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National Insurance Records
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many false national insurance records have been found in Coventry South in each year since 2000. [5171]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley on 6 June 2005, Official Report, column 294W.
Planning Gain
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to introduce a planning gain supplement. [5580]
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John Healey: As set out in the March 2005 Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report, the Government will respond to the recommendations in the Barker Review of Housing Supply later this year.
Population (London)
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the population of (a) London and (b) Greater London has been in each year since 1975. [6369]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Lynne Featherstone, dated 21 June 2005:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the population of (a) London and (b) Greater London in each year since 1975. (6369)
The attached table provides population estimates for Inner London, Outer London and Greater London. The population of Greater London (or London Government Office Region) is the sum of the populations of Inner London and Outer London.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the population of (a) London and (b) Greater London has been in each year since 1975. [5377]
John Healey:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
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Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Geoffrey Robinson, dated 21 June 2005:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the population of (a) London and (b) Greater London in each year since 1975. (5377)
The attached table provides population estimates for Inner London, Outer London and Greater London. The population of Greater London (or London Government Office Region) is the sum of the populations of Inner London and Outer London.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
Primary Schools (Portsmouth)
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many primary school-aged children there are expected to be in Portsmouth in each of the next five academic years. [5228]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Mike Hancock, dated 21 June 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many primary school age children there are predicted to be in Portsmouth for the next five academic years. I am replying in his absence. (5228)
Official 2003-based Subnational Population Projections for England were published by the Office for National Statistics in November 2004. Table 1 shows the projected mid-year population of 5–11 year olds for Portsmouth taken from these projections.
| Thousand | |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 14.4 |
| 2006 | 14.2 |
| 2007 | 13.9 |
| 2008 | 13.8 |
| 2009 | 13.7 |
| 2010 | 13.6 |
(23)Primary school age defined as 5–11 year olds
Source:
ONS 2003-based Subnational population projections
Regulation
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in implementing the Better Regulation Task Force's recommendation of targets for the reduction in the amount of bureaucracy in his Department. [5651]
John Healey: The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in Budget 2005 the Government's acceptance in full of the Better Regulation Task Force's recommendations. The Chancellor published a Better Regulation Action Plan on 24 May 2005 which sets out details of the actions that the whole of the Government, including the Treasury, will take to implement these recommendations, and to implement the recommendations of the Hampton Review of regulatory inspection and enforcement. This stated that targets to reduce the administrative burden of regulation will be set by the 2006 pre-Budget report following a detailed exercise to measure the burden on business of administering regulations.
Revenue and Customs
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps are being taken to improve HM Revenue and Customs' internal processes for the repayment of overpaid taxes to (a) individuals and (b) businesses. [5416]
Dawn Primarolo: HM Revenue and Customs are regularly reviewing all their internal processes, including those relating to the repayment of overpaid taxes to individuals and businesses.
Tax Avoidance
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to prevent tax avoidance by the rich; and if he will make such steps a priority area for action by his Department. [5841]
Dawn Primarolo:
For the tax system to be effective, everyone needs to pay their fair share of taxes. Tax avoidance undermines the ability of the tax system to deliver its objectives, imposing significant costs on society. The Government have always made it clear their determination to ensure that the tax system is fair and is seen to be fair. The Government have taken a series of steps to prevent abuse of the tax system including structural reforms that make the system less vulnerable, closing loopholes in the law and improving the way HM Revenue and Customs delivers its compliance function. Paragraphs 5.99 to 5.101 of the Budget 2005 Red Book
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set out a series of further steps to improve direct tax compliance, those measures are included in the Finance (No.2) Bill 2005.
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