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TREASURY

British Exports (Europe)

Mr. Holloway: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value was of British exports to (a) the Eurozone area, (b) the pre-enlargement 15 EU member states and (c) the post-enlargement 25 EU member states in (i) 2005 and (ii) each quarter of 2005. [54956]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 3 March 2006:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking for the total value of British exports to (a) the Eurozone area, (b) the pre-enlargement 15 EU member states and (c) the post-enlargement 25 EU member states in (i) 2005 and (ii) each quarter of 2005. (54956)

The attached table shows exports on a Balance of Payments basis in £ million for goods and services for those quarters for which data are available. They are consistent with the UK Trade First Release published on 9 February 2006 and on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=1119

£ million

	Exports of goods			Exports of services
	Eurozone area	EU15	EU25	Eurozone area	EU15	EU25
2005	106,936	113,706	118,497	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
Q1	25,938	27,617	28,742	8,905	9,875	10,383
Q2	26,282	27,953	29,143	8,624	9,571	10,056
Q3	27,082	28,773	29,997	8,726	9,658	10,161
Q4	27,634	29,363	30,615	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—

⁽¹⁾ Not available.

Child Trust Fund

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 16 February 2006, Official Report, column 2416W, on child trust fund accounts, what estimate was made of the cost of providing the information; and whether he contacted Lancashire county council to obtain the figures. [54760]

 
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Mr. Ivan Lewis: When I answered the hon. Member's earlier question I was advised that the cost of providing figures for Child Trust Fund accounts opened by HMRC for children looked after by Lancashire county council would have greatly exceeded the disproportionate cost threshold. Lancashire county council were not approached for this information as it was believed that they would not know how many Child Trust Fund accounts HMRC had opened for the children being looked after by them.

It has subsequently come to light that it is possible to obtain this information. I now understand that by 20 February 2006, HM Revenue and Customs had opened 165 accounts for children looked after by Lancashire county council. I very much regret that it was not possible to provide this information in reply to the hon. Member's earlier question. Details of the total number of Child Trust Fund accounts opened by HMRC for all looked after children will be published along with other annual Child Trust Fund statistics later this year.

Civil Service Relocation

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to review the relocation of Civil Service jobs from the South East of England; whether he plans to meet representatives from local authorities in the East of England to discuss this matter; and if he will make a statement. [54914]

 
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Mr. Des Browne: The Government has accepted the recommendations of Sir Michael Lyons' Independent Review of Public Sector Relocation in 2004, and reflected these in the target to relocate 20,000 civil service posts out of London and the south east by 2010. Pre-Budget report 2005 reported that over 6,300 posts have already been moved out of London and the south east. Progress will continue to be closely monitored but the Government have no current plans to undertake a further review of civil service relocation.

Local Authority Finance

Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) gross domestic product and (b) GVA per capita was for each local authority area in (i) Kent, (ii) Surrey and (iii) Sussex in each of the last eight years; and what the equivalent average figures were for England in the same period. [55189]

Mr. Des Browne: The ONS does not produce gross domestic product data for local authorities. It does produce gross value added figures for counties and unitary authorities.

The following tables show the latest total gross value added and gross value added per capita data for the unitary authorities in Kent, Surrey and Sussex for years 1996 to 2003. Further information is available on the ONS website at the following web address: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=7359
Headline⁽²⁾ gross value added (GVA)⁽³⁾ per head by NUTS3 area at current basic prices 1996 to 2003 £ per head

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
United Kingdom(4)	11,699	12,347	13,056	13,622	14,290	14,944	15,691	16,485
England	11,608	12,324	13,126	13,691	14,247	14,938	15,711	16,521
South East	11,884	12,706	13,733	14,456	15,187	15,977	16,791	17,631
Surrey, East and West Sussex	12,013	12,780	13,639	14,298	15,057	15,926	16,772	17,599
Brighton and Hove	10,936	11,196	11,501	11,892	12,748	13,919	15,027	15,924
East Sussex CC	9,134	9,390	9,475	9,694	9,949	10,273	10,614	11,014
Surrey	13,412	14,709	16,343	17,345	18,427	19,490	20,455	21,454
West Sussex	12,289	12,805	13,281	13,808	14,425	15,279	16,207	17,051
Kent	9,483	9,965	10,531	10,949	11,348	11,817	12,364	12,973
Medway	7,496	7,987	8,611	9,119	9,498	9,855	10,307	10,807
Kent CC	9,853	10,332	10,891	11,292	11,695	12,185	12,749	13,377

⁽²⁾ The headline GVA series for this publication have been calculated using a five-period moving average.
⁽³⁾ Estimates of workplace based GVA allocate income to the region in which commuters work.
⁽⁴⁾ The GVA for Extra-Regio comprises compensation of employees and gross operating surplus which cannot be assigned to regions.



Headline⁽⁵⁾ gross value added (GVA)^{(6)(5508870007)} by NUTS3 area at current basic prices 1996 to 2003 £ million

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
United Kingdom	680,477	720,028	763,443	799,387	841,505	883,412	930,796	981,732
England	563,211	599,744	640,807	671,329	701,442	738,676	780,012	823,646
South East	92,697	99,781	108,334	115,002	121,356	128,188	135,062	142,462
Surrey, East and West Sussex	29,812	31,979	34,273	36,349	38,392	40,743	42,972	45,243
Brighton and Hove	2,652	2,740	2,839	2,949	3,172	3,479	3,760	4,004
East Sussex CC	4,385	4,527	4,595	4,744	4,892	5,066	5,249	5,464
Surrey	13,827	15,281	16,999	18,312	19,477	20,663	21,709	22,839
West Sussex	8,949	9,431	9,839	10,344	10,851	11,535	12,254	12,936
Kent	14,594	15,399	16,344	17,115	17,851	18,682	19,660	20,756
Medway	1,809	1,935	2,113	2,247	2,360	2,461	2,581	2,714
Kent CC	12,785	13,464	14,232	14,868	15,492	16,221	17,079	18,043

⁽⁵⁾ The headline GVA series for this publication have been calculated using a five-period moving average.
⁽⁶⁾ Estimates of workplace based GVA allocate income to the region in which commuters work.
⁽⁷⁾ Components may not sum to totals as a result of rounding.





 
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National Insurance

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when he was informed that national insurance contributions records were not up-to-date; [52677]

(2) whether a deadline has been set for the Inland Revenue to have all records of national insurance contributions recorded up-to-date. [52678]

Dawn Primarolo: HM Revenue and Customs has public service agreements targets to process 97.5 per cent. of returns by 31 December and 98 per cent. by 31 March. While the majority of records are up to date, the Department reported in November to Ministers that they had expectations of a missed 31 December target. And they have continued to provide progress reports thereafter. They have also kept employers and representative bodies informed of progress.

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