Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many letters about the requirement to file quarterly Making Tax Digital returns have been sent out in error to taxpayers whose qualifying income is below the initial £50,000 threshold; and if so, what has been the mailing and administration cost of this.

Answered by Lord Livermore

As part of the Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax awareness campaign, HMRC issued letters to customers with qualifying income over £50,000. These customers were identified based upon the latest information held by HMRC at that time.

While some customers may subsequently have fallen below the threshold due to amendments to their 2024/25 tax returns made after letters were scheduled, HMRC is satisfied that the correct customers have been contacted overall and does not consider that any significant additional mailing or administration costs were incurred.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 11 June 2025 (HC57195), whether they have published the analysis by industry experts to understand the causes behind the increases in insurance costs; and if so, where that analysis is published.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The research referenced as part of HC57195 was commissioned by Historic England. There are no current plans for it to be published

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many late payment fines for late paid income tax in the estates of the dead who died before the normal tax due date have been raised in each of the past three years for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Livermore

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood of a rise in the Ofgem price cap after 30 September; and what assessment they have made of the impact of such a rise.

Answered by Baroness Curran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The setting of the energy price cap is a matter for the independent market regulator Ofgem and the Government does not speculate on such matters.

Tackling affordability is this Government’s number one priority. For this reason, we have taken action to remove VAT from electricity bills from 1 October this year for six months. We also acted at last year’s Budget by taking on average £150 of costs off energy bills, with those decisions now factored into bills for the years to come.

The Government continues to monitor energy prices closely and recognises the impact that changes in bills can have on households.

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