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International Aid

Mr. Simon Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to press other Governments to (a) increase their total international aid budget and (b) secure the abolition of education charges in the developing world by 2005. [33516]

Mr. Boateng: In his speech in New York in November the Chancellor called on all rich nations to commit further substantial increases to development assistance.

The Government are committed to the principle that primary education should be made free. No child should be denied access to a basic education because the costs, either direct or indirect, cannot be met by the household. School fees are an example of a direct cost, but there may be indirect charges for books, uniforms and exams, which can make education unaffordable to many.

The equitable financing of education is a key issue for achieving our goal of Universal Primary Education by 2015. In their dialogue with partner governments, the international community, and civil society on poverty reduction and education sector programmes, the Government will continue to argue for the reduction of financial barriers that exclude large numbers of the poorest children.

Economic Models

Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what use is being made by his Department of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research's global economic model; and if he will make a statement. [33612]

Mr. Andrew Smith [holding answer 6 February 2002]: The Treasury is in contact with outside organisations on a wide range of issues.

PFI Deals

Ian Stewart: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's latest estimate is for the financial years 2001–02 to 2003–04 of the (a) capital spending by the private sector resulting from private finance initiative deals signed in those years, (b) likely value of capital spending by the private sector resulting from private finance initiative deals reaching preferred bidder stage in those years and (c) estimated value of payments made by the Government under private finance initiative contracts to private sector providers. [34925]

Mr. Andrew Smith: The current position is as follows:

Table A: Departmental estimate of capital spending by the private sector resulting from deals signed in the following years£ million

Department	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Defence	225	200	100
FCO and Overseas Development	7	9	8
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2	16	3
Trade and Industry	38	31	19
Transport, Local Government and the Regions	865	1,015	1,011
Education and Skills(8),(9)	28	9	0
Home Office	34	0	0
Legal Departments	17	13	15
Culture, Media and Sport	0	0	0
Health	536	309	120
GCHQ	159	42	7
Work and Pensions	18	67	14
Scotland	364	93	19
Wales	47	0	0
Northern Ireland	31	16	10
Chancellor's Departments	83	15	4
Cabinet Office	0	0	0
Local Authorities(10)	1,052	1,580	1,800
Total	3,506	3,415	3,130

⁽⁸⁾ Excludes private finance activity in education institutions classified to the private sector. Includes projects in the voluntary aided schools sector only.

⁽⁹⁾ PFI activity in local authority schools is included in the local authorities line.

⁽¹⁰⁾ Figures represent estimated spend on projects supported by central Government through Revenue Support Grant.

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Table B: Estimated aggregated capital value of projects at preferred bidder stage£ million

Department	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Defence	150	270	260
FCO and Overseas Development	0	0	0
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	0	0	0
Trade and Industry	0	0	0
Transport, Local Government and the Regions(11)	10	21	21
Education and Skills(12)	0	0	0
Home Office	80	80	40
Legal Departments	5	47	8
Culture, Media and Sport	0	0	0
Health	0	0	0
GCHQ	0	0	0
Work and Pensions	0	0	0
Scotland	164	25	0
Wales	23	76	53
Northern Ireland	27	54	27
Chancellor's Departments	0	0	0
Cabinet Office	2	4	4
Local Authorities(13)	0	0	0
Total	461	577	413

⁽¹¹⁾ In addition, substantial private investment is levered in through housing, urban regeneration and other programmes.

⁽¹²⁾ Excludes PPP/PFI activity in the further and higher education (FHE) sectors, which are classified to the private sector. Includes projects in the voluntary aided schools sector only.

⁽¹³⁾ PFI activity in local authority schools is included in the local authorities line.

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Table C: Estimated payments under PFI contracts (signed deals)

	£ million
2000–01	2,809
2001–02	3,981
2002–03	4,548
2003–04	4,875
2004–05	4,899
2005–06	4,926
2006–07	4,939
2007–08	5,014
2008–09	4,845
2009–10	4,769
2010–11	4,569
2011–12	4,426
2012–13	4,179
2013–14	4,116
2014–15	3,949
2015–16	3,961
2016–17	3,956
2017–18	3,894
2018–19	3,340
2019–20	3,346
2020–21	3,461
2021–22	3,066
2022–23	3,062
2023–24	3,033
2024–25	3,064
2025–26	2,681

Note:

Table C shows a forecast of the estimated payments for services flowing from new private investment over the next 25 years. Payments may be lower than estimated because of deductions from the service payments, caused either by the supplier's failure to make the service available or by a failure to meet the required performance standards. In addition, variances may occur because of changes in the service requirements agreed during the course of the contract. Payments may also vary as a result of the early termination of a contract triggering contractual arrangements for compensation on termination.

Income Tax Liability

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the change in income tax liability for each year since 1997 of the (a) top one per cent., (b) top five per cent., (c) top 10 per cent., (d) bottom 75 per cent., (e) bottom 50 per cent., and (f) bottom 10 per cent., of taxpayers. [26278]

Dawn Primarolo: The changes in total income, total income tax liability, and total tax as a percentage of total income, by the groups requested for each year since 1997–98, are shown in the table.

Change in total income between£ billion

Group of taxpayers	1997–98 and 1998–99	1998–99 and 1999–2000	1999–2000 and 2000–01	2000–01 and 2001–02
Top 1 per cent.	8.4	4.2	6.2	2.0
Top 5 per cent.	15.6	8.0	10.0	4.4
Top 10 per cent.	21.8	11.1	12.5	6.1
Bottom 75 per cent.	29.5	13.2	8.2	10.9
Bottom 50 per cent.	14.1	7.0	3.0	6.4
Bottom 10 per cent.	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.9
All taxpayers	64.3	29.9	25.6	20.7

Change in total tax liability between£ billion

Group of taxpayers	1997–98 and 1998–99	1998–99 and 1999–2000	1999–2000 and 2000–01	2000–01 and 2001–02
Top 1 per cent.	2.8	1.3	2.3	0.6
Top 5 per cent.	4.7	2.1	3.3	1.3
Top 10 per cent.	5.6	2.8	3.5	1.7
Bottom 75 per cent.	1.6	0.5	0.7	-0.3
Bottom 50 per cent.	0.7	-0.2	0.2	-0.2
Bottom 10 per cent.	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
All taxpayers	8.5	4.0	4.8	1.2

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Income tax liability as percentage of total incomePercentage

Group of taxpayers	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Top 1 per cent.	35	35	34	35	34
Top 5 per cent.	30	30	30	30	30
Top 10 per cent.	27	27	27	27	27
Bottom 75 per cent.	13	12	11	11	11
Bottom 50 per cent.	9	9	8	8	8
Bottom 10 per cent.	2	2	1	1	1
All taxpayers	18	18	17	18	17

These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes and are consistent with the pre-Budget report 2001.

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