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Stamp Duties: Hampshire
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much stamp duty was collected arising from sales of Hampshire properties in each year since 1997 in (a) cash and (b) real terms. [158815]
Kitty Ussher: Estimates of the stamp duty land tax yield at county level are not available for years prior to 2005-06. Figures for 2005-06 and 2006-07 are provided in the following tables from the HMRC website:
Taxation: Domicile
Mr. Spring: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people are registered as non-domiciled for tax purposes; how many of them are (a) resident, (b) ordinarily resident and (c) non-resident; and what (i) UK and (ii) foreign income was declared by each group in the most recent year for which figures are available; [155851]
(2) when he expects figures for the number of individuals indicating non-domicile tax status through their self-assessment returns in 2005-06 to be available. [155853]
Jane Kennedy: The last full year's data relate to 2004-05, in which there were 115,000 non-domiciles. HMRC's live systems show the latest figure (as at August 2007) for 2005-06 is 114,000 non-domiciles however HMRC expect more returns to be processed. Data on incomes are only available annually—the annual data (as at April 2007) for 2005-06 showed the following:
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Reported non-taxable unremitted foreign employment income (£ billion) |
Taxation: Pensioners
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pensioners will experience a higher marginal deduction rate as a result of the changes announced in the 2007 Budget. [143315]
Jane Kennedy: Budget 2007 reforms to personal taxation included increases to higher personal allowances for those aged 65 and over by £1,180 above indexation in April 2008, removing around 600,000 pensioners from paying tax, and ensuring that around 95 per cent. of pensioner households either gain or are unaffected by the reforms overall. Pensioner households are on average £1,450 a year better off in real terms since 1997.
We estimate that marginal deduction rates will fall for around 2.8 million pensioner heads of household in 2009-10 as a result of the reforms, and that they may rise for around 600,000 pensioner heads of household, in most cases reflecting changes in marginal rates of income tax. Not all of those with higher marginal deduction rates will be worse off as allowances have risen.
These estimates reflect today’s pensioner population, projected tax and benefit parameters in 2009-10.
Unpaid Taxes
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of uncollected tax that was written off by HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 1997 and (b) the proportion of uncollected tax written off in each year which was due to taxpayer insolvency. [159018]
Jane Kennedy: Details of revenue losses including tax written off by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is published annually in the departmental accounts and are available on the departmental website. The information on the proportion of tax written off by HMRC and its legacy Departments attributable to taxpayer insolvency from 1997 can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Valuation Office
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation and handout produced by representatives of the Valuation Office Agency at the workshop on automated valuation models of real estate for cadastral purposes organised by the Permanent Committee on the Cadastre in the European Union held at Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in October 2006. [158060]
Jane Kennedy: A copy of the presentation has been placed in the Library. No handouts were issued.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of the final report of the Gateway Review by the Valuation and Lands Agency for the Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal Implementation Project and the Public Interface Project; [158062]
(2) what estimate his Department has made of the net revenue generated from domestic rates, including district and regional rates, in Northern Ireland in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; [158068]
(3) how much revenue was generated from domestic rates in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997-98. [158069]
Angela Eagle: These are matters for the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, an agency within the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what work is being carried out by the Valuation Office Agency into the merits of acquiring a geographic information system. [158064]
Jane Kennedy: The Valuation Office Agency is considering the merits of procuring a geographic information system and commissioned its IT partner, Aspire, to prepare a design proposal.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North-East Bedfordshire (Alistair Burt) of 24 July 2007, Official Report, column 1018W, on the Valuation Office Agency, what the purpose was of the visit to Japan by the Valuation Office Agency. [158285]
Jane Kennedy: The International Property Tax Institute (IPTI) was invited to meet with officials in Japan to discuss their local property tax system and a member of the VOA attended that meeting in his capacity as a member of the IPTI Advisory Board. IPTI met all the costs involved.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date the Valuation Office Agency’s Council Tax Toolkit was last updated. [158412]
Jane Kennedy: The Council Tax Toolkit is a live set of training modules on the Valuation Office Agency’s intranet, which are continually being updated.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what use the Valuation Office Agency makes of unique property reference numbers. [158416]
Jane Kennedy: The VOA uses unique property reference numbers to distinguish individual property records.
Valuation Office: Contracts
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many invitations to tender (a) the Valuation Office Agency and (b) HM Revenue and Customs has issued since January 2003; and for what purpose in each case. [158404]
Jane Kennedy: VOA have not directly placed any Invitations to Tender in the OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union) since January 2003.
The following is a list of contracts advertised through OJEU—a total of 76 Invitations to Tender (ITTs) were issued since January 2003. As HM Revenue and Customs was formed on 18 April 2005 following the merger of HM Customs and Excise (HM C and E) and Inland Revenue (IR), information for years prior to the merger are shown for the respective departments.
The list excludes any contracts awarded through Government-wide Framework Agreements and collaborative tenders where HMRC are not the contracting authority.
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