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Departments: Road Traffic Offences
Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many fixed penalty tickets were incurred by vehicles within the purview of his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the total cost was. [157907]
Angela Eagle: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick) on 18 October 2007, Official Report, columns 1185-86W, on the cost of fixed penalty tickets incurred by the Government Car and Dispatch Agency (GCDA). The Treasury has no vehicles other than the cars supplied by GCDA.
Departments: Written Questions
Mr. Harper: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of Questions tabled to his Department for answer on a named day received a substantive reply on the day named in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [161337]
Angela Eagle: Of the 739 questions for named day answer tabled to the Treasury in the present parliamentary session, 523 (70.8 per cent.) were answered substantively on the day nominated by the questioner.
Diabetes: Death
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there were in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales as a result of diabetes in each of the last five years for which information is available. [161090]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 29 October 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths there were in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales as a result of diabetes in each of the last five years for which information is available. I am replying in her absence.
(161090)
The attached table provides the number of deaths where diabetes (i) was the underlying cause of death and (ii) was mentioned on the death certificate, either as the underlying cause or as a contributing factor, in (a) Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, (b) Essex county and (c) England and Wales, for 2002 to 2006 (the latest year available).
| Table 1: Number of deaths from diabetes,( 1' 2) Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, Essex county( 3) , and England and Wales( 4) , 2002-06( 5) | ||||||
| Deaths (persons) | ||||||
| Southend-on-Sea | Essex | England and Wales | ||||
| (i) Underlying cause | (ii) Any mention | (i) Underlying cause | (ii) Any mention | (i) Underlying cause | (ii) Any mention | |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes E10-E14 (diabetes mellitus). (2) Figures shown as ‘any mention' (column ii) include those where diabetes was recorded as the underlying cause (column (i)). (3) Figures for Essex county do not include Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock unitary authorities. (4) Based on boundaries as of 2007. Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. (5) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||||||
Duty Free Allowances: Europe
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the personal import allowances are for tobacco and alcohol being brought from new member states of the EU into the UK. [161657]
Jane Kennedy: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 25 October 2007, Official Report, columns 576-77W.
Energy: Government Departments
Colin Challen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what guidance is made available to departments on using departmental funding for energy-saving measures; [159891]
(2) what steps have been taken by his Department to simplify the process for departmental expenditure on energy-saving measures. [159892]
Mr. Woolas: I have been asked to reply.
The Government published their Sustainable Procurement Action Plan in March 2007, aimed at moving towards a low carbon, resource efficient public sector. Guidance on energy efficiency in procurement is being reviewed as part of work on the Energy Services Directive, which must be implemented by May 2008.
Financial support is available to Departments through Salix Finance, a revolving loan scheme that can be used to invest in cost effective energy efficiency projects in the public sector.
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Gordon Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the final approved report on the collapse of Equitable Life issued by the investigating Committee of the European Parliament on 9 May and approved by the European Parliament on 19 June; and if he will make a statement. [161304]
Kitty Ussher: It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment on the European Parliament Committee of Inquiry’s report on Equitable Life, before the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s continuing investigation into the prudential regulation of Equitable Life is complete and her report published.
EU Internal Trade
Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value of trade between EU member states was in real terms in (a) the year before the introduction of the euro and (b) each year since. [161023]
Kitty Ussher: The Eurostat publication “External and intra-European Union trade—Statistical yearbook—Data 1958-2005” provides comprehensive detail on the value and volume of intra-EU goods trade.
European Central Bank
Harry Cohen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the European Central Bank allocated to help banks or other share companies or institutions during the recent share market downturn; and what the UK's contribution was for this purpose. [155789]
Kitty Ussher: The United Kingdom is not a member of the euro area and played no role in open markets operations which are a matter for Europe Central Bank, including providing any funding.
Excise Duties: Motorcycles
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised through vehicle excise duty on motorcycles in each year since 1997. [158671]
Angela Eagle: In unadjusted cash terms the amount of revenue raised was as follows:
| Financial year | Revenue (£ million) |
Financial Services: EC Law
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library copies of the response of (a) the Bank of England and (b) the Financial Services Authority to the consultation on the implementation of the EU Market Abuses Directive. [159108]
Kitty Ussher [holding answer 19 October 2007]: The consultation on the UK implementation of the EU market abuse directive was carried out jointly by the FSA and HMT. There were over 30 responses to the consultation. A feedback statement available on the HMT website summarises the main points raised in the consultation process.
Foreign Workers: Bulgaria
Keith Vaz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the contributions made to the UK’s gross domestic product by (a) Romanian and (b) Bulgarian migrant workers in each year since 2005. [158693]
Angela Eagle:
The latest official statistics (April to July 2007) show workers from the A10 member states in Eastern Europe made up 1.6 per cent. of UK employment, and contributed around 1.1 per cent. of
the economy. However, it is not possible to accurately identify the size of the contribution to the UK’s gross domestic product from Bulgarian and Romanian migrants, since the number of migrants from these countries in the UK labour force is relatively small.
As the Government reported in a recent interdepartmental submission to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee,
“immigration has clear benefits for both the labour market and economy as a whole” (p11)(1).
(1) A copy of the report can be found on the internet at the following address: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/economic-impact-of-immigration
Keith Vaz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the contributions made by Romanian and Bulgarian workers to the UK economy since 2005. [158694]
Angela Eagle: The latest official statistics (April to July 2007) show workers from the A10 member states in Eastern Europe made up 1.6 per cent. of UK employment, and contributed around 1.1 per cent. of the economy. However, it is not possible to accurately identify the size of the contribution to the UK economy made by Bulgarian and Romanian migrants since the number of migrants from these countries in the UK labour force is relatively small.
As the Government reported in a recent interdepartmental submission to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee,
“immigration has clear benefits for both the labour market and economy as a whole” (p11)(1).
(1) A copy of the report can be found on the internet at the following address: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/economic-impact-of-immigration
Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
Jeff Ennis: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers have experienced a reduction in income following the removal of the 10p income tax band. [161109]
Jane Kennedy: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) on 18 October 2007, Official Report, column 1266W, and the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, the then Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 384W.
Inheritance Tax
Mr. Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the income gains by each income decile resulting from the changes to inheritance tax announced in the October 2007 pre-Budget report; and if he will make a statement; [160671]
(2) what estimate he has made of the additional annual costs of raising the inheritance tax exempt amount to £1 million per person; what the income gains would be for each income decile; and if he will make a statement. [160672]
Jane Kennedy: No such estimates have been made.
All inheritance tax-paying estates both before and after the October 2007 pre-Budget report are from those within the top wealth decile.
Inheritance Tax: Greater London
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what recent estimate he has made of the amount raised from inheritance tax in (a) each London constituency and (b) each Government region in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [161768]
(2) what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) people who died and (b) estates which were subject to inheritance tax in (i) each London constituency and (ii) each Government region in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [161769]
Jane Kennedy: Regional and local annual figures for inheritance tax receipts and estates paying inheritance tax are not normally available.
However, a special sampling exercise was undertaken of taxpaying estates of people who died in 2001 and 2002 which suggested that about 40 per cent. of taxpayers, accounting for half of inheritance tax, resided in London and the South East (footnote to table 12.6 on the HM Revenue and Customs website:
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