Foot and Mouth (Hansard, 15 October 2001)

§ Mr. Peter Duncan
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how projections for future growth of the UK economy have been revised as a result of the foot and mouth disease. [6075]

§ Mr. Andrew Smith
The Government will publish updated forecasts for the UK economy in the autumn pre-Budget report.

§ Mr. Peter Duncan
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) companies and (b) non-incorporated businesses have applied to defer payments 849W of (i) corporation and personal tax and (ii) value added tax as a result of foot and mouth disease; and how many were in (A) the UK and (B) Scotland. [6077]

§ Dawn Primarolo
As at 7 October, 5,901 businesses had applied to defer payments of company tax, 3,080 businesses had applied to defer value added tax and 9,760 individuals had applied to defer self-assessed tax.
Out of a total of 18,741 businesses, 15,688 of these were in England with the remaining 3,053 in Scotland.