Asked by: Lord Triesman (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their infrastructure priorities for the south west of England.
Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton
Infrastructure is a top priority for the Government, essential for jobs, growth, and supporting a high quality of life. Over the next five years the public sector will invest more than half a trillion pounds in the UK’s future prosperity, including investing in infrastructure across the UK.
For example, as part of the second Road Investment Strategy, the Government will spend £2.7bn between 2020 and 2025 in the South West. This will help to build the A303 Stonehenge and the A417 Air Balloon. The South West will also benefit from its share of £5 billion to support the rollout of gigabit-capable broadband in the most difficult to reach 20% of the country, and of £510 million to support the Shared Rural Network to extend 4G mobile coverage cross the UK.
The Government will further publish a National Infrastructure Strategy, setting out the Government’s long-term ambitions for economic infrastructure.
Asked by: Lord Triesman (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the average per capita annual PAYE receipts in each of the last five years, broken down by electoral division in the 23 June 2016 referendum.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)
Analysis of income tax liabilities by region is published in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) statistics table 3.15 – “Income and tax by Parliamentary Constituency”, which is available on the gov.uk website[i].
This liabilities table relates to income tax whether collected through PAYE or another mechanism (such as Self-Assessment). Furthermore, the liabilities table excludes Class 1 National Insurance Contributions which are collected through PAYE.
HMRC does not hold information on all PAYE receipts broken down by parliamentary constituency.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011
Asked by: Lord Triesman (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a list of occupational pension schemes in local government, the NHS and publicly funded education registered in the UK as at 1 January.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
The Government does not maintain a central list of pension schemes provided by each employer in local government, the NHS and education sectors. However, there are three principal occupational pension schemes covering these workforces, which are the Local Government Pension Scheme 2014, the National Health Service Pension Scheme 2015 (and 1995 and 2008 sections) and the Teachers’ Pension Scheme 2015 (and 2010 section).
Asked by: Lord Triesman (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a list of occupational pension schemes registered in the UK as at 1 January 2011 and at 1 January 2016, indicating whether any of those schemes registered as at 1 January 2011 have been absorbed by or taken over by any of the schemes registered as at 1 January 2016.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
Lists of registered occupational pension schemes are not readily available and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost. Information on which registered pension schemes have been absorbed or taken over by other registered pension schemes is not available.