Commonwealth Immigrants (Funds) (Hansard, 25 July 1985)

§ Mr. Straw
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those circulars published by his Department between 1966 and 1985 regarding the Local Government Act 1966, section 11, entitled "Funding Regarding Commonwealth Immigrants".

§ Mr. Waddington
Four Home Office circulars have been published between 1966 and 1985 about section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966. They are listed as follows:

§ Mr. Mellor
None. A summary of infringements of the 1876 Act and the conditions of licences issued under the Act and of the action taken in respect of these infringements is published annually in the "Statistics of Experiments on Living Animals Great Britain". For 1984 information is given in paragraphs 12 to 16 of Cmnd. 9574.

§ Mr. Hancock
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what arrangements are made for the Government to monitor the experiments on animals by drug companies;
(2) how many staff are employed in the monitoring of animals used for experiments by drug companies;
(3) how many drug companies have licences to carry out experiments on animals; and if he will list them.

§ Mr. Mellor
The 15 members of the Home Office cruelty to animals inspectorate carry out inspections of 665W premises where medical, dental and veterinary drugs are developed and tested. They do so in precisely the same way as they inspect all other establishments registered with the Home Office under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 as places where experiments, likely to cause pain, may be carried out on live animals. Inspections are carried out mainly without prior notice, to ensure compliance with the 1876 Act and conditions attached to licences issued to individuals under the Act.
I regret that it is not possible to identify the premises registered under the 1876 Act which belong to drug companies, nor the number of licensees employed by such companies.

1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85^*

Cash expenditure (£ million) 2,103 2,607 3,093 3,445 3,792 4,185

Annual percentage increase 24.0 28.6 11.4 10.1 10.4

Exenditure in real terms† (£ million, 1979–80 prices) 2,103 2,197 2,370 2,469 2,599 2,746

Annual percentage increase 4.5 7.9 4.2 5.3 5.7

^* 1984–85 figures represent provisional outturn.

† The real terms figures have been obtained by deflating the cash figures to a base of average 1979–80 prices, using the gross domestic product deflator at market prices.

	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85^*
Cash expenditure (£ million)	2,103	2,607	3,093	3,445	3,792	4,185
Annual percentage increase		24.0	28.6	11.4	10.1	10.4
Exenditure in real terms† (£ million, 1979–80 prices)	2,103	2,197	2,370	2,469	2,599	2,746
Annual percentage increase		4.5	7.9	4.2	5.3	5.7
^* 1984–85 figures represent provisional outturn.
† The real terms figures have been obtained by deflating the cash figures to a base of average 1979–80 prices, using the gross domestic product deflator at market prices.