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Exports: Israel
Dr. Starkey: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many consignments of goods were exported from the UK in each of the last three years to (a) Israel and (b) the occupied Palestinian territories. [229928]
Mr. Thomas: Numbers of consignments are not available. Other information includes
(a) The value of goods exported to Israel amounted to £1.4 billion in 2005, £1.3 billion in 2006 and £1.2 billion in 2007. For exports where weight was recorded, the annual amounts were 381, 448 and 222 thousand tonnes respectively.
(b) The value of goods exported to the Occupied Palestinian Territories amounted to £2.1 million in 2005, £1.1 million in 2006 and £0.9 million in 2007. For exports where weight was recorded, the annual amounts were 602, 234 and 218 tonnes respectively.
Fisheries: Compensation
Miss Begg: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he will be in a position to publish the review of the Icelandic Trawlermen Compensation Scheme as promised in March 2007 in line with the findings of the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report. [231013]
Mr. McFadden: I hope to make a statement on the trawlermen scheme shortly.
Flexible Working
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many refusals of requests for flexible working by (a) (i) mothers and (ii) fathers in each year since 2003 and (b) carers in 2007 were taken to employment tribunals. [216366]
Mr. McFadden: It is not possible to give a breakdown by mother, father or carer, or the number of claims on the grounds of refusal of request for flexible working, as this would incur a disproportionate cost.
Maternity Leave
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what analysis he has made of changes in the length of maternity leave taken over the last 10 years; and what future trends in such leave he anticipates. [228820]
Mr. McFadden: In the last 10 years three surveys on maternity and paternity rights have been produced by my Department and the Department for Work and Pensions. These publications, which include a survey on the length of maternity leave taken, can be found at:
1. Maternity rights and mothers' employment decisions
2. Maternity and Paternity Rights and Benefits: Survey of Parents 2005
3. Maternity and Paternity Rights in Britain 2002: survey of parents
Future trends in maternity leave have not been forecasted.
Postal Services
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many post office boxes have been closed in the last 12 months; how many are expected to be closed in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [230364]
Mr. McFadden: The provision of post office boxes is an operational matter for which Royal Mail has direct responsibility. I have therefore asked the chief executive of Royal Mail, Adam Crozier, to give a direct reply to the hon. Member.
A copy of the response will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Powers of Entry
Mr. Ancram: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many powers of entry have been (a) introduced and (b) abolished by legislation introduced by his Department since 1997. [228042]
Mr. McFadden: I refer the right hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Home Department on 22 October 2008, Official Report, column 452W.
Duchy of Lancaster
Debts
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the level of (a) public and (b) private debt was in each year since 1979 expressed (i) in pounds sterling and (ii) as a percentage of gross domestic product. [229987]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested fails within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated October 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question asking what the level of (a) public debt and (b) private debt was in each year since 1979 expressed (i) in pounds sterling and (ii) as a percentage of the UK's gross domestic product. (229987)
The table below shows the total financial liabilities of (a) the combined household and non profit institutions serving households (NPISH) sector (examples of institutions included within the NPISH sector are: charities; trade unions; universities; churches and political parties) and (b) the public sector which, is the central government, local government and public corporations sectors combined, in (i) pounds sterling and (ii) as a percentage of the UK's gross domestic product (GDP). Data for the household and NPISH sector are only available back to 1987. The data provided are consistent with the National Accounts published on 30 September 2008.
| Total financial liabilities of the household and NPISH sector (£ billion) | Total financial liabilities of the household and NPISH sector as a percentage of GDP | Total financial liabilities of the public sector (£ billion) | Total financial liabilities of the public sector as a percentage of GDP | |
| Source: United Kingdom Economic Accounts http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=1904 | ||||
Departmental Procurement
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1186W, on departmental procurement, if he will place in the Library a copy of the list of names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods or services to the Cabinet Office in 2007-08, derived from purchase order information held in the Department’s electronic database. [217334]
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library a copy of the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods or services to the Cabinet Office in 2007-08, from the purchase order data held in the departmental financial system. [223010]
James Duddridge: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library a copy of the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his Department in 2007-08, based on the purchase order data held in the Department’s financial database. [221975]
Mr. Byrne: This information is not recorded in the format requested and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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