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Deregulation
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the economic impact associated with each of the following deregulation orders and contracting out orders on business (a) the Deregulation (Building Societies) Order 1995 (S.I., 1995, No. 3233), (b) the Deregulation (Friendly Societies Act 1992) Order 1996 (S.I., 1996, No. 1188), (c) the Deregulation (Credit Unions) Order 1996 (S.I.,1996, No. 1189) and (d) the Deregulation (Industrial and Provident Societies) Order 1996 (S.I., 1996, No. 1738). [108779]
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Miss Melanie Johnson
[holding answer 7 February 2000]: None.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it is his policy to adhere to the existing planning total for overall Government spending in 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. [108976]
Mr. Andrew Smith
[holding answer 8 February 2000]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 11 November 1999, Official Report, column 781W.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the number of people earning (a) over £100,000 per annum, (b) over £500,000 per annum and (c) over £1 million per annum, for each year from 1979-80 to 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. [108978]
Miss Melanie Johnson
[holding answer 8 February 2000]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 9 February 2000:
Source:
New Earnings Survey (GB)
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Mr. Jack:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish details of the calculations which determined the present indicated rates for the Climate Change Levy. [108468]
Mr. Timms
[holding answer 8 February 2000]: The rates of the climate change levy that were published in the 1999 Pre-Budget Report are consistent with a levy raising around £1 billion in 2001-02. They are based on energy use data consistent with the DTI's Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics.
All the revenues raised from the levy will be recycled to business through a 0.3 percentage point cut in employer's National Insurance Contributions and increased support for energy efficiency measures.
Mr. Kaufman:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to reply to the letters to him dated 16 September, 4 November and 9 December 1999 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr. D Sammons. [109250]
Mr. Andrew Smith:
I wrote to the right hon. Member on 20 December 1999.
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question regarding the number of people earning over £100,000 per annum, over £500,000 per annum and over £1 million per annum, for each year from 1979-80 to 1999-2000.
The new Earnings Survey (NES), carried out in April of each year, is a 1 per cent. sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes. It does not capture information relating to the self-employed. However, I am only able to provide estimates of the percentage of employees whose earnings lie within specified ranges, rather than numbers, because appropriate factors to gross the survey results to accommodate this sample frame are not currently available. Additionally, I am unable to provide data for financial years prior to 1997-98 since estimates of annual earnings are not available. Data for the 1999-2000 financial year will be available when the NES 2000 is published in November of this year.
The available information, from the 1998 and 1999 New Earnings Survey, is presented in the attached table.
Percentage with annual earnings in excess of
£100,000 £500,000 £1 million
1997-98
Full-time employees 0.4 0.0 0.0
Part-time employees 0.0 0.0 0.0
All employees 0.3 0.0 0.0
1998-99
Full-time employees 0.6 0.0 0.0
Part-time employees 0.0 0.0 0.0
All employees 0.4 0.0 0.0
Football Task Force
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will publish the Football Task Force report as a Command Paper. [106942]
Kate Hoey: The Football Task Force's final report was published on 22 December. I have sent a copy to every Member and copies are also available on the Department's website or direct from the Football Trust. I have no plans to commit public funds to publish the report as a Command Paper.
Motspur Park (Fulham Football Club)
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations he has received concerning the availability of Fulham Football Club's Motspur Park training ground to local amateur and school football teams. [108285]
Kate Hoey: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have received no representations on this subject.
EU Structural Funds
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer of 31 January 2000, Official Report, column 478W, if he will list those seaside resort wards on the Objective 2 European funding map that would not have qualified for inclusion had they not been in seaside resorts. [108635]
Mr. Caborn:
I have been asked to reply.
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All areas including seaside resorts proposed for new Objective 2 area status met the criteria set out in Article 4 of the Council Regulation (EC) No. 1260-1999 for European Structural Funds. Eligible areas qualified under the industrial, rural, urban or fisheries strand.
Being a seaside resort was not a criterion for selection. The criteria were linked to unemployment, urban deprivation, and structural problems in industry, agriculture or fishing.
The criteria were applied on an objective and consistent basis nationally. We made every effort to include regional priority wards where we could do so within the constraints of the legislation and the population ceiling.
Mr. Spring:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what consultations he has had directly with the professional players' associations in respect of the Government's sports strategy. [107970]
Kate Hoey:
[holding answer 3 February 2000]: I have not consulted formally with professional players associations in respect of the sports strategy. I have, however, met a wide range of sporting organisations to discuss the issues which surround the development of sport. These discussions have informed the development of the strategy.
Mr. Faber:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if Her Majesty's Government will now ratify (a) the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 1970 and (b) the UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen and Illegally Exported Cultural Objects 1995. [108999]
Mr. Chris Smith:
Her Majesty's Government has decided not to sign the 1970 UNESCO Convention because significant practical difficulties remain in implementing its provisions into UK law. I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 7 February 2000, Official Report, columns 8-9W, regarding the Government's decision about the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention.
Mr. Peter Ainsworth:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many officials in his Department are currently on gardening leave. [108959]
Mr. Chris Smith:
There are no officials in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport currently on gardening leave.
Mr. Jack:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the Lytham St. Anne's Civic Society will receive an answer to their request that part of the St. Anne's Further Education College be declared a grade II listed building. [109241]
Mr. Alan Howarth:
English Heritage, our statutory adviser on the historic environment, inspected this building on 8 February, and will submit its advice within
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the next few days. My right hon. Friend the secretary of State will then make his decision on whether to add the College to the Statutory List. I will write to the right hon. Member about the decision as soon as possible.
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