§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many(a) fatalities and (b) injuries have occurred involving buses and (i) other buses, (ii) other road vehicles and (iii) pedestrians in each year since 1997. [38840]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe information requested is shown in the tables which follow. Figures for 2001 are not yet available. The figures shown relate to accidents on public roads in Great Britain.
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(i) Occupant casualties in two-vehicle accidents involving a bus or coach with another bus or coach with another bus or coach Fatalities Injuries 1997 0 339 1998 0 347 1999 0 321 2000 0 424
(ii) Occupant casualties in two-vehicle accidents involving a bus or coach and another type of vehicles1 Fatalities Injuries 1997 46 6,733 1998 40 7,384 1999 41 7,409 2000 48 7,322 1 Includes casualties in both vehicles involved but excludes pedestrian casualties.
(iii) Pedestrian casualties hit by a bus or coach: Great Britain Fatalities Injuries 1997 55 1,706 1998 62 1,723 1999 69 1,906 2000 608 1,963 In addition to those casualties shown in tables (i), (ii) and (iii) there were some bus or coach occupants casualties in single-vehicle accidents and additional vehicle occupant casualties in accidents which involved a bus or coach and more than one other vehicle. All of those have been included in the following table which shows all casualties in accidents which involved at least one bus or coach.
All casualties1in accidents involving at least one bus or coach Fatalities Injuries 1997 129 15,485 1998 152 16,081 1999 145 16,567 2000 149 16,412 1 Includes pedestrians, bus and coach occupants and the occupants of other vehicles.
§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will estimate revenues from council tax and business rates(a) for the United Kingdom as a whole and (b) for each constituent nation of the UK in (i) 2001–02 and (ii) 2002–03. [39327]
§ Mr. WhiteheadThe table gives the estimated net yield from business rates for 2001–02 and 2002–03 for England. In addition the estimated council tax net yield in England for 2001–02 is shown. This information is based on returns provided by English local authorities to the Department. No estimate of the council tax yield for 2002–03 is yet available.
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2001–02 £ billion 2002–03 £ billion Business Rates (a) 14.223 14.857 Council Tax (b) 15.245 n/a (a) Net of reliefs but including allowances for losses in collection and cost of collection. (b) Including council tax funded by benefit. Figures are not available for the United Kingdom as a whole. Information on business rates and council tax in Wales and Scotland are a matter for the National Assembly for Wales and the Scottish Executive respectively. Information on rates in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly.