HC Deb 17 July 1984 vol 64 cc119-20W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report the date of publication of the study financed by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory and undertaken by Halcrow Fox and Associates on journey speeds through small towns as soon as that date becomes known to him.

Mrs. Chalker

As soon as it can be reliably estimated, my right hon. Friend will publish in theOfficial Report the

of sea cruise passenger movements only for passengers entering or leaving United Kingdom sea ports. These statistics therefore exclude passengers carried on British registered vessels which operate wholly outside United Kingdom ports. The Department does not publish an analysis of its cruise passenger statistics by nationality of vessel on grounds of commercial confidentiality.

Mr. Cockeram

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each year between 1979 and 1983 the passenger cruise ships that sailed commercially into and out of United Kingdom ports and under what flags; and what were the nationalities of the passengers carried.

Mr. David Mitchell

The information on cruise ships requested is shown in the following table, where an X indicates that the vessel called at a United Kingdom port during the year:

expected date of publication of the study financed by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory and undertaken by Halcrow Fox and Associates on journey speeds through small towns.