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Economic and Monetary Union
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1183W, on economic and monetary union, who the designated Euro-Minister is in each Department; and on what date each acquired the Euro brief. [269934]
Ian Pearson: The designated Euro Minister for each Department and the year they were appointed is stated in the following table:
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Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulation Reform (BERR) | |
Financial Services: Fraud
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued by the Financial Services Authority on anti-money laundering and politically exposed persons. [269940]
Ian Pearson: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) does not issue detailed anti-money laundering guidance.
The Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG), a consortium of financial services industry bodies, produces guidance for financial sector businesses in the UK. Their latest guidance was approved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in December 2007. The JMLSG guidance includes material on terrorist financing and money laundering, including the risks presented by politically exposed persons, and recommends best practice in managing those risks.
This guidance is available from their website at:
When undertaking their statutory duty to supervise financial sector firms compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, the FSA will have regard to whether firms have taken the JMLSG guidance into account.
Government Departments: Aviation
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate has been made of the expenditure on air travel procured under the OGC Buying Solutions Government Air Programme in each of the next three years. [269933]
Angela Eagle: The estimate for Government Air Programme spend over each of the next three years is £69.6 million per annum.
Government Departments: Consultants
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Office of Government Commerce has recorded as being spent on consultants by central Government in the most recent year for which figures are available. [269942]
Ian Pearson: Consultancy spend by the 16 largest spending central Government Departments for 2007-08, the most recent year available, has been published by the Office of Government Commerce. Details can be found using the following link:
Inheritance Tax
Nadine Dorries: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the UK have contacted the Debt Management and Banking Department of HM Revenue and Customs in response to demands for inheritance tax since 1997. [270276]
Mr. Timms: The information requested is not centrally collated and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Members: Correspondence
Sir Michael Spicer: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 321-2W, on Members: correspondence, when he plans to reply to the letter of 29 December 2008 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on licensing of banks for Financial Services Authority compensation scheme regulations (PO reference: 1/65525/2009); [270852]
(2) pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2009, Official Report, column 1625W, on Members: correspondence, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 6 November 2008 on charities, (PO reference: 1/62894/2008). [270908]
Ian Pearson: Replies have been sent to the hon. Member.
Parliamentary Questions: Costs
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1187W, on parliamentary questions, what the disproportionate cost threshold has been in each year since 1997. [269935]
Ian Pearson: At 1 January 1997 the disproportionate cost threshold (DCT) stood at £450, it has since increased as follows:
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PAYE
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent notification sent by HM Revenue and Customs to the Information Commissioner on pay as you earn coding notices being issued to the wrong people. [269939]
Mr. Timms: Details of data related incidents reported by HM Revenue and Customs to the Information Commissioner will be included in the Departmental Resource Accounts in July 2009.
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of pay as you earn coding notices issued to the wrong individual as a result of errors in HM Revenue and Customs’ print and post processes in the last 12 months. [269943]
Mr. Timms: HM Revenue and Customs issued approximately 22 million coding notices to individuals and their agents in the tax year 2008-09. Over the last 12 months it estimates that approximately 1,400 notices were issued incorrectly through print and post errors.
Public Bodies: Annual Reports
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy for the Cabinet Office to publish details of annual public expenditure on the part of executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and other central government bodies. [269951]
Ian Pearson: Executive agencies, executive non-departmental public bodies, and, where relevant, other central Government bodies individually publish details of their expenditure in their annual financial accounts. The accounts of executive agencies are also consolidated into their parent Department’s resource accounts, also published annually and laid in the House. Whole of Government Accounts, that will consolidate the accounts of all bodies classified to the public sector, will be produced and published for the first time for financial year 2009-10.
Public Sector: Hospitality
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1187W, on public sector: hospitality, how many bookings for stays at five star or above hotels were made through the Expotel contract by his Department in the last year for which figures are available. [269937]
Angela Eagle: Total cost for HM Treasury in the period 20 April 2008 to 19 April 2009.
| Number of trips | Number of nights stayed | Total cost (£) | |
Tax Avoidance
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) make the design and promotion of schemes intended primarily as a vehicle for tax avoidance illegal and (b) establish penalties for those involved in the design and promotion of such schemes. [270774]
Ian Pearson: Tax evasion is unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to assist in or induce the preparation or delivery of any information, return or accounts or other documents he knows will be, or are likely to be, used for any purpose of tax and which he knows to be incorrect.
Tax Collection
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many statements HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sent out in the tax year 2008-09 for an amount of tax owed by either HMRC or a taxpayer rolled over to the next tax year of between (a) £0.01 and £5.00, (b) £5.01 and £10.00, (c) £10.01 and £15.00, (d) £15.01 and £20.00 and (e) £20.01 and £25.00; and if he will make a statement. [270282]
Ian Pearson: HM Revenue and Customs does not have this information.
Tax Evasion
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward legislative proposals for a general anti-tax evasion provision. [270773]
Ian Pearson: Tax evasion is unlawful and those evading taxes are already subject to penalties of up to 100 per cent. of the tax evaded.
Taxation: Motor Vehicles
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the financial implications for car dealerships in 2009-10 of changes to the taxation treatment of demonstrator motor vehicles introduced with effect from 6 April 2009. [270828]
Angela Eagle: This change was implemented, following consultation with the motor industry, in such a way that it should not cost the industry any extra overall.
Taxation: Transport
Gordon Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total revenue from transport-related taxes, including from value added tax in respect of a transport-related commodity or action, was in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [271051]
Angela Eagle: Figures on fuel duty, vehicle excise duty and air passenger duty are published in Table C6 of Budget 2009, available at:
Figures on company car tax and income tax and national insurance contributions on the assessed benefit of company fuel (fuel benefit charge) are available at:
The figures exclude VAT as HM Revenue and Customs does not collect data on VAT from individual goods and services.
UK Financial Investments
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether UK Financial Investments will publish an annual report and accounts for 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. [270020]
Ian Pearson: As the Framework Document between UK Financial Investments (UKFI) and the Treasury sets out, UKFI's annual report and audited accounts will be laid before Parliament.
The Framework Document is available at UKFI's website:
William Dyer Electrical: Taxation
Janet Anderson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will direct HM Revenue and Customs urgently to refund the sum of £67,000 due to William Dyer Electrical Ltd. of Haslingden, Rossendale. [270953]
Ian Pearson: HMRC are not in a position to provide such information about individual businesses; to do so would breach taxpayer confidentiality.
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