| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
NIRS2 Computer
Mr. Fabricant: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the cost to public funds of the NIRS2 computer problem; and when the backlog of payments arising from this will be cleared. [150502]
Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 5 March 2001]: The compensation payments made by Inland Revenue and DSS to pension providers and benefit recipients, was £62.6 million to 31 January 2001.
The arrears of work in both DSS and Inland Revenue caused by the delay continue to be cleared as quickly as possible.
6 Mar 2001 : Column: 157W
Income Tax
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the average change in annual gross income tax paid in absolute terms about a 1 per cent. change in the basic rate of income tax in 2000-01 by income tax payers with
6 Mar 2001 : Column: 158W
taxable incomes (a) exceeding £1,520 and lower than £28,400, (b) exceeding £28,400 and lower than £100,000 and (c) exceeding £100,000 a year. [151632]
Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 5 March 2001]: The full year income tax effects in 2001-02 of making the change is set out in the table.
6 Mar 2001 : Column: 157W
| Change in 200-01 | Average change in gross income tax paid in absolute terms from a 1 per cent. change in income tax (£) |
|---|---|
| For taxpayers with taxable income exceeding £1,520 and lower than £28,400 | 90 |
| For taxpayers with taxable income exceeding £28,400 and lower than £100,000 | 260 |
| For taxpayers with taxable income exceeding £100,000 | 265 |
6 Mar 2001 : Column: 157W
The estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes and consistent with the November 2000 pre- Budget report.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Mr. Steen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the revenue lost to the Exchequer from United Kingdom-based heavy goods vehicles being licensed abroad in each of the last three years. [151883]
Mr. Timms [holding answer 5 March 2001]: No such estimate is available.
Departmental Policies (Warrington, North)
Helen Jones: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Warrington, North constituency, the effects on Warrington, North of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [152322]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Warrington, North, along with the rest of the United Kingdom, is benefiting from the long-term action we have taken to build economic stability and secure high and stable levels of growth and employment. Since the General Election, claimant unemployment in the constituency has fallen by 638, or 29 per cent., youth unemployment is down by 60 per cent., and long-term unemployment has fallen by 63 per cent.
Macro-economic stability is being complemented at the micro-economic level by the Government's policies to ease the transition from welfare into work and to make work pay. To the end of December 2000, the New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds had helped 836 young people in the Warrington, North constituency gain valuable skills and experience--382 (46 per cent.) of whom had moved into employment. The Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), introduced in October 1999, is helping to make work pay for low and middle income families. In August 2000, 2,400 families in the constituency were benefiting from WFTC.
6 Mar 2001 : Column: 158W
The Government are also committed to developing policies which enable all pensioners to share in the country's rising prosperity. As a result of the recent pre-Budget report, all pensioners, including 14,400 in Warrington, North, will receive an above-inflation increase in the basic state pension from April 2001. Single pensioners will receive an extra £5 per week, and couples will receive an extra £8 a week. All pensioners aged 75 or over have also been entitled to a free TV licence since November 2000--including around 9,400 in Warrington, North.
Unemployment Costs
Mr. Rammell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 31 January 2001, Official Report, column 213W, on unemployment costs, what the cost is to the Exchequer per unemployed person per year in terms of all forgone taxes where the calculation assumes (a) the person to have been on average earnings and (b) the person to have been on average earnings for the manufacturing sector. [152468]
Mr. Andrew Smith: As the extent to which unemployment affects Government revenues depends on a number of assumptions, in particular the extent to which unemployment reflects permanent changes in output growth, no estimates of the effects of unemployment on taxes forgone are available.
Invest to Save Budget
Mr. Ian Stewart: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress is being made on the Government's Invest to Save Budget. [152739]
Mr. Andrew Smith: I am pleased to announce that 123 bids from across the public sector have been successful in Round 3 of the Invest to Save Budget, at a cost of £37.0 million in 2001-02, including consequential funding for the devolved Administrations, and £68.4 million in total over the three years to 2003-04. The table describes the winners of this round:
6 Mar 2001 : Column: 157W
6 Mar 2001 : Column: 161W
6 Mar 2001 : Column: 161W
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |