§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what volume of(a) freight and (b) passenger traffic passed through the port of Holyhead in each of the last 10 years. [124725]
§ Mr. HillInformation on freight and passengers passing through the port of Holyhead is as follows:
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Port traffic at Holyhead—1990 to 1999 Thousand Year Freight (Tonnes) Passengers 1990 1,247 1,622 1991 908 1,744 1992 919 1,783 1993 1,017 2,111 1994 1,052 2,125 1995 2,307 2,125 1996 2,541 2,489
Port traffic at Holyhead—1990 to 1999 Thousand Year Freight (Tonnes) Passengers 1997 2,951 12,457 1998 3,407 1.22,776 1999 3,4402 — 1Because of changes in procedures for recording passenger data, the 1997 and 1998 passenger figures do not include cruise passengers. Holyhead, however does not have regular cruise passenger calls so this is unlikely to have had an impact on the figures presented. 2Provisional Source:
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