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Planning Gain Supplement

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how revenue from planning gain supplement is planned to be allocated to local authorities in two-tier areas. [152522]

Angela Eagle: Budget 2007 stated (paragraph 3.149) that, in England, the local share of planning-gain supplement (PGS) would be paid directly to the local planning authority that granted the planning permission to which the PGS liability is attached. It added that the Government will consider whether special arrangements should be made where there exists a special purpose vehicle with planning powers (such as an urban development corporation) and for consents granted by county authorities.

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely cost of administering planning-gain supplement for (a) HM
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Revenue and Customs, (b) the Valuation Office Agency and (c) local authorities in the first 12 months after it comes into effect. [152523]

Angela Eagle: The costs of administering the planning-gain supplement would be developed in the course of planning and carrying out preparatory work if the Government decide to introduce the planning-gain supplement. The PGS regime is being designed to be simple and cost-effective to administer and it is expected that the unit cost of collecting PGS would be similar to the unit costs of collecting other taxes administered by HMRC.

Further details can be found in the Explanatory Notes to the Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Act 2007.

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of revenues from planning gain supplement is planned to be retained by the Government. [152525]

Angela Eagle: Details of the proposed allocation of PGS revenues to regions and local authorities were most recently set out in the Housing Green Paper "Homes for the future: more affordable, more sustainable", Chapter 5, page 54. Full details may also be found in Budget 2007, paragraphs 3.149 to 3.152 and (in respect of the devolved Administrations) in the 2006 pre-Budget report paragraph 3.124.

Private Finance Initiative

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent from the public purse on the Government's private finance initiative contracts in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion was for (a) hospitals, (b) schools, (c) road building, (d) housing and (e) other projects, broken down by category. [152473]

Angela Eagle: The Treasury's PFI signed deals list provides unitary charge (UC) payment data, broken down by sector and with project details. This is available on the Treasury's public website at: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/documents/public_private_ partnerships/ppp_pfi_stats.cfm

It should be noted that UC payments are projections which are conditional on project performance. UC payments cover not only the repayment of capital but also service provisions, inflation uplifts, and other project specific requirements such as refurbishments.

Public Sector: Pensions

Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are eligible to receive a public sector pension. [152616]

Andy Burnham: The Occupational Pension Schemes Survey (2006) published by the Office for National Statistics showed that there were around 1.1 million members in public sector schemes. These include active members, those whose pensions are in payment and those entitled to a deferred pension.

Public sector schemes include schemes for the civil service, the armed forces, teachers, employees of the
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national health service and local authorities, police officers and firefighters as well as some other smaller schemes. Details of the survey can be found at:

Public Works Loan Board

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what controls exist on the amount of borrowing that local authorities can undertake from the Public Works Loan Board. [152664]

Angela Eagle: Loans advanced by the Public Works Loan Board are made from funds provided under section 4(1) of the National Loans Act 1968. Amended by section 130 of the Finance Act 1990, this sets an existing limit of £55 billion (nominal) on the total loans outstanding to the board at any one time, but also contains a provision to alter the limit further to a sum not exceeding £70 billion (nominal).

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consent from central government departments local authorities require to borrow funds from the Public Works Loan Board. [152665]

Angela Eagle: The Local Government Act 2003 allows main (first and second tier) local authorities to set and keep under review their own borrowing limits. Minor (third tier) authorities in England require the specific delegated permission of the Secretary of State (Parish and Town Councils in England) or the Welsh Assembly Government (Community and Town Councils in Wales) to borrow.

Self-Employed: Working Hours

Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the average amount of time worked each week by self-employed people in the UK. [152618]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 26 July 2007:

Average usual weekly hours(1) of work of the self-employed: United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Three months ending March 2007 Average usual hours( 1)

Total

39.5

Male

43.2

Female

29.6

(1) Respondents to the LFS are asked to state the weekly hours they usually work. The figures in this table cover main jobs only and include paid and unpaid overtime.

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Stamp Duties: Tax Yields

Alistair Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much revenue was raised on stamp duty on property in 2006-07 in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) England; [150630]

(2) how much revenue was received from stamp duty on (a) residential property and (b) business property in the United Kingdom in 1996-97; and how much is expected to be received in 2007-08. [150674]

Kitty Ussher: Estimated stamp duty receipts for 1996-97 for the United Kingdom are given in the following table.

(£ million)

Residential

675

Non residential

383

Total

1,058


Estimated revenues for total stamp taxes in 2006-07 and projected revenues for total stamp taxes in 2007-08 were published in Table C8 of the Budget 2007 report. The breakdown between stamp taxes on land and property and stamp taxes on shares is as follows:

Stamp taxes on land and property transactions
£ billion

2006-07

9.7

2007-08

10.6


Final figures for stamp duty land tax receipts for 2006-07, including a break down between residential and non-residential, together with national and sub-national breakdowns will be published in September 2007 for 2007-08 it will be published in September 2008.

Tax Allowances: Repairs and Maintenance

Harry Cohen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give consideration to introducing tax reliefs for exterior building cleaning. [152610]

Jane Kennedy: Tax relief is already available to businesses where they incur expenditure on cleaning the exterior of their business premises.

Taxation

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate (a) direct and (b) indirect taxes as a
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percentage of gross income for all households by income decile; and if he will make a statement. [152710]

Jane Kennedy: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 26 July 2007:

Taxes as a percentage of gross income, for all households by decile group, United Kingdom, 2005-06
Percentage
Decile groups of all households( 1)
Bottom 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Top All households

Indirect taxes(2)

33.6

22.6

20.3

18.1

17.1

16.2

14.8

14.1

12.5

9.8

14.5

Direct taxes(3,4)

10.6

8.8

12.3

13.7

16.6

19.1

20.9

21.5

23.6

25.4

20.6

All taxes

44.2

31.4

32.6

31.8

33.7

35.3

35.7

35.6

36.1

35.2

35.1

Notes:
1 Households are ranked by equivalised disposable income.
2 Includes VAT, Vehicle Excise duty and taxes on tobacco, alcohol and hydrocarbon oil.
3 Income tax and Employees' National contributions (Including tax relief at source on life assurance premiums).
4 Council tax and Northern Ireland rates after deducting

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Taxation: Domicile

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes have been made to residence and domicile rules relating to taxation as a consequence of the review of such rules launched in Budget 2002; and if he will make a statement. [151769]

Jane Kennedy: No changes have been made to the residence and domicile rules that govern personal taxation since the review, which was announced at Budget 2002, and is still on-going.

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when the last estimate of the tax foregone in the UK as a consequence of the use of the remittance basis by those not domiciled in the UK was made; and if he will make a statement; [151770]

(2) how many individuals claiming non-domicile tax status were born to parents whose parents were born in the UK; and if he will make a statement; [151909]

(3) how many individuals claiming non-domicile tax status were born to parents who were born in the UK; and if he will make a statement; [151910]

(4) how many individuals claiming non-domicile tax status were born in the UK; and if he will make a statement; [151911]

(5) if he will estimate how much was paid in (a) income tax, (b) national insurance contributions, (c) capital gains tax, (d) VAT and (e) council tax, by non domiciled taxpayers in each of the last three years; [151912]

(6) what estimate he has made of the number of penalties likely to arise as a result of non-disclosure of offshore bank accounts; and if he will make a statement; [151914]

(7) if he will estimate the cost of the £55,000 inheritance tax tax-free allowance for transfers of assets to a non-domiciled spouse in each of the last five years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [151915]

Jane Kennedy: The information is as follows.

1. No substantiated estimates have been made of the tax foregone in the UK as a consequence of the use of the remittance basis by those not domiciled in the UK, as individuals do not have to provide HM Revenue and Customs with information on overseas income and gains if this does not give rise to a tax liability in the UK. Work towards estimating tax foregone was carried out in 2003, but weakness in the supporting data made these unreliable and the exercise has not been repeated.

2, 3, and 4. This information is not available.

5. (a) and (b) The estimated tax and national insurance liabilities from self-assessment tax returns for the two latest available years are:

£ billion
Tax year Income tax NICs

2003-04

2.9

0.1

2004-05

3.3

0.2


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