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Fuel Duties
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the annual change in the cost to an average low user of variations in fuel duties between 1992 and 1997; and if he will make a statement. [156504]
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Mr. Timms: In April 1992, the duty on a litre of unleaded petrol was 23.42 pence. In April 1997 it was 36.86 pence per litre. If the duty rate had been revalorised in line with inflation since 1992 it would have been 26.55 pence per litre.
Compared to revalorisation, the additional annual cost for a driver covering 5,000 miles per annum at 6.6 miles to the litre would have been £92 in duty and VAT.
Landfill Tax
Mr. Simon Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the landfill tax credit has been delivered to community projects. [156347]
Mr. Timms: Contributions totalling £184 million have been spent under the landfill tax environmental bodies credit scheme since the introduction of the tax on 1 October 1996 to 21 March 2001. Of this amount £106 million has been spent on community projects carried out in the vicinity of landfill sites. Landfill site operators can claim 90 per cent. of contributions as landfill tax credits subject to this not exceeding 20 per cent. of their annual liability.
Budget Transport Package
Mr. Simon Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average savings to Welsh (a) vehicle owners and (b) hauliers, introduced by the pre-Budget statement will be in the next financial year. [156350]
Mr. Timms: The value of the Budget transport package to motorists is £1.6 billion, equivalent to 4 pence per litre cut in fuel duty. For hauliers the value of the Budget transport package is £660 million, equivalent to 7 pence per litre cut in fuel duty.
These savings are made across the United Kingdom as a whole.
Energy-Saving Materials
Mr. Hilary Benn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons the reduced rate of VAT on energy-saving materials is not applied to such materials sold direct to the public; and if he will make a statement. [156405]
Dawn Primarolo: Energy-saving materials sold direct to the public are not included in the list of goods and services to which, under agreements with our European partners, a reduced rate of VAT may apply.
Tourism (VAT)
Mr. Fearn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to reduce VAT permanently on tourist accommodation and visitor attractions. [156331]
Dawn Primarolo: The Government have no current plans to reduce VAT on tourist accommodation and visitor attractions.
Tax Credits
Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in the constituency of Crewe
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and Nantwich have been awarded (a) disabled person's tax credit and (b) working families' tax credit since May 1997. [156257]
Dawn Primarolo: Disabled Person's Tax Credit (DPTC) and Working Families' Tax Credit (WFTC) were introduced in October 1999. For each parliamentary constituency, the number of people receiving DPTC, and an estimate of the number of families receiving WFTC, are shown in the Quarterly Inquiries from April 2000. Copies of these Inquiries are in the Library, and on the Inland Revenue website, www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk. However, the estimates for WFTC are based on five per cent. sample of awards, and are therefore subject to substantial sampling error; particular caution is needed when comparing such estimates over time.
Mr. Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list in respect of each tax credit (a) the number of successful claims and (b) the average size of each tax credit payment. [156100]
Dawn Primarolo: For the Working Families' Tax Credit and the Disabled Person's Tax Credit, the number of recipients and the average weekly amounts are shown in the respective Quarterly Inquiries, copies of which are in the Library.
Construction Projects
Ms Walley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will ensure that, whenever public money is being spent on construction projects, holiday entitlement and exemplary site conditions and safety systems and practices are made an essential part of the terms of employment of contractors and sub-contractors; [152474]
- (2) if he will ensure that, whenever public money is being spent on construction projects, holiday entitlement and exemplary site conditions and safety systems and
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- practices are made an essential part of the terms of employment of contractors and sub-contractors procured for the project. [152473]
Mr. Andrew Smith: Working Time Regulations already provide most workers with a minimum entitlement of four weeks paid annual leave as set out in "Your Guide to the Working Time Regulations". This is available in the House of Commons Library.
A framework addressing site conditions and safety systems and practices, within which Central Government clients may operate when appointing and managing their suppliers, is currently being considered.
Tax Returns
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers failed to submit their tax return by the deadline specified in 2001. [152505]
Dawn Primarolo: The number of taxpayers who failed to submit their 1999-2000 tax return by the filing deadline specified in the current year was just under 949,000.
Public Service Spending
Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was (a) spent and (b) allocated for future use on (i) health, (ii) education, (iii) transport, (iv) law and order and (v) other public services (A) since 2 May 1997, (B) for a similar period starting on 4 May 1979 and (C) for a similar period ending on 1 May 1997. [146478]
Mr. Andrew Smith: The table provides details of total Government (central government and local authority) spending on health (including personal social services), education, transport, law and order, and all other public services for financial years 1979-80 to 1991-82, 1994-95 to 1996-97 and 1997-98 to 1999-2000. Figures are available only for complete financial years.
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| £ billion | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | Education | Transport(8) | Law and order | Other | Total spend on services | |
| 1979-80 | 11 | 10.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 49 | 77.3 |
| 1980-81 | 13.9 | 12.8 | 4.1 | 4 | 56.7 | 91.6 |
| 1981-82 | 15.6 | 13.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 64.3 | 103.1 |
| 1994-95 | 46 | 34.7 | 11.5 | 15.4 | 151.9 | 260 |
| 1995-96 | 48.6 | 35.6 | 11.3 | 15.7 | 158.1 | 269.6 |
| 1996-97 | 50.7 | 36.1 | 11.1 | 16.2 | 160.5 | 273.6 |
| 1997-98 | 53.1 | 37.2 | 11.2 | 16.9 | 160 | 276.3 |
| 1998-99 | 56 | 38.4 | 11.2 | 17.4 | 166.7 | 287 |
| 1999-2000(9) | 61.2 | 41.4 | 12.4 | 19.1 | 172.9 | 303.3 |
(8) Transport figures from 1994-95 onwards include Private Finance Initiative expenditure on transport in England.
(9) Estimated outturn.
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The Government's forward plans for public spending are set out in the 2000 Spending Review, "Prudent for a Purpose: building opportunity and security for all", July 2000, Cm 4807.
Financial Services and Markets Act
Barbara Follett: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the next stage of public consultation in respect of orders implementing the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 will involve; and when it will be carried out. [156488]
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Miss Melanie Johnson: We are today publishing a further batch of consultation documents:
- Disclosure of Confidential Information Regulations 2001
- Mutual Societies Order 2001
- Communications by Auditors Regulations 2001
- Control of Business Transfers (Requirements on Applicants) Regulations 2001
- Transitional Provisions, Repeals and Savings (Financial Services Compensation Scheme) Order 2001
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Contaminated Land
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the first year take-up in the north-west of the 150 per cent. advance payable tax credits for contaminated land. [154612]
Mr. Timms: No regional estimates are available for the take up of this tax credit. First year take-up is estimated at £15 million nation-wide.
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