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in the landfill tax bulletin.

Initially, landfill tax revenues were used to fund a 0.2 percentage point reduction in the main rate of employers' national insurance contributions. Since 2005, the Government have recycled landfill tax escalator revenues to business and local government. In England, the business resources efficiency and waste (BREW) programme is worth £284 million over three years. In addition, the Government take account of the impacts of landfill tax when allocating local government funding. In the 2004 spending review (which takes us through to 2007-08) the revenues from the landfill tax escalator were recycled back to local councils via revenue support grant. Decisions for the future will be taken in the context of this year's comprehensive spending review.

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue collected under the landfill tax was (a) allocated and (b) disbursed to local authorities in each of the last 10 years for which records exist. [146701]

Angela Eagle: The Government takes account of the impacts of landfill tax when allocating local government funding. In the 2004 Spending Review (which takes us through to 2007-08) the revenues from the landfill tax escalator were recycled back to local councils via Revenue Support Grant. Decisions for the future will be taken in the context of this year’s Comprehensive Spending Review.

The net current expenditure on waste collection and disposal by local authorities in each year for which figures are available since 1997 is shown in the following table (source: local authority Revenue Outturn returns).

Net current expenditure on waste collection and disposal (£000)

1998-99

1,281,919

1999-2000

1,423,278

2000-01

1,521,338

2001-02

1,653,856

2002-03

1,806,684

2003-04

2,004,139

2004-05

2,190,937

2005-06

2,442,267


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Local Government

Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what his policy is on the number of unitary authority proposals implemented on the basis of the local government review; [146485]

(2) whether his officials have assessed the costings put forward in the unitary council bids under review by the Department for Communities and Local Government. [146472]

Angela Eagle: All 16 unitary proposals that were subject to stakeholder consultation will be reassessed against the five criteria set out when local authorities were originally invited to submit their proposals in October 2006, having regard to all the information available including that received in response to the consultation. Decisions as to which proposals will proceed towards implementation will reflect the collective decision of Government.

National Income

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the share was of (a) wages and (b) profits of national income in each year since 1979. [146780]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 2 July 2007:


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Table A
GNI at market prices Wages and Salaries Gross trading profits of corporate sector Wages and salaries as a % of GNI Gross trading profits as a % of GNI

1979

196,181

100,607

40,595

51.28

20.69

1980

228,055

119,267

40,943

52.30

17.95

1981

250,912

128,152

43,173

51.07

17.21

1982

274,261

136,614

49,874

49.81

18.18

1983

301,840

146,220

59,811

48.44

19.82

1984

324,597

156,753

63,320

48.29

19.51

1985

352,563

171,126

70,405

48.54

19.97

1986

381,383

184,703

69,788

48.43

18.30

1987

418,585

199,932

82,777

47.76

19.78

1988

468,351

223,673

93,475

47.76

19.96

1989

512,116

250,198

99,658

48.86

19.46

1990

552,770

276,633

99,085

50.04

17.93

1991

582,920

293,009

90,964

50.27

15.60

1992

610,651

302,890

92,809

49.60

15.20

1993

640,799

310,513

107,985

48.46

16.85

1994

684,352

321,850

126,210

47.03

18.44

1995

720,317

336,586

135,535

46.73

18.82

1996

766,606

351,229

149,538

45.82

19.51

1997

816,484

374,427

157,741

45.86

19.32

1998

874,620

406,558

154,664

46.48

17.68

1999

910,115

431,594

156,753

47.42

17.22

2000

959,708

462,355

155,821

48.18

16,24

2001

1,011,623

490,978

151,665

48.53

14.99

2002

1,076,865

508,614

171,637

47.23

15.94

2003

1,140,887

527,630

190,069

46.25

16.66

2004

1,209,844

550,583

209,799

45.51

17.34

2005

1,258,722

578,862

209,269

45.99

16.63

2006

1,316,956

606,560

221,543

46.06

16.82


Navy: Military Bases

Linda Gilroy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on his commitment to move civil service jobs out of the South East, with particular reference to the Naval Base Review. [147016]

Andy Burnham: The Chancellor regularly has meetings and discussions with Cabinet colleagues including the Secretary of State for Defence, and discusses a wide range of issues. As was the practice of previous Administrations, the Government do not disclose details of all such discussions.

Olympic Games

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what contribution his Department's (a) devolved countries and regions team and (b) education, training and culture team made to discussions on the proposed logo for the 2012 Olympics before its approval. [146953]

Angela Eagle: The development and approval of the brand was the responsibility of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

Public Sector: Standards

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all the current public service agreement targets. [146807]

Angela Eagle: I refer my right hon. Friend to the command paper ‘2004 Spending Review: Public Service Agreements 2005-2008’ (Cm 6238) which lists the public service agreements and targets for the current spending period.

The HM Treasury public spending performance website also includes links to the technical notes for each PSA:


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