Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 May 2016 · Home Office

Tax Evasion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the National Crime Agency plays in tackling tax evasion.

3 May 2016 · Home Office

Banks: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what oversight her Department has over the operation of the Financial Crime Alerts Service; and which banks have agreed to share information through that Service.

3 May 2016 · Home Office

Proceeds of Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the Consent Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) submitted to the National Crime Agency in each year since 2011-12, how many involved suspected contraventions of (a) the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 an

3 May 2016 · Home Office

National Crime Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how much funding was allocated to and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by (i) the National Crime Agency (NCA), (b) the NCA's Economic Crime Command and (c) each sub-unit of th

3 May 2016 · Home Office

Confiscation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many confiscation orders were issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each year since 2009-10; how many of those orders were not enforced; and of those orders not enforced how many people s

3 May 2016 · Home Office

Proceeds of Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of assets (a) subject to restraint orders and (b) recovered using confiscation orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each year since 2009-10.

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many large businesses were recorded on HM Revenue and Customs' database in each year since 2009-10; how many full-time equivalent staff were on the payrolls of such businesses; and how much in each business tax w

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Tax Havens

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 32849, which 90 countries will provide automatic offshore account and trust data to the UK; which responsible authorities in the UK will be able to access that data

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2016 to Questions 33571 and 33572, how many tax auditors HM Revenue and Customs provided to Tax Inspectors Without Borders in each year since 2009-10.

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Black Economy and Tax Evasion

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to table 1.5 of HM Revenue and Customs' document, Measuring tax gaps, published in October 2013, how much revenue was lost as a result of the tax gap in (a) tax evasion and (b) the hidden economy in ea

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to tables 1.2 and 1.4 of HM Revenue and Customs' document, Measuring tax gaps, published in October 2013, what assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the reasons for which the corporation tax ga

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraphs H.21 to H.6 of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) document, Measuring tax gaps 2015 edition: methodological annex, published in October 2015, for how many large businesses HMRC tax special

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph H.21 of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) document, Measuring tax gaps 2015 edition: methodological annex, published in October 2015, how much of the large business tax gap in each year si

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the table on page 59 of the HM Revenue and Customs' document, Measuring tax gaps 2015 edition: methodological annex published in October 2015, if he will provide (a) the same data on corporation tax

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Taxation: British Overseas Territories

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 32849, how much has been recovered from companies incorporated in each of the British Overseas Territories in each year since 2009-10.

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Developing Countries: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2016 to Question 2381, how much funding has been allocated to HM Revenue and Customs' dedicated team of experts to tackle tax avoidance and evasion in developing countries in each ye

27 Apr 2016 · Home Office

Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for mutual legal assistance have been made to foreign jurisdictions to recover criminal assets laundered abroad in each year since 2009; and what the jurisdictions are to which those

27 Apr 2016 · Home Office

Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) effect of the Criminal Justice and Data Protection Regulations 2014 have had in assisting enforcement agencies in EU member states to recover money laundered ab

27 Apr 2016 · Home Office

Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value was of criminal assets laundered abroad identified by British law enforcement agencies in each year since 2009 by country; and how much of those assets in each such country (a) ha

27 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 57 of the Equality Analysis in the new contract for doctors and dentists in training in the NHS, published in March 2016, if he will implement the recommendation that a pro rata cash su

27 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 88 of the Equality Analysis in the new contract for doctors and dentists in training in the NHS, published in March 2016, if he will implement the recommendation that flexible pay premi

27 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2016 to Question 21676, whether the new junior doctors' contract would be an improvement on the pay structure previously developed without the addition of transition protection

27 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Taxation: Treaties

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with which countries the UK has negotiated bilateral tax conventions; and how many of those conventions contain tax evasion information-sharing agreements in a similar form to Article 26 of the Model Tax Convention o

27 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Soulieman Marouf

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library copies of all departmental documents relating to the lifting of EU sanctions from Suleiman Marouf in August 2013.

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Foreign Companies: Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 15 of Beneficial Ownership Transparency: enhancing transparency of beneficial ownership information of foreign companies undertaking certain economic activities

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Shares

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the ban on bearer shares which came into force on 26 May 2015.

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Directors: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many referrals the Insolvency Service received from (a) each of the sectoral regulators and (b) any other third party for alleged malpractice by directors of companies in each year sin

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Foreign Companies: Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to announce the results of the consultation, Property ownership and public contracting by foreign countries: improving transparency, published on 4 March 2016.

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of companies newly registered with Companies House have been (i) directly incorporated and (ii) set up by third parties such as trust or company servic

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Directors: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many cases of alleged malpractice by directors of companies the Insolvency Service investigated in each year since 2009; and in each of those years how many directors of such companies

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