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Advertising Costs
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the cost of advertising by (a) HM Treasury, (b) the Inland Revenue, (c) Customs and Excise, (d) the Office of National Statistics, (e) National Savings and (f) the Royal Mint in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [138802]
Ruth Kelly: For the years 1997 to 2002 in respect of HM Treasury, Inland Revenue, HM Customs and Excise and the Royal Mint, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to the hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow) on 7 May 2002, Official Report, column 36W.
The information relating to subsequent years is as follows:
- 2002–04: £19.9 million
- 2003–04: £7.4 million
- HM Customs and Excise
- 2002–03: £1,539,000
- 2003–04: £1,557,000
The figures for the Office for National Statistics and National Savings and Investments since 1997 are as follows:
Office for National Statistics
- 1997–2000: £3,000
- 2000–01: £1,272,000
- 2001–02: £1,770,000
- 2002–03: None
- National Savings and Investments
- 1997–98: £3,893,000
- 1998–99: £1,532,000
- 1999–2000: £7,011,500
- 2000–01: £2,770,086
- 2001–02: £3,279,000
- 2002–03: £2,459,822
- 2003–04: £1,900,000
Child Tax Credit
Mr. Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of pensioners with dependent children who are receiving Child Tax Credit. [135213]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to the answer that the Minister for Pensions gave him on 3 November 2003, Official Report, column 467W. Most of those who were not already receiving Child Tax Credit (CTC), who were expected to still have dependent children at the introduction of Pension Credit (PC) and who were expected to qualify for PC at that date, were automatically transferred to tax credits. They are now receiving the CTC, if still entitled.
Council Tax
Mr. Dorrell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of general government revenue was accounted for by council tax in each tax year between 1992–93 and 2001–02. [132563]
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Dawn Primarolo: The figures requested are given in the table:
| Percentage | |
|---|---|
| 1992–93 | 3.8 |
| 1993–94 | 3.5 |
| 1994–95 | 3.4 |
| 1995–96 | 3.5 |
| 1996–97 | 3.6 |
| 1997–98 | 3.5 |
| 1998–99 | 3.6 |
| 1999–2000 | 3.7 |
| 2000–01 | 3.8 |
| 2001–02 | 4.0 |
(35) Community charge in 1992–93
Employment Statistics
Denzil Davies: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of jobs in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales were in the (i) public sector and (ii) voluntary sector in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [139943]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Denzil Davies, dated 19 November 2003:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about jobs in the public and voluntary sectors. (139943)
- Information about jobs in the public sector in the United Kingdom is compiled by ONS from returns made by public bodies. From this source, the latest estimate of jobs in the public sector in the UK is 5,298,000 in June 2002, representing 18.3 per cent. of all jobs in the UK. Comparable information is not available for England, Wales and Scotland, nor for the voluntary sector.
- However, information about people in employment is collected in the Labour Force Survey (LFS), and is classified by sector according to the details of their work supplied by respondents to the survey. Employment data covers only the main job of those employed and therefore omits second and subsequent jobs. The LFS definition of the voluntary sector includes all institutions holding charitable status, which would include, for example, employees in many private schools.
- The attached table shows the percentages of all people in employment that worked in the public and voluntary sectors in England, Scotland and Wales for the year to August 2003.
| Voluntary sector | Public sector | |
|---|---|---|
| England | 2.0 | 22.2 |
| Scotland | 2.4 | 27.4 |
| Wales | 2.0 | 28.5 |
Source:
Labour Force Survey.
Gold
Mr. Page: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tonnes of gold from UK gold holdings were
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sold in each year since 1997; at what price per ounce they were sold; and what the value of the sales per ounce was at the afternoon fix on 3 November. [139862]
Ruth Kelly: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to the right hon. Member for Wokingham (Mr. Redwood) on 27 October 2003, Official Report, column 39W and to the hon. Members for Reigate (Mr. Blunt) on 3 November 2003, Official Report, column 457W, and for Rochford and Southend, East (Sir Teddy Taylor) on 20 May 2002, Official Report, column 87W; and to the table in the Treasury document "Review of the sale of part of the UK Gold Reserves", a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.
At the afternoon fix on 3 November 2003, the total proceeds from the sales of gold was US$4,867 million.
Household Wealth
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the stock of household wealth, net of debt, in (a) 1990, (b) 1997 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available; and what the shares of (i) housing and (ii) securities in the stock were in each case. [139344]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Identity Cards
Mr. Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the savings that his Department will make through the introduction of a compulsory identity card. [138968]
Ruth Kelly: The Treasury has been involved in discussions on the benefits and costs of a national identity card scheme. The introduction of such a scheme is a long term undertaking, and my department will be involved with ongoing analysis of the benefits and costs. It is too early at present to attribute the scale of any savings to Treasury departments.
Income Tax
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what increase in income tax he estimates would be required to be levied on English taxpayers in order to generate an additional (a) £19 billion and (b) £22 billion. [139094]
Dawn Primarolo: There are a number of ways income tax could be increased to generate revenue. I refer my hon. Friend to table 1.6 "Direct effects of illustrative tax changes" on the Inland Revenue website www.inland revenue.gov.uk/stats/tax expenditures/g t06 1.htm, which provides a ready reckoner of the effects of changing the rates of income tax in the UK.
Ministerial Statements
Mr Heathcoat-Amory: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his statement of 9 June 2003, Official Report, column 420, what evidential basis he used to support his statement that 3 million jobs in the UK were dependent on the European Union. [129218]
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Ruth Kelly: The Treasury estimates that 3 million jobs in the UK are linked, directly and indirectly, to the export of goods and services to the European Union. This figure is based on the assumption that the share of total UK employment associated with UK exports to the EU is equal to the share of total UK value added (GVA) generated by UK exports to the EU.
Mobile Phone Contracts
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the central mobile telecommunications contract managed by the Office of Government Commerce cost in each year since the scheme started, broken down by government department; how many mobile phone contracts are managed for each department under the contract; and if he will make a statement. [139553]
Mr. Boateng: The information is as follows:
| Year | Aggregated central civil government expenditure through the framework contract | Aggregated number of mobile phone contracts agreed through the framework |
|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 3,168,282 | 39,501 |
| 2001–02 | 5,504,891 | 62,614 |
| 2002–03 | 10,852,269 | 99,907 |
The GTM framework provides a vehicle for Central Civil Government departments and the wider public sector to purchase mobile telephony, data and wide area paging services.
The table shows the aggregated central civil government expenditure through the GTM framework contracts since the frameworks were available. A breakdown of expenditure by government department is not held centrally in the form requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The table also shows the aggregated number of mobile phone contracts agreed through the framework, this equates to the number of individual handsets obtained.
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