§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will publish in the Official Report statistics of the ports used in the United Kingdom by export tonnages originating within Yorkshire and Humberside for the most recent available year;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report statistics for the tonnages of exports originating in other regions and
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Origin and destination of non-fuel exports through Humberside ports, 1978 Thousand Tonnes Destination Europe Africa Asia Australasia America All countries Pan —Hull —Origin North 142 9 13 5 1 170 Yorkshire and Humberside 323 37 31 1 20 412 East Midlands 65 18 17 1 1 102 East Anglia 3 2 5 — — 9 Greater London 14 13 4 — — 31 South East remainder 14 19 11 6 2 51 South West 11 2 2 — 1 17 West Midlands 66 10 19 1 — 96 North West 186 38 26 3 2 254 Wales 21 4 3 1 — 29 Scotland 98 12 13 — 1 124 Northern Ireland 5 3 — — — 9 Multiple origins 9 2 — — — 12 Not specified 14 4 3 — 1 23 Total United Kingdom 972 172 148 18 30 1,339 Port—Goole—Origin North 13 2 — — — 15 Yorkshire and Humberside 65 4 — — 1 70 East Midlands 26 — — — 1 27 East Anglia 2 — — — — 2 Greater London 2 — — — — 2 South East remainder 2 — — — — 2 South West 3 — — — — 3 West Midlands 12 — — — — 12 North West 24 3 — — — 26 Wales 9 — — — — 9 Scotland 6 — — — 1 7 Northern Ireland — — — — — — Multiple origins 43 2 — — — 44 Not specified 10 — — — — 10 Total United Kingdom 216 11 — — 3 230 Port—Scunthorpe—Origin North 2 — — — 2 3 Yorkshire and Humberside 364 1 4 — 12 380 East Midlands 27 — — — — 27 East Anglia — — — — — — Greater London — — — — — — South East remainder — — — — — — South West — — — — — — West Midlands 9 — — — 2 11 North West 8 — — — — 8 Wales 1 — — — — 1 Scotland — — — — — — Northern Ireland — — — — — — Multiple origins 245 1 — — — 246 Not specified 21 — — — — 21 Total United Kingdom 677 2 4 — 15 696 passing by road through Yorkshire and Humberside for the most recent available year, giving details of United Kingdom ports through which the tonnages were shipped;
(3) if he will publish in the Official Report statistics on the export tonnages using Hull and other Humberside ports for the most recently available year, giving origins by region and destinations by continent.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe origin and destination of freight traffic through ports is not collected routinely. An origin and destination survey was however carried out in 1978 of international freight traffic, excluding fuel. Table 2b of the report of that survey, "Inland Origins and Destinations of UK International Trade 1978", a copy of which is in the Library, shows the ports used by goods originating in each region. The following table gives information from table 2b for Hull and the other Humber ports, and is expanded to show destination by continent.
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Destination Europe Africa Asia Australasia America All countries Port—Grimsby—Origin North 6 — — — — 6 Yorkshire and Humberside 56 2 6 — 1 65 East Midlands 26 1 7 — — 35 East Anglia 2 — — — — 2 Greater London 1 — — — — 1 South East remainder 4 — 1 — — 5 South West 1 — — — — 2 West Midlands 24 — — — — 24 North West 44 — 1 — — 45 Wales 9 — — — — 9 Scotland 6 — — — — 6 Northern Ireland 2 — — — — 2 Multiple origins 2 2 1 — — 4 Not specified 5 — — — — 5 Total United Kingdom 188 6 15 — 2 210 Port—Immingham—Origin North 21 1 15 — 2 39 Yorkshire and Humberside 299 66 217 — 128 709 East Midlands 91 14 16 — — 120 East Anglia 7 1 5 — — 12 Greater London 1 2 5 — — 5 South East remainder 7 6 6 — 1 20 South West 16 5 2 — — 22 West Midlands 45 2 31 — 3 81 North West 90 7 15 — 2 115 Wales 2 2 3 — 4 10 Scotland 13 10 2 — 2 28 Northern Ireland — — — — — — Multiple origins 42 — 14 — — 55 Not specified 35 2 1 — — 38 Total United Kingdom 670 117 327 — 142 1,255 Details of road routes were not collected, but table 21 of the report provides some indication of the volume of exports which may have passed through Yorkshire and Humberside.
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report statistics
Export Tonnages Through Selected Ports Thousand Tonnes Hull *Other Humber London Dover Southampton Milford Haven 1974 1,392 3,924 5,972 1,104 2,565 7,104 1975 1,436 4,700 5,758 1,248 2,573 5,499 1976 1,447 4,605 5,864 1,574 3,396 5,787 1977 1,487 5,806 7,309 1,967 2,645 4,293 1978 1,439 6,631 7,121 2,175 2,576 5,131 1979 1,224 6,459 6,318 2,393 2,652 5,364 1980 1,700 6,826 6,477 2,595 2,507 6,791 1981 1,931 10,046 6,152 2,569 1,909 5,022 1982 1,944 10,275 4,635 2,866 2,547 4,318 1983 1,557 10,507 5,056 3,061 3,827 4,125 * Comprises Ports of Grimsby and Immingham, Goole and Wharves on the Riverhouse, Trent and Hull and Humber
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Export Tonnages Through Selected Ports Thousand Tonnes Orkney Sullom Voe Forth Tees & Harlepool Grimsby & Immingham Felixstowe 1974 — — 1,468 2,590 2,231 1,197 1975 — — 1,141 3,489 3,205 1,449 1976 — — 4,226 11,852 3,533 1,625 1977 4,015 — 13,831 13,070 4,732 1,787 on the export tonnages handled (a) by the port of Hull, (b) by other Humberside ports and (c) by the 10 main British ports for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. David MitchellExport tonnages for 1974 to 1983, given in the table, are based on regular returns from port authorities and operators. The 10 "main" ports are here selected as those with the highest export tonnage in 1983. For most of these ports, the chief export is oil.
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Orkney Sullom Voe Forth Tees & Harlepool Grimsby & Immingham Felixstowe 1978 5,827 18,398 15,586 5,317 2,003 1979 9,973 13,356 17,274 18,497 5,263 2,753 1980 7,345 16,305 16,305 16,865 23,074 5,456 1981 8,102 27,119 14,359 18,638 8,561 2,661 1982 7,678 34,948 15,965 16,965 16,572 8,643 1983 10,319 39,157 15,942 14,811 8,939 3,461