§ Mr. SwireTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for(a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland, (e) each English region and (f) each local authority in the United Kingdom (i) GDP per head of population, (ii) average gross weekly full-time earnings, (iii) average gross weekly household incomes, (iv) VAT registrations as a percentage of stock business and (v) VAT registered business per 10,000 population aged 16 and over. [34305]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. Hugo Swire, dated 11 February 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question with regard to a number of sub-national economic statistics. I am replying in his absence. (34305)The information you require is not readily available in the way you request. It could only be compiled from a variety of sources at disproportionate cost. The information that is available can be obtained from the following sources, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.raised by this year's Comic Relief "Sports Day" earmarked for education in Commonwealth countries will also be matched pound for pound, including tax relief, by the Government.
Work in preparing the details of the Commonwealth Education Fund is on-going and we hope to make a further announcement on 26 February.