Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many civil servants within HM Treasury have (1) been recruited into the department (a) from within the civil service, and (b) from outside the civil service, and (2) left the department to (a) other posts within the civil service, and (b) other roles outside the civil service, in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
The numbers of staff recruited into the department from within the Civil Service and outside the Civil Service can be found in the table below:-
| Civil Service Wide | External |
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012 | 124 | 94 |
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013 | 89 | 162 |
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014 | 126 | 128 |
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015 | 132 | 201 |
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016 | 197 | 275 |
The numbers of staff leaving HM Treasury and moving to Civil Service Departments and to other roles outside of HM Treasury can be found in the table below:-
Reason | Apr 2011 to Mar 2012 | Apr 2012 to Mar 2013 | Apr 2013 to Mar 2014 | Apr 2014 to Mar 2015 | Apr 2015 to Mar 2016 |
End Fixed Term | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 43 |
End Loan/secondment In | 76 | 69 | 54 | 61 | 71 |
Permanent Transfers Out (Civil Service) | 52 | 60 | 84 | 87 | 63 |
Resignation | 103 | 78 | 87 | 105 | 84 |
Other | 30 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 10 |
Total leavers | 274 | 254 | 256 | 267 | 271 |
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK companies are subsidiaries of another company that is registered (1) within the EU, or (2) in the rest of the world; and what estimate they have made of the total value of those UK companies.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Companies House’s role is to hold the register of UK companies and make the information available to the public. Its role is not to provide detailed analysis on companies. Providing an accurate figure on the number and value of UK companies that are subsidiaries of other non-UK companies would breach the disproportionate cost threshold given the volume and complexity of the information within the dataset.
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the value of (1) imports, and (2) exports, from other EU member states to each local authority area in the UK.
Answered by Lord Price
Regional trade statistics at the local authority level are not available.
Trade statistics showing the value of trade in goods between UK regions/countries (NUTS 1 level) and EU member states are available from the HM Revenue and Customs’ Regional Trade Statistics database.
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 7 April (HL7283), how many people have taken up the Married Couple's Allowance in each (1) Parliamentary constituency, and (2) local authority area.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
HM Revenue and Customs’ plans for advertising Marriage Allowance evolved over time.
HMRC does not hold data on the number of customers that have applied for Marriage Allowance by Local Authority or Parliamentary Constituency.
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 7 April (HL7284), what was the initial budget agreed for the advertising campaign for the Married Couple's Allowance.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
HM Revenue and Customs’ plans for advertising Marriage Allowance evolved over time.
HMRC does not hold data on the number of customers that have applied for Marriage Allowance by Local Authority or Parliamentary Constituency.
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average bid made by banks with official trader status in each gilt auction since May 2015.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
The average amount bid by wholesale Gilt-edged Market Makers (GEMMs) at gilt auctions between 14 May 2015 and 7 April 2016 was £202.17 million per GEMM per auction.
As the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have said, the civil service is working to support the Government’s position that Britain is stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU. Gilt auctions are expected to proceed as normal in the build up to the EU referendum, in line with UK Debt Management Office (DMO) plans published on 31 March 2016.
As customary, the DMO will publish precise details of gilt auctions for July-September 2016 one month before the start of the quarter on 31 May 2016.
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of speculation around the EU referendum on UK gilt auctions.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
The average amount bid by wholesale Gilt-edged Market Makers (GEMMs) at gilt auctions between 14 May 2015 and 7 April 2016 was £202.17 million per GEMM per auction.
As the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have said, the civil service is working to support the Government’s position that Britain is stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU. Gilt auctions are expected to proceed as normal in the build up to the EU referendum, in line with UK Debt Management Office (DMO) plans published on 31 March 2016.
As customary, the DMO will publish precise details of gilt auctions for July-September 2016 one month before the start of the quarter on 31 May 2016.
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a vote to leave the EU on UK gilt auctions.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
The average amount bid by wholesale Gilt-edged Market Makers (GEMMs) at gilt auctions between 14 May 2015 and 7 April 2016 was £202.17 million per GEMM per auction.
As the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have said, the civil service is working to support the Government’s position that Britain is stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU. Gilt auctions are expected to proceed as normal in the build up to the EU referendum, in line with UK Debt Management Office (DMO) plans published on 31 March 2016.
As customary, the DMO will publish precise details of gilt auctions for July-September 2016 one month before the start of the quarter on 31 May 2016.
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people paid capital gains tax on personal possessions in each of the last five years, and what was the total amount of tax paid.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
Information is not available on the number of people paying Capital Gains Tax on specific types of possession, or the total amount of tax paid on gains of specific type of possession. Capital Gains Tax payments are not separated into personal possessions. However, the Government publishes information about total amount of Capital Gains Tax paid each year and the total numbers of individuals accruing liabilities.
Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) poster boards, (2) bus advertisements, (3) television advertisements, (4) magazine or print advertisements, and (5) other forms of advertising, they are using to promote the Married Couple’s Allowance; and what is the cost of each form of advertising.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
As of March 24 2016, 585,487 couples had successfully applied for Marriage Allowance, including apporoximately 181,00 who applied in March.
The campaign ran until 31 March and final figures are not yet available.