Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the public purse from VAT on audiobooks in each of the last three years for which data is available.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The details that HM Revenue and Customs collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide an estimate of VAT on audiobooks.
To minimise the administrative burden on businesses, they are only required to report the total VAT on all their taxable supplies of goods and services in the relevant period. It is therefore not possible to identify the types of supplies on which the VAT was charged.
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the IMF estimate that the closure of the East Kilbride HMRC centre will result in a loss of up to £30 million to the East Kilbride economy and more than 2,000 jobs.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
HMRC expects the vast majority of staff in East Kilbride to move with HMRC to the Glasgow Regional Centre when the transitional site, at Queensway House, closes in 2025-26 as referenced in UIN 181245.
HMRC has not undertaken an economic impact assessment of the closure of its office in East Kilbride, as it is an operational decision to move to regional centres in order to improve the efficiency and delivery of HMRC’s objectives. It expects the economic impact on East Kilbride to be limited as the majority of staff will still be employed by HMRC, in Glasgow, but will remain resident in or near East Kilbride.
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury of 7 March 2018, Official report, column 428, what estimate he has made of the cash savings for 2025-26 onwards arising from the HMRC Building our Future Programme.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025. HMRC’s Locations Programme will deliver annual cash savings of £74 million in 2025/26, rising to around £90 million from 2028.
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 7 March 2018, Official Report, column 428 how many and what proportion of HMRC staff based in Plaza Tower, East Kilbride will (a) transfer to an HMRC Regional Centre and (b) complete their career in that location.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible as it moves to its regional centres. It has been clear that if someone can move to a regional centre and has the skills it needs or is able to develop them, there will be a role for them.
In 2015, planning indicated that up to 90% of its workforce across the UK at that time would either work in a regional centre or see out their career in an HMRC office.
In East Kilbride, updated planning data shows that around 75% of staff in Plaza Tower and 80% in Queensway House, East Kilbride, will move to the Glasgow Regional Centre or see out their career in an HMRC office. In East Kilbride data indicates that 33% of staff in Plaza Tower and 43% in Queensway House are over 50 years of age.
By the time all its regional centres have opened, HMRC still expects the figures to be near its original forecast.
HMRC will not know the actual position until one-to-one discussions have taken place with staff which will establish whether an individual can or cannot move.
Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million by 2025. It also avoids potential additional costs of £75 million per annum from 2021, when the current contract with Mapeley come to an end.
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 7 March 2018, Official Report, column 428 how many and what proportion of HMRC staff in Queensway House, East Kilbride will (a) transfer to an HMRC Regional Centre and (b) complete their career in that location.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible as it moves to its regional centres. It has been clear that if someone can move to a regional centre and has the skills it needs or is able to develop them, there will be a role for them.
In 2015, planning indicated that up to 90% of its workforce across the UK at that time would either work in a regional centre or see out their career in an HMRC office.
In East Kilbride, updated planning data shows that around 75% of staff in Plaza Tower and 80% in Queensway House, East Kilbride, will move to the Glasgow Regional Centre or see out their career in an HMRC office. In East Kilbride data indicates that 33% of staff in Plaza Tower and 43% in Queensway House are over 50 years of age.
By the time all its regional centres have opened, HMRC still expects the figures to be near its original forecast.
HMRC will not know the actual position until one-to-one discussions have taken place with staff which will establish whether an individual can or cannot move.
Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million by 2025. It also avoids potential additional costs of £75 million per annum from 2021, when the current contract with Mapeley come to an end.
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 7 March 2018, Official Report, column 428, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse up to 2025 as a result of the HMRC Building our Future programme.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible as it moves to its regional centres. It has been clear that if someone can move to a regional centre and has the skills it needs or is able to develop them, there will be a role for them.
In 2015, planning indicated that up to 90% of its workforce across the UK at that time would either work in a regional centre or see out their career in an HMRC office.
In East Kilbride, updated planning data shows that around 75% of staff in Plaza Tower and 80% in Queensway House, East Kilbride, will move to the Glasgow Regional Centre or see out their career in an HMRC office. In East Kilbride data indicates that 33% of staff in Plaza Tower and 43% in Queensway House are over 50 years of age.
By the time all its regional centres have opened, HMRC still expects the figures to be near its original forecast.
HMRC will not know the actual position until one-to-one discussions have taken place with staff which will establish whether an individual can or cannot move.
Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million by 2025. It also avoids potential additional costs of £75 million per annum from 2021, when the current contract with Mapeley come to an end.
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 7 March 2018, Official Report, column 428 what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse as a result of the end of the Mapeley contract.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible as it moves to its regional centres. It has been clear that if someone can move to a regional centre and has the skills it needs or is able to develop them, there will be a role for them.
In 2015, planning indicated that up to 90% of its workforce across the UK at that time would either work in a regional centre or see out their career in an HMRC office.
In East Kilbride, updated planning data shows that around 75% of staff in Plaza Tower and 80% in Queensway House, East Kilbride, will move to the Glasgow Regional Centre or see out their career in an HMRC office. In East Kilbride data indicates that 33% of staff in Plaza Tower and 43% in Queensway House are over 50 years of age.
By the time all its regional centres have opened, HMRC still expects the figures to be near its original forecast.
HMRC will not know the actual position until one-to-one discussions have taken place with staff which will establish whether an individual can or cannot move.
Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million by 2025. It also avoids potential additional costs of £75 million per annum from 2021, when the current contract with Mapeley come to an end.
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2018 to Question 172633 on Revenue and Customs staffing, what assessment has been made by HMRC on its capacity to ensure that all new recruits will be fully trained by the time that the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
As a large department, we are using a number of levers to resource EU Exit roles including deployment of current staff and recruitment of new staff. HMRC is well practised at running large recruitment campaigns for operational delivery staff, and capacity to train new recruits is routinely built in to resourcing plans. This includes the number of staff requiring training, the availability of trainers, resources and infrastructure, and the design of training materials.
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has plans to impose limits on staff annual leave during March and April 2019 as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
HMRC have no plans to limit staff annual leave during March and April 2019 as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the frequently of inspections of Customs Warehouses is by HMRC.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for authorising and monitoring Customs Warehouses. Compliance checks of Customs Warehouses are conducted as part of a flexible, risk-based programme of compliance interventions across the whole tax and customs system. The frequency of these interventions depends on a number of factors including the level and nature of the risks identified.