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Capital Gains

Mr. Barry Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount of capital gains outstanding for each of the last 10 years; and if he will list the longest period for which capital gains has been unpaid while negotiations with the Inland Revenue continue for (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) trusts. [39685]

Mr. Jack: The amount of capital gains tax outstanding as at 31 October in each of the last 10 years is as follows:

Year	Amount (£ million)	Year	Amount (£ million)
1985	128.1	1990	206.4
1986	132.1	1991	224.4
1987	139.5	1992	196.9
1988	145.6	1993	177.1
1989	165.5	1994	150.7

The information requested in the second part of the question is not available.

Departmental Forms

Mr. Steen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many forms his Department issues annually; and in how many categories. [37688]

Mrs. Angela Knight [holding answer 23 July 1996]: The information on statistical inquiries to businesses by the Office for National Statistics is in its compliance plan for 1996 to 1998, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library.

Employment Statistics

Ms Glenda Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many men between the ages of 16 and 60 years were in (a) full-time employment and (b) part-time employment in each year between 1992 and 1996. [38954]

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Mrs. Angela Knight [holding answer 23 July 1996]: The available information from the labour force survey for Great Britain is given in the table:

Men aged 16-59 working full-time and part-time Spring 1992 to Winter 1995-96 (not seasonally adjusted)

	Great Britain, thousands
	Full-time	Part-time
Spring 1992	12,337	713
Spring 1993	12,089	758
Spring 1994	12,127	849
Spring 1995	12,297	858
Winter 1995-96	12,308	894

Source:

Labour Force Survey.

Ms Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the numbers of women between the ages of 16 and 60 years in (a) full-time employment and (b) part-time employment below 16 hours in each of the years 1992 to 1996. [38899]

Mrs. Knight [holding answer 23 July 1996]: The available information from the labour force survey for Great Britain is given in the following table:

Women aged 16-59 working full-time and part-time Spring 1992 to Winter 1995-96 (not seasonally adjusted)

	Great Britain		Thousands
	Full time	Part time 16 hours and over	Part time under 16 hours
Spring 1992	6,140	2,690	1,888
Spring 1993	6,087	2,749	1,868
Spring 1994	6,073	2,813	1,860
Spring 1995	6,160	2,822	1,842
Winter 1995	6,169	2,922	1,897

Source:

Labour Force Survey.

Statistical Forms

Mr. Steen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the statistical forms issued to businesses by his Department, indicating the number of each sent out. [38678]

Mr. Jack: Treasury Departments require information about economic activity and the collection of taxes. Forms are a very necessary part of these processes. There are several hundreds of different types of forms, many of which are variations--for example, Welsh language versions--resulting in several millions of forms issued every year, to two categories; individuals and businesses. To give precise figures would involve disproportionate cost, but the main examples are: for the Inland Revenue, 7 million individual tax returns; for HM Customs and Excise, 6.8 million VAT returns; around ½ million VAT registration forms, although only 180,000 are returned by businesses; 1.5 million Intrastat survey forms; and 175,000 betting and gaming duty forms, all issued to business; for the Office for National Statistics, 1.5 million forms in 101 separate statistical inquiries of business. The information on statistical inquiries to businesses by the Office for National Statistics is in the compliance plan for 1996 to 1998, a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library.

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The Treasury's Departments recognise the need to keep the number of forms they require to be completed to a minimum and that those which are necessary should be well designed. They have set targets for reducing the burden they impose on businesses.

Employment (Yorkshire and Humberside)

Mr. Bayley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) males and (b) females in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment in (1) North Yorkshire and (2) Yorkshire and Humberside earn less than £3.40 an hour. [38938]

Mrs. Angela Knight [holding answer 23 July 1996]: Information available from the new earnings survey is provided in the table.

Employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey pay-period was unaffected by absenceAverage gross hourly pay (excluding overtime) Percentage of employees earning less than £3.40 per hour

	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and Humberside
Males
Full-time	4.4	3.7
Part-time	27.9	27.1
Females
Full-time	12.6	9.4
Part-time	25.4	22.4

Mr. Bayley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of people aged under 25 years are (a) in full-time employment, (b) in part-time employment, (c) in full-time education and (d) on Government-supported training schemes in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iv) England in each year since 1991. [38937]

Mrs. Knight [holding answer 23 July 1996]: Available information is for England and Yorkshire and Humberside. This is provided in the table.

Persons aged under 25: at spring(Thousand)

	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
	Full-time employment(40)
England	3,170	2,738	2,471	2,319	2,257
Yorkshire and Humberside	346	283	269	235	233
	Part-time employment(40)
England	732	769	778	842	853
Yorkshire and Humberside	69	86	81	89	87
	Full-time education
England	1,427	1,635	1,617	1,779	1,843
Yorkshire and Humberside	145	167	162	184	194
	Government-supported training and employment programmes
England	231	196	188	174	144
Yorkshire and Humberside	28	27	27	23	21

Source:

Labour Force Survey.

Note:

(40) Excludes government-supported training and employment programmes.

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Persons aged under 25: at spring(Per cent.)

	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
	Full-time employment(41)
England	20	17	16	15	15
Yorkshire and Humberside	21	17	16	14	14
	Part-time employment(41)
England	5	5	5	5	5
Yorkshire and Humberside	4	5	5	5	5
	Full-time education
England	9	10	10	11	12
Yorkshire and Humberside	9	10	10	11	12
	Government-supported training and employment programmes
England	1	1	1	1	1
Yorkshire and Humberside	2	2	2	1	1

Source:

Labour Force Survey.

Note:

(41) Excludes government-supported training and employment programmes.

Community Budget

Mr. Matthew Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will be publishing the statement on the 1996 Community budget. [39943]

Mr. Kenneth Clarke: I have today laid before Parliament the statement on the 1996 Community budget, entitled "European Community Finances". This White Paper is the 16th in the series. As in the past it covers annual budgetary matters. It also describes the budget for 1996 as adopted by the European Parliament and the United Kingdom's gross and net contributions to the Community budget over the years 1993 to 1996.

As last year, the annual statement also includes details of recent developments in European Community financial management and in countering fraud against the Community budget.

I have placed copies of the White Paper in the Library of the House.

Child Benefit

Ms Lynne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what savings he estimates would be made annually if child benefit were taxed at (a) 40 per cent. (b) 24 per cent. and (c) 20 per cent. rates on (i) mothers' and (ii) fathers' earnings. [3949]

Mr. Jack: The yield from taxing it at specified rates would depend on whether all taxpayers were to face the same tax rate on child benefit or whether taxpayers with a lower marginal rate would pay tax at their own marginal rate.

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