Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made on developing the green book in line with environmental evidence.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
As outlined in the Net Zero Review final report, HM Treasury is building its governance, capabilities and processes to support our transition to Net Zero. The Green Book mandates the consideration of climate and environmental impacts in appraisal and provides detailed guidance on how to do so. There have been a range of recent updates to the Green Book and particularly on environmental appraisal to support best practice. This includes both net zero and appraising wider impacts on the environment.
In January 2023, supplementary guidance to the Green Book on the appraisal and evaluation of energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was revised to improve its use for policymaking when applied to climate and environment.
The Treasury requires all departments to adhere to the Green Book guidance when providing a business case for a policy, programme or project.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made with HMRC on strengthen the analytical approach to monitoring, evaluating and quantifying the environmental impacts of tax measures.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
As outlined in the Net Zero Review final report, HM Treasury is building its governance, capabilities and processes to support our transition to Net Zero.
HM Treasury is committed to ensuring fiscal decision making is aligned with achieving net zero. To support this, climate assessments are included in advice to Ministers at fiscal events.
HMT and HMRC consider climate change and environmental implications of relevant tax measures. Climate assessments are included in all relevant Tax Information and Impact Notes (TIINs). HMT and HMRC continue to work together to improve our approach to assessing the environmental impacts of tax measures.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department have had with (a) industry representatives and (b) other stakeholders on the Alcohol Duty Review.
Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
The Government has been frequently engaging with industry, public health groups and other stakeholders as part of its alcohol duty review consultation.
Details of Ministerial meetings are published regularly on GOV.UK, and can be found here:
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were registered as non-domicile for tax purposes in 2021-22; and how much (a) income tax, (b) capital gains tax and (c) national insurance contributions was paid by those people for tax purposes in 2021-22.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
HMRC publishes annual statistics on the numbers of non-domiciled taxpayers including their tax and National Insurance liabilities. These statistics are normally published in July. Figures for tax year ending 2020 are available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-non-domiciled-taxpayers-in-the-uk.
For tax year ending 2020, HMRC estimates that 75,700 non-domiciled taxpayers were liable for £5,593 million in Income Tax, £244 million in Capital Gains Tax, and £2,016 million in National Insurance Contributions. These figures include all non-domiciled taxpayers providing tax returns regardless of their tax residence. These figures do not include formerly non-domiciled UK residents who are now deemed as UK domiciled for UK tax purposes.
HMRC intends to publish updated figures including tax year ending 2021 on 28 July 2022. Figures for tax year ending 2022 are not available until next summer.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK residents with registered non-domiciled tax status.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
HMRC’s latest published estimate of the number of non-domiciled UK resident taxpayers in tax year ending 2020 was 62,200. This figure does not include formerly non-domiciled UK residents who are now deemed as UK domiciled for UK tax purposes. HMRC plans to publish updated figures on 28 July 2022.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which date the Innovation Challenge will open to civil servants to submit ideas.
Answered by Simon Clarke
The launch of the innovation challenge will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a breakdown of the proportion of eligible households that take up tax free childcare in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK.
Answered by Simon Clarke
As a proportion of all families who were eligible for tax-free childcare (TFC) and had qualifying childcare, the estimated take-up rate in the UK in March 2022 was 30%, corresponding to 384,280 families. Across the 2021-22 year, 40% of eligible families (512,415) used TFC.
Take-up of TFC varies by region, as shown below. Use of TFC tends to be greater in regions with higher populations, such as London and South East England. However, over 2021-22 the estimated take-up rate is highest in the South West of England at 49% and lowest in Scotland at 26%.
Region/Country | Estimated no. families eligible for TFC in 2021-22 | No users (and estimated % take up) in March 2022 | No users (and estimated % take up) in 2021-22 |
United Kingdom | 1,270,000 | 384,280 (30%) | 512,415 (40%) |
England | 1,070,000 | 336,150 (31%) | 450,395 (42%) |
North East | 40,000 | 13,040 (33%) | 17,425 (44%) |
North West | 140,000 | 50,095 (36%) | 65,620 (47%) |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 100,000 | 33,605 (34%) | 44,010 (44%) |
East Midlands | 90,000 | 30,915 (34%) | 40,530 (45%) |
West Midlands | 100,000 | 33,695 (34%) | 44,575 (45%) |
East of England | 140,000 | 37,755 (27%) | 51,460 (37%) |
London | 170,000 | 39,220 (23%) | 54,285 (32%) |
South East | 200,000 | 61,265 (31%) | 83,305 (42%) |
South West | 100,000 | 36,555 (37%) | 49,185 (49%) |
Wales | 60,000 | 13,575 (23%) | 17,825 (30%) |
Scotland | 110,000 | 22,710 (21%) | 29,110 (26%) |
Northern Ireland | 30,000 | 9,070 (30%) | 11,050 (37%) |
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of eligible parents take up tax free childcare.
Answered by Simon Clarke
As a proportion of all families who were eligible for tax-free childcare (TFC) and had qualifying childcare, the estimated take-up rate in the UK in March 2022 was 30%, corresponding to 384,280 families. Across the 2021-22 year, 40% of eligible families (512,415) used TFC.
Take-up of TFC varies by region, as shown below. Use of TFC tends to be greater in regions with higher populations, such as London and South East England. However, over 2021-22 the estimated take-up rate is highest in the South West of England at 49% and lowest in Scotland at 26%.
Region/Country | Estimated no. families eligible for TFC in 2021-22 | No users (and estimated % take up) in March 2022 | No users (and estimated % take up) in 2021-22 |
United Kingdom | 1,270,000 | 384,280 (30%) | 512,415 (40%) |
England | 1,070,000 | 336,150 (31%) | 450,395 (42%) |
North East | 40,000 | 13,040 (33%) | 17,425 (44%) |
North West | 140,000 | 50,095 (36%) | 65,620 (47%) |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 100,000 | 33,605 (34%) | 44,010 (44%) |
East Midlands | 90,000 | 30,915 (34%) | 40,530 (45%) |
West Midlands | 100,000 | 33,695 (34%) | 44,575 (45%) |
East of England | 140,000 | 37,755 (27%) | 51,460 (37%) |
London | 170,000 | 39,220 (23%) | 54,285 (32%) |
South East | 200,000 | 61,265 (31%) | 83,305 (42%) |
South West | 100,000 | 36,555 (37%) | 49,185 (49%) |
Wales | 60,000 | 13,575 (23%) | 17,825 (30%) |
Scotland | 110,000 | 22,710 (21%) | 29,110 (26%) |
Northern Ireland | 30,000 | 9,070 (30%) | 11,050 (37%) |
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Oral Evidence taken by the Treasury Select Committee on 27 April 2022 on HM Treasury’s role in combating fraud, for what reason his Department does not have a global target for reducing public sector fraud across Government.
Answered by Simon Clarke
Fraud against the public sector is combatted by individual public bodies, some of whom have targets, and some who do not. HM Treasury and the soon to be launched Public Sector Fraud Authority will be working with public bodies to increasingly use data to have a greater impact on public sector fraud. The government will be transparent in the progress it makes.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the managing public money guidance on fraud was last updated.
Answered by Simon Clarke
The Managing Public Money Guidance was last updated on 4 March 2022. The latest edition of Managing Public Money (section 4.9.5) now requires that for any new major area of spend, departments shall assess the risk of and impact from fraud at the outset when the spending is being proposed. Departments must also complete a full fraud assessment and keep it up to date. This should all be done in conjunction with counter-fraud experts. Accompanying changes to the Green Book (section A5.27), published on 30 March 2022, set out how fraud risks and counter-fraud measures should be taken into account in the business case process.