Asked by: Baroness Mobarik (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many employees (1) small and medium-sized businesses, and (2) companies employing more than 250 people, have in total in the UK.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The 2015 Business Population Estimates show that employment in small and medium-sized businesses in the UK was 15.6 million, whilst employment in large businesses was 10.3 million. Small and medium-sized businesses are those with 0-249 employees and large businesses are those with 250 or more.
Asked by: Baroness Mobarik (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of how relaxing Sunday trading laws in England and Wales would affect the UK economy annually in terms of (1) full-time equivalent jobs, (2) GDP, (3) extra tax revenue in terms of (a) VAT, (b) Corporation Tax, (c) National Insurance, and (d) other taxes, (4) revenue from overseas tourists, and (5) the net effect on balance of trade.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
On 9 March the Government published an impact assessment on Sunday trading which is available in the libraries of both Houses. In view of the will of the House of Commons, we are no longer proposing to give local authorities the ability to extend the Sunday trading hours of large shops.
Asked by: Baroness Mobarik (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much (1) employer National Insurance, and (2) Corporation Tax, was paid in each year since 1997 by (a) companies employing over 250 people, and (b) small and medium-sized businesses.
Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley
Information about Corporation Tax receipts from 1997-98 to 2014-15 can be found in the table below.
Year | Corporation Tax Receipts (£bn) |
1997-98 | 30.4 |
1998-99 | 30.0 |
1999-00 | 34.3 |
2000-01 | 32.4 |
2001-02 | 32.0 |
2002-03 | 29.5 |
2003-04 | 28.5 |
2004-05 | 34.0 |
2005-06 | 42.4 |
2006-07 | 44.9 |
2007-08 | 47.0 |
2008-09 | 43.9 |
2009-10 | 36.6 |
2010-11 | 43.0 |
2011-12 | 43.1 |
2012-13 | 40.5 |
2013-14 | 40.3 |
2014-15 | 43.0 |
Information for Employers’ National Insurance Contributions and figures for Corporation Tax for companies employing over 250 people and small and medium-sized businesses is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Baroness Mobarik (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received any clarification from the Scottish Government as to how the relaxation of Sunday trading laws in England and Wales would negatively affect Scotland, and if not, when they expect to receive that clarification.
Answered by Lord Dunlop
In view of the will of the House of Commons, we are no longer proposing to give local authorities the ability to extend the Sunday trading hours of large shops.