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175881

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date	27/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many tax credit recipients have received an administrative penalty relating to overpayments in each of the past four years.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL4461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The following table outlines the number of tax credit claims that have been subject to a penalty in each of the past four years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Penalties applied in period</p></td><td><p>Tax credit claims subject to a civil penalty</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,932</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 10/02/2015 17:44:56 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

175902

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date	27/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 7 July 2014 (HL686), what is the aggregate value of the debt of the government, non-financial corporations, the household sector and financial institutions as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product for the United Kingdom, and for the other G7 countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL4482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The latest data from the OECD is available from 2012 and is presented below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Debt as a % of nominal GDP (2012)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Private Sector*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>General Government</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Corporations**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>United States</strong></p></td><td><p>196.6%</p></td><td><p>123.3%</p></td><td><p>258.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Canada</strong></p></td><td><p>235.3%</p></td><td><p>109.0%</p></td><td><p>274.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Italy</strong></p></td><td><p>178.7%</p></td><td><p>134.9%</p></td><td><p>202.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>France</strong></p></td><td><p>218.4%</p></td><td><p>110.4%</p></td><td><p>221.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Germany</strong></p></td><td><p>153.8%</p></td><td><p>86.2%</p></td><td><p>252.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Japan</strong></p></td><td><p>240.5%</p></td><td><p>235.9%</p></td><td><p>463.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p>195.1%</p></td><td><p>95.6%</p></td><td><p>423.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Private sector is non-financial corporations and households</p><p> </p><p>**Financial corporations is securities (other than shares and derivatives), plus loans</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>The UK and other nations moved to the new European System of Accounts 2010 standard in September 2014 which mean that the GDP debt levels are not comparable with previous PQ answered by Lord Deighton on 7 July 2014 (HL686).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A liability (debt) for one sector is often an asset for another.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 10/02/2015 16:50:45 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

175915

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total revenue to the Exchequer as a result of arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the last year.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available. UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) does collect information from private sector companies on what contracts defence companies win with Saudi Arabia and other countries. This data is provided on a confidential basis and only published in aggregated format. This data exercise does not include details on tax paid to the UK however.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 10/02/2015 17:37:07 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno