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Housing
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the local authorities in Wales which have launched a review of private sector housing provision in their area as a result of the publication of "Agenda for Action on Housing in Wales".
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Against the background of the "Agenda for Action", all Welsh housing authorities have reviewed private sector housing provision in the context of their annual housing strategies and operational plans.
Female Appointees
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of appointees to all of his quangos is female ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : At present 18 per cent. of appointees to the public bodies in Wales are female.
I am seeking to increase the number of women holding public appointment in Wales and I am taking every opportunity to do this. My target is that by September 1996, 30 per cent. of public appointments in Wales will be held by women.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he intends to appoint some female members to the Welsh Economic Council ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : I will announce my decision on the composition of the Welsh Economic Council in due course.
Pharmacists
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will review the fees paid to pharmacists for dispensing expensive items ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Discussions with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee are taking place as part of the 1993-94 pay negotiations.
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EDUCATION
Conductive Education
Dr. Lynne Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he will publish the Birmingham university report on the effectiveness of treatment at the Institute for Conductive Education in Birmingham ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : It is intended that the full report, containing a description of the methodology of the research by Birmingham university and details of all its findings, will be published by HMSO on behalf of the Department in May 1993.
Special Needs
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he plans to publish specified assessment and statementing timetables for special education needs applications to local education authorities.
Mr. Forth : Statutory timescales for the making of assessments and statements by LEAs would be embodied in regulations under the Education Bill. We propose to consult on a draft of those regulations later this year.
Primary School Classes
Mr. Byers : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list for each local education authority the number of primary school pupils in class sizes of (a) 1 to 30, (b) 31 to 35, (c) 36 to 40 and (d) 41 and over in January 1992.
Mr. Forth : The information requested for single-teacher classes in maintained primary schools in England is given in the table.
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Numbers of pupils in classes taught by one teacher: Maintained primary schools in England
January 1992
Local education |Classes of size 1 to|Classes of size 31 |Classes of size 36 |Classes of size 41
authority |30 |to 35 |to 40 |and over
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City |107 |- |- |-
Camden |7,786 |541 |- |-
Greenwich |15,405 |1,305 |- |-
Hackney |11,483 |219 |- |-
Hammersmith |6,289 |565 |36 |48
Islington |10,691 |756 |- |-
Kensington and Chelsea |4,761 |130 |- |-
Lambeth |15,237 |630 |- |-
Lewisham |15,632 |1,943 |74 |-
Southwark |15,363 |1,326 |77 |-
Tower Hamlets |11,483 |475 |77 |44
Wandsworth |12,530 |697 |38 |83
Westminster |6,459 |252 |40 |-
Barking |12,234 |1,297 |234 |-
Barnet |17,665 |1,806 |79 |101
Bexley |11,836 |4,913 |108 |-
Brent |15,930 |1,375 |75 |-
Bromley |12,941 |6,381 |36 |-
Croydon |18,159 |3,264 |36 |253
Ealing |18,672 |3,219 |110 |41
Enfield |13,684 |5,147 |38 |-
Haringey |16,060 |441 |40 |-
Harrow |11,162 |4,140 |- |-
Havering |15,207 |2,585 |- |-
Hillingdon |12,302 |4,306 |439 |-
Hounslow |9,966 |4,894 |450 |90
Kingston upon Thames |3,985 |4,486 |219 |-
Merton |9,669 |1,726 |113 |43
Newham |19,159 |1,000 |38 |256
Redbridge |6,512 |8,331 |145 |-
Richmond upon Thames |7,773 |1,316 |37 |-
Sutton |7,102 |3,359 |181 |-
Waltham Forest |13,450 |2,763 |154 |41
Birmingham |71,712 |22,873 |868 |-
Coventry |20,086 |5,253 |505 |-
Dudley |16,571 |3,852 |116 |479
Sandwell |17,176 |7,549 |917 |105
Solihull |11,951 |4,637 |396 |44
Walsall |16,548 |3,606 |561 |146
Wolverhampton |17,206 |2,491 |192 |82
Knowsley |11,606 |3,568 |301 |238
Liverpool |35,624 |9,939 |511 |155
St. Helens |9,717 |4,467 |633 |-
Sefton |16,343 |7,586 |441 |-
Wirral |23,840 |3,170 |144 |-
Bolton |13,381 |6,879 |992 |398
Bury |9,606 |4,792 |521 |-
Manchester |31,572 |6,933 |678 |750
Oldham |11,617 |7,136 |667 |135
Rochdale |10,848 |5,969 |402 |-
Salford |16,199 |4,470 |191 |277
Stockport |16,815 |5,722 |930 |83
Tameside |12,096 |7,702 |365 |-
Trafford |9,179 |6,661 |987 |681
Wigan |16,198 |6,905 |1,692 |87
Barnsley |16,099 |3,099 |258 |125
Doncaster |19,539 |5,611 |799 |47
Rotherham |19,272 |2,362 |197 |411
Sheffield |33,145 |4,412 |1,497 |-
Bradford |25,451 |3,506 |73 |-
Calderdale |12,854 |3,763 |151 |-
Kirklees |22,097 |6,648 |613 |172
Leeds |31,747 |8,962 |2,179 |476
Wakefield |16,622 |7,130 |1,192 |-
Gateshead |14,919 |963 |77 |54
Newcastle upon Tyne |14,379 |4,593 |535 |112
North Tyneside |11,550 |2,478 |115 |335
South Tyneside |11,972 |1,940 |146 |53
Sunderland |21,534 |4,260 |72 |44
Isles of Scilly |134 |31 |- |-
Avon |51,121 |19,247 |1,050 |-
Bedfordshire |26,717 |5,993 |1,235 |239
Berkshire |39,284 |13,063 |928 |100
Buckinghamshire |38,580 |15,001 |1,690 |450
Cambridgeshire |38,675 |12,993 |734 |41
Cheshire |50,103 |27,427 |3,725 |134
Cleveland |43,169 |10,344 |2,843 |47
Cornwall |23,833 |12,138 |1,212 |152
Cumbria |28,902 |7,164 |628 |102
Derbyshire |47,649 |22,117 |2,376 |86
Devon |52,754 |18,191 |1,887 |152
Dorset |23,516 |13,384 |1,069 |100
Durham |38,020 |11,146 |636 |185
East Sussex |28,550 |16,200 |182 |-
Essex |88,141 |27,344 |330 |-
Gloucestershire |30,707 |8,696 |146 |41
Hampshire |83,956 |33,788 |1,174 |181
Hereford and Worcester |36,571 |7,886 |551 |-
Hertfordshire |53,524 |17,985 |437 |-
Humberside |56,244 |13,976 |2,368 |260
Isle of Wight |5,281 |1,251 |74 |152
Kent |79,897 |35,803 |887 |227
Lancashire |67,412 |38,148 |6,256 |244
Leicestershire |56,514 |12,631 |788 |637
Lincolnshire |34,244 |9,839 |932 |-
Norfolk |46,131 |9,902 |225 |41
North Yorkshire |41,502 |10,693 |553 |-
Northamptonshire |35,474 |8,260 |294 |-
Northumberland |11,964 |5,565 |1,051 |94
Nottinghamshire |62,957 |12,826 |2,660 |170
Oxfordshire |30,860 |4,828 |306 |168
Shropshire |26,140 |5,256 |400 |153
Somerset |22,436 |9,290 |365 |-
Staffordshire |61,668 |18,441 |1,938 |446
Suffolk |33,850 |4,712 |116 |50
Surrey |54,057 |12,387 |671 |50
Warwickshire |26,308 |11,817 |1,005 |-
West Sussex |37,320 |11,250 |218 |95
Wiltshire |32,664 |7,993 |405 |-
|------- |------- |------- |-------
England |2,720,594 |822,481 |68,133 |11,286
Technical Qualifications
Mr. Matthew Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what action he is taking to improve awareness among employers of the value of technical qualifications as compared with A-levels ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Boswell : My right hon. Friend is working closely with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment, the National Council for Vocational Qualifications and the awarding bodies to explain our reforms of vocational qualifications to young people, their parents, schools, colleges, employers and higher education institutions.
The new general national vocational qualifications and national vocational qualifications are designed to exacting criteria and will offer routes to employment or higher level study, alongside A-levels and AS examinations. We intend that many young people will consider GNVQs in particular as an alternative or an addition to A-level study.
Central Administrative Staff
Mrs. Roche : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many of the current administrative staff at the Department for Education and Office for Standards in Education of principal level and above have had experience in schools, colleges, universities or local government education administration ; and what proportion this is of the total for each grade.
Mr. Boswell [holding answer 8 February 1993] : According to the information currently available to the Department, the approximate proportions of current administrative staff at the Department for Education at these grades who have had previous experience as teachers in schools, further education, universities or in local government education administration are as follows :
|Total staff in grade
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Grade 3-17 per cent. |12
Grade 5-28 per cent. |43
Grade 6-33 per cent. |9
Grade 7-25 per cent. |131
The figure for OFSTED is:
Grade 7-38 per cent. |8
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PRIME MINISTER
Definition of Regions
Mr. Radice : To ask the Prime Minister what proposals he has to co- ordinate the definitions of regions used by Government Departments.
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Prime Minister what steps are being taken by his Government to ensure that Government Departments use a standard definition of the English regions.
The Prime Minister : There is a standard definition of the regions which many Departments use, particularly for statistical purposes. The structures they use for administrative purposes are often based on that definition, while also taking account of the regional pattern which is best suited to managing the services for which each is responsible.
Pensions and Benefits
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Prime Minister if he will set up arrangements for (a) the targeted non means-tested retirement pensions and the child cash allowances and (b) the income support measures to be considered in a new department subordinate to the Chancellor of the Exchequer equivalent to the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise systems.
Trident
Mr. Streeter : To ask the Prime Minister what conclusions he has reached on the decision for the Trident refitting contract.
The Prime Minister : I have nothing to add to the replies given on 9 February, Official Report, columns 571-72, by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Defence to the hon. Members for Southampton, Itchen (Mr. Denham) and for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Mr. McKelvey) respectively.
Engagements
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 11 February.
Sir Peter Tapsell : To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 11 February.
The Prime Minister : This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House I shall be having further meetings later today.
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Public Expenditure Scrutiny
Mr. William O'Brien : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the oral statement by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 8 February, Official Report, column 681, at what stage in the process of scrutiny of public expenditure the expenditure of the Northern Ireland Office will be examined.
Mr. Mates : The process of scrutiny to which the Chief Secretary referred will cover the activities of range of Great Britain programmes which, in Northern Ireland, are covered by the regional block. While my right hon. and learned Friend has a measure of discretion in the allocation of resources within the block, territorial expenditure is also subject to Treasury scrutiny and the implications of the Great Britain reviews will be taken into account.
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Public Interest Immunity Certificates
Mr. Allason : To ask the Attorney-General on how many occasions more than one public interest immunity certificate has been issued in criminal proceedings.
The Attorney-General : I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Sunderland, South (Mr. Mullin) on 1 February, Official Report, columns 17-18. In none of those criminal proceedings was more than one public interest immunity certificate issued.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER
Research Funding
Mr. Temple-Morris : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much in cash terms, in real terms and as a percentage of the science budget and that of the Universities Funding Council has been spent (a) by Government and (b) by the private sector on university research funding in each year since 1981 ; and what proportion of the gross domestic product those budgets amounted to in each of those years.
Mr. Jackson : The information requested is as follows :
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Government Private sector Science base<3Government Private sectorGovernment spePrivate sector
spend<1> spend<2> spend/Private spend/Science base spend/GDP
sector spend
|Cash |Real terms<4>|Cash |Real terms<4>|Cash
|£ million |£ million |£ million |£ million |£ million |Per cent. |Per cent. |Per cent. |Per cent.
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1981-82 |639.6 |1,067.9 |77.6 |129.6 |923.4 |69.3 |8.4 |0.25 |0.03
1982-83 |697.8 |1,087.6 |92.1 |143.5 |1,003.7 |69.5 |9.2 |0.25 |0.03
1983-84 |730.0 |1,087.4 |112.1 |167.0 |1,054.2 |69.2 |10.6 |0.24 |0.04
1984-85 |774.4 |1,097.9 |141.8 |201.0 |1,099.4 |70.4 |12.9 |0.24 |0.04
1985-86 |839.7 |1,128.9 |177.9 |239.2 |1,180.0 |71.2 |15.1 |0.23 |0.05
1986-87 |938.9 |1,222.9 |217.9 |283.8 |1,257.7 |74.7 |17.3 |0.24 |0.06
1987-88 |1,055.9 |1,303.6 |257.1 |317.4 |1,353.2 |78.0 |19.0 |0.25 |0.06
1988-89 |1,107.9 |1,275.2 |317.8 |365.7 |1,431.3 |77.4 |22.2 |0.23 |0.07
1989-90 |1,149.6 |1,241.4 |392.4 |423.7 |1,544.4 |74.4 |25.4 |0.22 |0.08
1990-91 |1,230.8 |1,230.8 |466.1 |466.1 |1,665.0 |73.9 |28.0 |0.22 |0.08
<1>Figures derived from Cabinet Office "Government Spend on Research and Development" and include research funded in Universities by Government
Departments and the Research Councils and the Universities Funding Council. The latter figure is an estimate by Universities Funding Council of
universities' spend on research from their block grants and fee income, to an accuracy of plus or minus 10 per cent. N.B. The method of estimating
research expenditure incurred by universities changed from 1989-90 onwards.
<2>Figures taken from Universities Statistics-Volume 3 and include funding for research contracts from industry, charities, overseas and other sources.
<3>Total spend on the Science Budget and the Universities Funding Council estimates of spend on research from universities' block grant and fee income.
<4>1990-91 prices.
Mr. Temple-Morris : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what was the proportion of research and development expenditure on fundamental science and technology as a percentage of gross domestic product for each year since 1981 ; and what is the Government's share of that expenditure for each given year ; (2) what was the proportion of research and development expenditure on fundamental science and technology as a percentage of gross domestic product in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) France and (c) Germany in each year since 1981.
Mr. Jackson : Information is not available in the terms requested. Government expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product on basic research, as defined by the
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OECD, from 1984-85 to 1991-92 is listed in the table, together with available comparable information for France and Germany.K Year |United Kingdom|France |Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984-85 |0.24 |- |- 1985-86 |0.21 |- |0.46 1986-87 |0.20 |0.24 |- 1987-88 |0.19 |0.24 |- 1988-89 |0.20 |- |0.46 1989-90 |0.24 |- |- 1990-91 |0.23 |- |- 1991-92 |0.26 |- |-
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Consultants
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the firms of consultants used by his Department as part of the market testing programme since November 1991 together with the total cost ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave : The consultants used by my Department as part of the market testing programme since November 1991 are :
Chris Goodall Associates
DMW
Ernst and Young
PA Consulting
Price Waterhouse
Shreeveport
Symonds Facilities Management
Touche Ross
The total cost of consultancy support is £323,477.
International Organisations (Funding)
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what account he has taken of changes in the exchange rate in the resource allocations of research councils that contribute to international agencies ; and what effect he expects changes in the exchange rate to have on resources available within the United Kingdom.
Mr. Waldegrave : The distribution of the science budget to the research councils which I announced on 10 February, Official Report, columns 630-31, was based on the advice received from the Advisory Board for the Research Councils, which took full account of the changes in the relevant exchange rates.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the international organisations and agencies whose subscriptions are funded from research council resources ; and if he will give the value of these subscriptions in pounds sterling for 1992-93 and 1993-94.
Mr. Waldegrave : Details of the expected expenditure by research councils on international subscriptions of over £100,000 in the financial years in question are as follows :
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£ million
|1992-93|1993-94
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Science and Engineering Research Council
European Organisation for Nuclear
Research (CERN) |55.613 |54.685
European Space Agency |28.080 |31.998
Institute Laue-Langevin |9.690 |10.860
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility |5.637 |6.780
Anglo Australian Telescope |1.512 |1.398
European Incoherent Scatter Facility |0.578 |0.655
European Science Foundation |0.324 |0.372
(For all the Research Councils)
Medical Research Council
European Molecular Biology Laboratory |3.000 |3.800
European Molecular Biology Conference |0.700 |0.900
International Agency for Research on
Cancer |0.700 |0.700
Natural Environment Research Council
Ocean Drilling Program |1.925 |2.010
NATIONAL FINANCE
Income Distribution
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update the information given in his answer to the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Mr. Smith), 13 February, Official Report, columns 123-24, on income distribution.
Mr. Dorrell : The latest estimates are given in the tables. Estimates of income are based on information reported to tax offices and collected through annual surveys of personal incomes. For years before 1985 -86, estimates exclude employees' contributions to occupational pension schemes and some investment income on which tax is deducted at source. For years up to and including 1989-90, married couples are counted as one taxpayer and their incomes are combined. Following the introduction of independent taxation, for 1990-91 onwards, husbands and wives are counted separately. Estimates are based on the surveys of personal incomes for years up to 1990-91 and projections of the 1990-91 survey for subsequent years ; the latter are therefore provisional.
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|Group of
|taxpayers<1>
Top 1 per cent. Top 5 per cent. Top 10 per cent. Top 25 per cent. Bottom 70 per All taxpayers
cent.
Year |Amount £ billion|Share per cent. |Amount £ billion|Share per cent. |Amount £ billion|Share per cent. |Amount £ billion|Share per cent. |Amount £ billion|Share per cent. |Amount £ billion
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Gross Incomes before tax
1978-79 |5.0 |5 |14.9 |15 |24.3 |24 |45.9 |45 |51.0 |50 |102.8
1983-84 |9.7 |6 |28.3 |16 |45.0 |26 |81.7 |47 |82.0 |47 |173.7
1984-85 |10.9 |6 |31.4 |17 |49.6 |26 |89.3 |47 |88.8 |47 |188.8
1985-86 |12.9 |6 |35.7 |17 |55.9 |26 |100.5 |47 |100.0 |47 |212.6
1986-87 |14.6 |6 |40.3 |17 |62.8 |27 |112.2 |48 |108.2 |46 |233.5
1987-88 |16.4 |6 |45.3 |18 |70.1 |28 |124.2 |49 |116.2 |46 |255.1
1988-89 |21.2 |7 |53.8 |18 |82.2 |28 |142.4 |49 |129.3 |45 |288.0
1989-90 |24.2 |7 |61.7 |19 |93.4 |29 |160.8 |50 |145.1 |45 |323.4
1990-91 |28.3 |8 |68.7 |19 |102.8 |29 |177.0 |49 |161.4 |45 |358.3
1991-92<2> |29.2 |8 |71.2 |19 |106.6 |29 |183.7 |50 |165.2 |45 |369.7
1992-93<2> |28.6 |8 |70.1 |19 |105.2 |29 |182.6 |50 |164.0 |45 |367.4
Income tax liabilities
1978-79 |2.3 |11 |4.9 |24 |7.0 |34 |11.5 |57 |7.6 |38 |20.2
1983-84 |2.8 |11 |8.5 |26 |12.2 |36 |19.5 |58 |12.5 |38 |33.4
1984-85 |4.2 |12 |9.3 |26 |13.3 |38 |21.1 |60 |12.4 |35 |35.4
1985-86 |5.0 |13 |10.6 |27 |14.8 |38 |23.2 |60 |13.6 |35 |38.8
1986-87 |5.8 |14 |12.3 |29 |16.9 |39 |26.0 |61 |14.5 |34 |42.8
1987-88 |6.6 |15 |13.7 |30 |18.5 |41 |28.0 |62 |14.9 |33 |45.4
1988-89 |6.8 |15 |14.3 |31 |19.4 |42 |29.1 |63 |14.9 |32 |46.5
1989-90 |7.8 |15 |16.6 |31 |22.6 |42 |34.0 |64 |16.7 |31 |53.4
1990-91 |9.2 |15 |18.9 |31 |25.4 |42 |38.6 |64 |18.7 |31 |60.4
1991-92<2> |9.6 |15 |19.8 |31 |26.6 |42 |40.3 |64 |19.4 |31 |63.1
1992-93<2> |9.3 |15 |19.3 |32 |26.1 |43 |39.5 |65 |17.9 |30 |60.6
<1> Married couples and single people for years prior to 1990-91.
<2> Provisional.
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list the amount and share of income going to (a) the top 1 per cent., (b) the next 2 to 5 per cent., (c) the next 6 to 10 per cent. and (d) the next 10 to 20 per cent. and subsequent deciles ; of tax units for each year since 1978-79, revalued at 1978-79 prices ;
(2) if he will list the tax take for (a) the top 1 per cent., (b) the next 2 to 5 per cent., (c) the next 6 to 10 per cent. and (d) the next 10 to 20 per cent. and subsequent deciles ; of income groups for each year since 1978-79, revalued at 1978-79 prices.
Mr. Dorrell : Readily available estimates are in the table. For 1978 -79 and 1989-90, married couples are counted as one taxpayer and their incomes are combined. Following the introduction of independent taxation, for 1990-91 onwards, husbands and wives are counted separately. The estimates of total income relate to income subject to income tax and excludes non-taxable income such as certain social security benefits.
1978-79 Quantile group of |Tax liability |Total income |Percentage of total taxpayers<1> |income Per cent. |£ million |£ million ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 1 |2,300 |500 |5 1-5 |2,600 |9,900 |10 5-10 |2,100 |9,300 |9 10-20 |3,200 |15,000 |15 20-30 |2,500 |12,600 |12 30-40 |2,100 |11,000 |11 40-50 |1,700 |9,600 |9 50-60 |1,400 |8,500 |8 60-70 |1,100 |7,300 |7 70-80 |780 |6,000 |6 80-90 |430 |4,900 |5 Bottom 10 |130 |3,700 |4 All taxpayers |20,300 |102,800 |100
1989-90<2> Quantile group of |Tax liability |Total income |Percentage of total taxpayers<1> |income Per cent. |£ million |£ million ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 1 |3,400 |10,500 |8 1-5 |3,800 |16,300 |12 5-10 |2,600 |13,800 |9 10-20 |3,600 |20,900 |15 20-30 |2,600 |16,000 |11 30-40 |2,000 |13,700 |10 40-50 |1,600 |11,800 |8 50-60 |1,300 |10,200 |7 60-70 |1,000 |8,800 |6 70-80 |760 |7,700 |5 80-90 |470 |6,200 |4 Bottom 10 |170 |4,800 |3 All taxpayers |23,300 |140,800 |100
1990-91<2> Quantitle group of |Tax liability |Total income |Percentage of total taxpayers<1> |income Per cent. |£ million |£ million ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 1 |3,700 |11,300 |8 1-5 |3,800 |16,000 |11 5-10 |2,600 |13,500 |10 10-20 |3,800 |20,900 |15 20-30 |2,700 |16,500 |12 30-40 |2,100 |14,100 |10 40-50 |1,700 |12,000 |9 50-60 |1,300 |10,400 |7 60-70 |1,000 |9,000 |6 70-80 |710 |7,600 |5 80-90 |410 |6,100 |4 Bottom 10 |130 |4,800 |3 All taxpayers |24,000 |142,300 |100
1991-92<2> Quantile group of |Tax liability |Total income |Percentage of total taxpayers<1> |income Percentage |£ million |£ million ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- top 1 |3,600 |11,100 |8 1-5 |3,900 |15,900 |11 5-10 |2,600 |13,400 |10 10-20 |3,700 |20,600 |15 20-30 |2,700 |16,500 |12 30-40 |2,100 |13,900 |10 40-50 |1,700 |11,800 |9 50-60 |1,300 |10,200 |7 60-70 |1,000 |8,700 |6 70-80 |700 |7,300 |5 80-90 |400 |5,900 |4 Bottom 10 |130 |4,700 |3 All taxpayers |23,900 |140,000 |100 <1> Tax units for years prior to 1990-91. <2> In 78-79 prices.
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1992-93<2> Quantile group of |Tax liability |Total income |Percentage of total taxpayers<1> |income Per cent. |£ million |£ million ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 1 |3,400 |10,500 |8 1-5 |3,700 |15,200 |11 5-10 |2,500 |12,900 |10 10-20 |3,600 |20,900 |15 20-30 |2,600 |16,000 |12 30-40 |2,000 |13,500 |10 40-50 |1,500 |11,400 |9 50-60 |1,200 |9,800 |7 60-70 |870 |8,400 |6 70-80 |580 |7,000 |5 80-90 |300 |5,600 |4 Bottom 10 |100 |4,500 |3 All taxpayers |22,200 |134,800 |100 <1>Tax units for years prior to 1990-91. <2>In 1978-79 prices.
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage shares of income tax paid for each year since 1977-78, by (a) the top 1 per cent. of taxpayers, (b) the next 2 to 5 per cent., (c) the next 6 to 10 per cent. and (d) the next 10 to 20 per cent. and subsequent deciles.
Mr. Dorrell : Estimates are given in the table. For years up to and including 1989-90, married couples are counted as one taxpayer and their incomes are combined. Following the introduction of independent taxation, for 1990-91 onwards, husbands and wives are counted separately. The figures in the table have been rounded to the nearest one per cent. and may not sum to 100 for each year.
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Percentage of total tax liability
Quantile group of taxpayers<1>
|Top 1 |1-5 |5-10 |10-20 |20-30 |30-40 |40-50 |50-60 |60-70 |70-80 |80-90 |Bottom 10
Year |Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent |Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent.
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1977-78 |12 |13 |10 |15 |12 |10 |8 |7 |6 |4 |3 |1
1978-79 |11 |13 |11 |16 |12 |10 |9 |7 |5 |4 |2 |1
1979-80 |10 |13 |10 |16 |12 |10 |9 |7 |6 |4 |2 |1
1980-81 |11 |14 |10 |16 |12 |10 |9 |7 |5 |3 |2 |1
1981-82 |11 |14 |11 |16 |12 |10 |8 |7 |5 |4 |2 |1
1982-83 |12 |14 |11 |16 |12 |10 |8 |7 |5 |4 |2 |1
1983-84 |11 |14 |11 |16 |13 |10 |8 |6 |5 |4 |2 |1
1984-85 |12 |15 |11 |16 |12 |10 |8 |6 |5 |4 |2 |1
1985-86 |13 |14 |11 |15 |12 |10 |8 |6 |5 |4 |2 |1
1986-87 |14 |15 |11 |15 |12 |9 |8 |6 |5 |3 |2 |1
1987-88 |15 |16 |10 |15 |11 |9 |7 |6 |5 |3 |2 |1
1988-89 |15 |16 |11 |15 |11 |9 |7 |6 |5 |3 |2 |1
1989-90 |15 |17 |11 |15 |11 |9 |7 |6 |4 |3 |2 |1
1990-91 |15 |16 |11 |16 |11 |9 |7 |6 |4 |3 |2 |1
<2>1991-92 |15 |16 |11 |16 |11 |9 |7 |6 |4 |3 |2 |1
<2>1992-93 |15 |17 |11 |16 |12 |9 |7 |5 |4 |3 |1 |0
<1>Tax units for years prior to 1990-91.
<2>Provisional.
Concessionary Benefits (Taxation)
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 29 January, Official Report, column 869, from the Secretary of State for Transport, how many persons in each of those categories are subject to taxation of the concessionary benefits ; and what was the total income received from the taxation of this benefit for each of the last five years.
Mr. Dorrell : Pensioners of British Rail and British transport police are not liable to tax on their travel concessions. Employees are generally liable to tax on the expense incurred in providing benefits for them, their families and dependants. However, the case known as Pepper v. Hart established that the relevant expense for in-house benefit is the marginal, or direct additional cost. This is nil or negligible for British Rail employees, the British Transport police, and former employees of the British Transport Docks Board, Sealink and Wightlink. The Inland Revenue is repaying any excess tax collected in the current and past years, estimated to be around £4 million a year, on request from employees and as tax offices identify the need to do so.
Former employees of British Transport hotels who are still in employment and whose employers pay for their
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travel concessions are liable to tax on the cost to their employer. The total tax received in respect of these employees is not readily available.Market Testing
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all the market tests that have taken place in his Department since November 1991 ; whether the result was the maintenance of in-house provision or whether the service was contracted out ; what was the name of the successful contractor where appropriate ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nelson : The Treasury's 1992-93 market testing programme was set out in "The Citizens Charter, First report : 1992 (Cm. 2101)". It comprises nine services : economic model building and development ; internal audit ; the Library ; recruitment ; training ; reprographics ; stationery ; consultancy inspection services activities ; and Treasury security guard. The inclusion of the Treasury security guard is dependant upon the completion of a review currently being undertaken by Cabinet Office. The programme is due to be completed by September 1993. Work has started on a number of areas but none has yet reached the stage of competitive tender.
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Public Transport (Tax Relief)
Mr. David Nicholson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received suggesting that there should be tax reliefs available to those who use public transport as a means of getting to and from work ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Dorrell : I am not aware of any such representations.
Charities (VAT)
Mr. David Nicholson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much value added tax was paid by charities in the latest financial year for which figures are available ; and to how much this amount is equivalent in terms of (a) an increase in the standard rate of income tax and (b) an increase in the current rate of value added tax.
Sir John Cope : Information about the amount of VAT borne by charities is not collated centrally, but it has been recently estimated that charities pay up to £300 million in VAT each year. This amount is equivalent to approximately 0.2p on the basic rate of income tax or a change of 0.1 percentage point in the standard rate of VAT.
Public Expenditure Review
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy for any new proposals arising from the public expenditure review, announced on 8 February, relating to (a) entitlement to pensions or (b) entitlement to benefit not to be implemented within the current Parliament.
Mr. Portillo : It would be premature to comment on the outcome of the review before it has started. The hon. Member will be aware of the commitments contained in the Conservative party's election manifesto.
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral statement by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 8 February, Official Report, column 681, when he expects the public expenditure review to be completed.
Mr. Portillo : The full programme of reviews is expected to be completed by the end of this Parliament, although preliminary conclusions from the four reviews started this year should help to inform the next spending round that begins in the summer.
Mortgage Interest Relief
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the value of mortgage interest relief at the standard rate (a) currently and (b) at the time in the last five years at which interest rates were at their peak level.
Mr. Dorrell : The cost of mortgage interest relief at the basic rate is about £5.2 billion for 1992-93 compared with £7.2 billion for the basic rate component of the relief in 1990-91.
Tax Allowances
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the revenue forgone by the Exchequer in respect of each main tax allowance.
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Mr. Dorrell : The information requested is given in appendix D of the "Autumn Statement Statistical Supplement" (Cm 2219) published in January 1993.
Personal Allowances
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the extra revenue if personal allowances relieved tax at (a) 20 per cent. and (b) 25 per cent.
Mr. Dorrell : The latest estimates are in the reply given to the hon. Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, East (Mr. Brown) on 13 January 1993, at columns 746-47 .
Statutory Instruments
Ms. Corston : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many statutory instruments were laid before Parliament by his Department in each year since 1980.
Mr. Nelson : The number of statutory instruments laid before Parliament by the Treasury for Departments responsible to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer is given in the table.
|Number
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1980 |86
1981 |64
1982 |73
1983 |69
1984 |98
1985 |83
1986 |84
1987 |97
1988 |96
1989 |52
1990 |43
1991 |77
1992 |98
Banks (Customers' Personal Data)
Mr. Darling : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will call for a report from the Governor of the Bank of England on the circumstances in which banks are requiring from new customers an agreement for their personal financial data being disclosed to third parties ; and on whether such information has been discolosed without the knowledge or consent of the customer.
Mr. Nelson [holding answer 8 February 1993] : No. Alleged breaches of the Data Protection Act 1984 are for the Data Protection Registrar, not the Governor of the Bank of England to investigate. Nor has the governor any specific responsibility for monitoring compliance with the common law duty of confidence which banks owe their customers. If proceedings are brought by customers, the courts will adjudicate on any alleged breach of duty.
Mr. Darling : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to amend the Banking Act 1987 to ensure that personal financial data relating to bank and other financial institution customers cannot be disclosed to third parties without the customer's express consent.
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