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Lone Parents ( 2,4)
In Employment Unemployed Economically Active
Total Number As % of total Number As % of total Number As % of total

1997

1,584

706

45

131

8

837

53

1999

1,726

828

48

149

9

976

57

2001

1,739

893

51

124

7

1,018

59

2002

1,798

958

53

111

6

1,069

59

2003

1,791

947

53

104

6

1,051

5S

2004

1,848

1,001

54

112

6

1,113

60

2005

1,856

1,039

56

103

6

1,142

62

2006

1,829

1,030

56

117

6

1,147

63

2007

1,838

1,049

57

113

6

1,162

63

(1) according to the 110 (International Labour Organisation) definition of unemployed, i.e. those who are without a job, are available to start work in the next two weeks, who want a job and have been seeking a job in the last 4 weeks or are waiting to start a job already obtained.
(2) Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59
(3) Includes those who have a tong term disability which substantially limits their day-to-day activities and those who have a tong term disability which affects the kind or amount of work they might do.
(4 )Working age people with dependent children under 16 and those children aged 16-18 who are never-married and in full-time education.
(5 )Comparable estimates are not available for disabled people prior to 1999 and for lone parents prior to 1997. Estimates are not available for 1998 and 2000 for either category.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Duty Free Allowances

Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will reassess personal allowances for importation of (a) tobacco products and (b) alcoholic drinks. [191279]

Jane Kennedy: Since the completion of the single market in 1993, persons travelling between EU member states have been able to bring with them unlimited quantities of alcohol and tobacco, provided that the product is bought duty paid in the member state of purchase, is for their own use (including gifts), and is transported by them.

For travellers entering the UK from a non-EU country, there are limits, which are laid down in EU legislation, on the amount of alcohol and tobacco that can be brought back without paying UK tax or duty. Any changes to these allowances must be agreed unanimously by all 27 EU member states.

Following a proposal from the European Commission concerning the tax and duty-free allowances for travellers from non-EU countries, EU Finance Ministers agreed unanimously at the Council meeting on 20 December 2007 on the adoption of a directive which, among other things, will increase the still wine allowance from 2 litres to 4 litres and introduce a new allowance for beer of 16 litres. These changes will come into effect from 1 December 2008. No changes have been made to the allowances for other alcohol or tobacco products. It was also agreed that all the allowances would be reviewed every four years.

Foreign Loans: World War Two

Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what payments were made to the US in respect of war debt incurred by Britain during and following the second world war, including the (a) line of credit and (b) land lease loan in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [191162]

Angela Eagle: World war two repayments were completed on the 29 December 2006. Information on the total interest and capital payments for world war two loans in the last 10 years is as follows:


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US$ m illion
USD Lend lease Line of credit
Capital repayment and interest Interest on interest repayments Capital repayment and interest Interest on interest repayments

1997

18,662,099.35

2,070,876.03

119,336,250.00

13,341,333.95

1998

18,662,099.35

2,070,876.03

119,336,250.00

13,341,333.95

1999

18,662,099.35

2,070,876.03

119,336,250.00

13,341,333.95

2000

18,662,099.35

2,070,876.03

119,402,762.30

13,341,333.95

Total

74,648,397.45

8,283,504.12

477,411,512.30

53,365,335.80

Repayment of deferred capital and annual interest

2001

19,487,914.32

132,677,583.95

2002

20,512,512.37

130,290,858.95

2003

20,112,836.44

127,904,133.95

2004

19,649,191.17

125,517,408.95

2005

19,259,957.51

123,130,683.95

2006

11,455,424.80

71,793,156.44

Total

110,477,836.62

711,313,826.19


Foreign Workers

Chris Huhne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the number of non-UK born persons in employment in each county of the UK in each of the last five years. [190816]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 4 March 2008:


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Number of non-UK born persons in employment in each UK county, unitary authority and metropolitan county 2003-07( 1)
Employment level (thousand)
12 months ending :
February 2003 February 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007

Bedfordshire

15

16

15

20

21

Buckinghamshire

22

27

26

27

30

Cambridgeshire

22

24

30

33

39

Cheshire

13

16

14

14

12

Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly

8

8

9

11

17

Cumbria

6

5

6

6

7

Derbyshire

8

6

9

13

10

Devon

17

15

13

13

18

Dorset

7

8

11

9

8

Durham

5

5

6

5

7

East Sussex

11

11

18

15

17

Essex

34

30

36

39

47

Gloucestershire

18

17

15

17

18

Hampshire

41

47

45

40

53

Hertfordshire

47

47

52

53

71

Kent

39

37

44

43

51

Lancashire

20

20

23

31

32

Leicestershire

14

13

16

18

18

Lincolnshire

9

14

15

17

22

Norfolk

16

16

21

22

25

Northamptonshire

16

17

23

33

28

Northumberland

3

4

4

4

3

North Yorkshire

12

12

13

13

14

Nottinghamshire

14

14

11

13

16

Oxfordshire

28

29

35

39

38

Shropshire

3

5

5

4

6

Somerset

12

14

8

4

10

Staffordshire

9

11

12

11

8

Suffolk

23

20

19

28

22

Surrey

49

55

58

68

74

Warwickshire

19

15

15

14

18

West Sussex

30

31

30

34

41

Wiltshire

13

11

15

14

22

Worcestershire

9

11

12

11

12

Eilean Siar Orkney and Shetland

1

1

1

1

1

Tyne and Wear Met County

15

17

20

23

26

Greater Manchester Met County

64

71

79

87

93

Merseyside Met County

15

16

20

23

32

South Yorkshire Met County

17

22

22

27

35

West Yorkshire Met County

64

72

77

85

89

West Midlands Met County

105

111

119

129

146

Inner London

462

481

480

507

534

Outer London

539

563

613

608

665

Hartlepool UA

1

1

1

1

1

Middlesbrough UA

3

2

3

3

3

Redcar and Cleveland UA

1

1

1

1

1

Stockton-on-Tees UA

3

4

4

4

3

Darlington UA

2

2

2

2

3

Halton UA

1

1

1

1

1

Warrington UA

3

3

3

3

5

Blackburn with Darwen UA

4

6

6

6

7

Blackpool UA

2

1

2

3

3

Kingston upon Hull City of UA

4

3

4

6

6

East Riding of Yorkshire UA

5

4

4

4

5

North East Lincolnshire UA

2

2

2

2

2

North Lincolnshire UA

3

3

3

4

5

York UA

3

4

4

5

7

Derby UA

8

7

7

11

11

Leicester UA

28

28

32

35

36

Rutland UA

1

1

1

1

1

Nottingham UA

10

8

13

15

17

Herefordshire County of UA

2

3

3

3

4

Telford and Wrekin

4

5

4

4

5

Stoke-on-Trent UA

4

3

3

4

7

Bath and North East Somerset UA

5

6

4

7

9

Bristol City of UA

17

18

19

21

21

North Somerset UA

4

4

5

5

4

South Gloucestershire UA

6

7

6

8

0

Plymouth UA

5

5

4

5

7

Torbay UA

3

3

3

2

3

Bournemouth UA

7

6

7

9

10

Poole UA

3

4

4

5

5

Swindon UA

8

7

9

7

12

Peterborough UA

7

8

10

9

14

Luton UA

18

18

19

21

20

Southend-on-Sea UA

5

6

4

4

6

Thurrock UA

3

4

6

7

9

Medway UA

7

10

9

11

12

Bracknell Forest UA

5

5

6

7

8

West Berkshire UA

7

6

7

7

7

Reading UA

10

10

14

16

19

Slough UA

18

18

18

20

22

Windsor and Maidenhead UA

9

9

11

10

10

Wokingham UA

8

8

8

11

10

Milton Keynes UA

11

12

14

12

17

Brighton and Hove UA

17

17

14

18

19

Portsmouth UA

5

6

7

8

7

Southampton UA

8

9

10

11

11

Isle of Wight UA

2

2

2

2

3

Anglesey Isle of

1

1

1

1

1

Gwynedd

1

1

1

2

2

Conwy

1

1

2

2

2

Denbighshire

1

1

2

1

1

Flintshire

3

2

2

2

3

Wrexham

1

2

2

3

4

Powys

1

1

1

1

2

Ceredigion

1

2

1

1

2

Pembrokeshire

2

2

2

2

3

Carmarthenshire

2

2

2

3

3

Swansea

3

6

4

5

6

Neath Port Talbot

1

1

2

1

1

Bridgend

2

2

2

2

3

Vale of Glamorgan The

2

3

3

3

3

Rhondda Cynon Taff

1

2

3

3

3

Merthyr Tydfil

1

(2)

(2)

1

1

Caerphilly

2

2

1

2

2

Blaenau Gwent

(2)

1

(2)

(2)

(2)

Torfaen

1

1

1

1

1

Monmouthshire

2

2

1

2

1

Newport

2

3

4

3

3

Cardiff

14

10

12

11

11

Aberdeen City

5

6

6

7

9

Aberdeenshire

5

3

4

4

5

Angus

1

2

2

2

2

Argyll and Bute

1

1

1

2

2

Scottish Borders The

2

1

1

2

3

Clackmannanshire

1

(2)

(2)

(2)

1

West Dunbartonshire

1

1

1

1

Dumfries and Galloway

1

2

2

2

1

Dundee City

2

3

3

3

4

East Ayrshire

1

1

1

1

1

East Dunbartonshire

2

2

2

2

2

East Lothian

1

2

2

2

3

East Renfrewshire

1

2

2

2

2

Edinburgh City of

17

23

24

24

30

Falkirk

2

2

2

2

2

Fife

6

7

7

10

6

City of Glasgow

11

16

14

18

21

Highland

2

4

3

4

5

Inverclyde

2

2

1

1

Midlothian

1

1

1

1

1

Moray

1

1

2

2

3

North Ayrshire

2

1

2

2

1

North Lanarkshire

2

3

3

3

4

Orkney Islands

1

(2)

Perth and Kinross

4

3

3

3

3

Renfrewshire

3

3

3

2

3

Shetland Islands

1

South Ayrshire

2

1

2

1

2

South Lanarkshire

2

2

4

5

6

Stirling

2

2

2

3

West Lothian

1

2

4

5

6

Northern Ireland(3)

26

27

33

32

46

‘—’ Data not available
(1) Does not include respondents who did not answer the question on country of birth.
(2) Less than 500
(3) Breakdowns for Northern Ireland are not available at county level.
Notes:
1. Estimates are subject to sampling variability.
2. It should also be noted that the country of birth question in the APS gives an undercount because:
it excludes certain people who have been resident in the UK for less than six 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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