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Foundation Schools

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effects of corporation tax on the income from (a) school letting and (b) interest on school bank accounts on foundation schools. [157957]

Dawn Primarolo: No such estimate has been made. But income received by schools will usually be exempt from corporation tax.

Income Tax

Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) cost,

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(b) absolute gains and (c) relative gains by income decile of increasing the amount of income subject to basic rate tax by £1,000; and if he will make a statement. [158073]

Dawn Primarolo: The full-year cost of increasing the income tax basic rate limit by £1,000 in 2001-02 is estimated to be £½ billion. All gainers would be in the top income decile. They would gain £175 on average, which represents a 1 per cent. reduction in their tax liability.

These estimates are based on the survey of personal incomes and consistent with the March 2001 Budget.

Amateur Sports Clubs

Mr. Opik: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to publish details of the proposed scheme for the provision of relief against business rates for amateur sports clubs; when he intends to commence the scheme; and if he will make a statement. [158120]

Dawn Primarolo: In the light of representations received following the introduction of the package of enhanced tax reliefs for charities in Budget 2000, Budget 2001 announced that the Government would consider the best way for tax relief to help community amateur sports clubs that a make a positive contribution to their local communities. The Government will work with key organisations from sport and the voluntary sector to draw up detailed proposals over the next few months, which we will then publish for a period of wider consultation later this year. The Government will announce firm proposals in the light of consideration of the responses we receive.

Motorcycle Excise Duty

Mr. Blizzard: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what factors underlay his decision to raise motorcycle excise duty by £5. [158407]

Mr. Timms: The Chancellor announced in Budget 2001 that rates of vehicle excise duty for motorcycles would be frozen until at least 2002.

Budget 2000 announced that the general rate of vehicle excise duty for cars would rise by £5 to £160, but deferred the increase until 1 March 2001. Alongside this, the rate of vehicle excise duty for motorcycles with engines over 400 cc rose by £5 per annum. This was the first increase, since the Government were elected, for motorcycles of this engine size. There was no increase in vehicle excise duty for motorcycles below 400 cc.

Audio Books and Newspapers

Mr. Efford: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the annual cost would be to the Exchequer of zero-rating audio books and audio newspapers from VAT. [157533]

Dawn Primarolo: No accurate estimate is available.

Children's Tax Credit

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what year of income is being used as the basis for assessing people's entitlement to the children's tax credit. [155434]

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Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 26 March 2001]: The children's tax credit to which an individual is entitled is based on his or her income for that tax year.

Commemorative Coins

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the numbers of each commemorative coin issued since May 1997 and the cost of minting each such coin. [156975]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The number of UK standard commemorative coins issued since May 1997 is set out. The cost of minting each coin is commercially sensitive.

million pieces

Coin design	Purchases
1997
Golden Wedding £5	0.834
1998
Prince Charles £5	0.775
UK's EU Presidency 50p	5.048
50th Anniversary NHS 50p	5.001
1999
Princes Diana £5	1.796
Rugby World Cup £2	4.900
2000
Millennium £5	1.932
Queen Mother £5(91)	2.744
Public Libraries 50p	11.263
2001
Queen Victoria £5	(92)--
Marconi £2	(92)--

⁽⁹¹⁾ The number of coins sold has not yet been confirmed and may be subject to change over the next few months.

⁽⁹²⁾ These coins have only just been issued and no sales figures are currently available.

Cancer Statistics

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the five year survival rate was for each main group of cancer sufferers in each region and nation of the United Kingdom for each of the years from 1990 to 1996. [156911]

Miss Melanie Johnson [holding answer 5 April 2001]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 23 April 2001:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking for the five year survival rates for each main group of cancer sufferers, in each region and nation of the United Kingdom for each of the years 1990 to 1996 (157036). I am replying in his absence.

For England, the latest available data on the survival of patients diagnosed with cancer, which are for cases diagnosed in the three year period 1992-94 and followed up to 31 December 1999, were published on the National Statistics website, www.statistics.co.uk on 31 January 2001 for eight common cancers.

The most recent published figures by health regional office area are for cancers of the female breast, lung, cervix and colon diagnosed in 1991-93. These were published in Quality and Performance in the NHS: NHS Performance Indicators which can be found at www.doh.gov.uk/nhsperformanceindicators. Comparable figures for

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cancers of the stomach, prostate and bladder were made available in the House of Commons Hansard of 28 November 2000 (Number 169, Volume 357, Column 594 W).

The latest available data for Wales are available in the publication Cancer Registration and Survival in Wales 1985-1994 and are for patients diagnosed in 1985-89.

The Scottish Cancer Intelligence Unit published their latest survival data for patients diagnosed in 1991-95 by cancer in Trends in Cancer Survival in Scotland 1971-1995.

Comparable information is not available for Northern Ireland.

Earnings

Barbara Follett: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the average hourly earnings were of female part-time employees as a percentage of (a) total female full-time hourly earnings and (b) total male hourly earnings in each year from 1975 to 2000; [157697]

(2) what the median hourly earnings were of female part-time workers as a percentage of (a) female full-time workers and (b) male full-time workers at the latest date for which figures are available. [157698]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Barbara Follett, dated 23 April 2001:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent questions about the average and median hourly earnings of female part-time employees. (157697, 157698)

The tables attached provide information on average and median hourly earnings of female part-time employees as a percentage of both female and male full-time hourly earnings, drawing upon the New Earnings Survey (NES). Percentages based on total male earnings, (as opposed to full-time male earnings), are not available on a consistent basis back to 1975.

Table 1: Average hourly earnings of female part-time employees as a percentage of:

	Female full-time hourly earnings	Male full-time hourly earnings
1975	83	58
1976	81	59
1977	82	60
1978	81	59
1979	81	58
1980	81	58
1981	79	58
1982	79	57
1983	79	57
1984	78	57
1985	78	57
1986	76	57
1987	76	56
1988	75	56
1989	75	57
1990	75	57
1991	75	58
1992	74	59
1993	74	59
1994	74	59
1995	75	60
1996	72	58
1997	73	59
1998	73	59
1999	74	60
2000	75	61

Notes:

1. 1984-2000 full-time females and full-time males aged 16 and over.

2. 1975-1983 full-time females aged 18 and over and full-time males aged 21 and over.

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Table 2: Median hourly earnings of female part-time workers as a percentage of:

	Female full-time hourly workers	Male full-time hourly workers
2000	69	58

Source:

New Earnings Survey

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