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Landfill Tax

Mrs. Helen Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if appointments to the regulatory body set up to oversee the operation of the landfill tax will be made by open competition; [40877]

(2) if he will list the environmental bodies which have made representations regarding enrolment as appropriate bodies to receive donations from landfill operators;[40875]

(3) if he will list the landfill operators in the south Yorkshire region who had registered their liability for landfill tax on 1 September; [40879]

(4) how many landfill operators in each Customs and Excise region had registered their liability as landfill operators on 1 September; [40878]

(5) if he will list the members of the regulatory body to oversee the operation of the landfill tax already appointed.[40876]

Mr. Oppenheim: I cannot answer substantively before Parliament is prorogued. I will, however, write to the hon. Member.

Tax Fraud Hotline

Mr. Redmond: To ask the Chancellor of the

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Exchequer if he will set up a free phone hotline for the reporting of suspected income tax fraud; and if he will make a statement. [40830]

Mr. Jack: The Inland Revenue already has arrangements for the receipt of information, which it publicises in the local and regional press as part of its normal compliance activities, and receives a substantial amount of information from concerned members of the public. Any member of the public who wishes to report suspected tax evasion can do so by telephoning any tax office in the knowledge that all such calls are treated in strict confidence. Thus the Government have no immediate plans to introduce a specific hotline for suspected income tax fraud.

Official Residences

Mr. O'Hara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since his appointment he has made use of each of his official residences. [41329]

Mr. Kenneth Clarke: I live in 11 Downing street, and stay at Dorneywood from time to time.

Mr. O'Hara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the annual cost to the Exchequer of the management and maintenance of each of his official residences. [41330]

Mrs. Angela Knight: I cannot answer substantively before Parliament is prorogued. I will, however, write to the hon. Member.

Unemployment-related Benefits

Mr. Hain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for those that are currently claiming unemployment-related benefits how many (a) men and (b) women for whom the interval in weeks between the latest and previous claim was (i) four or less, (ii) over four and up to 13, (iii) over 13 and up to 26, (iv) over 26 and up to 39, (v) over 39 and up to 52, (vi) over 52 and up to 104 and (vii) over 104 and those who had made no previous claim there are in (i) each standard region of England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland and (4) Great Britain. [40902]

Mrs. Angela Knight: The information requested is contained in the following table.

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Live claims for unemployment related benefits on 12 September 1996 by the interval between the current and previous claimClaims (thousands)

	Interval (weeks)
Regions	4 or less	Over 4 and up to 13	Over 13 and up to 26	Over 26 and up to 39	Over 39 and up to 52	Over 52 and up to 104	Over 104	No previous	Total
Females
South East	16.4	22.4	17.3	9.9	7.5	13.6	22.3	59.7	169.2
East Anglia	1.3	1.9	1.5	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.4	6.1	16.3
South West	3.9	5.5	4.6	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.5	13	39.3
West Midlands	3.8	5.9	4.9	2.7	2.6	3.5	6.2	18.4	48
East Midlands	2.8	4.5	3.5	1.5	1.7	2.6	4.8	11.4	32.7
Yorkshire and Humberside	4.4	5.8	4.4	2.6	2.3	2.9	5.9	16.1	44.5
North West	5.5	6.8	5.8	3.2	2.5	3.7	7.2	18.8	53.7
Northern	3	3.3	3.4	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.6	12.1	30.8
Wales	2.2	2.9	2.5	1.3	1.3	1.6	4.1	9.6	25.5
Scotland	4.6	5	4.3	2.5	3	3.2	6.4	15.6	44.6
Great Britain	48	64.1	52.3	28.6	24.8	37.6	68.4	180.9	504.6
Males
South East	59.9	79.6	63.9	32.4	24.9	42.2	53	109.3	465.3
East Anglia	5.9	7.6	6.7	3.6	2	3.3	5.1	9	43.1
South West	15.5	19.7	15.7	7.4	5.6	9.7	10.5	20.2	104.3
West Midlands	16.3	25.6	19.5	10	8.2	12.5	15.9	30.9	139
East Midlands	11.9	17.9	12.3	6.3	5.2	8.7	10.4	19.2	91.9
Yorkshire and Humberside	21.6	27.7	20.5	9.1	8.5	12.2	14.4	27.4	141.4
North West	25	32.6	25.8	12.8	9.9	16.7	19.2	36.3	178.3
Northern	13.8	19.1	14.5	7.1	6.4	9.1	9	20.6	99.6
Wales	10	13.3	12	5.4	5	7.5	9.1	15.1	77.4
Scotland	21	26.8	21.8	11	10	13.2	15	27	145.9
Great Britain	201	269.9	212.7	105.1	85.8	135.1	161.4	315.1	1,486.2
All
South East	76.3	10.2	81.2	42.3	32.4	55.9	75.3	168.9	634.5
East Anglia	7.2	9.5	8.2	4.5	2.9	4.5	7.4	15.1	59.4
South West	19.4	25.2	20.3	9.7	7.2	12.6	16	33.2	143.6
West Midlands	20.1	31.6	24.4	12.8	10.8	16	22.1	49.3	187
East Midlands	14.6	22.4	15.9	7.7	6.9	11.3	15.2	30.6	124.7
Yorkshire and Humberside	26.1	33.5	24.9	11.7	10.8	15.1	20.3	43.5	185.8
North West	30.5	39.4	31.6	16	12.5	20.4	26.4	55.2	232
Northern	16.9	22.4	17.9	8.9	7.7	11.4	12.6	32.7	130.4
Wales	12.2	16.3	14.5	6.6	6.3	9.1	13.2	24.7	102.9
Scotland	25.6	31.8	26.2	13.5	13	16.4	21.4	42.7	190.5
Great Britain	249	334	265	133.7	110.5	172.6	229.8	495.9	1,990.8

Source:

JUVOS cohort, excludes clerically operated claims.

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Mr. Hain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women currently claiming unemployment-related benefits have made (i) no previous claims, (ii) one, (iii) two, (iv) three, (v) four and (vi) five

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or more claims for unemployment-related benefits in (1) each standard region of England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland and (4) Great Britain. [40900]

Mrs. Angela Knight: The information requested is contained in the following table.

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Live claims for unemployment related benefits on 12 September 1996 by the number of previous claims, Great BritainThousands

	Number of previous claims
Region	0	1	2	3	4	5	Total
Females
South East	59.7	39.7	25.6	16.2	10.6	17.5	169.2
East Anglia	6.1	3.4	2.7	1.6	1	1.4	16.3
South West	13	8.8	6.1	4	2.4	5.1	39.3
West Midlands	18.4	10.6	7.2	4.6	2.6	4.6	48
East Midlands	11.4	7.9	5.1	3.1	1.9	3.4	32.7
Yorkshire and Humberside	16.1	9.6	6.6	4.3	2.7	5.1	44.5
North West	18.8	11.9	8.1	5.3	3.1	6.4	53.7
Northern	12.1	7	4.3	2.9	1.7	2.8	30.8
Wales	9.6	5.7	4	1.9	1.4	3.1	25.5
Scotland	15.6	9.8	6.3	4.6	3	5.3	44.6
Total	180.9	114.5	76	48.4	30.3	54.5	504.6
Males
South East	109.3	98.7	76.7	58.1	40.5	82.1	465.3
East Anglia	9	7.4	6.7	5.1	3.9	11.1	43.1
South West	20.2	18.3	15.5	13.3	10.4	26.6	104.3
West Midlands	30.9	27.3	23.6	18.6	13.3	25.3	139
East Midlands	19.2	17.1	15	12	8.4	20.2	91.9
Yorkshire and Humberside	27.4	24.4	22.2	17.1	13.9	36.3	141.4
North West	36.3	31.4	28.7	21.8	18	42.1	178.3
Northern	20.6	17.6	15.7	12.3	9.8	23.5	99.6
Wales	15.1	13	11.9	9.7	7.7	19.9	77.4
Scotland	27	24.6	22.1	17.6	15.1	39.5	145.9
Total	315.1	279.9	238.1	185.6	141	326.6	1,486.2
All
South East	168.9	138.3	102.2	74.3	51.1	99.6	634.5
East Anglia	15.1	10.9	9.4	6.7	4.9	12.5	59.4
South West	33.2	27.1	21.5	17.2	12.8	31.7	143.6
West Midlands	49.3	37.9	30.8	23.2	15.9	29.8	187
East Midlands	30.6	25	20.1	15.1	10.3	23.6	124.7
Yorkshire and Humberside	43.5	34.1	28.9	21.4	16.6	41.4	185.8
North West	55.2	43.3	36.9	27.1	21.1	48.5	232
Northern	32.7	24.6	20.1	15.2	11.4	26.4	130.4
Wales	24.7	18.7	15.9	11.6	9.1	22.9	102.9
Scotland	42.7	34.4	28.3	22.2	18.1	44.8	190.5
Total	495.9	394.3	314	234.1	171.3	381.1	1,990.8

Source:

JUVOS Cohort, computerised claims.

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Mr. Hain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women have made (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five or more claims for

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unemployment-related benefits in (1) each standard region of England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland and (4) Great Britain since April 1992. [40903]

Mrs. Knight: The information requested is contained in the following table.

Claimants for unemployment related benefits since April 1992 by the number of claims made, Great Britain

Region	Number of claims
	1	2	3	4	5	Total
Females
South East	656.9	250.5	100.9	41.7	32.1	1,082.1
East Anglia	67.1	25.4	10.7	4.6	4.6	112.4
South West	165.1	62.6	27	12.1	10.5	277.3
West Midlands	194.7	70.4	28.7	11.8	8.5	314.1
East Midlands	137	50.8	21	8.9	6.2	224
Yorkshire and Humberside	177.2	67.5	28.6	12.9	12.1	298.3
North West	230	88	37.3	16.6	14.3	386.1
Northern	106.4	42.3	18	7.5	7.1	181.4
Wales	94.6	36.9	15.9	6.6	5.9	159.9
Scotland	190.8	72.5	32.6	15.5	14.4	325.8
Total	2,019.8	766.9	320.7	138.1	115.8	3,361.3
Males
South East	1,031.9	524.8	257.4	122.1	104.4	2,040.7
East Anglia	102.7	49.3	27.3	14.1	19	212.4
South West	243.1	125.3	68.9	38	42.2	517.5
West Midlands	293	154.6	79.8	37.9	34.9	600.2
East Midlands	208.1	105.7	56.2	29.1	30.3	429.4
Yorkshire and Humberside	255.8	140.2	83	46.4	54	579.4
North West	346.8	192.2	104.9	56.2	59.9	760
Northern	157	94.2	55.2	30.7	39.6	376.7
Wales	141.4	78.5	46	23.8	26	315.7
Scotland	260.3	148.7	87.1	49	58.5	603.6
Total	3.039.9	1,613.5	865.9	447.3	468.7	6.435.4
South East	1,688.8	775.4	358.4	163.8	136.5	3,122.8
East Anglia	169.9	74.7	38	18.7	23.6	324.7
South West	408.2	187.9	95.9	50.1	52.6	794.8
West Midlands	487.7	225	108.6	49.6	43.4	914.3
East Midlands	345	156.5	77.2	38	36.5	653.4
Yorkshire and Humberside	433	207.7	111.6	59.3	66.1	877.7
North West	576.8	280.2	142.2	72.8	74.1	1.146.1
Northern	263.4	136.5	73.2	38.2	46.7	558.1
Wales	236	115.4	61.9	30.3	32	475.6
Scotland	451	221.2	119.7	64.5	72.9	929.4
Total	5,059.7	2,380.4	1,186.6	585.5	584.5	9,796.7

Source:

UVOS Cohort, computerised claims.

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