[1st Allocated Day]: New Clause 5 — Mansion tax (17 Apr 2013)
...Adrian Bailey William Bain Gordon Banks Mr Kevin Barron Hugh Bayley Margaret Beckett Dame Anne Begg Hilary Benn Joe Benton Luciana Berger Clive Betts Hazel Blears Tom Blenkinsop Paul Blomfield Mr...
View Article[1st Allocated Day]: Clause 200 — Bank Levy: rates from January 2013 (17 Apr...
...Ian Austin Adrian Bailey William Bain Gordon Banks Mr Kevin Barron Hugh Bayley Margaret Beckett Dame Anne Begg Hilary Benn Joe Benton Luciana Berger Clive Betts Hazel Blears Paul Blomfield Mr David...
View Article[1st Allocated Day]: New Clause 7 — General anti-tax avoidance principle (17...
...Ian Austin Adrian Bailey William Bain Gordon Banks Mr Kevin Barron Hugh Bayley Margaret Beckett Dame Anne Begg Joe Benton Luciana Berger Clive Betts Hazel Blears Tom Blenkinsop Paul Blomfield Mr...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (18 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: The following table contains the number of staff based in the north-west at the end of March for each year requested: Financial year Number of staff 2008/09 16 2009/10 14 2010/11 14...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Minimum Wage (18 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: There have been two prosecutions in the last three years. Further details are in the following table: Date Employer Standard Industry Classification 23 June 2010 Benjamin Gains (trading as...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Inheritance Tax (18 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: The number of estates paying inheritance tax left on death in 2009-10 by Government Office Region (GOR) is published in National Statistics Table 12.10, available from the HMRC website at:...
View ArticleFinance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 1 — Charge for 2013-14 (18 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: Let me say something about clauses 1 and 16. Clause 1 deals with the income tax charge for 2013-14, which requires legislation every year. I assume that Labour Members will not oppose the...
View ArticleFinance (No. 2) Bill: New Clause 2 — Rate of VAT (18 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I will deal with new clause 2 in a moment, but what has driven this debate, initiated by the Opposition, is the cost of...
View ArticleFinance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 3 — Basic rate limit for 2013-14 (18 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: Clause 3 sets the basic rate limit for income tax for the 2013-14 tax year. Let me make it clear at the outset, as I did in the previous debate, that we understand the financial pressures...
View ArticleFinance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 183 — Air passenger duty: rates of duty from 1...
...Blunt Peter Bone Karen Bradley Graham Brady Tom Brake Angie Bray Julian Brazier Andrew Bridgen Steve Brine James Brokenshire Fiona Bruce Sir Malcolm Bruce Robert Buckland Conor Burns Mr Simon Burns...
View ArticleFinance (No. 2) Bill: New Clause 4 — Air passenger duty: Wales (18 Apr 2013)
...Peter Bone Peter Bottomley Karen Bradley Graham Brady Angie Bray Julian Brazier Andrew Bridgen Steve Brine James Brokenshire Fiona Bruce Sir Malcolm Bruce Robert Buckland Conor Burns Mr Simon Burns...
View ArticleFinance (No. 2) Bill: Part 2 — Devolution of Wales Long Haul Rates of Duty...
...Peter Bone Peter Bottomley Karen Bradley Graham Brady Angie Bray Julian Brazier Andrew Bridgen Steve Brine James Brokenshire Fiona Bruce Sir Malcolm Bruce Robert Buckland Conor Burns Mr Simon Burns...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (22 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: HMRC operates two non-consolidated award arrangements: Performance awards tied to the annual performance for delegated grades (AA-Grade 6) and senior civil servants; and A recognition...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (22 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: An answer can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (22 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: The information is as follows: Leaving reason 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 (a) Resignation 3,021 1,665 1,126 1,631 1,658 (b) Retirement 2,140 2,910 1,700 1,347 1,399 (c)...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (22 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: The number of staff qualifying for privilege days at 31 March 2012 was 74,983. All staff have a contractual entitlement to 2.5 privilege days per year. The total cost of these privilege...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (22 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: The information is as follows: Total sickness absence days taken in each year Number of officials 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 1-5 29,499 27,999 28,392 29,045 6-10 10,272 8,757...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (22 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: The information is as follows: Number 2008-09 6,033 2009-10 292 2010-11 1,120 2011-12 4,649 2012-13 2,484
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (22 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: Calculating the actual number of days worked each year by officials would incur a disproportionate cost. The last five years of audited information, reporting the total of wages and salary...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Non-domestic Rates: Appeals (22 Apr 2013)
David Gauke: Around 293,000 appeals made against the 2010 rating list were resolved by the end of December 2012. While appeals continue to be received, the number of outstanding 2010 rating appeals...
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