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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment ha has made of the average effect of taxes and benefits in (a) 1979 (b)1997, (c)the current financial year and (d) five year's time on each decile of (1) individuals and (2)household incomes for (A) pensions and (B) families with children.

Asked by

Peter Bottomley (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1571-2W;432 c1568W; 225022

House

House of Commons

Untitled Debate on bill

Finance (No 2) Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Committee negatived. Standing Order 47 having been suspended, Lords third reading agreed to on question (formal) and Bill passed.

Lead member

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Answering member

Baroness Noakes

Department

Treasury

Type

Debates on bills

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

671 c928-35

House

House of Lords

Untitled Debate on bill

International Organisations Bill (HL). Second reading debate agreed to on question. Committee stage. Clauses 1-10 agreed to. Clause 11 agreed to as amended. Schedule agreed to. Bill reported with amendment. Report stage and Third reading agreed to on question (formal). Bill passed with an amendment.

Lead member

Denis MacShane

Answering member

Marquess of Lothian

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Debates on bills; Committee of the Whole House (HC)

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1632-41

House

House of Commons

Untitled Oral question

1st supplementary on same.

Asked by

Lord Marlesford (Conservative)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

671 c727-8

House

House of Lords

Untitled Oral answer to question

Answered by

Baroness Ashton of Upholland (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

671 c727-8

House

House of Lords

Untitled Oral answer to question

Answered by

Baroness Ashton of Upholland (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

671 c727-8

House

House of Lords

Untitled Oral question

Why in implementing the proposed European Union constitutional treaty they intend the treaty's provisions for parliamentary control of the passerelle procedure to be exercised by the House of Commons alone.

Asked by

Lord Marlesford (Conservative)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

671 c727-8

House

House of Lords

Inheritance tax. Public Accounts Committee Twenty-ninth report with proceedings, evidence (HC 174-i not printed seperately) and appendices.

Type

Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Committee of Public Accounts

Notes

See also NAO report HC 17 2004/05

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

HC 174 2004/05

House

House of Commons

Untitled Debate on bill

Finance (No 2) Bill. Presentation and first reading (Bill 104 2004/05). Second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Committee stage. Clauses 1, 3, 4, 10 and 13 debated and added to the Bill. Clauses 2, 5-9, 11-2 and 14-106 agreed to...

Lead member

Lord Boateng

Answering member

George Osborne

Department

Treasury

Type

Debates on bills; Committee of the Whole House (HC)

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

432 c1431-91

House

House of Commons

Finance (No 2) Bill. (Finance No 2 Bill 2004/05 replaced Finance Bill 2004/05 before dissolution).

Member

Stephen Timms (Labour)

Department

Treasury

Type

Government bills

Notes

Royal assent received.

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

Bill 104 2004/05

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of environmental taxes (a) on manufacturing industries' competitiveness and (b) energy prices.

Asked by

Lord Watts (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1313W;432 c1309W; 224017

House

House of Commons

Pre budget 2004 and Budget 2005: tax, appraisal and the environment. Environmental Audit Select Committee seventh report with proceedings and evidence (HC 261 i-iv not printed separately)

Type

Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Environmental Audit Committee

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

HC 261 2004/05

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) trainee nurses are employed by each NHS Trust in the North East region and (b) student nurses on NHS contracts and receiving bursaries from the NHS are studying at each higher education institution in the North East region; what...

Asked by

Jim Cousins (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 March 2005

For answer on

5 April 2005

Answered on

5 April 2005

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) trainee nurses are employed by each NHS Trust in the North East region and (b) student nurses on NHS contracts and receiving bursaries from the NHS are studying at each higher education institution in the North East region; what the value of NHS bursaries was in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 1997; and whether such bursaries (A) are taxable and (B) were taxable in 1997. [221970] Miss Melanie Johnson: [holding answer 15 March 2005]: Student nurses are not technically employed by national health service trusts whilst undertaking pre-registration nurse training courses, even though they continue to be paid a salary, as they have supernumerary status during their training period. There were 307 health care assistants seconded to nurse training by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear strategic health authority on behalf of their local trusts in 2003-04. (Source: Q4 2003-04MPET NMET Quarterly Monitoring). Information is not held centrally on which higher education institution each student attends. Total student bursary awards in Northern England Education and Training Consortium were £183,452 in the 1997-98 academic year and £2,463,424 in the 2004-05 academic year. The figures are not directly comparable because the NHS Student Grants Unit (SGU) did not take on the responsibility for the assessment and payment of NHS Bursaries to nursing degree students until the 1998-99 academic year and only assessed and paid bursaries to Allied Health Profession students in the 1997-98 academic year. Similarly, Diploma level nursing and midwifery students were not paid their bursaries by SGU until the 1999-2000 academic year, with fifth year undergraduate medical and dental students, who commenced their first year from 1 September 1998 onwards, being incorporated into the NHS Bursary Scheme from the 2002-03 academic year. NHS student bursaries are not taxable and were not taxable in 1997.

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1454W;432 c1450W; 221970

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend Table 3 on page 30 of Tax Credits Reforming Financial Support for Families (March 2005) so as to show marginal deduction rates of over 50 per cent. and over 40 per cent. (a) before 1998 and (b) in 2005-06.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 March 2005

For answer on

4 April 2005

Answered on

4 April 2005

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will extend Table 3 on page 30 of "Tax credits: reforming financial support for families" (March 2005) so as to show marginal deduction rates of over 50 per cent. and over 40 per cent. (a) before 1998 and (b) in 2005-06. [224664] Dawn Primarolo: The table is an extension of table 4.3 in "Tax credits: reforming financial support for families", and also of table 4.2 in Budget 2005 (HC 372). _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Marginal deduction rate (percentage) Before budget 1998 2005-06 system of tax and benefits Over 100 5,000 0 Over 90 130,000 30,000 Over 80 300,000 165,000 Over 70 740,000 235,000 Over 60 760,000 1,730,000 Over 50 760,000 1,900,000 Over 40 800,000 2,095,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures are cumulative. This table shows marginal deduction rates for working households in receipt of income related benefits or tax credits, where at least one person works 16 hours or more a week, where the head of the household is not disabled, and where higher earnings would lead to reduced benefits or tax credits. They include the marginal effects of income tax and national insurance contributions, and the withdrawal of housing benefit and council tax benefit. This analysis does not take into account the way in which the new tax credits will respond to rises in income. The new tax credits only respond to rises in income in the current year of more than £2,500, disregarding the first £2,500 of any rise. This means that recipients will not see their tax credits reduced as soon as their income rises, so reducing the effective marginal deduction in any one year. As a result of the Government's reforms, around half a million fewer low-income households now face marginal deduction rates in excess of 70 per cent. than did so in April 1998. The increase in the number of households facing marginal deduction rates of between 40 and 70 per cent. is primarily due to the introduction of tax credits, and more recently the extension of support to workers aged 25 or over without children. The number of heads that face an excess of 70 per cent. has fallen. This is because administrative data suggests a reported fall in the number of families on multiple tapers, i.e. non-disabled persons working more than 16 hours in receipt of tax credits and housing benefit and/or council tax benefit.

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1176-7W; 224664

House

House of Commons

McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

What is their response to the statement by the Institute of Fiscal Studies that the Chancellor will have to increase taxes by £11 billion if the Government should win the next election. [HL 1975].

Asked by

Lord Steinberg (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

671 c78WA; HL 1975

House

House of Lords

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total tax revenues earned from alcohol and tobacco were in the UK in each year since 1975, broken down by (a) duty paid and (b) tax raised from alcohol and tobacco.

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1166W; 223703

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the limits on the commutation of small pension funds into lump sums.

Asked by

Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1174W; 224261

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to reduce taxation on high energy manufacturing industries.

Asked by

Lord Watts (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1172W; 224492

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he is planning to put in place to enhance anti-avoidance measures for tax purposes at an international level.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1176W; 224032

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received of the discussions between the International Monetary Fund and the government of Angola concerning budgetary control and transparency of taxation; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 March 2005

For answer on

4 April 2005

Answered on

4 April 2005

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what reports he has received of the discussions between the International Monetary Fund and the Government of Angola concerning budgetary control and transparency of taxation; and if he will make a statement. [224590] Hilary Benn: The Bretton Woods institutions confirm that most areas of off-budget spending in Angola decreased in 2004. However, much more progress has to be made to eradicate this practice completely. The next mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Angola is expected in early April. The purpose of this mission is to conclude negotiations on the start of a Staff Monitored Programme (SMP) which will, among other things, focus on bringing all revenue and expenditure into the annual budget process in a transparent fashion. Fiscal discipline is another area which the Ministry of Finance itself has identified as a national priority. DFID, working together with the World Bank, is planning to fund a training programme in budgetary processes including fiscal discipline for line ministry staff at both the central and provincial levels. As regards transparency of oil revenues, including taxes from the oil industry, Angola has taken several significant steps forward. These include full annual financial audits of Sonangol, the state oil company, and publication of up-to-date oil revenues by production blocks on the website of the Ministry of Finance. The UK continues actively to encourage the Government of Angola to make progress on the remaining components of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). One other important issue which the IMF will be raising during its forthcoming mission is how the Government intends to use the windfall resulting from higher than expected oil prices. The first step will be to declare how much additional revenue has accrued and then to ensure that these funds are incorporated transparently into the annual budget system.

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1198-9W; 224590

House

House of Commons

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