James Murray

21 May 2024 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Recruitment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC employees were (a) recruited exclusively using artificial intelligence and (b) in roles relating to the recruitment of new staff in each of the last five years.

16 May 2024 · Treasury

VAT: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date (a) he and (b) HMRC first became aware of fraud involving the VAT484 form; and what steps he is taking to tackle such fraud.

16 May 2024 · Treasury

Taxation: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many incidents of tax fraud involving (a) the VAT484 form and (b) other paper forms HMRC has recorded in each of last five financial years; and what the (i) total and (ii) average value of those incidents is.

1 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 21855, tabled by the hon. Member for Ealing North on 15 April 2024.

18 Apr 2024 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of (a) Class 1 employee, (b) Class 1 employer, (c) Class 2 and (d) Class 4 self-employed National Insurance Contributions receipts in the 2023-24 financial year.

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Baby Care Units: Parental Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5143 on Baby Care Units: Parental Leave, what her planned timetable is for bringing forward the remaining statutory instruments under the Neonatal

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2024 to Question 19486 on Sewage: Repairs and Maintenance, if he will issue guidance to (a) local authorities and (b) water companies on whether they

21 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Empty Property: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 37 of his Department's publication entitled, Spring Budget 2024: Policy Costings, published in March 2024, if he will publish the figures used by his Department for the size of the tax base in

21 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Empty Property: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to question 1 of his Department's consultation on business rates avoidance and evasion, published in July 2023, and to page 37 of his Department's publication entitled, Spring Budget 2024: Policy Cost

21 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Empty Property: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to question 1 of his Department's consultation on business rates avoidance and evasion, published in July 2023, and to page 37 of his Department's publication entitled, Spring Budget 2024: Policy Cost

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will issue guidance to (a) local authorities and (b) water companies on their obligations to enforce sewage misconnection rectifications where the property owner does not rectify

7 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Defamation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their person

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Software

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6933 on National Insurance Contributions: Software, if he will make an estimate of how many and what proportion of employers have implemented the changes to Nat

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Software

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6933 on National Insurance Contributions: Software, if he will make an estimate of (a) how many (i) payroll software developers and (ii) employers were unable t

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Software

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6933 on National Insurance Contributions: Software, whether an updated version of HMRC’s Basic PAYE Tools was available to download from gov.uk by 6 January 202

13 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Personal Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Questions 5901, 5897 and 5898, on what evidential basis his Department determined that an average worker in 2024-25 will pay more than £1,000 less in personal taxe

13 Dec 2023 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Software

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for completion of HMRC’s update of its basic pay as you earn tools to enable small employers who use HMRC’s software for their payroll system to implement changes to national insurance contribu

13 Dec 2023 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Overpayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of individuals who will be eligible for a refund for overpayment of national insurance contributions at the end of the current financial year as a result of

13 Dec 2023 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the capacity of employers to implement the changes to national insurance contributions coming into effect on 6 January 2024.

13 Dec 2023 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Software

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of (i) payroll software developers and (ii) employers that will be unable to change their systems in time to implement changes to national insurance contributions coming

7 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contributions of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 22 November 2023, Official Report, column 360, and 30 November 2023, Official Report, column 1087, what calculations his Department

7 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023: National Insurance Factsheet, published on 22 November 2023, how his Department calculated that an average worker will pay over £1,000 less in personal taxes than they ot

7 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Personal Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the average worker paid in personal taxes in each financial year since 2010-11.

20 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Rohingya

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much financial support his Department has provided to Rohingya refugees in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh in each of the last five financial years.

14 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Empty Property: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the monetary value of empty property relief for (a) retail premises (b) industrial premises and (c) all other premises was in each of the last 10 financial years for which data

4 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tunisia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the government of Tunisia and (b) other international partners on the human rights situation in that country.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Wind Power: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he will make it his policy to reduce planning restrictions for new onshore wind farms in England.

19 May 2023 · Treasury

Sanctions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has made payments (a) directly or (b) indirectly for the benefit of any individuals who were a designated person for the purposes of financial sanctions regulations in each of the last 10 years.

27 Apr 2023 · Treasury

Unpaid Taxes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2023 to Question 165453 on Taxation: Fines, how many and what proportion of the individual penalties issued by HMRC which are recorded on the National Penalty Processing System for

27 Apr 2023 · Treasury

Unpaid Taxes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2023 to Question 165453 on Taxation: Fines, how many and what proportion of the individual penalties issued by HMRC which are recorded on the National Penalty Processing System for