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As these estimates are for a subset of the population in a small geographical area, they are based on very small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty. In this case, the sample sizes are not sufficient to give an accurate estimate of even the direction of the change over the period.

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Table 1: Economic inactivity by age group for the Peterborough parliamentary constituency
Thousand
	16 to 24		25 to 49		50 to retirement age( 1)		All persons of working age( 2)
12 months ending	Level	Rate (percentage)	Level	Rate (percentage)	Level	Rate (percentage)	Level	Rate (percentage)
February 1997	3	22	8	22	3	31	14	23
February 1998	3	22	8	24	4	33	15	25
February 1999	3	30	6	17	3	34	13	22
February 2000	3	22	4	10	6	57	13	21
February 2001	3	24	6	17	4	32	13	22
February 2002	2	23	6	17	4	30	13	21
February 2003	3	22	6	16	4	27	12	20
February 2004	3	25	5	15	3	24	11	20
March 2005	3	31	6	18	3	26	12	22
March 2006	4	36	6	18	3	25	13	23
(1) Males aged 50 to 64 and females aged 50 to 59. (2) Males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59. Notes: 1. Estimates are subject to sampling variability. 2. Changes in the estimates overtime should be treated with caution. Source: Annual local area Labour Force Survey; Annual Population Survey.

V

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he attended the parliamentary reception for the charity V in February. [127210]

John Healey [holding answer 13 March 2007]: The Chancellor did not attend.

Written Questions

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received representations from the Leader of the House on his Department’s answers to written parliamentary questions. [128803]

John Healey: Treasury Ministers and officials discuss a wide variety of issues relating to parliamentary business with their counterparts in other Departments, including the Privy Council Office.

Defence

Armed Forces: Postal Services

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received on delays to mail sent to the United Kingdom from UK forces deployed abroad; and if he will make a statement. [128046]

Mr. Ingram: The Ministry of Defence has received no representations concerning delays to inbound mail to the UK from HM forces deployed abroad. Mail returning to the UK, if not addressed to other BFPO numbers, is collected and processed by Royal Mail Group for delivery to UK addresses.

Departments: Shipping

Mr. Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which merchant shipping vessels were (a) chartered and (b) used by his Department in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07; and what the (A) name, (B) flag and (C) type was of each vessel. [127972]

Mr. Ingram: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave him on 16 February 2006, Official Report, column 2208W, for vessels chartered up to mid-February 2006.

The additional information requested is shown in the following table:

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Date	Name	Type	Flag
December 2005-April 2006	Sloman Commander	MPP Tweendecker	Antigua and Barbuda
January-May 2006	Skaftafel	Tweendecker	Gibraltar
27 February 2006	MaryM	Platform Supply Vessel	UK
March-April 2006	Hansaland	Roll On Roll Off (Roro)	Bahamas
March-April 2006	Zeran	Roro	Maltese
29 March 2006	Condock 1	Heavylift Ship	Dutch Antilles
April-June 2006	Leliegracht	Tweendecker	Dutch
26 April 2006	Toisa Coral	Platform Supply Vessel	UK
31 May 2006	Laura M	Platform Supply Vessel	UK
19 June 2006	Rebecca M	Platform Supply Vessel	UK
July-August 2006	Thorkis	MPP Tweendecker	Isle of Man
13 July 2006	Ormesby Cross and Kincardine	Tug	UK
13 July 2006	Gironde	Tug	Malta
14 August 2006	Lesley M	Platform Supply Vessel	UK
September 2006	Kilcoe	RORO	Irish
15 September 2006	Valiant B	Tug	UK
22 September 2006	Stevns Icecap	Tug	Danish
4 October 2006	Abeille Liberte	Tug	France
November 2006 onwards	Maersk Rapier	Tanker	UK
November 2006-January 2007	CEC Faith	Tweendecker	Bahamas
22 November 2006	Mary M	Platform Supply Vessel	UK
10 December 2006	Lesley M	Platform Supply Vessel	UK
19 December 2006	Vos Shelter	Platform Supply Vessel	Dutch
January 2007	CEC Svendborg	Tweendecker	Bahamas
4 January 2007	Vos Sympathy	Platform Supply Vessel	Dutch
March-May 2007	Paimpol	Rolo	Antigua
2 March 2007	Mary M	Platform Supply Vessel	UK
9 March 2007	Carlo Magno	Tug	Italian

Gibraltar: Military Bases

Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilians are employed at the dockyard in Gibraltar. [128095]

Mr. Ingram: Further to the answer I gave my right hon. Friend on 5 March 2007, Official Report, column 1657W, I am not able to confirm how many civilians are employed at the dockyard in Gibraltar because the facility is operated by a private company. They, and not the Ministry of Defence (MOD), employ the civilians who work there.

The number of civilian personnel employed by the MOD in Gibraltar is listed in the following table⁽¹⁾, showing both core MOD staff, and locally engaged civilians as at 1 January 2007. These figures represent all civilian personnel in Gibraltar. Details for specific areas such as the dockyard are not held centrally.

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