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National Savings Accounts
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value is of unclaimed assets in national savings accounts. [14861]
John Healey: The total unclaimed monies (unaudited) as at 31 March 2005 were £34,587,000. Unclaimed monies in the National Savings and Investments Product Accounts refer to monies where: the product has been redeemed by the Treasury, monthly interest or prizes are due, or to un-cashed Savings Stamps.
To help re-unite customers with their dormant assets, National Savings and Investments operates a free tracing service which, since its launch in 2001 has helped to re-unite 11,300 customers successfully with their assets worth £10.2 million.
National Statistician
Mr. Fallon: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to announce the appointment of the next National Statistician; and if he will make a statement. [14234]
John Healey: The recruitment of the next National Statistician will be carried out in accordance with standard civil service practice. The appointment will be made by the Prime Minister following the recommendation of a selection panel, which has four members (including an independent chair and only one Government representative).
Oil and Gas Prices
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment the Government have made of the impact on their revenues of changes in oil and gas prices. [14452]
John Healey:
The impact of higher oil prices on the public finances is discussed in Box 2.5 in the 2004 pre-Budget report.
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The Government will publish an update of the effect of oil prices on the UK's public finances and updated forecasts for the UK and world economies in the 2005 pre-Budget report as usual, taking into account all relevant factors and developments.
Personal Income Tax Allowance
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people with incomes below £10,000 per year had incomes above the personal income tax allowance for each year from 1997–98 to 2005–06; and if he will make a statement. [14344]
Dawn Primarolo: The information on the number of people with annual total income above the personal income tax allowance but below £10,000 from 1998–99 to 2005–06 is available in table 3.3 'Distribution of total income before and after tax by gender' on the HM Revenue and Customs website: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu.htm.
There were 9.6 million people with annual total income above the personal income tax allowance but below £10,000 in 1997–98.
The income tax information for the years 1997–98 to 2002–03 is based upon the Survey of Personal Incomes, and that for the years 2003–04 to 2005–06 is based upon the 2002–03 survey projected forward. The survey is based on information held by the HM Revenue and Customs tax offices on persons who are liable to UK tax.
Pound Sterling
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the purchasing power is of the pound sterling, taking its May 1997 value as 100p. [14288]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Amess, dated 22July 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question, concerning what the purchasing power is of the pound sterling, taking its May 1997 value as l00p. (14288)
Based in the Retail Prices Index, the purchasing power of l00p in May 1997 is 82p as at June 2005 (the latest month available). In other words, the purchasing power fell by 18% during this period.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average value of the pound sterling against theUnited States Dollar has been in each month since 1997. [14289]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Amess, dated 5 September 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning what the average value of the pound sterling against the United States Dollar has been in each month since 1997. (14289)
Average rates against sterling figures for the United States Dollar are published in table 7.1A of Financial Statistics" (ONS Publication), published by Palgrave Macmillan, and available via the House of Commons Library. Long run historic data is available on the ONS Website at:
Pregnancies (Wellingborough)
Mr. Bone: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pregnancies there were in the age groups (a) under 16-year-olds, (b) 16 to 19-year-olds and (c) aged 20 years and over in the Wellingborough constituency in each year since 1997. [14773]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Peter Bone, dated 22 July 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many pregnancies there were in the age groups (a) under 16 years old, (b) 16 to 19 years old and (c) aged 20 years and over in the Wellingborough constituency each year since 1997. (14773)
Information on conceptions is routinely published for local authorities and strategic health authorities. Figures cannot be provided for Wellingborough Parliamentary Constituency because of the risk of disclosing information on individuals due to small differences with local authority boundaries.
(91)Figures for 2003 are provisional.
Retirement Age
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) males and (b) females reached retirement age in each year since 1975. [14265]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Amess, dated 22 July 2005:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question concerning how many (a) females and (b) females reached retirement age in each year since 1975. (14265)
Attached is a table showing the male population aged 65 and the female population aged 60 on the 30 June for mid-1975 to mid-2003, for England and Wales. Retirement age during this period was 65 for males and 60 for females.
These figures represent males and females who reached retirement age within the previous year (mid-year to mid-year) and who are usually resident in the UK at 30 June. They exclude any people who died or left the UK after reaching retirement age and before 30 June, and include anyone resident in the UK at 30 June who reached retirement age elsewhere.
Mid-2003 population estimates are the latest available. Mid-2004 population estimates will be published on 25 August 2005.
Notes:
1.Population estimates are shown in thousands and rounded to the nearest 100 people.
2.Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
Source:
Office for National Statistics.
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