Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of sickness pay to staff in his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Andrew Jones
We are unable to provide a figure for the actual cost of sickness pay - this information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
However, from 1 January to 31 December 2016, 3,289 days were lost to sickness absence by employees in the Treasury. This equates to a figure of 2.6 days average working day lost per employee.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all of his Department's premises in the UK by region and nation which have over 10 personnel.
Answered by Andrew Jones
HM Treasury has over 10 personnel located at two locations in the UK, they are:
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ
Rosebery Court
St Andrews Business Park
Norwich
NR7 OHS
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many receptions he has hosted for representations of the print and broadcast media in the last year; how many people attended those receptions; and what the cost to the public purse was for each of those receptions.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Chancellor has hosted two receptions for journalists in the last year. 200 members of the press were invited to the first reception (a summer reception at HM Treasury), costing £1516, which included security hire, refreshments and snacks. 103 people attended the second (Press Gallery Christmas Reception at No11) which incurred no cost.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible spent on external consultants and advisers in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Information relating to spend on external consultants and advisers for the Department, each of its non-departmental bodies and executive agencies for which the Department is responsible, is published information.
Please refer to the Annual Report and Accounts, Note 7, Expenditure on purchases of goods and services, Note 7, Other administration costs and Note 8, Other programme costs for further details. Links to each of the year's accounts within this request have been provided as follows:
www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-annual-report
www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-resource-accounts-2009-to-2010
In the accounts Core Treasury comprises the non-agency parts of HM Treasury.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual yield to the Exchequer of the introduction of a banker's bonus tax.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
There was a one off Banker’s Bonus Tax in 2009-10 aimed at encouraging banks to rebuild their financial base in the wake of the financial crisis.
Since 2010, the government has been clear that banks should make a fair contribution to the Exchequer. For that reason, in 2011 the government introduced the bank levy, a tax on banks’ balance sheets that has so far raised £14.3bn. In 2015 the government set out a long term plan for bank taxation, announcing the introduction of an 8% bank corporation tax surcharge alongside reform of the levy. The OBR forecast that these two measures will raise £18.9bn over the next five years.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual yield to the Exchequer of reversing the rate reduction of the Bank Levy introduced in 2015.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
There was a one off Banker’s Bonus Tax in 2009-10 aimed at encouraging banks to rebuild their financial base in the wake of the financial crisis.
Since 2010, the government has been clear that banks should make a fair contribution to the Exchequer. For that reason, in 2011 the government introduced the bank levy, a tax on banks’ balance sheets that has so far raised £14.3bn. In 2015 the government set out a long term plan for bank taxation, announcing the introduction of an 8% bank corporation tax surcharge alongside reform of the levy. The OBR forecast that these two measures will raise £18.9bn over the next five years.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to include milk-based products.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The government has committed to review the exemption for milk-based products in 2020 based on evidence from Public Health England on the progress the industry has made on reformulating their products.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse of reversing the decision to renew the UK nuclear deterrent over the next 30 years.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
This government is committed to upholding its responsibility for the protection and defence of the country. It therefore remains government policy to maintain the nuclear deterrent and this was backed by Parliament on 18th July 2016.
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual yield to the Treasury of increasing the higher rate of income tax to (a) 45 pence and (b) 50 pence for those earning over £150,000 in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland; and how many people would be affected in each category.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Since 2013-14 the additional rate of income tax has been 45 per cent.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publish ‘ready reckoner’ tables showing the direct effects of illustrative tax changes on receipts, including changes to the higher and additional rates of income tax:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes
Estimates of the number of additional rate income tax payers for the UK and by government office region, including Scotland, are published in HMRC’s income tax statistics, tables 2.1 and 2.2:
Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on advertising by (a) his Department and (b) each of its (i) non-departmental public bodies and (ii) executive agencies in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The total Treasury’s spending on advertising since 2010 was £18,877,108 which is split as follows:
Department | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
HM Treasury (1) | 331,366 | 21,240 | 35,745 | 210,217 | 2,020,920 | 5,983,746 | 7,750,402 | 12,154 |
Debt Management Office (2) | 130,250 | 56,650 | 100 | 1,194 | 878 | 13,355 | 3,536 | 7,518 |
Office for Budget Responsibility |
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| 500 |
Government Internal Audit Agency |
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| 33,036 | 11,700 |
Asset Protection Agency | 28,767 | 130,150 |
| 1,495 |
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Office of Government Commerce | 64,685 | 26,003 |
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(1) 2013-14 includes advertising for Help to Buy – 2013-14 (£1.69m), 2014-15 (£2.28m), 2015-16 (£0.14m) and Pension Wise – 2014-15 (£3.74m), 2015-16 (£4.77m), 2016-17 (£0.06m)
(2) Includes advertising costs for gilt auctions which are now discontinued