Asked by: Fiona O'Donnell (Labour - East Lothian)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been overpaid in child tax credit and working tax credit as a result of technical and administrative errors by his Department; and how much of that overpayment has been written off in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) East Lothian constituency in each year since that scheme's inception.
Answered by Priti Patel
I refer the Member to the answer I provided on the 19 December 2014 to Question 218750:
Asked by: Fiona O'Donnell (Labour - East Lothian)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that developing countries who cannot sign up to the automatic exchange of tax information in its current form benefit from greater local transparency in taxation.
Answered by David Gauke
HM Treasury and the Department for International Development meet regularly to discuss issues of common interest, including tax transparency.
The UK funds the Global Forum Secretariat and the World Bank Group to provide support to developing countries that wish to implement international standards of tax transparency and join the Global Forum. We have also worked closely in the G20 to produce a roadmap to assist developing countries in implementing the new standard of automatic exchange of information (AEOI) and stand ready to help those that wish to participate in AEOI.
Asked by: Fiona O'Donnell (Labour - East Lothian)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will next meet representatives of energy-intensive industries to discuss the EU Commission's draft Environmental and Energy State Aid Guidelines.
Answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Treasury ministers meet with a range of stakeholders on an ongoing basis, including energy intensive industries. For instance the Chancellor recently visited Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant. The Chancellor has written to representatives of energy-intensive industries about the Environmental and Energy State Aid Guidelines and instructed officials to meet with them to discuss this issue.