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Child Tax Credit
Mr. Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what correspondence his Department has sent to families relating to the transfer of the child elements of Jobseeker's Allowance and Income Support to Child Tax Credit payments; and if he will place copies in the Library. [159703]
Dawn Primarolo: The Inland Revenue has not entered into general correspondence with families about the transfer from child allowances in Income Support and income-based Jobseekers Allowance to Child Tax Credit. I understand however that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has written to all IS/JSA(IB) families to notify them of the change. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House.
Economic Statistics
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Buckingham have received Child Tax Credit. [161318]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to my answer to the hon. Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle) on 25 February 2004, Official Report, column 407W.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many senior citizens in Buckingham qualified for the 10 pence rate of income tax in each year since its introduction. [161324]
Dawn Primarolo: All income taxpayers benefit from the 10 pence starting rate. The Survey of Personal Incomes estimates there are about 6,000 state retirement pension age taxpayers in the Buckingham constituency in 2000–01. Figures for 1999–2000 are currently not available.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the (a) change and (b) percentage change in full-time permanent jobs in Buckingham was from 1 May 1997 to 31 December 2003; [161325]
- (2) how many new jobs have been created in Buckingham since 1997. [161326]
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. John Bercow, dated 15 March 2004:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions about full time jobs, and jobs created in Buckingham. (161325, 161326)
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- The attached table shows the information requested for 1997 and 2002, which is the latest year available.
- No information is available about numbers of new jobs created during this period.
| Full-time | Part-time | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of employees | |||
| 1997 | 15,600 | 7,600 | 23,200 |
| 2002 | 16,000 | 7,700 | 23,800 |
| Change from 1997 to 2002 | |||
| Absolute | 400 | 100 | 600 |
| Percentage | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
(19) Employee jobs only, not self-employed jobs.
Source:
1997; Annual Employment Survey, rescaled 2002; Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of unemployment was in Buckingham in each year since 1997. [161327]
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. John Bercow, dated 15 March 2004:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment in Buckingham.
- The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment in the Buckingham Parliamentary Constituency.
- ONS does also compile statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (ISA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
- The table below gives the annual average number of ISA claimants for the Buckingham Parliamentary Constituency for each year since 1997.
| Average number of claimants | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 677 |
| 1998 | 508 |
| 1999 | 473 |
| 2000 | 382 |
| 2001 | 377 |
| 2002 | 416 |
| 2003 | 429 |
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses in Buckingham have benefited from the 100 per cent. tax exemption for the purchase of computer and internet equipment. [161328]
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Chorley have benefited from the 100 per cent. tax exemption for the purchase of computer and internet equipment. [161446]
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Dawn Primarolo: We regret that the information is not available to estimate the number of businesses in the areas mentioned which have benefited from the 100 per cent. first year capital allowances for the purchase of information and communication equipment.
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many senior citizens in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley qualified for the 10 per cent. rate of income tax in each year since its introduction. [161448]
Dawn Primarolo: All income taxpayers benefit from the 10 pence starting rate. The Survey of Personal Incomes estimates there are about (a) 90,000 state retirement pension age taxpayers in Lancashire and (b) 8,000 state retirement pension age taxpayers in the Chorley constituency in 2000–01. Figures for 1999–2000 are currently not available.
Mrs. Dean: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many families in Burton constituency are in receipt of child tax credit; [161835]
- (2) how many households in Burton constituency are receiving (a) working tax credit and (b) the child care element of the working tax credit. [161836]
Dawn Primarolo: Estimates of the number of in-work families receiving the child tax credit, and of the number receiving child or working tax credit, in each constituency appear in "Child and Working Tax Credit Statistics. Geographical analyses. January 2004." This can be found on the Inland Revenue website at www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/menu.htm. The estimates are based on a sample of cases, and are subject to sampling uncertainty. No reliable estimates are available of the number receiving the childcare element of working tax credit due to the small number of sample cases.
Mrs. Dean: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many senior citizens in (a) Burton constituency and (b) Staffordshire qualified for the 10 per cent. rate of income tax in each year since its introduction. [161838]
Dawn Primarolo: All income tax payers benefit from the 10 pence starting rate. The Survey of Personal Incomes estimates there are about (a) 9,000 state retirement pension age taxpayers in the Burton constituency and (b) 70,000 state retirement pension age taxpayers in Staffordshire in 2000–01. Figures for 1999–2000 are currently not available.
Family Gifts (Taxation)
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps he is taking to protect elderly people from tax liabilities arising from gifts made to their children for property purchases; [160501]
- (2) what plans he has to levy income tax on gifts between family members. [160502]
Dawn Primarolo: The Government made clear in the pre-Budget report that it intends to combat the use of trust structures and other vehicles used for tax avoidance purposes. It has also made clear that it will not tax legitimate transactions between family members. The details of these proposals have been
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subject to consultation, and further announcements on how these objectives will be secured will be made in the Budget.
Employment (Crosby)
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the (a) change and (b) percentage change was in full-time permanent jobs in Crosby from 1997 to 31 December 2003; [160532]
- (2) how many new jobs have been created in Crosby since 1997. [160533]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mrs. Curtis-Thomas, dated 15 March 2004:
- The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions about full time jobs, and jobs created in Crosby. I am replying in his absence. (160532, 160533)
- The attached table shows the information requested for 1997 and 2002, which is the latest year available.
- No information is available about numbers of new jobs created during this period.
| Full-Time | Part-Time | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of employees | |||
| 1997 | 10,500 | 6,200 | 16,700 |
| 2002 | 10,800 | 6,700 | 17,500 |
| Change from 1997 to 2002 | |||
| Absolute | 300 | 500 | 800 |
| Percentage | 3.3 | 7.3 | 4.8 |
(20) Employee jobs only, not self-employed jobs.
Source:
1997; Annual Employment Survey, rescaled 2002; Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in tourism-related jobs in Crosby on the latest date for which figures are available. [160565]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mrs. Curtis-Thomas, dated 15 March 2004:
- The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about tourism-related jobs in Crosby. I am replying in his absence. (160565)
- The latest available data, from the 2002 Annual Business Inquiry, shows that the total number of people employed in tourism related jobs in Crosby was 1,600. This total is obtained by combining estimates of those working in the following industries,
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- as identified by the Standard Industrial Classification 2003:
- hotels
- restaurants
- bars
- activities of travel agencies
- libraries, archives, museums etc.
- sporting activities
- other recreational activities.
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