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(4) how many premises of law courts in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010; [319221]

(5) how many zoos in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010; [319223]

(6) how many lap dancing venues in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010; [319291]

(7) how many public telephone boxes in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010; [319293]

(8) how many nightclubs and discotheques in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010; [319294]

(9) how many supermarkets with a floor area of over 2,500 square metres in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010; [319295]

(10) how many public conveniences in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010; [319301]

(11) how many drive-in and drive-through restaurants in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010; [319302]

(12) how many Post Offices in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010; [319306]

(13) how many petrol filling stations in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010; [319313]

(14) how many (a) casinos and gambling clubs and (b) bingo halls in England were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2010. [319315]

Ian Pearson: For the number of properties on the list in 1997, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) on 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 232W.

For the number of property types on the list in 2010, I refer the hon. Member to the statistical release titled "Non-domestic rateable values: 2010 Local Ratings Lists - England and Wales" published on 18 December 2009. A copy of this statistical release is available at the following link:

Revenue and Customs: Peterhead

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consultation HM Revenue and Customs has undertaken with staff based at Keith House, Peterhead, over the Workforce Change programme. [311964]

Mr. Timms: Staff at the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) office at Keith House, Peterhead were invited to give their views on the proposal to vacate the office during an eight week period from 11 June to 6 August 2008.


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Following the announcement on 4 December 2008 that HMRC would withdraw from Keith House, managers have held one-to-one meetings with staff to discuss their options, taking account of individual personal circumstances. A regional implementation team was set up to explore redeployment options and find suitable opportunities within HMRC and in other Government Departments and Agencies. Seminars for all affected staff are being held, and further support is being planned for those staff who want to continue their civil service careers.

Taxation: Gaming Machines

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs proposes to reclassify skills with prize machines as gaming machines; and what account that proposal takes of his Department's policy on retrospective taxation. [319739]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The definition of a gaming machine for the purpose of amusement machine licence duty (AMLD) is provided by section 25 of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 which, in turn, refers to section 6 of the Gambling Act 2005.

HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs, in consultation with the Gambling Commission and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, will undertake a review of Skill with prizes machines and the games played on them for the purposes of AMLD. The review was announced on 26 February and will report to Ministers in four months. The review will also consider the issue of tax arrears applicable to some machines.

Valuation Office Agency

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Valuation Office Agency has
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requested access to data held on the (a) Home Condition Register, (b) Energy Performance Certificate Register and (c) National Register of Social Housing. [319630]

Ian Pearson: The Valuation Office Agency has not requested access to data held on the Home Condition Report or Energy Performance Certificate Registers, but has requested and received data held on the National Register of Social Housing.

VAT: Alcoholic Drinks

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of value added tax arrangements on loss-leading marketing promotions of alcohol by retailers. [320116]

Mr. Timms: No such assessment has been made. VAT returns to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by retailers and other businesses do not distinguish payments or recovery of VAT on alcohol products from those on other sales.

Home Department

Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been fined for selling alcohol to under-age persons in each year since 1997; and what the average fine was in each such year. [313016]

Mr. Alan Campbell: Information on the number of fines issued by the courts and the average fine amount for "selling alcohol to persons under 18" for each year between 1997 and 2008 is provided in the following table. This does not include data on penalty notices for disorder, which can also be issued for underage sales.


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Total fines given and average fine amount, se lling alcohol to underage, 1997 to 2008

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

14203

Selling etc. intoxicating liquor to person under 18 on the premises

Number of fines issued

111

129

95

46

42

80

353

519

662

438

37

21

Average fine imposed (£)

227

212

194

206

208

249

253

238

246

293

276

376

14379

Sale of alcohol to person under 18

Number of fines issued

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13

17

278

425

287

Average fine imposed (£)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

206

251

324

375

378

14380

Allowing sale of alcohol to person under 18

Number of fines issued

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

6

14

Average fine imposed (£)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

276

467

603

14352

Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18

Number of fines issued

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

2

6

-

-

-

Average fine imposed (£)

-

50.00

-

-

-

-

-

160.00

233.33

-

-

-

14398

Persistently selling alcohol to children

Number of fines issued

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

Average fine imposed (£)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

968.75

Notes:
1. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.
2. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
3. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.
Source:
Ministry of Justice

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