(2) what percentage of inbound (a) flights, (b) ferries, (c) coaches and (d) trains arrived at points of entry where the international passenger survey is conducted in the latest period for which figures are available.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 31 January 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking what percentage of inbound (a) flights, (b) ferries, (c) coaches and (d) trains arrived at points of entry where the international passenger survey is conducted in the latest period for which figures are available (178681), and at which points of entry interviews are conducted (178678).
The International Passenger Survey (IPS) does not have information relating to the number of inbound flights, ferries, coaches or trains sampled as a proportion of all arrivals. However, the number of passengers passing through ports of entry as a proportion of the total number of passengers by each mode of transport is shown below. It should be noted that coaches are identified via the route they arrive in the UK, either by ferry or by Eurotunnel.
Total passengers through all ports (thousand) Total passengers through IPS sampled sites (thousand) Proportion through IPS sampled sites (percentage) Airports 86,390 82,823 96 Seaports 11,741 10,091 86 Channel tunnel Eurostar 3,621 3,621 100 Eurotunnel 1,778 1,778 100 Source: CAA, Department for Transport, Eurotunnel, Eurostar
The IPS is carried out at the following points of entry:
Airports
London Heathrow;
Gatwick;
Stansted;
Manchester;
Edinburgh;
Glasgow;
Prestwick;
Newcastle;
Liverpool;
Leeds/Bradford;
East Midlands;
Birmingham;
Luton;
Bristol;
Cardiff;
London City.
Sea routes
Dover-Calais;
Dover-Dunkirk;
Portsmouth-Caen;
Portsmouth-St Malo;
Portsmouth-Cherbourg;
Portsmouth-Le Havre;
Poole-Cherbourg;
Plymouth-Santander;
Plymouth-Roscoff;
Harwich-Hook of Holland;
Harwich-Esbjerg;
Newcastle-Stavanger/Haugesund/Bergen;
Newcastle-Amsterdam;
Hull-Rotterdam;
Hull-Zeebrugge;
Pembroke-Rosslare
Fishguard-Rosslare;
Holyhead-Dublin;
Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire;
Rosyth-Zeebrugge;
Southampton-New York QM2.
Rail
Waterloo (up to November 2007);
St Pancras (from November 2007);
Ashford;
Ebbsfleet (from November 2007);
Cheriton-Coquelles.
In addition, from April 2008 interviewing will be introduced at Southampton, Bournemouth and Doncaster airports.