The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2016-02-10.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether UK political parties will be invited to attend and participate in the Anti-Corruption Summit planned in London following the Prime Minister’s speech in Singapore on 28 July 2015.
Lord Bridges of Headley
Invitations will be sent out in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2016-03-01.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 25 February (HL5950 and HL6117), when their consultations, if any, on amending the rules of property ownership will commence.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
A discussion paper on proposals to require foreign companies to provide beneficial ownership information when purchasing or owning property or bidding for public contracts was published on Friday 4 March.
The document has been published here: www.gov.uk/government/consultations/property-ownership-and-public-contracting-by-foreign-companies-improving-transparency and copies of the discussion paper have been placed in the libraries of both Houses.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2016-05-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many passport applications have been made using the legend of a deceased person in each of the past six years.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
We do not routinely publish this data.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2015-10-28.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 22 July (HL1237) regarding a consultation on flour additives, what is the timetable for that consultation, whom they are consulting, and what options for possible change they are considering.
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
In June this year the Government held an informal consultation in order to seek views on possible additions to the exemptions currently allowed under the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 from the requirement to fortify flour with calcium, iron, niacin, and thiamine. The exemptions that were envisaged would allow more efficient and streamlined manufacturing operations for foods produced for export as well as for the home market, without compromising the public health benefits which accrue from fortification. A range of interested parties were consulted including millers, flour users, retailers, fortificant manufacturers and health professionals.
The options proposed in the consultation would allow millers to produce unfortified flour in England when used as a secondary ingredient which undergoes further processing, or is used in relatively small quantities in products. This approach was welcomed by most consultees and the Government is now considering how to take this forward.
The Department of Health and Public Health England has considered the proposals and concluded that it is unlikely that an exemption from fortification for flour used in such products will have a nutritionally significant impact on the intakes of calcium, iron, thiamine or niacin.
The changes proposed would apply to England only since food legislation is a devolved matter. The devolved administrations are aware of these proposals but have not yet made any decisions on whether to introduce similar changes.
Respondents to the consultation also asked for some additional flexibility around the point at which the fortificants are added to flour. At the moment flour must be fortified at the mill and the four fortificants are added as a premix at the end of the milling process. Many businesses which manufacture foods both for the home market and for export requested the flexibility to be able to add the fortificants at the bakery stage. They highlighted that the requirement for separate storage and handling for, both fortified and unfortified flour (which is used for exported products) was creating significant manufacturing complexities. That resulted in a more restricted product range and is having an adverse effect on their export potential and their ability to diversify into new global markets. The Government is currently considering this.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2015-02-12.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many civil servants working in the diet and nutrition fields were transferred from the Food Standards Agency to the Department of Health following the machinery of government changes in July 2010; and how many remain working in the same fields at present.
Earl Howe
53 civil servants working in the diet and nutrition fields were transferred from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to the Department in 2010. Of these, seven currently work on diet and nutrition in the Department. There was a second machinery of Government change in April 2013, at which time 23 of those who transferred to the Department from the FSA then transferred to Public Health England.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2015-02-12.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the diet and nutrition budget in the Department of Health in June 2010; how much that sum increased by incorporating budgets transferred from the Food Standards Agency to the Department of Health following the machinery of government changes in July 2010; and what is the current level.
Earl Howe
The Department’s programme budget for diet and nutrition in 2010-11 was £700,000 and the Food Standards Agency budget that transferred to the Department following the machinery of Government changes in 2010 was £10.126 million. The 2014-15 programme budget for diet and nutrition is £70,000 in the Department and £4.8 million in Public Health England. These budgets do not include staffing costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2014-04-01.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to implement the changes set out in sections 45 and 46 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.
Lord Faulks
Implementation is already well underway. The point at which historic central government records are transferred to The National Archives is being reduced from 30 years to 20 years. This change is being implemented in a phased way over a ten period starting from 1 January 2013, with two years worth of records being transferred every year until transition is complete. This was implemented by The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (Commencement No 7) Order 2012 (SI 2012 No. 3001) and The Public Records (Transfer to the Public Record Office) (Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2012 (SI 2012 No. 3028).
The Government intends to begin, from 2015, a similar ten-year transitional period for records transferred to 116 local places of deposit, subject to the outcome of further detailed work on costs and the impact to the local authority archive sector.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2014-04-01.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 26 March (WA 122), what are the relevant trigger dates for consideration of any documents they may hold relating to Hilda Murrell.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
The relevant trigger date for the one file that the HO holds relating to Hilda Murrell is July 2014 when Home Office will make an application to that month’s Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Council to allow this file to be transferred to The National Archives. Providing this application is approved, this file will be available for perusal by members of the public by 31 December 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2014-04-03.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have commissioned any studies to assess behavioural change consequent upon income and corporate tax changes since 2010.
Lord Deighton
The table below sets out the Corporation Tax rates from 2009-10 to 2014-15.
|
Small Profits Rate |
Main Rate |
|
|
2009-10 |
21% |
28% |
|
2010-11 |
21% |
28% |
|
2011-12 |
20% |
26% |
|
2012-13 |
20% |
24% |
|
2013-14 |
20% |
23% |
|
2014-15 |
20% |
21% |
At Budget 2013 it was announced that from 2015-16 the rates would be unified to a single Corporation Tax rate of 20%.
The latest year for which full data is available is 2011-12. Total onshore Corporation Tax liabilities fell slightly from £35.6bn in 2010-11 to £35.4bn in 2011-12. HMRC publishes annual National Statistics on Corporation Tax liabilities. Table 11.1B is attached[1].
The table below sets out the Income Tax rates from 2000-10 to 2014-15.
|
Basic Rate |
Higher Rate |
Additional Rate |
|
|
2009-10 |
20% |
40% |
– |
|
2010-11 |
20% |
40% |
50% |
|
2011-12 |
20% |
40% |
50% |
|
2012-13 |
20% |
40% |
50% |
|
2013-14 |
20% |
40% |
45% |
|
2014-15 |
20% |
40% |
45% |
The Starting Rate of tax for savings is currently 10%. This is applied only to savings income which falls within the starting rate band above the personal allowance.
In 2014-15 the personal allowance is £10,000 and the starting rate band is £2,880. At Budget 2014 the Government announced that from 2015-16 that band would be increased to £5000 and the rate set to 0%.
The latest available income tax liability statistics held by HMRC relate to the tax year 2011-12. These statistics are attached[2].
Other more timely published information is available in tax receipts statistics which are published on a monthly basis and could be considered as a leading indicator of liabilities. These statistics are also attached[3].
To estimate the exchequer impact of policy changes it is necessary to estimate the change in tax liabilities after taking into account the behavioural response. At each fiscal event where the tax rates have been changed these estimates have been made and certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility. These estimates are published in table 2.1of the corresponding Budget and Autumn Statement reports.
There are significant behavioural responses associated with changes in the top marginal rate of income tax. The HMRC report ‘The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate of income tax'[4] outlines these behavioural responses.
HM Treasury and HMRC jointly published the report ‘Analysis of the dynamic effects of corporation tax reductions’ at Autumn Statement 2013[5].
[1]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/256886/table11-1b.pdf
[2]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277459/Table_2.6.pdf
[4]http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.pdf
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2014-04-03.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is any evidence that income tax and corporate tax revenues have increased as the rates of income and corporate taxes have decreased since 2010.
Lord Deighton
The table below sets out the Corporation Tax rates from 2009-10 to 2014-15.
|
Small Profits Rate |
Main Rate |
|
|
2009-10 |
21% |
28% |
|
2010-11 |
21% |
28% |
|
2011-12 |
20% |
26% |
|
2012-13 |
20% |
24% |
|
2013-14 |
20% |
23% |
|
2014-15 |
20% |
21% |
At Budget 2013 it was announced that from 2015-16 the rates would be unified to a single Corporation Tax rate of 20%.
The latest year for which full data is available is 2011-12. Total onshore Corporation Tax liabilities fell slightly from £35.6bn in 2010-11 to £35.4bn in 2011-12. HMRC publishes annual National Statistics on Corporation Tax liabilities. Table 11.1B is attached[1].
The table below sets out the Income Tax rates from 2000-10 to 2014-15.
|
Basic Rate |
Higher Rate |
Additional Rate |
|
|
2009-10 |
20% |
40% |
– |
|
2010-11 |
20% |
40% |
50% |
|
2011-12 |
20% |
40% |
50% |
|
2012-13 |
20% |
40% |
50% |
|
2013-14 |
20% |
40% |
45% |
|
2014-15 |
20% |
40% |
45% |
The Starting Rate of tax for savings is currently 10%. This is applied only to savings income which falls within the starting rate band above the personal allowance.
In 2014-15 the personal allowance is £10,000 and the starting rate band is £2,880. At Budget 2014 the Government announced that from 2015-16 that band would be increased to £5000 and the rate set to 0%.
The latest available income tax liability statistics held by HMRC relate to the tax year 2011-12. These statistics are attached[2].
Other more timely published information is available in tax receipts statistics which are published on a monthly basis and could be considered as a leading indicator of liabilities. These statistics are also attached[3].
To estimate the exchequer impact of policy changes it is necessary to estimate the change in tax liabilities after taking into account the behavioural response. At each fiscal event where the tax rates have been changed these estimates have been made and certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility. These estimates are published in table 2.1of the corresponding Budget and Autumn Statement reports.
There are significant behavioural responses associated with changes in the top marginal rate of income tax. The HMRC report ‘The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate of income tax'[4] outlines these behavioural responses.
HM Treasury and HMRC jointly published the report ‘Analysis of the dynamic effects of corporation tax reductions’ at Autumn Statement 2013[5].
[1]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/256886/table11-1b.pdf
[2]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277459/Table_2.6.pdf
[4]http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.pdf
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