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Oil Prices
Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what forward projections he has made of the price of a barrel of oil in the next 12 months. [1505]
John Healey: The oil price assumption underlying the public finance projections, audited by the NAO, is given in Box C1, page 246 of Budget 2005.
Electoral Statistics
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the electorate was in each parliamentary constituency in the UK in (a) May 1997, (b) June 2001 and (c) May 2005 (i) in total and (ii) broken down for each constituency, ranked according to the size of change in the electorate between 1997 and 2005, showing the ward with the greatest decrease in electorate at the head and the ward with the greatest increase at the bottom of each list. [168]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 6 June 2005:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the electorate in each Parliamentary Constituency in the UK, in May 1997, June 2001 and May 2005. I am replying in his absence. (168)
Electoral statistics are produced annually. Since 2001 they have been collected with a reference date of 1 December, prior to this they were collected in February each year (and in 2001 there were two collections). Consequently, it is not possible to show data for the exact dates requested. Instead, data are shown for February 1997, February 2001, and December 2004. These are the closest available dates.
Table 1 shows the registered Parliamentary electorate for each Parliamentary Constituency in the UK for the above three dates. Constituencies are ranked by the change between 1997 and 2004. Table 2 shows the same data, but ranked by percentage change between 1997 and 2004.
For Scotland new Constituencies came into being for the 2005 general election. The data shown in Table 1 and 2 are for the 'old' Constituencies. These Constituencies were the same for each of the three years quoted. However, data are also available on the electorate of the 'new' Constituencies and these are shown in Table 3.
For Northern Ireland changes in the electoral arrangements in 2002 resulted in a sharp decline in the number of registered electors. These changes included the requirement to complete individual (rather than household) forms, the requirement to re-register every year, and the requirement to provide personal identification details. This will affect the 2004 figures and comparisons with previous years.
For England and Wales due to the number of Ward changes it is not possible to create a meaningful comparison between 1997 and 2004. It would only be possible to create comparisons between 1997 and 2001 or 2001 and 2004 at disproportionate cost. Table 4, 5, and 6 provide a full list of ward electorates in England for the three years. Table 7, 8, and 9 provide a full list of Ward electorates in Wales.
For Scotland Table 10 shows the change in Wards between 2001 and 2004. The Wards in 1997 were different and are shown in Table 11.
For Northern Ireland Table 12 shows the Ward electorates for all three years ranked by the change between 1997 and 2004. There were no boundary or structural changes over this period.
Population (North-east Lincolnshire)
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many primary school age children there are expected to be in north east Lincolnshire in each of the next five academic years. [2041]
John Healey: The Information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Shona McIsaac, dated 6 June 2005:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the number of primary school age children there are predicted to be in North East Lincolnshire for the next five academic years. (2041)
Official 2003-based Subnational Population Projections for England were published by the Office for National Statistics in November 2004. Table 1 attached, shows the projected mid-year population of 5–11 year olds for North East Lincolnshire taken from these projections.
| Thousand | |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 14.3 |
| 2006 | 14.0 |
| 2007 | 13.6 |
| 2008 | 13.3 |
| 2009 | 13.0 |
| 2010 | 12.9 |
(12)Primary school age defined as 5 to 11-year-olds.
Source:
ONS 2003-based Subnational population projections
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many live births there have been in north-east Lincolnshire in each of the past 10 years. [2042]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Shona McIsaac, dated 6 June 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary Question concerning how many live births there have been in North East Lincolnshire in each of the past ten years. (2042)
The data given in the table for each of the ten years between 1994 and 2003, are for live births to mothers who were resident in North East Lincolnshire at the time of the birth.
| Number of live births | |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 2,116 |
| 1995 | 1,987 |
| 1996 | 1,953 |
| 1997 | 1,904 |
| 1998 | 1,854 |
| 1999 | 1,825 |
| 2000 | 1,735 |
| 2001 | 1,641 |
| 2002 | 1,669 |
| 2003 | 1,748 |
The figures for 1994–2002 were published in Key Population and Vital Statistics Series VS Nos. 21–29. Those for 2003 will appear in No 30, due to be published towards the end of this year
Rateable Values
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses in England had a rateable value for non-domestic rate purposes of (a) less than £3,000, (b) £3,000 to £3,999, (c) £4,000 to £4,999, (d) £5,000 to £5,999, (e) £6,000 to £6,999, (f) £7,000 to £7,999 and (g) £8,000 and above in each year since 1991; and what the yield from non-domestic rates was in each category in each year in (i) cash and (ii) real terms. [1196]
Dawn Primarolo:
The information requested is given in the table.
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Red Diesel (Narrowboats)
Damian Green: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether changes are planned to the access for narrowboat owners to red diesel; and if he will make a statement. [1983]
John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to what I said on the Floor of the House on 26 May 2005, Official Report, column 865.
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