Asked by: Lord Hart of Tenby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in Gift Aid was paid out to (a) Cancer Research UK, (b) Oxfam, (c) Greenpeace, (d) RSPCA and (e) RSPB in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
Answered by Damian Hinds
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for administering Gift Aid.
HMRC has a statutory duty to maintain taxpayer confidentiality and cannot comment on the affairs of individual taxpayers.
HMRC publishes national statistics showing the total cost of Gift Aid and other charitable tax reliefs https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/charitable-donations-and-tax-reliefs-statistics
Asked by: Lord Hart of Tenby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Excise Payment Security System has been approved for use by individual retail petrol filling stations; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Oil companies account for the repayment of duty on petrol subject to the vapour recovery process in their monthly duty return, so there is no disbursement by HMRC to these companies.
Eligibility for the Excise Payment Security System does not apply to or exclude particular sectors; criteria are published by HMRC, and apply to all applicants. I can confirm that EPSS approval has been granted to petrol retailers in 2014.
Asked by: Lord Hart of Tenby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been disbursed to oil supply companies for the repayment of duty on petrol subject to vapour recovery since January 2013.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Oil companies account for the repayment of duty on petrol subject to the vapour recovery process in their monthly duty return, so there is no disbursement by HMRC to these companies.
Eligibility for the Excise Payment Security System does not apply to or exclude particular sectors; criteria are published by HMRC, and apply to all applicants. I can confirm that EPSS approval has been granted to petrol retailers in 2014.
Asked by: Lord Hart of Tenby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Excise Payment Security Systems have been approved for retail petrol filling stations in 2014.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Oil companies account for the repayment of duty on petrol subject to the vapour recovery process in their monthly duty return, so there is no disbursement by HMRC to these companies.
Eligibility for the Excise Payment Security System does not apply to or exclude particular sectors; criteria are published by HMRC, and apply to all applicants. I can confirm that EPSS approval has been granted to petrol retailers in 2014.
Asked by: Lord Hart of Tenby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of approved UK tax warehouses for handling oil products.
Answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes
This information is held on a HMRC database and includes excise identification and approval numbers unique to the traders listed. For taxpayer confidentiality reasons this information is not publically available, and there is no intention to publish it.
Eligibility criteria for a duty deferment guarantee waiver under the Excise Payment Security System do not apply to or exclude particular sectors. These criteria are published by HMRC, and apply to all applicants.
HMRC is considering the future of the vapour recovery scheme as part of the wider work programme to determine the appropriate course of action in respect of all their extra-statutory concessions.
The Government's policy is not to allow duty suspended movements within the UK, this is both for administrative simplicity and to reduce the opportunities for criminal activity and fraud.
Asked by: Lord Hart of Tenby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that the Excise Payment Security System is available to small and medium-sized enterprises in the oil products sector.
Answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes
This information is held on a HMRC database and includes excise identification and approval numbers unique to the traders listed. For taxpayer confidentiality reasons this information is not publically available, and there is no intention to publish it.
Eligibility criteria for a duty deferment guarantee waiver under the Excise Payment Security System do not apply to or exclude particular sectors. These criteria are published by HMRC, and apply to all applicants.
HMRC is considering the future of the vapour recovery scheme as part of the wider work programme to determine the appropriate course of action in respect of all their extra-statutory concessions.
The Government's policy is not to allow duty suspended movements within the UK, this is both for administrative simplicity and to reduce the opportunities for criminal activity and fraud.