§ Jon TrickettTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the objectives are of the Britech programme of biotechnological co-operation with Israel; how many(a) British and (b) Israeli companies are involved; what the cost is of the programme; and what monitoring is undertaken to ensure that companies and individuals located in the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza are not involved. [49736]
§ Ms HewittThe Britain-Israel Technology Fund "Britech" was established by an intergovernmental Agreement between the UK and Israel in May 1999 and
Per cent. Estimate of employment rate Estimate of residential unemployment Estimate of workforce unemployment Manufacturing employment share Isle of Wight 69.4 10.2 10.4 17.4 Thanet, Sandwich and Worth 72.8 10.7 12.5 20.0 Great Britain 73.6 7.7 6.9 18.3 Great Britain excluding Article 87(3)(a) areas 74.2 7.6 6.6 18.1 Standard deviation 6.0 2.6 2.6 8.2 These numbers are not National Statistics, though they were derived from National Statistics sources. The calculations for Thanet also included Sandwich and Worth wards in Dover, and total figures were calculated for Great Britain rather than for England or the United Kingdom.