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Tax Credits

David Maclean: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Penrith and The Border constituency have appealed against a demand for return of overpayments of tax credits since April 2006; and if he will make a statement. [129862]

Dawn Primarolo: The information is not available.

Taxation

Mr. Gauke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many changes of the law have been necessitated by inadvertent errors introduced as a result of the tax rewrite project. [130056]

Dawn Primarolo: The Tax Law Rewrite Project has to date produced four Acts—The Capital Allowances Act 2001 (CAA), The Income Tax Earnings and Pension Act 2003 (ITEPA), The Income Tax Trading and Other Income Act 2005 (ITTOIA) and the Income Tax Act 2007 (ITA). These Acts cover more than 2000 pages of legislation.

Nine errors in CAA and eighteen errors in ITEPA were corrected in the Finance Acts 2001 and 2004 respectively.


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Four errors in each of ITTOIA and ITA have been corrected using Order-making powers contained in those Acts.

In a number of these cases the corrections have the effect of making the law explicit, rather than changing its substantive effect.

Taxation: Overseas Residence

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the results of HM Treasury's review of non-domiciliary tax status. [130249]

Dawn Primarolo: As was confirmed in the Budget on 21 March, the review of the residence and domicile rules as they affect the taxation of individuals is ongoing.

Valuation Office Agency

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2007, Official Report, column 1219W, on the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), if he will place in the Library a CD-ROM of the learning and training documents on the VOA's intranet. [129488]

Dawn Primarolo: It is not possible to provide a CD-Rom of all the learning and training documents on the VOA's Intranet. To attempt to configure it for standalone viewing would involve disproportionate cost.

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what access the Valuation Office Agency has to the National Register of Social Housing. [129492]

John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) on 20 March 2006, Official Report, column 73W.

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2007, Official Report, column 1141W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether the agency has a data strategy document separate from the agency's annual report, forward plan and accounts. [129579]

John Healey: The Valuation Office Agency has many documents which support the data strategy outlined in the agency's annual report, forward plan and accounts.

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2007, Official Report, column 2134W, on the Valuation Office Agency, what the agency's expenditure was on HIYA! magazine and the Network Gazette magazine. [129709]

John Healey: The Valuation Office Agency spent £3,228 on the publication of HIYA! and £3,232 on the publication Network Gazette.

Valuation Office Agency: ICT

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department's estimate is of the
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value of the tangible fixed asset of the Valuation Office Agency's automated valuation model. [129495]

John Healey: The Valuation Office Agency's (VOA's) automated valuation model (AVM) has an estimated value of £6 million.

VAT: Bingo

Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to abolish VAT on bingo receipts. [130296]

Dawn Primarolo: The Government's policy of applying VAT and duty on bingo participation fees is consistent with our treatment of other player-to-player gaming in a bricks and mortar environment, such as player-to-player card games in casinos.

Welfare Tax Credits

Mr. Todd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether CCM15540 (Undisclosed Partners) in the Tax Credits Compliance Manual is being revised; what guidance is available on assessments covered by these circumstances; and if he will make a statement. [130228]

Dawn Primarolo: The Claimant Compliance Manual (CCM) is kept under regular review and updated when required. Chapter 15 of the CCM provides guidance on how to work cases where HMRC find that a claimant has not disclosed that they have a partner.

Welfare Tax Credits: Lancashire

Mr. Evans: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people living in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire received overpayments of (i) child tax credit and (ii) working tax credit in each of the last five years. [130428]

Mr. Timms: Child and working tax credits were introduced in April 2003.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) on 16 June 2006, Official Report, column 1421W.

Estimates for 2005-06 of the numbers of in-work families with tax credits awards, including information on overpayments and underpayments by constituency based on final family circumstances and incomes are due to be published in May, as set out in the annual scheduled updates section of the HMRC website:

Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of appeals against overpayment of tax credits have not been successful since April 2006; and if he will make a statement. [130323]

Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Lady to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Gravesham (Mr. Holloway) in the House on 1 March 2007, Official Report: column 1045.


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Young People: Employment

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people aged under 25 years are in full-time employment; [130192]

(2) how many people are employed to work fewer than 30 hours per week; [130193]

(3) how many people aged 16 to 18 years are in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment. [130194]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 28 March 2007:

Table 1. People aged under 25 years in full-time and part-time employment by gender United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand
Age
Three months ending December 2006

16-24

16-17

18-24

All persons

Total in employment(1)

4,036

594

3,442

Full-time(2)

2,584

140

2,445

Part-time(2)

1,448

454

994

Male

Total in employment(1)

2,061

277

1,784

Full-time(2)

1,486

90

1,396

Part-time(2)

573

186

387

Female

Total in employment(1)

1,976

318

1,658

Full-time(2)

1,098

50

1,049

Part-time(2)

875

268

607

(1 )Includes those who did not state whether they worked full or part-time.
(2 )Full and part time is based on respondents' self assessment, not on hours worked.
Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)


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Table 2. People in employment by hours worked and gender United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand
Three months ending December 2006 All persons Male Female

Total in employment(1)

28,519

15,274

13,246

Less then 30 hours(2)

7,422

1,751

5,671

31+ hours(2)

20,349

13,061

7,288

(1 )Includes those who did not state the hours they usually work.
(2 )Based on total hours usually worked and includes paid/unpaid overtime.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Health

Dental Services: Pay

Mike Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average annual income of a dentist is from the work done for the national health service. [121798]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The gross remuneration paid to providers of national health service dental services covers both the practice expenses incurred in providing services and the dentists' net income. For the financial year 2005-06, the average NHS income for general dental services dentists in England and Wales with a reasonable commitment to the NHS was estimated at £76,500 in net terms, plus £88,500 to cover practice expenses. Dentists' gross contract values were increased by 3 per cent. from April 2006 as recommended by the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration.

Average net earnings in the current year, 2006-07, will also be affected by any change in the relative level of practice expenses. The Department has made available £100 million over the two-year period 2006-07 and 2007-08 to support capital investment in dental practices.

Hospitals: Rehabilitation

Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2006, Official Report, column 1939W, on residential rehabilitation, which (a) nine services provide residential rehabilitation beds for single parents with children and (b) five services provide beds for couples with children; and how many beds of each type are provided by each service. [119861]

Caroline Flint: This answer corrects information provided in the answer of 19 December 2006, Official Report, column 1939W.

There are five services in England which provide residential rehabilitation beds for single parents with children, three of which also provide services for couples with children as residents. Information about the services is shown in the table.


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Residential rehabilitation service Take single parents Take couples Take children as residents Total beds

Gilead Foundations Charity

Yes

Yes

Yes

10

Addaction Maya Project

Yes

No

Yes

12

Phoenix House, Brighton, Family Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

17

Phoenix House, Sheffield, Family Centre

Yes

Yes

Yes

24

Trevi House

Yes

No

Yes

12


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