Tag: Seema Malhotra

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2015-12-15.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a full list of each enterprise zone and the original date of its announcement.

Greg Hands

I set out in the table below the full list of Enterprise Zones together with the original date of announcement:

Enterprise Zone	Date of announcement
Mersey Waters Black Country Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Derby and Derbyshire Bristol Temple Quarter EZ London Royal Docks Manchester Airport City Leeds City Region Sheffield City Region North East EZ Birmingham City EZ Tees Valley	23rd March 2011
Newquay Aerohub Sci-Tech Daresbury Solent Enterprise Zone MIRA Technology Park Hereford Discovery Park Harlow Science Vale UK Northampton Waterside Alconbury Enterprise Campus Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft	17th August 2011
Humber Lancashire	29th November 2011
Plymouth	20th August 2015
Blackpool Airport	12th November 2015
New EZs Ceramics Valley Dorset Green Carlisle Kingsmoor M62 Corridor EZ Greater Manchester Life Science Luton Airport York Central Hillhouse Chemicals and Energy Cheshire and Warrington EZ New Anglia EZ EZ Newhaven Aylesbury Vale Cambridge Compass Didcot Growth Accelerator Enterprise M3 Enviro-Tech Enterprise Zone Heart of the South West Enterprise Zone North East Round 2 EZ Aerohub (extension) Infinity Park Derby (extension) Humber EZ (extension) Tees Valley EZ (extension) Bristol Temple Quarter and Bath and Somer Valley (extension) North Kent Innovation Zone (extension) Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft EZ (extension) Birmingham Enterprise Zone Curzon St (extension)	25th November 2015

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2016-01-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received since September 2015 on the level of household debt; and on what dates he received those representations.

Harriett Baldwin

The government has taken action on household debt by establishing the independent Financial Policy Committee (FPC) within the Bank of England to ensure emerging risks and vulnerabilities across the financial system as a whole are identified, monitored and effectively addressed.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2016-02-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of HM Revenue and Customs’ Large Business Service worked on each of that service’s investigations relating to the tax of companies in each of the last six years.

Mr David Gauke

Until 31 March 2014, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Large Business Service (LBS) dealt with the tax affairs of around 800 of the largest businesses in the UK. From 1 April 2014 HMRC’s Large Business directorate (LB) deals with the tax affairs of around 2,000 large businesses.

At 31 December 2015, the number of staff deployed in LB was 2,600.

At year end (31 March), the number of staff deployed in previous years was:

LB

2014-15 2,350

LBS

2013-14 1,303

2012-13 1,194

2011-12 1,306

2010-11 1,438

These staff are supplemented by specialists in other parts of HMRC. It is not possible to say how many staff were deployed on each investigation.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2016-03-23.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.228 of Budget 2016, on what date he plans to close the Money Advice Service.

Harriett Baldwin

At Budget 2016, the government published its response to the Public Financial Guidance Review and launched a consultation seeking views on the government’s plans to restructure the statutory financial guidance providers – the Money Advice Service, The Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise. This paper, which closes on 8 June 2016, sets out a new delivery model for public financial guidance and seeks views on how, within this model, the proposed services could best be offered. The new delivery model is designed to better complement the financial guidance provided by the third sector and the industry and provide more targeted support for consumers.

The government will consider the responses to this consultation over the summer, and in parallel, work closely with the affected organisations to finalise the delivery structure. A detailed timetable will be set out with the final response, which will be published in the autumn. The government has been clear that the three affected organisations will continue to provide guidance to consumers until at least 2018.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2015-10-30.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the interim recommendations of Sir Charles Bean’s review of the quality, delivery and governance of local statistics.

Harriett Baldwin

The independent review of UK economic statistics will publish interim recommendations for the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Minister for the Cabinet Office in autumn 2015. A final report will be published at Budget 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish his review of the residential conversion threshold for agricultural buildings.

Brandon Lewis

We announced in the Rural Productivity Plan that we will review the planning constraints facing rural businesses. This will include a review of the current threshold for agricultural buildings to convert to residential buildings. A Call for Evidence will be published later in the autumn.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the outcome of his call for evidence on extending permitted development rights to taller mobile telephone masts.

Brandon Lewis

The outcome of the review of how the planning system in England can support the delivery of mobile connectivity will be announced in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people in (a) Feltham and Heston constituency, (b) Houndslow, (c) London and (d) the UK sought advice from the Family Rights Group in 2015.

Edward Timpson

The Department for Education supports the Family Rights Group (FRG) in providing a national helpline for England. Our grant agreement with FRG does not require them to provide us with data by ward or the wider UK.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2016-01-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received since September 2015 on (a) consumer debt and (b) personal loans.

Harriett Baldwin

The Government has fundamentally reformed the regulation of consumer credit, transferring regulatory responsibility from the Office of Fair Trading to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FCA regime has been designed to strike the right balance between proportionality and consumer protection. The Government has ensured that the FCA has robust powers to protect consumers.

Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with, and receive letters from, a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.

Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2016-02-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies using HM Revenue and Customs’ Large Business Service are subject to investigations relating to their tax; and how long each of those companies has been subject to such investigation.

Mr David Gauke

Until 31 March 2014, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Large Business Service dealt with the tax affairs of around 800 of the largest businesses in the UK. From 1 April 2014 HMRC’s new Large Business directorate deals with the tax affairs of around 2,000 large businesses.

At 31 December 2015 HMRC had enquiries open with 567 of the largest 800 businesses covering 2,826 risks.

At 31 December 2015 HMRC had enquiries open with 1,117 of the large businesses dealt with by the Large Business Directorate, covering 3,981 risks.