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VAT: Registration
Mr. Hands: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new VAT registration requests for limited companies his Department received in each month of 2006-07. [143338]
Dawn Primarolo: Revenue and Customs do not separately record the number of requests from limited companies at the point of registration. The following number of businesses applied for VAT registration:
| VAT registration requests | |
| Month | Number |
Mr. Hands: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what basis his Department can refuse a new limited company VAT registration. [143339]
Dawn Primarolo: To register for VAT, a person must be making, or intend to make, taxable supplies in the course of business. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) carries out a range of checks to test and verify the information provided by those applying for VAT registration. If a person cannot satisfy HMRC that they are making, or intend to make, taxable supplies in the course of business they will not be registered.
Mr. Hands: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the length of time it takes for a new limited company to receive VAT registration from his Department; and if he will make a statement. [143340]
Dawn Primarolo: Revenue and Customs do not separately record the time it takes for a limited company to be registered.
Welfare Tax Credits: EC Countries
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of EU workers working in the UK made claims for (a) child tax credit and (b) child benefit in respect of children living in another EU country in each year since 2003. [144124]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 12 June 2007, Official Report, column 943W.
Welfare Tax Credits: Foreigners
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many foreign nationals were in receipt of (a) child benefit, (b) working tax credits and (c) child tax credits in each year since 2003. [143592]
Dawn Primarolo: This information is not available.
Welfare Tax Credits: ICT
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the total compensation Electronic Data Services agreed to pay to HM Revenue and Customs as a result of tax credit system problems has been received. [143342]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 20 July 2006, Official Report , columns 623-24W.
Welfare Tax Credits: Internet
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reopen the tax credit e-portal. [143597]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to the evidence I gave to the Treasury Select Committee on 14 March 2007 in response to question 88.
Welfare Tax Credits: Lone Parents
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people claiming tax credits are registered as lone parents. [143593]
Dawn Primarolo: An estimate of the number of lone parents claiming tax credits is published in the HMRC publication “Child and Working Tax Credit Statistics. Finalised Annual Awards 2005-06”. A provisional estimate is also published in the “Child and Working Tax Credit Statistics. April 2007”. Both publications are available on the HMRC website at:
Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer from how many people who have been declared bankrupt the Tax Credit Office is claiming back tax credit overpayments. [143344]
Dawn Primarolo: The information is not available in the format requested. HM Revenue and Customs’ guidance relating to the recovery of overpayments from claimants who report they have been declared bankrupt can be found at:
Health
Abortion
Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of repeat abortions; and if she will make a statement. [144154]
Caroline Flint: It is a key aim of the Government to reduce unintended pregnancy rates, including repeat abortions, as featured in both the sexual health and teenage pregnancy strategies, and provision of good quality contraceptive services are essential to achieve this. Women who have undergone abortion are an important group and often have unmet contraceptive needs.
We will be issuing best practice guidance on reproductive healthcare later this year aimed at commissioners and providers emphasising the need to develop strong links between abortion and contraceptive services.
We are also examining the feasibility of undertaking pilots to provide women with tailored contraceptive packages following abortion. The pilots will also examine which groups of women are most vulnerable to repeat abortion.
Abortion: Legislation
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent discussions (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials have had with the British Medical Association on possible amendments on abortion to the Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill; and if she will make a statement; [142820]
(2) what recent representations she has received from (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public on possible amendments on abortion to the Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill; what response she has given; and if she will make a statement. [142821]
Caroline Flint: The Secretary of State for Health, Health Ministers and officials have had no recent discussions with the British Medical Association about possible amendments on abortion to the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill, and no such recent representations have been received from hon. Members or members of the public.
It is accepted parliamentary practice that proposals for changes in the law on abortion have come from Backbench Members and that decisions are made on the basis of free votes. The Government have no plans to change the law on abortion.
Abortion: Private Sector
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the private sector clinics and hospitals which are able to provide abortions; how many approved beds each contains; whether they are approved for (i) surgical day care abortions with or without general anaesthetic and (ii) late abortions; and what the name of the proprietor is in each case. [140881]
Caroline Flint: The names and addresses of the independent sector places currently approved under the Abortion Act 1967, including the name of the proprietor, is shown in the following table. The approval under the Act allows the places to perform abortion. The registration under the Care Standards Act 2000, based on the information provided to the Healthcare Commission, determines the number of beds and the method and gestation of abortion that can be performed, within the terms of the Abortion Act. This information is not held centrally by the Department.
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