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Written Answers to Questions
Friday 18 June 2004
TREASURY
Child Tax Credit
Simon Hughes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Greater London, broken down by borough, are eligible for the child tax credit; and what the take-up rate is. [179401]
Dawn Primarolo: The estimated number of families in London receiving child tax credit (CTC) is shown in "Child and Working Tax Credit Statistics. Geographical analyses. April 2004", which is on the Inland Revenue website at www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/menu.htm. The estimated number of families in each London borough receiving CTC is shown in "Child and Working Tax Credit Statistics. January 2004", at the same site. The estimates are based on a sample of cases, and are subject to sampling uncertainty.
No estimate is available of the number of families in London who are eligible for the child tax credit.
Greater London Constituencies
Simon Hughes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which Greater London constituencies experienced the greatest fall in electorate between (a) 1990 and 2000 and (b) 1997 and 2004 in (i) numerical and (ii) percentage terms, listed in descending order. [179400]
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. Simon Hughes, dated 18 June 2004:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question concerning the Greater London constituencies that have experienced the greatest fall in electorate between 1990 and 2000 and between 1997 and 2004. (179400)
New constituencies came into place in 1996, therefore it has only been possible to compare figures for 1990 with those for 1995.
I am placing four tables in the House of Commons Library.
Table 1 shows the Greater London constituencies that have experienced decreases in electors between February 1990 and February 1995, ranked by numerical decrease. Table 2 shows the same constituencies ranked in order of percentage decreases in electorate over the same period.
Table 3 shows the Greater London constituencies that have experienced the greatest fall in electors between February 1997 and December 2003, the latest date for which data are available (ranked by numerical decrease). Table 4 shows the same constituencies ranked in order of percentage decreases in electorate over the same period.
TRANSPORT
A30
Ms Atherton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date he expects a decision to be made on the A30 dualling from Bodmin to Indian Queens. [179581]
Mr. Jamieson: The Secretary of State for Transport and the Deputy Prime Minister are currently considering the Inspector's report of the public local inquiry and will issue their joint decision as soon as possible.
Dunstable Northern Bypass
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the Dunstable Northern bypass from the A5 to the M1 will be built; and what funding has been specifically allocated to build it. [179442]
Mr. Jamieson: The M1-A5 Dunstable Northern Link Road is in the Department's Targeted Programme of Improvements. The contract is expected to be part of a package, which includes the widening of the Ml between junctions 10 and 13. Subject to statutory procedures and the availability of funds, works could start during 2008–09.
The estimated cost of the Dunstable scheme is £48.1 million.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) private and (b) commercial liquefied petroleum gas fuelled vehicles there are in the UK. [179422]
Mr. Jamieson: According to the Liquid Petroleum Gas Association (LPGA), there were 107,000 LPG powered vehicles on the road in the UK on 31 December 2003. Although figures on the breakdown between private and commercial vehicles are not recorded, some 25,000 of these vehicles were vans, and a straw poll of major suppliers carried out in 2003 indicated that of the 82,000 remaining vehicles there were an estimated 250 black taxis in London, and at least 8,000 operating as private taxi hire throughout the UK.
Noise Pollution
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 7 June 2004, Official Report, column 70W, on noise pollution (roads), what other methods are used to reduce noise from road surfaces. [179175]
Mr. Jamieson: My answer of 7 June referred to the sound-proofing of residential properties. Quieter road surfaces and noise barriers are other methods that are used to reduce noise from road surfaces on the strategic road network.
Road Safety
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pedestrian deaths in road accidents there were where the pedestrian had over 100 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood in each year since
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1997; and what percentage of pedestrian road accident deaths in (a) England and (b) each region this represented in each case. [179152]
Mr. Jamieson: Not all pedestrians who die in road accidents are tested for blood alcohol level. Among those who were tested, the percentage of pedestrian fatalities in Great Britain who had blood alcohol levels over l00 mg/l00 ml are shown in the following table, for the years 1997 to 2001 (the latest year for which this information is available). Figures are not readily available for England or by region.
| Percentage of pedestrian fatalities with blood/alcohol l00 mg/ml: Great Britain | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 35 |
| 1998 | 35 |
| 1999 | 37 |
| 2000 | 33 |
| 2001 | 38 |
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatal road traffic accidents there have been in each county in England since 1997. [179423]
Mr. Jamieson: The information requested is shown in the following table.
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