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Written question asked by Baroness Laing of Elderslie (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 March 2009. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 March 2009 on behalf of the Treasury.

Departmental Databases

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) records and (b) data categories there are in (i) the pay as you earn database, (ii) the Self Assessment database, (iii) the Tax Credits database, (iv) the Employment Framework, (v) the Citizen Identification Framework, (vi) the Primary and Secondary Tracking Framework, (vii) the National Insurance Recording system and (vii) the Child Benefit system.
Answer

The following table shows the number of records within the identified systems. There are many data categories of different kinds within each of the identified systems. A count of them all could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

Number (million)
PAYE 58
Self Assessment 15.5
Tax Credits System 11.1
Citizen Identification Framework 77
Primary Tracing Framework ¹77 individuals
²7.7 employers
Secondary Tracing Framework ¹80 individuals
Employments Framework ³282 employments
²7.7 employers
National Insurance Recording System 71
Child Benefit System 11
¹ Individuals
² Employers
³ Employments

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
490 c405W; 265739
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Databases Treasury
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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