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Voluntary Sports Clubs (Business Rates)

Mr. Greenway: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his plans to assist voluntary sports clubs with their business rates. [6016]

Dawn Primarolo: Following the announcement in Budget 2001 of the Government's intention to consult on possible support through the tax system for community amateur sport's clubs, the Treasury is working closely with colleagues in other Government Departments and sports organisations, including Sport England, the Central Council for Physical Recreation and the National Playing Fields Association on the shape of possible relief. A consultation paper will be published later this year, which will invite comments on the proposed relief.

In drawing up the proposals, the Government will take into full consideration which specific measures will benefit these sports clubs.

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Stamp Duty

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what additional revenue he raised in 2000–01 from property and land transactions in (a) the UK and (b) the Henley constituency as a result of the increases in stamp duty in the March 2000 Budget. [6090]

Ruth Kelly: The estimate of the additional amount collected in stamp duty from property transactions in 2000–01 compared to the amount collected if transactions had been charged at the pre-2000 budget rates was given in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 2000".

Tim Loughton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will publish details of those areas of deprivation which will benefit from reductions in stamp duty on property. [7610]

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria will be used to designate coverage of the stamp duty exemption across the nations and regions of the UK. [6442]

Mr. Boateng: The Government are working to identify how best to implement this exemption and an announcement will be made shortly. It is intended that the qualifying areas will be based on national indices of deprivation.

Mr. Flight: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) amount of stamp duty revenue collected was in accordance with the provisions of SI 1997/1156, on the transfer of units in unit trusts and shares in open ended investment companies in the 12 months up to 5 February 2000; and (b) amount of stamp duty reserve tax collected, in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 19 to the Finance Act 1999 and SI 1997/1156, as amended by SI 1999/3261, on the surrender of units in unit trusts and shares in open ended investment companies in the 12 months from 6 February 2000. [7397]

Ruth Kelly: The total net duty on the transfer of units in unit trusts and shares in open ended investment companies is estimated at £43 million in the 12 months up to the end of January 2000 and amounted to £40 million in the 12 months up to the end of January 2001. A further breakdown into payments and repayments and stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax is given in the table.

£ million

	Payments	Repayments
February 1999 to January 2000
Stamp Duty	96.0	(6)53.4
Stamp Duty Reserve	—	—
February 2000 to January 2001
Stamp Duty	13.7	11.3
Stamp Duty Reserve	38.1	0.2

⁽⁶⁾ Estimated from available data for 10 months of the period

Barnett Formula

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 19 July 2001, Official Report, column 425, to the right hon. Member for Gateshead, East and Washington, West, (Joyce Quin), over what period English and Scottish identifiable public spending will converge as a result of the Barnett formula; by how much

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spending covered by the Barnett formula has converged since 1997; at what annual rate; and if he will make a statement. [6958]

Mr. Andrew Smith: The Barnett formula provides the devolved Administrations with population-based shares of increases in comparable spending of UK Departments. Beyond the period covered by the 2000 spending review, changes in spending will depend on the outcome of future spending reviews. Information on public expenditure was published in Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses in April 2001. Any convergence would be affected by a number of factors, such as the rate of increase of comparable UK Departments' programmes, changes in population relativities, and changes in spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland not determined by the Barnett formula.

Joyce Quin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date he expects convergence in public spending levels between Scotland and England to be obtained through the operation of the Barnett formula. [6480]

Mr. Andrew Smith: The Barnett formula provides the devolved Administrations with a population-based share of increases in comparable spending of UK Departments. The changes in spending for years beyond the 2000 spending review will depend on future spending reviews. Any convergence would be affected by a number of factors, such as the rate of increase of comparable UK Departments' programmes, changes in population relativities, and changes in spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland not determined by the Barnett formula.

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the additional resources that would be available to the Scottish block over each of the next three years if the Barnett formula had maintained relative spending in identifiable areas in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom in the same proportions as in 1997. [6959]

Mr. Andrew Smith: The Barnett formula provides the devolved Administrations with a population-based share of changes in planned spending in comparable UK Departments' spending. Identifiable total managed expenditure includes both devolved and non-devolved spending; the latter is not determined by the Barnett formula.

Deep Vein Thrombosis

Mr. Kidney: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many deaths in the last three years deep vein thrombosis has been a cause; and how many of these relate to air travel. [6436]

Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Kidney, dated 15 October 2001:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question on the number of deaths in the previous three years for which Deep Vein Thrombosis was a cause and the number related to air travel. (6436)

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Most people who die as a result of Deep Vein Thrombosis do so as a result of Pulmonary Embolism. Either or both causes may be written on the death certificate. The figures for both causes combined in each of the three most recently available years are given in the table below. Figures are not available on the numbers related to air travel.

Deaths where the underlying cause is Deep Vein Thrombosis or Pulmonary Embolism

			England and Wales 1997–1999
	1997	1998	1999
Number of deaths	6,996	6,922	6,877

Note:

Deaths are coded to the International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision (ICD-9) 415.1 451.1 451.2 451.9 453.9

Migration

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate, for the last 10 years for each nation of the UK, (a) inward and outward migration by (i) UK citizens and (ii) non-UK EU citizens, (b) the number and proportion of people moving (i) from and

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(ii) to (A) England, (B) Scotland, (C) Wales, (D) Northern Ireland, (E) Republic of Ireland, (F) the rest of the EU and (G) the rest of the world. [7001]

Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Annabelle Ewing, dated 15 October 2001:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question on migration to and from the constituent countries of the UK.

Tables 1&2 show inward and outward international migration by UK and non-UK EU citizens for the last 10 calendar years for which data are available. Citizenship data are not available for internal migrants, i.e. those moving within the constituent countries of the UK.

Table 3 shows the number of total migrants moving from and to England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland, rest of EU, and rest of the world. Data for the Irish Republic are not available separately and are included with the rest of the EU.

Net migration for an individual country can be derived from the table by subtracting total outflow from a country, from total inflow, for example, the net figure for England for 1999 is 170.3 thousand i.e. the inflow (528.4 thousand) minus the outflow (358.1 thousand).

Table 1: International migration to/from the countries of the UK by UK citizens

	To				From
Year	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
1990	98.2	4.7	1.7	1.0	121.3	14.9	2.8	1.9
1991	97.8	11.9	4.9	2.3	122.4	12.6	4.4	1.8
1992	90.8	5.5	1.9	0.5	115.7	14.8	5.3	2.5
1993	82.7	7.5	1.3	0.1	117.5	9.1	3.5	0.9
1994	99.6	16.5	1.2	0.6	101.5	9.5	2.8	0.5
1995	81.2	5.6	4.0	0.5	107.8	8.0	4.2	1.6
1996	90.5	7.2	3.5	2.4	125.2	12.9	4.1	0.6
1997	87.0	4.0	4.0	0.6	109.6	19.0	3.7	2.2
1998	100.8	7.6	1.9	0.9	93.5	15.1	3.2	2.7
1999	100.0	10.0	5.8	2.3	113.6	7.4	2.8	2.7

Table 2: International migration to/from the countries of the UK by non-UK citizens

	To				From
Year	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
1990	57.6	1.0	0.9	1.8	40.9	2.3	0.6	2.1
1991	46.7	1.7	0.8	1.1	43.1	5.4	1.0	2.9
1992	38.5	1.1	0.9	0.8	30.7	0.9	1.6	2.9
1993	36.6	3.6	1.4	0.8	35.3	1.2	1.3	2.3
1994	43.9	2.3	1.3	0.8	32.8	2.7	0.6	2.7
1995	54.0	1.9	2.4	0.8	31.2	2.0	0.8	2.6
1996	62.3	5.5	1.0	0.7	36.3	1.6	1.7	3.2
1997	66.1	2.0	2.9	0.5	46.2	1.7	1.0	3.4
1998	68.5	5.7	3.0	0.4	41.9	1.2	0.8	3.3
1999	62.7	1.8	1.0	0.3	55.3	0.7	0.4	1.9

Figures for all years show the EU as it has been constituted since 1 January 1995.

Note:

Figures in these tables represent total international migration combining data from the International Passenger Survey. Home Office data on asylum seekers, and people who entered the UK as short-term visitors but were subsequently granted an extension of stay for a year or longer for other reasons, and estimates of migration between the UK and the Irish Republic

Table 3: Total migration to and from the UK and its' constituent countries. Number of people moving from and to selected countries for calendar years 1990 to 1999Thousand

	From:
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	Rest of EU	Rest of the World	Total
To:
1990
England	—	35.1	42.1	9.8	87.0	228.9	402.8
Scotland	53.9	—	1.8	0.5	4.3	9.9	70.4
Wales	47.5	0.9	—	0.3	1.3	5.0	55.0
Northern Ireland	10.4	1.4	0.3	—	1.8	1.9	15.9
Rest of EU	69.1	3.7	0.7	2.1	n/a	n/a	75.6
Rest of the World	147.8	21.8	4.4	2.3	n/a	n/a	176.3
Total	328.7	62.9	49.3	14.9	94.4	245.7	795.9
1991
England	—	43.7	45.4	6.7	85.2	215.0	396.0
Scotland	51.7	—	1.7	2.4	3.7	19.6	79.1
Wales	49.8	1.5	—	0.2	2.7	6.6	60.8
Northern Ireland	10.6	1.5	0.3	—	2.3	1.7	16.5
Rest of EU	81.2	5.1	2.7	2.9	n/a	n/a	91.9
Rest of the World	146.6	18.8	4.4	2.0	n/a	n/a	171.8
Total	340.0	70.6	54.6	14.2	93.9	242.9	816.1
1992
England	—	44.4	46.3	8.6	84.5	177.3	361.1
Scotland	50.9	—	1.8	1.9	2.9	12.2	69.8
Wales	49.8	1.7	—	0.4	0.8	5.7	58.4
Northern Ireland	10.0	1.4	0.3	—	0.9	1.5	14.1
Rest of EU	66.5	3.5	5.3	4.0	n/a	n/a	79.3
Rest of the World	148.2	19.9	2.5	1.6	n/a	n/a	172.2
Total	325.4	70.9	56.2	16.6	89.1	196.7	754.8
1993
England	—	43.8	46.2	8.6	63.2	184.1	345.9
Scotland	49.8	—	1.8	2.5	7.6	9.0	70.7
Wales	49.4	1.7	—	0.4	1.8	5.5	58.8
Northern Ireland	9.0	1.4	0.2	—	0.8	0.4	11.9
Rest of EU	75.7	2.6	2.8	2.9	n/a	n/a	84.0
Rest of the World	133.5	13.6	4.9	0.8	n/a	n/a	152.8
Total	317.4	63.1	56.0	15.2	73.4	199.0	724.2
1994
England	—	45.9	48.4	9.1	84.6	204.3	392.3
Scotland	47.3	—	1.7	2.7	9.3	13.8	74.8
Wales	50.0	1.6	—	0.4	1.0	6.4	59.4
Northern Ireland	9.1	1.5	0.3	—	0.9	1.2	13.0
Rest of EU	62.6	5.7	0.6	2.2	n/a	n/a	71.1
Rest of the World	126.7	9.3	4.3	1.2	n/a	n/a	141.5
Total	295.6	64.0	55.3	15.6	95.8	225.7	752.1
1995
England	—	47.9	51.0	9.2	82.5	214.4	405.0
Scotland	44.2	—	1.6	2.7	3.1	9.6	61.2
Wales	52.6	1.7	—	0.4	2.8	6.4	63.9
Northern Ireland	11.2	2.4	0.5	—	0.8	1.2	16.1
Rest of EU	62.7	3.4	2.5	3.0	n/a	n/a	71.6
Rest of the World	125.3	10.5	3.1	1.5	n/a	n/a	140.4
Total	295.9	65.9	58.7	16.8	89.2	231.6	758.2

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