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620844

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Croydon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff being relocated to Croydon regional centre by HM Revenue and Customs have been deemed as living within reasonable daily travel of the centre; and what the basis was for that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs staff being relocated to the Croydon Regional Centre are in the process of one to one meetings with managers to discuss personal circumstances and establish whether or not they can move. The discussions undertaken to date indicate that the majority of people are within reasonable daily travel of the new regional centre.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/11/2016 16:16:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

620845

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs' staff have been dismissed in each year since 2006; and what proportion of those staff were disabled.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows all dismissals from 1 April 2006 and the number of people dismissed who have recorded their disability status as disabled and non-disabled.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total No. Of Dismissals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Recorded Disabled status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not Recorded Disabled status</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>457</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>511</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>427</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Years Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,563</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,242</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs runs regular educational campaigns to encourage people to declare their disability status. For the Department as a whole, the disability declaration rate has increased from 5.4% in 2006 to 60.4% in 2016. As at 30 September 2016, 14.82% of the Department have recorded themselves as disabled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/11/2016 17:13:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

620847

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Cumbernauld
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans are in place to mitigate the potential economic effect of the proposal to close HM Revenue and Custom's Cumbernauld tax office.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) transformation programme will deliver 13 large regional centres, four specialist sites, one London-based headquarters and five transitional locations across the country, replacing 170 smaller offices. The planning for this major programme is undertaken at national level and HMRC’s decision making has been driven by its duty to deliver the best value for money for the taxpayer. Its location plans are expected to generate savings of tens of millions of pounds every year from 2025.</p><p>The HMRC office in Cumbernauld is scheduled to close in 2019-20. HMRC believes that the majority of staff are within reasonable daily travel of Glasgow and will move with their work.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 50140 50269 question first answered 02/11/2016 15:58:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

620848

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Cumbernauld
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the detailed estimate his Department has made of the potential costs and savings of the proposed relocation of staff from Cumbernauld tax office to a new site in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) transformation programme will deliver 13 large regional centres, four specialist sites, one London-based headquarters and five transitional locations across the country, replacing 170 smaller offices. The planning for this major programme is undertaken at national level and HMRC’s decision making has been driven by its duty to deliver the best value for money for the taxpayer. Its location plans are expected to generate savings of tens of millions of pounds every year from 2025.</p><p>The HMRC office in Cumbernauld is scheduled to close in 2019-20. HMRC believes that the majority of staff are within reasonable daily travel of Glasgow and will move with their work.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 50139 50269 question first answered 02/11/2016 15:58:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

620851

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Cumbernauld
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2015 to Question 12759, if he will publish assessments made by HM Revenue and Customs of the local economic issues, business requirements, impact on current workforce and location principles in relation to the decision to close Cumbernauld tax office.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) transformation programme will deliver 13 large regional centres, four specialist sites, one London-based headquarters and five transitional locations across the country, replacing 170 smaller offices. The planning for this major programme is undertaken at national level and HMRC’s decision making has been driven by its duty to deliver the best value for money for the taxpayer. Its location plans are expected to generate savings of tens of millions of pounds every year from 2025.</p><p>The HMRC office in Cumbernauld is scheduled to close in 2019-20. HMRC believes that the majority of staff are within reasonable daily travel of Glasgow and will move with their work.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 50139 50140 question first answered 02/11/2016 15:58:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

622198

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Cumbernauld
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisation is expected to meet the cost of redundancy payments to Fujitsu staff at Cumbernald Tax Office who will lose their jobs as a result of the decision of HM Revenue and Customs to end its contract early with Fujitsu at that site.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is in the last stages of a commercial process with suppliers for the provision of Customer Communication (Print) services. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) made it clear that HMRC would consider the prospect of indemnifying supplier redundancy costs up to a capped limit. As HMRC is still in a live commercial process the details are commercially confidential at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2016 17:30:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

622199

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Croydon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) what proportion of and (b) how many staff at the offices being replaced by the Croydon Regional Centre have been offered exit packages instead of transferring to that Regional Centre.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The total number of people affected by the migration to the Croydon Regional Centre is 925. Of these, 48 (5.18%) are unable to travel to the Regional Centre and have been offered an Exit package.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2016 14:55:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

622200

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the most recent policy guidance from HM Revenue and Customs on managing poor attendance came into force.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ most recent policy and guidance on managing attendance came into force on 26 September 2016.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2016 15:49:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

690219

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for making available the Making Tax Digital free software; and whether his Department plans to provide financial support to small businesses to cover the cost of purchasing software in the event that the free software does not enable them to be fully compliant with Making Tax Digital.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	64200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs is working closely with the software industry to ensure that a range of software products (including free software) is available before the commencement of Making Tax Digital in April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The tax system already provides support via various reliefs and deductions for the purchase of hardware and software as well as other expenditure. As part of the Making Tax Digital consultations, the Government sought views on further financial assistance and support. Given the views expressed, it announced on 31 January that it will continue to consider options for assistance and support alongside the fiscal impacts.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 64652 question first answered 23/02/2017 15:30:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

690221

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce his decision on the Making Tax Digital annual income exemption threshold; and if he will make it his policy to announce that decision before introducing related legislation into Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	64201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The level of the initial threshold for the income exemption was explored as part of the Making Tax Digital consultations. Given the range of views expressed, the Government announced on 31 January that it will take more time to consider this issue alongside the fiscal impacts.</p><p> </p><p>A final announcement will be made before legislation is introduced.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/02/2017 15:34:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald