Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which types of media and platforms, advertising campaigns carried out by or on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs encouraging timely submission of self assessment forms by people have been placed in each of the last five years; and how much has been spent on (a) the placement of those campaigns, by each medium or platform used and (b) all other associated costs.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
HMRC spent the following on Self-Assessment advertising by channel over the past five years. This is the most detailed channel breakdown available.
2016 – 17
Radio – £389,959
Out of Home (outdoor posters) – £409,505
Digital display - £58,055
Search engine advertising - £96,000
Social media - £20,000
Research - £139,000
Production - £81,828
Total - £1,194,347
2017 – 18
Radio - £234,931
Out of home - £289,794
Digital display - £149,661
Search engine advertising - £149,505
Research - £97,335
Production - £226,580
Total - £1,147,806
2018 – 19
Radio - £254,624
Out of home - £287,841
Digital display - £182,976
Search engine advertising - £99,909
Social media - £49,943
Research - £131,425
Production - £165,017
Total - £1,171,735
2019 – 20
Radio - £185,072
Digital display - £188,363
Search engine advertising - £89,152
Social media - £72,930
Research - £133,294
Production - £55,584
Total - £724,395
2020 – 21
Radio - £290,829
Digital display - £281,545
Search engine advertising - £90,661
Social media - £144,851
Research - £55,272
Production - £90,899
Total - £954,057
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the launch of Green Savings Bonds by National Savings & Investments.
Answered by John Glen
The Green Savings Bonds were made available to customers via National Savings and Investments on 22 October and will be on sale for a minimum of three months. The 3-year fixed-term savings product was launched with an interest rate of 0.65% and customers can invest between £100 and £100,000.
This innovative policy, a world-first of its kind launched by a sovereign, provides UK savers with the opportunity to take part in the collective effort to tackle climate change. Since the product launch, savers have continued to invest in this bond, and they will benefit from the UK Government green financing programme’s transparent reporting processes which will detail how their savings are helping to address the most pressing environmental issues of the day. The first annual allocation report, due to be published by September 2022, will show exactly how the proceeds raised have been used. The first biennial impact report is due to be published in 2023 and will set out the positive environmental impacts of the expenditures backed by the Green Savings Bonds and green gilts. These will include benefits to the climate and biodiversity as well as, in a first for sovereign issuers, the social co-benefits of green expenditures within the programme.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of staffing of HMRC.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
HMRC resourcing levels are set to deliver business plan commitments. HMRC’s latest workforce figures are published in the HMRC annual report and accounts: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021
The latest performance figures are published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-quarterly-performance-report-july-to-september-2021
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2021 Question 10353, on Business: Taxation, if he will publish that information for the 2020-2021 financial year.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The mean and median duration in months for all enquiries concluded by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate was as follows:
Year | Mean | Median |
2014-15 | 11.2 | 4 |
2015-16 | 11.2 | 4 |
2016-17 | 14.3 | 5 |
2017-18 | 12.9 | 6 |
2018-19 | 14.8 | 8 |
2019-20 | 17.2 | 7 |
2020-21 | 19.6 | 10 |
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2021 to Question 10352, on Business: Taxation, if he will publish that information for the 2020-2021 financial year.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
Information has been provided in the table below:
|
| Risks Closed |
2014/15 | Crown Dependencies | 24 |
| British Overseas Territories | 54 |
2015/16 | Crown Dependencies | 25 |
| British Overseas Territories | 50 |
2016/17 | Crown Dependencies | 33 |
| British Overseas Territories | 30 |
2017/18 | Crown Dependencies | 16 |
| British Overseas Territories | 43 |
2018/19 | Crown Dependencies | 28 |
| British Overseas Territories | 31 |
2019/20 | Crown Dependencies | 25 |
| British Overseas Territories | 31 |
2020/21 | Crown Dependencies | 21 |
| British Overseas Territories | 5 |
Data in respect of individual dependencies and territories has not been provided to protect customer confidentiality.
Any information that could identify individual taxpayers, including aggregate information concerning a small number of taxpayers, is exempt under Section 18 Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/11/section/18
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2021 to Question 10347, on Corporation Tax, if he will publish that information for the 2020-2021 financial year.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
Additional Corporation Tax revenues achieved through Large Business Directorate compliance activity was published in an appendix to HMRC’s 2020-21 Annual Report & Accounts.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff by (a) full time equivalent and (b) headcount work in each directorate in his Department.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The most recent available 31st October 2021 full time equivalent and headcount of paid staff who work in each directorate within the chancellor’s department are as follows.
Directorate | Full Time Equivalent | Headcount |
Business and International Tax | 152.9 | 157 |
Corporate Centre | 226.5 | 236 |
Economics | 111.0 | 115 |
Enterprise & Growth | 227.0 | 231 |
Financial Services | 185.8 | 187 |
Financial Stability | 80.4 | 81 |
Fiscal | 106.3 | 109 |
International | 184.8 | 187 |
Ministerial & Communications | 119.2 | 120 |
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation | 37.4 | 38 |
Office of Tax Simplification | 7.7 | 11 |
Personal Tax, Welfare & Pensions | 144.1 | 147 |
Public Services | 173.6 | 176 |
Public Spending | 184.0 | 187 |
Strategy, Planning & Budget | 98.2 | 100 |
HM Treasury | 2038.9 | 2082 |
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date his Department's internal policy on dealing with workplace bullying was last substantially updated.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
HM Treasury’s Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination Policy is part of a wider policy on Dispute Resolution which was last updated in February 2019.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) completeness and (b) accuracy of published records of Ministerial meetings and hospitality received by Ministers in his Department.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The government is committed to publishing details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations, gifts (given and received), hospitality and overseas travel on a quarterly basis. The Treasury fulfils this commitment through its publications on gov.uk.
Guidance for departments on this process is issued by the Cabinet Office.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has issued to Ministers in his Department on the timeliness and fullness of the publication of their Ministerial meetings and activities.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The government is committed to publishing details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations, gifts (given and received), hospitality and overseas travel on a quarterly basis. The Treasury fulfils this commitment through its publications on gov.uk.
Guidance for departments on this process is issued by the Cabinet Office.