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Sandstorm Report

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the Sandstorm Report which was prepared before the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. [123162]

Ed Balls: The Treasury is currently considering release of the report in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act. A decision will be reached shortly.

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when his Department expects to make a definitive reply to the request made by Professor Prem Sikka of the University of Essex on 13 March 2006 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for publication of the Sandstorm Report relating to the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International; and what the reason is for the delay in responding. [123163]

Ed Balls: Professor Sikka’s request has entailed the careful examination of several complex issues. I understand that officials expect to be in a position to respond very shortly.

Subsidiarity

Michael Gove: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) meetings he has held with (i) Government colleagues and (ii) his European counterparts and officials and (b) publications he has written on the return of regional responsibilities from the EU to the UK. [122230]

Ed Balls: Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide range of European and Government colleagues and with other member states as part of the process of policy development and delivery.

‘A Modern Regional Policy for the UK’ set out the UK's principles for the future of European regional policy(1). The Government have also published their National Strategic Reference Framework which sets out the UK's approach to the management of European Structural and Cohesion Funds to support regional development for 2007-13(2).

Teenage Pregnancy: Greater London

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many teenage pregnancies were
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reported in each London borough in each of the last five years. [122214]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 27 February 2007:


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Number of teenage conceptions by area of usual residence, London boroughs, 2001-05( 1)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005p
London 6,210 6,512 6,467 6,235 5,809

Camden LB

125

135

124

127

124

Hackney LB and City of London

308

303

279

285

226

Hammersmith and Fulham LB

135

137

119

106

91

Haringey LB

281

313

291

283

246

Islington LB

175

173

165

156

156

Kensington and Chelsea LB

80

81

56

54

68

Lambeth LB

376

406

415

357

319

Lewisham LB

273

328

333

317

316

Newham LB

334

333

295

256

241

Southwark LB

335

335

356

343

275

Tower Hamlets LB

219

187

174

173

169

Wandsworth LB

173

184

169

174

155

Westminster City of LB

87

95

100

74

62

Barking and Dagenham LB

215

236

220

211

191

Barnet LB

143

192

177

203

167

Bexley LB

181

172

180

172

164

Brent LB

236

253

276

266

223

Bromley LB

162

179

205

166

203

Croydon LB

336

367

340

364

365

Baling LB

198

185

203

193

186

Enfield LB

249

292

304

272

246

Greenwich LB

272

248

280

261

259

Harrow LB

99

115

111

141

127

Havering LB

134

150

151

152

150

Hillingdon LB

189

210

225

223

218

Hounslow LB

165

158

181

203

166

Kingston upon Thames LB

67

68

81

67

70

Merton LB

126

118

119

121

104

Redbridge LB

160

155

155

155

164

Richmond upon Thames LB

49

63

58

61

57

Sutton LB

112

110

102

108

109

Waltham Forest LB

216

231

223

191

192

(1) Figures for 2005 are provisional Note: To preserve confidentiality, counts for the City of London have been combined with those for Hackney LB.

Welfare Tax Credits

Dr. Gibson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what procedures people are able to apply to be removed from the tax credit register. [123120]

Dawn Primarolo: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 18 April 2006, Official Report, columns 565-66W.


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