Results 81–100 of 2000 for in the 'Written Answers' (speaker:Lord Myners OR speaker:Lord Myners)

Written Answers — House of Lords: Slovakia: Euro (27 Jan 2009)

Lord Myners: The Government's policy on membership of the single currency is unchanged. It remains as set out by the previous Chancellor in his Statement to the House of Commons in October 1997, and again in the Chancellor's Statement on the five tests assessment in June 2003. The determining factor underpinning any government decision on membership of the single currency is the national economic interest...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Tax Credits (27 Jan 2009)

Lord Myners: The working tax credit is already available to single people, couples without children and carers. Anyone who fulfils the qualifying work conditions can apply. Full details of eligibility criteria are available on the HMRC website at www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Taxation: Corporation Tax (27 Jan 2009)

Lord Myners: The Government keep all taxes under review to ensure that they meet the objectives of a fair, modern and competitive tax system while ensuring that all sectors pay a fair share of tax. The Government have no plans to impose a higher rate of corporation tax on international media companies.

Written Answers — House of Lords: BNFL: Sale of Assets ( 2 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: HM Treasury were involved in the development of BNFL's strategy. This strategy involved transferring the management of decommissioning sites to NDA appointed contractors through competitive processes, ceasing to carry out any non-commercial activities and seeking to realise value from other assets including the sale of the BNFL stake in the management company for the Atomic Weapons...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Finance: Economic Regulation ( 2 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: Government recognises the need for effective regulation. Across the economy Government will continue to apply the better regulation principles of ensuring that regulation is targeted and proportionate. Effective and well-focused regulation can play a vital role in correcting market failures, promoting fairness and increasing competition. But inefficient regulation or blanket enforcement...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Libya ( 2 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: No Libyan assets are frozen in the United Kingdom. United Nations financial sanctions in relation to Libya were lifted on 12 September 2003.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Pensions ( 2 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: The majority of public service pension schemes are pay-as-you-go schemes, which means that they do not have pension funds to invest. Investment decisions of funded schemes such as the Local Government Pension Scheme are a matter for those local authorities. In the case of other funded schemes in the public sector, investment decisions will generally be a matter for trustees.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Taxation: Evasion ( 3 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: The Government are committed to combating tax evasion. This applies both in relation to non-UK tax residents, where we have arrangements in place for exchanging information with other countries for their tax purposes, and in relation to non-UK nationals who have a tax liability in the United Kingdom. In the latter case, the UK tackles tax evasion as part of its overall approach to tackling...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Banking ( 5 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: In addition to decisive actions taken last October, on 19 January the Government announced further measures designed to reinforce the stability of the financial system, to increase confidence and capacity to lend and, in turn, to support the recovery of the economy. The Government are now working to implement these schemes and will monitor the impact of these measures. The Government will...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Banking: Northern Rock ( 5 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: Treasury officials have been in close contact with the European Commission with regard to Northern Rock's business plan. The previous consent of the European Commission to the rescue of the bank under its competition rules continues.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Taxation: VAT ( 5 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: In the Pre-Budget Report 2008 (Cm 7484), it was assumed that the majority of the VAT rate cut will be passed through to consumer prices, but that prices will be reduced progressively rather than immediately. The Office for National Statistics published statistics on UK inflation in December on 20 January 2009 including detail on the pass-on rate of the temporary VAT reduction. It can be...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Banking: UK Financial Investments Ltd (24 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: Some element of performance-related pay is now the norm in the great majority of organisations in both the public and private sectors. UK Financial Investments will be no exception to this, and as with other publicly funded organisations all remuneration arrangements must deliver value for money for the taxpayer.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Crime: Money-laundering (24 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: The UK's Money Laundering Regulations 2007 transposed the requirements of the EU's third money-laundering directive into domestic law. To help interpret the requirements of the regulations within the UK's specific context and to avoid prescriptive application, HM Government employ a risk-based approach to implementation. This enables businesses to apply simplified customer checks in many...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Financial Services Authority (24 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: This is an operational matter for the FSA. I understand that the chairman of the FSA, Lord Turner, will write to my noble friend directly.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government Departments: Staffing (24 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: Having already delivered £26.5 billion of savings through the Gershon efficiency programme, over the next three years all departments will go further and achieve additional efficiency savings, including Defra which will deliver more than £379 million of value-for-money savings by 2010-11. Departments are responsible for achieving their savings and there is no central workforce reduction target.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government: IT (24 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: The responsibility of managing all contracts rests with the contracting department or organisation. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is working with departments on a number of initiatives to help them improve procurement and project management skills and capability; the negotiation, agreement and subsequent management of contracts; and the improved management of projects defined in...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government: IT (24 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: Fujitsu is a strategically important supplier of goods and services to a number of government organisations, primarily in the area of information and communications technologies (ICT).

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government: IT (24 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: The responsibility of managing all contracts, including performance assessment and budget projections, rests with the contracting department or organisation. In the area of ICT, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council work with departments to monitor ICT supplier performance; these assessments are commercially confidential.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government: IT (24 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: Of 2007 OGC Gateway reviews completed to date, 964 were categorised as having been carried out on IT enabled projects. Since the introduction of delivery confidence in June 2008, four projects have received a single red delivery confidence rating, indicating that successful delivery of the project, as currently constituted and defined, appears to be unachievable and that the project may need...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Money: Banknotes (24 Feb 2009)

Lord Myners: Commercial banks that issue their own banknotes are required by law to submit data to HM Revenue and Customs regarding their average notes in circulation over a four-week period. The total value of notes in circulation reported for the period ending 24 January 2009 are as follows: Total value of notes of denomination £5 and upwards Total value of notes of denomination under £5 Total...


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