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John Robertson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department takes to monitor the cost of domestic fuel for those entitled to the teleworker heat and fuel allowance. [86549]
Dawn Primarolo: HMRC does not monitor the cost of domestic fuel used by particular groups of individuals. All employers can reimburse the full additional heat and fuel costs of employees working at home under the statutory homeworking exemption without a tax or national insurance charge arising.
John Robertson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to review the teleworkers heat and fuel allowance. [86550]
Dawn Primarolo: There are no current plans to change the exemption for additional household expenses incurred by employees who work at home.
John Robertson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what threshold he has set for rises in domestic fuel costs that will trigger consideration on increasing the teleworkers heat and fuel allowance. [86552]
Dawn Primarolo: Employers can reimburse the full additional heat and fuel costs of employees working at home under the statutory homeworking exemption without a tax or national insurance charge arising.
John Robertson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether research has been carried out into the extent to which teleworkers income is being affected by changes in (a) domestic fuel costs and (b) the teleworkers heat and fuel allowance. [86553]
Dawn Primarolo: HMRC does not monitor the cost of domestic fuel used by particular groups of individuals. There have been no changes to the statutory homeworking exemption under which employers can reimburse employees the full additional costs of working from home without a tax or national insurance charge arising.
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many jobs were lost in the (a) tourism, (b) agriculture, (c) fishing and (d) defence-related industries in each constituency in Devon and Cornwall in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [87391]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 25 July 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about job losses in tourism, agriculture, fishing and defence-related industries. (87391)
While statistics of jobs lost or created are not available explicitly, statistics from surveys enable comparisons to be made of net changes in the number of jobs from year to year.
The attached table shows the number of employee jobs in tourism-related industries in each constituency in Devon and Cornwall in 2004, and net changes since 2003. These figures are obtained by combining estimates of employee jobs in the following industries, as identified by the Standard Industrial Classification 2003:
Hotels and other tourist accommodation
Restaurants, bars and canteens
Transport
Travel agencies/tour operators
Recreation services.
The table also shows the number of employee jobs in agriculture, fishing, and defence activities in Devon and Cornwall as a whole, and for those constituencies where information is available.
These estimates are from the Annual Business Inquiry and, as with any sample survey, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Employee jobs in tourism, agriculture, fishing and defence activities in Devon and Cornwall, by Parliamentary Constituency, 2003 and 2004 | |||||
Tourism( 1) | Agriculture, hunting and forestry( 2) | ||||
2003 | 2004 | Change: 2003-04 | 2003 | 2004 | |
Fishing( 3) | Defence activities( 4) | |||
2003 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | |
(1) Tourism is defined as Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2003 Groups: 551-555: Hotels and restaurants; 601-623: Transport; 633: Travel agencies and tour operators n.e.c; 925: Library, archives, museums and other cultural activities; 926: Sporting activities; 927: Other recreational activities. (2) SIC 2003 Division A: Agriculture, hunting and forestry. These figures are aggregates from which agriculture class 0100 (SIC 2003) have been excluded. (3) SIC 2003 Division B: Fishing (4) SIC 2003 Class 7522: Defence activities (5) These figures are not shown in order to prevent the disclosure of data that could lead to individual businesses being identified. Note: The estimates for individual industries in Parliamentary Constituencies are based on very small sample sizes and are hence subject to significant sampling variation. Changes between years cannot be assessed at all reliably for these cases. |
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