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eBay
Mr. Evans: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department sold any surplus stock on the eBay auction website, in each year since 2000–01. [220953]
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Mr. Timms [holding answer 9 March 2005]: It has never been the practice of the Chancellor's Departments to dispose of surplus stock on the eBay website.
Employment
Mr. Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people resident in each parliamentary constituency (a) in June 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which information is available were in employment. [222844]
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. Brian Wilson, dated 22 March 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment in each Parliamentary Constituency in the UK. I am replying in his absence. (222844)
The attached three tables show the estimates of the numbers of people in employment, in each Parliamentary Constituency, respectively in England, Wales and Scotland in 1997 and 2004, the latest date for which information is available. These estimates from the Labour Force Survey are, as with any sample survey, subject to sampling variability.
Since the information in these tables is so extensive, copies have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Mr. Lazarowicz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the levels of long-term (a) adult and (b) youth employment in Edinburgh, North and Leith in the last seven years. [222904]
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. Mark Lazarowicz, dated 22 March 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about long term unemployment in Edinburgh North and Leith. (222904)
Information on the number of people who are unemployed is calculated from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). However, the LFS sample size for the Edinburgh North and Leith Parliamentary Constituency is too small to provide estimates on long-term unemployment.
The Office for National Statistics also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including Parliamentary Constituencies. The table overleaf gives the annual average number of young people aged 18 to 24 years old and adults (aged 25 and over) resident in the Edinburgh North and Leith Parliamentary Constituency claiming JSA benefits for over 12 months in each year from 1998 to 2004.
Source:
Jobcentre Plus Administrative system
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European Anti-Fraud Office
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions representatives of the European Anti-Fraud Office have visited the UK in the last two years. [222986]
Mr. Timms: The European Anti-Fraud Office makes visits to a number of Government Departments in the UK, but no record of these visits is held centrally.
Pilots (Flat Rate Expenses)
Mr. Dhanda: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the flat rate expenses allowance for pilots which was proposed to his Department in 2004; and if he will make it his policy to instruct the Inland Revenue to implement the proposed allowance. [223336]
Dawn Primarolo: The hon. Member's question concerns a particular case. It is subject to the normal rules of confidentiality that apply where taxpayers' affairs are concerned. Flat rate expense allowances are agreed with individual employers to reflect individual circumstances. The Inland Revenue is in discussion with the airline concerned to agree a flat rate expense allowance that reflects the appropriate level of expenses in line with the qualifying conditions set by tax law.
Income Tax
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the increase in revenue to the Exchequer of the introduction of a 49 per cent. rate of income tax on all incomes in excess of £100,000 for (a) 2005–06, (b) 2006–07, (c) 2007–08, (d) 2008–09 and (e) 2009–10. [223263]
Dawn Primarolo: Comprehensive information on income tax has been placed in the Library of the House, in the tables 'Additional full-year yield from the introduction of additional higher rates of tax on TAXABLE incomes over a specific amount in 2005–06' and 'Additional full-year yield from the introduction of additional higher rates of tax on GROSS incomes over a specific amount in 2005–06'.
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.
Information for future years is currently unavailable but figures for 2006–07 will be available at the House of Commons Library by the end of April.
Motorcycles
Lembit Öpik: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to apply the 1 per cent. discount for environmentally friendly company cars to environmentally friendly motorcycles; and if he will make a statement. [223352]
John Healey:
The additional 1 per cent. discount will apply to the emissions-based company car tax system. This system does not apply to employer-provided motorcycles.
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MRSA
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths from MRSA there have been in Coventry in each of the last five years. [222947]
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. Jim Cunningham, dated 22 March 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths from MRSA there have been in Coventry in each of the last five years. (222947)
The latest year for which figures are available is 2003. Numbers of deaths where MRSA was a contributory factor are given in the table below.
| Number of deaths where MRSA was a contributory factor | |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | 6 |
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2002 | (21)— |
| 2003 | (21)— |
(18)Identified using the methodology described in Griffiths C, Lamagni TL, Crowcroft NS, Duckworth G and Rooney C (2004) Trends in MRSA in England and Wales: analysis of morbidity and mortality data for 1993–2002. Health Statistics Quarterly" 21, 15–22.
(19)Deaths to residents of this area
(20)Figures are for deaths occurring in the years 1999 to 2003.
(21)Fewer than 5 deaths
Source:
Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland
Lady Hermon: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the aspects of his Budget which extend to Northern Ireland. [223268]
Mr. Boateng: The Northern Ireland economy is continuing to prosper through the Government's sound management of the economy with steady growth, low inflation and low unemployment. The Chancellor announced on 16 March a series of measures that further promote stability, higher productivity, employment, fairness and improved public services in Northern Ireland, including raising the threshold for stamp duty land tax from £60,000 to £120,000, and an increase in the child element of the child tax credit. The Chancellor also provided an additional £88 million for Northern Ireland departments as a consequence of English spending increases. It will be for Northern Ireland Ministers to decide how to allocate these sums. In addition £24 million was provided including to finance a £200 payment to over 65 pensioner ratepayer households equivalent to that in Great Britain. Further details of the Budget can be found in the Budget 2005 Report (HC 372).
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