Construction Industry (Hansard, 22 January 2003)

§ Mr. Prisk
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value is of tax lost in the last year to the Inland Revenue in connection with the Construction Industry Scheme. [91950]

§ Dawn Primarolo
The information requested is not available.

§ Mr. Prisk
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates have been made of the cost to date of developing software to manage the Construction Industry Scheme. [91951]

§ Dawn Primarolo
The Inland Revenue will not begin software development until a decision has been taken on the future of the Construction Industry Scheme, following analysis of the responses to the consultation document.

§ Mr. Prisk
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates have been made of the total costs for developing software for the future administration of the Construction Industry Scheme. [91952]
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§ Dawn Primarolo
The Inland Revenue published a Consultation Docuiment with the PBR entitled "The Inland Revenue and The Construction Industry: Working Together for a New Scheme". This document contains a series of proposals for the future of taxation in the Construction Industry. The overall estimated cost to the Inland Revenue of putting these proposals in place—including IT, capital costs and staff training—is £40 million. At this stage in the development it is not possible to provide any reliable estimates for specific elements.

§ Mr. Prisk
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Construction Industry Scheme vouchers the Inland Revenue processed in the last financial year. [91954]

§ Dawn Primarolo
The total number of CIS vouchers processed during the period 5 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 was £8,821,609.

§ Mr. Prisk
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress is being made by the Inland Revenue to develop software to manage the Construction Industry Scheme. [91955]

§ Dawn Primarolo
The consultation period for the consultation document "The Inland Revenue and the Construction Industry: Working Together for a New Scheme" ends on 28 February 2003. No decision on the future of the Construction Industry Scheme will be

Sudden infant death rates by social class based on father's occupation^1,2, 1997–2001, England and Wales

Rates³

Year of death

Social class 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Non-manual 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

Manual 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

All births (excl. sole registered births) 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3

Sole registered births 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3

All births 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

¹Numbers of infant deaths by social class are based on father's occupation at death registration.

²Numbers of live births by social class, used in calculating rates, are based on father's occupation at birth registration.

³Rate per 1,000 live births.

Sudden infant death rates by social class based on father's occupation^1,2, 1997–2001, England and Wales
Rates³
	Year of death
Social class	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Non-manual	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Manual	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
All births (excl. sole registered births)	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3
Sole registered births	1.8	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.3
All births	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
¹Numbers of infant deaths by social class are based on father's occupation at death registration.
²Numbers of live births by social class, used in calculating rates, are based on father's occupation at birth registration.
³Rate per 1,000 live births.