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TREASURY
Outdoor Advertising
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the measures being taken by (a) the Valuation Office and (b) the Valuation Office in the Bristol area to reduce the avoidance of business rates on outdoor advertising sites. [22173]
Dawn Primarolo: Valuation Officers in England and Wales are responsible for including all rateable business uses in local rating lists and have been reviewing the position with outdoor advertising sites for some months. In the Bristol area, the review has been under way for some time similarly and a number of missing sites have been identified and will be assessed for rates by the Valuation Officer accordingly.
Social Security Benefits
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his Department's policy towards the taxation of social security benefits. [22121]
Mr. Darling
[holding answer 22 December 1997]: At present, some social security benefits are taxable (including widow's benefit, retirement pension, jobseeker's allowance and incapacity benefit), while some are not (income-related benefits such as income support, housing benefit, council tax benefit, child benefit, disability living allowance/attendance allowance). In addition, incapacity benefit for all new cases since 1995 has been taxable.
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Mr. David Heath:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are currently employed in the United Kingdom by foreign-owned companies, broken down by country of ownership. [22894]
Mrs. Liddell:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. David Heath, dated 19 January 1998:
Source:
Inter Departmental Business Register (ONS).
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Pensions Mis-selling
Mr. Fallon: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will instruct the Personal Investment Authority to reimburse independent financial advisers who were fined for relying on computer-based records in the period up to the decision of the Personal Investment Authority to accept computer records as evidence of work done; and if he will make a statement. [22887]
Mrs. Liddell: The Treasury has no such power.
Population Statistics
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the numbers and percentage of the population (a) in general and (b) over 60 years old, who are (i) over 75, (ii) over 80 and (iii) over 85 years in each region of the United Kingdom. [23670]
Mrs. Liddell: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 19 January 1998:
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me, as Director of the Office for National Statistics, to reply to your recent question asking for an estimate of the numbers and percentage of the population (a) in general and (b) over 60 years old, who are (i) over 75, (ii) over 80 and (iii) over 85 years in each region and nation of the United Kingdom.
The most recent data available are the mid-1996 population estimates. The attached table provides the information by the ages requested.
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| Thousand | Percentage | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 60 and over (a) | Age 75 and over(i) | Age 80 and over (ii) | Age 85 and over (iii) | Aged 75 and over of persons aged 60+ | Aged 80 and over of persons aged 60+ | Aged 85 and over of persons aged 60+ | |
| United Kingdom | 12,023.0 | 4,192.5 | 2,368.7 | 1,067.2 | 34.9 | 19.7 | 8.9 |
| England and Wales | 10,705.6 | 3,769.1 | 2,138.3 | 969.5 | 35.2 | 20.0 | 9.1 |
| England | 10,051.3 | 3,542.0 | 2,013.3 | 913.1 | 35.2 | 20.0 | 9.1 |
| North-East | 545.4 | 174.8 | 94.2 | 41.8 | 32.1 | 17.3 | 7.7 |
| North-West and Merseyside | 1,414.8 | 484.5 | 272.9 | 123.3 | 34.2 | 19.3 | 8.7 |
| North-West | 1,113.6 | 383.2 | 215.7 | 97.7 | 34.4 | 19.4 | 8.8 |
| Merseyside | 301.2 | 101.3 | 57.2 | 25.7 | 33.6 | 19.0 | 8.5 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 1,039.2 | 360.6 | 203.4 | 91.6 | 34.7 | 19.6 | 8.8 |
| East Midlands | 854.1 | 292.3 | 162.0 | 72.4 | 34.2 | 19.0 | 8.5 |
| West Midlands | 1,083.1 | 363.0 | 198.2 | 86.5 | 33.5 | 18.3 | 8.0 |
| Eastern | 1,100.0 | 386.5 | 218.5 | 97.8 | 35.1 | 19.9 | 8.9 |
| London | 1,222.4 | 439.9 | 258.4 | 118.7 | 36.0 | 21.1 | 9.7 |
| South-East | 1,651.2 | 610.5 | 356.1 | 165.2 | 37.0 | 21.6 | 10.0 |
| South-West | 1,141.0 | 429.9 | 249.5 | 115.8 | 37.7 | 21.9 | 10.1 |
| Wales | 654.3 | 227.0 | 125.0 | 56.4 | 34.7 | 19.1 | 8.6 |
| Scotland | 1,035.6 | 333.6 | 183.1 | 78.7 | 32.2 | 17.7 | 7.6 |
| Northern Ireland | 281.8 | 89.9 | 47.3 | 19.0 | 31.9 | 16.8 | 6.7 |
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Employment Statistics
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library tables showing the distribution of men and women, distinguishing between part-time and full-time workers and, between industries and services as in Table 3 of the Labour Market Gazette, November 1996, page 491, for each local authority in Tyne and Wear. [23668]
Mrs. Liddell: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office of National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 19 January 1998:
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply, as the Director of the Office for National Statistics, to your recent question on employment in Tyne and Wear.
Data for every sector listed in Table 3 of Labour Market Trends are available on the NOMIS database, which is accessible through the House of Commons Library. However, to represent the confidentiality of individual businesses, many of the figures would be suppressed. I suggest instead that you refer to the data for each of the five local authorities which make up Tyne and Wear at SIC92 section level. At this level of aggregation none of the data are suppressed.
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