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British Workers (EU)
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many British people moved to other parts of the EU in the last year for which figures are available; how many of them were of working age; and how many moved from the West Midlands. [64479]
Ms Hewitt: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 17 December 1998:
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As Director of the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking about estimates of British people moving to other parts of the EU.
It is estimated that 52.2 thousand British citizens migrated from the United Kingdom to other EU countries in 1996. Of these, 34.1 thousand were of working age. A total of 5.6 thousand persons migrated from the West Midlands to the EU. Due to sample size it is not appropriate to disaggregate the estimate further to identify British citizens.
A migrant from the United Kingdom is defined as a person who has resided in the UK for a year or more, and who states on departure the intention to reside abroad for a year or more.
Estimates of migrants are derived from the International Passenger Survey (IPS), a continuous voluntary survey which covers the principal air and sea routes between the United Kingdom (UK) and countries outside the British Isles. The routes between the UK and the Irish Republic are excluded, as is all movement of diplomats and armed forces personnel. Estimates derived from the IPS are subject to both sampling and non-sampling errors. As an approximate guide, the standard error for an estimate of five thousand migrants is around 35 per cent., whilst for an estimate of 40 thousand migrants this is reduced to around 10 per cent.
Smoking (Death Certificates)
Mr. Peter Bottomley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of death certificates each year that refer to smoking as a cause of death. [64100]
Ms Hewitt: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
| Year | Number of deaths |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 2,038 |
| 1994 | 1,313 |
| 1995 | 1,080 |
| 1996 | 744 |
| 1997 | 686 |
Smoking is only recorded as a cause of death on the death certificate for a small proportion of the deaths which are likely to be caused by smoking. According to the latest figures calculated by the Health Education Authority, there were an estimated 121,000 deaths due to smoking int he UK in 1995.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Ministerial Visits
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the official visits paid to Buckinghamshire by Ministers in his Department since 2 May 1997. [64133]
The Attorney-General: The Solicitor-General visited the Buckinghamshire branch of the Crown Prosecution Service on 13 August 1997.
PRIME MINISTER
Council of Europe
Ann Keen:
To ask the Prime Minister if he will announce the composition of the United Kingdom delegation for the January 1999 ordinary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. [64792]
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The Prime Minister
[pursuant to his reply, 17 December 1998, c. 646]: The right hon. Member for Strangford (Mr. Taylor) has been appointed as a full representative from the Minority Parties as a replacement for the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South (Mr. Hancock), who becomes a substitute representative.
Ministerial Flights
Mr. Maples: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if the term average cost, with reference to flights by Ministers in her Department, refers to average cost per passenger. [64724]
Mr. Foulkes: The average cost refers to the average cost per trip and not average cost per passenger.
Misappropriated Aid
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate she has made of the amount of her Department's expenditure overseas which was misappropriated through corruption or fraud in recipient countries in each of the last three years; and what action her Department takes (a) to monitor such activities and (b) to ensure that consequent losses are minimised. [64800]
Mr. Foulkes: The figures requested are as follows: nil in 1995-96; £6,287 in 1996-97, and £58,293 in 1997-98. This Department gives a high priority to ensure regularity, propriety and value for money in the expenditure of aid funds. Departmental staff and aid recipients are required to follow detailed procedures and to keep comprehensive financial records. Where fraud is discovered, staff are expected to take action to recover the amounts lost, and to pursue prosecution wherever possible. Our control systems are under constant review by our internal auditors and are subject to examination by the National Audit Office. Full details of DFID's procedures for authorising and accounting for expenditure are set out in the Department's Office Instructions, copies of which are in the Library of the House.
Departmental Contracts
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations she has received concerning the number of her Department's contracts whose management is available for tender to UK based non-Governmental organisations; and if she will make a statement. [64797]
Mr. Foulkes: We have not received any such representations.
Mrs. Gillan:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list, for the latest year for which figures are available, the names of UK based non-Governmental organisations who acted as contractors
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or managers of her Department's projects, programmes and activities and the (a) number and (b) total value of contracts for each manager or contractor. [64798]
Mr. Foulkes:
The table lists, for 1997-98, the UK based organisations registered as charities which we have been able to identify as having acted as contractors or managers of my Department's projects; the number of contracts awarded to each; and the total value:
| NGO | Number | Total value (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Accord | 2 | 31,156 |
| Action for Disability | 1 | 30,620 |
| ACTIONAID | 2 | 2,294,840 |
| Active Learning Centre | 1 | 44,775 |
| Association of Commonwealth Universities | 1 | 4,919 |
| Bentham Moxon Trust | 2 | 37,819 |
| British Executive Service Overseas | 1 | 1,987 |
| British Overseas NGOs for Development | 1 | 20,928 |
| Care International UK | 2 | 10,927 |
| Charities Aid Foundation | 2 | 98,150 |
| Childrens Aid Direct | 1 | 98,332 |
| Christian Aid | 1 | 45,484 |
| Education for Development | 1 | 12,486 |
| Fauna and Flora International | 2 | 202,525 |
| Hamlet Trust | 1 | 76,936 |
| Henry Doubleday Research Association | 1 | 22,650 |
| International Alert | 1 | 12,973 |
| International Family Health | 25 | 604,879 |
| International Planned Parenthood Federation | 1 | 78,800 |
| International Records Management Trust | 8 | 1,549,228 |
| International NGO Training and Research Centre | 1 | 249,717 |
| Intermediate Technology Development Group | 1 | 1,442 |
| Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | 1 | 6,000 |
| Living Earth Foundation | 1 | 167,370 |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | 34 | 875,819 |
| Overseas Development Institute | 21 | 1,254,506 |
| Oxfam | 3 | 35,291 |
| Population Services International | 1 | 1,587,019 |
| Royal Agricultural College | 1 | 14,288 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens | 2 | 168,867 |
| Save the Children Fund | 5 | 199,343 |
| Scottish Council for Research in Education | 1 | 25,654 |
| Traidcraft Exchange | 2 | 24,000 |
| World Wide Fund for Nature | 1 | 13,860 |
| Zoological Society of London | 1 | 30,246 |
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the numbers of her Department's contracts which were available for tender to UK based managers in each year since 1994. [64799]
Mr. Foulkes: The following table lists the number of contracts let in the UK, from 1994-95, for which we have sought proposals. These contracts cover a wide variety of skills including management. Disaggregated figures for contracts limited to management functions, contracts with management components and contracts not available to UK consultants could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| Year | Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 1994-95 | 1,068 |
| 1995-96 | 1,512 |
| 1996-97 | 2,003 |
| 1997-98 | 1,995 |
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