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Written questions by Wild.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by James Wild this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (473)Treasury (124)Department of Health and Social Care (63)Ministry of Justice (44)Department for Transport (43)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (39)Department for Education (33)Cabinet Office (18)Home Office (17)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (16)Department for Business and Trade (15)Department for Work and Pensions (15)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (14)

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17 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

Whether free tea and coffee is available to Treasury civil servants working in Horse Guards Road.

Reply

Free tea and coffee is not available to HM Treasury civil servants working in 1 Horse Guards Road, and I thank the member for their essential scrutiny of this important matter.

17 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

If she will list dates in the last year when Treasury ministers worked from the Darlington Economic Campus.

Reply

Treasury Ministers worked from the Darlington Economic Campus on the following dates: 7 May 2025 – Lord Spencer Livermore, Financial Secretary to the Treasury16 June 2025 – The Right Honourable Rachel Reeves MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer19 June 2025 – T...

16 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to (a) identify for each of the last four financial years those pensioners who may have been overcharged income tax due to incorrect state pension data, (b) notify affecte

Reply

The HMRC Permanent Secretary will shortly be writing to the chairs of the Treasury Select Committee and Public Accounts Committee to provide an update on this matter. The government is aware of the issue raised and is working to resolve it.

3 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

How many appeals against decisions to refuse exemption from Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment have been (a) submitted, (b) upheld and (c) rejected.

Reply

HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...

3 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the risk that people who should qualify for exemption will incur penalties under the Making Tax Digital regime; and what steps she is taking to mitigate that risk.

Reply

HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...

3 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What steps HMRC is taking to ensure that digitally excluded people are aware of their right to apply for an exemption.

Reply

HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...

3 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

How many and what proportion of applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital have (a) been granted, (b) been refused and (c) are pending decision.

Reply

HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...

3 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

Whether HMRC will publish regular statistics on exemption applications, outcomes and processing times under Making Tax Digital.

Reply

HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...

3 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

How many HMRC staff are assigned to process Making Tax Digital exemption applications by (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent.

Reply

HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...

3 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What estimate her Department has made of the number of people who meet the eligibility criteria for exemption from Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment.

Reply

HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...

29 May 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the level of delays by HMRC in processing VAT rebate claims submitted by agricultural shows in respect of VAT exempt admissions income; and what steps she is taking to ensure timely p

Reply

HMRC are responsible for the effective management and oversight of the UK tax system. They consider all VAT rebate claims in line with VAT law including the fundraising exemption. Where claimants provide all evidence required under the law, they will rece...

29 May 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

With reference to her Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733, whether a full Tax Information and Impact Note will be published for the proposed reforms to t

Reply

The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...

29 May 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

With reference to her Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733, what estimate she has made of the amount of annual revenue from the proposed changes to the ta

Reply

The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...

29 May 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

With reference to her oral statement of 21 May on Middle East: Economic Response, what assumptions on oil and gas prices, trading volumes, and company behavioural responses underlie the forecast that reforms to the

Reply

The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...

29 May 2026·Treasury·Answered
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With reference to her oral statement of 21 May on Middle East: Economic Response, whether additional resourcing will be provided to HM Revenue and Customs to (a) administer and enforce changes to the taxation of for

Reply

The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...

29 May 2026·Treasury·Answered
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With reference to her Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733, whether the projected additional tax income from the proposed reforms to foreign branch profit

Reply

The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...

29 May 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

With reference to the Upper Tribunal decision in Yorkshire Agricultural Society [2025] UKUT 00004, handed down on 9 January 2025, what assessment she has made of the application of VAT to admissions income for agric

Reply

HMRC considered the decision in Yorkshire Agricultural Society and its application to similar events in 2025. Consequently, they issued new guidance in Revenue and Customs Brief 3 (2025) and updated the help card for fundraising events on GOV.UK.

29 May 2026·Treasury·Answered
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With reference to her Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of the proposed reforms to foreign branch

Reply

The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...

29 May 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

With reference to her Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733, how she intends to legislate for the proposed changes to the taxation of foreign branch profit

Reply

The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...

29 May 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

With reference to her Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733, whether her Department plans to conduct a public consultation on the detailed design of the pr

Reply

The reforms to the taxation of foreign branch profits will ensure that profit attributable to UK activities is effectively taxed in the UK. The reforms are expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds per year, supporting the Government's package of e...

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