Treasury

written question – answered on 22 June 2009.

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  • Banks: Finance

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of the Government guarantee scheme for asset-backed securities; and if he will make a statement.

  • Banks: Government Securities

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons his Department determined that (a) bonds held by the Government in Bradford and Bingley would be ranked above Bradford and Bingley...

  • Bradford and Bingley

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons Bradford and Bingley was taken into public ownership; when the plans for such action were drawn up; and on what date the decision was taken...

  • Child Benefit

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the annual cost to his Department of the cost of child benefit if payment were restricted to households with an annual income of up to...

  • Coastal Change Fund

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Coastal Change Fund will have a Barnett consequential.

  • Council Tax (1 annotation)

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to assess the effect on the expenditure from the public purse for administration of the collection of local taxation of the...

  • Council Tax: Valuation

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Valuation Office Agency's council tax banding support tool became operational for the whole of England; what the cost of the project to develop the...

  • Debt Collection: Private Sector

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to monitor the practices of private debt collection firms contracted by HM Revenue and Customs.

  • Debts: NHS

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what methodology his Department uses to account for the (a) actual and (b) potential debt of NHS trusts and foundation trusts.

  • Departmental Cleaning Services

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which organisations provided cleaning services to his Department in each of the last three years; and what the cost of each such contract was in each such year.

  • Departmental Energy

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the water consumption on his Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per...

  • Departmental Internet

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2009, Official Report, column 585W, on the departmental internet, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page...

  • Departmental Lost Property

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years.

  • Departmental Surveys

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest staff satisfaction survey for (a) his Department, (b) each of its agencies and (c) HM Revenue and...

  • Equitable Life

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the report of the Select Committee on Public Administration on Equitable Life.

  • Equitable Life

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the most recent report of the parliamentary ombudsman on Equitable Life.

  • Equitable Life

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date Mr. Simon Bor was seconded from his Department to assist Sir John Chadwick's inquiry into the Equitable Life ex-gratia payment scheme.

  • Financial Ombudsman Service

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will assess the adequacy of the resources available to the Financial Ombudsman Service to deal with present levels of demand.

  • Government Departments: ICT

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance the Office of Government Commerce's Centre of Expertise in Sustainable Procurement has provided on environmental criteria for government ICT...

  • Health Service Ombudsman

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the evidence given by the Health Service Ombudsman to the Public Bill Committee on the Health and Social Care Bill, Session 2007-08, what...

  • Lord Paul

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times Lord Paul of Marylebone has visited No. 11 Downing Street on matters related to his Department's responsibilities in each of the last five...

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the letter of 2 February 2009, ref 3/08735/2009, on value added tax from the hon. Member for Congleton on behalf of her...

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the letter of 29 January 2009 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan on the closure of the Peterhead HM Revenue and...

  • Private Finance Initiative

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of assisting private finance initiative projects through (i) its Infrastructure...

  • Private Finance Initiative: Derbyshire

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of private finance initiatives in (a) West Derbyshire constituency and (b) Derbyshire.

  • Sri Lanka: International Assistance

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2009, Official Report, column 1328W, on Sri Lanka: international assistance, when he expects the International Monetary...

  • Tax Credit: Peterborough

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many residents of Peterborough constituency are in receipt of tax credits; and what the average level of tax credit payment to such residents was in the...

  • Tax Evasion

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many HM Revenue and Customs staff administered the provisions of anti-tax avoidance legislation (a) in 2007, (b) in 2008 and (c) on the latest date...

  • Tax Evasion: ICT

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research his Department has commissioned on the effect of the provisions on IR35 on the IT contractor sector in the last five years.

  • Taxation: Members

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans HM Revenue and Customs has to enable hon. Members to submit tax returns online.

  • VAT: Repairs and Maintenance

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 54W, on value added tax: repairs and maintenance,...

  • Welfare Tax Credits

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what provision there is for tax credits for those between 18 and 24 years old without children.

  • Welfare Tax Credits: Islington

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many residents of Islington North constituency are in receipt of tax credits; and what the average tax credit payment to such residents was in the last...

  • Written Questions: Government Responses

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when he plans to answer question (a) 279978 and (b) 279979, tabled on 10 June 2009, on the Asset Protection Scheme; (2) when he plans to answer...

  • Written Questions: Government Responses

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to answer Question 279980, tabled on 10 June 2009, on Northern Rock.