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Rail Services (Kent)
Jonathan Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister regarding the future demand on rail travel in the Kent Thames Gateway during the expected period of the Integrated Kent Franchise. [162502]
Mr. McNulty: The Department and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister are in close contact on this issue. The impact of future rail demand in the Thames Gateway area has been taken into account in the Integrated Kent Franchise consultation process.
Port Security
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what percentage of (a) ships and (b) containers are subject to security scanning upon their arrival in British ports; [163581]
- (2) what measures he has taken since 11 September 2001 to improve the level of security scanning of (a) ships and (b) container freight upon their arrival in British ports; [163582]
(3) what percentage of (a) ships and (b) containers are scanned for harmful material upon arrival in Britain at (i) major and (ii) minor ports. [163583]
Mr. Jamieson: As the hon. Member will understand, it is not practice to disclose details of security matters.
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Wembley Park Tube Station
Mr. Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will enter into discussions with Chiltern Railways about its capacity to provide extra rail services in Brent and North West London during the essential engineering work to be carried out to the Jubilee and Metropolitan lines as part of the upgrade of Wembley Park tube station; [164682]
- (2) whether the level of co-operation offered by Chiltern Railways to (a) Transport for London and (b) London Underground to maintain capacity during closures caused by essential engineering works will have an impact on the renewal of its licence to operate as a train company; [164689]
(3) what statutory responsibilities Chiltern Railways has to co-operate with (a) London Underground Limited, (b) Transport for London and (c) Tube lines in their efforts to maintain rail capacity during the essential engineering work to be carried out to the Jubilee and Metropolitan lines as part of the upgrade of Wembley Park tube station. [164690]
Mr. McNulty: Chiltern Railways has no statutory obligation to provide service cover for the London Underground but are co-operating with Transport for London (TFL) and London Underground Limited (LUL). They have agreed with TfL to run longer trains on the Marylebone-Harrow-Aylesbury route over the weekends 11/12 and 19/20 June to pick up passengers displaced by the works to the Jubilee and Metropolitan lines as part of the upgrade of Wembley Park tube station.
TREASURY
BACS
Brian White: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress his Department has made to manage the changeover from the Bank Automated Clearing System to the new BACSTEL-IP system for electronic payments. [164323]
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Ruth Kelly: The Office of HM Paymaster General, which provides a banking service to public sector bodies, has issued guidance to all its customers on the implications and importance of preparing for the migration, which must be completed by December 2005. This guidance is being re-inforced through regional presentations to OPG customers.
HM Treasury is presently planning its own transition to BACSTEL-IP.
Inland Revenue has already taken steps to review and replace its BACSTEL links before the December 2005 deadline. This will involve either the replacement of BACSTEL kit or the transfer of payments to non-BACSTEL links.
HM Customs and Excise has been aware for some time of the BACSTEL-IP changes and has already had preliminary meetings with BACS, its sponsoring bank (Bank of England), its current BACS software supplier and various Technical Division representatives.
National Savings and Investments has undertaken and completed the assessment of the impact and cost of moving to the new BACSTEL-IP system and has agreed a suitable solution that will be quick and easy to implement. NS&I plan to be 'live' by August 2004.
Emigration
Mr. Forth: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) emigrants left and (b) immigrants entered the UK in each year since 2000. [163053]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr Eric Forth, dated 31 March 2004:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reply to your request for information on migration into the UK, and out of the UK, for each year since 2000. (163053)
- The most recent year for which data are available is 2002. The attached table shows in-migration, out-migration and net migration for the UK, for the years 2000–2002. The table shows migration by citizenship, with British citizens and non-British citizens shown separately.
| Commonwealth | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All citizenships | British | Non-British | European Union(3) | Old(4) | New | Other foreign(5) | |
| Inflow to UK: | |||||||
| 2000 | 483.4 | 104.1 | 379.3 | 63.1 | 57.2 | 90.9 | 168.1 |
| 2001 | 479.6 | 106.3 | 373.3 | 60.4 | 67.4 | 83.9 | 161.6 |
| 2002 | 512.8 | 94.6 | 418.2 | 62.8 | 65.6 | 92.9 | 196.8 |
| Outflow from UK: | |||||||
| 2000 | 320.7 | 161.1 | 159.6 | 57.0 | 32.2 | 14.9 | 55.5 |
| 2001 | 307.7 | 159.2 | 148.5 | 49.1 | 32.1 | 18.6 | 48.6 |
| 2002 | 359.4 | 185.7 | 173.7 | 51.7 | 42.3 | 15.8 | 63.9 |
| Balance: | |||||||
| 2000 | +162.8 | -57.0 | +219.7 | +6.1 | +25.0 | +76.0 | +112.6 |
| 2001 | +171.8 | -53.0 | +224.8 | +11.2 | +35.2 | +65.4 | +113.0 |
| 2002 | +153.4 | -91.1 | +244.5 | +11.1 | +23.4 | +77.1 | +132.9 |
(2) Based mainly on data from the International Passenger Survey. Includes adjustments for (1) those whose intended length of stay changes so that their migrant status changes; (2) asylum seekers and their dependants not identified by the IPS; and (3) flows between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
(3) Figures for all years show EU as it was constituted on 1 January 1995.
(4) Includes estimates of South African citizenship for all years.
(5) Figures for all years include Hong Kong.
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Lyons Report
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the upfront costs of relocation of Government offices will be included as a capital items within the Government's spending rules; [164726]
(2) when considering relocation options, what is the maximum permitted payback period for an investment to be approved; [164734]
(3) what measures of financial return are used to assess the financial viability of any relocation proposal made in the Lyons Report. [164735]
(4) what proportion of the jobs recommended to be dispersed by the Lyons Report are (a) full-time and (b) part-time. [164749]
Mr. Boateng: This is a matter for departments' detailed business planning which they will be taking forward as part of the 2004 Spending Review.
Multi-occupancy Households
Mr. Edward Leigh: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in England and Wales contain two or more persons, excluding students, who do not see themselves as a couple, according to the 2001 Census; how many people are in such households; how many people there are in such households where both are pensioners; and how many people in such households he estimates are related to each other. [163071]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts to Mr. Edward Leigh, dated 31 March 2004:
- The National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many households in England and Wales contain two or more persons, excluding students, who do not see themselves as a couple, according to the 2001 Census; how many people are in such households; how many people there are in such households where both are pensioners; and how many people in such households are related to each other. I am replying in his absence.
- There were 1,763,170 such households in England and Wales containing 4,616,558 residents. Of these 4,616,558 residents, 183,775 were pensioners living in "All Pensioner" households. This is based on households where none of the residents recorded themselves as part of either a married or a cohabiting couple.
- These figures supplied are from a special extract taken from the 2001 Census database.
- Information on how many people in such households are related to each other is not currently available from the 2001 Census for England and Wales. ONS expects to be able to derive and publish this information later in the year.
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