Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2017 to Question 1597, whether the Secretary of State for Scotland has made representations during those discussions for Scotland to receive additional funding as a result of the confidence and supply agreement between the Government and the Democratic Unionist Party.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I refer the Honourable Lady to my answer of 4 July 2017. It has been the practice of successive administrations not to disclose details of such meetings.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans for the simplification of the tax system; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The government aims to have a tax system that is simple to understand and easy to comply with.
In 2010 we set up the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) as an independent Office of the Treasury to provide advice on how to simplify the tax system. The OTS was made permanent and statutory in 2016. This ensures it is in the best possible position to provide robust advice to the Chancellor on simplifying the tax system.
The OTS has made over 400 recommendations to simplify the tax system, over half of which have already been implemented by the Government.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there are plans for HM Revenue and Customs to routinely share data on the unearned income of non-resident parents with the Child Maintenance Service as an alternative to the request-led system.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
There are no plans for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to routinely provide unearned income information.
HMRC provides information to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to help in the calculation of child maintenance payments. This is provided on a request basis in line with DWP legislation. HMRC routinely shares earned income information which covers the vast majority of individuals.
HMRC is committed to working with DWP, the CMS and others to improve data flows to best support the calculation and collection of child maintenance.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs officers are currently employed by HM Revenue and Customs to carry out border activity in the UK; and how many such officers he estimates will be required for such activity after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is the UK customs authority and is responsible for the systems which control goods moving across our borders. Border activity for customs purposes is carried out by Border Force. The resources required by HMRC after the UK leaves the European Union will be dependent on the outcome of negotiations.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reduce rates of VAT charged on particular goods or services after the UK has left the EU.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The government has committed to extending a zero rate of VAT to women’s sanitary products as soon as we are legally able to.
Future decisions on VAT will be taken as part of the normal Budget process.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
Answered by Andrew Jones
I can advise that there was no advertising expenditure on social media between January 2016 and August 2016. I can confirm that between September 2016 and to date, that £789.67 have been spent per month on social media.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in (a) import duties and (b) VAT on goods imported from outside the EU was paid on goods destined for sale or use in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in (a) import duties and (b) VAT on goods imported from outside the EU was paid in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in duties on imported alcohol products in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in duty on (a) spirits, (b) beer, (c) cider and (d) wine in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
An estimate of VAT receipts attributed to Scotland is published in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)’s ‘Disaggregated HMRC Tax Receipts’ publication:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts
Receipts from duties on spirits, beer, cider and wine that are released for consumption in the UK are published in HMRC’s quarterly publication ‘Alcohol Duty’:
www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutyBulletins.aspx