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Overseas Aid: Health Services

Mr. David Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how money provided by his Department to fund health-related projects is split between improving overall health infrastructures and fighting specific diseases. [122762]

Mr. Thomas: DFID uses a range of funding instruments to improve health in developing countries. The preference is to provide budget support or pooled funds to support a country to implement its own health plan. DFID regards this as the best way to strengthen the overall health infrastructure—the clinics, trained staff, essential medicines, and running costs—to deliver a broad range of health services. DFID may also provide additional support to target specific diseases or new health challenges. In more difficult settings, such as fragile states, DFID is likely to initially support projects against specific diseases but will aim to move, where possible, to support broader health programmes. The two approaches are not exclusive and complement each other. For example DFID funding to the GAVI Alliance enables countries to provide the newer and underused vaccines; funding through the country budget will help train and employ the health workers who vaccinate children and to buy the basic vaccines such as polio and measles.

Transport

Air Services

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2007, Official Report, column 1673W, on air services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the “other” category for air services between Edinburgh airport and London City airport. [124370]

Gillian Merron: The estimated number of “other” class category passengers carried between Edinburgh airport and London City airport in 2005 were as follows:

Edinburgh to/from London City
“Other” class category Number (nearest thousand)

Non-response(1)

20,000

Other ticket types(2)

0

Total

20,000

(1) Non-response results from the question not being asked or a passenger refusing to answer.
(2) Other ticket types are those tickets that could not be categorised into business or economy and include types of promotional tickets, e.g. two for one.
Source:
CAA passenger Survey

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2007, Official Report, column 1674W, on air services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the “other” category for air services between Edinburgh airport and (a) Luton, (b) Stansted, (c) Gatwick, (d)
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Heathrow, (e) Manchester International, (f) Birmingham International, (g) Leeds Bradford International and (h) Nottingham East Midlands airports. [124371]

Gillian Merron: The estimated number of “other” class category passengers carried between Edinburgh airport and Luton, Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester International, Birmingham International, Leeds Bradford International and Nottingham East Midlands airports in 2005 were as follows:

Number (nearest thousand)
“Other” class category:
Edinburgh to/from Non-response( 1) Other ticket types( 2) Total

Luton

34,000

0

34,000

Stansted

36,000

0

36,000

London Gatwick

55,000

55,000

London Heathrow

151,000

1,000

152,000

Manchester International

32,000

1,000

32,000

Birmingham International

27,000

1,000

29,000

Leeds Bradford International

1,000

0

1,000

Nottingham International

20,000

0

20,000

0 = Nil
— = Negligible (less than 500)
(1) Non-response results from the question not being asked or a passenger refusing to answer.
(2) Other ticket types are those tickets that could not be categorised into business or economy and include types of promotional tickets, e.g. two for one.
Source:
CAA passenger Survey

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2007, Official Report, column 1673W, on Air Services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the “other” category for air services between Dundee airport and (a) London City airport and (b) Manchester International airport. [124374]

Gillian Merron: The estimated number of “other” class category passengers carried between Dundee airport and London City and Manchester airports in 2003 were as follows:

Number (nearest thousand)
“Other” class category: Dundee to/from London City Dundee to/from Manchester

Non-response(1)

0

Other ticket types(2)

0

0

Total

0

0 = Nil
‘—’ = Negligible (less than 500)
(1) Non-response results from the question not being asked or a passenger refusing to answer.
(2) Other ticket types are those tickets that could not be categorised into business or economy and include types of promotional tickets, e.g. two for one.
Source:
CAA passenger Survey

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Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2007, Official Report, column 2077W, on Air Services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the “other” category for air services between Prestwick airport and London Stansted airport. [124375]

Gillian Merron: The estimated number of “other” class category passengers carried between Prestwick airport and London Stansted airport in 2005 were as follows:

Prestwick to/from Stansted
“Other” class category: Number (nearest thousand)

Non-response(1)

7,000

Other ticket types(2)

0

Total

7,000

(1) Non-response results from the question not being asked or a passenger refusing to answer.
(2) Other ticket types are those tickets that could not categorised into business or economy and include types of promotional tickets, e.g. two for one.
Source:
CAA passenger Survey

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2007, Official Report, column 1674W, on Air Services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the “other” category for air services between Glasgow airport and (a) London Heathrow, (b) Manchester International, (c) Birmingham International, (d) Leeds Bradford International and (e) Nottingham East Midlands airports. [124376]

Gillian Merron: The estimated number of “other” class category passengers carried between Glasgow airport and London Heathrow, Manchester International, Birmingham International, Leeds Bradford International and Nottingham East Midlands airports in 2005 were as follows:

Number (nearest thousand)
“Other” class category:
Glasgow to/from: Non-response( 1) Other ticket types( 2) Total

London Heathrow

66,000

3,000

68,000

Manchester International

3,000

1,000

4,000

Birmingham International

2,000

1,000

3,000

Leeds Bradford International

0

0

0

Nottingham East Midlands

3,000

0

3,000

(1) Non-response results from the question not being asked or a passenger refusing to answer.
(2) Other ticket types are those tickets that could not be categorised into business or economy and include types of promotional tickets, e.g. two for one.
Source:
CAA passenger Survey

Mark Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2007, Official Report, column 2076W, on air services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the
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“other” category for air services between Glasgow airport and (a) London Gatwick, (b) London Stansted and (c) Luton airports. [124377]

Gillian Merron: The estimated number of “other” class category passengers carried between Glasgow airport and London Gatwick, London Stansted and Luton airports in 2005 were as follows:

"Other" Class Category
Number (nearest thousand)
Glasgow to/from Non-response( 1) Other ticket types( 2) Total

London Gatwick

24,000

4,000

28,000

London Stansted

11,000

1,000

12,000

Luton

8,000

0

8,000

(1) Non-response results from the question not being asked or a passenger refusing to answer.
(2) Other ticket types are those tickets that could not be categorised into business or economy and include types of promotional tickets, e.g. two for one.
Source:
CAA passenger Survey

Bridges: Thames Gateway

John Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review his assessment of the potential benefits of the Thames Gateway bridge following the publication of the Stern review report on the economics of climate change. [124862]

Dr. Ladyman: In reaching decisions on funding the Thames Gateway bridge, the climate change implications were one of the factors considered. The conclusions of the Stern review do not have any significant impact on the scheme's value for money.

Departments: Equal Opportunities

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has (a) a gender strategy and (b) a gender equality action plan in place. [125057]

Gillian Merron: The Department will be taking the steps outlined in the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Order 2006 (No. 2930) which should come into force on 6 April 2007.

The Department will be publishing its gender equality scheme and action plan by 30 April 2007. This will set out the key activities the Department will undertake over the next three years.

Departments: Redundancy

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in (i) his Department and (ii) each agency of the Department in each year since 1997-98; how much is planned to be spent for 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. [123927]


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Gillian Merron: The Department for Transport was established in May 2002. There is no information available in relation to staff exit schemes for years 1997 to 2001-02.

The following table represents spend on voluntary staff exit schemes for the Department for Transport and its agencies. There were no exits on an involuntary basis except for the Vehicle Certification Agency in 2005-06 at a cost of £19,545.

Financial year Cost (£)

2002-03

671,000

2003-04

1.7 million

2004-05

7.1 million

2005-06

10.4 million

2006-07

14.7 million

2007-08

4.9 million


DfT(Centre). There are no firm plans for DfT(C) early exit schemes during 2007-08.

Government Car and Despatch Agency spent £7,000 on voluntary staff exit scheme in 2001-02.

DfT(C), Vehicle and Operator Services Agency and Driving Standards Agency can provide information for 2002-03 only at disproportionate cost.


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