Written question asked by Vera Baird (Labour) on Wednesday, 22 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 June 2005. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Thursday, 30 June 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

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Container Traffic

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his most recent estimate is of the percentage of container traffic which entered the UK through (a) Harwich, (b) Felixstowe and (c) London which had final destinations north of the M62 and which was transported to those destinations by train.

Answer

The Department does not collect information about the destination of containers that enter UK ports and which are transported onwards by train.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

7694; 435 c1659W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Container terminals Ports