Treasury

written question – answered on 22 February 2010.

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  • Banks: Africa

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what procedures his Department has in place to ensure that (a) illegal and (b) illegally-acquired funds from African countries are not deposited with UK...

  • Council Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new (a) homes and (b) affordable homes in each (i) local authority and (ii) region were placed in council tax band (A) A, (B) B, (C) C, (D) D,...

  • Council Tax: Valuation

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of dwellings have one or more (a) dwelling house and (b) significant code assigned to them on the Valuation Office Agency's...

  • Council Tax: Valuation

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many notification changes with code CL26 have been made to the Valuation Office Agency's council tax list in 2009-10 to date.

  • Council Tax: Valuation

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 840W, on council tax: valuation, how many times the Valuation Office Agency has...

  • Crown Lands and Estates: Canvey Island

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what interest the Crown Estate holds in the area of land to the seaward side of the Canvey Island sea defences; and if he will make a statement.

  • Departmental Consultants

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years.

  • Departmental Coordination

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the outcomes were of the proof of concept trials undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Work and Pensions and 12 local authorities as...

  • Departmental Energy

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated (a) amount and (b) cost was of energy used in his Department and its agencies in each year since 1997; what proportion of the energy...

  • Domicile

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many UK citizens had permanent residence in the UK but were either not resident in the UK for tax purposes or did not have UK domicile status in each...

  • Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue (1) accrued to the Exchequer from duties on sales of alcohol in Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months; (2) has accrued to the...

  • Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from alcohol excise duties on spirits in the last 12 months; and what estimates were made of such revenue...

  • Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Tamworth of 21 April 2008, Official Report, column 1675W, on excise duties: alcoholic drinks, what...

  • Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much tax has been recovered in the sale of seized contraband (a) beer, (b) wine and (c) spirits in each of the last five years.

  • Feltham

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Feltham and Heston constituency, the effects on that constituency of...

  • Financial Institutions: Directors

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the appointment of a proportion of non-executive directors of financial institutions by organisations other than the financial...

  • Financial Services Authority

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to extend the scope of Financial Services Authority regulation to include second charge and buy-to-let mortgage lending.

  • Financial Services: Standards

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many warning notices were issued to companies by the Financial Services Authority in each year since 2001.

  • Fiscal Policy

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 7 January 2009, Official Report, column 564W, on fiscal policy, if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest review of...

  • Fraud: Alcoholic Drinks

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff of his Department work on the recovery of duty lost through fraud on alcohol sales.

  • Government Securities

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of gilts has been bought by (a) the Bank of England and (b) other banks operating in the UK who are regulated by the Financial Services...

  • Hidden Economy

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of tax lost as a result of the hidden economy in each of the last five financial years.

  • Hospital Beds: Wakefield

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many beds there were in NHS hospitals in Wakefield in each year since 1997.

  • Income Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the amount of revenue that would be lost in 2010-11 if the personal tax allowance was raised to £10,000.

  • Income Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the additional amount of revenue that would be raised in 2010-11 if an income tax rate of 50 per cent. was charged...

  • Income Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the additional amount of revenue that would be raised in 2010-11 if the national insurance contribution ceiling was...

  • Income Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the additional amount of revenue that would be raised in 2010-11 if the income tax rate of 60 per cent. was charged...

  • Income Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the percentage of income tax due which was collected in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009.

  • Income Tax: Tax Allowances

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of increasing the personal allowance by £2,000, limited to the basic rate of income...

  • Landfill Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much is expected to be raised through landfill tax in 2010-11; (2) whether he plans to review the criteria under which projects can apply for...

  • Loans

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the (a) number of self-certification loans made in each year since 2004 and (b) total stock of self-certification loans which is...

  • Members: Correspondence

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the MP's Parliamentary Business Unit of the Tax Credit Office expects to answer the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's faxed correspondence of 17...

  • Money Laundering

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reports he has received of allegations that North Korea is using Luxembourg as a channel for money laundering; and if he will request the government of...

  • Mortgages

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of non-deposit taking mortgage lenders in each year since 2004.

  • National Insurance Contributions: Registration

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many self-employed people were late in registering their national insurance contributions with HM Revenue and Customs in the last two years.

  • Paye

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether an individual's PAYE case is automatically cleared when HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not receive back an employment history enquiry; and how...

  • Pension Credit: Northern Ireland

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pensioners resident in Northern Ireland have been contacted as part of his Department's pension credit Tax Back campaign.

  • Public Sector: Contracts

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a Minister or official in his Department has responsibility for promoting Article 19 of the European Union Procurement Directive in respect of the...

  • Resource Accounting and Budgeting

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes have been made to his Department's guidance on resource account budgeting since 2003; and if he will make a statement.

  • Revenue and Customs

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the costs, including redundancy payments, and the benefits, including increased tax yield and transaction savings, have been of HM Revenue and Customs'...

  • Revenue and Customs

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the loss to the Exchequer arising from official error on the part of HM Revenue and Customs staff in each of the last five years.

  • Revenue and Customs: Manpower

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the HM Revenue and Customs employee headcount was for its (a) PSN and (b) information management services department in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii)...

  • Sick Pay

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of statutory sick pay not paid by companies in each of the last five years.

  • Sick Pay

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which 50 companies owe the most in statutory sick pay contributions; and how much each such company owes in such contributions.

  • Stamp Duty Land Tax

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the tax gap in stamp duty land tax in each of the last five years.

  • Tax Allowances: North West

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people aged 75 years and over resident in each local authority area in the North West with an annual income...

  • Taxation

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what forms of individual income are subject to withholding tax but are not part of the Pay As You Earn system; and how the amount to be withheld is...

  • Taxation: Companies

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) charged in fines to (a) partnerships and (b) companies who (i) were fined for not filing their tax returns...

  • Taxation: Fraud

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer arising from organised fraud in relation to (a) income tax, (b) value added tax, (c) corporation...

  • Taxation: Married People

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the (a) number and (b) proportion of children living in poverty who would benefit from measures to benefit married couples through the...

  • Taxation: Medical Equipment

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, columns 856-57W, on taxation: health professions, if he will consider the merits of bringing...

  • Taxation: Self Assessment

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the tax gap for individuals in income tax self assessment in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.

  • Valuation

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Valuation Office Agency has spent on the Automated Valuation Model (AVM) for domestic dwellings to date; what the purpose of the AVM for...

  • Valuation Office: Databases

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date the Valuation Office Agency's Geographical Information System is expected to go live in each of the agency's area offices.

  • VAT: Charities

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will lift the requirement for registered charities to pay value added tax on digital audio equipment.

  • Welfare Tax Credits

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of couples with children receiving (a) child tax credit only and (b) both working tax credit and child tax credit have both...

  • Welfare Tax Credits

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on each element of (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit in each (i) county and (ii) region in each of the last four years.

  • Welfare Tax Credits: Newport

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in Newport East constituency are in receipt of tax credits.

  • Welfare Tax Credits: Rotherham

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was paid in working tax credits to eligible households in Rotherham in the latest year for which figures are available.