John Healey: The information requested is being placed in the Library of the House.
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the national statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 30 November 2005 As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what estimate has been made of the life expectancy of (a) men and (b) women (i) by region and county, (ii) by socio-economic group and (iii) by...
John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the answer she received on 12 September 2005, Official Report, column 2431W from the Minister for Local Government.
John Healey: Information concerning payments related to maladministration is not available.
John Healey: Based on departmental returns, the total value of private finance initiative contracts on the Government Balance Sheet is £23.1 billion. This figure is the aggregate of the initial capital values of on-balance sheet PFI contracts signed.
John Healey: The Treasury actively embraces its duties under the Race Relations Act. It works with other departments on a wide range of policies, and in turn those departments are responsible for producing race equality impact assessments (REIAs). In addition, successive Pre-Budget and Budget reports have given explicit commitments to promoting equality, fairness and opportunity and have published the...
John Healey: The Chancellor announces changes to taxation policy in the context of the Budget.
John Healey: HM Revenue and Customs record seizures of road fuel improperly imported. The following table details the numbers of seizures in calendar years. Number of seizures of imported oil Calendar year Under 100 litres Over 100 litres 2001 7 85 2002 5 66 2003 6 24 2004 6 8
John Healey: Research and development (R&D) tax credits are available for expenditure on qualifying activities, defined under the DTI's guidelines of 5 March 2004. R&D takes place where an activity seeks to achieve an advance in science or technology—through the resolution of scientific or technological uncertainty. Product development activities qualify for R&D tax credits where they meet the...
John Healey: The information requested on the environmental taxes (landfill tax, Climate Change Levy and Aggregates Levy) are given in the following table. Yield(10) (£ million) Percentage of net taxes and social security contributions Percentage of GDP(11) Landfill Tax 1996–97(12) 113 0.04 0.01 1997–98 361 0.12 0.04 1998–99 333 0.10 0.04 1999–2000 430 0.13...
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 30 November 2005 As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (32756) The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for small areas from the Annual Population...
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell to Lynne Featherstone, dated 29 November 2005 As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many women (a) were diagnosed with and (b) died from breast cancer in each of the last five years....
John Healey: The Treasury assesses the effectiveness of high and medium risk projects via Gateway reviews, managed by the OGC. Low risk projects are assessed via a project appraisal completed by the relevant business manager. The Treasury ensures there are strongly worded clauses in all consultancy contracts and assignment orders, which are agreed and signed by the supplier before undertaking the...
John Healey: Guidelines for Government websites produced by the Cabinet Office state that Government websites should comply with Single-A level of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0; The Treasury's Public website has been designed to comply with Double-A level of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. Nevertheless, a number of Triple-A requirements are met by the Treasury website,...
John Healey: The sum quoted is for the Chancellor's travel.
John Healey: As set out in the March 2005 Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report, the Government will respond to the recommendations in the Barker Review of Housing Supply later this year.
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Colin Mowl to Susan Kramer, dated 29 November 2005 The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many (a) children and (b) adults died of pneumococcal meningitis in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years. I am...
John Healey: holding answer 24 November 2005 The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 29 November 2005 As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the population of Tyne and Wear. (31630) The Office for National...
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply. Letter from Colin Mowl to Ms Diana R. Johnson, dated 29 November 2005 The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. I am replying in her absence. (31396) The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of...
John Healey: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer my right hon. Friend the Paymaster General gave him on 21 November 2005, Official report, column 1571W.