Written Question
Thursday 8th January 2015
Asked by:
John Denham (Labour - Southampton, Itchen)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of training his Department uses for the purposes of allowing tax relief on employer spending on training.
Answered by David Gauke
In calculating taxable business profits, employers can deduct revenue expenditure on any kind of employee training providing the expenditure is incurred wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.
More detail on tax deductions for expenditure on staff training and development is available in HMRC’s Business Income Manual
(http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/bimmanual/BIM47080.htm
Written Question
Monday 5th January 2015
Asked by:
John Denham (Labour - Southampton, Itchen)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers received tax relief on expenditure on training in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by David Gauke
The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Written Question
Monday 5th January 2015
Asked by:
John Denham (Labour - Southampton, Itchen)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax relief was claimed by employers on expenditure on training in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by David Gauke
The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Written Question
Monday 5th January 2015
Asked by:
John Denham (Labour - Southampton, Itchen)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were granted tax relief on expenditure on training to degree level in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the total value was of that tax relief.
Answered by David Gauke
The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Mar 2014
amendment of the law
"The right hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames) spoke of the importance of high skills, so let me consider the Government’s record on higher education. The Government’s approach to funding higher education is scandalously irresponsible. It is bad value for taxpayers, and wilfully makes graduates pay far too much …..."John Denham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Mar 2014
amendment of the law
"If I may, I will come to the student loan book in a moment, because that is a serious point.
One final point from the model that I have outlined is that the average amount paid back by each graduate would fall by £5,000 in total. On this model, usable …..."John Denham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill
"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Earlier this afternoon I was alerted to a tweet from the Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Brandon Lewis), which referred to his parliamentary written answer to me on parking charges. It states:
“when …..."John Denham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Dec 2012
Autumn Statement
"I have heard the Chancellor make a number of statements to this House. Is it a fair summary to say that every time he has done so, he has told us that the economy has not grown since the last time he was here, that he is planning to borrow …..."John Denham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2012
Beer Duty Escalator
"I am very pleased to have an opportunity to speak in this debate, and I commend the Backbench Business Committee on securing it. When I was briefly Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at the end of the last Labour Government, we appointed my right hon. Friend the …..."John Denham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2012
Beer Duty Escalator
"I commend the hon. Gentleman on his work on this issue. What he says is right. In the case I have mentioned—and, I suspect, in many others—there was never even an open disposal. There was never an opportunity for somebody else to come in and start up a microbrewery for …..."John Denham - View Speech
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