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Treasury
Adjudicator's Office
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost of the Adjudicator’s Office was for the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. [181028]
Jane Kennedy: In 2006-07, the cost of running the Adjudicator’s Office was £2,479,033.
Alcoholic Drinks: Death
Mr. Evennett: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths where the underlying cause was alcohol-related were recorded in the London Borough of Bexley in each year since 1997. [178670]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, 31 January 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths where the underlying cause was alcohol-related were recorded in the London borough of Bexley in each year since 1997, (178670)
The attached table provides the number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause in the London borough of Bexley, from 1997 to 2006 (the latest year available).
| Table 1. Number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause of death, London( 1) borough of ( 2) Bexley,1997-2006( 3) | |
| Deaths (persons) | |
| (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for the years 1997 to 2000, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) for 2001 onwards. The specific causes of death categorised as alcohol-related, and their corresponding ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes, are shown in the box below. (2) Based on boundaries as of 2007. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |
| Box 2. Alcohol-related causes of death - International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) | |
| Cause of death | ICD-10 code(s) |
Child Benefit: Personal Records
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions data from the child benefit database have been copied to a data disc in the last 12 months. [173368]
Jane Kennedy: Transferring data is a core part of everyday HMRC business.
On 20 November 2007, the Chancellor announced an independent review of HMRC's data handling procedures to be conducted by Kieran Pointer, the chair of Price Waterhouse Coopers.
The interim report was published on 17 December 2007 and is available in the Library of the House. The final report is expected in the first half of 2008.
Children
Andrew Selous: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many dependent children living with (a) married couples and (b) single mothers there were in households in the UK in the second quarter of each year from 1997 to 2006. [183624]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 31 January 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your request for how many dependent children living with (a) married couples and (b) single mothers there were in the second quarter of each year in households in the UK from 1997 to 2006. (183624)
The number of dependent children living in UK households by family type can be estimated using the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Estimates for the second quarter of the requested years are shown in the Table 1.
| Table 1: Number of dependent children in UK households by family type | ||||||||||
| Thousand | ||||||||||
| Family type | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Note: Comparable estimates are not currently available for 1998 and 2000. | ||||||||||
Conditions of Employment: Parking
Robert Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made by his investigation into whether employees' parking spaces should be considered as a benefit in kind for taxation purposes. [183266]
Jane Kennedy: Workplace parking is exempt from income tax by virtue of s237 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003. We have no plans to change this.
Construction Industry Scheme
Mr. Clapham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many construction companies have been fined for the late returns of their construction industry scheme contractor monthly returns; and how many companies have had warning notices issued for the same breach. [178592]
Jane Kennedy: Since the introduction of automatic penalties for late monthly returns in October, the following number of contractors have had penalty notices served on them under the provisions of the construction industry scheme.
| Contractors | |
A breakdown of the number of contractors receiving reminders in each month is not available.
Council Tax: Valuation
Robert Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what records the Valuation Office Agency collects on conservatories and their floor-area for the purposes of council tax valuations and revaluations. [183264]
Jane Kennedy: The Valuation Office Agency collects information on the presence, basic structure and size of conservatories.
Customs Officers: Vacancies
Justine Greening: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many vacancies for customs officers there are in HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement. [174548]
Jane Kennedy: HMRC is not currently recruiting for Customs Officers.
Departmental Public Relations
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many external contracts his Department held with public relations companies in each of the last 10 years; and what the total cost of those contracts was. [183200]
Angela Eagle: Expenditure on public relations consultancy is contained within the total external consultancy figures and cannot be separately identified without incurring disproportionate cost.
Energy: Fees and Charges
David Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with Ofgem on the regulatory response to recent changes in the cost of energy for domestic use; and if he will make a statement. [183427]
Angela Eagle: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) on 23 January, Official Report, column 2096W.
Members: Correspondence
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter of 17 December 2007 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr. Abdul Rashid. [178732]
Migrant Workers
Mr. Brazier: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the economic contribution of migrants to the UK economy by (a) economic sector and (b) age cohort in each of the last five years. [178719]
Angela Eagle:
Latest data available from the Office for National Statistics indicate that between the start of the current phase of the economic cycle in 2001 Q3 and mid-2006, migration contributed around 0.5 percentage
points per year to growth in the working age population, and therefore towards the trend rate of growth in the economy.
The Treasury has not made any assessment of the contribution of migrants by economic sector. However, this is discussed in the recent Home Office/DWP submission to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Select Committee report ‘The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Immigration’. This is available at:
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