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To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of specialist asset recovery teams in Customs and Excise used for the recovery of assets from directors involved in fraudulent companies in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; how many staff were deployed in these teams in (i) 2001-02 and...

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 November 2003

For answer on

20 November 2003

Answered on

20 November 2003

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the cost was of specialist asset recovery teams in Customs and Excise used for the recovery of assets from directors involved in fraudulent companies in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; how many staff were deployed in these teams in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03; and what assets were realised by these teams in (A) 2001-02 and (B) 2002-03; [140183] (2) how many staff were employed in Customs and Excise debt management units in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; and how many new staff were recruited in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03; [140184] (3) if he will set out the Customs and Excise National Standards time limits for handling recoverable debt cases; and what the outturn against target was of debt management units in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; [140185] (4) how much debt was owed to Her Majesty's Customs and Excise on 31 March (a) in total and (b) broken down by type of debt; how much debt was owed as a percentage of the total amount of taxes and duties collected by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise; and what the change was in the number of unresolved debts between 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003; [140269] (5) what the value of new debt owed to Her Majesty's Customs and Excise notified to the debt management units in 2002-03 is; and how much of that new debt was represented by VAT missing trader fraud; [140270] (6) how much missing trader fraud debt owed to Her Majesty's Customs and Excise was outstanding at the end of 2002-03. [140271] John Healey: 20 staff were employed in Customs' asset recovery teams in 2001-02 and 25 in 2002-03. They secured £23.5 million in assets in 2001-02 and £17.8 million in 2002-03. It is not possible to identify the overall cost of operating these teams. 929 staff were employed in debt management in Customs in 2001-02 and 892 in 2002-03. This includes staff involved in security, insolvency, civil recovery and other debt management work outside the debt management units. There was turnover of staff within these figures, with individuals moving into and out of the function, but it is not possible to identify the number of new staff recruited in those years. The National Standards for debt management did not include timescales for handling recoverable debt in either 2001-02 or 2002-03. Current standards require a positive outcome on recoverable debt within three months for first time and occasional defaulters, or six months for persistent defaulters recruited in those years. Total debt owed to Customs at the end of the 2002-03 accounting period was £2,311 million. This was 1.5 per cent. of the total amount of taxes and duties collected by Customs, and included £1,159 million suspended debt and £1,152 million recoverable debt. The number of unresolved debts was not measured in 2001-02, but Customs had 344,983 cases on hand at the end of the 2002-03 accounting period. During 2002-03 £4,974 million in new debt was advised to debt management units. Of this £824 million resulted from MTIC fraud, although some of this figure related to cases opened in previous years. At the end of 2002-03 £546 million in missing trader fraud debt was still owed to Customs.

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

413 c1328-9W;413 c1324-5W; 140183;140184;140185;140269;140270;140271

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost was of operating the local government council tax system in each of the last five years for which records are available, broken down by (a) administration, (b) valuation, (c) appeals, (d) council tax benefit administration and (e) other costs. - Inc...

Asked by

Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 November 2003

For answer on

17 November 2003

Answered on

17 November 2003

Andrew George: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost was of operating the local government council tax system in each of the last five years for which records are available, broken down by (a) administration, (b) valuation, (c) appeals, (d) council tax benefit administration and (e) other costs. [139157] Mr. Raynsford: Local authorities in England reported council tax collection costs and council tax benefit administration costs in the last five years are tabled below. Administration, valuation and appeals costs are not reported separately. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Council tax collection costs Council tax benefit administration costs 1999-2000 309.6 216.7 2000-01 301.5 194.8 2001-02 301.1 218.7 2002-031 319.1 204.5 2003-041 2337.0 235.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Budgeted figures. 2 In 2003-04, council tax collection costs may include a small amount of NDR, rate (domestic and non-domestic) and community charge collection costs. Source: 1999-2000 to 2001-02 Revenue Summary Returns. 2002-03 to 2003-04 Budget Estimate Returns.

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

139157; 413 c532W

House

House of Commons

The Governments expenditure plans 2003/04 to 2004/05. Inland Revenue departmental report 2003.

Type

Command papers

Notes

Received 16.05.03

Date

16 May 2003

Reference

Cm 5925

House

House of Commons

Governments expenditure plans 2003/04 to 2004/05. Customs and Excise departmental report for 2003.

Type

Command papers

Notes

Received 23.05.03

Date

15 May 2003

Reference

Cm 5924

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimates he has made of the cost of council tax collection and enforcement in each local authority in Suffolk. - Includes table.

Asked by

David Ruffley (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 April 2003

Reference

108018; 403 c254W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total cost of income tax collection in the latest year for which information is available per self-assessment tax payer. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Date

7 April 2003

Reference

104758; 403 c34W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) filing and (b) other costs of the self assessment tax system in each year since 1998; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to Inland Revenue Annual Report, in Library.

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 March 2003

Reference

102878; 401 c680-1W

House

House of Commons

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