014 11:58:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond