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Income Statistics
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the average income per person in Houghton and Washington East. [76336]
Dawn Primarolo: The latest estimates for the mean and median of total income (for taxpayers) by constituency can be found in table 3.15 "Income and tax by Parliamentary Constituency" on HM Revenue and Customs website. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm#315. The information is based on the latest Survey of Personal Incomes (2003-04).
Because sample sizes at constituency level are small and can demonstrate a large variability from year to year, inference from the information in the table should take into account the confidence intervals in table 3.15a "Income and tax by Parliamentary Constituency, Confidence Intervals".
Similar information including non-taxpayers is not available.
Taxation
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the net yield from inheritance tax in each year since 1996-97; and what the forecast for 2006-07 is; [66650]
(2) if he will estimate the revenue collected from (a) stamp duty on property, (b) inheritance tax and (c) council tax in each year since 1996-97; and what his estimate is for (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. [66659]
Dawn Primarolo: Receipts of stamp duty on land and property are shown in the following table.
| Receipts of stamp duty on land and property | |
| £ billion | |
The figures quoted in the table for the period 1999-2000 to 2004-05 are published in table 15.1 on the HMRC website: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/stamp_ duty/15_1_sep05.pdf
Figures for future years will depend on estimates of property sales, both residential and commercial.
Receipts of inheritance tax are published in table T1.2 on the HMRC website: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/tax_receipts/1_2_v2_dec05.pdf
The latest estimates/forecasts for receipts of inheritance tax are set out in table C8 in chapter C of the 2006 Financial Statement and Budget Report on the website: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/20F/42/bud06_chc_247.pdf
Council tax receipts net of council tax benefit are shown in the following table.
| Net receipts of council tax (2004-05 prices) | |
| £ million | |
Forecasts for these taxes are only published for years up to 2006-07, the last year covered in the Budget report.
Insurance Policies
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what representations he has received regarding cashback claims from insurance policies operated by a company called PowerPlan; [76524]
(2) what steps he is taking to ensure that consumers applying for cashback from insurance policies are made aware of the laid down conditions included in the small print. [76525]
Ed Balls: The Government have received representations regarding the issue of cashback claims from insurance policies operated by Powerplan.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is responsible for regulating the sale of general insurance policies. The FSA requires all disclosure to be clear, fair and not misleading, and for retail customers to be given a policy summary which sets out key aspects of a policy before the sale is concluded. The FSA does not regulate travel insurance sold as part of a package. Nor does it regulate sales of non-motor extended warranties under €500.
Extended warranties can be service agreements or insurance backed contracts. The sale of extended warranties on domestic electrical goods are regulated through The Supply of Extended Warranties on Domestic Electrical Goods Order 2005, which includes specifying information that should accompany the sale of the product.
For insurance-backed products, consumers will have a right of recourse to the Financial Ombudsman Service in respect of the insurance contract.
Ivory Imports/Exports
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many elephant products have been seized by HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) type of item and (b) country of origin; [76212]
(2) how many offences have been committed under the Customs and Excise Management Authority Regulations relating to ivory seizures since 1997; and what (a) the nature of the offence and (b) the penalty was in each case. [76211]
Dawn Primarolo: Details of seizures made by HM Revenue and Customs of endangered species (as listed under Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora) between 1999 and 2004 are available on the UK CITES website at www.ukcites.gov.uk/news/tradestatistics.htm The 2005 figures are due to be published here shortly.
The records list countries of origin or export. Elephant products are likely to be listed under the headings “Ivory” or “Parts and Derivatives”. However ivory seizures will only be recorded as elephant ivory where they have been declared as such either by a passenger or in accompanying documents.
The published statistics only list ivory as a separate heading with effect from 2002. Prior to this ivory is included under the Parts and Derivatives heading. Statistics on ivory seizures before 1999 are set out in HM Customs and Excise annual reports. The 1997 and 1998 annual reports list 11,907 and 51,675 seized CITES items as Parts and Derivatives.
Offences committed since 1997 breach either the import or export prohibitions contained in Council Regulation 338/97. These offences render ivory liable to forfeiture and it is, therefore, seized under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979. In addition to seizure, the penalty for these breaches is the non-restoration of the ivory unless a valid retrospective CITES permit has been obtained from DEFRA.
Most seizures made are from private individuals returning to this country or on occasion as gifts sent to them via the post. Some of these individuals will not even be aware that ivory imports are banned in the EU, especially if they have seen ivory goods openly on sale in some international airports.
Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has revised data collection methods for ivory imports and exports since 2002 to include weight, number of items and description of items. [76716]
Dawn Primarolo: Data on imports and exports are collected using a standard European classification. Details of the classification can be seen on HM Revenue and Customs’ trade statistics site uktradeinfo.com. There have been no changes to the description or requirement to collect value and weight for ivory products since 2002.
Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the approximate financial value is of ivory imported into the UK since 2003, based on declarations made to HM Revenue and Customs. [76717]
Dawn Primarolo: The following table includes the approximate financial value is of ivory imported in the UK since 2003 based on declarations made to HM Revenue & Customs.
| Imports into the UK of Ivory, 2003-06 | ||
| Commodity | Statistical value (£000)( 1, 2) | |
| (1) Value of goods plus costs incurred up to the UK border (2) Data include estimates of Below Threshold Trade Allocations (3) Provisional (4) 2006 data are for January to March Source: HM Revenue & Customs—Overseas Trade Statistics | ||
Junior Football Clubs
Mr. Leech: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment has been made by his Department of how much additional tax revenue will be collected as a result of the introduction of pay-as-you-earn taxation for junior football clubs in Scotland. [76455]
Dawn Primarolo: No additional tax is due. HMRC is simply updating tax collection procedures for some Scottish junior football clubs.
Neonatal Mortality
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the neonatal mortality rate for all births was in (a) Peterborough constituency, (b) the Peterborough city council area and (c) England in each of the last five years. [76596]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 13 June 2006:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the neonatal mortality rate for all births was in (a) Peterborough constituency, (b) the Peterborough City Council area and (c) England in each of the last five years. I am replying in her absence. (76596)
Information on neonatal mortality is routinely published for local authorities and health authorities. Data cannot be provided for Peterborough constituency because of the risk of disclosing individual's information due to small differences with local authority boundaries.
Neonatal mortality rates for the Peterborough City Council area and England from 2000 to 2004 (the most recent year for which data are available) are given in the table below.
| Neonatal mortality rate( 1) , Peterborough city council area and England 2000 to 2004 | ||
| Peterborough rate | England rate | |
| (1.) Per 1,000 live births | ||
Civil Service (Relocation)
Ben Chapman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has held with ministerial colleagues on the implications for the civil service of the Government relocation programme in the north-west. [66798]
Des Browne: The Chancellor announced in Budget 2006 that over 7,800 posts have now been relocated out of London and the south-east. Over 1,600 posts have already been relocated to the north-west. The Government are on course to meet the target to relocate 20,000 civil service posts out of London and the south-east by 2010. Individual Departments are responsible for deciding on sites for relocation, but they must do so taking into account both their business needs and local economic factors, as set out in central guidance, "Choosing Locations for Government Business".
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