§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the fees his Department, its agencies and associated public bodies collect; how much has been raised or it is anticipated will be raised from each of these fees from 1989–90 to 2001 05; and which of these fees count as negative expenditure. [106001]
§ Mr. TimmsThe following fees and charges are collected by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Departments and can be used to offset the relevant expenditure.
£000 Department/Fee 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 HM Treasury Insurance Supervisory Service 8,258 9,787 12,204 HM Customs and Excise To prohibit the release of counterfeit goods 126 137 137 Registry of Friendly Societies General charge on building societies 2,258 3,753 2,881 General charge on friendly societies 863 1,006 1,300 Statutory fees from mutual societies 1,546 1,740 1,350 Government Actuary's Department Actuarial advice 6,232 6,486 7,178 Office for National Statistics Sale of registration certificates1 4,806 25,191 4,700 National Investment and Loans Office Public works Loan Board 1,934 2,048 2,000 National Debt Office 581 546 500 1 Fees count as income rather than negative expenditure 2 Forecast outturn Information for the full requested spread of years prior to 1997–98 could not be gathered without disproportionate cost. Fee levels for 2000–01 and later are not available.