HC Deb 26 October 1989 vol 158 c524W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by year for the last 10 years how many tonnes of radioactive material were imported via the ports of(a) Barrow, (b) Dover, (c) Felixstowe, (d) Harwich, (e) Liverpool, (f) Portsmouth, (g) Southampton and (h) Workington; how many tones were exported through these ports; where were (i) the sources and (ii) the destinations of material imported and exported; and what method of transport was used to convey the material to and from the ports.

Mr. McLoughlin

The Department does not collect this information, and it could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Don Valley on 4 May,Official Report, column 188, whether one of the columns, "UF 6 imported" should read, "exported"; if he will show the source and destination of material travelling through the Humber ports, and what is included in the column, "Natural exported", where this material originated and what was its destination.

Mr. McLoughlin

The middle four column headings of the answer are "Natural UF6 exports" and "imports" and "Enriched UF6 exports" and "imports". The additional detailed information requested on sources and destinations can be provided only at disproportionate cost.