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Red Diesel

Ms Walley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to extend the derogation for recreational boat users to buy red diesel under the European Energy Products Directive. [220543]

John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr.Carmichael) of 14 October 2004, Official Report, column 344W.

Regional Offices

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) which (a) non-departmental public bodies and (b) executive agencies within the remit of his Department have regional offices based on the Government Offices for the Regions' regional structure; and when the regional offices were established in each case; [219903]

(2) what regional (a) bodies, (b) institutions, (c) taskforces, (d) panels, (e) offices and (f) organisations the Government have established since May 1997 which are the responsibility of his Department. [219906]

Mr. Timms: Non-departmental public bodies and agencies within the Chancellor's Department that have regional offices based on the Government Offices for the Regions' regional structure are listed in the following table.

With regard to the other parts of the hon. Lady's questions, none of the Chancellor's Departments or agencies is responsible for any such regional entities.
 
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Agency/NDPB/Office	Government office in regions location	Established
Office of Government Commerce
Alexandra House, Leeds	Yorkshire and Humberside	2000
Rosebery Court, Norwich	East	2000
Liver Building, Liverpool	North West	2001
National Savings and Investments
Milburngate House, Durham	North East	1970
Mythorp Road, Blackpool	North West	1974
Office for National Statistics
Trafalgar Road, Southport	North West	1988
Titchfield, Hampshire	South East	1962
Ashford Airport, Kent	South East	1996
Channel Tunnel Terminal, Kent	South East	2000
Eastern Docks Dover, Kent	South East	2002
Hamilton House, Harwich	East	2004
Manchester Airport, Manchester M90	North West	2004
Newcastle Airport, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ	North East	2004
Stansted Airport, Essex, CM24 1QW	East	2002
Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, RH6 0NP	South East	1999
Birmingham International Airport	West Midlands	2004

 
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Teenage Pregnancies

Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many teenage pregnancies there were in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in each year since 2002. [220181]

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

Letter from Len Cook to Sarah Teather, dated 8 March 2005:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many teenage pregnancies there were in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in each year since 2002. (220181)

The most recent year for which conception statistics are available is 2003. Figures for 2002 and 2003 are given in the attached table.

Under 18 conceptions numbers and rates in London, 2002–03

	2002(11)		2003(11)
Area of usual residence	Number of conceptions	Conception rate(10)	Number of conceptions	Conception rate
London	6,512	52.0	6,500	51.1
Inner London	3,010	66.9	2,909	63.9
Camden	135	49.3	136	48.7
Hackney and City of London	303	75.3	276	69.3
Hammersmith and Fulham	137	62.0	117	51.7
Haringey	313	79.3	291	71.0
Islington	173	62.6	171	61.1
Kensington and Chelsea	81	42.8	57	27.6
Lambeth	406	99.6	429	104.9
Lewisham	328	75.2	333	74.0
Newham	333	57.9	305	55.2
Southwark	335	81.2	351	86.8
Tower Hamlets	187	46.5	173	42.9
Wandsworth	184	64.4	168	58.8
Westminster	95	43.2	102	41.5
Outer London	3,502	43.6	3,591	44.0
Barking and Dagenham	236	73.3	220	71.9
Barnet	192	33.6	177	30.7
Bexley	172	40.1	180	41.2
Brent	253	51.4	280	56.2
Bromley	179	35.1	203	38.6
Croydon	367	58.1	342	52.6
Baling	185	34.8	204	38.0
Enfield	292	55.6	304	57.5
Greenwich	248	61.9	279	69.1
Harrow	115	28.0	112	26.9
Havering	150	36.7	150	35.9
Hillingdon	210	46.8	225	48.4
Hounslow	158	40.0	181	45.8
Kingston upon Thames	68	27.5	80	30.8
Merton	118	40.5	119	39.7
Redbridge	155	33.5	150	32.2
Richmond upon Thames	63	26.6	58	22.4
Sutton	110	34.9	106	32.1
Waltham Forest	231	58.0	221	55.4

⁽¹⁰⁾Rate per 1000 women aged 15–17
⁽¹¹⁾Provisional
Note:
To protect confidentiality of individuals figures for City of London have been combined with Hackney.





 
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Unemployment (Wales)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many unemployed people there were in each parliamentary constituency in Wales in (a) December 1984, (b) December 1994 and (c) December 2004, listed in descending order according to the greatest drop between December 1984 and December 2004. [219893]

Mr. Timms [holding answer 4 March 2005]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 8 March 2005:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment in Wales. (219893)

Table 1 overleaf gives the estimates of the number of unemployed people, resident in each Parliamentary Constituency in Wales, for the twelve-month periods ending February 1997 and 2004. Comparable information is not available for earlier years.

Estimates are taken from the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any statistical sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to sampling variability.

ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas. Table 2 overleaf gives the number of JSA claimants resident in each Parliamentary Constituency in Wales ranked in descending order of the changes in the number between December 1996 to December 2004. Comparable information is not available for earlier years.

Table 1: Unemployed people resident in each parliamentary constituency in Wales, 1997 and 2004

	12 months ending February each year
	1997	2004	Change
Wales	106,000	67,000	-39,000
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	5,000	2,000	-3,000
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	4,000	1,000	-3,000
Newport West	4,000	2,000	-2,000
Preseli Pembrokeshire	4,000	2,000	-2,000
Wrexham	3,000	1,000	-2,000
Pontypridd	4,000	2,000	-2,000
Clwyd South	3,000	1,000	-2,000
Ynys Mon	3,000	1,000	-2,000
Rhondda	4,000	2,000	-2,000
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	3,000	2,000	-1,000
Llanelli	3,000	2,000	-1,000
Caerphilly	3,000	2,000	-1,000
Aberavon	3,000	2,000	-1,000
Newport East	3,000	2,000	-1,000
Bridgend	3,000	2,000	-1,000
Conwy	2,000	1,000	-1,000
Caernarfon	2,000	1,000	-1,000
Monmouth	2,000	1,000	-1,000
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	2,000	1,000	-1,000
Torfaen	3,000	2,000	-1,000
Vale of Clwyd	2,000	1,000	-1,000
Blaenau Gwent	3,000	2,000	-1,000
Clwyd West	2,000	1,000	-1,000
Alyn and Deeside	2,000	1,000	-1,000
Brecon and Radnorshire	2,000	1,000	-1,000
Ogmore	2,000	1,000	-1,000
Cardiff West	3,000	2,000	-1,000
Vale of Glamorgan	3,000	2,000	-1,000
Cardiff North	2,000	1,000	-1,000
Cynon Valley	2,000	2,000	0
Cardiff South and Penarth	3,000	3,000	0
Delyn	1,000	1,000	0
Swansea East	2,000	2,000	0
Montgomeryshire	1,000	1,000	0
Islwyn	2,000	2,000	0
Gower	1,000	1,000	0
Neath	2,000	2,000	0
Swansea West	2,000	3,000	1,000
Cardiff Central	2,000	3,000	1,000
Ceredigion	1,000	2,000	1,000

Note:
These estimates are based on very small sample sizes and are subject to a high degree of sampling variability. Changes from year to year, especially, should be treated with caution.
Source:
ONS—Labour Force Survey




 
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Table 2: JSA Claimants resident in each parliamentary constituency in Wales, 1996 and 2004

	December 1996	December 2004	Change
Wales Total	93,084	38,539	-54,545
Cardiff West	3,467	1,267	-2,200
Cardiff South and Penarth	3,590	1,503	-2,087
Caernarfon	2,862	907	-1,955
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	2,958	1,013	-1,945
Cardiff Central	3,098	1,177	-1,921
Conwy	2,830	972	-1,858
Preseli Pembrokeshire	2,954	1,128	-1,826
Llanelli	2,639	882	-1,757
Swansea West	2,951	1,203	-1,748
Newport West	2,907	1,193	-1,714
Ynys-Mon	3,073	1,365	-1,708
Swansea East	2,697	1,040	-1,657
Vale of Glamorgan	2,983	1,353	-1,630
Caerphilly	3,086	1,479	-1,607
Vale of Clwyd	2,519	995	-1,524
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	2,840	1,321	-1,519
Torfaen	2,444	933	-1,511
Newport East	2,455	970	-1,485
Rhondda	2,548	1,139	-1,409
Cynon Valley	2,291	905	-1,386
Pontypridd	2,197	913	-1,284
Clwyd West	1,997	735	-1,262
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	1,855	646	-1,209
Gower	1,933	730	-1,203
Ceredigion	1,838	689	-1,149
Neath	2,192	1,055	-1,137
Wrexham	1,850	714	-1,136
Aberavon	2,060	927	-1,133
Blaenau Gwent	2,555	1,434	-1,121
Clwyd South	1,761	660	-1,101
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	1,640	573	-1,067
Delyn	1,667	669	-998
Monmouth	1,651	654	-997
Bridgend	1,946	971	-975
Alyn and Deeside	1,751	812	-939
Ogmore	1,782	880	-902
Cardiff North	1 ,394	600	-794
Brecon and Radnorshire	1,406	701	-705
Islwyn	1,594	957	-637
Montgomeryshire	823	474	-349

Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system

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