Offshore Production Licences (Hansard, 24 May 1984)

§ Mr. Buchanan-Smith

[pursuant to the reply, 15 February 1984, c. 215]: I have decided on arrangements for the ninth round of offshore petroleum licensing. Texts describing the method and arrangements for licensing have been placed today in the Libraries of both Houses. The text, which will be published in notices in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes on 8 June, includes a list and map showing the blocks for which I will be inviting applications. I expect to license some 80 blocks from the 195 blocks on offer. Fifteen of the total number will be on a cash tender basis. These are in the mature areas of the northern North sea.

The distribution of blocks on offer will be
1. Mature Areas
Northern North sea	^*30
Southern North sea	26
Morcambe bay	5
2. Deep water frontier areas (where paired blocks will count as a single block)
Rockall trough	(pairs) 26
Faeroes trough	(pairs) 10
3. Other Frontier Areas

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The distribution of blocks on offer will be
Central North sea	19
Extreme south of southern North sea	10
Celtic sea	38
4. Intermediate Areas
English channel	5
West Shetlands basin	26
^* Including 15 cash tender blocks.

The closing date for applications will be noon on Monday 17 December 1984.

The selection of blocks for offer has followed careful consultation with other Government Departments and with outside organisations, including fishing and environmental interests. In certain areas, for example those close to the coast, drilling restrictions will be applied together with other special requirements because of the sensitivity of the areas for fishing, wildlife and navigation.

I would also expect licensees, in considering their development plans, for any discoveries near the shore, to carry out in consultation with all interested parties a study into the implications and impact of the proposed development.

A main objective for the ninth round is to widen the scope for exploration in frontier areas of the United Kingdom continental shelf, particularly those in deep waters. Such a widening will encourage the development of exploration and production techniques. In the eighth round we introduced in our licensing criteria consideration of the involvement by licensees of United Kingdom organisations in the design and demonstration of

Scales of Salaries for Qualified Teachers (excluding Head Teachers, Deputy Head Teachers and Unqualified Teachers) in Schools, other than special schools.
	Scale 1	Scale 2	Scale 3	Scale 4	Senior Teacher
Incremental Point	Existing Salary from 1/4/83	Revised Salary at 4.5 per cent. rounded to nearest £3	Existing Salary from 1/4/83	Revised Salary at 4.5 per cent. rounded to nearest £3	Existing Salary from 1/4/83	Revised Salary at 4.5 per cent. rounded to nearest £3	Existing Salary from 1/4/83	Revised Salary at 4.5 per cent. rounded to nearest £3	Existing Salary from 1/4/83	Revised Salary at 4.5 per cent. rounded to nearest £3
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
0	5,178	5,412	5,949	6,216	7,359	7,689	8,754	9,147	9,435	9,861
1	5,418	5,661	6,174	6,453	7,617	7,959	9,132	9,543	9,789	10,230
2	5,598	5,850	6,405	6,693	7,878	8,232	9,435	9,861	10,143	10,599
3	5,778	6,039	6,636	6,936	8,142	8,508	9,789	10,230	10,497	10,968
4	5,949	6,216	6,879	7,188	8,454	8,835	10,143	10,599	10,851	11,340
5	6,174	6,453	7,119	7,440	8,754	9,147	10,497	10,968	11,352	11,862
6	6,405	6,693	7,359	7,689	9,132	9,543	10,851	11,340	11,763	12,291
7	6,636	6,936	7,617	7,959	9,435	9,861	11,352	11,862	12,333	12,888
8	6,879	7,188	7,878	8,232	9,789	10,230	11,763	12,291	12,744	13,317
9	7,119	7,440	8,142	8,508	10,143	10,599
10	7,359	7,689	8,454	8,835	10,497	10,968
11	7,617	7,959	8,754	9,147
12	7,878	8,232	9,132	9,543
13	8,142	8,508	†9,435	†9,861
14	^*8,454	^*8,835
15	^*8,754	^*9,147
^* Extended scale for good honours graduate.
† Teachers entitled to be paid on a personal salary of £3,609 as good honours graduates on scale 2 under the provisions of appendix I to the 1974 Primary and Secondary Salaries Document shall be paid on a personal salary of £9,435 (existing salary), £9,861 (Revised salary at 4.5 per cent.).

Scales of salaries for headteachers in schools, other than special schools
		Incremental Point
School group		0	1	2	3	4
		£	£	£	£	£
1	Existing salary from 1 April 1983	9,108	9,369	9,624	9,885	10,137
	Revised salary at 4.5 per cent. rounded to nearest £3	9,519	9,792	10,056	10,329	10,593
2	Existing salary from 1 April 1983	9,504	9,756	10,017	10,275	10,536
	Revised salary at 4.5 per cent. rounded to nearest £3	9,933	10,194	10,467	10,737	11,010

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techniques and equipment. The ninth round provides the opportunity for a new initiative to encourage the generation of United Kingdom-based technology.

Our overall objectives remain the maintenance and development of supplies of indigenous oil and gas to give opportunities for increased employment in United Kingdom industry to supply this exciting and important sector of the United Kingdom economy.