Richard Fuller MP: written questions 2025

Written questions

• Businesses: TaxationTreasuryTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31438More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 4 of the report by the NAO entitled The Administrative Cost of the Tax System, published on 10 February 2025, if she will instruct HMRC to update its £15.4bn estimate of the cost to businesses

  Answer: The £15.4bn estimate of the cost to businesses of complying with the tax system contains in the NAO report comes from HMRC’s Standard Cost Model (SCM). This uses an internationally recognised approach to estimating these costs. The SCM contains data on ap...

  Answered 24 Feb 2025

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• VAT: RegistrationTreasuryTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31437More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the NAO entitled The Administrative Cost of the Tax system, published on 10 February 2025, what steps she plans to take to reduce the annual cost to VAT registered traders.

  Answer: HMRC have acknowledged the findings of the NAO report and emphasised the ongoing efforts to modernise and streamline tax administration. An HMRC Transformation Roadmap will be published in 2025. This will set out HMRC’s vision to be a digital first organi...

  Answered 24 Feb 2025

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• East West Rail Line: ElectrificationDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30989More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed discontinuous electrification of East West Rail on (a) capital costs and (b) operating costs of the railway.

  Answer: The cost of discontinuous electrification is already included in the publicised capital cost range of the project and the option of full electrification is still under consideration. However, electrification (discontinuous or full) is expected to signific...

  Answered 26 Feb 2025

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• Public Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22895More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the sources of funding for each public sector pension scheme including balancing payments made by her Department for each fiscal year between 2020-21 and 2023-24.

  Answer: Figures showing the net Exchequer balancing payments for unfunded Public Service Pension Schemes (PSPS), along with details on contribution income and scheme expenditure, are regularly published as part of the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO), incl...

  Answered 17 Jan 2025

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