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Aviation Fuel
David Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment has been made of the merits of introducing a tax on aviation fuel. [216298]
Capital Allowances
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to change the system of capital allowances for plant and machinery. [217174]
Dawn Primarolo: The Government's proposals for modernisation of the taxation of capital assets—including capital allowances—are set out in a Technical Note on Corporation Tax reform, published by the Inland Revenuein December 2004. This is available at http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/pbr2004/sup_ct-reform-tech-note.pdf
In light of this, any changes to the system of capital allowances for plant and machinery will be considered by the Chancellor as part of the normal Budget cycle.
Carers
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of carers who are over the age of 65 years. [217039]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Mark Oaten, dated 21 February 2005:
The National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what estimate has been made of the number of carers who are over the age of 65 years. I am replying in his absence. (217039)
I refer you to the answer given in the Official Report of 31 January 2005 columns 590W to 591W, which includes the latest available information.
Child Trust Fund Payments
Angela Eagle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in each ward of Wallasey constituency contain children who qualify for child trust fund payments. [217313]
Mr. Timms: I refer My hon. Friend to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Martin Linton) on 30 November 2004, Official Report, columns 87–88W. All children born and living in the UK since 1 September 2002 whose families receive child benefit will be eligible for the child trust fund.
Climate Change Levy
Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was received in 2003–04 from those companies paying the climate change levy at 20 per cent. of the full rate. [216816]
Dawn Primarolo: It is not possible to determine the revenue the Exchequer received in 2003–04 from those companies paying the climate change levy at 20 per cent. of the full rate.
Design
Alan Howarth: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer who the ministerial design champion for his Department is. [215655]
Mr. Boateng: I am the ministerial design champion for the Treasury.
Labour Statistics
Andy Burnham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many job vacancies there were in Leigh in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004; and if he will make a statement on the levels of long-term (i) adult and (ii) youth employment in Leigh over the last 15 years. [214587]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Andy Burnham, dated 21 February 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about job vacancies and unemployment. I am replying in his absence. (214587)
Statistics on vacancies in total are only available from the ONS Vacancy Survey, which provides information at national level only. For local areas, figures for vacancies held by the Jobcentre Plus administrative system are available for periods up to April 2001. However, due to changes to that system, more recent figures are available only for newly notified vacancies, and not on a comparable basis.
There were 223 unfilled vacancies registered at Jobcentres in Leigh on average during 1997. The latest comparable figure, the average for the 12 months to April 2001, was 270. These figures represent only those vacancies notified to Jobcentres, not all vacancies in an area.
Table 1 gives estimates of the numbers of long-term unemployed people, both youth and adult, who were resident in Leigh Parliamentary Constituency, for each twelve month period ending February from 1999 to 2004, the most recent available period. Information on length of time unemployed is not available for earlier periods.
These estimates from Labour Force Survey are, as with any sample survey, subject to sampling variability.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas. Table 2 gives the annual average number of young people aged 18 to 24 years old and adults (aged 25 and over) resident in the Leigh constituency claiming JSA benefits for over 12 months or more in each year from 1989 to 2004.
(74)Estimates not shown as they are potentially disclosive.
Note:
These estimates are based on very small sample sizes and are subject to a high degree of sampling variability. Changes from year to year, especially, should be treated with caution.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
(75)Computerised claims only.
Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system
Geraldine Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the levels of (a) adult and (b) youth employment in Morecambe and Lunesdale were in each of the last eight years; and if he will make a statement. [216777]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Ms Geraldine Smith, dated 21 February 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about adult and youth employment. I am replying in his absence. (216777)
The attached table gives estimates of the number of youths and adults in employment, who were resident in the Morecambe & Lunesdale Parliamentary Constituency, for the twelve month periods ending November each year from 1997 to 2004.
These estimates from the Labour Force Survey are, as with any sample survey, subject to sampling variability.
Note:
These estimates are based on very small sample sizes and are subject to a high degree of sampling variability. Changes from year to year, especially, should be treated with caution.
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