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Mortgages
Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) mean and (b) median monthly mortgage payments were (a) for all households and (b) for households at each level of disposable income in (i) England and (ii) each region in England in each of the last five years. [240884]
Mr. Iain Wright: Estimates of the mean monthly mortgage payment for all households taking out a new mortgage for house purchase during the year, in (i) England and (ii) each region in England in each of the last five years are given in the following table.
Estimates for median monthly mortgage payments and data for households at each level of disposable income are not available.
| Estimated mean monthly mortgage payments for all households taking out a new mortgage for house purchase during the year | |||||
| £ per month | |||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Note: Assumes repayment mortgage over 25 years. Sources: Regulated Mortgage Survey and the Council of Mortgage Lenders | |||||
Ordnance Survey
John Howell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions have taken place between Ordnance Survey and Google on the use of Ordnance Survey licence data on Google maps; and if she will make a statement. [240501]
Mr. Iain Wright: In recent weeks Ordnance Survey has held a number of discussions with Googleâ"¢ UK, including a face to face meeting with a representative of the company, to discuss the terms and conditions under which users of the Google Maps UK applications programming interface (API) may overlay and display their own and third party intellectual property onto the API.
Ordnance Survey is concerned that these terms and conditions require a user to grant Google a
“perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute Your Content through the Service and as search results through Google Services”.
These terms and conditions grant Google these rights over any data or information posted onto the API by a user, including the users' own intellectual property and the intellectual property of any third party whose information they use. This includes any Crown copyright information which a user posts onto the Google Maps API. This grant of rights to Google goes beyond the terms of the user's licence with Ordnance Survey.
As a result of Ordnance Survey's representations, Google has changed the terms and conditions on two occasions within the past month. However each revised version retains the particular clause of concern. Ordnance Survey continues to work with Google to resolve this matter as quickly as possible.
Rents
Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) mean and (b) median monthly expenditure on private rent after deduction of housing benefit was of (i) all private rented households and (ii) private rented households at each level of disposable income (A) in England and (B) in each region in England. [240881]
Mr. Iain Wright: The mean and median monthly expenditure on private rents (after deduction of housing benefit) by private renting households is set out in Table 1 for each Government office region and for England. The figures represent an average over the three-year period 2004-05 to 2006-07 and are derived from the Survey of English Housing. Figures based on a period of less than three years would not be sufficiently reliable.
| Table 1: Private rents after deduction of housing benefit by region, 2004-05 to 2006-07 | ||
| £ per month | ||
| Government office region | Mean | Median |
Table 2 shows the mean and median monthly rents (after deduction of housing benefit) disaggregated by the gross weekly income accruing to the main householder and partner (if any): below £200 per week; £200 to below £500 per week; and £500 per week or more. The figures represent an average over the three-year period 2004-05 to 2006-07 and are derived from the Survey of English Housing. Figures based on a period of less than three years would not be sufficiently reliable.
| Table 2: Private rents after deduction of housing benefit by income group and by region, 2004-05 to 2006-07 | ||||||
| Gross weekly income | Gross weekly income | |||||
| < £ 200 | £ 200- £ 499 | £ 500+ | < £ 200 | £ 200- £ 499 | £ 500+ | |
| Government office region | Mean monthly rent (after housing benefit ) | M edian monthly rent (after housing benefit ) | ||||
The rental figures that were included in the derivation of the figures in Tables 1 and 2 included a number of “zero” rents. These cases arose because the rent for the accommodation was fully covered by the amount of housing benefit received—so the rental expenditure net of housing benefit was zero.
Innovation, Universities and Skills
Overseas Students
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many Australian nationals were engaged in full-time study at UK universities at the latest date for which figures are available. [240852]
Mr. Lammy: In the 2006/07 academic year there were 1,040 Australian domiciled students enrolled on full-time courses at UK Higher Education Institutions. Comparable figures for the 2007/08 academic year will be available in January 2009.
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Overseas Trade: Australia
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the monetary value of trade between the UK and Australia was in each of the last five years. [240850]
Mr. Thomas: The data requested are shown in the following table
| £ million | ||||
| UK exports of goods to Australia | UK exports of services to Australia | UK imports of goods from Australia | UK imports of services from Australia | |
| Source: UK Balance of Payments Pink Book, 2008 edition | ||||
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