Treasury

written question – answered on 6 March 2012.

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  • Public Sector Borrowing Requirement

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the public sector borrowing requirement.

  • Air Passenger Duty

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the economy of his planned increase in air passenger duty.

  • Job Creation: Private Sector

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal steps he is taking to encourage job creation in the private sector.

  • Job Creation: Private Sector

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal steps he is taking to encourage job creation in the private sector.

  • Tax Thresholds

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the potential effects on low and middle income earners of raising the income tax threshold to £10,000.

  • Tax Thresholds

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the relative merits of (a) increasing the income tax threshold to £10,000 and (b) a reduction in VAT.

  • High-tech Industries

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to develop tax incentives to promote investment in research and development in high-tech industries.

  • National Insurance

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses have participated in the national insurance contributions holiday for new companies.

  • Employee Share Ownership Plans

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what fiscal measures he is taking to increase participation in HM Revenue and Customs-approved all-employee share plans; (2) what recent discussions...

  • Monetary Policy: Republic of Ireland

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the financial implications for the UK of a rejection of the EU fiscal treaty in a referendum in Ireland.

  • Pay

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many basic rate taxpayers earned more than £10,000 in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and how many such taxpayers were (i) men and (ii) women.

  • Taxation: Banks

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the collective losses banks, which the state has a stake in, have to offset against future taxation.

  • Taxation: Second Homes

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent of the practice of re-designating property ownership to avoid tax liability on the sale of...