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Further Education

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will reduce the level at which further education colleges pay VAT to the level applied to the school sector. [214486]

Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 February 2005, Official Report, column 762W, to the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Mr.Lidington).

Greater London Jobs

Tom Cox: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of jobs created in the Greater London area as a result of public investment in each of the last five years. [214372]

Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 8 February 2005:


Number of civilian work force jobs and change in numbers of jobs in the Greater London area: 1999 to 2004
Thousand

Civilian work force jobs1, 2
Number of jobs
19994,349
20004,539
20014,555
20024,435
20034,497
20044,485
Change(23) in number of jobs
2000191
200115
2002-120
200362
2004-12


(21)Estimates are not seasonally adjusted.
(22)Estimates of civilian work force jobs include self-employed jobs and Government supported trainees. Estimates exclude jobs in the armed forces.
(23)The 2000 to 2004 change has been rounded to the nearest thousand separately from rounded levels for 1999 and 2004.
Source:
ONS Work force jobs series




 
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Home Reversions

Mr. David Stewart: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to introduce legislation to bring home reversions under the regulation of the Financial Services Authority. [214483]

Mr. Timms: The Government supports my hon. Friend's ten-minute rule Bill entitled 'Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions)' which was introduced to the House on 26 January 2005. This will enable activities relating to certain arrangements involving the acquisition or disposal of land to be regulated under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), which include home reversion schemes.

If the Bill does not achieve Royal Assent this Session, the Treasury intends to bring forward legislation to change FSMA as soon as parliamentary time allows.

Household Incomes

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the percentage change in household net income has been for each decade over each of the past 30 years; and if he will make a statement. [214018]

Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 8 February 2005:


 
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Real households' disposable income and percentage changes over 10-year periods 1973–83, 1983–93 and 1993–2003

Real households' disposable income (chained volume measure referenced on year 2001)
(£ million)


Percentage change over period
1973337,375
1983385,70414
1993549,99543
2003728,64732

Income Tax

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated loss of revenue would be if the 10 per cent. band of income tax were to be increased by (a) £1,000, (b) £2,000 and (c) £3,000. [215396]

Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to table 1.6 Direct effects of illustrative tax changes" on the Inland Revenue website www.ir.gov.uk/stats/tax expenditures/table1–6.xls

The figures exclude any estimate of behavioural response to the tax change.

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated loss of revenue would be if the lower threshold for income tax were increased by (a) £1,000, (b) £2,000 and (c) £3,000; and how many existing taxpayers would no longer pay income tax in each case. [215397]

Dawn Primarolo: The requested information is contained in the following table:
Numbers: millions; Amounts: billion




2004–05



Cost
Number of taxpayers taken out of income tax
(a) Increase Personal Allowances by £1,0006.61.8
(b) Increase Personal Allowances by £2,00012.73.4
(c) Increase Personal Allowances by £3,00018.64.9




Notes:
The figures represent increases to the personal allowance and personal allowances for individuals aged 65 to 74 and 75 or over.
The estimates are based upon the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) 2002–03 and December 2004 Pre Budget assumptions.



Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated yield arising from levying income tax at a rate of 50 per cent. on all taxable incomes in excess of £50,000 per annum would be. [215398]

Dawn Primarolo: Comprehensive information on income tax has been placed in the Library of the House.

The income tax information is based upon the 2002–03 Survey of Personal Incomes and December 2004 pre-Budget assumptions and excludes any estimate of behavioural response to the tax change.

Inland Revenue

Mr. Gray: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 14 December 2004, Official Report, column 987W, on Inland Revenue informers, when the Inland Revenue first categorised members of the public assisting them as informers or covert human
 
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intelligence sources; and what criteria the Inland Revenue uses to determine whether a member of the public assisting it is a covert human intelligence source rather than an informer. [214724]

Dawn Primarolo: Members of the public who voluntarily supply information to the Inland Revenue, concerning the tax affairs of others are by definition informers. Section 26 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2002 sets out the legal definition of a Covert Human Intelligence Source. The Inland Revenue complies with this legislation, and the supporting Codes of Practice, in dealing with Covert Sources.

Life Expectancy

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the life expectancy of (a) men and (b) women in (i) the North West, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) Chorley was in (A) 1980–89, (B) 1990–99 and (C) 2004. [214004]

Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Lindsay Hoyle, dated 8 February 2005:


Life expectancy at birth (years) for the north west Government office region and Chorley local authority, 1991–93 to 2001–03

MaleFemale
North west
1991–9372.477.9
1994–9673.178.5
1997–9973.678.6
2001–0374.879.5
Chorley
1991–9373.178.2
1994–9674.379.3
1997–9974.179.2
2001–0376.379.9


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