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Local Income Tax: Scotland
Mr. Russell Brown: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Revenue and Customs have had discussions with the Scottish Executive on arrangements for collection of a local income tax. [194265]
Mr. Russell Brown: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Revenue and Customs have been asked by the Scottish Executive to (a) estimate the costs and (b) assess the feasibility of collecting a (i) nationally set and (ii) locally varied local income tax in Scotland. [194266]
Mortgages
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Financial Services Authority has made of the effect of the situation in the credit markets on the availability of re-mortgages to householders with mortgages with high loan to value ratios. [193925]
Angela Eagle: As set out in the Budget 2008, credit conditions facing households and companies have tightened as a result of the recent disruption in credit markets. Budget 2008 is accessible at:
The 2008 Financial Risk Outlook published by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) presents the FSA's assessment of the effects of the current disruption in the credit markets. The Financial Risk Outlook is accessible at:
Public Sector: Job Creation
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many public sector jobs were created in each region in each of the last 10 years. [193703]
Angela Eagle [holding answer 13 March 2008]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 March 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about how many public sector jobs were created in each region in each of the last 10 years. (193703)
While statistics of new jobs created are not available explicitly, estimates from administrative sources and surveys enable comparisons to be made of net changes, in public sector employment by region, from year to year.
The attached table gives the average annual levels and annual change of public sector employment by region from 1999, the earliest available, to 2006.
These regional estimates are based on information published within ‘Economic and Labour Market Review’ Vol. 1 No. 3 March 2007 (pages 17 to 23) and are the most up to date available. They are not consistent with the UK estimates published in the most recent Public Sector Employment First Release (Quarter 3 2007), which is available via the following link:
The estimates provided are based on returns from public sector organisations, combined with approximate breakdowns from the Labour Force Survey for Wales and the English regions. As these figures are partly based on sample surveys, they are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
| Public sector employment( 1) : by region and country of workplace | |||||
| T housand—seasonally adjusted | |||||
| North East | North West | Yorks and Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | |
| T housand—seasonally adjusted | |||||
| East | London | South East | South West | England | |
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