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Breast Cancer

Simon Hughes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of breast cancer patients live for at least five years following treatment in the United Kingdom; and what the average survival rate is in the European Union. [214360]

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

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Simon Hughes, dated 7 February 2005:


 
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Corporation Tax

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses in Lancashire have benefited from corporation tax reduction since 1997. [213951]

Dawn Primarolo: Nationally nearly 600,000 companies have a corporation tax liability each year. All will benefit from the cuts in the main, small and starting companies' rates of corporation tax that have been introduced in recent years. However, it is not possible to identify precisely those businesses that trade in specific areas such as Lancashire.

Debt/Incomes

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average (a) unsecured debt per person, (b) secured debt per person and (c) annual income per person has been in each year since 1997. [214789]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl to Dr. Vincent Cable, dated 7 February 2005:


£

Annual income per personSecured debt per personUnsecured debt per person
199712,4209,4303,540
199812,7309,9603,790
199913,31010,7204,090
200014,20011,5704,460
200115,12012,6704,910
200215,47014,2905,620
200316,05016,4006,100

Internet Gambling

Dr. Starkey: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans are being developed by Customs and Excise to levy a tax on internet gambling. [214447]

John Healey: Betting via the internet already falls within the scope of general betting duty and is taxed at 15 per cent. of gross profits. Existing social legislation makes no provision for licensing internet-based gaming so all such gaming is currently provided from outside the UK and is beyond the scope of UK tax.

The Gambling Bill will introduce new licensing arrangements for all forms of gambling via the internet and other 'remote' media (such as mobile telephones and interactive digital TV). HM Treasury, together with
 
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HM Customs and Excise, will consider the tax implications of this as part of a wider examination of gambling taxation in the light of the Gambling Bill changes.

Life Expectancy (North-East)

Iain Wright: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the life expectancy is of (a) men and (b) women in (i) Hartlepool, (ii) Tees Valley, (iii) the North East Region and (iv) the UK. [213503]

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

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Iain Wright, dated 7 February 2005:


Life expectancy at birth (years) for the United Kingdom, the North-East Government Office Region, the Tees Valley Local Learning and Skills Council, and Hartlepool local authority, 2001–03

MaleFemale
United Kingdom(6)75.980.5
North East(7)74.779.5
Tees Valley(7)74.679.2
Hartlepool(7)73.478.4




Sources:
(6)Government Actuary's Department
(7)ONS


M&S v. Inland Revenue

Mr. Sayeed: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely reimbursement of tax revenues necessary if actions of a similar class to the Marks and Spencer case against the Inland Revenue at the European Court of Justice are successful. [213969]

Dawn Primarolo: It is impossible to assess how many other potential litigants are in the same circumstances as Marks and Spencer. Consequently, it is not possible to quantify the amount of tax potentially reimbursable.


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