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DFID support to focus states in India on TB funds the purchase and reliable supply of high quality anti-TB drugs. This has contributed to a reduction in TB mortality from 0.35 million to 0.28 million-a saving of 36,000 lives each year during 2005-07.
This year DFID has undertaken an extensive review of its health portfolio, including our work on TB, publication of which is forthcoming.
Pakistan: Overseas Aid
Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much humanitarian aid the UK has provided to Pakistan in each year since 1998. [294841]
Mr. Michael Foster: Details of UK aid expenditure is published in 'Statistics on International Development' which is available online at
and in the Library of House. The relevant figures for Pakistan are reproduced in the following table.
| UK gross public expenditure on development to Pakistan | ||
| £000 | ||
| Bilateral | Imputed multilateral share | |
Cabinet Office
Social Enterprise
10. Ms Dari Taylor: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment she has made of the contribution of social enterprise to the economy. [295987]
Angela E. Smith: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz).
Population
Mr. Andrew Turner:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the population of the UK is; how many UK citizens there were in (a) 1992, (b) 1997, (c) 2002 and (d) 2007; and how many citizens there were
of (i) another EU member state, (ii) Australia, Canada or New Zealand, (iii) the USA and (iv) other countries who did not also hold UK citizenship were resident in the UK in each such year. [295951]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Jil Matheson, dated October 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question concerning what the population of the UK is; how many UK citizens there were in (a) 1992, (b) 1997, (c) 2002 and (d) 2007; and how many citizens of (i) another EU member state, (ii) Australia, Canada or New Zealand, (iii) the USA and (iv) other countries, who did not also hold UK citizenship, were resident in the UK in each such year. (295951)
Table 1, attached, gives mid-year population estimates in 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007. Tables 2, 3 and 4, attached, give the UK population broken down by nationality groupings in 1997, 2002 and 2007 respectively. No data are available for 1992.
These figures are based on survey data and as with any sample survey are subject to margins of error which are shown on the tables. A person's nationality is self-defined and may not coincide with administrative definitions of citizenship. It is not possible to identify which residents hold dual nationality, as the Labour Force Survey on which the figures are based records only the first nationality given by the respondent.
Please note that the number of people of all nationalities in these tables will not sum to the mid-year population estimates in Table 1, as the survey excludes people in most types of communal establishment.
| Table 1: Mid-year population estimates: United Kingdom; estimated resident population | |
| Thousand | |
| Note: Figures for the United Kingdom do not include the population of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. Sources: Office for National Statistics, General Register Office for Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. | |
| Table 2: Estimated population resident in the United Kingdom, by foreign nationality-1997 | ||
| Thousand | ||
| Nationality | Estimate | CI +/- |
| (1) Estimates are shown for the European Union 15, that is: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Those with British nationality are not included in this grouping, but are shown separately in this table. (2) Statistical Robustness-Estimates are reasonably precise Note on Statistical Robustness: Sample surveys have a necessary margin of error. CI +/- gives the range in which it is possible to be 95 per cent. confident the true value lies. Notes: 1. It should be noted that the LFS: excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc.) is grossed to population estimates of those living in private households that only include migrants staying for 12 months or more. 2. The LFS weighting does not adjust for non-response bias by the nationality variable. Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), ONS | ||
| Table 3 : Estimated population resident in the United Kingdom, by foreign nationality- 2002 | ||
| Thousand | ||
| Nationality | Estimate | CI +/- |
| (1) Estimates are shown for the European Union 15, that is: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Those with British nationality are not included in this grouping, but are shown separately in this table. (2) Statistical Robustness-Estimates are reasonably precise Note on Statistical Robustness: Sample surveys have a necessary margin of error. CI +/- gives the range in which it is possible to be 95 per cent. confident the true value lies. Notes: 1. Estimates are based on the Annual Local Area Labour Force Survey (ALALFS) which is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts. 2. It should be noted that the LFS: excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc.) is grossed to population estimates of those living in private households that only include migrants staying for 12 months or more. 3. The LFS weighting does not adjust for non-response bias by the nationality variable. Source: Annual Local Area Labour Force Survey (ALALFS), ONS | ||
| Table 4 : Estimated population resident in the United Kingdom, by foreign nationality- 2007 | ||
| Thousand | ||
| Nationality | Estimate | CI +/- |
| (1) Estimates are shown for the European Union 27, that is: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania. Those with British nationality are not included in this grouping, but are shown separately in this table. (2) Statistical Robustness-Estimates are reasonably precise Note on Statistical Robustness: Sample surveys have a necessary margin of error. CI +/- gives the range in which it is possible to be 95 per cent. confident the true value lies. Notes: 1. Estimates are based on the Annual Local Area Labour Force Survey (ALALFS) which is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts. 2. It should be noted that the LFS: excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc.) is grossed to population estimates of those living in private households that only include migrants staying for 12 months or more. 3. The LFS weighting does not adjust for non-response bias by the nationality variable. Source: Annual Population Survey (APS)/Labour Force Survey (LFS), ONS | ||
Scotland
Christmas
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department (a) he and (b) officials of his Department (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; and if he will make a statement. [295448]
Ann McKechin: The Scotland Office hosted one Christmas function in 2008.
Departmental Postal Services
Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. [296082]
Ann McKechin: The Royal Mail provides a range of mail services under contract to the Scotland Office. The services are subject to annual renewal.
Defence
Afghanistan, Peacekeeping operations
Mr. Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration he has given to the procurement of tank chassis based on those used for heavy armoured personnel carriers. [295209]
Mr. Quentin Davies: We are not currently procuring any new battle tanks. However we are engaged in competitions for the upgrade of the Warrior fighting vehicle and for the procurement of a new Reconnaissance vehicle which will replace CVRT. We hope to have announcements on these two programmes before too long.
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for UK security policy in Afghanistan of the report on NATO operations in that country by ISAF Commander General Stanley McChrystal. [295388]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: As I told the House on 15 October 2009, Official Report, column 463, we share much of General McChrystal's thinking. Together with NATO allies and ISAF partners, we are now in the process of assessing the implications of the general's report.
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what leaflet drops UK forces have undertaken in Afghanistan in the last three years; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such leaflet. [295435]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: As of 21 October 2009, UK forces have undertaken 18 Airborne Delivery leaflet drops in Afghanistan over the last three years. Leaflets are distributed in a variety of ways, both by the UK and other coalition nations. I will place examples of leaflets designed by the UK in the Library of the House.
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