Enterprise Management Incentives

Treasury written question – answered at on 14 September 2018.

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Photo of John Martin McDonnell John Martin McDonnell Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what social economic distributional analysis his Department has undertaken in relation to the effect on individual groups of the Enterprise Management Incentive Exemptions and Reliefs; and if he will place a copy of that analysis in the Library.

Photo of John Martin McDonnell John Martin McDonnell Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what equality impact assessment on gender and other protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 his Department has undertaken on the Enterprise Management Incentives exemptions and reliefs; and if he will place a copy of that equality impact assessment in the Library.

Photo of John Martin McDonnell John Martin McDonnell Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has identified a disproportionate effect of Enterprise Management Incentives exemptions and reliefs with regard to gender and other protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

Photo of Mel Stride Mel Stride Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

HMRC published a research report Evaluation of enterprise Management Scheme incentives in June 2018. This presents evidence on a number of economic and distributional issues.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/716544/EMI_report_Final.pdf

HMRC carefully considers the equality impacts of all decisions on those sharing protected characteristics as stipulated by the ‘Public Sector Equality Duty’, including gender, race and disability - in line with both its legal obligations and with its strong commitment to equality issues. An equality impact assessment was included in the Tax Information and Impacts Note (TIIN) published on 9 December 2015 which is published here:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170525152716/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employee-share-schemes-simplification-of-the-rules/employee-share-schemes-simplification-of-the-rules

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