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Dawn Primarolo: I refer hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 9 October, Official Report, column 299W.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to waive the repayment of tax credit overpayments where they have been caused by HM Revenue and Customs staff errors. [98847]
Dawn Primarolo: HMRC’s policy on dealing with overpayments, including those caused by their mistake, is set out in their code of practice—COP 26—“What happens if we have paid you too much tax credit?”.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of trends in the use of means other than the e-portal to attempt credit fraud since the closure of the tax credit e-portal. [98853]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to HM Revenue and Customs 2005-06 Accounts: The Comptroller and Auditor General’s standard report, available at http://www.nao.org.uk/
Taxation and Expenditure
Peter Viggers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the per capita (a) tax revenue and (b) Government expenditure was in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland in the most recent period for which figures are available. [98516]
Mr. Timms: As taxes are often collected centrally and cannot usually be directly attributed to countries within the UK, only limited estimates of tax revenue by country can be made. Estimates of stamp duties and income tax by country are available on the HMRC website:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/stamp_duty/menu.htm
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm#311
Population estimates are published on the ONS website:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=601&More=N
The Scottish Executive produce estimates of tax revenues attributable to Scotland in their annual publication ‘Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland’. The latest version can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/47121/0020630.pdf.
Per capita public spending that can be identified as benefiting a particular country or region is published in table 7.2 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) 2006, available at:
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/economic_data_and_tools/finance_spending_statistics/pes_publications/pespub_pesa06.cfm
Public spending can be split into that which can be identified as benefiting a particular country or region and that which is for the benefit of the UK as a whole, for example defence spending. Therefore, the figures in PESA do not represent total public spending, which is not available by country.
Welsh Language
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has adopted a Welsh language policy. [94163]
John Healey: Welsh language leaflets are produced on the pre-Budget report and Budget report.
For other Treasury documents the Department, where possible, will make information available in the Welsh language when requested to do so.
Officials are in discussion with the Welsh Language Board about a proposal for a Welsh language scheme.
Wales
Departmental IT
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for his Department since 2001 have been delivered (a) over budget, (b) after their original deadline, (c) on budget, (d) under budget, (e) on their original deadline and (f) ahead of their original deadline. [97549]
Mr. Hain: Since 2001 the Wales Office has relied on IT services supplied first by the National Assembly for Wales, and then from April 2004 by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. No IT projects have been undertaken solely on behalf of the Wales Office in this period.
Work and Pensions
Benefits (EU Nationals)
Mr. Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals from the EU accession states have applied for tax-funded, income-related benefits since May 2004, broken down by nationality. [82907]
Mr. Plaskitt: The available information can be found in table 14 of the Accession Monitoring Report May 2004-June 2006, copies of which have been placed in the Library.
Household Statistics
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were recorded as living in households with no one in work in (a) the UK, (b) the North, (c) South Tyneside and (d) Jarrow constituency in each year since 1996. [97855]
Mr. Plaskitt: Information is not available below Government Office Region or between the Government Office Region level and the national level.
The available information is in the following table.
| Number of children living in households where no-one is in work in: | |||
| Spring | North West | North East | UK |
| Notes: 1. Figures for the UK are taken directly from the ONS first release and have not been adjusted for unknown economic activity. Figures for the North West and North East have been corrected for unknown economic activity. 2. The Department’s PSA 1b is based on a reduction in the proportion of children in workless households in Great Britain. 3. The Office for National Statistics produced a statistical first release titled “Work and Worklessness among households” in July 2006. Source: ONS Household Labour Force Survey, spring quarters | |||
Income Support
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid in income support in each year since 1996. [94303]
Mr. Plaskitt: The available information is in the following tables.
| Income support (including minimum income guarantee) expenditure in Great Britain (real terms, 2006-07 prices) | ||
| £ million | ||
| Income support for people: | ||
| Over 60( 1) | Under 60 | |
| (1) Including minimum income guarantee. | ||
| Income support (including minimum income guarantee) expenditure in Great Britain (nominal) | ||
| £ million | ||
| Income support for people: | ||
| Over 60( 1) | Under 60 | |
| (1) Including minimum income guarantee. Notes: 1. Minimum income guarantee was replaced by pension credit in October 2003. The 2002-03 outturn figures for those over 60 include some pension credit expenditure. 2. Figures are consistent with the Budget Report 2006. 3. Expenditure for 2005-06 reflects the latest benefit-by-benefit estimate of outturn, and not the amounts voted by Parliament. Source: DWP Expenditure tables | ||
Public Sector Pensions
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what role his Department is playing in the reform of public sector pensions; which Minister
has lead departmental responsibility; and if he will make a statement. [96005]
James Purnell: My Department does not have responsibility for the reform of public service pensions.
The Chief Secretary of the Treasury has overall responsibility for signing off the final arrangements for schemes undergoing reform under the principles agreed under the Public Services Forum in October 2005.
The regulation of the local government pension scheme is overseen by the Secretary of State of the Department for Communities and Local Government.
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