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Departments: Manpower
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have been appointed to his Department outside Civil Services grades in the last 30 days. [153175]
Angela Eagle: Two temporary workers were hired between 25 June and 25 July 2007.
Departments: Minister for Women
Mrs. May: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) ministerial committees and (b) permanent groups involving senior civil servants have been set up by the Treasury to liaise with the Ministers for Women. [155432]
Angela Eagle: No ministerial committees or permanent groups of senior civil servants have been set up to liaise with the Ministers for Women. As with all cross cutting issues, Ministers and officials in this Department liaise with the Ministers for Women as necessary.
Departments: Press
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to which periodicals his Department subscribes. [153169]
Angela Eagle: Records show HM Treasury Library subscribes to the following periodicals on behalf of the Department:
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Bulletin for International Taxation
Business Week
Cambridge Journal of Economics
Civil Service Yearbook
Computing
Contemporary Economic Policy
Der Spiegel
Discussion Papers of the Centre for Economic Policy Research
Dod's Companion
Econlit
Econometric Theory
Econometrica
Economic Affairs
Economic and Financial Review
Economic Inquiry
Economic Issues
Economic Journal & Econometrics Journal
Economic Modelling
Economic Outlook
Economic Policy
Economica—Oxford
Economics Letters
Economist
Financial Accountability and Management
Financial Adviser
Fiscal Studies
Forbes
Foreign Affairs—Palm Coast
IDS HR Studies & IDS HR Study Plus
IDS Pay Report
International Economic Review
International Journal of Public Sector Management
International Tax and Public Finance
Investors Chronicle
Journal of Comparative Economics
Journal of Econometrics
Journal of Economic Literature & American Economic Review & Journal of Economic Perspective
Journal of Finance
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of International Economics
Journal of Macroeconomics
Journal of Money Credit and Banking
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of Public Economics
Money Facts
Municipal Journal
Natwest SBRteam Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain
NBER Technical Working Papers—National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER Working Papers & NBER Reporter & NBER Digest
New Scientist
New Statesman
OECD Economic Studies
Oxford Bulletin of Economics And Statistics
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Parliamentary Affairs
People Management
Political Quarterly
Private Eye
Public Finance
Public Money and Management
Public Servant
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Review of Economic Studies
Review of Economics And Statistics
Scientific American
Spectator
Sustain—Built Environment Matters
Time
Times Educational Supplement
Trade Finance
Vacher's Quarterly
Which
World Economics
HM Treasury teams are permitted to subscribe directly to periodicals of specific interest to their area. A centralised list of such titles can be compiled only at disproportionate cost.
Departments: Training
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by his Department on (a) staff training and (b) communication training in the last 12 months. [153167]
Angela Eagle: HM Treasury spent £1,716,000 on staff training during 2006-07, including any communication training. A separate figure for spending on communication training could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Excise Duties
Mrs. Dean: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will abolish the differential between the duty paid on cider and that paid on beer; [155385]
(2) what the reasons are for the differential between the duty payable on cider and that paid on beer; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the differential on the level of sales of each product in the last two years. [155386]
Angela Eagle: Decisions about the appropriate levels of excise duty are made on a Budget-by-Budget basis, taking into account all relevant factors.
Forfeiture: Motor Vehicles
Keith Vaz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidelines are given to Customs officers on the impounding of vehicles. [151298]
Jane Kennedy:
Customs officers are instructed that a vehicle may be seized if it is or has been used to carry goods that are liable to forfeiture or if it is constructed,
adapted, altered or fitted for the purpose of concealing goods and is or has been within the limits of a port, aerodrome or while in Northern Ireland, within the prescribed area.
Where a vehicle has been used to carry excise goods from another member state that are not for own use, but instead are intended to be sold to others on a reimbursement basis, then provided there are no aggravating circumstances and it is the first offence, Officers are instructed not to seize the vehicle but to warn the driver and owner that it is liable to forfeiture.
If a vehicle has been used to carry prohibited items then, providing the quantities involved are small and the vehicle was incidental to the offence, officers are instructed the vehicle should not normally be seized.
Where any vehicle has been seized, it maybe restored under the powers set out in section 152 of the Customs and Excise Management Act, subject to such terms and conditions as the Commissioners may think fit.
Anyone who has goods or a vehicle seized and wishes to claim they were not liable to forfeiture may challenge the legality of the seizure by writing to any HMRC office with details of their claim within one month of the seizure. Anyone who requests restoration and is unhappy with the decision they receive may ask for that decision to be reviewed and, if still dissatisfied, may appeal the decision to the VAT and Duties Tribunal.
Immigration
Damian Green: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what projections the Government have made of levels of net immigration in (a) 2008, (b) 2013, (c) 2018 and (d) 2023; and if he will make a statement. [155542]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 September 2007:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question regarding what projections have been made for net in-migration for the years (a) 2008 (b) 2013 (c) 2018 and (d) 2023. (155542)
The most recent assumptions made about the future level of migration are those published in October 2005 as part of the 2004-based national population projections. A long-term assumption of net inward migration of 145,000 was made for the United Kingdom. This assumption applies from 2007-08 onwards and therefore all of the years listed above have a projected net in-migration of 145,000.
New assumptions will be made for the 2006-based national population projections. Details of these assumptions will be released in the next edition of Population Trends, on 27 September 2007. The 2006-based population projections will be published on the National Statistics website on 23 October 2007.
Immigration: EC Enlargement
Mr. Vara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people from the 2004 EU accession countries entered the UK in each year since the accession, broken down by country of origin; what the average length of stay was estimated to be of such visitors; and how many have subsequently returned to their home country. [155571]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 September 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking about the number of people from the 2004 EU Accession Countries who entered the UK in each year by country of origin, what the average length of stay was estimated to be for such visitors, and how many have subsequently returned to their home country. (155571)
Visits to the UK by overseas residents are estimated from data collected on the International Passenger Survey (IPS). A visit is defined as being a stay of less than 12 months. The survey is conducted at major airports, and on major sea and tunnel routes, and the data collected are weighted up to national passenger figures provided by CAA and BAA, Department for Transport, Eurotunnel and Eurostar.
The IPS is a continuous survey carried out throughout the year. Approximately 1 in 500 passengers passing through airports, seaports and die tunnel are sampled and both overseas residents and UK residents are interviewed. The survey measures the numbers of visits to the UK by overseas residents and overseas by UK residents and how much is spent on each of these visits. As it measures visits, any one person travelling a number of times will be counted each time they travel.
The information contained within the attached table shows the estimated number of visits by residents of those countries who joined the European Union in 2004, and the average length of visit.
Those people entering the UK who stay for 12 months or more are defined as long term international in-migrants and are treated separately from visitors (staying under 12 months). Estimates of AS migration by country of last residence, for 2004 and 2005 are available from the National Statistics website at:
Estimates for 2006 will-be published on 15 November 2007.
No data are available on the numbers of migrants who subsequently return to their country of previous residence. Data on numbers of out-migrants in any year to A8 countries are available from the link above.
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