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Road Traffic Accidents
Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the rate of all road traffic accidents expressed as accidents per hundred thousand vehicle miles in the latest year for which figures are available. [74998]
Ms Glenda Jackson: The accident rate for all road traffic accidents is not available as the Department collects data only from those traffic accidents involving personal injury. The accident rate for all road traffic injury accidents is 0.085 per 100,000 vehicle miles
Countryside Agency
Mr. Gordon Prentice:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many persons have (a) applied for and (b) been invited to apply for membership of the Board of the Countryside Agency; how many have been interviewed; and when he will announce the appointments. [74870]
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Mr. Meacher:
Two hundred and fifty three applications were considered. Applications resulted from Press advertisements, other publicity, and nominations by organisations notified of the vacancies. Unsuccessful applicants from previous appointment rounds were also considered.
Seventeen candidates have been interviewed. We expect to announce appointments shortly.
Financial Services and Markets Bill
Ms Lawrence: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement regarding consultation on the draft Financial Services and Markets Bill. [75663]
Mr. Milburn: A consultation document on the draft Bill was published in July 1998. I have today published a Progress Report with the main issues raised on the consultation, and the Government's reaction. I am placing copies in the Vote Office and the Libraries of the House. A Joint Committee on Financial Services and Markets has been appointed to report on the Government's proposals.
Written Answers
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons he has yet to reply substantively to the question from the hon. Member for Gordon due for answer 25 February (reference 72814). [74988]
Ms Hewitt: I answered the hon. Gentleman's question on 2 March 1999, Official Report, column 642.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons he has not yet replied substantively to the questions from the hon. Member for Gordon, due for answer on 4 February (references 69244 and 69185); and if he will make a statement. [74987]
Ms Hewitt: The Chief Secretary and the Paymaster General have replied substantively to the hon. Gentleman's questions.
Income Tax (Scotland)
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the number of (a) adults, (b) income taxpayers and (c) income taxpayers at the basic and higher rates in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. [69185]
Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 4 February 1999]: Latest mid-year population estimates are that there were some 3,970,000 people aged 18 and over in Scotland in 1997. The latest Survey of Personal Incomes indicates that there were about 2,330,000 income taxpayers in Scotland in 1996-97. Of these, 1,540,000 people were liable to pay income tax at basic rate while 152,000 were liable to pay at higher rate.
Contingency Reserves
Mr. Malcolm Bruce:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the level of
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the contingency reserves for (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) 2001-02; what allocations to or from the reserves have been made since the November 1998 pre-Budget report; and if he will make a statement. [69244]
Mr. Milburn
[holding answer 4 February 1999]: The Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report of June 1998 set the Reserve in 1998-99 at £3.8 billion.
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