Tag: Gregory Campbell

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of changes in the extent of (a) fuel smuggling and (b) other organised revenue avoidance schemes in Northern Ireland in the last three years.

Nicky Morgan

Estimates of the non UK duty paid market for petrol and diesel fuels in Northern Ireland are published in ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2012-13′. The non UK duty paid estimate covers both the illicit market and cross border shopping. These estimates cannot be disaggregated into its component parts or by the type of illicit activity e.g. through smuggling or other fraud.

The excise duty losses due to the non-UK duty paid diesel market for 2010-11 were £110m and for 2011-12 were £120m. The excise duty losses due to the petrol non-UK duty paid market for 2010-11 were £30m and for 2011-12 were £30m. Figures for 2012-13 will be published in the autumn.

The information on other organised revenue avoidance schemes in Northern Ireland is not available. The figures cannot be disaggregated by country. UK figures are available from “Measuring Tax Gaps 2012-13”.

The methodologies for producing the estimates are provided in the ‘Methodological Annex for Measuring Tax Gaps 2013′.

Both documents can be accessed via the following page on the HMRC website:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/tax-gaps.htm

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change has been in the number of passports which were (a) issued and (b) reported (i) lost and (ii) stolen between 2008 and 2013, by issuing passport office.

James Brokenshire

Passport applications are distributed across Her Majesty’s Passport Office
estate based on capacity and resources in each office. Data for 2008 to 2013
is shown in the following table.

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(a) figures prior to 2013 do not include UK passports issued by FCO. 2013 was the transistion year. Full repatriation of this activity completed in early 2014.

Lost and Stolen data is collated at national level only and not available
separated by issuing office. The following table provides a breakdown of how
many passports have been reported (i) lost, and (ii) stolen between 2008 and
2013.

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The category "other" is used by Her Majesty’s Passport Office predominantly
when a passport is declared damaged or destroyed.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the last assessment was carried out of the perceived community background of HM Revenue and Customs staff recruited in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years.

Mr David Gauke

HMRC assesses annually the community background information relating to its Northern Ireland staff. This is done as part of the annual reporting arrangements to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and helps inform HMRC’s Equality Analysis work and Northern Ireland Equality Scheme.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to families with children with autism.

Norman Lamb

The Care Bill has simplified the process for adult carers in England to access an assessment of need for social care, based on the appearance of a need for support.

The Children and Families Act has introduced new arrangements for supporting young people with a special educational need, and their families. A single assessment involving professionals and commissioners, and the child’s family, will identify the care needs for the child or young person (from ages 0 to 25) to inform an individual Education, Health and Care Plan focusing on outcomes and the integrated services to deliver them.