The Arts Council of Wales Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru
The Basic Skills Agency
The British Library
The Design Council
The English Sports Council
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The Forestry Commission Including Forest Enterprise and Forest Research
The Hannah Research Institute
The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust
The Housing Corporation
The Millennium Commission
The Museums Libraries and Archives Council
The National Archives
The Natural Environment Research Council
The Natural History Museum (including The Natural History Museum Trading Co Ltd)
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Scottish Arts Council
The Sports Council for Wales
The United Kingdom Sports Council
The Wallace Collection
The Wessex Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
The Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust
Traffic Director for London
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
V and A Enterprises Ltd
Valuation Tribunals
Victoria and Albert Museum
VisitBritain
VisitScotland
Wales Tourist Board
Waltham Forest Housing Action Trust
Welsh Language Board
Welsh National Board for Nursing, Midwifery And Health Visiting
West Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
Wine Standards Board
Small Businesses: Staffordshire
Mr. Jenkins:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people have been employed in the small business sector in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each year since 1997. [270274]
Kevin Brennan:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated April 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question concerning how many people have been employed in the small business sector in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each year since 1997.
Table 1 shows the number of employees within the size-band 0-49 employees from 1998 to 2007. Figures for 1997 are not available.
Table 1: Number of employees in the employee size-band 0-49
Period
Tamworth constituency
Staffordshire
1998
19,100
151,800
1999
17,900
146,000
2000
18,900
155,500
2001
18,400
152,900
2002
19,400
158,600
2003
19,500
157,100
2004
19,500
158,100
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2005
19,400
156,800
2006
19,400
157,300
2007
19,400
157,000
Note:
Estimates for 2005 and earlier periods are on a different basis to those from 2006 onwards. A preliminary assessment of changes in survey methodology suggests that the estimated total number of employees (for GB at the whole economy level) was reduced by around 1 per cent. Direct comparisons of employee estimates should therefore be treated with caution. Source:
Annual Business Inquiry.
Taxation: Income
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 11 June 2008, Official Report, columns 308-9W, on taxation: income, if he will publish an updated copy of table 14A of the Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income, broken down by the age of the household’s reference person in five year bands from the ages of 20 to 80 years rather than by household income deciles, for the latest year for which figures are available. [270208]
Kevin Brennan:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated April 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking with reference to the Answer of 11 June 2008, Official Report, columns 308-9W, on taxation: income, if he will place in the Library an updated copy of table 14A of the Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income, broken down by the age of the households reference person in five year bands from the ages of 20 to 80 years rather than by household income deciles, for the latest year for which figures are available. (270208)
The table requested is provided here for the year 2006/07, the latest period for which figures are available. This table will also be provided to the House of Commons Library.
Average incomes, taxes and benefits have been presented with households grouped in five year bands according to age of the household reference person (HRP). To ensure that all households are classified, an age group for households where the HRP is aged 80 or over has been included. Households where the HRP is under 20 (of which there are relatively few) are classified in the same group as those where the HRP is aged 20 to 24.
The information in this response is based on the Expenditure and Food Survey, which has a sample size of approximately 6,400 households. When breaking down this sample into age bands the sub-samples become quite small. The estimates for all of the age groups are based on sub-samples of around 370-710 households. With such small sample sizes, caution should be exercised when drawing any conclusions from these estimates. As an indication of sampling variability, the 95 per cent confidence interval for average gross household income for all households is approximately ±2.8 per cent. When disaggregating the information to smaller sub-groups, such as household age groups, the sampling variability will be greater due to a smaller sample size.
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Average household incomes, taxes and benefits by age of household reference person, 2006-07
Household reference person age groups
<25
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75-79
>79
All house-holds
Average per household (£ per year)
sample number in each band
181
403
477
625
708
647
549
574
543
446
468
366
401
6,388
Number of households in the population (thousand)
872
1,620
1,903
2,502
2,788
2,474
2,177
2,232
1,975
1,547
1,652
1,262
1,832
24,836
Original income
Wages and salaries
17,713
28,822
33,988
34,435
31,895
36,387
34,005
27,071
17,298
3,794
1,670
1,083
372
23,000
Imputed income from benefits in kind
165
246
540
458
561
440
549
435
204
55
8
9
17
325
Self-employment income
840
2,611
3,907
4,300
3,880
5,329
4,447
3,632
3,403
1,405
475
130
334
3,036
Occupational pensions, annuities
—
5
77
145
171
453
1,038
2,599
6,219
7,337
6,948
5,571
4,405
2,431
Investment income
134
161
420
813
958
616
1,178
1,581
1,784
1,636
2181
1,495
1,083
1,088
Other income
619
481
148
297
432
181
75
90
56
37
59
78
120
199
Total
19,470
32,327
39,080
40,448
37,897
43,406
41,292
35,409
28,964
14,263
11,342
8,366
6,331
30,080
Direct benefits in cash
Contributory
Retirement pension
—
24
67
79
104
159
113
241
2,659
7,291
7,379
7,126
6,165
2,047
Jobseeker’s allowance (Contribution based)
12
12
—
29
10
21
35
34
9
5
—
21
5
16
Incapacity benefit
21
80
131
165
231
233
480
478
472
107
85
54
61
224
Widows’ benefits
—
—
21
18
20
28
40
47
10
—
—
16
—
18
Statutory Maternity Pay/Allowance
64
110
254
80
84
23
23
27
—
—
—
—
—
53
Non-contributory
Income support and pension credit
464
432
376
385
339
404
410
276
576
332
298
396
573
400
Child benefit
302
492
694
933
905
603
338
106
40
18
7
3
4
396
Housing benefit
688
672
432
510
323
353
467
366
417
440
442
423
530
448
Jobseeker’s allowance (Income based)
85
46
46
58
38
47
63
48
—
—
8
12
35
38
Invalid care allowance
—
17
41
28
49
79
25
61
34
91
16
32
41
42
Attendance allowance
—
—
—
—
2
5
—
29
28
30
61
226
262
42
Disability living allowance
42
42
182
121
204
342
326
380
503
531
351
254
112
268
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War pensions/War widows' pensions
—
—
3
11
—
9
34
55
6
9
47
48
134
27
Severe disablement allowance
—
1
33
29
20
33
48
57
53
26
40
68
55
36
Industrial injury disablement benefit
—
—
—
2
15
19
17
28
29
25
22
10
26
15
Student support
379
211
61
72
72
93
73
56
11
—
5
—
—
69
Government training schemes
4
—
4
6
8
14
15
7
0
—
0
0
—
5
Tax credits(1)
586
695
627
735
559
373
192
44
15
22
—
—
—
311
Other non-contributory benefits(2)
48
34
32
24
28
31
146
32
178
230
249
253
487
125
Total cash benefits
2,694
2,868
3,004
3,286
3,012
2,872
2,845
2,371
5,041
9,158
9,011
8,940
8,488
4,580
Gross income
22,164
35,194
42,084
43,734
40,909
46,278
44,137
37,780
34,005
23,421
20,353
17,305
14,819
34,661
Direct taxes and Employees’ NIC
Income tax
2,423
4,920
6,551
6,976
6,365
7,382
6,680
5,573
4,942
2,553
1,970
1,110
908
4,954
Less: Tax credits( 3)
111
297
270
324
318
197
112
46
13
4
3
4
9
148
Employees’ NI contributions
1,222
2,075
2,350
2,215
2,124
2,225
2,332
1,843
1,109
251
102
79
25
1,528
Council tax and Northern Ireland rates(4)
783
893
1,034
1,081
1,129
1,138
1,144
1,171
1,193
1,148
1,132
1,097
1,035
1,093
Less: Council tax benefit/Rates rebates
176
109
97
107
77
92
124
108
134
180
187
216
289
137
Total
4,141
7,481
9,569
9,841
9,223
10,456
9,919
8,433
7,097
3,768
3,014
2,067
1,670
7,290
Disposable income
18,024
27,713
32,516
33,893
31,685
35,822
34,218
29,347
26,908
19,653
17,339
15,238
13,149
27,370
Equivalised disposable income
17,931
27,706
31,953
29,475
26,853
28,972
28,275
28,594
26,814
22,165
19,840
18,101
17,286
25,831
Indirect taxes
Taxes on final goods and services
VAT
1,577
2,084
2,294
2,441
2,638
2,643
2,505
2,266
2,255
1,656
1,559
1,201
831
2,104
Duty on tobacco
488
355
417
329
374
314
334
462
185
261
201
121
82
306
Duty on beer and cider
152
148
138
132
148
160
155
140
120
79
66
34
22
120
Duty on wines and spirits
223
155
129
145
161
168
179
183
158
122
113
100
77
148
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Duty on hydrocarbon oils
408
446
524
551
563
632
653
513
447
367
280
171
110
463
Vehicle excise duty
75
107
138
158
157
177
181
156
164
130
118
82
54
138
Television licences
114
124
130
125
141
126
129
126
125
124
118
4
0
111
Stamp duty on house purchase
68
207
321
188
245
123
119
154
171
156
71
67
54
159
Customs duties
27
30
31
33
35
36
35
30
30
23
21
17
14
29
Betting taxes
7
24
25
31
33
39
40
49
54
44
36
40
38
36
Insurance premium tax
24
40
45
50
54
57
59
50
53
42
45
37
24
47
Air passenger duty
7
37
16
25
46
44
28
29
44
43
32
22
5
31
Camelot National Lottery Fund
9
26
30
43
58
60
68
82
71
62
63
52
33
53
Other
19
5
24
14
23
12
24
33
16
14
37
6
3
18
Intermediate taxes
Commercial and industrial rates
250
280
288
306
326
332
321
279
276
209
195
156
127
268
Employers’ NI contributions
441
493
508
540
574
586
566
491
486
369
344
276
223
472
Duty on hydrocarbon oils
151
168
174
184
196
200
193
168
166
126
118
94
76
162
Vehicle excise duty
13
14
14
15
16
17
16
14
14
11
10
8
6
13
Other
254
284
293
311
330
337
326
283
280
212
198
159
128
272
Total indirect taxes
4,305
5,025
5,538
5,620
6,119
6,062
5,932
5,510
5,113
4,050
3,624
2,646
1,907
4,950
Post-tax income
13,718
22,688
26,978
28,273
25,567
29,760
28,286
23,837
2,1795
15,603
13,715
12,593
11,242
22,420
Benefits in kind
Education
4,339
1,853
2,241
3,895
4,651
3,705
2,348
708
386
97
77
13
17
2,042
National health service
2,499
2,504
3,000
2,859
2,813
2,732
2,727
2,398
2,791
3,460
4,070
6,084
8,578
3,462
Housing subsidy
42
14
13
14
14
13
20
20
19
15
10
20
16
17
Rail travel subsidy
54
55
48
54
45
46
39
36
32
12
9
6
6
36
Bus travel subsidy
56
56
41
39
37
61
60
49
98
120
131
125
117
72
School meals and welfare milk
48
62
44
55
34
36
17
4
5
2
—
0
24
Total
7,038
4,544
5,386
6,916
7,595
6,593
5,211
3,214
3,331
3,707
4,298
6,248
8,735
5,651
Final income
20,756
27,233
32,364
35,188
33,162
36,353
33,496
27,051
25,127
19,310
18,013
18,841
19,977
28,071
(1) Child tax credit and working tax credit. (2) Includes age-related payments. (3) Including tax relief at source on life assurance premiums. Source:
Office for National Statistics
