Written Question
Friday 24th November 2017
Asked by:
Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat - Eastbourne)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) claims and (b) successful claims have been made for the child element of child tax credit for a third, or later child, born on or after 6 April 2017 on the grounds that the child was born as a result of a non-consensual conception; and for how many of those claims the supporting third-party professional was a midwife.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
Statistics relating to exceptions to the limit on support to two children in Child Tax Credit will be published in due course.
Written Question
Tuesday 24th October 2017
Asked by:
Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat - Eastbourne)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to encourage local authorities to remove alcohol licences from premises which have participated in the sale of (a) non-duty paid alcohol and (b) illicit tobacco.
Answered by Andrew Jones
HM Revenue and Customs works closely with other enforcement agencies to tackle illicit alcohol and tobacco and in both areas has identified the need to maximise the use of sanctions available across government.
This includes withdrawal of alcohol licenses for the offences listed in Schedule 4 to the Licensing Act 2003 such as the sale of illicit tobacco, counterfeit alcohol and the evasion of excise duty.
Using the range of sanctions available has been encouraged through continuing discussion and initiatives such as HMRC's review of sanctions for tobacco fraud. As part of that review HMRC has been working with Trading Standard on the application of existing sanctions and consideration of options for new sanctions, which could potentially apply to other excise duty fraud.
HMRC is currently considering responses to its consultation on proposals for new sanctions undertaken earlier this year.
Written Question
Monday 23rd October 2017
Asked by:
Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat - Eastbourne)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of raising the income tax allowance to £12,500.
Answered by Mel Stride
- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
The cost of raising the income tax Personal Allowance may be approximated using the “Direct effects of illustrative tax changes” table as published at the following address:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes
The table shows the cost of a £100 increase and a 10% increase in the Personal Allowance in 2018-19 through to 2020-21. This can be used to scale the proportionate cost to raise the Personal Allowance to £12,500.
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Equitable Life
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
Equitable Life
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
Equitable Life
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
Equitable Life
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
Equitable Life
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
Equitable Life
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2014
Finance Bill
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