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Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Question ( 5 Mar 2024)

Victoria Atkins: On 7 February, we published our Dentistry Recovery Plan to increase patients’ access to NHS dentistry across the country, including in Norfolk. On 1 March, one element – the New Patient Premium went live, to increase the number of appointments available. We will keep the House updated on this and the many other measures set out in the Plan, including our work to reform the dental...

Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Community Diagnostic Centres ( 5 Dec 2023)

Victoria Atkins: Thanks to the hard work of NHS teams, the government is on track to not only meet our ambition of opening 160 community diagnostic centres more broadly across England by March 2025, but to exceed it. This will represent a step change in how diagnostics is deployed in the UK and directly supports our agenda to make access to health services faster for patients. 136 centres are currently...

Written Answers — Treasury: Off-payroll Working (13 Nov 2023)

Victoria Atkins: The off-payroll working rules are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees but through their own company pay broadly the same income tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) as those who are directly employed. The government considered the suggestion of an exemption based on the length of a contract when consulting on the reforms to the off-payroll working rules,...

Written Answers — Treasury: Private Companies: Taxation (13 Nov 2023)

Victoria Atkins: HMRC has interpreted this question to refer to details of Corporation Tax (CT) returns filed by companies incorporated in 2021. The deadline for filing all of those CT returns has not yet been reached, and some companies will have, or may still inform HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that they are not trading, therefore HMRC would not expect returns from them. Given this, up to date and...

Written Answers — Treasury: State Retirement Pensions (13 Nov 2023)

Victoria Atkins: Information on how many people have paid voluntary National Insurance contributions and are waiting to have those contributions credited to their National Insurance record is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Treasury: PAYE: Welsh Language (13 Nov 2023)

Victoria Atkins: To comply with the Welsh Language Act 1993, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) provides a number of Welsh language helplines The one for PAYE employer enquiries (Treth Incwm, Hunanasesiad a mwy), can be accessed Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5.00 pm on 0300 200 1900. Details on how Welsh speakers can contact HMRC can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-custo...

Written Answers — Treasury: Self-employed (13 Nov 2023)

Victoria Atkins: Estimates of the number of self-employed individuals is published yearly in the Survey of Personal Income (SPI), which is based on information held by HMRC on individuals who could be liable to UK Income Tax. The estimates for the tax years 2017-2018 to 2020-2021can be found at the following link: Table 3.10. NotesThe tables are based on individuals with sources of self-employment...

Written Answers — Treasury: VAT: Defibrillators (13 Nov 2023)

Victoria Atkins: The cost of relieving VAT on defibrillators is uncertain owing to the lack of data on purchases of defibrillators and associated apparatus, and on purchasers who are able to reclaim the VAT on these purchases. Businesses are not required to provide information at a product level in their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive administrative burden; HMRC does not therefore hold this...

Written Answers — Treasury: Sanitary Protection: VAT (13 Nov 2023)

Victoria Atkins: The Government keeps all taxes and reliefs under review and considers a range of evidence, including data and research on factors like pricing, when assessing the effects of tax changes. While the Government does not control prices, a VAT relief may contribute to the conditions for price reductions. The Government continues to monitor the effects of the zero rate on period products to aid...

Written Answers — Treasury: Money Laundering (26 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: The majority of businesses supervised by HMRC are compliant and play an important role in our financial system. Those who fail to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations leave themselves, and the UK economy, open to attacks by criminals. HMRC takes a robust approach to non-compliance and uses a wide range of measures to tackle those who breach the regulations, including civil penalties...

Written Answers — Treasury: Beer (26 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: I refer the hon member to the answer I gave on 20 October 2023 to PQ UIN 203159.

Written Answers — Treasury: Members: Correspondence (26 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) received your correspondence on 13 June 2023 and received the further information requested on 20 June 2023. They apologise for the delay in replying. HMRC contacted your constituent on 17 August 2023 and telephoned your office on 25 October 2023 to provide an update on their investigations. They aim to reply as quickly as possible and by 10 November 2023.

Written Answers — Treasury: Osteoporosis: Fractures (25 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: The government does not have estimates for the impact on tax revenues of osteoporotic fractures. However, the government recognises the importance of boosting people’s health for their own benefit, as well as for the wider labour market and the Exchequer. At the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a range of measures to support improved population health outcomes and increase the...

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation (25 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: The Government believes international cooperation is important in tackling global tax challenges, and actively engages with the OECD’s and UN’s work on tax policy. The Government is committed to ensuring internationalensuring international tax rules and standards are effective as well as inclusive. To this end, the Government has supported consensus-based reform of the international tax...

Written Answers — Treasury: Business Rates (25 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: The Government has taken action to hold the tax rate steady over the last three years, protecting businesses from inflationary pressures at a cost of £14.5 billion to the Exchequer. Most recently, the Government froze the business rates multiplier for a third consecutive year in 2023-24, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion to business over the next 5 years. This will support all ratepayers,...

Written Answers — Treasury: Business Rates: Tax Allowances (25 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: At Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced a package of changes and tax cuts worth £13.6 billion over the next five years, including:a freeze to the business rates multiplier for 2023-24, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion over the next 5 years, meaning all bills are 6% lower than without the freeze;an increased 75% relief for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) properties, up to a cash...

Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services (25 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: HMRC takes the quality of customer service very seriously. HMRC is working to improve call answer rates, primarily through supporting customers who can use digital services to do so in the first instance. This will reduce call numbers and allow HMRC to focus their telephone support on those with more complex circumstances, or who are unable to engage digitally. Many customers already use HMRC...

Written Answers — Treasury: Exports (25 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website (www.uktradeinfo.com). From this website, it is possible to build your own data tables based...

Written Answers — Treasury: Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge Review (25 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: The loan charge was independently reviewed by Lord Amyas Morse in 2019, who assessed the impact of the policy on affected taxpayers. The Government accepted all but one of the Review’s 20 recommendations. To bring the Review’s publication to the attention of Parliament, a Written Statement was made on the day (20 December 2019: UIN HCWS14). The Statement is available here:...

Written Answers — Treasury: Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (25 Oct 2023)

Victoria Atkins: There are several types of support available to spouses of deceased armed forces personnel through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. The tax treatment depends on the type of support. The Government has published statistics on claims and awards made under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme which can be found in the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) annual bulletin published 6...


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