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Teleworker Heat and Fuel Allowance

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.

Unemployment Statistics

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:


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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

East Devon

4,300

5,100

800

(5)

(5)

Exeter

6,200

7,000

800

(5)

(5)

Falmouth and Camborne

4,500

4,300

-200

(5)

(5)

North Cornwall

8,800

8,500

-300

(5)

(5)

North Devon

6,200

7,200

1,000

100

100

Plymouth, Devonport

1,900

2,000

100

(5)

(5)

Plymouth, Sutton

6,600

7,800

1,200

(5)

(5)

South East Cornwall

5,000

4,900

-100

100

100

St. Ives

5,700

5,700

0

(5)

(5)

Teignbridge

5,100

6,000

900

200

100

Tiverton and Honiton

5,300

5,900

600

200

200

Torbay

7,600

9,000

1,400

(5)

(5)

Torridge and West Devon

4,800

5,700

900

300

300

Totnes

4,600

5,300

700

100

100

Truro and St. Austell

6,000

6,000

0

(5)

(5)

Devon and Cornwall

82,700

90,200

7,500

1,400

1,300


Fishing( 3) Defence activities( 4)
2003 2004 2003 2004

East Devon

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

Exeter

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

Falmouth and Camborne

100

(5)

(5)

(5)

North Cornwall

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

North Devon

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

Plymouth, Devonport

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

Plymouth, Sutton

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

South East Cornwall

100

(5)

(5)

(5)

St. Ives

200

100

(5)

(5)

Teignbridge

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

Tiverton and Honiton

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

Torbay

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

Torridge and West Devon

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

Totnes

100

(5)

(5)

(5)

Truro and St. Austell

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

Devon and Cornwall

700

400

3,400

3,500

(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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