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Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Manufacturing Industries: Minerals (12 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: My Department has not prepared an assessment of the lime manufacturing industry, and does not therefore have a view on the economic viability of that industry. The Department does not have the resource to take a view on every industry, but does take a reactive approach when circumstances warrant such action.

Written Answers — Treasury: Construction Industry Scheme (12 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: In 2008-09 1.02 million unique taxpayers (individuals and businesses) were registered under the Construction Industry Scheme: 171,000 were registered as contractors and made returns; 965,000 were registered as sub-contractors and received at least one payment during the year. 114,000 were registered as both a subcontractor and a contractor.

Written Answers — Treasury: Departmental Training (12 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: The number of staff attending the courses in the 12 month period 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2009 is as follows: (a) harnessing the power of your personality - 1; National School of Government course designed for those who have to take responsibility for making things happen and are dependent on the performance of others to do so. (b) overpayments recovery workshop - 191; Internal HMRC...

Written Answers — Treasury: HM Revenue and Customs (12 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) 'frontline' staff can be of any grade. This includes Senior Civil Service staff that have responsibility for dealing with our major taxpayers, involving, for example Corporation or Inheritance Taxes. HMRC has the following staff grades: Chief Executive/Permanent Secretary Senior Civil Service 3 Senior Civil Service 2 Senior Civil Service 1a Senior Civil Service...

Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs: East Kilbride (12 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has offices at Plaza Tower and Queensway House and Hawbank stores at East Kilbride. The number of staff by grade employed at these offices on 1 April each year is provided in the following table. Grade 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Grade 6 (7) 4 (4) 7 (7) 7 (7) 7 (7) Grade 7 (14) 14 (14) 12 (12) 13 (13) 17 (17) Fast Stream (0) 3 (3)...

Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Evasion: Bolton (12 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: Records of HM Revenue and Customs' compliance checks into potential cases of tax evasion are not held centrally, and could currently be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation (12 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: Tax credits and child benefit offset income tax and national insurance and mean four out of 10 families pay no net tax. In 2009-10 the net direct tax liability for: a single person, with no children on average earnings is two percentage points lower than in 1997-98; and a couple with 2 children on average earnings is nine percentage points lower than in 1997-98. Between 1997-98 and 2009-10...

Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (12 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: The following figures provide an indication of the savings from 2010-11 to 2014-15 from these changes. These figures do not account for possible behavioural effects and should therefore be treated with caution. There may be a significant effect on work incentives arising from increasing marginal withdrawal rates. Effect on expenditure, £ million Changes 2010-11 2011-12 ...

Written Answers — Treasury: Construction Industry Scheme (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: No such estimate has been made. The Construction Industry Scheme only applies to those who are self-employed; records are only kept of payments made during their periods of engagement.

Written Answers — Treasury: Departmental Telephone Services (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: The latest period for which figures are available is October 2009. During this period, in HM Revenue and Customs' centrally managed network of contact centres, the: (a) average time to answer a call was 37 seconds; (b) average waiting time for a member of the public during a call, that is the time spent on-hold during their conversation, was 15 seconds; (c) percentage of calls not answered...

Written Answers — Treasury: HM Revenue and Customs (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not specifically use the term or measure 'failure demand' within its call centres.

Written Answers — Treasury: Personal Income (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: Information on income by parliamentary constituency is only available for taxpayers. The mean income of taxpayers in the Vale of Clwyd for 2002-03 to 2006-07 can be found in table 3.15 "Income and tax by Parliamentary Constituency" and for the regions of the UK for 1999-2000 to 2006-07 in table 3.13 "Income and tax by county and region" available at:...

Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Repayment (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: The information requested is available only at disproportionate cost, as HM Revenue and Customs' systems do not routinely record the reasons for repayments.

Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Collection (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: The dates on which payments of VAT and other taxes are due are set out in statute. The Government expect that all tax due will be paid in full and on time. If individuals or businesses are unable to pay on time they should contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as soon as possible. The sooner do so the sooner the Department can begin working with them to find a solution. For example, depending...

Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Collection (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: On the assumption that the question concerns s62 of the Finance (No2) Act 1987 and s58 of the Finance Act 2008, I can confirm that both sections were introduced to prevent abuse of the United Kingdom's double tax treaties. S58 of the Finance Act 2008 was introduced to deal with a particularly aggressive and widely used avoidance scheme by which an estimated 3,000 users have collectively...

Written Answers — Treasury: Thalidomide Trust (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: The Government received a request in 1996 for additional funding on the basis of tax that had been paid by the trust. The Government agreed to make a final 'once and for all' payment of £7 million in 1996 in recognition of the "unique and tragic circumstances which surround the Thalidomide disaster". However, the Government made clear that this payment was not made to offset the tax paid...

Written Answers — Treasury: Vat (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: The Impact Assessment published at the 2008 pre-Budget report provides an estimate of the compliance costs: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/pbr08_vat_1845.pdf

Written Answers — Treasury: Vat (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: The Budget 2009 forecast is for CPI inflation to fall to 1 per cent. by the end of 2009 and increase to 1 per cent. in the second quarter of 2010. CPI inflation is forecast to remain below target in 2010 and then to return close to target during 2011. Updated forecasts for inflation will be published later this autumn in the pre-Budget report, as is usual practice.

Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits: Selby (11 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: Working families tax credit was replaced by child tax credit and working tax credit in April 2003. The latest information on the number of recipient families of child and working tax credits, by parliamentary constituency, is provided in the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) snapshot publication, "Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics Geographical Analyses April 2009", available at:...

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation (10 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: Information on age of taxpayer based on receipts is not readily available as employers' PAYE payments are made in aggregate. However, available information on tax liability for 2009-10 (a total of £141 billion) suggests that around 9 per cent. is in respect of people of state pension age by the end of the year, with the remainder for people of working age. This estimate is based on the...