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Sterling( 1) counterfeits
	£5	£10	£20	£50	Total
Number of notes
2002	105,000	142,000	185,000	7,000	439,000
2003	56,000	36,000	268,000	6,000	366,000
2004	20,000	17,000	287,000	6,000	330,000
2005	6,000	7,000	487,000	5,000	505,000
Value
2002	525,000	1,420,000	3,700,000	350,000	5,995,000
2003	280,000	360,000	5,360,000	300,000	6,300,000
2004	100,000	170,000	5,740,000	300,000	6,310,000
2005	30,000	70,000	9,740,000	250,000	10,090,000
(1) These figures only relate to counterfeit Bank of England banknotes.

Data Sharing

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions his Department has had with banks on data sharing. [102879]

Ed Balls [holding answer 23 November 2006]: Government Ministers and officials have discussions with a wide range of organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s practice to provide details of all such discussions.

Debt

Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) amount of unsecured personal debt, (b) average amount of unsecured personal debt and (c) average household disposable income was in each Government Office region in each year since 1997. [105805]

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

Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated 4 December 2006:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on unsecured personal debt and average household disposable income by Government Office Region each year since 1997.I am replying in her absence. (105805)

The ONS published estimates of household income by regions and countries of the UK, but only publish levels of debt for the UK as a whole.

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Table A contains estimates of gross disposable household income (GDHI) per head of population by Government Office Regions.

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Table B contains the amount of unsecured personal debt and the average amount of unsecured personal debt for the UK.

Table A: gross disposable household income (£) per head of population( 1,2,3) by Government office regions
	Gross disposable household income per head of population
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
North East	8,330	8,534	8,861	9,293	9,822	10,127	10,583	10,906
North West	8,865	9,140	9,545	10,044	10,620	10,908	11,377	11,723
Yorkshire and the Humber	8,866	9,164	9,520	10,016	10,554	10,851	11,352	11,705
East Midlands	8,900	9,161	9,515	10,032	10,670	11,009	11,554	11,918
West Midlands	8,813	9,078	9,486	10,011	10,600	10,891	11,383	11,729
East of England	10,234	10,554	11,053	11,729	12,549	12,964	13,525	13,889
London	11,592	12,045	12,702	13,437	14,183	14,431	15,004	15,298
South East	10,875	11,303	11,845	12,532	13,348	13,723	14,310	14,656
South West	9,600	9,888	10,321	10,860	11,546	11,870	12,407	12,721
Wales	8,428	8,628	8,980	9,479	10,096	10,437	10,924	11,278
Scotland	9,096	9,325	9,683	10,215	10,840	11,225	11,763	12,116
Northern Ireland	8,287	8,526	8,881	9,376	9,935	10,233	10,667	10,988
United Kingdom	9,625	9,938	10,390	10,971	11,643	11,971	12,500	12,840
(1) Gross disposable household income (GDHI) is the amount of money that households have available for spending or saving after deductions and expenditure associated with income, e.g. taxes and social contributions, and provision for future pension income. (2) The population measure is based upon mid-year estimates of total population. (3) Estimates are consistent with the national accounts series for the combined household and non-profit institutions serving households sectors as published in Blue Book 2005.

Table B: unsecured personal debt and average unsecured personal debt for the UK
	Unsecured personal debt(1) (end-year) (£ million)	Average unsecured personal Debt(2) (end-year) (£)
1997	88,412	1,943
1998	97,404	2,133
1999	109,208	2,381
2000	124,323	2,696
2001	140,891	3,036
2002	157,748	3,378
2003	163,506	3,479
2004	183,390	3,875
2005	192,507	4,033
(1) Unsecured personal debt is the sum of short term loans issued by monetary financial institutions in the United Kingdom and abroad. The data were published in the United Kingdom Economic Accounts table 64 published on 24 November 2006 available at the following address: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Productasp?vlnk=1904i&Pos=4&ColRank=l&Rank=422 (2) Average unsecured personal debt is calculated as debt per head. The population figure used to derive this is the population aged 16+ in the United Kingdom. These estimates are expressed in nominal terms that are not adjusted for the effects of general price inflation.

Departmental Expenditure

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what purposes his Department has employed Opinion Leader Research (OLR); and what the (a) title and (b) cost was of each research project undertaken by OLR for his Department in the last three years. [102870]

John Healey: Over the last three financial years the Treasury has employed Opinion Leader Research Ltd. to conduct research on public attitudes towards public services and to inform decisions in the run up to the 2005 Budget (£19,021 in total); and to run workshops for the Financial Inclusion Taskforce (£133,237). The costs stated are excluding VAT.

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost of the opinion poll undertaken by his Department on the potential bid for the 2018 World Cup was; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the poll’s findings. [103557]

Mr. Timms: The cost of this opinion poll, commissioned jointly with DCMS, was £15,510 (including VAT). This included the cost of an agency running a face to face survey of 2,000 adults, as well as consultation, project management and analysis provided by the Central Office of Information. The poll’s findings will be included in the feasibility study to be published in due course.

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