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Community Infrastructure Levy
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has classified community infrastructure levy as a form of taxation. [319631]
Mr. Timms: The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) will decide on the classification of the community infrastructure levy (CIL) in line with European statistical guidance. The ONS will consider the classification of the CIL once regulations to implement CIL are approved by Parliament.
Departmental Energy
Dan Rogerson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department plans to take to participate in the Earth Hour event on 27 March 2010. [319102]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: HM Treasury supported the World Wide Fund for Nature's 'Earth Hour' initiative in 2009, and this year will also be encouraging staff to switch off non-essential electrical equipment and lights on 27 March.
Departmental Pay
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 563W, on departmental pay, how many and what proportion of staff of his Department received both an annual performance bonus and an in-year bonus in 2008-09; what the largest combined bonus payment to an individual was; what proportion of staff received no bonus; and who was responsible for awarding such bonuses. [313131]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Non-consolidated awards are paid in two circumstances. First, performance awards are those linked to the annual staff appraisal system. Directorates are responsible for setting up performance review teams to award non-consolidated awards as part of the appraisal process.
Secondly, special bonuses are those paid to recognise exceptional performance for specific contributions or pieces of work during the year or situations outside the normal expectations of the post. Directorates are also responsible for the award of special bonus awards.
In 2008-09, 15 per cent. of full-time equivalent staff in post (191 individuals) were paid both a performance award and a special bonus, with the largest combined bonus payment to an individual being £14,000, with 39 per cent. of staff in post receiving neither a performance award nor a special bonus.
The permanent secretary is responsible for awarding bonuses, with the exception of his own, which is the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary.
Departmental Theft
Mr. Watson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many thefts from his Department have been recorded in the last two years. [318991]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The numbers of thefts from the Department recorded in the last two calendar years are four in 2008 and six in 2009.
Empty Property
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what definition of the term (a) actual and (b) vacant is used for the purposes of property returns for the e-PIMS database; and what proportion of central Government property is recorded on that database. [319805]
Ian Pearson: The definitions of the terms vacant and actual are only used in the context of vacant space recorded on e-PIMS, Space that is vacant remains the responsibility of the owning department. Actual vacant space refers to space that is currently available, as opposed to potential vacant space (that might become available in the future but no specific date has been identified) or future vacant space (that is planned to be available at a specific date).
100 per cent. of property records within the mandated estate are entered on e-PIMS.
Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks
Dr. Fox: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has accrued to the Exchequer from duty on sales of cider in each year since 2005. [319517]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Historical receipts of duty collected from cider can be found in table 2 of the HM Revenue and Customs Beer and Cider Duties Bulletin, available at:
Government Departments: Carbon Emissions
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made against the 2006 target to reduce carbon emissions from road vehicles used for Government administrative operations by 15 per cent. by 2010-11 relative to 2005-06 levels. [319344]
Ian Pearson: Government have a target to reduce carbon emissions from road vehicles used for administrative purposes by 15 per cent. by 2010 relative to a 2005-06 baseline. Overall the Government are on track to achieve this target, the current overall reduction against the baseline year is 17 per cent. Data supporting this delivery figure have been supplied by Departments and published. The latest assessment of Government's performance against this target was published by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) on 18( )December 2009, and is available on the OGC website:
Inheritance Tax: Dundee
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what revenue accrued to the Exchequer from inheritance tax levied on estates in Dundee, East constituency in the last five years. [319568]
Mr. Timms: The information is not currently available at a constituency level. Inheritance tax data are based on a UK-wide sample of cases which is designed to produce national level figures and the size of the sample means that HMRC cannot reliably estimate tax receipts below a regional level.
Inheritance Tax: Housing
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many estates in the UK inheritance tax was paid in each year since 1996. [319664]
Mr. Timms: The number of estates on which UK inheritance tax was paid is available at:
Inheritance Tax: Leeds
Greg Mulholland: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from inheritance tax on estates in Leeds, North-West constituency in the last five years. [319498]
Mr. Timms: The information is not currently available at constituency level. Inheritance tax data is based on a UK wide sample of cases which is designed to produce national level figures and the size of the sample means that HMRC cannot reliably estimate the number of taxpayers below a regional level.
Insurance: Buildings
Peter Bottomley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to give the Financial Services Authority the power to consider cases of unreasonable buildings insurance premiums charged by freeholders of rented or leasehold property. [319671]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Remedies already exist for leaseholders to establish whether or not the insurance premium they are asked to pay or contribute towards by way of service charges is reasonable.
Where a leaseholder considers that a freeholder has overcharged in respect of the building insurance premium (or their contribution towards it), they have a right to take the case to a leasehold valuation tribunal for a determination of the reasonableness of the insurance.
Leave
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average number of contracted days' paid holiday was in the (a) public and (b) private sector on each industrial category in the most recent year for which information is available. [318634]
Angela E. Smith: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the average number of contracted days' paid holiday was in the (a) public and (b) private sector by industrial category in the most recent year for which information is available. (318634)
The latest available estimates of average paid holiday entitlement per year are provided in the attached table. The estimates are derived from data collected in the Labour Force Survey (LFS) in Q4 2009. The distinction between public and private sector is based on the respondent's understanding of the organisation for which they work.
As with any sample survey, the estimates provided are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Non-Domestic Rates: Garages and Petrol Stations:
Robert Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many petrol retail stations were on the Valuation Office Agency's rating list in 1997; and how many there are on the 2010 rating list. [317803]
Ian Pearson:
As the hon. Member will be aware, there have been some significant changes in the structure of petrol retailing over the past 15 years. Petrol filling
stations in the 1995 rating lists were identified using Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Special Category (SCAT) code 222.
As at 1 April 1997 there were 11,870 in England and 1,050 in Wales.
In the draft 2010 rating lists petrol filling stations are under SCAT 209.
As at 2 November there were 5,650 in England and 440 in Wales.
Non-Domestic Rates: Retail Trade
Lorely Burt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total rateable value is of hereditaments classified as retail properties; and for how many such properties the rateable value is (a) under £5,000, (b) between £5,000 and £14,999, (c) between £15,000 and £24,999, (d) between £25,000 and £49,999, (e) between £50,000 and £99,999, (f) between £100,000 and £499,999 and (g) at least £500,000. [316909]
Ian Pearson [holding answer 22 February 2010]: The Valuation Office Agency identifies the various types of property contained in the rating lists by the use of a Specialist (SCAT) code.
These data are consistent with the statistical release titled: "Non-domestic Rateable Values: 2010 Local Ratings Lists-England and Wales", published on 18 December 2009. A copy of the statistical release is available at the following link:
| Properties with a 'Retail' SCAT code of 021, 024, 086, 097, 098, 106, 139, 152, 154, 155, 210, 235, 243, 249, 251, 417, 425, 429, 442, 504, 507, 508 | ||||||
| England | Wales | Total | ||||
| Rateable v alue | Number hereditaments (Thousand) | Total rateable value (£ million) | Number hereditaments (Thousand) | Total rateable value (£ million) | Number. hereditaments (Thousand) | Total rateable v alue (£ million) |
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