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Breast Cancer
Ms Perham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was (a) the incidence of breast cancer by age breakdown and (b) the numbers of deaths from breast cancer among women in England for the latest year for which figures are available. [88658]
Ms Hewitt: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
(7) Data for 1998 are provisional
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Influenza
Liz Blackman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of deaths resulting from last winter's influenza epidemic. [88771]
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 Liz Blackman, dated 29 June 1999:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your recent question on the number of deaths resulting from last winter's influenza epidemic. I am replying in Dr Holt's absence.
Between December 1998 and March 1999, the provisional number of deaths where the underlying cause of death was certified as due to influenza, using the International Classification of Diseases, was 529.
Rented Residential Accommodation
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the value of tax receipts from corporation tax on privately rented residential accommodation in the last year for which statistics are available. [88818]
Dawn Primarolo: It is estimated that some £2¼ billion in corporation tax liability arose in 1996-1997 on companies' income from land and property. A separate estimate for rented residential accommodation is not available.
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the value of tax receipts from income tax on privately rented residential accommodation in the last year for which statistics are available. [88817]
Dawn Primarolo: It is estimated that about £900 million of income tax paid by individuals in respect of the 1997-1998 tax year arose from income from land and property. It is not known how much of this arose from residential accommodation.
Mr. Campbell-Savours:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what basis statistics are compiled by his Department on the revenue raised in the case of (a) privately rented residential property and (b) privately rented commercial property. [88815]
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Dawn Primarolo:
Statistics on the income of companies and individuals from land and property, and the corporation tax and income tax arising from this income, are based on analyses of representative samples of tax returns. As these returns do not show a split of rent income by type of property, separate statistics on the tax revenue from privately rented residential and commercial property are not available.
No statistics are available on capital gains tax, inheritance tax or stamp duties arising on rented property.
Mr. Campbell-Savours:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the value of tax receipts from capital gains tax on privately rented residential accommodation in the last year for which statistics are available. [88816]
Dawn Primarolo:
The information requested is not available.
Mr. Campbell-Savours:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the rent-a-room scheme for each year since the introduction of the scheme. [88820]
Dawn Primarolo:
It is estimated that the annual value of the rent-a-room relief is of the order of £20 million.
No more precise estimates are available.
Mr. Campbell-Savours:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will undertake a pilot survey in three different tax districts including West Cumbria into the actual cost to the Exchequer in terms of lost revenue arising from the rent-a-room scheme. [88821]
Dawn Primarolo:
Most of the Inland Revenue's information on people's incomes and tax affairs arrives via tax returns, to which access for analysis is already available on a sample basis. Little extra information is held by tax districts. Nor do tax districts have any means of knowing which people not completing tax returns are likely to be taking advantage of the relief.
Mr. Maude:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received with regard to the European Commission's proposal for reduced rates of VAT on labour-intensive services not subject to cross border competition. [88914]
Dawn Primarolo:
We have received a number of representations suggesting services to which a reduced VAT rate might be applied in the UK under the proposed measure.
Mr. Maude:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has made to the European Commission with regard to the Commission's proposal for reduced rates of VAT on labour-intensive services not subject to cross border competition; and if he will make a statement. [88915]
Dawn Primarolo:
The UK has made no representations to the European Commission about this proposal.
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Mr. Baker:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 26 April 1999, Official Report, column 55, how many company cars travelled (i) less than 10,000, (ii) between 10,000 and 13,000, (iii) between 13,001 and 16,000, (iv) between 16,001 and 18,500, (v) between 18,501 and 19,000, (vi) between 19,001 and 20,000, (vii) between 20,001 and 23,000, (viii) between 23,001 and 30,000 and (ix) more than 30,000 miles in the last year for which figures are available. [88789]
Ms Hewitt:
The only available information on the total mileage of company cars is the National Travel Survey, but this does not have a large enough sample size to provide the detail requested. The available estimates, which cover company cars available for private use, are shown in the table.
| Total annual mileage | Number of company cars |
|---|---|
| Less than 10,000 | 175,000 |
| 10,000 to 13,999 | 250,000 |
| 14,000 to 18,499 | 250,000 |
| 18,500 to 29,999 | 475,000 |
| 30,000 or more | 450,000 |
Mr. Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many company cars for the latest year for which figures are available, were of engine size (a) under 1000cc, (b) between 1000 and 1299cc., (c) between 1300 and 1499cc, (d) between 1500 and 1799cc, (e) between 1800 and 1999cc, (f) between 2000 and 2199cc, (g) between 2200 and 2499cc and (h) 2500cc and over. [88716]
Ms Hewitt: The best source of information on the engine size of company cars is the National Travel Survey, which covers only company cars available for private use. However, the size of the Survey allows for only a limited breakdown by engine size. According to the latest Survey, there were about 400,000 company cars with engine capacities up to 1600cc, and about 1,200,000 with larger engine sizes.
EU Contribution
Sir Teddy Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons he is not yet able to publish the gross and net contributions made by the UK to the EC in 1998; and if he will make a statement summarising the arrangements for recording payments made and payments received from the EU within the Treasury. [88944]
Mr. Milburn: We expect to be able to do so very shortly.
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