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Seaside Amusement Arcades
Mr. Letwin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the economic impact on seaside amusement arcades of recommendation 43 of the Budd report. [28849]
Mr. Boateng: The Government have made no such assessment.
Hourly Wages
Llew Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average hourly wage in each travel to work area is at the latest date for which figures are available. [28505]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. Llew Smith, dated 21 January 2002:
- The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the average hourly earnings by travel to work area. I am replying in his absence. (28505)
- The New Earnings Survey (NES) provides earnings data for full-time employees on adult rates of pay. The most recent estimates for average hourly earnings for all travel to work areas in Great Britain are for April 2000. I have deposited a table showing these in the House of Commons Library.
Breast Cancer Survival Rates
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the survival rates were for victims of breast cancer in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) South Tyneside in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [28065]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. Stephen Hepburn, dated 21 January 2002:
- The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question on the survival rates for breast cancer in (a) the UK and (b) South Tyneside. I am replying in his absence. (28065).
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- Figures are not available for the United Kingdom as a whole or for local authority areas. The latest available five-year relative survival rate from breast cancer for women in Gateshead and South Tyneside Health Authority is 75%, the same as in England as a whole. These figures relate to women diagnosed in 1992–94 and followed up to 31 December 1999.
Theft and Fraud
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the cost of theft and fraud to (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in each of the last four years. [27971]
Ruth Kelly: The information provided was compiled from information supplied to the Treasury for inclusion in the Government fraud reports for the years 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01. These figures do not include some external thefts and fraud but we cannot guarantee that this is the complete picture as there is no requirement for Departments to report details of all external thefts and frauds to us. Departmental returns include details of cases relating to their agencies but our records are not detailed enough to allow us to provide separate figures for departments and agencies. Data relating to NDPB are not collected for inclusion in the fraud report.
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 15,385 |
| 1998–99 | 20,867 |
| 1999–2000 | 21,630 |
| 2000–01 | 0 |
Lost/Stolen Property
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list those items valued at more than £50 which have been stolen or lost from his Department in each of the last four years. [27999]
Ruth Kelly: The information is as follows:
| Item(s) | Cost (approximately) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 Laptop PC | 2,500 |
| 1999 | 1 Desktop PC | 2,000 |
| 1 Laptop PC | 2,000 | |
| 1 Laptop PC | 3,000 | |
| 2000 | 1 LCD Projector | 2,000 |
| 2 Disk Drives | 300 | |
| 1 Laptop PC | 2,000 | |
| 2001 | 1 Laptop PC | 2,000 |
| 1 Personal Data Assistant (PDA) | 250 | |
| 1 Laptop PC | 2,000 |
Bank and Building Society Interest
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much tax is paid annually by basic rate taxpayers on bank and building society interest. [26254]
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Ruth Kelly: The amounts are included in "Inland Revenue Statistics" table 2.6, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. The latest version can be accessed on the Inland Revenue website http:// www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stat/income_tax/it_t06_1.htm.
Advertising Campaigns
Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list advertising campaigns undertaken by his Department and associated non- departmental public bodies since May 1997; what the cost of each campaign was; and if he will make a statement. [27603]
Ruth Kelly: With regards to advertising campaigns by HM Treasury, I refer the hon. Member to my reply given to the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Mr. Turner) on 15 January 2002, Official Report, column 432W, and the reply given to the former hon. Member for Guildford, Mr. St. Aubyn, on 18 May 2000, Official Report, column 258W, by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary.
National Lottery
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total receipts from Lottery duty are since the inception of the Lottery. [27931]
Mr. Boateng: Receipts from Lottery duty since its introduction in December 1994 are shown in the table.
| £000 | |
|---|---|
| December 1994 to March 1995 | 103,905 |
| 1995–96 | 611,912 |
| 1996–97 | 557,777 |
| 1997–98 | 674,517 |
| 1998–99 | 627,606 |
| 1999–2000 | 609,173 |
| 2000–01 | 596,386 |
| 2001–02 (to November 2001) | 387,309 |
Aggregates Levy (Scotland)
Sir Robert Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of the aggregates levy in Scotland. [27890]
Mr. Boateng: A Regulatory Impact Assessment for the aggregates levy was published at the time of Budget 2000. It is available from the Customs and Excise website.
Fraud
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list each of the central Government bodies which have reported fraud cases in each of the last four years, indicating for each body (a) the number of cases, (b) the number of staff involved in each case and (c) the total value of frauds. [27929]
Ruth Kelly: The information in the table was compiled from data supplied to HM Treasury by Departments for the annual fraud report in 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01 and is an analysis of internal frauds only (ie frauds committed by departmental employees).
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The list of Departments is not complete. The absence of a Department from the list indicates that a 'nil' return was received from that Department in each of the four years. The data relate to frauds and thefts committed by employees of Departments only.
The values of frauds supplied by Departments are often only estimated values as a number of cases reported each year are at an early stage of investigation when values might not be known.
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