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Zimbabwe

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. [65652]

Ian Pearson: The human rights situation in Zimbabwe remains of great concern. We will continue to pressure the Government of Zimbabwe to restore respect for democratic values, human rights and the rule of law.

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the safety of failed asylum seekers returned to Zimbabwe. [65653]

 
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Ian Pearson: We continue to assess that individuals repatriated from the United Kingdom are not systematically singled out for abuse by the Zimbabwean authorities. Our embassy in Harare maintains close and regular links with Zimbabwean and international human rights non-governmental organisations, and other relevant institutions, to ensure that we are in the best possible position to know and take appropriate action if there are any genuine cases of failed asylum seekers being mistreated on their return.

We remain concerned at widespread human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. We will continue to provide protection to those individuals who genuinely need it through the asylum process.

Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the level of that country's investment in Zimbabwe. [65756]

Ian Pearson: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has not discussed this subject with the Chinese Foreign Minister, although senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials have raised concerns about Zimbabwe with their Chinese counterparts.

The UK Permanent Representative to the UN raised our concerns about the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe at the United Nations on 19 December 2005, when the Security Council discussed the subject for the third time. As my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary said in his Abuja speech on 14 February, we would like to see China's engagement in Africa support democratic and accountable governance and we will work closely with China to that end.
 
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TREASURY

Avian Influenza

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the expected economic consequences of an avian influenza pandemic in the UK. [65853]

Mr. Des Browne: The Government are closely monitoring the risks posed by a potential avian influenza pandemic and is assessing all relevant aspects, including the possible economic effects.

The economic implications of an avian influenza outbreak would depend on the nature, extent and duration of an outbreak, and associated policy responses.
 
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Births

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many live births there were in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004 in each primary care trust in England. [65146]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated April 2006:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question about how many livebirths there were in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004 in each primary care trust in England. I am replying in her absence. (65146)

The figures requested are shown in the attached table and have also been placed in the House of Commons Library. They are based on the place of mother's usual residence irrespective of where the birth occurred. To allow comparability between years, they all relate to the areas covered by primary care organisations in October 2005.

Live births by mother's usual residence 2002–04, primary care organisation areas⁽¹⁹⁾ in England

	Year of birth
Primary care organisation	2002	2003	2004
New Forest	1401	1508	1532
Norwich	1271	1367	1528
South Gloucestershire	2756	2871	2905
Havering	2257	2366	2559
Kingston	1816	1859	2041
Bromley	3401	3651	3589
Greenwich Teaching	3345	3448	3717
Barnet	4176	4332	4482
South Manchester	1626	1706	1863
Daventry and South Northamptonshire	1101	1167	1183
North Peterborough	1419	1455	1545
South Peterborough	1140	1165	1314
Tendring	1199	1212	1190
Epping Forest	1338	1410	1428
Southend on Sea	1891	1911	1944
Central Derby	1074	1173	1105
Mansfield District	1027	1074	1182
North East Lincolnshire	1688	1760	1902
Newark and Sherwood	1054	1070	1211
Hillingdon	3292	3333	3473
Airedale	1536	1509	1542
Enfield	3984	4086	4222
Barking and Dagenham	2419	2594	2751
City and Hackney Teaching	4144	4323	4423
Tower Hamlets	3844	3939	4086
Newham	4939	5103	5170
Haringey Teaching	3739	3894	4017
Blackburn with Darwen	2110	2143	2184
North Dorset	781	712	801
Bournemouth Teaching	1401	1479	1495
Bradford City Teaching	3017	3001	3003
Bradford South and West	1770	1915	1981
North Bradford	979	1069	1160
Doncaster Central	832	887	883
Central Manchester	2260	2393	2594
Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley	2539	2611	2685
Herefordshire	1565	1668	1693
Hertsmere	1084	1086	1151
Milton Keynes	2909	3171	3224
North Manchester	1772	1856	2145
South Hams and West Devon	931	959	967
Trafford South	1309	1348	1350
West Norfolk	1555	1545	1669
Solihull	1860	2042	1992
West Lincolnshire	2175	2328	2273
Lincolnshire South West Teaching	1538	1654	1723
Carlisle and District	1151	1217	1231
Eden Valley	565	615	650
West Cumbria	1232	1323	1333
Newcastle	2941	2895	2918
North Tyneside	2042	2101	2160
Hartlepool	1010	1065	1073
Harlow	1029	1094	1119
Morecambe Bay	2715	2956	2993
North Hampshire	2440	2487	2534
Isle of Wight	1078	1107	1185
West Wiltshire	1313	1389	1386
South Wiltshire	1166	1219	1244
Newbury and Community	1073	1130	1127
Reading	2541	2612	2674
Slough	1864	1983	2029
Wokingham	1637	1653	1797
Vale of Aylesbury	2299	2315	2411
Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth	1541	1762	1732
Wyre Forest	988	1011	1017
North East Oxfordshire	908	949	1006
Cherwell Vale	1448	1489	1490
Oxford City	1724	1836	1908
South East Oxfordshire	811	827	890
South West Oxfordshire	2241	2328	2384
North Tees	2013	2115	2117
Selby and York	2687	2769	2874
East Yorkshire	1590	1572	1669
Yorkshire Wolds and Coast	1252	1322	1367
Eastern Hull	1361	1460	1606
West Hull	1436	1510	1606
Eastern Wakefield	1878	2021	2067
Wakefield West	1431	1525	1625
Mid-Hampshire	1731	1823	1911
Chesterfield	942	1036	1061
Gedling	1073	1077	1139
Amber Valley	1166	1132	1180
North Sheffield	1535	1642	1805
North Lincolnshire	1560	1590	1665
North Eastern Derbyshire	1564	1647	1714
Melton, Rutland and Harborough	1355	1451	1410
Leicester City West	1533	1756	1877
Doncaster East	1153	1198	1226
Doncaster West	1131	1213	1316
Nottingham City	3325	3537	3518
Sheffield West	887	984	1012
Sheffield South West	1137	1224	1276
South East Sheffield	1920	2044	2059
Erewash	1211	1140	1248
Bassetlaw	1043	1078	1133
Broxtowe & Hucknall	1333	1375	1357
Greater Derby	1732	1762	1897
Eastern Leicester	2473	2614	2662
Plymouth Teaching	2574	2722	2781
Chorley and South Ribble	2088	2204	2438
West Lancashire	1066	1142	1179
Heywood and Middleton	817	825	855
Salford	2584	2632	2736
Trafford North	H65	1167	1248
Stockport	2956	2941	3154
Bebington and West Wirral	1079	1097	1128
Southport and Formby	935	1045	1029
Ashfield	942	921	970
Rushcliffe	1051	1076	1126
East Hampshire	1647	1739	1758
Portsmouth City Teaching	2187	2225	2297
South West Kent	2024	2087	2116
Bexhill and Rother	654	674	661
Hastings and St. Leonards	960	952	994
Mid-Sussex	1406	1444	1483
Bath and North East Somerset	1672	1633	1623
West of Cornwall	1530	1460	1488
South and East Dorset	1089	1214	1151
South West Dorset	1247	1227	1233
North Devon	1371	1367	1488
Exeter	1282	1283	1327
East Devon	854	920	947
Mid Devon	930	978	980
Somerset Coast	1230	1357	1330
Mendip	1090	1121	1165
Teignbridge	886	948	959
Southern Norfolk	1903	1970	1998
Bracknell Forest	1323	1425	1461
Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead	1685	1746	1717
Chiltern and South Bucks	1572	1686	1710
Wycombe	1749	1769	1774
Blackwater Valley and Hart	2104	2123	2217
Hyndburn and Ribble Valley	1415	1544	1522
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale	2819	2912	3133
North Liverpool	1317	1350	1269
Luton	3114	3085	3181
Bedford	1805	1804	1868
Bedfordshire Heartlands	2730	2798	2879
Huntingdonshire	1672	1700	1686
Welwyn Hatfield	1008	1086	1144
North Hertfordshire and Stevenage	2148	2326	2363
South East Hertfordshire	1925	1995	1999
Royston, Buntingford and Bishop's Stortford	834	831	844
Maldon and South Chelmsford	868	854	862
Colchester	1620	1727	1874
Uttlesford	720	726	718
Billericay, Brentwood and Wickford	1429	1442	1508
Thurrock	1931	1982	2062
Basildon	1402	1473	1453
Great Yarmouth	903	993	1001
Watford and Three Rivers	1947	2071	2156
Dacorum	1554	1666	1579
St. Albans and Harpenden	1693	1805	1740
Hammersmith and Fulham	2587	2558	2624
Birkenhead and Wallasey	2193	2407	2393
Cheshire West	1463	1500	1563
Central Cheshire	2629	2797	2988
Eastern Cheshire	1784	1825	1899
Ellesmere Port and Neston	868	837	856
Derbyshire Dales and South Derbyshire	1178	1254	1223
Rotherham	2734	2871	2931
East Lincolnshire	2326	2309	2492
Central Liverpool	2676	2788	2773
South Liverpool	930	965	1002
Preston	1648	1791	1862
Fylde	573	567	600
Wyre	889	984	1020
Ashton, Leigh and Wigan	3316	3381	3626
Leeds West	1336	1317	1377
Leeds North East	1177	1144	1286
East Leeds	2022	2135	2185
South Leeds	1811	1982	1986
Leeds North West	1516	1520	1597
High Peak and Dales	877	895	960
Blackpool	1403	1549	1686
Bolton	3170	3330	3403
Staffordshire Moorlands	959	1009	1023
Dudley South	2002	1975	2083
Dudley Beacon and Castle	1414	1369	1431
Newcastle-under-Lyme	862	984	1053
Ealing	4436	4480	4767
Hounslow	3251	3305	3638
Halton	1356	1458	1544
Warrington	2208	2203	2291
St. Helens	1809	1969	1980
Knowsley	1734	1736	1898
Oldham	3053	3093	3195
Calderdale	2220	2344	2466
North Kirklees	2483	2568	2584
Durham Dales	832	827	955
Darlington	1139	1179	1254
Hinckley and Bosworth	1138	1251	1282
Charnwood and North West Leicestershire	2442	2539	2577
South Leicestershire	1610	1629	1666
Barnsley	2340	2409	2527
Bristol North	2754	2884	3103
Bristol South and West	1954	2139	2176
Cambridge City	1036	1073	1185
South Cambridgeshire	1481	1512	1510
East Cambridgeshire and Fenland	1506	1670	1551
Broadland	1100	1157	1150
North Norfolk	735	780	798
Chelmsford	1356	1441	1429
Castle Point and Rochford	1505	1600	1634
Ipswich	1672	1773	1913
Suffolk Coastal	787	919	876
Central Suffolk	885	968	1048
Waveney	1159	1247	1208
Suffolk West	2385	2526	2613
Bury	2098	2180	2320
Rochdale	1827	1872	1919
South Somerset	1448	1529	1511
Taunton Deane	1062	1098	1093
Swindon	2326	2404	2479
Kennet and North Wiltshire	2215	2341	2248
Brent Teaching	4153	4375	4326
Harrow	2564	2848	2870
Camden	2841	2944	3047
Islington	2508	2671	2676
Croydon	4370	4589	4869
Derwentside	840	874	899
Durham and Chester-le-Street	1352	1330	1342
Easington	987	921	1103
Sedgefield	892	974	1045
Gateshead	2012	2023	2128
South Tyneside	1467	1523	1540
Hambleton and Richmondshire	1143	1251	1212
Craven, Harrogate and Rural District	1982	1961	2022
Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale	1377	1493	1548
Sunderland Teaching	2930	3012	2971
Middlesbrough	2140	2233	2323
Langbaurgh	912	1000	1035
East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey	2800	2922	2885
East Surrey	1804	1937	1891
North and East Cornwall	1340	1424	1449
Central Cornwall	1708	1792	1839
Poole	1655	1804	1877
Cheltenham and Tewkesbury	1610	1655	1670
West Gloucestershire	2432	2565	2532
Cotswold and Vale	1755	1866	1815
Southampton City	2484	2556	2603
Maidstone Weald	2606	2739	2757
Medway	3259	3261	3265
Swale	1132	1103	1163
Guildford and Waverley	2263	2349	2492
North Surrey	2231	2430	2375
Surrey Heath and Woking	2439	2594	2548
Adur, Arun and Worthing	2102	2184	2292
Western Sussex	1773	1908	1972
Kensington and Chelsea	2156	2237	2204
Westminster	2551	2764	2734
Lambeth	4377	4787	4752
Southwark	4138	4346	4453
Lewisham	3845	3932	4072
Wandsworth	4080	4359	4345
Tameside and Glossop	2738	2813	2973
Huddersfield Central	1720	1823	1884
South Huddersfield	817	864	921
Ashford	1292	1334	1309
Canterbury and Coastal	1618	1671	1619
Bury	2098	2180	2320
Rochdale	1827	1872	1919
South Somerset	1448	1529	1511
Taunton Deane	1062	1098	1093
Swindon	2326	2404	2479
Kennet and North Wiltshire	2215	2341	2248
Brent Teaching	4153	4375	4326
Harrow	2564	2848	2870
Camden	2841	2944	3047
Islington	2508	2671	2676
Croydon	4370	4589	4869
Derwentside	840	874	899
Durham and Chester-le-Street	1352	1330	1342
Easington	987	921	1103
Sedgefield	892	974	1045
Gateshead	2012	2023	2128
South Tyneside	1467	1523	1540
Hambleton and Richmondshire	1143	1251	1212
East Kent Coastal	2290	2385	2479
Shepway	975	985	1031
Brighton and Hove City	2740	3043	2901
Eastbourne Downs	1511	1634	1642
Sussex Downs and Weald	1405	1511	1514
Northamptonshire Heartlands	3144	3311	3453
Northampton	2598	2809	2758
Fareham and Gosport	1854	1944	2023
Eastleigh and Test Valley South	1600	1634	1717
South Birmingham	4073	4441	4499
Shropshire County	2740	2837	2751
Walsall Teaching	3238	3337	3417
South Sefton	1573	1712	1698
Richmond and Twickenham	2413	2548	2584
Sutton and Merton	4665	4982	5049
North Somerset	1905	1921	2044
Rugby	968	990	1044
Crawley	1269	1326	1372
Horsham and Chanctonbury	1036	1047	1099
Coventry Teaching	3610	3801	3987
North Stoke	1474	1531	1674
South Stoke	1450	1480	1626
Oldbury and Smethwick	1255	1339	1379
Rowley Regis and Tipton	1274	1269	1356
Wednesbury and West Bromwich	1271	1351	1369
Telford and Wrekin	1921	1912	2096
East Staffordshire	1317	1321	1380
Cannock Chase	1389	1432	1400
South Western Staffordshire	1656	1738	1932
North Warwickshire	1908	1951	2128
South Warwickshire	2425	2448	2599
Redditch and Bromsgrove	1740	1779	1972
South Worcestershire	2805	2980	2989
Wolverhampton City	2805	3055	3069
North Birmingham	1632	1753	1868
Heart of Birmingham Teaching	5759	5958	5913
Eastern Birmingham	3134	3173	3440
Redbridge	3230	3377	3483
Waltham Forest	3566	3769	3957
Northumberland	2762	2934	2952
Witham, Braintree and Halstead	1539	1578	1666
Bexley	2517	2638	2699
Torbay	1152	1267	1292
England(20)	585709	589851	607184

⁽¹⁹⁾ For comparability, 2005 PCO boundaries are used for all years of birth.
⁽²⁰⁾ The England totals differ slightly from the sum of the PCOs (by 2 for 2002 and by 1 for 2004) because of the use of 2005-based postcode assignment.



 
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