Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the median salary for an officer of the National Crime Agency was in the 2023-24 financial year.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)

The median salary for an officer of the NCA as of March 2024 is £41,347.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the organisations that attended HMRC Stakeholder Conference 2024.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The HMRC Stakeholder Conference was attended by 184 external stakeholders from a range of sectors and organisations, including professional bodies, agents, business representative organisations, businesses, customs, and the voluntary and community sector.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of permanent staff worked in the National Crime Agency's International Corruption Unit for more than 12 months; and what the staff attrition rate was for the financial year (i) 2019-20 and (ii) 2020-21.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

International Corruption Unit (ICU) data shows that in 2023/24 92% of staff had been in the unit for more than 12 months.

The ICU staff annual attrition rate was recorded at 37% in 2019/20 and 9% 2020/21.

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to help leaseholders with premium insurance rates for multi-occupancy residential buildings affected by (a) flammable cladding and (b) other material safety risks.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

The Government continues to put extreme pressure into ensuring more fair and proportionate premiums for leaseholders living in multi-occupancy buildings with fire safety issues.

The FCA recommended that the insurance industry develop a risk-sharing facility for buildings with fire-safety issues. The Association of British Insurers’ Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility launched on 1 April 2024 in response to this recommendation. We are closely monitoring the Facility to understand the extent to which it improves outcomes for leaseholders.

On 31 December 2023, FCA changes came into force to give leaseholders rights under Fair Value rules and require the disclosure of key policy information. We welcome these changes and expect that they will help reduce the unfair costs facing leaseholders.

On 27 November 2023, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was introduced into Parliament. The Bill bans insurance commissions being passed to freeholders and managing agents, replacing these with transparent handling fees. This will stop leaseholders being charged excessive and opaque commissions on top of their premiums.

The Government has also published a commitment by 14 insurance broker companies to cap their commissions to 15%, stop sharing commissions with managing agents, landlords and freeholders, and share policy information with leaseholders when requested. The pledge will benefit leaseholders in buildings over 11 metres (or four storeys) in height with identified fire safety defects, where these details have been made known to the insurance broker.

We will continue to monitor the impact these changes have had on leaseholder premiums, and will remain engaged with industry regarding whether any further steps may be required.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the HMRC registration is for the Trust or company service provider that provides a company registered address for 149 live UK companies at Office 1 16 Beck Road, Leeds, United Kingdom LS8 4EJ.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

HMRC’s register of Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs) does not show any TSCPs with that registered office address; and none of the TCSPs supervised by HMRC lists the address as business premises. HMRC supervises only those TCSPs which are not supervised by a professional body supervisor or the Financial Conduct Authority

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs plans to calculate and publish a new standalone offshore tax gap.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

An estimate of the annual offshore tax gap for individuals in Self Assessment will be published alongside HMRC’s measuring tax gaps statistics ‘Measuring tax gaps 2024 edition’ scheduled for 20 June 2024.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is to decide on the model for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing supervisory reform.

Answered by Bim Afolami - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Treasury’s consultation on reforming the UK’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing supervisory regime closed in September 2023. The Department is continuing to analyse responses with the intention to announce a decision in due course as part of our commitment to reform the current supervision system and reduce economic crime.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the budget for the international corruption unit within the National Crime Agency came from (a) Official Development Assistance through the UK Action Against Corruption Programme and (b) other non-aid funding sources in each financial year since 2015-16; and what work was funded by non-aid funding sources.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

ICU has received the following funding from the FCDO’s UK Action against Corruption programme:

2015-16 £2.82m

2016-17 £3.9m

2017-18 £4.36m

2018-19 £4.4m

2019-20 £4.6m

2020-21 £5.65m

2021-22 £5.02m

2022-23 £5.0m

2023-24 £5.5m

Due to complexities in deriving the figure the National Crime Agency (NCA) is unable to provide a figure for other non-aid funding sources.

Non-aid funding primarily funds operational activity, and due to sensitivities surrounding that activity, the NCA is unable to provide further details.

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