§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each United Kingdom seaport, and at each separate terminal within a seaport, what was the number of passengers arriving in 1984 on a ferry, 434W including hovercraft and hydrofoils, from a seaport in (a) another member state of the Community and (b) other countries.
§ Mr. David MitchellI have been asked to reply.
The following table shows the information requested for United Kingdom ports or port groups. The Department of Transport does not collect figures for arrivals at individual terminals. Figures for individual ports have been grouped where necessary to avoid the disclosure of commercially confidential information.
Sea passenger arrivals in the United Kingdom from Continental Europe and Irish Republic*: 1984 Port/Port Group Arrivals in United Kingdom (Thousands) Dover 6,881 Other Thames and Kent ports 1,540 All Thames and Kent (Tilbury to Folkstone) 8,421 All South Coast (Newhaven to Falmouth) 1,548 All West Coast (Avonmouth to Fleetwood) 1,441 Felixstowe/Ipswich 346 Harwich 963 Other East Coast ports 286 All East Coast (Harwich to Lerwick) 1,596 Total all Ports/Port Groups 13,006 Of which: From EC Countries 12,769 From Non-EC Countries 237 * Excludes passengers arriving in the United Kingdom from outside Europe and passengers dis-embarking following a cruise holiday.