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Bank of Credit and Commerce International

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which parts of the Sandstorm report have been released by his Department to the US authorities. [192011]

Angela Eagle: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Capital Gains Tax

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) the number of gains, (b) the amount of gains and (c) the amount of tax paid were on capital gains between (i) £1 and £9,999, (ii) £10,000 and £24,999, (iii) £25,000 and £99,999, (iv) £100,000 and £249,999, (v) £250,000 and £499,999, (vi) £500,000 and £999,999 and (vii) £1,000,000 and above for (A) business assets and (B) non-business assets in each year since 1997. [162982]

Jane Kennedy: The following table provides a breakdown of disposals and chargeable gains. It is not possible to attribute amounts of tax to separate disposals. Figures for earlier years are available only at disproportionate cost.

Numbers (thousand), amounts (£ million)
	Business assets			Non business assets
Range of chargeable gain	Disposal numbers	Disposal value	Chargeable gains( 1)	Disposal numbers	Disposal value	Chargeable gains( 1)
2002-03
£0 to £10,000	11	112	26	170	3,087	408
£10,000 to £25,000	4	188	70	58	2,989	922
£25,000 to £100,000	21	2,106	1,095	35	3,851	1,571
£100,000 to £250,000	9	2,160	1,369	3	979	490
£250,000 to £500,000	4	1,831	1,395	1	512	300
£500,000 to £1 million	2	1,655	1,399	(2)—	521	306
£1 million and greater	2	7,156	6,720	(2)—	460	317
Total	53	15,208	12,075	268	12,400	4,314
2003-04
£0 to £10,000	12	155	41	268	9,951	551
£10,000 to £25,000	6	225	105	59	3,276	946
£25,000 to £100,000	28	2,453	1,504	45	5,006	2,002
£100,000 to £250,000	9	1,854	1,362	5	1,488	796
£250,000 to £500,000	3	1,394	1,200	1	986	443
£500,000 to £1 million	2	1,514	1,252	(2)—	361	261
£1 million and greater	2	5,724	5,373	(2)—	614	434
Total	62	13,317	10,837	379	21,680	5,432
2004-05
£0 to £10,000	40	222	57	317	4,185	616
£10,000 to £25,000	9	325	152	70	4,133	1,144
£25,000 to £100,000	32	4,369	1,748	53	6,406	2,421
£100,000 to £250,000	12	2,615	1,807	7	2,075	949
£250,000 to £500,000	4	1,694	1,364	2	844	532
£500,000 to £1 million	2	1,969	1,728	1	659	455
£1 million and greater	2	8,270	7,828	(2)—	1,121	746
Total	102	19,464	14,683	449	19,422	6,863
(1) Net of in-year losses but before deduction of taper relief and Annual Exempt Amount. (2) Neg.

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Child Tax Credit

Mrs. Riordan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effect of child tax credit on the economy. [219984]

Jane Kennedy: Tax credits provide support to 20 million people including six million families and 10 million children. They have helped increase the number of people in work by almost three million since spring 1997, and since 1997 unemployment has reduced by 400,000. They have also helped lift 600,000 children out of relative poverty since 1996-97.

Civil Service: Pay

Chris McCafferty: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to undertake a comprehensive review of civil service pay arrangements. [221510]

Yvette Cooper: The Government’s policy on civil service pay is reviewed annually, and is set out in the civil service pay guidance.

Common Agricultural Policy

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will hold discussions with the National Farmers’ Union on his policy for the EU to remove import tariffs on food and abolish the Common Agricultural Policy. [210294]

Angela Eagle [holding answer 11 June 2008]: As the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out in his letter to the EU Commission,

“It is unacceptable, that at a time of significant food price inflation, the EU continues to apply very high import tariffs to many agricultural commodities. The Commission should give urgent consideration to extending the suspension of import tariffs that apply to other agricultural commodities”

Treasury Ministers and officials have discussions with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s practice to provide details of all such discussions.

Council Tax

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2008, Official Report, column 206W, on council tax, how many notification changes have been made to the council tax list with a code of CL26 in (a) each year from 2003 to 2005 and (b) 2006-07. [218261]

Jane Kennedy: The number of properties, in England, reviewed and cleared with notification change code CL26 is shown as follows.

	Number
2003-04	36,652
2004-05	29,928
2005-06	31,147
2006-07	39,017

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Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2008, Official Report, column 206W, on council tax, what proportion of the changes were made following (a) discovery of an error by the agency and (b) representations from householders. [218277]

Jane Kennedy: Approximately 57 per cent. of the alterations were made following banding alterations to nearby dwellings and approximately 43 per cent. were made following representations being made by householders.

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