Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estate agents in (a) England and Wales and (b) London have been penalised for failing to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations 2007.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is unable to provide any information which would identify its customers. The Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 gives HMRC a duty of confidentiality which applies to all information it holds in connection with its functions.
In 2014-15 HMRC issued 677 penalties to the total value of £768,000. This is for all HMRC supervised businesses in the UK. The total includes estate agency businesses which HMRC supervised from 1 April 2014. This is three times the total value of penalties issued in 2013-14.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which estate agents in London have been penalised for failing to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 in each year since the introduction of those regulations; and what the level of the fine was in each such case.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is unable to provide any information which would identify its customers. The Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 gives HMRC a duty of confidentiality which applies to all information it holds in connection with its functions.
In 2014-15 HMRC issued 677 penalties to the total value of £768,000. This is for all HMRC supervised businesses in the UK. The total includes estate agency businesses which HMRC supervised from 1 April 2014. This is three times the total value of penalties issued in 2013-14.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the climate change levy raised from non-domestic users in London in each year since 2010.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The climate change levy is collected on a national basis from energy suppliers and it is not possible to break down receipts by region. Detail on Climate Change Levy receipts on a national basis can be found at https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutyBulletins.aspx.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on external legal fees relating to the case at the European Court of Justice on the cap on bankers' bonuses.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The total cost of external legal fees relating to the legal challenge and connected advice is £42, 857.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The departments accounting system does not separately identify spend on activities which are contracted out; this information could not be extracted within the disproportionate cost threshold.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
As part of the government’s transparency agenda, any spend over £25,000 is available on the Department’s website at GOV.UK. Since January 2011, all contracts over £10,000 in value are published on Contracts Finder (http://www.contractsfinder.co.uk/).