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Public Expenditure: Ministry of Defence

Dr. Fox: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to paragraph B75 of the pre-Budget report, Cm 7484, what the reasons were for the reclassification of £1.4 billion of Ministry of Defence expenditure in financial year 2007-08 from current to capital expenditure. [245202]


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Yvette Cooper: Net investment by the Ministry of Defence in 2007-08 was revised up by £1.2 billion following the Budget 2008 forecast. Most of this adjustment related to a revision of the treatment of certain capital spending which had previously been regarded as solely for military use and therefore considered as current spending for national accounts purposes.

Redundancy Pay

Dr. Stoate: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) mean and (b) mode redundancy payment was in (i) England and (ii) the South East in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of redundancy payments have been above the tax free threshold of £30,000 since the threshold was set at that level. [250686]

Mr. Timms: This specific tax exemption applies to redundancy payments and some other forms of termination payment. Where a payment of this kind is not exempt, HMRC collects the tax due through self-assessment and PAYE.

However, only information about non-exempt payments via self-assessments is recorded. HMRC therefore does not have comprehensive data on payments below the £30,000 threshold or what proportion relate to redundancy payments.

Welfare Tax Credits: Peterborough

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many individuals in Peterborough constituency have been overpaid tax credits (a) once, (b) twice and (c) three or more times since 1 April 2005; and if he will make a statement; [250764]

(2) how many individuals in Peterborough constituency have been underpaid tax credits (a) once, (b) twice and (c) three or more times since 1 April 2001; and if he will make a statement. [250765]

Mr. Timms: Child and working tax credits were not introduced until April 2003. The information requested is not available. However the following table provides a snapshot of information on the number of families in the Peterborough constituency with one, two and three or more underpayments or overpayments of tax credits between 2003-04 and 2006-07. This is based on families who had a 2006-07 tax credit award and lived in Peterborough as at 31 August 2006.

Thousand
Regularity with which overpayment or underpayment of tax credits occurred Number of awards underpaid Number of awards overpaid

(a) Once

4.4

3.9

(b) Twice

1.0

1.9

(c) Three or more times

0.2

0.7


Justice

Care Proceedings: Children

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many child care proceedings have been heard in courts in each court district in each of the last five years. [250159]


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Bridget Prentice: Information on the number of care and supervision orders made in each area for county and high courts in England and Wales for 2004 to 2007, and in each region for family proceedings courts in England and Wales for 2007, is shown in the following table.

Data on this basis are available from 2004 onwards and are not yet available for 2008.


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Annual figures on matters affecting children under the Children Act 1989 are published in Judicial and Court Statistics, available at:


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Number of public law care and supervision orders made( 1) in family proceedings courts( 2) and county and high courts in England and Wales
County/high courts Family proceedings courts
Region Area 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007

London region

London

913

838

981

876

London region total

913

838

981

876

n/a

n/a

n/a

600

Midlands region

Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire

375

337

432

317

Black Country, Staffordshire and West Mercia

345

386

366

370

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

240

220

141

155

Lincolnshire. Leicestershire and Rutland and Northamptonshire

199

215

158

137

Midlands region total

1,159

1,158

1,097

979

n/a

n/a

n/a

600

North-east region

Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria

369

403

303

347

Humber and South Yorkshire

443

489

559

611

North and West Yorkshire

516

427

484

550

North-east region total

1,328

1,319

1,346

1,508

n/a

n/a

n/a

800

North-west region

Cheshire and Merseyside

330

396

393

466

Cumbria and Lancashire

316

258

342

327

Greater Manchester

689

597

714

736

North-west region total

1,335

1,251

1,449

1,529

n/a

n/a

n/a

400

South-east region

Bedfordshire, Essex and Herts

319

298

342

307

Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk

219

273

339

306

Kent

176

136

165

179

Surrey and Sussex

302

272

253

292

Thames Valley

269

166

164

133

South-east region total

1,285

1,145

1,263

1,217

n/a

n/a

n/a

700

South-west region

Avon and Somerset

199

178

163

180

Devon and Cornwall

225

229

171

192

Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

126

111

152

90

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

176

143

162

174

South-west region total

726

661

648

636

n/a

n/a

n/a

400

Wales region

Mid and West Wales

82

113

109

100

North Wales

106

84

92

167

South-east Wales

270

304

262

239

Wales region total

458

501

463

506

n/a

n/a

n/a

300

Grand total

7,204

6,873

7,247

7,251

3,700

(1) Counted by child.
(2) There have been data quality issues with figures for family proceedings courts (FPCs) in the past. A new method of collection was introduced in April 2007 which has improved the coverage and completeness of data. Figures for FPCs are available at a regional level and have been rounded to the nearest 100.
Source:
HMCS FamilyMan; Manual Returns.

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