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Mortgages: Government Assistance
John Mason: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many homeowners are in receipt of assistance from the Homeowner Mortgage Protection Scheme in Glasgow East constituency. [316755]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Homeowners Mortgage Support scheme was launched in April 2009. Management information on the scheme and equivalent forbearance schemes was released by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 9 December 2009. Figures can be accessed using the following link:
Data are not collected at constituency level.
PAYE
Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what procedures exist for a Pay-As-You-Earn taxpayer to obtain information from his Department on their annual tax calculation. [315983]
Mr. Timms:
Pay As You Earn (PAYE) aims to collect the right amount of tax each year through the PAYE
code. Customers are encouraged to use the information provided on HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) website at:
to help them understand their PAYE tax code. If customers have concerns or believe they are being wrongly taxed, they should contact their tax office, which will be able to make any appropriate adjustments.
Information on how to find your tax office is available at:
Public Sector Pay
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 7 December 2009 on Smarter Government, whether the policy of requiring the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to approve public sector salaries over £150,000 and bonus payments of over £50,000 will apply to (a) non-ministerial departments, (b) public corporations, (c) non-departmental public bodies and (d) Network Rail; whether it will apply to civil servants already in post; and whether it will apply to appointments which are not subject to Ministerial approval. [315250]
Mr. Byrne: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) on 28 January 2010, Official Report, column 1067W.
Revenue and Customs
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for how long HM Revenue and Customs retains copies of tax returns. [316409]
Mr. Timms: I refer to the answer given to the hon. Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) on 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 744W.
Revenue and Customs: Rural Areas
Mr. Cox: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that its services are available in person to people living in rural areas. [315905]
Steve Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs took of the disability equality duty of public authorities under Section 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in its programme of closures of public enquiry centres. [315975]
Mr. Timms: I refer to the answer given to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 855W. An equality impact assessment of changes to enquiry centre opening hours will be published prior to any changes being made.
Strategic Investment Fund
Adam Afriyie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost to the public purse has been of providing the additional funds to the Strategic Investment Fund announced in the 2009 Pre-Budget Report; and how much funding has been allocated to the Strategic Investment Fund since its inception. [316018]
Mr. Timms: The cost to the public purse of the £200 million uplift to the Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) announced in the 2009 Pre-Budget Report was £100 million, consisting of:
£100 million of new funding provided to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for the SIF; and
£100 million was allocated to the SIF from departmental re-prioritization.
£950 million has been allocated to the SIF since its inception.
Taxation: Gaming Machines
Mr. Todd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the responses received to his Department's consultation on the taxation of gaming machines. [316169]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: HM Treasury's formal consultation on the taxation of gaming machines concluded on 23 October 2009.
In line with the Government's code of practice on consultation, the responses are being analysed carefully and, in due course, a summary of responses will be published.
Welfare Tax Credits
Steve Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of in-work (a) lone parents and (b) couple parents claiming working tax credit with (i) one child, (ii) two children and (iii) three children have gross annual incomes for the purpose of calculating their awards of (A) less than £10,000, (B) between £10,000 and £20,000, (C) between £20,000 and £30,000, (D) between £30,000 and £40,000, (E) between £40,000 and £50,000 and (F) over £50,000; and if he will make a statement. [315976]
Mr. Timms: The information requested is provided in the following tables.
| Number of in-work families benefiting from tax credits, December 2009 (thousands) | ||||||
| Thousand | ||||||
| Range of income used to taper award | ||||||
| In-work families | Up to £9,999 | £10,000 to £19,999 | £20,000 to £29,999 | £30,000 to £39,999 | £40,000 to £50,000 | Over £50,000 |
| Proportion of in-work families benefiting from tax credits, December 2009 | ||||||
| Percentage | ||||||
| Range of income used to taper award | ||||||
| In -work families | Up to £9,999 | £10,000 to £19,999 | £20,000 to £29,999 | £30,000 to £39,999 | £40,000 to £50,000 | Over £50,000 |
Steve Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much and what proportion of (a) working tax credit, (b) child tax credit and (c) total tax credit expenditure is paid to families with annual incomes of less than (i) £20,000, (ii) £30,000, (iii) £40,000 and (iv) £50,000; and if he will make a statement. [315977]
Mr. Timms: The information requested is provided in the following tables:
| Amount and proportion of child tax credit (CTC) entitlement by income, 2007-08 | ||
| Income used to calculate award | CTC entitlement (£ million) | Proportion of WTC entitlement (percentage) |
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