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1719102

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25195 on Inheritance Tax, for what reason he has not provided the requested data for the number of people waiting for (a) one to two, (b) two to three, (c) three to four, (d) four to five, (e) five to six and (e) more than six months since submitting their IHT400 form to receive the unique code from HMRC as of 8 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	26862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC's service level agreement is to process 80% of Inheritance Tax forms within 15 working days. From January to April 2024, their data shows they met or exceeded this target, with most people receiving their codes within the 15-day timeframe. However, HMRC does not provide specifics on longer wait times beyond 15 working days, such as how many people waited 1-2 months or more after submitting forms. While most individuals received codes on time during this period, the exact breakdown for longer waits is not publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/05/2024 13:51:10 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1717520

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Minister without Portfolio's article of 12 May 2024 in The Sunday Telegraph, when the Equality and Human Rights Commission is expected to withdraw the requirement in their contract with Be Applied Ltd., procurement reference EHRC 2021-29, for organisational wide diversity reporting; and whether the projected cost of that contract up to 24 January 2025 will be reduced through the withdrawal of that requirement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/05/2024 15:25:07 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1716414

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the specification of requirements for the contracts agreed by his Department on (a) 2 October 2023 with Home Connections Lettings Ltd., procurement reference 433189/1352384, (b) 21 March 2024 with Bunnyfoot Ltd., procurement reference 407485/1352441, (c) 28 March 2024 with Deloitte LLP, procurement reference 417551/1349771 and (d) 1 April 2024 with Faculty Science Ltd., Zinc Network and Adam Smith International Ltd., procurement reference 376900/1351150.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Summary descriptions of the aim of each agreement have been published on Contracts Finder on gov.uk. These can be found at:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Contract</p></td><td><p>URL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/b8673d3d-dfb6-4abb-8654-4b926b2220a2?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">Proc821 Accommodation Matching Software - Contracts Finder</a></p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/b8673d3d-dfb6-4abb-8654-4b926b2220a2?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/b8673d3d-dfb6-4abb-8654-4b926b2220a2?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5a2d36a8-8e59-4591-90b7-c7f62b2e4a45?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">HMPO User Labs for Customer Research - Contracts Finder</a></p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5a2d36a8-8e59-4591-90b7-c7f62b2e4a45?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5a2d36a8-8e59-4591-90b7-c7f62b2e4a45?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/e7f24367-d32a-4aa9-97c7-98229214511c?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">Economic Crime Consultancy - Contracts Finder</a></p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/e7f24367-d32a-4aa9-97c7-98229214511c?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/e7f24367-d32a-4aa9-97c7-98229214511c?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/3f8b04c0-2c94-437f-b980-5898230115e0?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">Information Operations Research Capability - Contracts Finder</a></p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/3f8b04c0-2c94-437f-b980-5898230115e0?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/3f8b04c0-2c94-437f-b980-5898230115e0?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/05/2024 16:47:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1716418

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average waiting time was for individuals submitting an IHT400 form to HMRC between 1 January to 30 April 2024 to receive a unique code to enable them to apply for probate; and how many individuals have waited for (a) one to two, (b) two to three, (c) three to four, (d) four to five, (e) five to six and (e) more than six months since submitting their IHT400 form to receive the unique code from HMRC as of 8 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC prioritises requests for IHT reference numbers and the follow up IHT400 forms submitted to set up an IHT account. Between 1 January and 30 April 2024 HMRC have exceeded its service standard for issuing unique codes for Probate cases where the correct tax amount has been accounted for. The service standard is to process 80% of these requests within 15 working days.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/05/2024 12:43:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1701304

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles vehicles in the Government Car Service fleet drove in financial years (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24; and how many vehicles were in the fleet at the end of each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	21943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Please see below in relation to fleet mileage and numbers. Figures for the fleet mileage for the financial year 2023/2024 are not available. This is due to the legacy reporting system used by GCS no longer being supported by the Department for Transports IT suite. Figures for 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 are available as they have had been produced in previous years. The figures for fleet numbers have been collated manually.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet mileage</p></td><td><p>793,836.00</p></td><td><p>838,113.00</p></td><td><p>Unavailable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of vehicles</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Given the ongoing security context, demand for Ministerial cars has naturally increased. New cars are also purchased before older models are disposed of to ensure operational resilience and we anticipate at least 10 cars will be disposed of in the coming months. Our budget for new cars has remained consistent over recent years and we continue to take into account value for money for the taxpayer, bearing down on costs wherever possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 19/04/2024 13:54:36 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698377

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 to Question 14506 on Small Businesses: Telephone Services, how much her Department spent on the operation of the Business Support Helpline in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government supports all types of businesses through its core services, including GOV.UK and Growth Hubs operating in England.</p><p>Additionally, we also provide, as part of this package of support, The Business Support Helpline, which provides information, advice, guidance, and support to around 30,000 people in England every year.</p><p>The chart below details our last three full years' spending on this service.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Business Support Helpline Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£4.026m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Years 20/21 expenditure was increased due to scale up activity in response to COVID and UK transition from the EU</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£1.887m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£1.889m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/04/2024 15:17:03 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698384

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's Evaluation Task Force Output and Outcome Indicators March 2024, if he will publish the (a) Evaluation Accelerator Fund projects rated red and (b) Evaluation Task Force priority projects without robust evaluation plans.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Evaluation Task Force (ETF) committed to publicly report on a series of output and outcome indicators in response to recommendations featured in the ‘Evaluating Government Spending’ NAO report in 2022 and the Public Accounts Committee’s recommendation for the ETF to establish quantifiable metrics on the scale and quality of evaluation across government. These indicators of progress can be viewed in the ETF evaluation strategy published in 2022 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-evaluation-task-force-strategy-2022-2025" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-evaluation-task-force-strategy-2022-2025</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The indicators are not wholly controlled or ‘owned’ by the ETF. Driving progress towards the targets outlined in the ETF strategy are dependent on cross-government partners working together to build an improved evaluation ecosystem which creates more and higher quality evaluation in government.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The PQ references two indicators:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1.4 Proportion of Evaluation Accelerator Fund projects on track (RAG rated 'Green')</p><p>1.6 Proportion of ETF priority projects with robust evaluation plans (cumulative)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ETF Output and Outcome Indicators (March 2024) report has also published its Technical Annex alongside the main report. This details the number of projects rated Red, Amber and Green across these portfolios and provides a detailed explanation of how these ratings were assessed. This is summarised in the background section below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Departments and What Works Centres who lead either EAF or priority projects understand they are part of the ETF’s broader portfolio of work and that although regular indicators of evaluation progress in government are published, there have been no plans to publish the details of specific projects as part of the reporting.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ETF has established good working relationships with departments who (particularly within the context of EAF and priority projects) are delivering complex evaluations in high profile policy areas. The departments openly share their work with the ETF and this transparency has enabled the ETF to provide high quality advice and support to teams. Using the information provided to the ETF to specifically publicly name projects, separately from other projects, risks damaging this important working relationship.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ETF instead has been working to ensure transparency on a larger more sustainable scale, for all projects not just ETF priority areas. The Cabinet Office and the ETF will soon be publicly launching the Government Evaluation Registry. The Registry will bring together all planned, live and completed evaluations from Government Departments in a single accessible location, providing an invaluable tool for understanding “what works” in Government. Due to the importance of transparency and improving evaluation across Departments, the Government has decided to make use of the Registry mandatory. As such, Departments and What Works Centres responsible for EAF funded and priority projects will publish plans and findings on the Registry in due course. This will then be available to the public, along with the plans and reports for the rest of the department’s portfolio.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/04/2024 10:48:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698385

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023, published on 21 March 2024, whether the £192,198 cost of the RAF flight used for the journey to New York on 19 September 2023 includes the costs arising from the movement of military personnel between the UK and the USA on that flight.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The total cost of the RAF flight used for the journey to New York on 19 September 2023 includes the costs arising from the movement of military personnel.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Costs for the full trip were outlined in the ministerial travel data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023, published on 21 March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 20230 question first answered 15/04/2024 16:56:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1695778

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the value of civil penalties (a) imposed and (b) collected as a result of HMRC's criminal investigations into tax avoidance and evasion in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2023-24; and what was the value of civil penalties (a) imposed and (b) collected for the avoidance and evasion of (i) income tax, (ii) national insurance contributions, (iii) VAT, (iv) excise duties and (v) corporation tax in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Where data is already available via GOV.UK, HMRC have provided links below.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not routinely issue civil penalties as a direct result of criminal investigations, so do not hold the requested data.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecutions, convictions and acquittals:</p><p>2019-2020</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2020-21 and 2021-22</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</p><p> </p><p>2022-23</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total number of individuals charged:</p><p>2020/21 and 2021/22:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2022/23:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>There has been one Deferred Prosecution Agreement:</p><p><a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 18403 18404 18405 18407 question first answered 20/03/2024 16:42:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1689916

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's data entitled Ministerial travel, July to September 2023, how much of the £6,487.91 spent on the visit by the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care to New York from 19 to 22 September 2023 were for flights.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	14508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes on GOV.UK details of the total cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs including visas, accommodation, and meals.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad, nor details of those accompanying them.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 14511 question first answered 22/02/2024 11:29:46 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry