Lloyd Hatton MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Stone: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of low-cost imported stone on the competitiveness of UK natural stone producers; and what steps he is taking to help support the na
Answer: The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) is the UK’s investigatory body that exists to defend the UK against unfair international trade practices, including foreign subsidies. I encourage UK industry to engage directly with the TRA if they believe they are bein...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to expand the Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025 to apply to all recreational water users.
Answer: Bathing waters are one of the most visible ways in which the public interacts with the water environment, and so it is critical that appropriate regulations meet the needs of water users and those involved with managing bathing water sites. In the Novembe...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Disclosure of InformationTreasuryTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93209More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury plans to introduce additional protections for individuals who face retaliation as a result of engaging with the HMRC whistleblowing reward scheme; and whether HMRC will be required to provide su
Answer: HMRC treats all informants with the highest levels of confidentiality and security in line with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 and the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) Codes of Practice. There is no legal obligation on HMRC...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Disclosure of InformationTreasuryTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93208More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department will take to ensure transparency in the operation of HMRC's proposed whistleblowing reward scheme; and whether she plans to publish (a) eligibility criteria and award thresholds for applica
Answer: At Autumn Budget on 26 November 2025 the Government launched the Rewards for informants of high value tax fraud. This scheme is designed to target serious non-compliance involving large corporates, wealthy individuals, offshore and avoidance schemes. Info...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89909More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the 74 HMRC engagement forums are involved in developing tax policy; and what is the composition of those stakeholder groups, including the proportion of tax practitioners compared to academics or indepe
Answer: The majority of HMRC’s engagement forums play a role in contributing to the development of tax policy, as well as addressing other key areas such as operations, compliance and communications. These forums bring together a diverse mix of representatives fr...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic CrimeHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on implementing the cross-system professional enablers strategy.
Answer: Professional enablers are a critical facilitator of serious and organised crime. In April 2024, the NCA’s National Economic Crime Centre (NECC) launched a cross-system strategy to tackle the threat posed by professional enablers; and steps taken towards t...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProceeds of Crime: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disclosure orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act the National Crime Agency has (a) sought and (b) been granted in each of the last three years.
Answer: The NCA has several well-established powers under Part 8 (investigations) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, which they may use to compel information during an investigation including production orders, customer information orders and disclosure orders. T...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseriesDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 903823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support school-based nurseries.
Answer: School-based nurseries are a key part of this government’s opportunity mission, delivering on our Plan for Change by expanding high-quality early education across our brilliant early years market in England. 300 schools have been awarded up to £150,000 to...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney LaunderingHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions of companies for money laundering there were under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in the last five years.
Answer: The number of companies and public bodies prosecuted for the principal offence of money laundering under POCA 2002 has fluctuated between 1 and 5 each year between the year ending June 2019 and the year ending June 2024. The number of companies and public...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTrusts: AssetsTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40845More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) land and (b) property assets are held through UK trusts registered with the Trust Registration Services; and what the aggregate value is of (i) land and (ii) property assets held via trusts.
Answer: I can only provide a partial answer to these questions, as the information held on the Trust Registration Service in relation to land and property holdings varies depending on the category of registration. Additionally, the Trust Registration Service does...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrusts: AssetsTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40843More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many trusts registered with the Trusts Registration Service hold UK land or property via a type (a) A, (b) B and (c) C trust.
Answer: I can only provide a partial answer to these questions, as the information held on the Trust Registration Service in relation to land and property holdings varies depending on the category of registration. Additionally, the Trust Registration Service does...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrusts: AssetsTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40841More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the trusts registered with the Trusts Registration Service hold UK land or property.
Answer: I can only provide a partial answer to these questions, as the information held on the Trust Registration Service in relation to land and property holdings varies depending on the category of registration. Additionally, the Trust Registration Service does...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown DependenciesHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the agenda for the meeting with Crown Dependencies on 3 March 2025.
Answer: We publish all Ministerial meetings in our quarterly transparency returns.We do not routinely publish the agenda or minutes of such meetings. publish the agenda or minutes of such meetings.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: StaffTreasuryTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30505More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people work in the large business directorate in HMRC.
Answer: As of 31 March 2024, HMRC’s Large Business Directorate had a total of 2422 full time equivalent staff working within the directorate which includes 169 Customer Compliance Managers.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: StaffTreasuryTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30504More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customer compliance managers there are in the HMRC large business directorate.
Answer: As of 31 March 2024, HMRC’s Large Business Directorate had a total of 2422 full time equivalent staff working within the directorate which includes 169 Customer Compliance Managers.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30502More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's document entitled Measuring tax gaps 2024 edition: tax gap estimates for 2022 to 2023, updated on 20 June 2024, if she will take steps to widen the scope of the published offshore tax gap st
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is assessing the feasibility of extending the published estimate of the tax gap arising from undisclosed foreign income, including engaging with academics. HMRC is determined to address offshore tax non-compliance. At Autumn ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies House: Risk AssessmentTreasuryTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30497More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether professional body supervisors will share risk assessments of Trusts and Corporate Service Providers with Companies House for (a) assessing and (b) granting authorised Corporate Service Provider status, in th
Answer: The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations 2017 require Professional Body Supervisors (PBSs) to identify and assess the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing in their supervised populations. An integrated reporting mechanism esta...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Companies: RegistrationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, whether applicants who obtain trust information through this regulation will be allowed to publ
Answer: Under these regulations the presumption is that trust data on the Register of Overseas Entities will normally be disclosed when requested. Most applications will not require the applicant to demonstrate any legitimate interest. Legitimate interest applies...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Companies: RegistrationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, whether applicants will need to demonstrate legitimate interest for each application where rele
Answer: Under these regulations the presumption is that trust data on the Register of Overseas Entities will normally be disclosed when requested. Most applications will not require the applicant to demonstrate any legitimate interest. Legitimate interest applies...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Companies: RegistrationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to The Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, when applicants are required to demonstrate a legitimate interest; how this differs from inform
Answer: Under these regulations the presumption is that trust data on the Register of Overseas Entities will normally be disclosed when requested. Most applications will not require the applicant to demonstrate any legitimate interest. Legitimate interest applies...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMultinational Companies: TaxationTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23626More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to require public country-by-country reporting by multinational corporations on (a) taxation and (b) where companies are (i) trading and (ii) making profits.
Answer: The UK is at the forefront of Pillar 2 implementation, ensuring that large multinational enterprises are subject to an effective tax rate of at least 15% in each jurisdiction they operate. The government does not have plans to make country-by-country repo...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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