Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The number of people engaged off payroll by the Home Office and the Non Departmental Public Bodies, for which it is responsible, are published each year in its Annual report and Accounts. These are available on our website and can be found by following the links set out below:
2013-14 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 39)
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446
/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf
2012-13 (Average number of persons employed) (Page 45)
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660
/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf
2011-12 (Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 46)
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619
/annual-report-2011-12.pdf
2010-11 (Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 45)
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048
/annual-report-201011.pdf
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The number of staff in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and its executive agencies and associated bodies engaged off-payroll for the last five years are stated in the table below. Our figure for 2014/15 is from 1st April 2014 to 28th February 2015¹.
Year FCO
2014/15 544¹
2013/14 618
2012/13 666
2011/12 534
2010/11 467
Contingent Labour figures have been published since October 2013 as part of the FCO Workforce Management Information and are available at http://data.gov.uk/dataset/fco-workforce-management-information.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department and its non-departmental public body were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
Information on the number of off-payroll engagements in 2013/14 is included in DFID Annual Reporting. This information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014. Information on previous years can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
New tighter rules governing ‘off-payroll’ appointments in central government were established in May 2012 when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury published the Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees.
The recommendations of the Review mean that the most senior staff must go on the payroll, and departments are now able to seek assurance in relation to the tax arrangements of their long-term, high paid contractors.
The Treasury has carried out two evaluations of compliance with the rules which were published on 11 March 2014 and 5 March 2015. The most recent review revealed that the large majority of central government departments are operating the rules effectively. The Treasury issued £3 million in fines in 2014 and 2015 to a small number of departments who did not fully comply with the requirements of the guidance.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Workforce information including off-payroll staff (agency staff, interim managers, contractors and consultants) for the Ministry of Justice, its agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-moj
Information prior to March 2011 is not held by the department.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Alun Cairns
The only staff engaged off-payroll are from an agency. The average numbers, in each of the last five years, are listed below:
2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much unpaid inheritance tax was outstanding from estates notified for probate valued up to £1 million in each year since May 2010.
Answered by David Gauke
The information requested is currently not available.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recipients there were of mortgage interest relief in each year since May 2010; and how much such relief was awarded in each year.
Answered by David Gauke
The information is not available. HMRC’s administrative systems do not separately identify mortgage interest payments from other financial costs incurred across all types of property businesses.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recipients there were of higher-rate pension tax relief in each year since May 2010; and how much such relief was awarded in each such year.
Answered by David Gauke
The estimated exchequer cost arising from income tax relief on contributions made to private pensions, and relief on the investment returns to private pensions in 2013-14 was £34.3bn[1]. Income tax on pensions in payment in the same year was £13.1bn, resulting in a net cost of pensions tax relief of £21.2bn in 2013-14.
The proportion of the cost of income tax relief on pension contributions for varying income ranges and years, is provided in the table below.
% of the cost of income tax relief on contributions | ||||||
Income bands | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Up to £19,999 | 8% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% |
Between £20,000 and £44,999 | 31% | 32% | 35% | 37% | 37% | 36% |
Between £45,000 and £74,999 | 25% | 26% | 28% | 32% | 33% | 34% |
Between £75,000 and £99,999 | 7% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
Between £100,000 and £149,999 | 8% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 8% |
£150,000 or more | 20% | 18% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 7% |
All | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Estimates are based on Surveys of Personal Incomes with projections for 2012-13 onwards. Projected years are subject to uncertainty.
[1] This is published in HMRC National Statistics table PEN6, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/registered-pension-schemes-cost-of-tax-relief
Figures for 2013-14 are the latest available.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when was the last time a Minister in his Department visited Scotland.
Answered by Steve Webb
The last time a DWP Minister visited Scotland was in 2014.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Jo Swinson
New tighter rules governing ‘off-payroll’ appointments in central government were established in May 2012 when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury published the Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees.
The recommendations of the Review mean that the most senior staff must go on the payroll, and departments are now able to seek assurance in relation to the tax arrangements of their long-term, high paid contractors.
The Treasury has carried out two evaluations of compliance with the rules which were published on 11 March 2014 and 5 March 2015. The most recent review revealed that the large majority of central government departments are operating the rules effectively. The Treasury issued £3 million in fines in 2014 and 2015 to a small number of departments who did not fully comply with the requirements of the guidance.
Data on the number of off payroll staff engaged in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and its Partner Organisations since August 2012 has been published in BIS Annual Reports and Accounts:
Earlier data is not available.