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Departmental Telephone Services
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. [294986]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: HM Treasury has a general public inquiry telephone line operating at standard rates.
Housing: Construction
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 194W, on housing: construction, whether the Valuebill/e-BAR interface is used in each case for each of the local authorities listed. [293016]
Ian Pearson: The Valuebill/e-BAR interface is not used for the submission of building commencement notices or building completion notices.
Housing: Valuation
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the policy of the Valuation Office Agency is on whether unauthorised dwellings which do not have planning permission should be assessed for housing benefit or local housing allowance. [294516]
Ian Pearson: The local housing allowance is a standard allowance based on the area in which a claimant lives and the number of occupiers in their property, it is not a property specific housing benefit. The Valuation Office Agency's responsibility is to determine the median market rent for the appropriate size properties and provide those determinations to the local authorities each month. It is the responsibility of the local authority to assess housing benefit for individual claimants.
News International
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether any Minister or official in his Department has had (a) meetings, (b) communications and (c) other contacts with News International in the last five years; [295329]
(2) whether any Minister or official in his Department has had (a) meetings, (b) communications and (c) other contacts with the Monitor Group in the last five years. [295330]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings 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 meetings.
Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what combination of letters and numbers is used for individual sub-location codes for the revaluation of non-domestic rates. [294443]
Ian Pearson: Any unique combination of letters and numbers up to a maximum of four may be used.
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
Mr. Letwin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) accrued revenue in the last three months from callers to HMRC 08 telephone numbers being kept on line while waiting to be answered. [295035]
Mr. Timms: HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) centrally managed network of contact centres has received no revenue in respect of its use of 08 telephone numbers. HMRC's contact centre policy is to provide as quick and efficient a service as possible.
Taxation: Holiday Accommodation
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with representatives of the tourism industry in Wales on the financial effect of the revised furnished holiday letting rules. [295246]
Mr. Timms: Treasury Ministers and officials hold 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.
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the financial effect which the revised furnished holiday letting rules will have on persons operating holiday lets in (a) the UK and (b) Wales. [295247]
Mr. Timms: An impact assessment for the changes to the furnished holiday lettings rules will be published at the 2009 pre-Budget report, alongside draft legislation.
Taxation: Scotland
Gordon Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Revenue and Customs has responsibilities for the levy aspects of business improvement districts in Scotland. [295251]
These are the responsibility of the relevant local authority in conjunction with participating businesses in the business improvement district area.
Valuation Office Agency: East Midlands
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 194W, on housing: construction, which local authorities in the East Midlands provided details of (a) building control commencement lists and (b) building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency in the last 12 months; and whether the Valuebill/e-BAR interface was used in each case. [293223]
Ian Pearson: A table showing which local authorities within the East Midlands region of England have provided building control commencement lists and building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency in the last 12months is set out as follows.
The Valuebill/e-BAR interface is not used for the submission of building control commencement lists or building control completion notices.
| Billing authority | Commencement notices | Completion notices |
Valuation Office: Housing
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 1 June 2009, Official Report, columns 194-96W, on housing: construction, (1) which local authorities in the North East have provided details of (a) building control commencement lists and (b) building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency; and whether the Valuebill/e-BAR interface was used in each case; [292864]
(2) which local authorities in the North West provide details of (a) building control commencement lists and (b) building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency; and whether the Valuebill/e-BAR interface is used in each case; [293018]
(3) which local authorities in the South West provide details of (a) building control commencement lists and (b) building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency; and whether the Valuebill/e-BAR interface is used in each case. [293019]
Ian Pearson: A table showing which local authorities within the (a) North East, (b) North West and (c) South West regions of England have provided building control commencement lists and building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency is shown as follows. The Valuebill/e-BAR interface is not used for the submission of building control commencement lists or building control completion notices.
| Billing authority | Commencement notices | Completion notices |
| (1) Some of the former BAs which make up this unitary authority do, but not all | ||
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