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Mr. St. Aubyn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much income tax revenue was derived from income in excess of (a) £35,000, (b) £50,000, (c) £75,000, and (d) £100,000 in the last financial year. [107394]
Dawn Primarolo: The amounts of income tax liable from people with total incomes in excess of £35,000, £50,000, £75,000 and £100,000 in 1998-99 are £36.6 billion, £27.3 billion, £19.2 billion and £15.1 billion respectively.
These estimates are based on the 1997-98 survey of personal incomes projected to 1998-99 consistent with November 1999 Pre-Budget Report assumptions.
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Mr. St.Aubyn:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much income tax revenue derived from (a) lower rate receipts, (b) basic rate receipts and (c) higher rate receipts in the last financial year. [107393]
Dawn Primarolo:
In 1998-99, total income tax liabilities are estimated to be around £89 billion before allowances given as tax deductions at a fixed rate (such as the married couples allowance) and £85.5 billion after these allowances. Lower rate, basic rate and higher rate liabilities, before the aforementioned allowances are estimated to be £22.8 billion, £41.0 billion and £25.3 billion respectively.
These estimates are based on the 1997-98 survey of personal incomes projected to 1999-2000 consistent with November 1999 Pre-Budget Report assumptions.
Mr. Curry:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each of the most recent 10 years for which figures are available (a) the numbers of dwellings upon which repairs were carried out occasioning a VAT payment, (b) the yield from such payments in each year and (c) the average value of the work carried out. [107754]
Dawn Primarolo:
Statistics on dwellings on which repairs have been carried out and on the VAT relating to such repairs are not directly available.
Based on data published in Housing and Construction Statistics 1988-98, VAT charged in 1998 in respect of repairs, maintenance and improvements carried out by contractors on private sector housing in Great Britain is estimated at £1.7 billion. It is not possible to identify repairs separately.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which fees his Department, its agencies and associated public bodies collect; how much has been raised and will be raised from each of these fees from 1989-90 to 2004-05; and which of these fees count as negative expenditure. [107976]
Mr. Timms:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27 January 2000, Official Report, column 265W.
Miss McIntosh:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what legal advice he has received on reducing VAT on repairs to historic buildings. [107926]
Dawn Primarolo:
EC law does not permit a reduced rate of VAT for repairs to historic buildings. A recent Directive made provision for a short term experimental reduced rate for renovation and repairs of private housing, which could therefore cover some historic buildings.
Mr. Maclean:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for each of the Treasury buildings in London, how many rooms are set aside for (a) ethnic minority religious use, (b) pregnant women and (c) smokers. [107529]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
(a) None.
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(b) Pregnant women have use of two rooms in the Parliament Street office and one room at Allington Towers.
(c) Smoking is largely restricted to dedicated ventilated smoking room (four smoking rooms in Parliament and three smoking rooms at Allington Towers) and is not permitted in common areas, with the exception of an area of the Staff Restaurant.
Dr. Harris:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 16 December 1999, Official Report, column 300W, on research contracts, if he will state the total expenditure on research let by his Department since May 1997 and list the titles of all research contracts let by his Department during 1999 and costing £20,000 or more, stating the value of each contract, and in each case whether the contract included (i) departmental veto over publication of the research
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results, (ii) departmental control over the date of publication of the research and (iii) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments; and if he will place a copy of the standard research contract currently in use by his Department in the Library. [107037]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 16 December 1999, Official Report, column 300W.
Mr. Drew:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans the Government have for a successor programme to Invest to Save. [108047]
Mr. Andrew Smith:
The future of the Invest to Save Budget (ISB) will be considered in the 2000 Spending Review and decisions announced as part of the Government's spending plans for the period 2001-02 to 2003-04.
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