Mr. Hall, 51, was also charged in relation to the payments.
But some documents about the issue sought in a freedom of information request by journalist Sean Parnell, of the Australian, were denied on the grounds that they were cabinet in confidence, or in one case, "a draft of information ultimately included in a submission to cabinet in relation to the payments contestability agenda".
Political discussion focused on the validity and reliability of the survey, and many appeals were mounted by general practitioners in relation to the payments they had received.
"Two password protected discs containing a full copy of HMRC's entire data in relation to the payment of child benefit were sent to the NAO by HMRC's internal post system operated by the courier TNT.
(Until two years ago the EU's competition authorities had been pacified by Visa's pledge to bring average interchange fees down to 0.7%.) In Australia, where regulators set charges in relation to the payment system's running costs, the average swipe fee has fallen to around 0.4%.The case for tight regulation seems strong, at first glance.
"I shall remit the case to the FTT with a direction to allow the taxpayers' appeals against the assessments relating to the payments to the sub-trusts of Sir David Murray, his sons, Mr McClelland and Mr MacMillan; to proceed as accords in relation to the termination payments, the payments in respect of guaranteed bonuses, and any related questions of grossing up.
Similar arguments can be made in relation to the transfer payments paid to MCH including the ex-gratia payments made to certain heads of MCH departments.
Given that one of the main purposes of the survey was to provide data for the evaluation of the new co-payments for inpatient stays, it is useful to examine the distribution of payments in relation to the co-payment thresholds.
A tax voucher in relation to the associated payment... was mailed following the dividend".
Prior to introducing the new payment mechanisms, alongside the discrete choice experiment, in-depth interviews and a quantitative "satisfaction survey" were conducted to assess workers' satisfaction in relation to the applied payment mechanisms.
