David Gauke corrected the Commons record on Taxation: Rebates

7 April 2014 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections · Treasury

David Gauke made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 7 April 2014. The figure 749,910,875.73 in the original became 303,536,267.13 in the correction, lower by 446,374,608.6. Altogether 8 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax refunds were made in the tax years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13 for (i) income tax, (ii) value added tax, (iii) corporation tax and (iv) national insurance; and what the total value of refunds was in each such category in each such year. Letter of correction from David Gauke: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) on 31 March 2014. The full answer given was as follows:

Original and corrected words

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
The figures shown represent the value of repayment figures as included in the accrued net revenue figures in the Statement of Revenue, Other Income and Expenditure which are published in the Annual Report and Accounts. We hold only the total value not number of repayments made by tax type. HOD \| 2009-10 \| 2010-11 \| 2011-12 \| 2012-13 Income Tax \| 9,703,600,140.60 \| 11,062,294,029.42 \| 12,032,623,916.28 \| 12,452,181,005.78 VAT \| 52,098,844,904.82 \| 65,208,522,155.96 \| 75,332,913,101.11 \| 74,730,895,023.43 Corporation Tax \| 8,993,368,840.74 \| 5,012,774,914.88 \| 6,999,305,350.27 \| 4,619,517,414.07 National Insurance Contributions \| 381,775,025.34 \| 359,560,830.57 \| 233,269,374.25 \| 749,910,875.73 The correct answer should have been:	The figures shown represent the value of repayment figures as included in the accrued net revenue figures in the Statement of Revenue, Other Income and Expenditure which are published in the Annual Report and Accounts. We hold only the total value not number of repayments made by tax type. HOD \| 2009-10 \| 2010-11 \| 2011-12 \| 2012-13 Income Tax \| 9,703,600,140.60 \| 11,062,294,029.42 \| 12,032,623,916.28 \| 12,452,181,005.78 VAT \| 52,098,844,904.82 \| 65,208,522,155.96 \| 75,332,913,101.11 \| 74,730,895,023.43 Corporation Tax \| 8,993,368,840.74 \| 5,012,774,914.88 \| 6,999,305,350.27 \| 4,619,517,414.07 National Insurance Contributions \| 381,775,025.34 \| 359,560,830.57 \| 233,269,374.25 \| 303,536,267.13

Original

Corrected

The figures shown represent the value of repayment figures as included in the accrued net revenue figures in the Statement of Revenue, Other Income and Expenditure which are published in the Annual Report and Accounts. We hold only the total value not number of repayments made by tax type.
HOD
| 2009-10
| 2010-11
| 2011-12
| 2012-13
Income Tax
| 9,703,600,140.60
| 11,062,294,029.42
| 12,032,623,916.28
| 12,452,181,005.78
VAT
| 52,098,844,904.82
| 65,208,522,155.96
| 75,332,913,101.11
| 74,730,895,023.43
Corporation Tax
| 8,993,368,840.74
| 5,012,774,914.88
| 6,999,305,350.27
| 4,619,517,414.07
National Insurance Contributions
| 381,775,025.34
| 359,560,830.57
| 233,269,374.25
| 749,910,875.73
The correct answer should have been:

The correction in Hansard.

Receipt

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