Northern Ireland

HC Deb 11 July 2003 vol 408 cc1017-8W

Mr. Dodds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the subvention to Northern Ireland was in the last financial year. [124364]

Mr. Boateng

The final provision in the Northern Ireland Office's 2002–03 supply estimates for payments to the Northern Ireland consolidated fund was

Economic inactivity rates1 of working age2 people by Parliamentary constituency in Wales
Year to February, percentage
	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Wales	25.3	26.2	26.9	26.2	25.6	26.6
Aberavon	35.6	35.1	36.9	33.7	40.5	32.5
Alyn and Deeside	18.3	23.3	23.2	18.1	21.7	20.0
Blaenau Gwent	33.2	34.3	35.4	32.5	39.7	31.5
Brecon and Radnorshire	17.1	19.5	15.9	15.1	16.7	20.9
Bridgend	20.8	25.4	23.6	21.6	20.2	24.3
Caernarfon	22.8	29.3	35.1	29.7	20.5	26.7
Caerphilly	34.7	31.1	22.8	23.8	25.3	29.0
Cardiff Central	20.9	29.6	33.2	22.3	26.8	28.0
Cardiff North	12.9	20.2	23.4	18.5	16.3	20.6
Cardiff South and Penarth	21.9	30.3	31.8	22.9	29.8	32.6
Cardiff West	24.3	30.8	30.4	20.6	19.7	23.9
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	24.7	22.0	26.1	34.3	24.7	28.5
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	22.7	22.9	26.5	30.1	36.5	28.1
Ceredigion	21.1	25.8	24.3	28.1	33.0	30.6
Clwyd South3	28.6	22.8	26.1	26.1	20.5	25.1
Clwyd West3	24.0	23.6	21.9	19.4	19.6	25.3
Conwy	26.5	26.9	23.6	25.0	22.3	26.3
Cynon Valley	31.0	25.3	21.6	25.3	29.8	35.2
Delyn	24.2	22.5	22.3	19.7	20.7	24.7
Gower	22.1	18.1	22.3	29.1	24.6	22.7
Islwyn	28.4	27.8	29.3	27.6	27.5	28.3
Llanelli	27.4	28.2	28.7	22.6	30.4	32.8
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	23.0	3—	3—	31.2	20.4	23.3
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	29.5	36.3	34.8	31.4	41.0	34.1
Monmouth	20.4	21.1	22.6	19.8	19.5	21.6
Montgomeryshire	19.4	17.4	23.0	3—	3—	18.4
Neath	30.7	29.8	24.8	33.7	36.2	32.8
Newport East	29.6	28.0	26.6	18.8	15.9	22.9
Newport West	20.1	23.7	22.4	25.3	20.1	23.6
Ogmore	22.2	26.1	31.3	37.3	27.8	26.8
Pontypridd	26.9	23.5	26.6	28.4	24.8	25.5
Preseli Pembrokeshire	23.5	21.9	32.3	30.1	22.6	26.2
Rhondda	35.3	34.0	33.2	34.0	37.9	37.7
Swansea East	30.5	21.8	27.8	34.0	21.1	27.8
Swansea West	32.3	30.9	27.3	33.6	26.7	26.2
Torfaen	19.1	24.2	25.6	30.2	26.5	25.3
Vale of Clwyd	27.4	28.4	31.1	27.4	26.0	24.1
Vale of Glamorgan	26.0	19.6	18.2	25.1	24.4	21.0
Wrexham	21.8	27.6	29.0	25.0	21.7	23.3
Ynys-Mon	30.6	28.5	25.8	27.3	30.9	27.4
1Economically inactive as a percentage of the working age population.
2 Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59.
3 Sample size too small for reliable estimates.

Note:

These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates have not yet been adjusted to take account of recent Census 2001 results.

Source:

ONS Labour Force Survey

£8,460,999,000. The provisional outturn figure will be shown in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper, due to be published shortly.