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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, 200203
| 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 1517
(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:
ONSLabour 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