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Written Question
Revenue and Customs: Training
Monday 23rd November 2015

Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training is provided to HM Revenue and Customs staff to prepare them for handling applications for allowable expenses for ministers of religion; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs staff receive training on handling expenses claims from a range of customers. This includes training and guidance on how to handle claims from specific customer groups and professions, including ministers of religion.

Written Question

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Tuesday 6th May 2014

Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has agreed to the Top Level Budget holder in the Ministry of Defence making ex-gratia payments to members of the armed forces wrongly disciplined under AGAI 67 following receipt of a police caution; what estimate he has made of the level of such payments; when such payments are to start; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Danny Alexander

The Treasury delegates ex-gratia payments that are not novel or contentious to the Ministry of Defence, below an agreed threshold. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) may then delegate further to Top Level Budget holders with the agreement with Treasury.

The MOD has not made any ex-gratia payments in response to claims from Armed Forces personnel that they had been wrongly disciplined under AGAI 67 on receipt of a police caution.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Jan 2014
Consumer Rights Bill

"I thank the Secretary of State for singling out the furniture industry, which has a number of problems. In particular, people can spend a lot of money on one item of furniture from a company that they think is UK-based, but discover that that is not so if the product …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Jan 2014
Consumer Rights Bill

"Often, the poorest families shop away from the main street. Something that has long concerned me is that furniture dealers in white vans are selling products that are lethal because they do not meet British fire-retardant foam standards. If a fire starts, it can literally kill a family before they …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Nov 2013
Women and the Cost of Living

"My hon. Friend has already mentioned the problems for women over 50. Does she appreciate that for all women, but especially those over 50, unemployment has a huge impact on their capacity to retire and save for retirement? We are not just saying to women, “You’re not going to earn …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Nov 2013
Women and the Cost of Living

"I apologise for interrupting my hon. Friend’s powerful speech again. On Friday evening, a lady who works in a food bank in my constituency told me that people were turning down rice and pasta on the grounds that they could not afford the amount of fuel needed to cook it. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jul 2013
Trident Alternatives Review

"Sometimes, we have to be blunt with the public and tell them what we are talking about when it comes to the nuclear deterrent. We are talking about what stops war, and it is a question of unacceptable loss and reaching a point where the losses from fighting are so …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jan 2012
Youth Unemployment and Bank Bonuses

"Unemployment among all 16 to 24-year-olds on jobseeker’s allowance in the Bridgend constituency is 8.8%. Would one way forward be to grant a one-year national insurance holiday, so that small businesses could take on young people, give them employment and the opportunity to experience work?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jul 2011
Summer Adjournment

"In 2010 more than 234,000 people were claiming employment support allowance for a mental or behavioural disorder, which is 40% of the total and by far the biggest single group. The figures are similar for other sickness benefits. The Department for Work and Pensions is now in the process of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Jun 2011
Finance Bill

"Does my hon. Friend remember that the car scrappage scheme was particularly effective in Wales, where the Ford factory found that the majority of cars bought under the scheme were Fords. So jobs were kept in Wales? The Welsh Liberal Democrats want to take those jobs away from Welsh workers...."
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