§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answers of 14 October 2003,Official Report, column 141W, and 8 September 2003, Official Report, column 103W, on the Inland Revenue, whether Commissioners of Inland Revenue were given objectives relating to Project ASPIRE or its antecedents which attracted performance-related pay in 1999–2000 to 2002–03. [136564]
§ Dawn PrimaroloCommissioners of the Inland Revenue have Performance Agreements in the same way as all other staff. These contain agreed objectives that are relevant to their job but the Agreement and its contents are personal to the individual. Commissioners can earn performance-related pay under the pay system that applies to the Senior Civil Service, but details802W of performance appraisal and consequential pay adjustments are always treated as confidential information.
§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answers of 15 October 2003,Official Report, column 280W, and 14 October 2003, Official Report, column 139W, what the destination offices were in 2000–01 of Inland Revenue officers posted from the Business Tax Group, within International Division, broken down by (a) Business Tax Group Deputy Director's Office, (b) Policy Team and (c) Advisory/Casework Team. [136565]
§ Dawn PrimaroloIt would be inappropriate to disclose the information requested, as it would facilitate the identification of individual members of staff of the Inland Revenue. Exemption 8(a) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government information applies in this case.
§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 8 September 2003,Official Report, column 103W, on what date the Inland Revenue submitted its Supplementary Memorandum, as published in the 29 Report of the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2002–03, HC 332, to the Committee of Public Accounts. [136820]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe Supplementary Memorandum to which the hon. Member refers was submitted to the Committee of Public Accounts on 12 February 2003.