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Bootlegging Hotline
Mr. Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to advertise the Bootlegging Hotline; and what the budget was for advertising it. [117554]
Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 3 April 2000]: In order to improve efficiency, HM Customs and Excise amalgamated all its hotlines into one number--Customs Confidential on 0800 59 5000. On 21 July 1999, I launched a public information campaign to highlight the hotline in relation to tobacco, alcohol and drugs smuggling.
The publicity campaign included:
The overall budget for the campaign was £145,000.
Mr. Ruane:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many calls the Bootlegging Hotline has received in each month since its introduction; and how many successful prosecutions have resulted from the Bootlegging Hotline. [117553]
Dawn Primarolo
[holding answer 3 April 2000]: The "Bootlegging"' hotline was consolidated into the Customs Confidential hotline on 21 July 1999. This hotline is for reporting of all information and suspicious activity which may be of interest to the Department.
Since June 1999 the total number of calls by month relating to "Bootlegging" are:
an advan that travelled throughout England, Scotland and Wales, to ports, airports and summer tourist events
leaflet distributed to all cross-channel operators as well as being inserted in ticket wallets
limited amount of national press advertising
a radio news tape distributed to all national and local radio stations
wallet cards for distribution at Customs events and to cross channel haulage
vehicle window stickers for cars and lorries
flyers distributed via the DVLA with license renewals--the flyer will also be produced in Welsh.
We will be expanding the public information campaign considerably to focus primarily on tobacco smuggling. The Customs Confidential hotline number will continue to feature widely as part of the campaign.
| Month | Number |
|---|---|
| June | 788 |
| July | 846 |
| August | 944 |
| September | 851 |
| October | 742 |
| November | 912 |
| December | 966 |
| January | 680 |
| February | 774 |
| March | 924 |
| Total | 8,427 |
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Annual Departmental Reports
Mrs. Lawrence: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the 2000 Departmental reports will be published. [118094]
Mr. Andrew Smith: The publication dates for the 2000 Departmental Reports will be:
| Date | Departmental report |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 6 April | Health |
| DfID | |
| Friday, 7 April | DfEE |
| Treasury and Chancellor's smaller departments | |
| Monday, 10 April | MAFF |
| MoD | |
| FCO | |
| DCMS | |
| Home Office | |
| Inland Revenue | |
| C and E | |
| Cabinet Office | |
| Tuesday, 11 April | Main Estimates |
| Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses | |
| DTI | |
| DSS | |
| DETR | |
| LCD | |
| Law Officers Departments | |
| Wales Office | |
| Scotland Office | |
| Northern Ireland Office |
Personal Service Companies
Mr. Ottaway: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the basis for the revision of the figure for the expected revenue in 2000-01 from his changes to the tax and national insurance treatment of personal service companies between table 1.11 of the 1999 Budget report and table A2.1 of the 2000 Budget report. [117302]
Dawn Primarolo: The estimate of extra revenue generated in 2000-01 from the pre-announced measure to tackle avoidance of tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) through the use of personal service companies is based on new, more up-to-date information which has been collected by the Inland Revenue since Budget 1999.
Mr. Ottaway: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what factors underlay his estimate of the fall in revenues resulting from his changes to the tax and national insurance treatment of personal services between 2001-02 and 2002-03, as shown in table A2.1 of the 2000 Budget report. [117303]
Dawn Primarolo:
People using personal service companies are currently able to avoid National Insurance Contributions altogether and pay tax on their income much later than an employee would pay tax through PAYE. The new legislation will ensure that affected personal service companies will pay the correct amount of tax and NICs, at the right time, rather than delaying
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what they do pay until well after the end of the tax year. The large first year yield in 2000-01 arises because the payments of PAYE and NICs are scored as they accrue whereas the reduction in corporation tax occurs when it would have been paid, nine months after the end of the accounting period. Subsequently, the 2002-03 expected yield is lower than in 2001-02 because the full effect of the corporation tax reduction takes three years to build up.
Mr. Maclean:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many (a) UK citizens and (b) UK-registered companies paid capital gains tax on (i) stock market investments and (ii) other investments in each of the last three years; [117232]
(3) what annual revenue the Treasury received from investments in stocks and shares held by (a) UK citizens and (b) UK-registered companies in each of the last three years. [117234]
Dawn Primarolo:
Such information as is available for 1996-97 to 1998-99 on income tax, capital gains tax, corporation tax on capital gains and taxpayer numbers is given in the following tables. Tax is charged on the basis of UK tax residency or trading, and there is no information available to identify those who are UK citizens or UK registered companies.
(2) what was the annual revenue gained by the Treasury from (a) income tax and (b) capital gains tax on (i) stock market investments and (ii) other investments in each of the last three years; [117233]
| Income tax liability from UK dividend income | Income tax from other investment income | Total income tax liability from investment income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-97 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 7.8 |
| 1997-98 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 9.0 |
| 1998-99 | 3.3 | 6.6 | 9.9 |
The figures are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes and exclude income of trusts.
| CGT accruals | CGT taxpayer numbers | |
|---|---|---|
| (£ billion) | (Thousand) | |
| 1996-97 | 1.45 | 119 |
| 1997-98 | 2.00 | 172 |
| 1998-99 | 2.40 | 185 |
The latest available information on the distribution of net gains (before reliefs at taxpayer level) by type of asset
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shows, for 1996-97, that 81 per cent. of gains were in respect of financial assets and 19 per cent. in respect of non-financial assets. Further details are available in Table 14.4 of Inland Revenue Statistics 1999.
Corporation tax on capital gains
| Receipts from corporation tax on gains | Related corporation taxpayer numbers with gains | |
|---|---|---|
| (£ billion) | (Thousand) | |
| 1996-97 | 1.03 | 10 |
| 1997-98 | 1.06 | 11 |
| 1998-99 | 1.35 | 13 |
Works of Art
Mr. Brake: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent on (a) the upkeep and (b) the purchase of works of art in his Department for each financial year since 1992. [117482]
Miss Melanie Johnson: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Culture, Media and Sport on 4 April 2000, Official Report, columns 393-94W.
Excise Duties
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what inflation index and period of measurement was used to calculate the increases in excise duties in the Budget. [117638]
Mr. Timms: As set out in Appendix A1 of the Financial Statement and Budget Report, the index base for calculating changes in fuel, tobacco and alcohol duties in this Budget, as in previous Budgets, was the projected increase in the Retail Prices Index over 12 months to the September following the Budget.
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