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Baroness Primarolo
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department provided for (a) the Eileen Trust and (b) the MacFarlane Trust in 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department provided for (a) the Eileen Trust and (b) the MacFarlane Trust in 2008-09.
Asked by
Mike Penning
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 March 2009
For answer on
27 March 2009
Answered on
2 April 2009
The funding from the Department for the Macfarlane Trust and Eileen Trust in 2008-09 was £3,754,000 and £178,000 respectively.
Subjects
Charities; Finance; HIV/AIDS; Macfarlane Trust; Eileen Trust
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
490 c1487W;490 c1483W; 267738
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the tax benefits given to an organisation would be affected if it were recognised as a charity by (a) the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, but not the Charity Commission and (b) the Charity Commission, but not the Office of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the tax benefits given to an organisation would be affected if it were recognised as a charity by (a) the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, but not the Charity Commission and (b) the Charity Commission, but not the Office of the...
Asked by
David Hamilton
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 April 2007
For answer on
19 April 2007
Answered on
23 April 2007
A UK charity will be entitled to tax reliefs if it qualifies for charitable status under the law of England and Wales. In the majority of cases this test will be satisfied by a charity recognised in either England and Wales or Scotland. If a different approach to a charity's status were to be taken by either regulator then the point of reference for tax purposes (and tax purposes only) would be the provisions made in the Charities Act 2006 and established case law. These provisions, at sections 80(4) and 80(6), make it clear that taxation is a reserved matter and that for tax purposes the definition of a charity in England and Wales will apply across the UK.
Subjects
Charities; Taxation
Date
23 April 2007
Reference
132933; 459 c992-3W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants are employed to work to support the Treasury’s Office of Charity and Third Sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants are employed to work to support the Treasury’s Office of Charity and Third Sector.
Asked by
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 January 2007
For answer on
11 January 2007
Answered on
11 January 2007
The Charity and Third Sector Finance Unit in HM Treasury directly employs 8.3 full-time equivalent civil servants as at 1 January 2007.
Subjects
Charities
Date
11 January 2007
Reference
115192; 455 c663W;455 c661W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Treasury’s Office of Charity and Third Sector liaises with the charity v as part of its work.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Treasury’s Office of Charity and Third Sector liaises with the charity v as part of its work.
Asked by
Mark Hoban
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 January 2007
For answer on
11 January 2007
Answered on
11 January 2007
The Charity and Third Sector Finance Unit in HM Treasury has regular contact with the charity v, as part of the Government’s ambitions to promote youth volunteering.
Subjects
Charities
Date
11 January 2007
Reference
115205; 455 c663W;455 c661W
House
House of Commons
I can give the assurance that the available VAT exemptions and zero rates for fundraising sales made by charities are applied as widely as possible under the European Union agreements governing VAT reliefs and exemptions. Very generous gift aid relief means that charities and fundraising organisations such as Children in Need can claim 28p for every pound donated. Last year that meant that the Government paid charities £728 million through gift aid relief.
I can give the assurance that the available VAT exemptions and zero rates for fundraising sales made by charities are applied as widely as possible under the European Union agreements governing VAT reliefs and exemptions. Very generous gift aid relief means that charities and fundraising organisations such as Children in Need can claim 28p for every pound donated. Last year that meant that the Government paid charities £728 million through gift aid relief.
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Asked by
Sian C James
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
As my right hon. Friend will know, I have represented the concerns of my constituent Catherine Haynes and others about items such as the BBC Children in Need TOGS celebrity calendar and the Janet and John CD. What assurances can she give my constituents that when they buy such charity goods, there will be special VAT arrangements for them in the future?
Subjects
Charities; Exemptions; VAT; VAT zero rating
Date
7 December 2006
Reference
454 c440
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Charities already benefit from VAT zero rating or exemptions on many goods that they supply, donated items and goods sold in connection with fundraising. Total VAT reliefs for charities are worth more than £200 million per year, which forms part of the £2.6 billion in tax reliefs for charities and charitable giving provided each year.
Charities already benefit from VAT zero rating or exemptions on many goods that they supply, donated items and goods sold in connection with fundraising. Total VAT reliefs for charities are worth more than £200 million per year, which forms part of the £2.6 billion in tax reliefs for charities and charitable giving provided each year.
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Asked by
Sian C James
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
What assessment he has made of the merits of removing VAT from goods sold by charities.
Subjects
Charities; Exemptions; VAT; VAT zero rating
Date
7 December 2006
Reference
454 c439-40
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What assessment he has made of the merits of removing VAT from goods sold by charities.
What assessment he has made of the merits of removing VAT from goods sold by charities.
Asked by
Sian C James
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
4 December 2006
For answer on
7 December 2006
Answered on
7 December 2006
Charities already benefit from VAT zero rating or exemptions on many goods that they supply, donated items and goods sold in connection with fundraising. Total VAT reliefs for charities are worth more than £200 million per year, which forms part of the £2.6 billion in tax reliefs for charities and charitable giving provided each year.
Subjects
Charities; Exemptions; VAT; VAT zero rating
Date
7 December 2006
Reference
454 c439-40; 104893
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on VAT charges on academy schools
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on VAT charges on academy schools
Lead member
Karen Buck
Answering member
Baroness Primarolo
Department
Treasury
Type
Adjournment debates
Subjects
Charities; Buildings; Income; Schools; Repairs and maintenance; VAT; Academies
Date
18 July 2006
Reference
449 c46-53WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on VAT on the proposed Isle of Mull swimming pool.
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on VAT on the proposed Isle of Mull swimming pool.
Lead member
Alan Reid
Answering member
Baroness Primarolo
Department
Treasury
Type
Adjournment debates
Subjects
Charities; Taxation; VAT; Swimming pools; Isle of Mull
Date
21 June 2006
Reference
447 c498-506WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many charitable institutions in Northern Ireland have had their charitable status withdrawn in the last 10 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many charitable institutions in Northern Ireland have had their charitable status withdrawn in the last 10 years.
Asked by
Gregory Campbell
(Democratic Unionist Party)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 January 2006
For answer on
30 January 2006
Answered on
30 January 2006
HM Revenue and Customs does not maintain records of the number of charities in Northern Ireland who have had their charitable status withdrawn.
Subjects
Charities; Northern Ireland
Date
30 January 2006
Reference
46792; 442 c138W;442 c138W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times HM Revenue and Customs audited the accounts of charitable organisations in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times HM Revenue and Customs audited the accounts of charitable organisations in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Phyllis Starkey
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
16 January 2006
For answer on
18 January 2006
Answered on
19 January 2006
The number of audits and enquiries in relation to Gift Aid tax repayment claims and charity tax returns is shown in the table as follows. Information is only available from 2001–02.
| Number of audits/inquiries | |
| 2001–02 | 828 |
| 2002–03 | 813 |
| 2003–04 | 884 |
| 2004–05 | 908 |
| Note: Figures do not include inquiries raised in respect of any subsidiary trading companies. | |
| (16) This does not include inquiries made in relation to Scottish charities, for which no record is available for 2001–02. |
Subjects
Charities; Audit; Charitable trusts
Date
19 January 2006
Reference
43669; 441 c1485-6W
House
House of Commons
Charities benefit from VAT and other tax reliefs worth £2.4 billion a year. This forms part of the Government's total support to the voluntary and community sector of something like £3.3 billion a year. An exemption for all charities would add between £500 million and £1 billion to the cost, and the Government believe that the available resources are better and more effectively deployed through targeted initiatives rather than through a general VAT refund scheme.
Charities benefit from VAT and other tax reliefs worth £2.4 billion a year. This forms part of the Government's total support to the voluntary and community sector of something like £3.3 billion a year. An exemption for all charities would add between £500 million and £1 billion to the cost, and the Government believe that the available resources are better and more effectively deployed through targeted initiatives rather than through a general VAT refund scheme.
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Asked by
Sammy Wilson
(Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to exempt charities from VAT.
Subjects
Charities; Tax allowances; VAT
Date
10 November 2005
Reference
439 c464
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to exempt charities from VAT.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to exempt charities from VAT.
Asked by
Sammy Wilson
(Democratic Unionist Party)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 November 2005
For answer on
10 November 2005
Answered on
10 November 2005
Charities benefit from VAT and other tax reliefs worth £2.4 billion a year. This forms part of the Government's total support to the voluntary and community sector of something like £3.3 billion a year. An exemption for all charities would add between £500 million and £1 billion to the cost, and the Government believe that the available resources are better and more effectively deployed through targeted initiatives rather than through a general VAT refund scheme.
Subjects
Charities; Tax allowances; VAT
Date
10 November 2005
Reference
439 c464; 26730
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on giving a great deal of support in this area. The whole House would want to echo his comments with regard to the RNLI and the services that it provides for the country. He will also know that since 1997 the Government have undertaken two reviews to consider this issue. There are something like 250,000 charities, and a general exemption for all of those would produce astronomic costs, of the order that I explained to him in my previous answer. The review also demonstrated that it was extremely difficult, and nigh impossible, to reach a fair and principled position, and to be able to decide how some charities might get VAT relief and some might not. He referred to the Select Committee report, to which the Treasury responded, and I have noted his comments. I undertake to consider the matter again, but I hope that he and the House understand the tight and difficult constraints in relation to a complete exemption for all charities and the costs that that would incur.
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on giving a great deal of support in this area. The whole House would want to echo his comments with regard to the RNLI and the services that it provides for the country. He will also know that since 1997 the Government have undertaken two reviews to consider this issue. There are something like 250,000 charities, and a general exemption for all of those would produce astronomic costs, of the order that I explained to him in my previous answer. The review also demonstrated that it was extremely difficult, and nigh impossible, to reach a fair and principled position, and to be able to decide how some charities might get VAT relief and some might not. He referred to the Select Committee report, to which the Treasury responded, and I have noted his comments. I undertake to consider the matter again, but I hope that he and the House understand the tight and difficult constraints in relation to a complete exemption for all charities and the costs that that would incur.
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Asked by
Sammy Wilson
(Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
In 2004, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution paid £3.2 million in irrecoverable VAT—that is £3 for every £1 raised by volunteers. That would have paid for the running costs of the Larne lifeboat station in my constituency for the next 13 years. What plans has the Paymaster General to implement the Transport Committee's recommendations on search and rescue, published earlier this year, which called for such organisations to be relieved of the burden of VAT, or if that proved legally difficult, to make an annual grant to offset the VAT payments for the previous year?
Subjects
Charities; Tax allowances; VAT
Date
10 November 2005
Reference
439 c465
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I know that my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary will of course bear in mind the points that my hon. Friend the Member for North-West Leicestershire (David Taylor) has just made. I want to stress to him and the House, however, that having completed two extensive reviews, making exemptions within the tax system that are fair, targeted and properly used is a challenging and difficult task, and can lead to perverse incentives in the system. I shall reflect on his points with my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary, but I am sure that he appreciates that it is extremely difficult to achieve what he is seeking.
I know that my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary will of course bear in mind the points that my hon. Friend the Member for North-West Leicestershire (David Taylor) has just made. I want to stress to him and the House, however, that having completed two extensive reviews, making exemptions within the tax system that are fair, targeted and properly used is a challenging and difficult task, and can lead to perverse incentives in the system. I shall reflect on his points with my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary, but I am sure that he appreciates that it is extremely difficult to achieve what he is seeking.
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Asked by
David Leslie Taylor
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Successive Governments have done a great deal to help charities with various VAT exemptions, but inconsistencies remain. For those charities that operate admission fees to facilities, exemption is provided as long as the surplus is invested to improve or protect those facilities. Will the Financial Secretary consider the inconsistency that prevents them from using any surpluses for deficit funding of a general nature? It would be immensely helpful to museums, art galleries and other such facilities to have access to that exemption for that, too.
Subjects
Charities; Tax allowances; VAT
Date
10 November 2005
Reference
439 c465
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from charitable organisations which zero-rate the VAT on new build projects and have an unfunded future liability for the repayment of the VAT should the use of the new building be changed at a later date.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from charitable organisations which zero-rate the VAT on new build projects and have an unfunded future liability for the repayment of the VAT should the use of the new building be changed at a later date.
Asked by
Philip Hollobone
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
4 July 2005
For answer on
7 July 2005
Answered on
7 July 2005
In the last year a small number of letters from charitable organisations and hon. Members have been received by Treasury Ministers about the VAT zero rate for the construction of certain charity buildings. Zero-rating applies to the construction and sale of new buildings intended to be used by charities solely for a qualifying purpose. This qualifying purpose must be either use for non-business purposes or use as a village hall or similar.If the building is put to a non-qualifying use within 10 years of completion of the building, the VAT originally saved must be repaid to HM Revenue and Customs. However, the full amount of VAT saved will only be repayable if the use changes in the first year following completion. Otherwise, the VAT repayable is adjusted according to the number of complete years of qualifying use that have elapsed.As a concession, minor non-qualifying use of a building can be disregarded.Officials are examining the issues arising from this in certain circumstances.
Subjects
Charities; VAT
Date
7 July 2005
Reference
10222; 436 c623W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Asked by
Chris Bryant
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will recompense charities for the VAT paid on goods they sell.
Subjects
Compensation; Charities; Museums and galleries; Voluntary organisations; Tax allowances; VAT; VAT exemptions
Date
3 February 2005
Reference
430 c989-90
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Compensation; Charities; Museums and galleries; Voluntary organisations; Tax allowances; VAT; VAT exemptions
Date
3 February 2005
Reference
430 c989-90
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will recompense charities for the VAT paid on goods they sell.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will recompense charities for the VAT paid on goods they sell.
Asked by
Chris Bryant
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 January 2005
For answer on
3 February 2005
Answered on
3 February 2005
Subjects
Compensation; Charities; Museums and galleries; Voluntary organisations; Tax allowances; VAT; VAT exemptions
Date
3 February 2005
Reference
430 c989-90; 213423
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will authorise payment of a grant to the charity Band Aid equivalent to the sum to be paid in VAT by the end of the 2004-05 tax year from the sales of their new song. - Ref to 8 November 2004,...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will authorise payment of a grant to the charity Band Aid equivalent to the sum to be paid in VAT by the end of the 2004-05 tax year from the sales of their new song. - Ref to 8 November 2004,...
Asked by
Simon Burns
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 November 2004
For answer on
2 December 2004
Answered on
2 December 2004
Mr. Burns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will authorise payment of a grant to the charity Band Aid equivalent to the
sum to be paid in VAT by the end of the 2004-05 tax year from the sales of their new song. [201255]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to the answer the Chancellor gave on 8 November 2004, Official Report, column 509W to
the hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Mrs. Lawrence)
Subjects
Charities; Disaster relief; Africa; Music; VAT
Date
2 December 2004
Reference
201255; 428 c200W
House
House of Commons