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US Prisoners

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the dates when UK (a) territory and (b) airspace has been used for the transport of persons held as prisoners by US civilian or military authorities in the past 12 months. [15580]

Ms Buck: International and national aviation regulations do not require the provision of passenger information when transiting UK territory or airspace. The UK Government have not received any requests, nor granted any permissions, for the use of UK territory or airspace for the purpose raised in the hon. Member's question.

Vehicle Ownership

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of cars owned in (a) Brent East, (b) each London borough, (c) London and (d) England in each year since 1997; and what percentage of the total he estimates were four-wheel drive in each year. [16234]

Dr. Ladyman: The information requested is detailed in the table:
1997199819992000
Brent East22,00023,00023,00024,000
City of London16,00014,00011,0009,000
Barking and Dagenham45,00046,00047,00048,000
Barnet115,000117,000119,000120,000
Bexley85,00087,00088,00090,000
Brent77,00079,00080,00081,000
Bromley121,000124,000126,000127,000
Camden47,00048,00049,00051,000
Croydon123,000124,000121,000122,000
Ealing100,000103,000105,000101,000
Enfield99,000101,000103,000103,000
Greenwich58,00059,00061,00062,000
Hackney38,00039,00040,00040,000
Hammersmith and
Fulham
37,00038,00039,00039,000
Haringey56,00057,00059,00058,000
Harrow88,00089,00090,00090,000
Havering90,00091,00092,00094,000
Hillingdon142,000134,000131,000123,000
Hounslow75,00078,00080,00089,000
Islington40,00041,00038,00038,000
Kensington and Chelsea43,00043,00043,00043,000
Kingston upon Thames57,00057,00058,00059,000
Lambeth60,00061,00067,00065,000
Lewisham65,00066,00068,00069,000
Merton64,00065,00064,00065,000
Newham51,00052,00054,00055,000
Redbridge82,00084,00085,00087,000
Richmond upon Thames66,00067,00072,00071,000
Southwark55,00055,00059,00060,000
Sutton73,00074,00075,00076,000
Tower Hamlets35,00037,00035,00036,000
Waltham Forest63,00064,00066,00067,000
Wandsworth110,000111,000113,000115,000
City of Westminster62,00062,00061,00059,000
London2,339,0002,369,0002,401,0002,414,000
England19,574,00020,006,00020,468,00020,973,000
44/SUV percentage3.8%4.4%4.5%4.5%

 
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2001200220032004
Brent East25,00025,00025,00026,000
City of London6,0005,0005,0004,000
Barking and Dagenham49,00050,00051,00053,000
Barnet123,000125,000127,000129,000
Bexley92,00094,00095,00097,000
Brent83,00085,00085,00087,000
Bromley130,000132,000133,000136,000
Camden53,00053,00052,00051,000
Croydon125,000126,000126,000128,000
Ealing103,000105,000105,000107,000
Enfield106,000108,000109,000111,000
Greenwich65,00066,00068,00071,000
Hackney42,00042,00042,00043,000
Hammersmith and
Fulham
39,00039,00039,00042,000
Haringey60,00061,00062,00063,000
Harrow93,00089,00089,00091,000
Havering95,00097,00099,000101,000
Hillingdon121,000118,000115,000118,000
Hounslow95,00095,00094,00097,000
Islington39,00039,00040,00040,000
Kensington and Chelsea45,00046,00047,00047,000
Kingston upon Thames60,00062,00061,00062,000
Lambeth66,00066,00066,00065,000
Lewisham70,00071,00072,00074,000
Merton65,00066,00066,00067,000
Newham57,00059,00059,00061,000
Redbridge89,00091,00092,00094,000
Richmond upon Thames71,00072,00073,00074,000
Southwark60,00061,00060,00061,000
Sutton78,00077,00078,00080,000
Tower Hamlets36,00037,00037,00039,000
Waltham Forest68,00069,00070,00072,000
Wandsworth116,000107,000102,00098,000
City of Westminster61,00061 ,00060,00059,000
London2,461,0002,473,0002,480,0002,523,000
England21,539,00022,052,00022,382,00022,921,000
44/SUV percentage4.9%5.4%6.2%7.0%

CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Courts

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs which agency is responsible for the administration of the courts. [16469]

Ms Harman: Her Majesty's Courts Service is responsible for the administration of the courts in England and Wales. HMCS started operation on 1 April 2005 and brought together, for the first time, all Crown, county and magistrates courts.

Mr. Heald: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many trials in the Crown court lasted for a duration of nine months or more in each of the last 10 years. [1760]


 
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Ms Harman: I will write to the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire once the information is available.

Substantive answer from Harriet Harman to Oliver Heald:

EU Electors

Mr. Hands: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many EU citizens are entitled to vote in local elections in each London borough; and what percentage of the total electorate this represents in each borough. [15761]

John Healey: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Greg Hands, dated 10 October 2005:


Total European/Local Government Electorate and Electorate Entitled to Vote through European Union Citizenship, December 2004

London boroughElectorate Qualifying through European Union Citizenship(34)(5508110035)Total European/Local Government ElectoratePercentage of European/Local Electorate Qualifying through EU Citizenship
City of London3336,0185.5
Barking and Dagenham1,756119,3721.5
Barnet8,004214,4213.7
Bexley1,369171,9040.8
Brent10,252180,6655.7
Bromley3,458228,9831.5
Camden11,378144,3267.9
Croydon5,010246,8662.0
Ealing11,685215,8145.4
Enfield6,048194,6113.1
Greenwich5,055160,1763.2
Hackney6,904129,2745.3
Hammersmith and Fulham10,460116,1449.0
Haringey9,495152,4866.2
Harrow3,739162,0492.3
Havering947175,6680.5
Hillingdon3,852181,1452.1
Hounslow5,759165,5833.5
Islington6,904120,2975.7
Kensington and Chelsea14,60898,62914.8
Kingston upon Thames3,34099,0143.4
Lambeth13,016203,0556.4
Lewisham5,650177,7313.2
Merton6,184135,6784.6
Newham7,651171,8154.5
Redbridge2,319181,1921.3
Richmond upon Thames4,614120,1463.8
Southwark7,664180,1734.3
Sutton2,069131,3151.6
Tower Hamlets5,180145,4443.6
Waltham Forest5,547159,3993.5
Wandsworth11,378211,8165.4
Westminster15,402135,81011.3


(34)These data are as reported by each London Borough to ONS.
(35)Excludes British and Irish citizens, and also Maltese and Cypriot citizens who qualify as Commonwealth citizens.
Source:
Office for National Statistics




 
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