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Tourists: EC Countries

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of how many tourists visited the UK from EU member states in 2006, broken down by country of origin. [141890]

Mr. Woodward: The table shows the number of visits to the UK from the EU member states for 2006.

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Overseas residents visits to the UK 2006( 1)
	Thousand
Austria	298
Belgium	995
Czech Republic	311
Cyprus EU	118
Denmark	540
Estonia	41
Finland	188
France	3,714
Germany	3,398
Greece	185
Hungary	272
Irish Republic	2,893
Italy	1,436
Latvia	82
Lithuania	140
Luxembourg	66
Malta	51
Netherlands	1,807
Poland	1,275
Portugal	245
Spain	2,008
Slovakia	239
Slovenia	68
Sweden	725
EU25	21,095
(1) Provisional 2006 figures Source: International Passenger Survey (ONS)

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Northern Ireland

Electoral Register

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many electors were registered to vote in Northern Ireland (a) in the year prior to the introduction of individual registration and (b) in each year since its introduction. [129416]

Maria Eagle: The following table shows the breakdown, by constituency, of those on the electoral register for each year from 2001 (following the last annual canvass prior to individual registration) to 2007. It includes the revised registration figures published in advance of the 2007 Assembly election. The registers published on 1 December 2001 and 1 December 2005 include those who did not register afresh but were ‘carried forward’ from the previous year's register. The legislation governing electoral registration in Northern Ireland no longer permits this practice.

Constituency	Assembly e lection 2007 ( 7 March 2007 )	Register 1 December 2006	Register 1 December 2005	Register 1 December 2004	Register 2 February 2004( 1)	Register 1 December 2002	Register 1 December 2001
Belfast East	50,053	48,570	53,076	48,503	50,005	50,929	58,049
Belfast North	49,629	47,369	52,742	46,008	49,114	49,937	59,653
Belfast South	49,177	47,190	52,523	46,718	49,403	49,349	59,036
Belfast West	51,057	45,923	54,268	46,054	47,183	48,153	58,901
East Antrim	57,025	55,658	58,921	53,307	54,727	54,569	61,092
East Londonderry	56,491	55,056	59,239	54,759	55,260	55,466	60,921
Fermanagh and S. Tyrone	66,410	64,039	67,882	61,774	62,993	63,010	67,846
Foyle	65,430	62,521	68,937	61,386	62,404	62,801	71,252
Lagan Valley	70,654	68,430	72,135	65,837	65,642	65,939	73,027
Mid Ulster	61,783	59,358	63,242	58,346	58,950	58,810	62,490
Newry and Armagh	71,387	68,812	73,226	66,593	67,433	66,802	73,600
North Antrim	73,332	70,868	75,487	70,087	69,942	69,728	75,635
North Down	57,947	56,420	60,266	54,734	56,137	56,606	63,649
South Antrim	66,046	63,983	67,662	60,315	62,983	62,349	70,926
South Down	72,340	69,951	74,367	68,022	68,515	68,317	74,935
Strangford	67,158	65,504	69,712	63,882	64,796	65,558	72,751
Upper Bann	71,244	69,588	73,058	67,033	67,713	67,595	73,594
West Tyrone	58,802	55,876	60,309	54,243	55,960	56,507	61,147
Total	1,115,965	1,075,116	1,157,052	1,047,601	1,069,160	1,072,425	1,198,504
(1) Postponed from 1 December 2003 because of rescheduled Assembly election.

Prosecutions: Expenditure

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average cost was of a prosecution within the former system of police prosecutions by Central Process Offices in each of the three years prior to the establishment of the Public Prosecution Service. [140236]

Paul Goggins: It is not possible to calculate the total average cost of a prosecution from start to finish—various agencies are involved at different stages of the process and no central figures are compiled. The PSNI do hold information on the average cost to the Central Process Offices of preparing a file for prosecution, although this represents only one part of the total prosecution costs. The Public Prosecution Service was established in 2005; therefore the following figures relate to the preceding three years, 2002-04:

2002: £171.40 per case;

2003: £150.75 per case;

2004: £139.09 per case.

Average cost per case over three years: £153.74 per case.

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Solicitor-General

Terry Lloyd

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Solicitor-General (1) what (a) correspondence and (b) discussions the Law Officers' Departments have had in response to the finding of the coroner in October 2006 that ITN correspondent Terry Lloyd was killed unlawfully; and if he will make a statement; [140906]

(2) what steps the Law Officers' Departments have taken to seek prosecutions of individuals in response to the finding of the coroner in October 2006 that ITN correspondent Terry Lloyd was killed unlawfully; and if he will make a statement. [140907]

The Solicitor-General: At the conclusion of the inquest concerning the inquest into Terry Lloyd’s death, where a verdict that Mr. Lloyd was unlawfully killed was recorded, the coroner, Mr. Andrew Walker wrote to the Attorney-General to ask him to consider any steps that might be taken to bring those responsible for the death of Mr. Lloyd before a court.

As it is alleged that Mr. Lloyd was killed in Iraq by American military personnel the relevant offence capable of being tried in a UK court is section 1 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957. The Attorney-General has to consent to any prosecution which may be brought. Any decision to prosecute is made by the Crown Prosecution Service using the same code for Crown prosecutors test they use in every case.

Accordingly the Attorney-General sent the coroner's letter and enclosures to the CPS for them to consider. The CPS has the case under active review and is briefing the Law Officers regularly. They have decided that they need further information before they can make a decision and are taking steps to obtain that information.

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