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Year Total population (thousand) Total financial liabilities (£ million) Average financial liabilities (£000) Loans on dwellings by banks (£ million) Loans on dwellings by building societies (£ million) Loans on dwellings by other financial institutions (£ million) Total financial liabilities less loans on dwellings (£ million) Average financial liabilities less loans on dwellings (£000)

1987

56,804

270,000

4.75

35,950

131,556

15,305

87,189

1.53

1988

56,916

323,144

5.68

45,335

155,276

22,178

100,355

1.76

1989

57,076

372,302

6.52

79,192

152,558

24,922

115,630

2.03

1990

57,237

418,581

7.31

85,677

176,661

31,071

125,172

2.19

1991

57,439

450,412

7.84

90,372

197,228

32,057

130,755

2.28

1992

57,585

466,498

8.10

96,470

211,351

30,384

128,293

2.23

1993

57,714

482,432

8.36

108,554

219,556

28,380

125,942

2.18

1994

57,862

504,695

8.72

115,929

231,170

27,957

129,639

2.24

1995

58,025

528,927

9.12

139,900

223,237

26,557

139,233

2.40

1996

58,164

550,108

9.46

158,209

223,905

26,195

141,799

2.44

1997

58,314

586,659

10.06

305,687

97,578

26,414

156,980

2.69

1998

58,475

625,134

10.69

320,564

106,331

29,006

169,233

2.89

1999

58,684

675,599

11.51

345,031

113,497

34,326

182,745

3.11

2000

58,886

734,790

12.48

386,334

106,990

41,742

199,724

3.39

2001

59,113

810,665

13.71

418,644

113,413

58,181

220,427

3.73

2002

59,323

923,144

15.56

467,601

123,638

78,151

253,754

4.28

2003

59,557

1,046,913

17.58

511,049

142,312

119,570

273,982

4.60

2004

59,846

1,172,032

19.58

543,063

160,116

172,673

296,180

4.95

2005

60,238

1,249,393

20.74

558,615

167,041

212,670

311,067

5.16

2006

60,587

1,406,464

23.21

586,644

182,367

277,274

360,179

5.94

2007

1,532,445

604,662

194,277

347,860

385,646

Source:
United Kingdom Economic Accounts 2007 quarter 4
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=1904

Departmental Alcoholic Drinks

Mr. Weir: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer at how many events held by his Department (a) wine and (b) Fairtrade wine were served in the last three years; and what assessment his Department has made of the merits of serving Fairtrade wine at future events. [196948]

Angela Eagle: HM Treasury have held 147 events from January 2005 to December 2007 at which wine supplied by the PFI provider has been served. No Fair Trade wines were served at any of these events.

Fair Trade wine can be ordered on request by the event organiser. The Treasury encourages the PFI provider to make Fair Trade products available.

Departmental Conflict of Interests

Chris Huhne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials notified his Department that they intended to work for (a) British Aerospace, (b) British Airways, (c) BP, (d) Shell, (e) Rolls Royce, (f) HSBC, (g) Standard Chartered, (h) RBS (i) HBOS, (j) Barclays and (k) another company on leaving his Department in each of the last five years. [195562]


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Angela Eagle: Information on the future employer of officials is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Official Hospitality

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. [187954]

Angela Eagle: The Treasury and its agencies do not separately record amounts spent on alcohol within official entertainment or hospitality spending and the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The amounts spent on official entertainment and hospitality in 2006-07 were as follows: HM Treasury (inc. OGC) £193,000; DMO £4,000; ONS £208,000; VOA £48,000; Royal Mint £323,000; GAD £4,000; NS and I £424,000; and OGCbuying.solutions £34,000. All spending on official entertainment is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in “Managing Public Money”.

Departmental Official Visits

David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was of overnight accommodation for (a) civil servants, (b) special advisers and (c) Ministers in his Department staying overnight in (i) mainland Great Britain, (ii) Northern Ireland, (iii) the Republic of Ireland and (iv) other countries in the last 12 months. [193538]

Angela Eagle: The latest audited data available on overnight accommodation was set out in the answer I gave the hon. Member on 11 July 2007, Official Report, columns 1485-86W.

Since 1999, the Government have published on an annual basis a list of all overseas visits by Cabinet Ministers costing in excess of £500, as well as the total cost of all ministerial travel overseas. Copies of the lists are available in the Libraries of the House. All travel is undertaken in accordance with the “Civil Service Management Code” and the “Ministerial Code”.

Departmental Pay

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the hourly rates of pay of all non-permanent staff working for his Department and its agencies were in each of the last 12 months; and how many staff were receiving each rate in each of those months. [196459]

Angela Eagle: Data are not held in such a way to allow access to hourly rates of all non-permanent staff. To attempt to gather these data would represent a disproportionate cost.

Departmental Training

Mr. Hands: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on speech coaching and related consultancy for Ministers in his Department in each of the last 24 months. [197473]


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Angela Eagle: Speech coaching is not recorded as a separate category of expenditure within the Treasury's accounting system, so the information on spending, if any, is not held.


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