Written Answers of 14 November 1978

  PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS)
  PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS)
  PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONERS
  PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONERS
  STOCKPORT
  STOCKPORT
  TUC AND CBI
  TUC AND CBI
  BIRKENHEAD
  BIRKENHEAD
  CANNOCK CHASE
  CANNOCK CHASE
  ROSSENDALE
  ROSSENDALE
  MINORITY PARTIES
  MINORITY PARTIES
  PRESIDENT CARTER
  PRESIDENT CARTER
  BOSLEY
  BOSLEY
  BASILDON
  BASILDON
  NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
  NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
  SWINDON
  SWINDON
  OIL POLLUTION (FALMOUTH)
  OIL POLLUTION (FALMOUTH)
HOME DEPARTMENT
  Prison Officers (Alleged Offences)
  Prison Officers (Alleged Offences)
  Animals (Experiments)
  Animals (Experiments)
  Vehicle Excise Duty (Evasion)
  Vehicle Excise Duty (Evasion)
  Prison Officers (Welfare Work)
  Prison Officers (Welfare Work)
  British Citizenship (Applications)
  British Citizenship (Applications)
  Prison Officers/Prisoners Ratio
  Prison Officers/Prisoners Ratio
  Prisoners (Administration of Drugs)
  Prisoners (Administration of Drugs)
  Entry Procedures (Appeals)
  Entry Procedures (Appeals)
  Charities (Medical Research Contributions)
  Charities (Medical Research Contributions)
  Immigrants
  Immigrants
  Gambling (Royal Commission Report)
  Gambling (Royal Commission Report)
  Violent Crime (Kingston upon Thames)
  Violent Crime (Kingston upon Thames)
INDUSTRY
  Petrol Tax
  Petrol Tax
  Industrial Development Certificates
  Industrial Development Certificates
  Wool Textiles
  Wool Textiles
  British Shipbuilders
  British Shipbuilders
TRANSPORT
  Travel Costs
  Travel Costs
  Motor Cyclists
  Motor Cyclists
  Concessionary Fares
  Concessionary Fares
  A453 (Kegworth-Clifton)
  A453 (Kegworth-Clifton)
  Motor Vehicles (Registration)
  Motor Vehicles (Registration)
  Driving Tests
  Driving Tests
  School Buses (West Yorkshire)
  School Buses (West Yorkshire)
PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
  Citizens Advice Bureau Service
  Citizens Advice Bureau Service
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  Nursery Education
  Nursery Education
  Engineering Courses
  Engineering Courses
  Arts Council
  Arts Council
  Local Authorities (Transfer of Functions)
  Local Authorities (Transfer of Functions)
  Comprehensive Reorganisation
  Comprehensive Reorganisation
  Student Grants (16 to 18-year-olds)
  Student Grants (16 to 18-year-olds)
  Comprehensive Education (Mixed Ability Teaching)
  Comprehensive Education (Mixed Ability Teaching)
  Four-term Year
  Four-term Year
  Denominational Schools
  Denominational Schools
  Secondary Education (Bromley)
  Secondary Education (Bromley)
  Arts (Government Support)
  Arts (Government Support)
  Appleton and Rutherford Laboratories
  Appleton and Rutherford Laboratories
  Comprehensive Schools
  Comprehensive Schools
  Burnham Committee (Representation)
  Burnham Committee (Representation)
  Primary Schools
  Primary Schools
  16-plus Examinations
  16-plus Examinations
  Further and Adult Education
  Further and Adult Education
  Maintained Schools (Mathematics Teaching)
  Maintained Schools (Mathematics Teaching)
  Secondary Schools (Manchester)
  Secondary Schools (Manchester)
  Religious Education
  Religious Education
  School Transport
  School Transport
  Shortage Subjects
  Shortage Subjects
  Fircroft College, Birmingham
  Fircroft College, Birmingham
  Student Grants
  Student Grants
  Schools (Parental Choice)
  Schools (Parental Choice)
  Local Authority Associations
  Local Authority Associations
  Higher and Further Education (Lancashire)
  Higher and Further Education (Lancashire)
ENVIRONMENT
  Liverpool Lyceum
  Liverpool Lyceum
  District Councils (Powers)
  District Councils (Powers)
  Electric Plugs
  Electric Plugs
  Wool Textile Industry
  Wool Textile Industry
  Nature Conservancy Council
  Nature Conservancy Council
  Housing (Liverpool)
  Housing (Liverpool)
  Wool Scouring
  Wool Scouring
  Rates
  Rates
  Council Houses
  Council Houses
  Gravel
  Gravel
  Rent and Rate Rebates
  Rent and Rate Rebates
TRADE
  Works of Art (Resale)
  Works of Art (Resale)
  British Airways
  British Airways
  Odyssey Travel Ltd.
  Odyssey Travel Ltd.
  Company Law
  Company Law
  Company Accounts (Auditors' Reports)
  Company Accounts (Auditors' Reports)
ENERGY
  United Kingdom Continental Shelf etc.
  United Kingdom Continental Shelf etc.
  North Sea Gas Installations
  North Sea Gas Installations
  Gas Production (Oil Feed Stocks)
  Gas Production (Oil Feed Stocks)
  Drax B Power Station
  Drax B Power Station
  Nuclear Energy
  Nuclear Energy
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
  Pretoria (British Embassy)
  Pretoria (British Embassy)
  South Africa (Arms Sales)
  South Africa (Arms Sales)
NORTHERN IRELAND
  Ballantyne Knitwear Company
  Ballantyne Knitwear Company
  Suckling Calves
  Suckling Calves
  Foyle Fisheries Commission (Rod Catch)
  Foyle Fisheries Commission (Rod Catch)
  Game Licences
  Game Licences
  Salmon Redds
  Salmon Redds
  Salmon Poaching
  Salmon Poaching
  Mink
  Mink
EMPLOYMENT
  Disabled Unemployed (Sunderland)
  Disabled Unemployed (Sunderland)
  Preston
  Preston
  Forces' Pilots (Conversion Training)
  Forces' Pilots (Conversion Training)
  Arbitration, Conciliation and Advisory Service
  Arbitration, Conciliation and Advisory Service
  Engineering Workers (Pay)
  Engineering Workers (Pay)
  Unemployed Persons (Salop)
  Unemployed Persons (Salop)
  Non-assisted Areas
  Non-assisted Areas
  Textile Industry (Northern Region)
  Textile Industry (Northern Region)
  Temporary Employment Subsidy
  Temporary Employment Subsidy
CIVIL SERVICE
  Her Majesty's Stationery Office
  Her Majesty's Stationery Office
  Government Employees (Overseas Service)
  Government Employees (Overseas Service)
NATIONAL FINANCE
  Capital Taxes Office (Staff)
  Capital Taxes Office (Staff)
  Income Tax (Yields)
  Income Tax (Yields)
  Value Added Tax
  Value Added Tax
  Gross National Product
  Gross National Product
  Exchange Rate (International Comparisons)
  Exchange Rate (International Comparisons)
  Productivity
  Productivity
  World Trade (United Kingdom Share)
  World Trade (United Kingdom Share)
  Foreign Debt
  Foreign Debt
  Inland Revenue (Staff)
  Inland Revenue (Staff)
  Council of Ministers
  Council of Ministers
SCOTLAND
  Roche Products (Dalry)
  Roche Products (Dalry)
  M90 (Perth-Edinburgh)
  M90 (Perth-Edinburgh)
  Motorways
  Motorways
  Pensioners (Travel Concessions)
  Pensioners (Travel Concessions)
  Tourist Board
  Tourist Board
  After-care and Probation (Hostel Accommodation)
  After-care and Probation (Hostel Accommodation)
  Arts Council
  Arts Council
  Sports Council
  Sports Council
  Countryside Commission
  Countryside Commission
  Bedford CF25 Ambulances
  Bedford CF25 Ambulances
  Rural Schools
  Rural Schools
  A.74
  A.74
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
  Poultry
  Poultry
  Meat Inspection
  Meat Inspection
  Distant Water Fishing
  Distant Water Fishing
  Wine
  Wine
  Dairy Cows
  Dairy Cows
  Green Pound
  Green Pound
  Forestry Commission (Tenants' Rents)
  Forestry Commission (Tenants' Rents)
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  Medical Research Council
  Medical Research Council
  British Library of Foreign Patents
  British Library of Foreign Patents
  School Transport
  School Transport
  Single-sex Education
  Single-sex Education
SOCIAL SERVICES
  TGWU (Retired Members' Association)
  TGWU (Retired Members' Association)
  Asbestosis
  Asbestosis
  Elderly Persons (Dental Treatment)
  Elderly Persons (Dental Treatment)
  Benefit Recipients
  Benefit Recipients
  Disabled Persons (Employment)
  Disabled Persons (Employment)
  Death Grant
  Death Grant
  Retirement Pensioners (Supplementary Benefit)
  Retirement Pensioners (Supplementary Benefit)
  Day Nurseries
  Day Nurseries
  National Assistance and Supplementary Benefit
  National Assistance and Supplementary Benefit
  Speech Therapists
  Speech Therapists
  Nurses (Pay and Conditions)
  Nurses (Pay and Conditions)
  Retinitis Pigmentosa
  Retinitis Pigmentosa
  Family Practitioner Committees
  Family Practitioner Committees
  United States Taxation (Short-term Visitors)
  United States Taxation (Short-term Visitors)
  Infant Mortality
  Infant Mortality
  Family Income Supplement
  Family Income Supplement
  Pension Funds
  Pension Funds
  Pensioners (Television Licences)
  Pensioners (Television Licences)
  Pregnancies (Prophylactic Treatment)
  Pregnancies (Prophylactic Treatment)
  Births and Maternal Deaths
  Births and Maternal Deaths
  Antenatal Screening
  Antenatal Screening
  Echo 11 Virus
  Echo 11 Virus
  National Insurance (Reciprocal Overseas Arrangements)
  National Insurance (Reciprocal Overseas Arrangements)
  Antenatal Clinics
  Antenatal Clinics
  Births (Caesarian Section)
  Births (Caesarian Section)
  Invalid Tricycles
  Invalid Tricycles
  Disabled Persons
  Disabled Persons
  Sickness Benefit
  Sickness Benefit
  Elderly Mentally Infirm Persons
  Elderly Mentally Infirm Persons
  Emergency Dental Service
  Emergency Dental Service
  Violence in Marriage
  Violence in Marriage
  Tourette's Syndrome
  Tourette's Syndrome
  Earnings Rule
  Earnings Rule
  Council House Tenants (Rent Subsidy)
  Council House Tenants (Rent Subsidy)
  Spectacle Frames
  Spectacle Frames
  Jersey and Guernsey (Reciprocity)
  Jersey and Guernsey (Reciprocity)
  Convalescent Places
  Convalescent Places
  Invalid Tricycle Repairers
  Invalid Tricycle Repairers
DEFENCE
  Armed Forces (Pay, Conditions and Morale)
  Armed Forces (Pay, Conditions and Morale)
  Pilots (Civilian Employment)
  Pilots (Civilian Employment)
  Zambia (Arms Supplies)
  Zambia (Arms Supplies)
  Patents
  Patents
  Pensions
  Pensions
  Proof and Experimental Establishment, Inchterf
  Proof and Experimental Establishment, Inchterf
  Low-flying Aircraft
  Low-flying Aircraft
  Chatham Dockyard
  Chatham Dockyard
  HMS "Devonshire"
  HMS "Devonshire"
WALES
  Planning Functions
  Planning Functions
  Local Industry
  Local Industry
  Nursery Education
  Nursery Education
  AIR SERVICES: UNITED KINGDOM AND SCANDINAVIA
  AIR SERVICES: UNITED KINGDOM AND SCANDINAVIA
  DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND WEALTH: TABLE 6 ROYAL COMMISION REPORT
  DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND WEALTH: TABLE 6 ROYAL COMMISION REPORT
  MR. AND MRS. SHAH: UK ENTRY APPLICATION
  MR. AND MRS. SHAH: UK ENTRY APPLICATION