Net migration (thousand) to the UK 1991 to 2012, was:
Year 1991 – plus 44
1992 – minus 13
1993 – minus 1
1994 – plus 77
1995 – plus 76
1996 – plus 55
1997 – plus 48
1998 – plus 140
1999 – plus 163
2000 – plus 158
2001 – plus 171
2002 – plus 153
2003 – plus 148
2004 – plus 245
2005 – plus 206
2006 – plus 198
2007 – plus 233
2008 – plus 163
2009 – plus 198
2010 – plus 252
2011 – plus 215
2012 – plus 177
Parliamentary Written Answer 29/1/14.
Housing benefit expenditure on claimants aged under 25 by tenure type for 2012-13 (£million) was:
Private Sector – 891
Social Sector – 972
Total HB – 1,863
PWA 30/1/14.
The total housing benefit bill for England in each year since 2002-03 (£million) was:
2002-03 – 10,820 (Nominal), 14,010 (2013-14 prices)
2003-04 – 10,652 (Nominal), 13,531 (2013-14 prices)
2004-05 – 11,410 (Nominal), 14,104 (2013-14 prices)
2005-06 – 12,131 (Nominal), 14,728 (2013-14 prices)
2006-07 – 12,968 (Nominal), 15,303 (203-14 prices)
2007-08 – 13,780 (Nominal), 15,862 (2013-14 prices)
2008-09 – 15,000 (Nominal), 16,792 (2013-14 prices)
2009-10 – 17,600 (Nominal), 19,177 (2013-14 prices)
2010-11 – 18,874 (Nominal), 20,041 (2013-14 prices)
2011-12 – 20,137 (Nominal), 20,903 (2013-14 prices)
2012-13 – 21,120 (Nominal), 21,542 (2013-14 prices)
PWA 5/2/14.
The number of repeat abortions in England & Wales by age group Year 2000-2012 was:
Under age 20
Year 2000 – 4,452
2001 – 4,671
2002 – 4,736
2003 – 4,922
2004 – 5,181
2005 – 5,423
2006 – 5,542
2007 – 5,897
2008 – 5,958
2009 – 5,485
2010 – 5,307
2011 – 4,865
2012 – 4,411
Age 20 to 24
Year 2000 – 13,502
2001 – 13,957
2002 – 14,327
2003 – 15,591
2004 – 16,062
2005 – 16,464
2006 – 16,911
2007 – 17,764
2008 – 17,931
2009 – 17,759
2010 – 17,977
2011 – 18,900
2012 – 18,592
Age 25 to 29
Year 2000 – 14,418
2001 – 13,790
2002 – 13,741
2003 – 13,912
2004 – 14,728
2005 – 16,464
2006 – 16,911
2007 – 17,764
2008 – 17,931
2009 – 17,759
2010 – 17,977
2011 – 18,900
2012 – 18,592
Age 30 to 34
Year 2000 – 11,496
2001 – 11,752
2002 – 11,572
2003 – 11,907
2004 – 11,724
2005 – 11,896
2006 – 9,257
2007 – 11,755
2008 – 11,803
2009 – 11,747
2010 – 12,341
2011 – 13,700
2012 – 14,199
Age 35 and over
Year 2000 – 9,353
2001 – 9,903
2002 – 10,202
2003 – 10,890
2004 – 11,045
2005 – 11,310
2006 – 11,723
2007 – 12,049
2008 – 11,804
2009 – 11,582
2010 – 11,806
2011 – 12,292
2012 – 12,277
PWA 6/2/14. Please note: the statistics show that the total number of repeat abortions has more than tripled since 1984
Year 1984 – 20,936
Year 2012 – 67,956.
The number of substantive fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for motoring offences issued in England & Wales in 2011 was 1,510,064. This was 329,087 fewer than 2010. The total included
778,632 speed limit offences
151,838 seat belt offences
140,426 obstruction, waiting and parking offences
118,129 neglect of traffic directions
116,144 use of hand-held mobile phone while driving
56,798 vehicle test offences
39,721 vehicle registration and excise licence offences
22,999 vehicle insurance offences
21,614 vehicle or part in dangerous or defective condition
14,961 lighting offences
PWA 10/2/14.
The aggregated estimates of voter turnout by age for the 2010 general election were:
Age 18 to 24 – 44%
Age 25 to 34 – 55%
Age 35 to 44 – 66%
Age 45 to 54 – 69%
Age 55 to 64 – 73%
Age 65 plus – 76%.
The aggregated estimates of voter turnout by socio-economic group were:
AB – 76%
C1 – 66%
C2 – 58%
DE – 57%
Total – 65%
PWA 10/2/14.
The total number of UK citizens living abroad in EU member states in 2010 (estimate) was 2,197,800
The total number living in each member state in 2010 (estimate) was:
Austria – 7,000
Belgium – 31,000
Bulgaria – 18,000
Cyprus – 65,000
Czech Republic – 7,000
Denmark – 12,000
Estonia – 700
Finland – 4,000
France – 330,000
Germany – 107,000
Greece – 45,000
Hungary – 5,000
Ireland – 329,000
Italy – 37,000
Latvia – 400
Lithuania – 300
Luxembourg – 8,000
Malta – 11,000
Netherlands – 48,000
Poland – 6,000
Portugal – 39,000
Romania 7,000
Slovakia – 1,000
Slovenia – 4,000
Spain – 1,050,000
Sweden – 29,000
Note: Croatia joined the EU in 2013. The total number of UK citizens living in Croatia in 2010 (estimate) was 900
PWA 10/2/14.
The numbers of fire fatalities in each of the last ten years were:
2003/04 – 454
2004/05 – 371
2005/06 – 386
2006/07 – 364
2007/08 -358
2008/09 – 323
2009/10 – 336
2010/11 – 331
2011/12 – 314
2012/13 – 286
PWA 13/2/14.
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