Treasury

written question – answered on 7 January 2008.

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  • Alcoholic Drinks: Death

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths from an alcohol-related underlying cause took place in (a) each nation of the UK, (b) each region of England and (c) Darlington in each...

  • Capital Gains Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he made of the effect of proposed changes to capital gains tax on gross revenue raised by the tax when developing the proposals; and if he...

  • Car Allowances

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much his Department has spent on the review of approved mileage allowance payments to date; which non-governmental individuals and organisations...

  • Car Allowances: Public Sector

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's policy is on the tax treatment of the provision of cars for public sector employees.

  • Carers: Census (1 annotation)

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will ensure that no change is made in information requested about carers in the 2011 census return from that requested in the 2001 census return.

  • Census

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the European Commission or Eurostat will have access to the data collected by the 2011 census; (2) what the timetable is for the census test...

  • Child Benefit: Personal Records

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people whose data were on the child benefit discs have yet to be sent a letter of apology.

  • Child Benefit: Personal Records

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date HM Revenue and Customs staff first searched premises of the National Audit Office looking for the missing computer discs.

  • Child Benefit: Personal Records

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he received directly from banks requesting a postponement of the announcement of the loss of computer discs containing the personal...

  • Child Benefit: Personal Records

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many calls have been received by the Child Benefit helpline since the loss of personal records by HM Revenue and Customs; and what the average length...

  • Childbirth

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which years since 1977 the number of live births in England exceeded the number of births in England in 2006.

  • Civil Servants: North East Region

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of civil service jobs in the north-east were at each grade in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

  • Climate Change

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 to adapt to the effects of climate change as they affect his...

  • Customs Officers: Job Satisfaction

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of levels of staff satisfaction amongst customs officers in HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.

  • Customs Officers: Manpower

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many HM Revenue and Customs customs officers were employed combating (a) missing trader intra-community and (b) excise fraud in each year since 2003;...

  • Departmental Data Protection

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs are responsible for monitoring and reviewing security arrangements to ensure...

  • Departmental ICT

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many attempted hacking, suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches were committed against the computer systems of (a) his...

  • Departmental Public Expenditure

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Winter Supplementary Estimates (HC 29), if he will break down his Department's (a) main estimate and (b) winter supplementary estimate...

  • Departmental Redundancies

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was of redundancies in his Department in the 12 months preceding (a) 30 June 2004, (b) 30 June 2005 and (c) 30 June 2006.

  • Departmental Secondment

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many secondments of staff were made (a) to and (b) from his Department in each year since 1997; which organisations staff were seconded (i) to and...

  • Direct Debits

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance has been provided by (a) his Department and (b) the Financial Services Authority to banks and building societies taking part in the direct...

  • Disposable Income

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average UK household disposable income was in each of the last five years, broken down by region; what proportion of disposable income on average...

  • Divorce

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of divorced women over pension age who divorced (a) aged under 30 years, (b) aged 30 to 39 years, (c) aged 40 to 49 years,...

  • Employment

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate of (a) men and (b) women was in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years.

  • Employment

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate for (a) men and (b) women with fewer than five GCSEs at grade A to C or equivalent in each region was in each quarter for the...

  • Employment: Darlington

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the (a) public expenditure consequences and (b) economic effects of measures introduced to increase employment in Darlington since...

  • Employment: Disabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate for disabled (a) men and (b) women was in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years.

  • Employment: Ethnic Groups

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate of (a) male and (b) female members of each ethnic minority was in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years.

  • Employment: Lone Parents

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate of (a) male and (b) female lone parents was in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years.

  • Employment: Older Workers

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate of (a) men and (b) women aged over 50 years was in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years.

  • Enterprise Investment Scheme

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the number of businesses that will be affected by the changes in the Enterprise Investment Scheme as a result of...

  • Enterprise Investment Scheme

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many companies used the Enterprise Investment Scheme (a) in 2005-06 and (b) in 2006-07; and how many have used it in total.

  • Excise Duties: Fuels

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will reduce duty on petrol and diesel to reflect recent changes in oil prices.

  • Excise Duties: Fuels

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will freeze the rate of fuel duty; what recent representations he has received about the issue; and if he will make a statement.

  • Foreign Workers

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people born abroad have gained employment in the UK since 1997.

  • Fuels: Prices

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the reasons for recent increases in the price of (a) heating oil, (b) petrol and (c) diesel; and if he will make statement.

  • Fuels: Prices

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the retail price of (a) heating oil, (b) petrol and (c) diesel is accounted for by tax.

  • Government Departments: Property

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2007, Official Report, column 1413W, on Government Departments: Property, how much (a) total floor area and (b)...

  • HM Revenue and Customs' Data

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 13 December 2007, to Question 172044 on HM Revenue and Customs' data, what guidance he has given to his officials on responding to...

  • Housing: Prices

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average (a) total and (b) percentage change in house prices was in each region in each month in 2007.

  • Immigrants: France

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of French nationals living in the UK.

  • Insurance Companies

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will initiate an investigation into the use of captive insurance companies by accountancy firms.

  • Landfill Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much of the revenue generated from landfill tax revenue in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07 has been allocated to the Business Resource Efficiency...

  • Migrant Workers

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) of 19 October 2007, Official Report, columns 1353-55W, on migrant workers, how many...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people paid voluntary national insurance contributions in each of the last 10 years.

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many computer—generated letters were sent out by HM Revenue and Customs notifying a shortfall in national insurance contributions for the 2005-06...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much is payable in annual national insurance contributions by a person with gross annual earnings of (a) £12,000, (b) £24,000, (c)...

  • National Insurance Contributions

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance his Department has provided to employers on whether employees should pay reduced national insurance contributions.

  • National Insurance Contributions: Females

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women paid reduced national insurance contributions in each year since 1977.

  • Oil

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what studies have been (a) considered and (b) evaluated by his Department on the economic implications of the peak oil phenomenon; and if he will make a...

  • Pay

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people earn more than the minimum wage but less than £6.75 per hour; how many of those work in the (a) private and (b) public sector; and if...

  • Prescription Drugs: Death

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people died from (a) overdoses of prescription medicine, (b) adverse interactions of prescription drugs, (c) overdoses of herbal medicine and...

  • Revenue and Customs: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what Tax Credit Office targets there are for responding to letters from right hon. and hon. Members; and how many letters received responses outside the...

  • Revenue and Customs: Data Protection

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of sending letters to the families affected by the recent loss of data by HM Revenue and Customs.

  • Revenue and Customs: Data Protection

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Poynter Review will interview Ministers in his Department as part of its work.

  • Revenue and Customs: Data Protection

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what staff from (a) HM Treasury, (b) HM Revenue and Customs and (c) other Government Departments are working on the Poynter Review.

  • Revenue and Customs: Data Protection

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) deploying software and (b) implementing procedures to encrypt all data sent out of HM Revenue and Customs on...

  • Revenue and Customs: Data Protection

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what control HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has over the access to and use of data after it has left HMRC's computers and been sent to (a) the Student Loans...

  • Revenue and Customs: Huddersfield

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the environmental implications of relocating Huddersfield HM Revenue and Customs staff from local offices to Bradford.

  • Revenue and Customs: Huddersfield

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to reimburse staff from HM Revenue and Customs Huddersfield for increased travel costs as a result of having to relocate to the Bradford...

  • Revenue and Customs: Location

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to help those employees of HM Revenue and Customs who are unable to relocate to a different branch to find alternative employment.

  • Revenue and Customs: Pay

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether employees of HM Revenue and Customs involved in the collection of tax receive bonuses related directly or indirectly to the amount of tax revenue...

  • Revenue and Customs: Postal Services

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by HM Revenue and Customs on (a) recorded post and (b) non-recorded post in each of the last five years.

  • Sandstorm Report

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) with reference to the answer of 27 February 2007, Official Report, column 1300W, on the Sandstorm report, what plans he has to publish the Sandstorm...

  • Security Clearances

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department's contracts with courier and postal service providers include provisions requiring (a) security clearance for the employees of such...

  • Smuggling

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance is given to HM Revenue and Customs customs officers on the exercise of powers of arrest in relation to individuals from whom seizures of goods...

  • Smuggling

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many seizures of illegal goods HM Revenue and Customs customs officers made in (a) ports, (b) airports, (c) rail terminals and (d) other locations...

  • Smuggling: Tobacco

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of (a) the proportion of tobacco products consumed in the UK on which duty was not paid due to smuggling and fraud in each...

  • Social Security Benefits: Personal Records

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for how long information on individuals who are claimants of any benefits or tax credits is stored after they cease to be claimants; and what measures are...

  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people died of spinal muscular atrophy in each year since 2001.

  • Suicide

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suicides there were in each 10 year age cohort in each of the last 10 years.

  • Tax Allowances

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the number of people in the UK who are eligible to claim non-domicile tax status; and if he will make a statement.

  • Tax Allowances: Motor Vehicles (1 annotation)

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce a fiscally-neutral scheme to (a) reward and (b) penalise manufacturers of motor vehicles according to vehicle (i) fuel efficiency...

  • Tax Havens

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will commission research on the levels of use of offshore tax havens by UK banks and the economic effects of that use.

  • Tax Yields

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of total tax revenue came from (a) income tax, (b) indirect taxes, (c) business taxes, (d) capital taxes and (e) other taxes in each...

  • Taxation

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department's estimate of the tax gap is; and what model his Department uses to estimate the gap.

  • Taxation: Domicil

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assumptions he made in estimating the revenue raised from modernisation of residence and domicile taxation in table B4, page 164 of the pre-Budget...

  • Taxation: Pensioners

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people over the age of 65 were overtaxed by HM Revenue and Customs and the Inland Revenue in each year since 1997.

  • Tobacco: Price Elasticity

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the price elasticity of demand for tobacco.

  • Unpaid Taxes: Pensioners

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people over the age of 65 were issued bills for unpaid tax in each year since 1997.

  • Voluntary Organisations: Finance

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he plans to have with his ministerial counterparts in the devolved institutions in Great Britain and Northern Ireland on funding over the...

  • Welfare Tax Credits: Overseas Residence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the likelihood of tax credit claimants not telling HM Revenue and Customs when they take up residence abroad; how many tax...