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Mr. Sackville : Since 1990-91, the Government have allocated funds annually to regional health authorities in England specifically to increase the support they give to voluntary hospices. In 1992-93 £31.7 million was made available for hospice funding. Additionally, since 1991-92, funds have been provided to ensure the supply of drugs to hospices without charge. The allocation for 1992-93 was £5.5 million. The combined allocation to each region was :
Region |Amount
|£000
--------------------------------
Northern |2,329
Yorkshire |2,892
Trent |3,443
East Anglian |1,589
North West Thames |2,469
North East Thames |2,807
South East Thames |3,233
South West Thames |2,473
Wessex |2,513
Oxford |1,737
South Western |2,835
West Midlands |3,828
Mersey |1,940
North Western |3,105
Information on how much individual regions make available to hospices is not available centrally.
Asthma
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what actions have been taken by her Department to monitor asthma levels among children in London ; what further research is planned ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville : This information is not routinely collected. In 1992 the Department set up a Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants under the chairmanship of Professor Stephen Holgate. The committee has recently set up a sub-group on asthma and air pollution to look at asthma trends and geographical variations, to consider what effect air pollutants might be having on asthma rates and to recommend research objectives.
Drug or Alcohol Dependency
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she intends to issue new guidance regarding ordinary residence with respect to potential users of drug or alcohol dependency services.
Mr. Yeo : Guidance on ordinary residence for people requiring social services, which includes this client group, was issued this week. A copy will be placed in the Library.
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Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a list of comparable costs of providing a residential place in (a) a residential unit for drug dependency, (b) a rehabilitation unit for alcohol dependency and (c) a local prison.
Mr. Yeo : The standing conference on drug abuse produces a guide for services for drug and alcohol rehabilitation and has indicated that the costs of residential rehabilitation care range from £280 to over £1,000 per person per week depending on the locality and the type and level of care provided.
I understand from my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department that the cost for a place in local prisons and adult remand centres is £437 per week and for the generality of all prisons £442 per week.
NHS Management
Sir Michael Grylls : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give, in real terms, the salary cost of all grades of management/administrators employed within
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the national health service in each year since 1980, and also give this figure as an annual percentage using 1980 as the base.Mr. Sackville [holding answer 9 March 1993] : Information on hospital and community health services in England is shown in the table. Those for 1991-92 are provisional.
The administrative and clerical pay group covers a wide variety of staff including senior ambulance officers, some departmental managers, ward clerks, medical secretaries and medical records staff in addition to clerical and secretarial staff. Many A and C staff are employed to support clinicians and others concerned with the direct provision of patient services.
General and senior managers comprise a separate pay category which was not established until 1986. Its adoption throughout the national health service occurred over a period of some years and its numbers include many employees re-classified from other pay groups including senior nursing staff.
Revenue expenditure per head of population-North East Thames district health
authorities-£(cash)
|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92
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Basildon & Thurrock |185 |210 |230 |245 |307
Mid Essex |199 |219 |237 |255 |319
North East Essex |202 |220 |236 |247 |337
West Essex |175 |200 |222 |239 |326
Southend |161 |180 |199 |219 |279
Barking, Havering and Brentwood |189 |207 |220 |237 |343
Hampstead |592 |688 |729 |799 |576
City and Hackney |483 |543 |574 |612 |572
Newham |227 |253 |273 |299 |460
Tower Hamlets |485 |542 |588 |613 |487
Enfield |166 |187 |200 |214 |368
Haringey |270 |293 |337 |363 |449
Redbridge |193 |219 |235 |245 |384
Waltham Forest |288 |328 |359 |390 |448
Bloomsbury and Islington |655 |738 |791 |818 |736
Sources:
Annual accounts of district health authorities (and predecessor authorites
in the case of Bloomsbury and Islington)-1987-88 to 1991-92.
Mid-year estimates of resident population-1987 to 1991 (Office of
Population, Censuses and Surveys).
Notes:
<1> The figures for the DHAs are based upon their total revenue expenditure on
the services which they managed or accounted for in the relevant financial
years. Those for 1991-92 cover their total revenue expenditure including that
on purchases of health care and directly related services, administrative and
purchasing functions and other expenditure.
<2> Capital expenditure incurred by the DHAs and all expenditure incurred by
the North East Thames Regional Health Authority is excluded. Expenditure on
family health services, which is accounted for by Family Health Services
Authorities and cannot strictly be attributed to particular districts, is
similarly excluded.
<3> The population figures used make no allowance for residents of particular
districts who receive treatment in others. The figures used for mid 1991 are
provisional and based on the 1991 census.
Deaths
<**>Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will publish a table for each year from 1979 (a) the number of deaths that were expected annually in each health region and (b) the number of actual deaths that occurred in each health region using (i) England as standard, (ii) Wessex region as standard and (iii) northern region as standard;
NHS Management
(2) if she will publish a table showing for each year from 1979 (a) the number of deaths of those under 75 years that were expected annually in each health region and (b) the number of actual deaths of those under 75 years that occurred in each health region using (i) England as standard, (ii) Wessex region as standard and (iii) northern region as standard.
Mr. Sackville [holding answer 22 March 1993] : The information requested has been placed in the Library. Expected numbers of deaths were calculated using population estimates for 1979-90, based on the 1981 census, and on the provisional estimates for 1991, based on the 1991 census.
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Mr. Channon : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what amount of public money per head of the population was spent in each of the districts of the North East Thames regional health authority in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Mr. Sackville [holding answer 30 March 1993] : The information on revenue expenditure per head of population is shown in the table.
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The district health authorities' figures for 1991-92 are not comparable with those for earlier years as they show the authorities primarily as purchasers rather than providers of health care. THe figures for DHAs will vary reflecting a transitional position as the North East Thames regional health authority moves towards allocating funds to DHAs on a weighted capitation basis. Figures for total spending per capita include other resources, such as regional budgets and local income, in addition toallocations for resident population.
Revenue expenditure per head of population-North East Thames district health
authorities-£(cash)
|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92
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Basildon & Thurrock |185 |210 |230 |245 |307
Mid Essex |199 |219 |237 |255 |319
North East Essex |202 |220 |236 |247 |337
West Essex |175 |200 |222 |239 |326
Southend |161 |180 |199 |219 |279
Barking, Havering and Brentwood |189 |207 |220 |237 |343
Hampstead |592 |688 |729 |799 |576
City and Hackney |483 |543 |574 |612 |572
Newham |227 |253 |273 |299 |460
Tower Hamlets |485 |542 |588 |613 |487
Enfield |166 |187 |200 |214 |368
Haringey |270 |293 |337 |363 |449
Redbridge |193 |219 |235 |245 |384
Waltham Forest |288 |328 |359 |390 |448
Bloomsbury and Islington |655 |738 |791 |818 |736
Sources:
Annual accounts of district health authorities (and predecessor authorites
in the case of Bloomsbury and Islington)-1987-88 to 1991-92.
Mid-year estimates of resident population-1987 to 1991 (Office of
Population, Censuses and Surveys).
Notes:
<1> The figures for the DHAs are based upon their total revenue expenditure on
the services which they managed or accounted for in the relevant financial
years. Those for 1991-92 cover their total revenue expenditure including that
on purchases of health care and directly related services, administrative and
purchasing functions and other expenditure.
<2> Capital expenditure incurred by the DHAs and all expenditure incurred by
the North East Thames Regional Health Authority is excluded. Expenditure on
family health services, which is accounted for by Family Health Services
Authorities and cannot strictly be attributed to particular districts, is
similarly excluded.
<3> The population figures used make no allowance for residents of particular
districts who receive treatment in others. The figures used for mid 1991 are
provisional and based on the 1991 census.
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NATIONAL FINANCE
Taxpayers
<**>Mr. Dewar : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update his answer of 25 February, Official Report, column 690, on the number of taxpayers, giving estimates for 1993-94.
Mr. Dorrell : Latest estimates for 1992-93 and 1993-94 are given in the table. The figures for 1992-93 have been revised in line with more recent information. Taxpayers
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are classified as lower rate, basic rate or higher rate by comparing their taxable income with the lower rate and basic rate limits. Taxable income is defined as gross income less those allowances and reliefs which are available at taxpayers' marginal rates. In the earlier answer mortgage interest relief at source was deducted from taxable income in classifying taxpayers as basic or lower rate. However, as MIRAS is given at a single rate, and does not affect the taxpayer's marginal rate, it is more helpful for this purpose to disregard it. The effect of the definition now adopted is to reduce slightly the estimated number of lower rate taxpayers.Column 473
Thousands
Male Female All tax
Single Married Single Married payers
|aged under 65 |aged 65 and over|aged under 65 |aged 65 and over|aged under 65 |aged 65 and over|aged under 65 |aged 65 and over
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1992-93 taxpayers
Lower rate taxpayers |660 |200 |300 |310 |730 |370 |1,100 |70 |3,900
Basic rate taxpayers |4,200 |260 |6,800 |650 |2,700 |500 |3,800 |260 |19,200
Higher rate taxpayers |240 |20 |1,100 |60 |90 |30 |100 |20 |1,600
All taxpayers |5,100 |480 |8,200 |1,000 |3,600 |910 |4,900 |550 |24,700
1993-94 taxpayers
Lower rate taxpayers |830 |240 |440 |380 |870 |460 |1,300 |320 |4,900
Basic rate taxpayers |4,000 |230 |6,500 |580 |2,600 |440 |3,400 |230 |18,000
Higher rate taxpayers |250 |20 |1,100 |60 |90 |30 |90 |20 |1,600
All taxpayers |5,100 |490 |8,100 |1,000 |3,500 |920 |4,800 |560 |24,500
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update the information given in tables 5.6 and 5.8 of the autumn statement 1992 on the basis of changes announced in the Budget.
Mr. Dorrell : The table updates the information contained in table 5.6 of the Autumn Statement and shows the cost/yield in 1993-94 of illustrative tax changes implemented at the start of the year (receipts basis) and the corresponding cost/yield once the full effect of the changes come through (the full year basis) after taking into account the tax changes proposed in the Budget. Detailed information for the effect of the complete range of ready reckoner changes in 1994-95 is not yet available but will be published in "Inland Revenue Statistics" during the summer.
The estimates of the direct effects of illustrative changes in indirect taxes given in table 5.8 are broadly unchanged.
Table 6
Direct effects of illustrative changes in direct taxes<1>
|£ million cost/yeild|1993-94
Income tax<2> |Receipts |Full year
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Rates
Change lower rate by 1p |320 |380
Change basic rate by 1p |1,300 |1,500
Change higher rate by 1p |190 |330
Allowances
Change personal allowance by £100 |450 |550
Change age-related personal allowances by £100<3> |40 |55
Change married couple's allowance by £100<4> |180 |230
Change age-related married couple's allowances by £100<3> |14 |18
Change aged income limit by £500 |6 |10
Change all main allowances by 1 per cent.<5> |210 |260
Change all main allowances by 10 per cent.:<5>
increase (cost) |2,050 |2,575
decrease (yield) |2,150 |2,675
Lower rate band
Increase lower rate band by 10 per cent.<5> |190 |240
Basic rate limit
Change basic rate limit by 1 per cent.<5> |40 |60
Change basic rate limit by 10 per cent.:<5>
increase (cost) |360 |530
decrease (yield) |470 |670
Allowances, lower rate band and basic rate limit
Change all main allowances, lower rate band and basic rate limit by 1 per cent.<5> |270 |340
Change all main allowances, lower rate band and basic rate limit by 10 per cent.:<5>
increase (cost) |2,575 |3,300
decrease (yield) |2,850 |3,650
Corporation tax<6>
Change full rate by 1 percentage point |330 |460
Change small companies' rate by 1 percentage point<7> |65 |100
Capital gains tax<8>
Change annual exempt amount by £500 for individuals and £250 for trusts |0 |11
Inheritance tax<8>
Change rate by 1 percentage point |11 |34
Increase threshold by £5,000 |12 |36
<1> The estimated revenue effects of changes on receipts are rounded. The extent of rounding reflects the desire to avoid undue compounding of its
effects when numbers are pro-rated, rather then the accuracy of the estiamtes.
<2> The figures for income tax changes include consequential effects on the yield of capital gains tax. Changes are assumed to take effect from
April 1993.
<3> Allowances for those aged 65 to 74 and aged 75 and over.
<4> Figures include revenue effects of changing additional personal allowance and widow's bereavement allowance by £100.
<5> Percentage changes are calculated with reference to 1993-94 levels.
<6> Assessment to corporation tax normally relates to the preceding year. These estimates are the changes to revenue that would occur if the
changed rates were applied to profits from 1 April 1992.
<7> These figures ignore effects arising from the imputation system.
<8> These changes are assumed to take effect from April 1993.
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update his answer of 25 February, Official Report, column 688, on the number of taxpayers who pay tax at the rate of 20 per cent. only, giving estimates for 1993-94.
Mr. Dorrell : Latest estimates for 1993-94 indicate that about 4.9 million taxpayers will pay tax only at the lowest rate of 20 per cent. Their average gross income will be about £5,300 and average taxable income (defined as gross income less those allowances and reliefs which are available at the taxpayer"s marginal rate) will be £1,200.
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate for 1993-94 the number of people with (a) taxable income and (b) other income who have no tax liability, giving figures separately for (i) families with children, (ii) childless couples, (iii) single people and (iv) pensioners and non-pensioners.
Mr. Dorell : The estimated numbers of taxpayers and non-taxpayers for 1993-94 are shown in the table. The estimates in the first table are based on a projection of the 1990-91 Survey of Personal Incomes and estimates of the total population. Information on types of family is derived from a number of sources including the 1991 Family Expenditure Survey and the estimates are approximate.
(millions)
|Families with |Childless couples|Single people
|children<1> |without children
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Two taxpayers |2.0 |3.1 |-
One taxpayer |2.9 |1.9 |9.6
No taxpayers |2.2 |2.5 |8.8
<1> Includes 1.4 million lone parents.
(millions)
|Families with |Childless couples|Single people
|children<1> |without children
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Two taxpayers |2.0 |3.1 |-
One taxpayer |2.9 |1.9 |9.6
No taxpayers |2.2 |2.5 |8.8
<1> Includes 1.4 million lone parents.
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish figures estimating the number of taxpayers in 1993-94 with (a) gross and (b) taxable incomes in the following income ranges : (i) under £5,000, (ii) £5,000 to £10,000, (iii) £10,000 to £15,000, (iv) £15,000 to £20,000 (v) £20,000 to £25,000 (vi) £25,000 to £30, 000, (vii) £30,000 to £40,000, (viii) £40,000 to £50,000, (ix) £50, 000 to to £70,000, (x) £70,000 to £80,000 and (xi) over £80,000.
Mr. Dorrell : Latest estimates are given in the table :
Thousands
Number of
taxpayers by range
of
|<1>Gross income |<2>Taxable income
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Under £5,000 |2,200 |9,100
£5,000 to £10,000 |7,600 |6,600
£10,000 to £15,000 |6,100 |4,000
£15,000 to £20,000 |3,700 |2,300
£20,000 to £25,000 |2,200 |1,000
£25,000 to £30,000 |1,100 |490
£30,000 to £40,000 |860 |470
£40,000 to £50,000 |320 |200
£50,000 to £70,000 |230 |150
£70,000 to £80,000 |50 |30
over £80,000 |140 |110
|---- |----
Total taxpayers |24,500 |24,500
<1>Gross income is defined as total income for income tax purposes. It
excludes income from certain social security benefits and some
investment income such as National Savings Certificates.
<2>Taxable income is defined as gross for income tax purposes less those
allowances and reliefs which are available at the taxpayer's marginal
rate.
Value Added Tax
Miss Lestor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to which items a zero rate for value added tax has been extended since 1979 ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Cope : Under the terms of the EC Sixth VAT Directive, agreed on 17 May 1977, items which are standard rated for VAT cannot generally be moved to the zero rate. But permissible minor changes which have slightly extended the scope of the reliefs have been made in a number of areas, including reliefs for aids for the handicapped, supplies to and by charities and most recently for certain protective boots and helmets and motor-cycle crash helmets meeting EC standards. A comprehensive list of all such minor changes going back to 1979 could be made only at disproportionate cost.
Domestic Fuel
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of their budget is spent on fuel by (a) the poorest decile and (b) the richest decile ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Portillo : According to the Family Expenditure Survey, over the period 1989 to 1991, expenditure on fuel, light and power accounted for 10 per cent. of total expenditure for the bottom decile and 3 per cent. of total spending for the top decile.
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Civil Servants (Salaries)
Ms Estelle Morris : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money in interest the Government gained by withholding the salaries of 63,000 civil servants for three days in February 1993.
Sir John Cope : The Exchequer benefit from the late payment in error of the salaries of some civil servants in the Department of Employment Group at the end of February was approximately £25,000.
Credit Institutions
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the publicly-owned credit institutions in each EEC member state specified in the proposed article 104(2) in the Maastricht treaty to which prohibition in article 104(1) of overdraft and credit facilities to central and local governments does not apply.
Mr. Nelson : It would not be possible to provide this list without disproportionate expense. The provision in article 104(2) would enable national central banks and the European central bank to treat publicly- owned credit institutions, in the same way as private credit institutions, in the context of the supply of reserves by central banks. In the absence of this provision, the prohibitions in article 104(1) would prevent the European central bank or national central banks from dealing with publicly- owned credit institutions in normal money market operations, which often involve, for example, the purchase by central banks of short term instruments.
Bank of England
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how ways and means advances from the Bank of England to Governments operate ; and what proposals he has for monetising rather than funding any proportion of the public sector borrowing requirement by means of such advances.
Mr. Nelson : The daily flows of cash between the Consolidated Fund and the National Loans Fund may result in either a surplus or a deficit on the National Loans Fund. Where there is a deficit, that deficit is met by ways and means advances from the Bank of England. The Government have no intention of monetising rather than funding any proportion of the public sector borrowing requirement by means of such advances.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the prohibition of overdraft facilities with the Bank of England in the proposed article 104 in the Maastricht treaty is proposed to come into effect.
Mr. Nelson : Article 104 would come into effect on 1 January 1994. Under paragraph 11 of the protocol on "Certain Provisions relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", the United Kingdom may maintain its ways and means facility with the Bank of England if, and so long as, the United Kingdom does not move to the third stage of economic and monetary union.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recourse he has had to ways and means advances from the Bank of England in each year since 1979 ; and for what amounts.
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Mr. Nelson : The level of ways and means advances outstanding fluctuates from day to day. The ways and means advances outstanding on the last working day of each financial year, which includes ways and means advances from the Bank of England, is published in the supplementary statements to the Consolidated Fund and National Loans Fund accounts for that year.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what interest rate is payable on ways and means advances from the Bank of England to (a) central Government, (b) local authorities and (c) nationalised industries.
Mr. Nelson : The interest rate payable on ways and means advances to central Government is the band 1 eligible Bill rate. The Bank of England has no ways and means arrangement with either local authorities or nationalised industries.
Mr. Darling : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals for the Bank of England's report of its supervisory functions under the Banking Act 1987 to include details of support operations to authorised banking institutions ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nelson : Section 1(3) of the Banking Act 1987 requires the Bank to make an annual report on its activities under the Act. I have no intention of varying these requirements. It is for the Bank of England to decide whether to include in the Banking Act report matters other than its activities under the Act.
European Monetary Union
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which provisions of stage II of European monetary union apply to the United Kingdom before notice is given under article 1 of the protocol of the Maastricht treaty relating to the United Kingdom.
Mr. Nelson : All the stage 2 provisions of the Maastricht treaty will apply to the United Kingdom except that, by virtue of paragraph 11 of the United Kingdom protocol, our ways and means facility with the Bank of England can be maintained if and so long as the United Kingdom does not move to the third stage.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons it was considered desirable for the United Kingdom, to retain the ways and means facility, according to paragraph 11 of the Maastricht protocol on provisions relating to the United Kingdom, under stage II of European monetary union.
Mr. Nelson : The Government saw no reason to change our existing ways and means arrangements during stage 2 to meet the intention of article 104 in prohibiting monetary financing.
European Central Bank
Mr. Dowd : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what negotiations his Department has had with European officials over the possible siting of the headquarters of a European central bank in London.
Mr. Nelson : The site of the European central bank has been discussed on a number of occasions and my
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Department continues to press the strong market case for locating the new European monetary institutions in London.Mergers and Divisions (Taxation)
Sir Michael Grylls : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many EC countries have failed to implement the directive on a common system of taxation of mergers and divisions of parents and subsidiary companies in EC countries.
Mr. Dorrell : The Commission of the European Communities is responsible for ensuring that member states comply with their obligations to implement Community legislation. Provisions implementing the directives on cross-border mergers and on parent and subsidiary companies in the United Kingdom were included in the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992.
General Government Expenditure
Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a table breaking down the series in line 1, general Government expenditure, of table 2C.2 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1993-94" into its principal components.
Mr. Portillo : Table 1.2 of the 1993-94 "Financial Statement and Budget Report" (FSBR) sets out a comparison of the current estimates of the components of spending for 1992-93 with the equivalent forecasts from the 1992-93 Report. Projections for general Government expenditure in the FSBR are consistent with the plans for public expenditure announced in the Autumn Statement. Details of the differences from previous plans for 1993- 94 and 1994-95 are set out in section 7 of the Statistical Supplement to the 1992 Autumn Statement (Cm 2219). Similar comparisons for 1995-96 and 1996-97 are not practical, because the projections in table 2A.3 of the 1992-93 edition of the FSBR were compiled on the basis of the planning total, rather than the new control total.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to exempt the value of invalidity benefit available to the sufferers of myalgic encephalomyelitis from taxation.
Mr. Dorrell : Invalidity benefit is not currently subject to taxation.
World Economy
Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out a table indicating the effect of the changes to the world economy variables in table 3.2 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1993- 94" relative to the equivalent table in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1992-93" on his Department's estimates of the public sector borrowing requirement in 1992-93 and 1993-94.
Mr. Portillo [holding answer 1 April 1993] : Estimates of their separate effect are not available.
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NATIONAL HERITAGE
London Marathon
Mr. Dowd : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what agreement his Department has now reached with the organisers of the London marathon over proposed charges for their use of the royal parks for the event.
Mr. Key : The London marathon has agreed to pay the fee of £15,000 for the use of the royal parks.
Public Appointments
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many of the appointments made by him as listed in "Public Bodies 1992" came within the categories set out in paragraphs 49 and 50 of "Questions of Procedure for Ministers" and required a submission to the Prime Minister.
Mr. Brooke : I am responsible for appointments to the following bodies identified in "Public Bodies 1992" :
Arts Council of Great Britain.
British Film Institute.
British Library.
British Tourist Authority.
Broadcasting Complaints Commission.
Broadcasting Standards Council.
Crafts Council.
English Tourist Board.
Football Licensing Authority.
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage).
National Film and Television School.
National Film Development Fund.
Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites.
Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection.
Library and Information Services Council.
Regional Councils for Sport and Recreation.
Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art.
Theatres Trust.
Independent Television Commission.
Radio Authority.
Welsh Fourth Channel Authority.
Registrar of Public Lending Right.
South Bank Theatre Board.
Sports Council.
Of the bodies listed below, the procedures set out in paragraphs 49 and 50 of Questions of Procedure for Ministers would apply to : Arts Council of Great Britain.
British Library.
British Tourist Authority.
Broadcasting Complaints Commission.
Broadcasting Standards Council.
Crafts Council.
English Tourist Board.
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage).
Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art.
Independent Television Commission.
Radio Authority.
Welsh Fourth Channel Authority.
Sports Council.
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