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Mr. Tynan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many lorries were confiscated by customs officers for smuggling (a) cigarettes, (b) tobacco and (c) alcohol in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001. [24928]
Mr. Boateng: Customs do not maintain aggregate vehicle seizure records by type or nature of offence. Details on the total number of vehicles seized by Customs in 199899 and 19992000 are published in Customs annual reports for those years. Similar details for 200001 were published in the document "Tackling Indirect Tax Fraud" as part of the pre-Budget report.
Mr. Tynan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many drivers employed by hauliers were (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for smuggling (i) cigarettes, (ii) tobacco and (iii) alcohol in (A) 1999, (B) 2000 and (C) 2001. [24929]
Mr. Boateng: The information requested is not available.
Mr. Tynan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was paid by hauliers to HM Customs and Excise for the release of their lorries in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, and (c) 2001. [24890]
Mr. Boateng: Customs records of money received for vehicle restoration do not distinguish between types of vehicles or those paying restoration charges. The Customs and Excise annual reports for 199899 and 19992000 give details of the total restoration sums paid in those years in respect of all seized vehicles.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many excess winter deaths there were in each of the last 15 years. [25125]
Ruth Kelly: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to the hon. Member for Havant (Mr. Willetts) on 25 October 2001, Official Report, column 376W.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women aged (i) 50 to 54, (ii) 55 to 59, (iii) 60 to 64 and (iv) 65 to 69 years were (a) in full-time work, (b) in part-time work, (c) unemployed, (d) long-term sick and disabled and (e) retired in each of the last 10 years. [25175]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. John Bercow, dated 8 January 2002:
8 Jan 2002 : Column: 799W
(74)Includes other economic activities.
(75)Sample size too small for reliable estimate.
.. Due to a questionnaire routing error Spring 1992 inactive categories are not available.
Source:
ONSLabour Force Survey
8 Jan 2002 : Column: 801W
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the number of employee jobs by industry in the Buckingham constituency in the most recent year for which figures are available. [24842]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. John Bercow, dated 8 December 2001:
Year | Number of jobs |
---|---|
1996 | 20,099 |
1997 | 20,328 |
1998 | 23,764 |
1999 | 21,610 |
2000 | 21,427 |
Source:
A comparable series is available from the Annual Employment Survey (19961997) and the Annual Business Inquiry (19982000)
Industry detail is accessible in the House of Commons Library from terminals linked to the Nomis database.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of working age people in the Buckingham constituency were in employment in each year since 1997. [24845]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have been asked to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. John Bercow dated 8 January 2002:
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Percentage | |
---|---|
March 1997-February 1998 | 84.3 |
March 1998-February 1999 | 81.4 |
March 1999-February 2000 | 84.3 |
March 2000-February 2001 | 83.7 |
(76) Men aged 1664 and women aged 1659
(77) Those in employment as a percentage of all persons of working age
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey (Annual LADB dataset)
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average length of time that currently unemployed men aged (a) 50 to 54, (b) 55 to 59 and (c) 60 to 64 years have remained unemployed. [25170]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. John Bercow, dated 8 January 2002:
Age | |||
---|---|---|---|
5054 | 5559 | 6064 | |
Total(78) | 62 | 48 | 37 |
Less than three months | 17 | 10 | 12 |
Three months but less than six months | (79) | (79) | (79) |
Six months but less than 12 months | 11 | (79) | (79) |
One year or more | 25 | 26 | 15 |
(78) Includes people who did not state how long they had been unemployed
(79) Sample size too small for reliable estimate
Source:
ONSLabour Force Survey
8 Jan 2002 : Column: 803W
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