Budget 2014 announced the reform of air passenger duty with the abolition of bands C and D from 1 April 2015. This will eliminate the two highest rates of air passenger duty charged on flights to countries over 4,000 miles from Britain, cutting tax for millions of passengers travelling to China, India, Brazil and many other emerging markets. This will also mean that flights to South Asia and the Caribbean will pay tax at the lower band B rate.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4027", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Loughborough"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nicky Morgan"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-07-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-07-07T14:04:06.0793029Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Air Passenger Duty"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to lower air passenger duty.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1409", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Londonderry"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gregory Campbell"} ], "uin" : "203541"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/65404", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/65404/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Data relating to the volume of Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit awards is published by bi-annually and can be found here:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305891/cwtc-apr14.pdf.<\/strong><\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> There would be a disproportionate cost attached to providing the information for the specific month in question.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new claims were paid in April 2014 for (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/64896/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.<\/p> <\/p> Tax Year<\/p><\/td> Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'in work'<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'out of work'<\/p><\/td> Households who are classified as self employed only<\/p><\/td> Households who are classified as employed only<\/p><\/td> Households who are classified as both employed and self employed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2007-08<\/p><\/td> £4,300<\/p><\/td> £5,800<\/p><\/td> £2,800<\/p><\/td> £3,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008-09<\/p><\/td> £4,700<\/p><\/td> £6,500<\/p><\/td> £3,300<\/p><\/td> £3,700<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009-10<\/p><\/td> £5,000<\/p><\/td> £6,800<\/p><\/td> £3,700<\/p><\/td> £4,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> £5,200<\/p><\/td> £6,900<\/p><\/td> £3,900<\/p><\/td> £4,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> £5,600<\/p><\/td> £7,200<\/p><\/td> £4,500<\/p><\/td> £4,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> £6,000<\/p><\/td> <\/p> These figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.<\/p> <\/p> Data from earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> The increase in average tax credit awards in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the \u2018Second Income Threshold\u2019 in April 2012. This policy removed a number of higher income households from the tax credit population. As higher income households generally have lower tax credit awards, the effect of removing these households increases the average award.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average value of tax credits were paid to claimants who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/64897/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.<\/p> <\/p> Warrington Unitary Authority<\/p> <\/p> <\/td> £7,600<\/del> £7,500<\/ins><\/ins><\/p><\/td>£6,300<\/del> £6,200<\/ins><\/ins><\/p><\/td>£6,400<\/del> £6,000<\/ins><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>