Tag: 2014

Lord Rooker – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rooker on 2014-04-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have commissioned any studies to assess behavioural change consequent upon income and corporate tax changes since 2010.

Lord Deighton

The table below sets out the Corporation Tax rates from 2009-10 to 2014-15.

	Small Profits Rate	Main Rate
2009-10	21%	28%
2010-11	21%	28%
2011-12	20%	26%
2012-13	20%	24%
2013-14	20%	23%
2014-15	20%	21%

At Budget 2013 it was announced that from 2015-16 the rates would be unified to a single Corporation Tax rate of 20%.

The latest year for which full data is available is 2011-12. Total onshore Corporation Tax liabilities fell slightly from £35.6bn in 2010-11 to £35.4bn in 2011-12. HMRC publishes annual National Statistics on Corporation Tax liabilities. Table 11.1B is attached[1].

The table below sets out the Income Tax rates from 2000-10 to 2014-15.

	Basic Rate	Higher Rate	Additional Rate
2009-10	20%	40%	–
2010-11	20%	40%	50%
2011-12	20%	40%	50%
2012-13	20%	40%	50%
2013-14	20%	40%	45%
2014-15	20%	40%	45%

The Starting Rate of tax for savings is currently 10%. This is applied only to savings income which falls within the starting rate band above the personal allowance.

In 2014-15 the personal allowance is £10,000 and the starting rate band is £2,880. At Budget 2014 the Government announced that from 2015-16 that band would be increased to £5000 and the rate set to 0%.

The latest available income tax liability statistics held by HMRC relate to the tax year 2011-12. These statistics are attached[2].

Other more timely published information is available in tax receipts statistics which are published on a monthly basis and could be considered as a leading indicator of liabilities. These statistics are also attached[3].

To estimate the exchequer impact of policy changes it is necessary to estimate the change in tax liabilities after taking into account the behavioural response. At each fiscal event where the tax rates have been changed these estimates have been made and certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility. These estimates are published in table 2.1of the corresponding Budget and Autumn Statement reports.

There are significant behavioural responses associated with changes in the top marginal rate of income tax. The HMRC report ‘The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate of income tax'[4] outlines these behavioural responses.

HM Treasury and HMRC jointly published the report ‘Analysis of the dynamic effects of corporation tax reductions’ at Autumn Statement 2013[5].

[1]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/256886/table11-1b.pdf

[2]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277459/Table_2.6.pdf

[3]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/294267/20140312_Feb_v0.2.pdf

[4]http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.pdf

[5]https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-of-the-dynamic-effects-of-corporation-tax-reductions

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November 1, 2022

Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive about the timetable for publication of the Penrose Inquiry.

Jane Ellison

The timetable for Lord Penrose to complete his report and publish it, is a matter for Lord Penrose himself to decide. Lord Penrose has publicly announced that he will publish his report in the autumn of 2014, but we do not know the exact date. We are keeping in touch with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well Being of the Scottish Government.

November 1, 2022
Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-04-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) people, (b) men and (c) women were in (i) work, (ii) full-time work and (iii) part-time work in each constituency earn the national minimum wage; and what those figures were in each year since 2010.

Jenny Willott

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), carried out in April each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. Hourly levels of earnings are estimated from ASHE, and are provided by the Office for National Statistics for employees on adult rates of pay, whose earnings for the survey pay period were not affected by absence.

Estimates for the number and proportion of national minimum wage jobs at sub-Regional geographies such as parliamentary constituency are not available for reasons of quality.

Related information is available in the National Minimum Wage Low Pay Commission Report 2014, which contains some estimates for minimum wage jobs, as defined above, by Regions, gender and full-time/part-time:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288841/The_National_Minimum_Wage_LPC_Report_2014.pdf

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November 1, 2022
Pete Wishart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pete Wishart on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who cancelled holidays in 2014 due to delays in passport applications.

James Brokenshire

Her Majesty’s Passport Office do not collect this data.

November 1, 2022
Graham Brady – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Brady on 2014-04-02.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount is in additional payments made by the Equitable Life payment scheme as a result of successful appeals to date; and what proportion that amount is of the total compensation awarded.

Sajid Javid

The value of additional payments made as a result of appeals is £17,023.61. This is 0.0019% of the total value paid by the Scheme to date.

Two annuitants have made successful appeals, and the total value of the payments made to them will depend on the duration on their annuity.

November 1, 2022
Michael Fabricant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the House of Commons Commission

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Fabricant on 2014-06-18.

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plans to modify the Parliamentary wifi system to enable automatic log-in by BlackBerry and other devices without the need to enter a username and password manually each time.

John Thurso

There are no immediate plans to change the current method of connection. PICT is aware of the restriction that the current arrangement places on users, and will look afresh at the authentication needed for known users of the guest Wi-Fi service, “Internet Direct”.

November 1, 2022
Chi Onwurah – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2014-04-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of line of business and desktop applications in local government.

Brandon Lewis

My Department has not made any estimates in this area but I do encourage local authorities to take full advantage of the efficiencies that electronic ways of working can bring.

November 1, 2022
Valerie Vaz – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Valerie Vaz on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.

Mr Shailesh Vara

There has been a 79% fall in the Department’s use of higher-rate numbers since 2009.

The Department has received no revenue from higher rate telephone numbers for the period under review.

The information held centrally for the public use of (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 telephone numbers operated (i) and (ii) sponsored by the Ministry of Justice are as follows:

(a) 0845 numbers – 32

(b) 0844 numbers – 2

(c) 0843 numbers – 0

The majority of these numbers are operated by the County Court Business Centre (CCBC).

Information on volumes for calls to higher-rate telephone numbers for the last twelve months is not systematically collected by the service providers, and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.

Nineteen higher rate numbers in the CCBC are in the process of being replaced by 0300 numbers. The four 0845 numbers receiving the highest volumes of calls in the CCBC are being discontinued on 1 August 2014, and when enquirers call these numbers they are being advised to contact an alternative 0300 number.

As stated in previous answers to parliamentary questions, the Department’s approach is not to use higher rate numbers and instead, wherever possible, to assign 0300 numbers, for which the tariff is similar to calling an 01 or 02 (geographic) number, whether the caller is using a fixed line or a mobile phone.

November 1, 2022
Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-04-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the quantity of biomass consumed by the one per cent of biomass plant that was below 1MW in capacity.

Michael Fallon

We have not made a recent estimate of the quantity of biomass consumed by biomass plant below 1MW in capacity.

However, based on modelling published in the Impact Assessment to the Renewables Obligation Banding Review 2012, we can estimate the theoretical quantity of biomass that would be consumed by 1% of total generating capacity. Assuming all the planned plants were built, this would give a theoretical maximum equivalent to around 150,000 oven dried tonnes per annum in 2016/17. This figure excludes potential capacity changes to plants below 1 MW as a result of the introduction of the 400MW cap for new build dedicated biomass.

November 1, 2022
Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-18.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, which 100 wards in which town, county and constituency had the lowest turnout for voting in person at the last General Election.

Mr Gary Streeter

The Electoral Commission informs me that it does not hold the data requested at ward level.

The Commission collects electoral data at each set of polls. In nearly all cases this is collected down to the level of individual contests, which means that it only holds ward level data for local elections.

November 1, 2022