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Intergovernmental Conference

Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Prime Minister’s statement of 22 October 2007, Official Report, columns 19-24, on the intergovernmental conference, and with reference to the answer of 15 December 2003, Official Report, column 674W, that three million British jobs are linked to trade with the EU, what estimate he has made of (a) the volume of goods and services exported to the UK by other EU states and (b) the returns received by other EU states on investments in the UK in each of the last two years; what proportion of gross domestic product each represented for each EU state; and what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in each state which were linked directly or indirectly to trade with the UK. [168706]

Angela Eagle [holding answer 27 November 2007]: Annual UK goods import volumes from the EU27 have grown by 13 per cent. on average over the last two years. Comparable import volumes of services figures are not available. A country specific breakdown is not available for import volumes to the UK. Using current price imports, the two biggest EU27 countries exporting to the UK in 2005 were Germany and France exporting €71.5 billion and €44.2 billion respectively, the country that exported the least to the UK is Estonia (€0.4 billion). The returns received by the EU27 on investments in the UK in 2006 were £89.8 billion. This was 1.4 per cent. of total EU27 (excluding the UK) GDP. This was up from £70.2 billion, 1.1 per cent. of EU27 GDP, in 2005. The estimate of jobs linked to trade with the EU is not available on a country-by-country basis.

Maternal Mortality: Suffolk

Mr. Spring: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many maternity deaths there were in Suffolk in each of the last five years. [169569]

Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 3 December 2007:

Migrant Workers: East of England

Mr. Vara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of migrant workers in (a) North West Cambridgeshire, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK in each of the last five years. [169392]

Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.


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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 3 December 2007:

Table 1: Number of non-UK born persons of working age( 1) in employment in the North West Cambridgeshire constituency
12 months ending Employment l evel( 2) ( thousand ) Non-UK born persons in employment as percentage of all in employment

February 2003

4

8

February 2004

5

8

March 2005

4

7

March 2006

4

6

December 2006

4

7

(1) Includes males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59
(2) Does not include respondents who did not answer the question on country of birth. Estimates are subject to sampling variability.
It should also be noted that the country of birth question in the LFS gives an undercount because:
it excludes certain people who have not been resident in the UK for 6 months.
it excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent.
it excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc).
it is grossed to population estimates which exclude migrants staying for less than 12 months.
microdata are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates.
Source:
Annual Labour Force Survey; Annual Population survey.

Table 2: Number of non-UK born persons of working age( 1) in employment in Cambridgeshire
12 months ending Employment l evel( 2 ) ( thousand ) Non-UK born persons in employment as percentage of all in employment

February 2003

22

8

February 2004

24

9

March 2005

30

10

March 2006

33

12

December 2006

40

14

(1) Includes males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59
(2) Does not include respondents who did not answer the question on country of birth.
Estimates are subject to sampling variability.
It should also be noted that the country of birth question in the LFS gives an undercount because
it excludes certain people who have not been resident in the UK for 6 months.
it excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent.
it excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc).
it is grossed to population estimates which exclude migrants staying for less than 12 months.
microdata are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates.
Source:
Annual Labour Force Survey; Annual Population survey.


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Table 3: Number of non-UK born persons of working age( 1) in employment in the East of England
12 months ending Employment l evel( 2) ( thousand ) Non-UK born persons in employment as percentage of all in employment

February 2003

192

7

February 2004

189

7

March 2005

212

8

March 2006

236

9

December 2006

262

10

(1) Includes males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59
(2) Does not include respondents who did not answer the question on country of birth.
Estimates are subject to sampling variability.
It should also be noted that the country of birth question in the LFS gives an undercount because:
it excludes certain people who have not been resident in the UK for 6 months.
it excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent.
it excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc).
it is grossed to population estimates which exclude migrants staying for less than 12 months.
microdata are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates.
Source:
Annual Labour Force Survey; Annual Population survey.

Table 4: Number of non-UK born persons of working age( 1) in employment in the UK
12 months ending Employment l evel( 2 ) ( thousand ) Non-UK born persons in employment as percentage of all in employment

February 2003

2,335

9

February 2004

2,462

9

March 2005

2,625

10

March 2006

2,788

10

December 2006

3,018

11

(1) Includes males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59
(2) Does not include respondents who did not answer the question on country of birth.
Estimates are subject to sampling variability.
It should also be noted that the country of birth question in the LFS gives an undercount because :
it excludes certain people who have not been resident in the UK for 6 months.
it excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent.
it excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc).
it is grossed to population estimates which exclude migrants staying for less than 12 months.
microdata are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates.
Source:
Annual Labour Force Survey; Annual Population survey.

Minimum Wage: Greater London

Tom Brake: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in each London borough were paid less than the minimum wage in the latest period for which figures are available. [169241]

Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 3 December 2007:

Estimates of UK jobs paid below the national minimum wage by Government Office Region in 2007
Government Office Region Thousands Percentage

North East

16

2

North West (including Merseyside)

32

1

Yorks and Humber

24

1

East Midlands

25

1

West Midlands

26

1

Eastern

27

1

London

23

1

South East

32

1

South West

25

1

Wales

17

2

Scotland

30

1

Northern Ireland

15

2

All

292

1

Source:
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.

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