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Public Sector: North West
Helen Jones: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the change in the number of public sector jobs in (a) Warrington and (b) the North West in each of the next five years. [21168]
Danny Alexander: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) released, as part of its Budget forecasts on 22 June 2010, projections for whole economy employment to 2015-16.
Further information on its employment forecast, including projections for general government employment, was released on 30 June 2010 in its document "OBR forecast: Employment", which can be found on the following webpage:
A revised forecast will be released on 29 November 2010.
The OBR has not published forecasts on a sub-national level.
Public Sector: Pay
Mr Laws: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of public sector workers earning less than £21,000 per year who will receive a pay rise of at least £250 in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. [20094]
Danny Alexander: The Budget announced a two-year pay freeze from 2011-12 for public sector work forces, except for those earning the full-time equivalent of £21,000 or less, who will receive an increase of at least £250 per year. Approximately 1.7 million public sector workers (excluding the devolved Administrations and public corporations), earn £21,000 or less.
For those areas where pay is not set centrally, it will be up to individual employers to determine their own pay policy. Therefore, while the Government will expect similar restraint in these areas, it is not possible to state with certainty the proportion of those public sector workers earning £21,000 or less who will receive £250.
Public Sector: Richmond Park
Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of public sector jobs in Richmond Park constituency of the reductions in departmental spending announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review. [20565]
Danny Alexander: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) released, as part of its Budget forecasts on 22 June 2010, projections for whole economy
Further information on its employment forecast, including projections for general Government employment, was released on 30 June 2010 in its document 'OBR forecast: Employment', which can be found on the following webpage:
A revised forecast will be released on 29 November 2010.
The OBR has not published forecasts on a sub-national level.
Research and Development Tax Credit
Chi Onwurah: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of research and development credits in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15. [20765]
Justine Greening: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), and I have asked the OBR to reply.
Letter from Robert Chote, dated 1 November 2010:
As Chair of the Budget Responsibility Committee of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), I have been asked to reply to your recent question:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of research and development credits in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15. 20765
The interim OBR's June 2010 Budget forecast incorporated a forecast for research and development credits. Research and development tax credits are included in the corporation tax credits line in Table C11 (p100) in the June Budget. The element of R&D tax credits which are paid out to firms with no tax liability are treated as AME expenditure and included in the tax credits line in Table C13 (p102) in the June Budget.
Following your request for supplementary information on its forecasts, the Office for Budget Responsibility will release the specific information on R&D tax credits on 18 November 2010, at 11am. This information will be published on the OBR website, and copies of all published material will be made available to Parliament. This is in accordance with our publication procedure, which is available on our website at:
Working Tax Credit
Mr Douglas Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his estimate of the level of savings which will accrue from his proposed changes to the working hours requirement for the working tax credit includes assumptions on behavioural changes. [19842]
Justine Greening: The estimate of the level of savings which will accrue from his proposed changes to the working hour's requirement for couples with children does not include behavioural assumptions.
The policy costings for the Spending Review do not generally include indirect behavioural effects. If the Office for Budget Responsibility judges them to be significant they will be captured in their autumn 2010 economic forecast.
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