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839W<br />
Written Answers<br />
1 DECEMBER 2010<br />
Written Answers<br />
840W<br />
Justine Greening: The June Budget stated that the<br />
Government will explore changes to the aviation tax<br />
system, including switching from a per-passenger to a<br />
per-plane duty. Major changes will be subject to<br />
consultation.<br />
Banks: Finance<br />
Frank Dobson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer<br />
what the monetary value is of (a) loans and (b) guarantees<br />
given to UK banks by his Department since 2007.<br />
[26984]<br />
Mr Hoban: A full breakdown of financial support<br />
provided to UK banks is published by the Treasury on a<br />
financial year basis. Details of the support provided for<br />
the years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 are set out in<br />
the Treasury’s Resource Accounts for 2007-08 (HC<br />
539), 2008-09 (HC 611) and 2009-10 (HC261), respectively.<br />
Banks: Loans<br />
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Chancellor of the<br />
Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 18 November<br />
2010, Official Report, column 894W, on banks: loans, if<br />
he will undertake an assessment of trends in the criteria<br />
for setting personal guarantees for loans over the last<br />
10 years. [27308]<br />
Mr Hoban: In response to the Government’s Green<br />
Paper on business finance, the British Bankers; Association<br />
(BBA) published the outcomes of their Business Finance<br />
Taskforce, which was written in conjunction with the<br />
six major UK banks.<br />
As part of these commitments, the banks have agreed<br />
to fund and establish an independent business survey.<br />
This survey will provide more information of the experience<br />
of small businesses in applying for finance.<br />
Copyright: Music<br />
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Chancellor of the<br />
Exchequer if he will estimate the additional revenue to<br />
the Exchequer attributable to an extension to 75 years<br />
of musicians’ copyright in the last 10 years. [27346]<br />
Mr Gauke: I refer the hon. Gentlemen to the answer<br />
I gave him on 22 November 2010, Official Report,<br />
column 84W.<br />
Employers’ Liability: Asbestos<br />
Andrea Leadsom: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer<br />
if he will bring forward proposals for a requirement for<br />
employers to insure themselves against potential harm<br />
caused to employees by asbestosis. [24112]<br />
Chris Grayling: I have been asked to reply.<br />
The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance)<br />
Act 1969 requires employers carrying on business in<br />
Great Britain to insure their liability to their employees<br />
for bodily injury or disease sustained in the course of<br />
their employment. This Act ensures that those with<br />
asbestos-related diseases can claim compensation against<br />
their Employers’ Liability insurance, w<strong>here</strong> the employer<br />
has been negligent in exposing them to asbestos while at<br />
work.<br />
However, a recent Court of Appeal case has considered<br />
how the wording of these Employers’ Liability insurance<br />
policies affects civil compensation for mesothelioma<br />
sufferers and we had hoped that the judgment would<br />
have provided a general principle on how these policies<br />
should deal with their mesothelioma claims. The court<br />
decided that the policies should be interpreted based on<br />
the actual policy wording, which means that some<br />
sufferers may not be able to claim compensation if the<br />
insurance policy was worded in such a way that prevents<br />
a claim from being made. We expect this judgment to be<br />
appealed to the Supreme Court.<br />
In February 2010 the previous Government published<br />
their consultation document, Accessing Compensation—<br />
Supporting people who need to trace employers’ liability<br />
insurance, which set out proposals for people who need<br />
to find their Employers’ Liability insurance policies in<br />
order to claim compensation. The consultation closed<br />
on 5 May 2010. T<strong>here</strong> were two proposals; firstly an<br />
Employers’ Liability Tracing Office, that would manage<br />
a database of EL policies. Secondly, an Employers’<br />
Liability Insurance Bureau which would be a compensation<br />
fund of last resort for those individuals who are unable<br />
to trace EL insurance records, ensuring they are able to<br />
receive compensation for injuries or diseases sustained<br />
during the course of their employment. We are in active<br />
discussions with all stakeholders on how this situation<br />
can be addressed and we will publish our response to<br />
the consultation in due course.<br />
Income Tax<br />
John Mann: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer<br />
what estimate he has made of the amount of revenue<br />
which accrued from income tax from employees in each<br />
business sector in each of the last three years. [27548]<br />
Mr Gauke: A sectoral breakdown of income tax<br />
revenues for the latest three years is not available.<br />
Estimated shares of pay as you earn tax liabilities<br />
deducted from pay (excluding pensions) by industry to<br />
2007-08 are published in table 2.10 on the HMRC<br />
website:<br />
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_tax/table2-10.xls<br />
Total PAYE tax (excluding pensions) is estimated at<br />
£107.2 billion, £115.7 billion and £123.3 billion in respect<br />
of liabilities for 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 respectively.<br />
Members: Correspondence<br />
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer<br />
when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury plans to respond<br />
to the letters of 17 September 2010 and 1 November<br />
2010 from the hon. Member for Cardiff West. [27753]<br />
Mr Hoban: I have replied to the hon. Member.<br />
Mortgages<br />
Harriett Baldwin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer<br />
(1) whether he has assessed the effect of the mortgage<br />
market proposals made by the Financial Services Authority<br />
on small businesses with a turnover under £1 million;<br />
[27483]