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Does the Minister agree that, come next April, a family where both parents earn wages will be £1,400 better off than they were in 2010, and that a child of theirs who works on the minimum wage—perhaps in the city centre of my constituency—will be lifted out of income tax altogether?
Does the Minister agree that, come next April, a family where both parents earn wages will be £1,400 better off than they were in 2010, and that a child of theirs who works on the minimum wage—perhaps in the city centre of my constituency—will be lifted out of income tax altogether?
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is a big boost to family incomes. In fact, someone on a minimum wage who is working full time will find that their tax bill is more than halved as a result of this Government’s policies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs spent on the Tackling Tobacco Smuggling strategy in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; how many of his Department's staff worked on implementing the strategy in each such year; and how many such staff were engaged in (i)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs spent on the Tackling Tobacco Smuggling strategy in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; how many of his Department's staff worked on implementing the strategy in each such year; and how many such staff were engaged in (i)...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) total expenditure on tobacco work was £68.918 million in 2011-12 and £67.641 million in 2012-13. This includes administration and policy, as well as enforcement.
It is not possible to provide the information in the format requested as HMRC does not record the number of staff spent working on the tackling tobacco strategy separately. To the extent that the Government is able to breakdown the number of staff engaged on tobacco related activity this is detailed in the following table:
| Full-time
equivalent | ||
| HMRC
activity | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
| Investigation
(includes detection, criminal investigation, and specialist civil
investigation) | 541 | 556 |
| Risk
and
Intelligence | 176 | 184 |
| Other | 60 | 37 |
| Total | 777 | 777 |
| Note: Estimated figure |
These figures represent HMRC's best estimate of the way resources were used in the years specified, bearing in mind that staff employed on anti-fraud activity often cover a number of different taxes and commodities. HMRC is unable to disaggregate time spent on the provision of legal advice on tobacco from time spent on other advisory work.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what expenditure HM Revenue and Customs incurred on Government publicity campaigns to prevent tobacco smuggling in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
[161410]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what expenditure HM Revenue and Customs incurred on Government publicity campaigns to prevent tobacco smuggling in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
[161410]
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him on 5 June 2013, Official Report, column 1169W, regarding the expenditure incurred by HM Revenue and Customs on Government publicity campaigns to prevent tobacco smuggling in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
I look forward to my right hon. Friend’s announcements about infrastructure on Thursday, but already on my weekly journeys from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington I can see the gantries going up around Reading to provide the electrification of the great western main line. Is it not the case that this Government are already presiding over the greatest investment in railways since the Victorian era, providing a stimulus to the economy in Bristol and all stations between there and London?
I look forward to my right hon. Friend’s announcements about infrastructure on Thursday, but already on my weekly journeys from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington I can see the gantries going up around Reading to provide the electrification of the great western main line. Is it not the case that this Government are already presiding over the greatest investment in railways since the Victorian era, providing a stimulus to the economy in Bristol and all stations between there and London?
My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and rather than laughing, the shadow Chancellor should welcome the fact that there is the largest investment in our railways since Victorian times. Electrification is under way, ahead of schedule as my hon. Friend suggests; the intercity express programme train purchase programme will help to improve journey times yet further; what was in our announcements in the autumn statement last year will allow direct western rail access to Heathrow from his constituency and other communities served by that line.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many higher-rate tax payers were aged 65 years or older in the most recent year for which figures are available.
[160088]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many higher-rate tax payers were aged 65 years or older in the most recent year for which figures are available.
[160088]
It is estimated that in the year 2012-13 there were 5.1 million taxpayers aged 65 or older of which 389,000 are liable to income tax at the higher rate or above.
These estimates are based upon the 2010-11 Survey of Personal Incomes using economic assumptions consistent with the OBR's March 2013 economic and fiscal outlook.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what expenditure HM Revenue and Customs incurred on Government publicity campaigns to prevent tobacco smuggling in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
[157434]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what expenditure HM Revenue and Customs incurred on Government publicity campaigns to prevent tobacco smuggling in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
[157434]
I can confirm that HM Revenue and Customs has not incurred any expenditure on Government publicity campaigns to prevent tobacco smuggling in 2011-12 or 2012-13.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential additional revenue that would be raised by returning to a capital gains tax regime for individual taxpayers which restores indexation, and taxes capital gains at the taxpayer's marginal income tax rate; and if he will make a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential additional revenue that would be raised by returning to a capital gains tax regime for individual taxpayers which restores indexation, and taxes capital gains at the taxpayer's marginal income tax rate; and if he will make a...
A reliable estimate of the revenue that would be raised by returning to such a regime is not currently available because of the complexity of assessing the large behavioural responses which would result from the change.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential additional revenue that would be raised by reducing the capital gains tax annual exempt amount for 2015-16 from £10,900 to (a) £8,000, (b) £6,000, (c) £4,000 and (d) £2,000; and if he will make a statement.
[157438]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential additional revenue that would be raised by reducing the capital gains tax annual exempt amount for 2015-16 from £10,900 to (a) £8,000, (b) £6,000, (c) £4,000 and (d) £2,000; and if he will make a statement.
[157438]
An accurate estimate is not possible.
The impact of increasing the annual exempt amount for individuals by £500 and by trusts by £250 is published at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/expenditures/table1-6.xls
The impact of decreasing the annual exempt amount can be estimated by using the same amounts from the table and interpreting the change as a yield instead of a cost. However the quality of the estimate obtained will decrease as the value of the reduction to the annual exempt amount increases.
A lower annual exempt amount will also increase administrative costs for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs as more taxpayers are required to make a return to HMRC.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential additional revenue that would be raised by amending the definition of a personal company for entrepreneur relief purposes to a company in which the relevant individual has at least a (a) 10 per cent, (b) a 20...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential additional revenue that would be raised by amending the definition of a personal company for entrepreneur relief purposes to a company in which the relevant individual has at least a (a) 10 per cent, (b) a 20...
Reliable estimates of the additional revenue which would be raised by increasing the share capital and voting rights levels required for entrepreneur’s relief are not currently available. The cost of entrepreneur’s relief under present rules, where individuals must hold at least 5% of the share capital and voting rights, is given at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/expenditures/table1-5.xls
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of raising the income tax personal allowance for 2015-16 from £10,000 to £12,300 with the same maximum cash benefit going to basic and higher rate taxpayers but no benefit going to additional...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of raising the income tax personal allowance for 2015-16 from £10,000 to £12,300 with the same maximum cash benefit going to basic and higher rate taxpayers but no benefit going to additional...
The estimated cost of raising the income tax personal allowance to £12,300 in 2015-16 is shown in the table.
A reduction to the basic rate limit has been applied so that basic rate and most higher rate taxpayers will benefit equally from the personal allowance increase.
| Exchequer
impact | |
| £
million | |
| 2015-16 | -10,050 |
| 2016-17 | -11,670 |
| 2017-18 | -11,850 |
These estimates exclude any impact on benefit entitlements.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential additional revenue that would be raised by increasing the remittance basis charge from £30,000 to £50,000 per year and making it payable once a taxpayer wishing to retain the remittance basis of taxation has been resident in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential additional revenue that would be raised by increasing the remittance basis charge from £30,000 to £50,000 per year and making it payable once a taxpayer wishing to retain the remittance basis of taxation has been resident in...
A reliable estimate of the revenue impact is not currently available because of the complexity of assessing the behavioural responses which would result from the change.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential additional revenue that would be raised by introducing a carrier bag levy of (a) 5 pence per bag similar to the measure in operation in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
[157440]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the potential additional revenue that would be raised by introducing a carrier bag levy of (a) 5 pence per bag similar to the measure in operation in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
[157440]
Receipts of the carrier bag charge in Wales are retained by the retailer or voluntarily donated to charitable and environmental causes. As such, the introduction of a 5p carrier bag levy in England, similar to the measure operating in Wales, would provide no additional revenue to the Exchequer.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on salaries for full-time equivalent staff allocated to tackling tobacco smuggling (a) in total, (b) engaged in detection, (c) engaged in investigations and (d) working on intelligence matters in the latest year for which information is available.
[157435]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on salaries for full-time equivalent staff allocated to tackling tobacco smuggling (a) in total, (b) engaged in detection, (c) engaged in investigations and (d) working on intelligence matters in the latest year for which information is available.
[157435]
I regret that it is not possible to provide a detailed breakdown of the total HM Revenue and Customs spent on salaries for full time equivalent staff allocated to tackling tobacco smuggling in the way
requested. To the extent that we are able to break down expenditure on tobacco related activity, this is detailed as follows.
| HMRC
Activity | Salary
cost 2012-13
(£) |
| Investigation
(includes detection, criminal investigation, and specialist civil
investigation) | 23,654,527 |
| Risk
and
Intelligence | 8,446,533 |
| Other | 3,633,330 |
| Total | 35,734,390 |
| Note: Figures are provisional. |
The Archbishop of Toledo might well have been concerned about high rates of youth unemployment in Spain, which are much higher than they have ever been in this country, but does my right hon. Friend agree that, despite the fact that the problem, as he has just said, has been intractable for more than decade, the Deputy Prime Minister’s Youth Contract gives an opportunity for young people to have work experience in the private sector, from which most of the growth and job opportunities of the future are likely to come?
The Archbishop of Toledo might well have been concerned about high rates of youth unemployment in Spain, which are much higher than they have ever been in this country, but does my right hon. Friend agree that, despite the fact that the problem, as he has just said, has been intractable for more than decade, the Deputy Prime Minister’s Youth Contract gives an opportunity for young people to have work experience in the private sector, from which most of the growth and job opportunities of the future are likely to come?
I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. The Youth Contract, which was launched in April, supports 500,000 young people into employment through a range of measures, including an in-work subsidy and access to work experience. Alongside the 1 million apprenticeships that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills is starting during this Parliament, the Youth Contract offers a range of new opportunities for young people, which are necessary in getting more young people into work, which the House agrees is vital for the country.
Given that the UK Government are able to borrow at historically low rates, may I urge my right hon. Friend to take advantage of that position in order to prioritise capital investment, particularly in the housing market, to give a strong fillip to growth?
Given that the UK Government are able to borrow at historically low rates, may I urge my right hon. Friend to take advantage of that position in order to prioritise capital investment, particularly in the housing market, to give a strong fillip to growth?
We have increased capital investment from the period of the Labour Government. Capital spending as a percentage of our national income is more than under the Labour Government, and we have increased by £10 billion our spending on capital from the plans they left us. I agree that we should be using the Government’s credibility to do more, which is why the infrastructure guarantees and the housing guarantees are coming on stream. Guarantees are being written and that will help to build the infrastructure that this country needs.
That this House notes that there are 15,000 people living with a fatal lung condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the UK; further notes that numbers are increasing and that every year 5,000 people die from the disease; is concerned that despite its severity, little is known about the causes of the disease and no cure or effective treatment is currently available on the NHS; is also concerned that IPF can often be misdiagnosed as the symptoms are similar to that of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and urges the Government to consider ways to encourage more awareness about IPF and generate more research and development to improve treatment for the disease.
That this House notes that there are 15,000 people living with a fatal lung condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the UK; further notes that numbers are increasing and that every year 5,000 people die from the disease; is concerned that despite its severity, little is known about the...
On Saturday I spoke at an event in my constituency, organised by Christian Aid and hosted by the Woodlands church in Clifton on tax avoidance in developing countries. Does the Prime Minister agree that we could do much to combat this problem by assisting developing countries to develop their own tax collection and assessment capabilities, and by requiring British companies to be completely transparent about profits made and taxes paid in each country of operation?
On Saturday I spoke at an event in my constituency, organised by Christian Aid and hosted by the Woodlands church in Clifton on tax avoidance in developing countries. Does the Prime Minister agree that we could do much to combat this problem by assisting developing countries to develop their own tax collection and assessment capabilities, and by requiring British companies to be completely transparent about profits made and taxes paid in each country of operation?
My hon. Friend makes a very important point, and there is a huge amount of things we can do here. The work we have done with some less developed countries has actually seen their tax base sometimes as much as treble, and we need to do far more in all these countries because it is an absolutely vital part of development. I also agree with the issue he raises with respect to tax transparency, and that is why the Government are putting it at the head of our G8 agenda for the meeting that will take place in June at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland. One of the great things about this agenda is that it brings together developed and developing countries with a shared agenda that is good for both.
We already know that in April the personal tax allowance is going to be raised to £9,400—the largest rise in history. By the time we next meet for Treasury questions, the Chancellor will have put the finishing touches to his Budget. I now urge him to take the final step and deliver £10,000 of tax-free pay in time for April 2014.
We already know that in April the personal tax allowance is going to be raised to £9,400—the largest rise in history. By the time we next meet for Treasury questions, the Chancellor will have put the finishing touches to his Budget. I now urge him to take the final step and deliver £10,000 of tax-free pay in time for April 2014.
We have a very clear commitment to reach that £10,000. We have not put a time scale on it, but even under the plans we have already put forward, that level will be reached with inflation increases before the end of this Parliament. This is a good example of two parties coming together to help working people across this country.
That this House is concerned about the lack of affordable and reliable buses in Bristol; and calls on the Government to do all it can to support the development of an integrated Transport Authority to ensure that residents of Greater Bristol get the transport system they want and deserve.
That this House is concerned about the lack of affordable and reliable buses in Bristol; and calls on the Government to do all it can to support the development of an integrated Transport Authority to ensure that residents of Greater Bristol get the transport system they want and deserve.
That this House notes the birth of David Lloyd George on 17 January 1863; recognises his achievements during 55 years as the Member for Caernarfon Boroughs including the introduction of state old age pensions, a national insurance scheme for sickness and unemployment benefit, curtailing the power of the House of Lords, leading the nation to victory in the First World War, giving votes to women, introducing council houses and disestablishing the Churchin Wales; and believes that while his life was not without controversy he should be admired for being the first Prime Minister from humble origins and deserves his place as the greatest Welsh and one of the greatest British statesmen of all time.
That this House notes the birth of David Lloyd George on 17 January 1863; recognises his achievements during 55 years as the Member for Caernarfon Boroughs including the introduction of state old age pensions, a national insurance scheme for sickness and unemployment benefit, curtailing the power of the House of...