House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 9 Dec 2002 (pt 21)

9 Dec 2002 : Column 76W—continued

Licensing Bill

Mr. Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether a condition laid down in an existing planning consent would be superseded automatically by a permission given under the licensing regime proposed in the Licensing Bill before the House of Lords. [85565]

Dr. Howells: No. The planning and licensing regimes are entirely separate and one cannot supersede the other.

Official Travel

Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total expenditure of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies was on official travelling in 2001–02. [84792]

Dr. Howells [holding answer 3 December 2002]: DCMS expenditure for travelling and subsistence for 2001–2002 was #752,860. In addition, expenditure by the Royal Parks Agency was #26,015.

Since 1999, the Government has published an annual list of all visits overseas undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing #500 or more during each financial year. The Government has also published on an annual basis the cost of all Ministers' visits overseas. Details of travel undertaken during the period 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 were published on 24 July 2002 (Official Report, columns 1374–1375W). The cost of Ministers' visits overseas for 2002–03 will be published as soon as possible after the end of the current financial year. Copies of the lists are available in the Libraries of both Houses.

All travel is undertaken fully in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers, copies of which are available in the Libraries of both Houses.

Wembley Stadium

Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the Government's policy is on (a) giving, (b) loaning and (c) underwriting funding for Wembley Stadium additional to that set out in the final report of the English National Stadium Review. [86272]

9 Dec 2002 : Column 77W

Mr. Caborn: As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State made clear in response to a question from her right hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Gorton (Mr. Kaufman), following her statement on the National Stadium on 23 May, Official Report, column 406, there will be no further public money invested in the National Stadium project beyond that already announced; #120 million from the Sports Lottery Fund, #21 million from the London Development Agency and #20 million from

9 Dec 2002 : Column 78W

this Department for non-stadium infrastructure. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport also set out in reply to a question from his hon. Friend the Member for Brent, North (Mr. Gardiner) on 19 March, Official Report, column 238W, that a further #7 million from his transport provision would be earmarked towards improvements to Wembley Park tube station which would be matched by a similar sum from the Mayor of London for the same purpose.

9 Dec 2002 : Column 79W

TREASURY

Alcohol Sales

Mr. O'Hara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the projected volume of (a) sales and (b) tax revenue is from high strength lagers for the 12 months since the 2002 Budget. [85399]

John Healey: The information requested is not available. HM Customs and Excise do not project the volume of sales or revenue from any particular category of beer.

Mr. O'Hara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the volume of (a) sales and (b) tax revenue was from high strength lagers in each year from 1988 to 2001. [85400]

John Healey: The information requested is not available. HM Customs and Excise does not record volumes or tax revenue for any particular category of beer. Figures are only available for the total of beer and cider. These are available in the HM Customs and Excise Beer and Cider Factsheet, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.

The following table shows clearances and receipts of coolers and spirits as published in the Wine Factsheet and Spirits Factsheet respectively:

Clearances and receipts of coolers and spirits

Year Volume Xcoolers" thousand hectolitres of product Volume spirits thousand hectolitres of pure alcohol ⁽¹²⁾Receipts (a) Xcoolers" # million Receipts spirits # million

1988–89 21 992 N/a 1,576

1989–90 104 988 N/a 1,514

1990–91 188 987 N/a 1,703

1991–92 281 888 9 1,742

1992–93 434 863 15 1,661

1993–94 505 850 18 1,707

1994–95 553 887 20 1,776

1995–96 1,049 814 36 1,653

1996–97 1,696 823 65 1,593

1997–98 1,214 810 68 1,546

1998–99 1,287 840 75 1,643

1999–2000 2,028 926 122 1,904

2000–01 2,911 937 185 1,842

2001–02 3,823 978 236 1,919

Year	Volume Xcoolers" thousand hectolitres of product	Volume spirits thousand hectolitres of pure alcohol	⁽¹²⁾Receipts (a) Xcoolers" # million	Receipts spirits # million
1988–89	21	992	N/a	1,576
1989–90	104	988	N/a	1,514
1990–91	188	987	N/a	1,703
1991–92	281	888	9	1,742
1992–93	434	863	15	1,661
1993–94	505	850	18	1,707
1994–95	553	887	20	1,776
1995–96	1,049	814	36	1,653
1996–97	1,696	823	65	1,593
1997–98	1,214	810	68	1,546
1998–99	1,287	840	75	1,643
1999–2000	2,028	926	122	1,904
2000–01	2,911	937	185	1,842
2001–02	3,823	978	236	1,919

⁽¹²⁾ Before 1991–92 receipts for Xcoolers" were included with made-wine.

Mr. O'Hara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the projected volume of (a) sales and (b) tax revenue is from (i) spirit-based alcoholic beverages and (ii) non-spirit based alcoholic beverages in the 12 months following the 2002 Budget. [85401]

John Healey: Not all of the information requested is available. Customs and Excise do not project the volume of 'sales'.

Information on projected total duty receipts from spirits can be found inTable B12 of the Pre-Budget Report, November 2002 (HM Treasury Cm 5664). The projection for 2002–03 is #2.2 billion.

Information on projected total duty from non-spirit based beverages is also in Table B12. The projection for 2002–03 for wine is #1.9 billion and beer and cider is #3.1 billion.

9 Dec 2002 : Column 80W

Mr. O'Hara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the volume of (a) sales and (b) tax revenue was from spirit-based (i) ready to drink and (ii) alcoholic beverages in each year from 1988 to 2001. [85402]

John Healey: The precise information requested is not available. Until Budget 2002 wine and spirit-based products with an alcohol content below 5.5 per cent. referred to in the hon. Member's question as Xready to drink", were dutied at the same rate and classified as made-wines. These products are also referred to as Xcoolers". Data on volumes of UK duty paid Xcoolers" and receipts can be found on page 1 of the HM Customs and Excise Wine factsheet, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. The data includes volumes from wine and spirit-based Xcoolers".

Data on volumes of UK duty paid spirits and receipts can also be found on the factsheet. The figures do not include spirit-based Xcoolers"

Child Care Tax Credit

Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people receive the child care tax credit in the Scottish Borders. [85699]

Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Mr. Hepburn), on 16 January 2002, Official Report, column 293W.

Corporation Tax

Mr. Howard: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to table B11 of the Pre-Budget Report November 2002 (Cm 5664), on what basis he is forecasting a rise in corporation tax receipts as a proportion of GDP between 2002–03 and 2006–07. [85544]

Ruth Kelly [holding answer 5 December 2002]: Details on assumptions underlying the projection for corporation tax receipts are given in paragraphs B45 and B46 of the Pre-Budget Report.

Council Tax

Mr. Howard: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to Table B12 of the pre-Budget report November 2002 (Cm 5664), on what basis he is forecasting a further 7.2 per cent. rise in council tax receipts in 2003–04; and what measures he intends to take to achieve this rise. [85543]

Ruth Kelly [holding answer 5 December 2002]: The Government do not set a target for increases in council tax receipts. Council tax rates are a matter for local authorities to set in consultation with their electorates. In line with this the Government do not operate a system of crude and universal pre-announced capping. The Government's approach was laid out in a note to the Treasury Select Committee on 19 November 2002.

The 2002 Spending Review gave local government a substantial three year grant increase, amounting to an average real increase of 3.9 per cent. per annum. This should allow authorities to deliver high quality public services without excessive council tax increases.

9 Dec 2002 : Column 81W

As in previous years the figure for council tax receipts presented in the pre-Budget report is for the United Kingdom as a whole; projections for future years are based on assumptions about changes in the council tax rate, the taxbase, the collection rate and council tax benefit payments.

Earnings Statistics

Mr. Moore: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what percentage of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain earn less than (i) #302.12 per week, (ii) #277.24 per week, (iii) #203.85 per week and (iv) #155.39 per week in gross pay (A) including and (B) excluding overtime, in the categories (1) male manual, (2) male non-manual, (3) all male workers, (4) female manual, (5) female non-manual, (6) all female workers, (7) all manual, (8) non-manual and (9) all workers; [86276]

(a)

(b)

9 Dec 2002 : Column 82W

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

Letter from L. Cook to Mr. Michael Moore, dated 9 December 2002:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent questions on weekly earnings for workers in Great Britain, Scotland and the unitary authorities in Scotland. (86276, 86277)

I attach tables showing average weekly earnings, both including and excluding overtime, (Table 1) and the proportion of people earning below the different thresholds you listed, both including overtime (Table 2) and excluding overtime (Table 3).

The New Earnings Survey (NES) can provide earnings data for small geographical areas. The release of NES data is restricted to figures that are derived from a sufficiently large sample of employees, and have an acceptable level of accuracy and I have provided the available data for Scotland, the unitary authorities in Scotland and Great Britain only for those areas where the samples are large enough. These are based on the 2002 NES, the latest survey for which data are available.

New Earnings Survey, April 2002—Full time employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay period was unaffected by absence—Gross Average Weekly Earnings, Excluding Overtime

		Percentage of employees with gross weekly earnings
		< 302.12	< 277.24	< 203.85	< 155.39
Non-Manual Male Employees	Great Britain	18.6	14.3	3.8	0.5
Manual Male Employees		49.2	38.1	10.2	1.0
All Male Employees		30.8	23.8	6.4	0.7
Non-Manual Female Employees		39.6	32.0	9.7	1.3
Manual Female Employees		83.4	76.2	41.2	8.2
All Female Employees		45.8	38.2	14.1	2.3
All Non-Manual Employees		28.3	22.5	6.6	0.9
All Manual Employees		55.2	44.8	15.6	2.2
All Employees		36.4	29.2	9.3	1.3

Non-Manual Male Employees	Scotland	21.4	17.2	4.7	0.4
Manual Male Employees		54.9	43.7	11.5	1.4
All Male Employees		35.6	28.4	7.6	0.8
Non-Manual Female Employees		43.9	35.2	9.7	1.2
Manual Female Employees		87.0	80.2	45.0	8.2
All Female Employees		50.2	41.8	14.9	2.2
All Non-Manual Employees		32.9	26.3	7.3	0.8
All Manual Employees		61.2	50.8	18.0	2.8
All Employees		41.6	33.9	10.6	1.4

Non-Manual Male Employees	Aberdeen City	13.9	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Edinburgh, City of	18.9	15.6	4.7	⁽¹³⁾—
	Fife	18.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Glasgow City	26.4	21.8	6.7	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Lanarkshire	24.8	19.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—

Manual Male Employees	Aberdeen City	52.1	41.4	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Aberdeenshire	62.5	53.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Scottish Borders, The	73.9	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dumfries and Galloway	59.4	55.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dundee City	48.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Edinburgh, City of	57.6	46.8	14.0	⁽¹³⁾—
	Falkirk	50.0	43.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Fife	56.1	43.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Glasgow City	52.1	42.2	10.2	⁽¹³⁾—
	Highland	57.0	43.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Ayrshire	63.0	55.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Lanarkshire	57.1	44.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Perth and Kinross	56.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Renfrewshire	50.6	43.8	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Ayrshire	52.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Lanarkshire	50.0	40.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	West Lothian	40.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
All Male Employees	Aberdeen City	26.9	20.8	7.5	⁽¹³⁾—
	Aberdeenshire	40.7	33.9	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dumfries and Galloway	41.1	37.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dundee City	32.5	27.4	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Edinburgh, City of	29.9	24.4	7.4	⁽¹³⁾—
	Falkirk	38.2	31.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Fife	37.2	28.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Glasgow City	35.9	29.3	8.0	⁽¹³⁾—
	Highland	38.9	30.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Moray	44.7	39.5	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Ayrshire	39.4	32.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Lanarkshire	39.8	31.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Perth and Kinross	42.3	31.7	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Renfrewshire	32.4	25.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Ayrshire	34.9	28.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Lanarkshire	32.0	24.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	West Lothian	32.1	23.8	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—

Non-Manual Female Employees	Aberdeen City	34.9	25.5	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dundee City	43.2	37.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Edinburgh, City of	37.7	28.1	6.3	⁽¹³⁾—
	Fife	48.4	40.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Glasgow City	45.2	33.2	8.7	⁽¹³⁾—
	Highland	49.0	41.5	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Lanarkshire	44.2	38.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Perth and Kinross	52.6	42.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Renfrewshire	41.0	32.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Lanarkshire	44.7	36.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	West Lothian	42.9	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—

Manual Female Employees	Edinburgh, City of	75.0	65.4	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Fife	93.6	89.4	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Glasgow City	78.9	73.7	48.7	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Lanarkshire	84.2	78.9	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—

All Female Employees	Aberdeen City	41.4	32.7	13.7	⁽¹³⁾—
	Aberdeenshire	62.5	56.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dundee City	49.7	42.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Edinburgh, City of	40.7	31.1	8.3	⁽¹³⁾—
	Fife	57.3	50.2	15.1	⁽¹³⁾—
	Glasgow City	48.7	37.3	12.8	⁽¹³⁾—
	Highland	53.6	47.0	18.7	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Lanarkshire	50.7	45.4	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Perth and Kinross	57.8	48.9	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Renfrewshire	46.8	39.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Ayrshire	44.8	40.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Lanarkshire	52.7	44.7	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	West Dunbartonshire	62.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	West Lothian	47.7	35.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—

All Non-Manual Employees	Aberdeen City	23.6	17.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Aberdeenshire	29.9	25.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Angus	41.1	35.8	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dumfries and Galloway	34.7	30.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dundee City	33.3	29.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Edinburgh, City of	27.9	21.6	5.5	⁽¹³⁾—
	Falkirk	41.7	32.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Fife	33.9	27.7	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Glasgow City	36.2	27.8	7.8	⁽¹³⁾—
	Highland	36.7	30.9	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Moray	42.5	41.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Ayrshire	31.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Lanarkshire	33.9	28.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Perth and Kinross	41.6	32.8	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Renfrewshire	30.7	22.7	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Ayrshire	31.1	27.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Lanarkshire	31.2	23.9	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	West Lothian	32.6	25.8	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
All Manual Employees	Aberdeen City	59.5	50.0	23.2	⁽¹³⁾—
	Aberdeenshire	69.8	61.1	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Angus	71.2	57.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Scottish Borders, The	82.6	71.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dumfries and Galloway	65.9	61.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dundee City	57.7	47.4	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	East Ayrshire	63.5	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	East Lothian	67.4	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Edinburgh, City of	60.6	50.0	16.9	⁽¹³⁾—
	Falkirk	57.3	50.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Fife	63.9	52.9	15.4	⁽¹³⁾—
	Glasgow City	56.9	47.8	17.0	⁽¹³⁾—
	Highland	61.7	49.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Inverclyde	70.6	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Moray	66.1	59.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Ayrshire	68.1	59.4	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Lanarkshire	62.2	51.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Perth and Kinross	61.8	50.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Renfrewshire	56.6	51.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Ayrshire	56.9	47.7	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Lanarkshire	58.2	49.4	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	West Lothian	45.2	31.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—

All Employees	Aberdeen City	32.5	25.4	9.9	⁽¹³⁾—
	Aberdeenshire	48.4	41.8	15.0	⁽¹³⁾—
	Angus	52.6	44.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Argyll and Bute	42.0	38.5	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Scottish Borders, The	58.5	52.3	19.9	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dumfries and Galloway	47.6	43.2	14.6	⁽¹³⁾—
	Dundee City	40.1	34.1	10.2	⁽¹³⁾—
	East Lothian	41.7	32.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Edinburgh, City of	34.4	27.2	7.8	⁽¹³⁾—
	Falkirk	47.1	38.5	12.1	⁽¹³⁾—
	Fife	45.2	37.2	9.8	⁽¹³⁾—
	Glasgow City	41.4	32.8	10.1	⁽¹³⁾—
	Highland	45.2	37.2	13.0	⁽¹³⁾—
	Inverclyde	54.5	40.7	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Midlothian	46.2	38.5	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Moray	53.0	49.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Ayrshire	46.7	38.2	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	North Lanarkshire	43.7	36.1	8.0	⁽¹³⁾—
	Perth and Kinross	48.8	39.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	Renfrewshire	38.5	31.3	11.7	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Ayrshire	39.0	33.3	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—
	South Lanarkshire	40.3	32.4	8.7	⁽¹³⁾—
	West Lothian	37.8	28.0	⁽¹³⁾—	⁽¹³⁾—

⁽¹³⁾ Denotes the data has been suppressed in line with NES publication criteria.

Note:

Where an authority does not appear the data has been suppressed.

9 Dec 2002 : Column 85W

Next Section

Index

Home Page