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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:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about jobs created in the Greater London area resulting from public investment. (214372)
While statistics of jobs created as a result of public investment are not available, ONS's published workforce jobs statistics enable comparisons to be made of net changes, from year to year, in the total number of jobs.
The attached table shows the numbers of jobs and changes in jobs for the Greater London area, from September 1999 to September 2004, the latest period available.
No information is available about the extent to which the changes in jobs in Greater London result from public investment.
(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:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the percentage change in household net income has been in each decade over each of the past 30 years. (214018)
The information requested is shown in the table below. The household net income series used in the calculations is the national accounts series for real disposable income of the combined household and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) sectors, i.e. total income less deductions, e.g. taxes. The data are chained volume measures (i.e. the effect of price changes is excluded) and are referenced on the year 2001.
The accounts for the household and NPISH sectors are currently combined, as separate estimates are not available.
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:
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:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the life expectancy of (a) men and (b) women in (i) the North West, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) Chorley was in (A) 1980–1989, (B) 1990–99 and (C) 2004. (214004)
Figures for life expectancy at birth for English regions and local authorities are published annually by ONS based on three-year rolling averages. These were first calculated for the period 1991–1993 and the most recent available data are for 2001–2003. Figures for these two periods, and for 1994–1996 and 1997–1999, are provided in the table below for the North West and Chorley. Figures are not readily available for current or former counties, such as Lancashire. No sub-national life expectancy figures are available for time periods before 1991–1993, because of constitutional and boundary changes to administrative areas during the 1990s.
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