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Written question asked by Jim Sheridan (Labour) on Thursday, 14 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 October 2004. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 21 October 2004 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was (a) the total number of 46 ACU forms returned to the Inland Revenue Agricultural Compliance Unit during the last three financial years, (b) the total number of ACU 2 forms returned to the Inland Revenue Agricultural Compliance Unit during the last three full financial years, (c) the total amount of payments made to gangmasters and employment agencies as declared by the users of gang labour and employment agency labour on their returned 46 ACU forms for each of the last three financial years and (d) the (i) estimated amount of tax and national insurance contributions that should have been paid and (ii) the actual amount of tax and national insurance contributions paid by the gangmasters and employment agencies detailed in the 46 ACU forms and the ACU2 forms returned to the Inland Revenue Agricultural Compliance Unit during the last three financial years. - Inc figures and fact that info involves disproportionate cost.
Answer

Jim Sheridan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was (a) the total number of 46ACU forms returned to the Inland Revenue Agricultural Compliance Unit during the last three financial years, (b) the total number of ACU2 forms returned to the Inland Revenue Agricultural Compliance Unit during the last three full financial years, (c) the total amount of payments made to gangmasters and employment agencies as declared by the users of gang labour and employment agency labour on their returned 46ACU forms for each of the last three financial years and (d) the (i) estimated amount of tax and national insurance contributions that should have been paid and (ii) the actual amount of tax and national insurance contributions paid by the gangmasters and employment agencies detailed in the 46ACU forms and the ACU2 forms returned to the Inland Revenue Agricultural Compliance Unit during the last three financial years. [192583] Dawn Primarolo: The information requested is as follows: (a) In the year ended 5 April 2004, approximately 800 completed forms 46ACU were returned to the Inland Revenue. Details are not immediately available for earlier years and it would be disproportionately costly to obtain this information. (b) The completion and return of forms ACU2 is voluntary. The Inland Revenue do not have a record of the total number of forms returned for the year ended 5 April 2004, but as they are sent with forms 46ACU they estimate it to be at least 800. Details are not immediately available for earlier years and it would be disproportionately costly to obtain this information. (c) The totals of payments shown on forms 46ACU were £184.2 million for 2002-03 and £243.8 million for 2003-04. Details are not available for 2001-02. (d) It would be disproportionately costly to provide this information.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
425 c885W; 192583
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Applications Gangmasters National insurance contributions Taxation
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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