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Departmental Property

Mr. Weir: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. [187464]

Angela Eagle: Records show the following items have been lost or stolen from the Department since 1997:

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	Item	Number	Estimated r eplacement c ost (£)
1997	Desktop computers	3	5,700
	Laptop computers	2	4,506
	Telephone answering machines	2	200
1998	Laptop computer	1	2,264
1999	Desktop computer	1	2,000
	Laptop computers	2	4,000
2000	Laptop computer	1	2,233
	Disk drives	2	300
	Projector	1	900
2001	Laptop computers	2	3,360
	Personal organiser	1	50
2002	Desktop computers	2	3,944
	Laptop computers	22	22,000
	Computer monitors	3	1,425
	Safedial cards	5	4,000
	Projector	1	950
	Personal organisers	11	2,200
	CD writer	1	100
	Mobile phone	1	50
2003	Desktop computer	1	1,000
	Laptop computers	9	10,935
	Safedial cards	2	1,600
	Personal organisers	2	800
	Mobile phones	3	150
2004	Laptop computers	4	4,564
	Safedial cards	6	4,800
	Personal organiser	1	200
	Mobile phones	3	150
2005	Laptop computers	3	2,817
	Safedial cards	8	6,400
	Personal organiser	1	200
2006	Laptop computer	2	1,400
	Personal organiser	1	200
2007	Mobile phone	1	50
	Personal organiser	2	400
	Laptop computers	5	3,500
	Safedial cards	3	2,400

Departmental Recruitment

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department’s recruitment policy. [179875]

Angela Eagle: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given on 3 March 2008, Official Report, column 2207W, by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office (Mr. Watson).

Economic Growth

Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of (a) economic growth and (b) inward investment was in each of the English regions in each year for which figures are available. [191355]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 5 March 2008:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about the rate of economic growth and inward investment for each of the English regions in each year for which figures are available. (191355)

ONS currently publish regional Gross Value Added (GVA). These data are published in Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) regions and data for the Government Office regions of England (NUTS1 data) run from 1989 to 2006 on a consistent basis. These data are at current prices, therefore the effects of inflation are not taken into account.

ONS do not publish regional inward investment data.

The year on year percentage growth rate of the level of GVA for the time period 1990-2006 are presented in tables A and B.

Table A: Gross value added annual percentage growth rate, 1990 to 1998
	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
United Kingdom	8.7	4.4	4.3	5.1	5.7	5.3	6.5	5.8	6.0
North East	8.1	5.2	4.8	4.1	4.6	4.2	4.0	4.1	4.3
North West	8.2	4.0	4.2	4.6	5.2	4.5	4.7	5.0	5.4
Yorkshire and Humber	8.2	4.5	3.9	4.1	5.1	5.7	6.0	5.6	5.2
East Midlands	8.3	4.2	4.3	4.6	5.9	5.8	6.2	5.9	5.1
West Midlands	8.5	3.7	4.3	5.1	6.3	5.5	5.5	6.0	5.6
East of England	9.4	3.8	4.2	4.7	5.5	5.3	6.0	6.2	7.0
London	8.5	5.5	4.8	6.1	5.0	3.7	7.2	7.7	8.8
South East	9.1	4.8	4.6	5.4	6.2	6.3	7.4	7.8	8.2
South West	9.4	4.1	4.2	5.3	5.6	5.7	7.3	6.6	6.3
England	8.7	4.5	4.4	5.1	5.5	5.2	6.3	6.4	6.7

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