Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and the exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP on 5 September 2025, whether the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has paid a fine or penalty to HMRC.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

As the Secretary of State has set out publicly, the Secretary of State has settled this matter with HMRC, who consider this matter closed. No fine or penalty were due. HMRC concluded there was no tax avoidance.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the publication of then Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’s schedule of taxable sources of income and gains 2023–24 on 14 April 2025, whether the new Prime Minister will be publishing a tax return or similar information in due course.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Any publication of tax returns would be announced in the usual way.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Minister of State for Development and Africa will attend Cabinet.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

A full list of ministers, including their status at Cabinet, is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers, and is copied below:

• The Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Minister for the Union
• The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP, First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• The Rt Hon John Healey MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
• The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department
• The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Defence
• The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
• The Rt Hon Alex Norris MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
• The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP, Secretary of State for Education
• The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade; President of the Board of Trade
• The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
• The Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport
• The Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
• The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• The Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• The Rt Hon Sir Chris Bryant MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Scotland
• The Rt Hon Stephen Kinnock MP, Secretary of State for Wales
• The Rt Hon Anneliese Midgley MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
• The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon, Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords
• The Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP, Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons
• The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, Minister for Women and Equalities

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards to the Prime Minister of 5 September 2025, whether the Independent Adviser took steps to ascertain that additional specialist tax advice was not received.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Independent Adviser’s advice to the Prime Minister regarding the Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP and the fact-finding exercise undertaken was published on 5 September 2025 and is available on GOV.UK.

As set out in the Independent Adviser’s terms of reference, “Information provided to the Independent Adviser for the purposes of their functions is provided in confidence” (paragraph 4.2).

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