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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

PaymentsRepayments
February 1999 to January 2000
Stamp Duty96.0(6)53.4
Stamp Duty Reserve
February 2000 to January 2001
Stamp Duty13.711.3
Stamp Duty Reserve38.10.2

(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:


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

England and Wales 1997–1999
199719981999
Number of deaths6,9966,9226,877

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:





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

To From
Year England ScotlandWalesNorthern IrelandEnglandScotlandWalesNorthern Ireland
199098.24.71.71.0121.314.92.81.9
199197.811.94.92.3122.412.64.41.8
199290.85.51.90.5115.714.85.32.5
199382.77.51.30.1117.59.13.50.9
199499.616.51.20.6101.59.52.80.5
199581.25.64.00.5107.88.04.21.6
199690.57.23.52.4125.212.94.10.6
199787.04.04.00.6109.619.03.72.2
1998100.87.61.90.993.515.13.22.7
1999100.010.05.82.3113.67.42.82.7

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

To From
Year England ScotlandWalesNorthern IrelandEnglandScotlandWalesNorthern Ireland
199057.61.00.91.840.9 2.30.62.1
199146.7 1.70.81.1 43.1 5.41.02.9
199238.51.10.90.830.7 0.91.62.9
199336.63.61.40.8 35.31.21.32.3
199443.9 2.31.30.8 32.82.70.62.7
199554.01.92.40.8 31.22.00.82.6
199662.35.51.00.7 36.31.61.73.2
199766.12.02.90.5 46.21.71.03.4
1998 68.55.73.00.441.91.20.83.3
1999 62.71.81.00.3 55.30.70.41.9

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 1999
Thousand

From:
EnglandScotlandWalesNorthern IrelandRest of EURest of the WorldTotal
To:
1990
England35.142.19.887.0228.9402.8
Scotland53.91.80.54.39.970.4
Wales47.50.90.31.35.055.0
Northern Ireland10.41.40.31.81.915.9
Rest of EU69.13.70.72.1n/an/a75.6
Rest of the World147.821.84.42.3n/an/a176.3
Total328.762.949.314.994.4245.7795.9
1991
England43.745.46.785.2215.0396.0
Scotland51.71.72.43.719.679.1
Wales49.81.50.22.76.660.8
Northern Ireland10.61.50.32.31.716.5
Rest of EU81.25.12.72.9n/an/a91.9
Rest of the World146.618.84.42.0n/an/a171.8
Total340.070.654.614.293.9242.9816.1
1992
England44.446.38.684.5177.3361.1
Scotland50.91.81.92.912.269.8
Wales49.81.70.40.85.758.4
Northern Ireland10.01.40.30.91.514.1
Rest of EU66.53.55.34.0n/an/a79.3
Rest of the World148.219.92.51.6n/an/a172.2
Total325.470.956.216.689.1196.7754.8
1993
England43.846.28.663.2184.1345.9
Scotland49.81.82.57.69.070.7
Wales49.41.70.41.85.558.8
Northern Ireland9.01.40.20.80.411.9
Rest of EU75.72.62.82.9n/an/a84.0
Rest of the World133.513.64.90.8n/an/a152.8
Total317.463.156.015.273.4199.0724.2
1994
England45.948.49.184.6204.3392.3
Scotland47.31.72.79.313.874.8
Wales50.01.60.41.06.459.4
Northern Ireland9.11.50.30.91.213.0
Rest of EU62.65.70.62.2n/an/a71.1
Rest of the World126.79.34.31.2n/an/a141.5
Total295.664.055.315.695.8225.7752.1
1995
England47.951.09.282.5214.4405.0
Scotland44.21.62.73.19.661.2
Wales52.61.70.42.86.463.9
Northern Ireland11.22.40.50.81.216.1
Rest of EU62.73.42.53.0n/an/a71.6
Rest of the World125.310.53.11.5n/an/a140.4
Total295.965.958.716.889.2231.6758.2

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