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Vehicle Registration Numbers

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 10 June 2002, Official Report, column 770W, on vehicle registration numbers, whether he intends to extend the vehicle registration number facility to cater for third parties through a regulatory reform order; and if he will make a statement. [62531]

Mr. Jamieson: We are keen to introduce third party entitlement at the earliest opportunity. We are looking for a suitable legislative slot. The regulatory reform procedure is being considered along with other options.

Household Statistics

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many households there are in each fire authority area; and what the population is in each area; [60441]

Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from John Pullinger to Mrs. Theresa May, dated 17 June 2002:




Fire authorities in the United Kingdom—Winter (December to February) 2001–02(16)
Thousand

Households
Population(17)TotalIncluding at least one child under 4Including at least one adult over 65
United Kingdom59,21125,7172,7166,334
England and Wales52,49922,8332,4075,640
England49,58921,5782,2835,297
England non-metropolitan authorities31,19413,5191,3753,492
Avon1,02344147101
Bedfordshire5652303041
Berkshire7783223866
Buckinghamshire6872862961
Cambridgeshire7223283288
Cheshire96541747103
Cleveland5542442461
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly(18)4952172060
Cumbria4762161956
Derbyshire97342440108
Devon1,08250643140
Dorset68230126103
Durham5952632465
East Sussex75334629107
Essex1,63170074182
Gloucestershire5582442366
Hampshire1,62771374175
Herefordshire and Worcestershire7013092992
Hertfordshire1,05244251113
Humberside8653663990
Isle of Wight13157(19)18
Kent1,59768975181
Lancashire1,40662661158
Leicestershire9303854198
Lincolnshire6332782176
Norfolk80635029109
North Yorkshire7423172692
Northamptonshire6252603558
Northumberland3041321033
Nottinghamshire1,01744746107
Oxfordshire6342753060
Shropshire4331991952
Somerset4912062257
Staffordshire1,04444352113
Suffolk6752882970
Surrey 1,07645254115
Warwickshire 5052161949
West Sussex75733232102
Wiltshire6052533166
England metropolitan authorities18,3958,0599081,805
Greater Manchester2,5661,149133255
Merseyside1,38959656156
South Yorkshire1,28356567137
Tyne and Wear1,07648151123
West Midlands2,5781,084130272
West Yorkshire2,10790495209
Greater London7,3973,281376653
Wales2,9111,255123344
North Wales6512772970
Mid and West Wales84137234118
South Wales1,41960660156
Northern Ireland1,68364692156
Scotland5,0282,237218538
Strathclyde2,2211,005105238
Highlands and Islands267114(19)31
Grampian5142181950
Tayside3741751449
Lothian and Borders8903903783
Fife3491511836
Central2741211132
Dumfries and Galloway14164(19)18

(16) Not seasonally adjusted.

(17) The populations listed in this table are those used in the context of LFS estimates. They include people resident in private households, student halls of residence and NHS accommodation.

(18) The LFS does not provide for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly separately.

(19) Sample size too small for reliable estimate.

Source:

ONS Labour Force Survey


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Fire Appliances

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fire appliances were available in England and Wales on 31 March, broken down by (a) county and (b) London borough. [61375]

Mr. Raynsford: I have been asked to reply.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 6 December 2001, Official Report, columns 449–50W.

Departmental Policies (Wycombe)

Mr. Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the activities pursued by his Department that have had a particular impact on the Wycombe constituency since 7 June 2001. [58622]

Mr. Raynsford: I have been asked to reply.

The former Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions was responsible for major programmes of capital investment in transport, housing and urban renewal, and implementing strategic policy objectives, many of which have long-term horizons—the transport 10-year plan, the programme for modernising local government, the urban renewal agenda.

Many of these programmes will impact on the hon. Member's constituency. For example: Wycombe district council received a Housing Capital Guideline allocation of £1,455,000 for 2002–03 plus an additional Basic Credit Approval of £100,000 based on performance. Wycombe district council received a Disabled Facilities Grant allocation of £228,000. The Secretary of State approved spending on the Cash Incentive Scheme of £154,162 for 2001–02 and £134,417 for 2002–03.

The hon. Member's constituency would also have benefited from a part of the local single capital pot allocation to Buckinghamshire county council for 2001–02, which totalled £15.171 million. It is for the county council to decide how best to use these funds and what proportion should be used within the hon. Member's consistency.

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WORK AND PENSIONS

Women's Organisations

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the women's organisations that have been consulted over proposed legislation by her Department during (a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02 sessions; and if their responses have been published. [44386]

Malcolm Wicks: This Department and its businesses comply with the guidelines set out in the Code of Practice on Written Consultation, which was published by the Cabinet Office in November 2000.

In the course of the 2000–01 and 2001–02 sessions, this Department consulted widely on proposed legislation. This consultation included the following women's organisations:


All of these women's organisations have responded to one or more of the consultation exercises which covered proposed legislation including: the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000; Pension Credit; the Occupational and Personal Pensions: Simplification of the

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Disability Discrimination Act and "Towards Inclusion"—Government proposals in response to recommendations of the Disability Rights Task Force.

Means-tested Benefits

Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the amount of each means-tested benefit which is unclaimed by (a) all age groups and (b) pensioners for each region within Great Britain. [60187]

Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 10 June 2002]: The information requested is not available by region. However, the latest estimates for Great Britain, including separate estimates for pensions where appropriate, of the amounts of unclaimed income-related benefits can be found in "Income Related Benefits—Estimates of Take-Up 1999–2000", a copy of which is available in the Library.


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