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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, LeedsYorkshire and
Humberside
2000
Rosebery Court, NorwichEast2000
Liver Building, LiverpoolNorth West2001
National Savings and Investments
Milburngate House, DurhamNorth East1970
Mythorp Road, BlackpoolNorth West1974
Office for National Statistics
Trafalgar Road, SouthportNorth West1988
Titchfield, HampshireSouth East1962
Ashford Airport, KentSouth East1996
Channel Tunnel Terminal, KentSouth East2000
Eastern Docks Dover, KentSouth East2002
Hamilton House, HarwichEast2004
Manchester Airport, Manchester M90North West2004
Newcastle Airport, Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 3BZ
North East2004
Stansted Airport, Essex, CM24 1QWEast2002
Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, RH6 0NPSouth East1999
Birmingham International AirportWest Midlands2004

 
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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:


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

2002(11)
2003(11)
Area of usual residenceNumber of conceptionsConception rate(10)Number of conceptionsConception rate
London6,51252.06,50051.1
Inner London3,01066.92,90963.9
Camden13549.313648.7
Hackney and City of London30375.327669.3
Hammersmith and Fulham13762.011751.7
Haringey31379.329171.0
Islington17362.617161.1
Kensington and Chelsea8142.85727.6
Lambeth40699.6429104.9
Lewisham32875.233374.0
Newham33357.930555.2
Southwark33581.235186.8
Tower Hamlets18746.517342.9
Wandsworth18464.416858.8
Westminster9543.210241.5
Outer London3,50243.63,59144.0
Barking and Dagenham23673.322071.9
Barnet19233.617730.7
Bexley17240.118041.2
Brent25351.428056.2
Bromley17935.120338.6
Croydon36758.134252.6
Baling18534.820438.0
Enfield29255.630457.5
Greenwich24861.927969.1
Harrow11528.011226.9
Havering15036.715035.9
Hillingdon21046.822548.4
Hounslow15840.018145.8
Kingston upon Thames6827.58030.8
Merton11840.511939.7
Redbridge15533.515032.2
Richmond upon Thames6326.65822.4
Sutton11034.910632.1
Waltham Forest23158.022155.4


(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:


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

12 months ending February
each year
19972004Change
Wales106,00067,000-39,000
Carmarthen West and South
Pembrokeshire
5,0002,000-3,000
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney4,0001,000-3,000
Newport West4,0002,000-2,000
Preseli Pembrokeshire4,0002,000-2,000
Wrexham3,0001,000-2,000
Pontypridd4,0002,000-2,000
Clwyd South3,0001,000-2,000
Ynys Mon3,0001,000-2,000
Rhondda4,0002,000-2,000
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr3,0002,000-1,000
Llanelli3,0002,000-1,000
Caerphilly3,0002,000-1,000
Aberavon3,0002,000-1,000
Newport East3,0002,000-1,000
Bridgend3,0002,000-1,000
Conwy2,0001,000-1,000
Caernarfon2,0001,000-1,000
Monmouth2,0001,000-1,000
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy2,0001,000-1,000
Torfaen3,0002,000-1,000
Vale of Clwyd2,0001,000-1,000
Blaenau Gwent3,0002,000-1,000
Clwyd West2,0001,000-1,000
Alyn and Deeside2,0001,000-1,000
Brecon and Radnorshire2,0001,000-1,000
Ogmore2,0001,000-1,000
Cardiff West3,0002,000-1,000
Vale of Glamorgan3,0002,000-1,000
Cardiff North2,0001,000-1,000
Cynon Valley2,0002,0000
Cardiff South and Penarth3,0003,0000
Delyn1,0001,0000
Swansea East2,0002,0000
Montgomeryshire1,0001,0000
Islwyn2,0002,0000
Gower1,0001,0000
Neath2,0002,0000
Swansea West2,0003,0001,000
Cardiff Central2,0003,0001,000
Ceredigion1,0002,0001,000




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 1996December 2004Change
Wales Total93,08438,539-54,545
Cardiff West3,4671,267-2,200
Cardiff South and Penarth3,5901,503-2,087
Caernarfon2,862907-1,955
Carmarthen West and South
Pembrokeshire
2,9581,013-1,945
Cardiff Central3,0981,177-1,921
Conwy2,830972-1,858
Preseli Pembrokeshire2,9541,128-1,826
Llanelli2,639882-1,757
Swansea West2,9511,203-1,748
Newport West2,9071,193-1,714
Ynys-Mon3,0731,365-1,708
Swansea East2,6971,040-1,657
Vale of Glamorgan2,9831,353-1,630
Caerphilly3,0861,479-1,607
Vale of Clwyd2,519995-1,524
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney2,8401,321-1,519
Torfaen2,444933-1,511
Newport East2,455970-1,485
Rhondda2,5481,139-1,409
Cynon Valley2,291905-1,386
Pontypridd2,197913-1,284
Clwyd West1,997735-1,262
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr1,855646-1,209
Gower1,933730-1,203
Ceredigion1,838689-1,149
Neath2,1921,055-1,137
Wrexham1,850714-1,136
Aberavon2,060927-1,133
Blaenau Gwent2,5551,434-1,121
Clwyd South1,761660-1,101
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy1,640573-1,067
Delyn1,667669-998
Monmouth1,651654-997
Bridgend1,946971-975
Alyn and Deeside1,751812-939
Ogmore1,782880-902
Cardiff North1 ,394600-794
Brecon and Radnorshire1,406701-705
Islwyn1,594957-637
Montgomeryshire823474-349




Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system




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