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Mr. Arnold
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each United Kingdom seaport, and at each separate terminal within a seaport, what was the number of passengers arriving in 1984 on a ferry, including hovercraft and hydrofoils, from a seaport in (a) another member state of the Community and (b) other countries.
Mr. David Mitchell
I have been asked to reply.The following table shows the information requested for United Kingdom ports or port groups. The Department of Transport does not collect figures for arrivals at individual terminals. Figures for individual ports have been grouped where necessary to avoid the disclosure of commercially confidential information.
Sea passenger arrivals in the United Kingdom from Continental Europe and Irish Republic*: 1984 | |
Port/Port Group | Arrivals in United Kingdom (Thousands) |
Dover | 6,881 |
Other Thames and Kent ports | 1,540 |
All Thames and Kent (Tilbury to Folkstone) | 8,421 |
All South Coast (Newhaven to Falmouth) | 1,548 |
All West Coast (Avonmouth to Fleetwood) | 1,441 |
Felixstowe/Ipswich | 346 |
Harwich | 963 |
Other East Coast ports | 286 |
All East Coast (Harwich to Lerwick) | 1,596 |
Total all Ports/Port Groups | 13,006 |
Of which: | |
From EC Countries | 12,769 |
From Non-EC Countries | 237 |
* Excludes passengers arriving in the United Kingdom from outside Europe and passengers dis-embarking following a cruise holiday. |