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Departmental Official Cars
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what make and model of car (a) he and (b) each Minister in his Department selected as their official ministerial car; and what criteria were applied when making the decision in each case. [192385]
Angela Eagle: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport on 10 March 2008, Official Report, column 8W.
Departmental Property
Anne Main: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many residential properties his Department owns; how many of these are vacant; and how many of these have been vacant for longer than (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months. [192992]
Angela Eagle: The Treasury does not own any residential property.
Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the level of excise duty on the British brewing industry. [193002]
Angela Eagle: In making decisions on the taxation of beer, the Chancellor takes all relevant factors into consideration, including the state of the industry and its contribution to the economy.
Financial Institutions
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information his Department collects on the offshore activities of UK banks; and if he will make a statement. [190829]
Jane Kennedy: HMRC routinely collects information on the offshore activities of UK banks for UK tax purposes in the following situations:
If a UK bank is trading through a branch overseas then the profits from that branch are reported as part of the UK company’s profits for corporation tax in its tax returns.
There is special legislation that taxes the profits of certain overseas subsidiaries (called ‘Controlled Foreign Companies’) of UK groups, including banks, where these subsidiaries are located in certain low tax jurisdictions. UK banks that have such companies are required to make a return to HMRC of their controlled foreign companies and the profits to be allocated to the UK.
Foreign Workers
Chris Huhne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2008, Official Report, columns 2315-19W, on foreign workers, what his most recent estimate is of non-UK born persons in employment as a percentage of all in employment in (a) each county of the UK and (b) the UK as a whole in each of the last five years. [193479]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 11 March 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question pursuant to the Answer of 4th March 2008, Official Report, columns 2315-9W, on foreign workers, what the most recent estimate is of non-UK born persons in employment as a percentage of all in employment in (a) each county of the UK and (b) the UK as a whole in each of the last five years. (193479)
The Office for National Statistics compiles statistics on migrant workers for local areas from the Annual Labour Force Survey and the Annual Population Survey (APS). The National Statistics method for estimating the number of migrant workers employed in the UK is routinely based on the number of people at a given time who were born abroad, are of working age (16-64 for men, 16-59 for women) and in employment. This question has been answered on this basis. It means, for example, that some people who are UK nationals will be included in the total of “foreign born” and that people who are working but are above state pension age are not included.
APS estimates at this detailed level are only available consistent with population estimates published in February and March 2003 and are not comparable with the estimates published in the Labour Market Statistics First Release on 13 February 2008, which are based on latest population estimates.
The table attached, shows the percentage of persons of working age in employment, who were not born in the UK for each UK county, Unitary Authority and Metropolitan County and the UK, during the twelve month periods ending in March for 2005, 2006, 2007 from the APS and, for the 12 month periods ending in February for 2003 and 2004 from the Annual LFS.
When interpreting these figures, it is important to bear in mind that the APS/LFS are not designed to cover everyone who is present in the UK. The survey may undercount the numbers of people who were born overseas. The reasons are set out in the table footnote.
As these estimates are for a subset of the population in small geographical areas, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty.
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