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Dr. Kumar: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons the climate change levy exemption is proposed for fuel consumed within the chemical reaction rather than fuel burned to initiate the reaction within chemical industry processes. [88069]
Ms Hewitt: The exemption for non-energy use of fuels is based on the broad principle, recommended by Lord Marshall in his report on "Economic instruments and the business use of energy", that processes which do not give rise to emissions of greenhouse gases should not be subject to climate change levy.
Dr. Kumar:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the revenue which would be generated by charging of the climate change levy on the fuel burned to initiate reactions within chemical industry processes. [88103]
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Ms Hewitt:
It is not possible to estimate revenue derived from individual sectors until the final shape of the tax and the rates have been established.
Mr. Barnes:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the annual (a) worldwide and (b) UK revenues, assuming international agreement, from a tax on international currency speculation set at (i) 0.1 per cent., (ii) 0.25 per cent. and (iii) 0.5 per cent. [88226]
Ms Hewitt:
The requested information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Nigel Jones:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost of allowing voluntary sports clubs to become eligible for charity status. [88580]
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Dawn Primarolo:
Under charity law, most sports clubs are not eligible for charitable status. The cost of extending the charity tax reliefs and exemptions to all sports clubs would depend on the nature of the clubs concerned, but could be substantial.
Mr. Nigel Jones:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost of reducing to 5 per cent. the requirement to pay VAT on restoration work for churches and national monuments. [88581]
Dawn Primarolo:
There is insufficient data to provide the requested estimate.
Mr. Maude:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has made to the European Commission with regard to the six-month time limit on claiming VAT in other member states. [88916]
Dawn Primarolo:
The Government have made representations to the European Commission about the time limit for claiming back VAT in other member states on two occasions. On both occasions we drew attention to cases where a member state was in breach of the six-month time limit by which tax authorities must either refund the VAT claimed or give the reason for refusal.
Mr. Paul Marsden:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will increase the funding allocated to the Department of Health under the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement. [88727]
Mr. Milburn:
The Comprehensive Spending Review provided the biggest ever cash increase for the Department of Health, providing an extra £21 billion to the NHS in the UK as part of firm three-year plans. The spending plans for years beyond 2001-02 will be considered in next year's spending review.
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Mr. O'Hara:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will publish the most recent figures showing the number of deaths where the cause of death was recorded as hypothermia in each of the regions covered by the new regional development agencies in the age ranges (i) 0 to 8, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 85 and (vi) 85 years and over; [88652]
(3) if he will publish the most recent figures showing what proportion of the population of each of the regions to be covered by each of the regional development agencies live in households of only one person in the age ranges (i) 0 to 18, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 85 and (vi) 85 years and over. [88647]
Ms Hewitt:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Fox to Mr. Eddie O'Hara, dated June 1999:
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(2) if he will publish the most recent population figures of the regions to be covered by each of the new regional development agencies in the age ranges: (i) 0 to 8, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 85 and (vi) 85 years and over; and what proportion of the population in each age range are (a) male, (b) female, and (c) of ethnic minority origin; [88646]
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your recent questions concerning single occupancy households, death from hypothermia and population figures for the new regional development agency areas. I am replying in Dr Holt's absence.
The estimated percentages of the population in each age group who were living in a one-person private household in 1998 are given in the table below. The percentages have been estimated from the Labour Force Survey, a sample survey covering about 60,000 private households in the United Kingdom per quarter. The estimated percentages are therefore subject to sampling variability.
| Government office region | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East | North West | Yorks and Humbs | East Midlands | West Midlands | Eastern | London | South East | South West | |
| All ages | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
| 0 to 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 to 24 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| 25 to 49 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 9 |
| 50 to 64 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 12 |
| 65 to 84 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 37 | 31 | 30 |
| 85 and over | 58 | 63 | 61 | 60 | 64 | 66 | 61 | 61 | 54 |
Note:
The South East GOR excludes London--which is a separate GOR
Source:
Labour Force Survey
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The population data for males and females are given in the attached table. The latest available data are the mid-97 population estimates.
The estimated percentages of the population in each age group living in private households (ie not including those living in institutions or the homeless) in 1998 who were of ethnic minority
origin are given in the table below. The percentages have been estimated from the Labour Force Survey, and the estimates shown in the following table marked with 1 are based on a sample number of fewer than 30 persons of ethnic minority origin.
| Government office region | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East | North West | Yorks and Humbs | East Midlands | West Midlands | Eastern | London | South East | South West | |
| All ages | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| 0-17 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 2 |
| 18-24 | (7)3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 29 | 4 | (7)2 |
| 25-49 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 1 |
| 50-64 | (7)1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 2 | (7)1 |
| 65-84 | (7)0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | (7)1 | 10 | 1 | (7)0 |
| 85 and over | (7)0 | (7)0 | (7)1 | (7)0 | (7)2 | (7)0 | (7)4 | (7)0 | (7)0 |
Note:
The South East GOR excludes London--which is a separate GOR
Source:
Labour Force Survey
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Note:
Data have been rounded to nearest hundred
Source:
ONS, Population Estimates Unit
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