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star this property date less than 2015-01-12more like thismore than 2015-01-12
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HM Treasury more like this
star this property answering dept id 14 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Treasury more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
star this property hansard heading Government Departments: Pensions more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 6 January (HL3478) concerning the Government Employee Pensions liability, whether the £1,171.6 billion is part of, or additional to, the national debt. more like this
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Lord Stoddart of Swindon more like this
star this property uin HL4048 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2015-01-26more like thismore than 2015-01-26
star this property answer text <p>We can confirm that the £1,171.6 billion Government Employees Pensions liability is additional to the national debt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The WGA produce consolidated accounts of all public sector bodies based on internationally recognised accounting standards. The amount shown includes the pension liability for central government, local government, police, fire, teachers, NHS and Armed Forces staffs. It also includes public corporations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A reconciliation between the Public Sector Net Debt figure, and the WGA Public Sector Net Liabilities figure, can be found at Chapter 3 of the 2012-13 Whole of Government Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Deighton more like this
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less than 2015-01-26T16:46:38.28Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-26T16:46:38.28Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Deighton more like this
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172977
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2015-01-12more like thismore than 2015-01-12
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HM Treasury more like this
star this property answering dept id 14 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Treasury more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
star this property hansard heading Housing: Taxation more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what would be the financial effect of abolishing stamp duty on house purchases and replacing it with a form of Schedule A tax on owner-occupied houses; and whether such a policy would benefit house buyers, especially first-time house buyers. more like this
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Lord Stoddart of Swindon more like this
star this property uin HL4049 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2015-01-26more like thismore than 2015-01-26
star this property answer text <p>Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) raised £9.4 billion in 2013-2014, of which £6.45 billion was from residential property transactions. Total SDLT receipts are expected to increase over the coming years, reaching £19.5 billion by 2019-2020 according to the Office for Budget Responsibility. This revenue would be foregone if SDLT was abolished. Robustly assessing the effect, including the financial effect, of introducing a form of Schedule A tax, based on imputed rents, to replace SDLT, would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the Autumn Statement 2014, the Government announced a radical reform of SDLT on residential properties to make it more efficient and fairer, ensuring that SDLT will be cut for 98% of people who pay it. The old structure of SDLT created distortions in the housing market and acted as a brake on aspiration as those wishing to move onto or up the housing ladder were met with large increases in tax when properties fell into higher tax bands. The new system will provide help to first time buyers and aspirational homeowners wishing to move up the housing ladder.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Deighton more like this
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less than 2015-01-26T17:45:42.913Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-26T17:45:42.913Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Deighton more like this
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950
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172979
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2015-01-12more like thismore than 2015-01-12
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Department for Culture Media and Sport more like this
star this property answering dept id 10 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
star this property hansard heading Public Sector: Recruitment more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of press reports that recruits to the armed forces are to be questioned about their sexual orientation, other public organisations require such information to be revealed by job applicants. more like this
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Lord Stoddart of Swindon more like this
star this property uin HL4051 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2015-01-23more like thismore than 2015-01-23
star this property answer text <p>Monitoring the diversity of job applicants is a matter for each public body, though many public bodies do this in order to improve their equality and diversity monitoring more generally.</p><p>Public authorities may often collect such information to demonstrate they are complying with the public sector equality duty in the Equality Act 2010.</p><p>Job applicants should always have a choice about whether to reply.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Baroness Garden of Frognal more like this
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less than 2015-01-23T12:02:45.577Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-23T12:02:45.577Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal more like this
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