Treasury

written question – answered on 20 April 2009.

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  • Bank Services

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department's latest estimate is of the number and proportion of working age people (a) in each age group and (b) in total without a bank account...

  • Banks: Finance

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) with reference to his Department's press notice of 19 January 2009 on the Asset Protection Scheme, what the agreed (a) principles and (b) guidelines...

  • Banks: Finance

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether bank assets under the asset loan guarantee scheme will be required to be on a balance sheet; what other requirements will apply to methods of...

  • Banks: Finance

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department has taken to ensure compliance with section 26 of Appendix A to the document on the UK Asset Protection Scheme; and if he will...

  • Banks: International Cooperation

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer who the UK members are of the UK-US working group to develop proposals to monitor and regulate the banking system; what the terms of reference of the group...

  • Banks: Ireland

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what safeguard measures have been agreed with his Irish counterpart on the removal of Financial Services Authority cover for UK Anglo-Irish bond holders;...

  • Banks: Regulation

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce legislation to require all banks regulated by the Financial Services Authority to publish an annual table showing their assets,...

  • Capital Gains Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of exempting from capital gains tax business owners who sell their businesses upon retirement up to the value...

  • Carbon Emissions: Costs

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what benchmark financial cost per tonne of carbon dioxide emissions saved he uses when appraising expenditure on greenhouse gas abatement measures.

  • Clemmow Hornby Inge Partners

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what value for money assessment (a) his Department and (b) UK Financial Investments carried out before the Royal Bank of Scotland awarded its retail...

  • Council of Economic Advisers

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times the Council of Economic Advisers has met; when it last met; who the members of the Council are; how many civil servants attended each meeting...

  • Departmental Carbon Emissions

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for how long his Department has followed the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management programme.

  • Departmental Data Protection

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 716W, on Departmental ICT, for what reasons his Department's IT systems and services...

  • Departmental Mobile Phones and Computers

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much has been spent on (a) the purchase of and (b) bills for (i) BlackBerrys and (ii) other mobile telephones for (A) Ministers, (B) special...

  • Departmental Training

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of his Department's officials of each grade attended a training course overseas paid for by his Department in each month since 2007; what his...

  • Excise Duties: Motor Vehicles

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned 2010 changes to vehicle excise duty affecting purchases of new models of cars on automotive sales...

  • Financial Institutions: Credit

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what his estimate is of the proportion of (a) mortgage and (b) credit card lending carried out by non-bank lending institutions in each of the last...

  • Fred Goodwin

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will request UK Financial Investments to take steps to cancel the private security agreement paid by the Royal Bank of Scotland for the private home...

  • Fred Goodwin

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions Sir Fred Goodwin has been invited to 11 Downing Street for (a) official social engagements and (b) meetings in each of the last five...

  • Gift Aid

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many smaller charities became eligible for the Gift Aid scheme following the 2008 Budget.

  • Individual Savings Accounts

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what revenue has accrued to the Exchequer from the taxation of (a) individual savings accounts and (b) the interest on individual savings accounts since 6...

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 322W, on hon. Members: correspondence, when the Economic Secretary plans to respond to...

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter of 22 October 2008 from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead on finance and investment in Icelandic banks.

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Eastbourne of 10 October, 25 November and 14 December 2008 and 4 February 2009 sent on behalf...

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Financial Secretary plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Salisbury of 16 January 2009 on Northern Rock mortgage interest rate changes.

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter of 26 January 2009 from the hon. Member for Northavon, sent on behalf of Mr D Powell of Iron Acton, on transfer of...

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter of 21 January 2009 from the hon. Member for Northavon, sent on behalf of Mr A Kybert of Tate, on banks' support for...

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall, North of 24 February 2009 with regard to a constituent, reference 3-89302009; and...

  • Members: Correspondence (1 annotation)

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Financial Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letter of 15 October 2008 from the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire, on...

  • Mortgages

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) banks, (b) building societies and (c) other lending institutions have (i) withdrawn from the UK mortgage market and (ii) stopped accepting...

  • Mortgages: Government Assistance

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) on what basis the eligibility of financial institutions to participate in the new guarantee scheme for residential mortgage-backed securities will be...

  • Personal Equity Plans

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was derived by the Exchequer from the taxation of personal equity plans in each year since such plans have been in operation.

  • Personal Income

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish an update to HM Revenue and Customs' tax table 2.5 based on the 2006-07 Survey of Personal Incomes; and if he will make a statement.

  • Post Offices

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions on the underwriting of the banking service offered through the Post Office network his Department has had.

  • Public Sector: Pensions

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2009, Official Report, columns 89-90W, on banks: finance, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Asset...

  • Students: Loans

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many persons HM Revenue and Customs identified as having made full repayment of a student loan in each of the last three years; (2) what measures...

  • Taxation

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he has examined the practice in other tax jurisdictions of publishing the tax returns of individuals; and if he will make a statement; (2)...

  • Taxation: Energy

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an estimate of the level of additional taxation on (a) electricity, (b) natural gas, (c) oil, (d) liquefied petroleum gas which would be...

  • VAT: Construction

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will widen the range of construction products and the labour associated with their installation to which a reduced rate of value added tax applies.