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Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (2 Nov 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will amend the tax credit system to reflect the respective financial contribution by parents who have separated towards the cost of raising their children.

Written Answers — Home Department: Immigration (20 Jul 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1163W, on immigration, whether the UK Border Agency has obtained the further information needed in order to be able to decide the immigration case of Mrs Mohinder Kaur.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Tyne Metropolitan College (14 Jul 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will provide additional funding to Tyne Metropolitan College for the purposes of (a) avoiding redundancies and (b) maintaining numbers of available courses.

Written Answers — Home Department: Immigration (18 May 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to make a decision on the immigration case of Mrs Mohinder Kaur.

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries (7 May 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his most recent assessment is of the progress made by the European Investment Bank to (a) Nissan and (b) Jaguar Land Rover in agreeing terms for financial assistance; on what date he estimates the financial assistance will be made available; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Civil Service: Location (30 Apr 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many Civil Service jobs have been re-located from London to (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) each English region in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09.

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: EU Internal Trade (26 Mar 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his Department's latest estimate is of the number of (a) UK nationals employed in other EU member states and (b) citizens of other EU member states employed in the UK under the terms of the EU Posted Workers Directive.

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Royal Mail: Finance (4 Mar 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much of the £1.2 billion loan made by the Government to Royal Mail has been spent; when the loan was expected to be taken up; when the full amount of the loan will have been taken up; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Treasury: Income Tax: Tax Allowances (3 Mar 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what increase in the personal income tax allowance would be achieved at a cost of £8.6 billion in 2009-10; and how many people would be removed from any income tax liability as a result of such an increase.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: EC Grants and Loans (26 Feb 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much in European regional aid structural funding was allocated to Northern Ireland for 2000 to 2006; how much of this funding had been spent by 31 December 2008; and whether a request was made to the European Commission to extend the spending deadline beyond this date.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Regional Planning and Development: EC Grants and Loans (23 Feb 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much European regional aid structural funding was allocated to England between 2000 and 2006; how much of this funding had been spent by 31 December 2008; whether a request was made to the European Commission to extend the spending deadline beyond that date; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Treasury: Vat (23 Feb 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer in tax forgone of the reduction in the rate of value added tax to 15 per cent. in the period from 1 April 2009 to 1 January 2010.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Employment (23 Feb 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people born in the UK and (b) migrant workers who were in employment in each month of 2008.

Written Answers — Transport: Public Transport: Complaints (2 Feb 2009)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce an ombudsman system to deal with complaints concerning the transport system.

Written Answers — Treasury: Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands (26 Nov 2008)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the level to which the higher threshold for income tax would need to be raised for the same number of people to be paying the higher rate now as in 1997.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Miners: Pensions (5 Nov 2008)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will reform the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to ensure that the entire surplus is used for the benefit of former mineworkers.

Written Answers — Treasury: Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands (23 Oct 2008)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the annual revenue which would be forgone by raising the higher rate of income tax threshold to (a) £45,000 and (b) £50,000.

Written Answers — Treasury: Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands (23 Oct 2008)

Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were paying the higher rate of income tax in (a) 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.