Treasury

written question – answered on 8 January 2002.

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  • Stability and Growth Pact

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to submit an updated annual Convergence Programme as required by the Stability and Growth Pact.

  • European Investment Bank

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the level of the European Investment Bank's loans for projects in the United Kingdom in each year since 1992.

  • Corporation Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the receipts for advance corporation tax for each of the last 54 months.

  • Minimum Wage Unit

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2001, Official Report, column 323, in how many cases information has been passed by Inland Revenue staff to the...

  • Vat

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received regarding the levying of VAT on managers' salaries in retirement accommodation where the service provider is not the...

  • Vat

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was obtained from VAT charges on courses of (a) education, (b) training, (c) sports activity and (d) leisure activity in each year since...

  • Vat

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the risk analysis system used by Customs and Excise for VAT control visiting is restricted to determining the (a) relative risk of different traders and...

  • Vat

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it is his policy that a trader should receive a visit from Customs and Excise within the first three years of registering for VAT.

  • Vat

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) local authorities, (b) voluntary organisations and (c) universities are paying VAT on courses of further education for adults; and if he will...

  • Vat

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans Customs and Excise have to issue a VAT payer's charter setting out standards of service to VAT payers.

  • Vat

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each of the last 10 years (a) total VAT registrations and (b) total new registrations.

  • Capital Gains Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) on what he bases his assessment that the changes to capital gains tax announced in the pre-Budget report will not create new loopholes for the...

  • Carter Review

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of paragraphs 5.1 and 5.4 of the Carter Review of Payroll Services; what plans he has to align the treatment of benefits in kind...

  • Tax Reform

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the Tax Law Reform Committee paper, "Employed or Self Employed"; and if he will make a statement.

  • Amateur Sports Clubs

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 10 December 2001, Official Report, column 689W, on amateur sports clubs, what plans he has to provide funds to enable the...

  • Amateur Sports Clubs

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many community amateur sports clubs have (a) a turnover of less than £15,000 and (b) a rental income less than £10,000.

  • Amateur Sports Clubs

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 10 December 2001, Official Report, column 689W, on amateur sports clubs, whether he will include relief from the climate change...

  • Amateur Sports Clubs

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the Performance and Innovation Unit regarding support for community amateur sports clubs.

  • Smuggling

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many lorries were confiscated by customs officers for smuggling (a) cigarettes, (b) tobacco and (c) alcohol in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001.

  • Smuggling

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many drivers employed by hauliers were (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for smuggling (i) cigarettes, (ii) tobacco and (iii) alcohol in (A) 1999, (B)...

  • Vehicle Seizures

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was paid by hauliers to HM Customs and Excise for the release of their lorries in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, and (c) 2001.

  • Winter Deaths

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many excess winter deaths there were in each of the last 15 years.

  • Labour Statistics

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women aged (i) 50 to 54, (ii) 55 to 59, (iii) 60 to 64 and (iv) 65 to 69 years were (a) in full-time work, (b) in part-time work,...

  • Labour Statistics

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the number of employee jobs by industry in the Buckingham constituency in the most recent year for which figures are available.

  • Labour Statistics

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of working age people in the Buckingham constituency were in employment in each year since 1997.

  • Labour Statistics

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average length of time that currently unemployed men aged (a) 50 to 54, (b) 55 to 59 and (c) 60 to 64 years have remained unemployed.

  • Lone Mothers

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of single lone mothers are in (a) part-time work, (b) full-time work and (c) all paid work.

  • Cot Deaths

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cot deaths there were in each of the last five years.

  • Cancer

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many men were diagnosed with testicular cancer in each year since 1997.

  • Cancer

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women were (a) diagnosed with and (b) died due to breast cancer in each year since 1997.

  • Cancer

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the five year survival rates for (a) breast, (b) lung, (c) cervical, (d) colon, (e) stomach, (f) prostate and (g) bladder cancer are (i) nationally,...

  • Charities (Donations)

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to encourage public donations to charitable organisations.

  • Andorra

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to (a) monitor the incidence of and (b) take action against smuggling from Andorra to the United Kingdom.

  • Tax Credits

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in the Portsmouth, South constituency (a) received and (b) were entitled to (i) WFTC, (ii) DPTC and (iii) child tax credit in (A)...

  • Tax Credits

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what means the child care element of the working tax credit will be paid to the main carer.

  • Tax Credits

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many WFTC recipients have (a) no income tax liability and (b) an income tax liability that is (i) lower and (ii) higher than the value of their WFTC...

  • Tax Credits

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 18 October 2001, Official Report, column 1296W, how much each of the campaigns publicising the working families tax credit cost.

  • Film Industry

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many British films produced in 1999–2000 claimed the 100 per cent. tax write off during the first year; and what the total loss was in tax revenue...

  • Film Industry

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met Mr. Jack Velenti of the Motion Picture Association of America; and what representations he has received from Mr. Velenti about extending...

  • Scottish Provident Institution

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received about the Scottish Provident Institution and the performance of the FSA in dealing with matters raised by Scottish...

  • Pensions

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the marginal rates of tax and benefit withdrawal for pensioners are (a) in 2001–02 and (b) from October 2003.

  • Child Poverty

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Regents Park and Kensington, North (Ms Buck) of 27 November 2001, Official Report, column 868W, if the figure...

  • Capital Assets

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 11 December 2001, Official Report, column 765W, on capital assets, which definition of investment he used in answering on (a) on...

  • Capital Assets

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 12 December 2001, Official Report, column 889W, on capital assets, if he will place in the Library information on the accounting...

  • Aggregates Levy

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will delay introduction of the aggregates levy in Scotland.

  • Enterprise Management Incentives

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the forecast cost in the next financial year of administering enterprise management incentives.

  • European Monetary Institute

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consultations the Government have undertaken with the European Monetary Institute as provided for by the Treaty on European Union.

  • Single Currency

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses resident in the Buckingham constituency have contacted the Treasury requesting information on the single currency.

  • ISAs

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individuals in the Buckingham constituency have invested in (a) cash ISAs, (b) mini-ISAs and (c) maxi- ISAs in each year since their introduction.

  • Customs and Excise

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the targets applied by Customs and Excise in the last five financial years for the length of time after registration for all traders to be...

  • Contraband

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what quantities and value of contraband of (a) tobacco, (b) drugs, (c) alcohol and (d) other goods was seized by Customs and Excise in each of the...

  • Taxpayers

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage of total income received by (a) the top one per cent, (b) the top five per cent, (c) the top 10 per cent, (d) the bottom 70 per cent...

  • Share Incentive Plan

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money was spent by the Government on research into the name of the Share Incentive Plan.

  • Tax Self-assessment

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest estimate of the overall impact on business of the introduction of tax self-assessment, disaggregated into (a) estimated extra costs and...

  • Alcohol Duty

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the operation of the procedures for assessing and collecting duty from cross-channel travellers who...

  • Ministerial Offices

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were, (a) the running costs of his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) the running costs of his Department...

  • Pay Review

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what pay review body recommendations he is considering.

  • Public Expenditure

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of the privatisation of the Paymaster Agency on the Treasury's access to information needed to monitor and control...

  • Taxes

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish an annual statement of the effect of his direct and indirect taxation measures on the disposable incomes of (a) the bottom 10 per cent....

  • Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many letters he has received from residents in the Buckingham constituency regarding annuities in the last 12 months.

  • Bank of England

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since 1971 the Treasury has exercised its powers under section 4 of the Bank of England Act 1946 to give directions to the Bank of England.

  • Government Debt

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the distribution of Government debt between the banking and non-banking sectors in each month since the 2001 Budget.

  • Government Debt

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the Government's policy on the proportion of Government debt to be sold to the banking sector.

  • Vocational Training

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have claimed tax relief for vocational training in each of the last four years; and what has been the cost to public funds in each year.

  • Tax Coding

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number and proportion of incorrect notices of tax coding for 2001–02 which the Inland Revenue has sent out; and what are the...

  • EU Payments

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the payments the United Kingdom will be obliged to make to the European Union in each of the next four years.

  • Investment Publications

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a list of the investment publications to which Her Majesty's Treasury subscribes.

  • Unemployment

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of working age people in the Buckingham constituency lived in a household where no adult worked in each year since 1997.

  • ECOFIN Council

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the outcome was of the ECOFIN Council held in Brussels on 13 December; what the Government's position was on each issue discussed, including its voting...

  • Tax Simplification

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his plans for tax simplification.

  • National Lottery

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the main expected effects on the public accounts from 2001–02 to 2004–05 of the National Lottery, including the effects on (a)...

  • Cigarette Sales (Children)

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the tax revenues raised in each of the last five years from the illegal sale of cigarettes to children.

  • Tax Relief (Removal Expenses)

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of employees (1) for whom tax relief for removal expenses and benefits was claimed in each year since 1997; (2) for whom...