§ Mr. BurtTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make an order to increase the level of home loss payments.
§ Mr. HowardMy right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Wales have today laid before Parliament the Home Loss Payments Order 1989, under which a home loss payment will be 10 times the rateable value of the dwelling concerned subject to a minimum of £1,200 and a maximum of £1,500. The order will come into effect on Monday 16 January.
These changes will result in a substantial increase in the average value of home loss payments: at present the minimum payment is £150 and the multiplier is three times rateable value.
This is an interim provision. Further provision will be necessary as a consequence of the abolition of domestic rateable values on 1 April 1990. My Department and the Welsh Office will shortly be publishing a consultation paper on land compensation issues which will refer to this matter.
Employment Training: Filled Places by Area Office Area Office Filled Places as at: 30 September 1988 28 October 1988 25 November 1988 16 December 1988 South East Region Berkshire and Oxfordshire 223 372 483 563 Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire 623 853 1,001 1,110 Essex 455 642 772 1,006 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1,005 1,315 1,523 1,730 Kent 760 1,068 1,365 1,521 Surrey 146 200 267 289 Sussex 587 714 842 928 London Region Inner London north 1,280 2,258 3,043 3,484 Inner London south 956 1,268 1,698 1,936 London east 832 1,098 1,421 1,593 London north 897 1,271 1,813 2,100