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Unemployment: Salford
Hazel Blears: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the level of unemployment has been in Salford in each year since 1997. [317394]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated February 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the level of unemployment has been in Salford in each year since 1997. (317394)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions. However, estimates of unemployment for the Salford constituency are unavailable.
As an alternative, in Table 1 we have provided the number of persons claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for the Salford constituency for December 2009 and December of each year since 1997.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at
| Table 1. Number of persons resident in Salford parliamentary constituency claiming Jobseeker's Allowance | |
| Number | |
| Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system | |
Transport
Aviation
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many domestic flights within Great Britain, excluding lifeline flights, were of 360 miles or less in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010; and what projection he has made of the number of such flights in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015. [317031]
Paul Clark: The following table shows the Department's latest forecasts of the number of domestic flights from GB airports, with a distance of 360 miles or under, between 2009 and 2015. All these figures, including 2009 and 2010, are forecasts from the aviation model as data are not yet available for these years.
Lifeline flights cannot be excluded from our forecasts as only movements between the 29 largest GB airports are explicitly modelled, which does not include any lifeline flights. A list of modelled airports can be found in annex F of the UK Air Passenger Demand and CO2 Forecasts, published in January 2009. This is available at:
Flights from a modelled airport to a minor airport are included in an 'other airports in model' category. This would include some lifeline flights but they cannot be separated out from the other flights in this category. Flights between two minor airports are not included in our modelling.
| Flights under 360 miles | |
| Notes: 1. Data are for departures only. 2. These forecasts refer to the central demand scenario s12s2, with Stansted R2 in 2015 and Heathrow R3 around 2020, as presented in 'UK Air Passenger Demand and CO2 Forecasts', January 2009. This is available at: http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/aviation/atf/co2forecasts09/ 3. All figures are modelled, including 2009. 4. Distances are Great Circle Distances and no uplift for indirect routing has been applied. | |
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many domestic flights within Northern Ireland, excluding lifeline flights, were of 360 miles or less in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010; and what estimate he has made of the number of such flights in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015. [317032]
Paul Clark: There are no flights within Northern Ireland. The three reporting airports (Belfast International, Belfast City and City of Derry) historically do not have flights between each other.
There are currently no lifeline flight routes from Northern Ireland airports.
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the average distance travelled by flights departing from UK airports (a) was in 2009 and (b) is projected to be in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014 and (vi) 2015. [317033]
Paul Clark: Table 1 shows the forecasts of the average distance of flights departing from UK airports between 2009 and 2015. All these figures, including 2009 and 2010, are forecasts from the aviation model as data are not yet available for these years.
| Table 1 | |
| Average flight distance (km) | |
| Notes: 1. Data is for UK departures only. 2. These forecasts refer to the central demand scenario s12s2, with Stansted R2 in 2015 and Heathrow R3 around 2020, as presented in "UK Air Passenger Demand and CO2 Forecasts", January 2009. This is available at: http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/aviation/atf/co2forecasts09/ 3. All figures are modelled, including 2009. 4. Distances are Great Circle Distances uprated by 9 per cent. for indirect routing and stacking. | |
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) how many flights departed from UK airports in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figure in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015; [317034]
(2) how many flights, excluding lifeline flights departed from UK airports in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figure in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015. [317035]
Paul Clark: Table 1 shows the Department's latest forecasts of flights from UK airports between 2009 and 2015. All these figures, including 2009 and 2010, are forecasts from the aviation model as data are not yet available for these years.
| Table 1 | |
| Number of flights | |
| Notes: 1. Data are for UK departures only. 2. These forecasts refer to the central demand scenario s12s2, with Stansted R2 in 2015 and Heathrow R3 around 2020, as presented in "UK Air Passenger Demand and CO2 Forecasts", January 2009. This is available at: http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/aviation/atf/co2forecasts09/ 3. All figures are modelled, including 2009. | |
It is not possible to exclude lifeline flights from the forecasts of flights from UK airports contained in table 1.
Only movements between the 31 largest UK airports are explicitly modelled, which does not include any lifeline flights. A list of modelled airports can be found in annex F of the "UK Air Passenger Demand and CO2 Forecasts", published in January 2009. This is available at:
Flights from a modelled airport to a minor airport are included in an 'other airports in model' category. This would include some lifeline flights but they cannot be separated out from the other flights in this category. Flights between two minor airports are not included in our modelling.
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what proportion of flights taking off from UK airports (a) exclusively carried cargo and (b) carried cargo with passengers in each of the last three years. [317041]
Paul Clark: The following table shows the proportion of flights departing from reporting UK airports by type.
| Percentage | ||||
| Exclusively carried cargo | Carried cargo with passengers | Exclusively carried passengers | All departing flights | |
| Notes: 1. Flights by cargo and passenger aircraft. Excludes flights without any recorded cargo or passengers. 2. Carried cargo includes freight and/or mail. 3. Flight departures are based on data from 58 reporting UK airports, including flights from the Isle of Man and Channel Islands. 4. Excludes airlines which did not give permission for CAA to disclose their data. Source: Based on data supplied to DfT by the Civil Aviation Authority. | ||||
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what average proportion of the weight of planes carrying cargo and passengers departing UK airports was made up of (a) cargo and (b) passengers in each of the last three years. [317042]
Paul Clark: The Department for Transport does not hold this information.
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the average number of seats was on planes (a) making domestic flights within the UK and (b) taking off from UK airports in each of the last three years. [317043]
Paul Clark: The following table shows the average number of seats on planes making domestic flights and of all flights departing from reporting UK airports in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
| Average number of seats: | ||
| Domestic flight departures | All flight departures (domestic and international) | |
| Notes: 1. Flights by passenger aircraft only. 2. Flight departures are based on data from 58 reporting UK airports, including flights from the Isle of Man and Channel Islands. 3. Excludes airlines which did not give permission for CAA to disclose their data. Source: Based on data supplied to DfT by the Civil Aviation Authority. | ||
Aviation: Exhaust Emissions
John McDonnell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many tonnes of carbon dioxide were emitted as a result of UK domestic flights in 2008. [317122]
Paul Clark: In 2008, UK domestic aviation carbon dioxide emissions were 2.18MTCO2.
The sources of these data are the AEA Energy and Environment and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and can be found at:
Aviation: Isle of Man
Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what discussions he has had with air carriers on the consequences for them of the cessation of the bilateral health agreement between the UK and the Isle of Man with effect from 1 April 2010; what obligations there are on air carriers on routes between the UK and the Isle of Man to meet the costs of hospital care and admission consequent upon a passenger falling ill while being carried on such a route; and if he will make a statement. [317584]
Paul Clark: Responsibility for the bilateral health agreement with the Isle of Man rests with the Department of Health.
In relation to aviation, the Department for Transport has had no discussions with air carriers about the cessation of the bilateral health agreement. There are no obligations on airlines to cover costs of passengers who become ill (unless the airline was in some way negligent).
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