§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will undertake to make resources available to the
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Highest qualification of working age1 people by sex, region and age; United Kingdom; summer 2000; not seasonally adjusted Thousand All persons2 Degree or equivalent Qualification intermediate between A-level and degree GCE A level or equivalent GCSE grades A-C or equivalent Other qualifications No qualification All persons All of working age United Kingdom 38,348 5,474 3,018 8,568 7,908 5,041 5,930 Great Britain 35,327 5,348 2,955 8,324 7,693 4,953 5,689 England 30,418 4,705 2,408 7,013 6,796 4,367 4,792 North East 1,573 145 127 388 360 225 314 North West 4,181 547 382 1,057 944 481 734 Yorkshire and Humberside 3,080 380 260 757 680 435 532 East Midlands 2,573 336 198 607 588 347 448 West Midlands 3,241 405 253 671 722 491 658 Eastern 3,305 494 237 768 802 481 520 London 4,624 1,066 293 857 808 864 685 South East 4,914 880 405 1,202 1,159 667 551 South West 2,925 453 270 707 724 395 354 Wales 1,751 215 164 366 426 228 342 Scotland 3,160 428 383 945 470 358 534 Northern Ireland 1,109 126 65 244 215 88 262 National Assembly for Wales, in addition to funding under the Barnett formula, to enable financial support to be given to tourism and agriculture-related businesses that have suffered losses as a result of the effects of foot and mouth disease. [154841]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe Government reported on the work of the Rural Task Force provisionally on 20 March. The funding arrangements for the devolved Administrations were set out in the Statement of Funding Policy published in July 2000.