Written Answers of 7 November 1989

HOME DEPARTMENT

  Child Abuse
  Mrs. Dunwoody
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will study the system of voluntary removal of a suspected child abuser from the home before trial, as in the United States of America.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  We need to consider the issues which are raised by voluntary removal in relation to the Law Commission's recently issued consultative document "Domestic Violence and Occupation of the Family Home", including the American experience.

  Crime (South Yorkshire)
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek a report from the chief constable of South Yorkshire on what proportion of crimes in South Yorkshire are screened out after the initial investigation; on what basis this occurs; and by which police division.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  I understand from the chief constable of South Yorkshire who has recently carried out a survey throughout the force, that after the initial investigation has been completed about 20 per cent. of all recorded crimes are "screened out". Certain types of crime, including all serious crimes, are exempt from the screening process. Of the remainder, crimes are only screened out if there is insufficient information on which further investigation could usefully be conducted. Information about the proportion of crimes screened out in each division is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

  Football Grounds (Deaths)
  Mr. John Marshall
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has as to how many deaths have taken place at Football Association grounds during each of the past 10 years, and as to how many of these deaths were caused by(a) physical problems, including fires, overcrowding, etc., (b) natural causes and (c) criminal acts.

  Mr. John Patten
  The information known to the Home Office about fatalities at Football Association grounds relates primarily to incidents at English Football League grounds. Details of the known incidents at such grounds over the last 10 years leading to fatalities among the general public are as follows:

  Date

  Location

  Number of Fatalities

  12 January 1980

  Middlesbrough

  2

  11 May 1985

  Bradford

  56

  11 May 1985

  Birmingham

  1

  500

  Date

  Location

  Number of Fatalities

  15 April 1989

  Sheffield

  95

  TOTAL

  154

  Immigration
  Mr. Fraser
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if citizens of Pakistan are now regarded as Commonwealth citizens for the purposes of the immigration rules.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  Yes.

  NATO Exercises
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the extent of involvement by his Department in NATO exercise Wintex/Cimex 1987 and exercise Wintex/Cimex 1989; what is the number of staff engaged in the exercise planning process and in the exercises themselves; and what are the ranks and responsibilities of the staff involved.

  Mr. John Patten
  The Home Office plays its part in testing those procedures in which we have an interest. Staff participate as required; it would not be appropriate to supply the detail requested.

  Naturalisation
  Mr. Baldry
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long on average it is taking to process applications for British naturalisation; and when he would expect an application lodged in March 1988 to be resolved.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  The average time taken to complete applications for naturalisation during September 1989 was 24 months. It is not possible to give a reliable estimate of the average time likely to be taken to complete applications received at any particular date.

  Prevention of Terrorism Act
  Mr. John Marshall
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how observations from interested persons or organisations should be submitted for consideration by Lord Colville in his next annual report on the operation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act in 1989.

  Mr. David Waddington
  Observations, at this stage in writing, may be sent direct to Lord Colville or received on his behalf by the Home Office (Room 647) not later than 20 December 1989.

  Official Secrets Act
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to extend the provisions of the Official Secrets Act to the Channel Isles, the Isle of Man and the Falkland Islands.

  Mr. John Patten
  [holding answer 3 November 1989]: My right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary and my right hon. Friend the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary have no plans to do so. A person who commits an indictable offence under the Official Secrets Acts 1911

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  to 1989 in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Falkland Islands may however be tried for the offence in the United Kingdom.

TRANSPORT

  NATO Exercises
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the extent of involvement by his Department in NATO exercise Wintex/Cimex 1987 and exercise Wintex/Cimex 1989; what is the number of staff engaged in the exercise planning process and in the exercises themselves; and what are the ranks and responsibilities of the staff involved.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  The Department plays its part in testing those provisions in which we have an interest. Staff participate as required; it would not be appropriate for me to supply the details requested.

  a. Child casualties1: GB: 3rd Quarter, 1987 to 2nd Quarter, 1989

  Killed

  Seriously injured

  All severities

  Period

  Number

  Percentage change on same quarter in previous year

  Number

  Percentage change on same quarter in previous year

  Number

  Percentage change on same quarter in previous year

  1987 Quarter 3

  130

  —

  2,501

  —

  12,318

  —

  Quarter 4

  91

  —

  1,857

  —

  9,279

  —

  1988 Quarter 1

  81

  —

  1,755

  —

  8,637

  —

  Quarter 2

  125

  —

  2,144

  —

  11,057

  —

  Quarter 3

  100

  -23

  2,251

  -10

  11,698

  -5

  Quarter 4

  103

  13

  1,773

  -5

  9,658

  4

  1989 Quarter 12

  66

  -19

  1,831

  4

  8,916

  3

  Quarter 22

  96

  -23

  2,146

  —

  11,299

  2

  1 Casualties aged 14 or under.

  2 Provisional

  b. Adult casualties1: GB: 3rd Quarter, 1987 to 2nd Quarter, 1989

  Killed

  Seriously injured

  All severities

  Period

  Number

  Percentage change on same quarter in previous year

  Number

  Percentage change on same quarter in previous year

  Number

  Percentage change on same quarter in previous year

  1987 Quarter 3

  1,279

  —

  15,197

  —

  72,456

  —

  Quarter 4

  1,332

  —

  15,506

  —

  75,743

  —

  1988 Quarter 1

  1,023

  —

  13,254

  —

  66,111

  —

  Quarter 2

  1,052

  —

  12,992

  —

  64,627

  —

  Quarter 3

  1,196

  -6

  14,358

  -6

  73,290

  1

  Quarter 4

  1,372

  3

  15,034

  -3

  77,227

  2

  1989 Quarter 12

  1,112

  9

  12,153

  -8

  65,026

  -2

  Quarter 22

  1,037

  -1

  12,474

  -3

  68,544

  6

  1 Casualties aged 15 or over, or with unknown age.

  2 Provisional

  Roads (Sussex)
  Mr. Fearn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will be in a position to announce possible routes for the previously announced plans to dual the A27 between Lewes and Polegate; if he anticipates a major alteration to the existing road at any point; if he intends to proceed with the roundabout at the junction of the A26 Newhaven road; what measures he is considering in relation to the level crossing at Beddingham; and if he will make a statement.

  Accidents
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) children and (b) adults have been killed or injured in road accidents since the new licensing laws were introduced and for the previous comparable period.

  Mr. Atkins
  The requested information is given in the following table. Results for 1989 are provisional. The change in the licensing laws took place on 22 August 1988, so that results for the third quarter of 1988 include approximately equal periods under the old and new regulations.

  For the three quarters following the change in licensing laws, the number of children killed was 11 per cent. lower than in the previous comparable period, the number seriously injured about the same, but overall casualties rose by 3 per cent.

  For adults the corresponding changes are a 3 per cent. rise in fatalities, a 5 per cent. fall in serious injuries and a 2 per cent. rise in all casualties.

  Quarterly results for road casualties are often erratic. There is nothing in the results to suggest that the change in licensing laws has had any marked effect on road accidents.

  Mr. Atkins
  It is too soon to be able to give detailed information about the timing and nature of the proposals for the improvement of the A27 between Lewes and Polegate. Consultants will be appointed shortly to undertake preliminary studies and to identify possible solutions on which to consult the public, possibly in 1991–92. Their brief will be to consider all feasible alternatives, including a combination of on-line and off-line options, and to address the problems of the Beddingham level crossing.
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  It is our intention to proceed in advance with the provision of a roundabout at the A26 junction. It is programmed for construction next year.

  Motorway and Trunk Road Schemes
  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the major motorway and trunk road schemes which his Department has(a) let since the start of the current financial year and (b) plans to let during the rest of the financial year.

  Mr. Atkins
  I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Hexham (Mr. Amos) on 3 November at column 343.

  Cycle Lanes (London)
  Mr. Cox
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the road mileage in each of the London boroughs that provide cycle lanes.

  Mr. Atkins
  Such information as is readily available about specific facilities for cyclists is given in DTP transport statistics report "Road Lengths in Great Britain in 1987–88", a copy of which is in the Library.

  Plutonium
  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in what proportion of accidents he anticipates a plutonium air transport cask, tested to the criteria recommended by the International Atomic Energy, Agency's standing advisory group on the safe transport of radioactive materials, would retain its integrity.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  This is the subject of an ongoing study for further consideration at an IAEA advisory group meeting in 1990.

  Radioactive Material
  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the basis for the recommendations of the standing advisory group on the safe transport of radioactive material of the International Atomic Energy Agency that transport regulations be amended to require testing such a flask at an impact speed of 85 m per second.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  Two papers were presented at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) technical committee meeting in December 1988. This subject will be further considered at an IAEA advisory group meeting in 1990.

  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what technical progress has been made in the field of probability and consequence calculations for possible plutonium air transport cask accidents since the publication of the ACTRAM report.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  Studies are continuing but in this complicated field I do not expect to be able to report progress in the relatively short term.

  High Speed Freight
  Mr. Allen McKay
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Government have any plans to provide for the operation of high speed rail freight services from the northern regions by-passing London into mainland Europe.
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  Mr. Portillo
  This is a matter for British Rail, which will shortly be setting out its proposals in the plan that it is publishing in compliance with section 40 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987.

  London Assessment Studies
  Mr. Bernie Grant
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport further to his reply to the right hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Sir B. Hayhoe) on 23 October at column 373, whether all London hon. Members will be given copies of all the four schemes; whether community groups concerned with the proposals will be sent all four copies of the schemes at no cost to themselves; and what will be the cost of the full report of each scheme.

  Mr. Atkins
  Hon. Members will receive copies of the consultants' reports which are relevant to their constituencies. Copies will also be provided for display in public libraries.

  Community groups will be able to purchase copies of the reports. The cost is yet to be decided. Free summaries will he available from the consultants on demand.

  Mr. Bernie Grant
  To ask the Secretary of State For Transport, further to his reply to the right hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Sir B. Hayhoe) on 23 October at column 373, how long the consultation period for the London assessment, studies will be, once the consultants' schemes have been published; in what form he intends to lay his proposals before Parliament; who will be responsible for the consultation; which groups he will consult; and if he will give details of the consultative process.

  Mr. Atkins
  There will be an opportunity for anyone wishing to comment on the way forward to do so by late February 1990. Full details of the arrangements for making comments to the Department will be given when the consultants' reports are published in December.

  Mr. Bernie Grant
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to his reply to the right hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Sir B. Hayhoe) on 23 October at column 373, what has been the cost to date of the consultants; and on what basis the consultants will be retained after the publication of the results.

  Mr. Atkins
  The total cost of the four London assessment studies to date has been £8½ million.

  It is too early to say if and on what basis the consultants will be retained following publication of their final reports.

  Mr. Bernie Grant
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy that no schemes based on London assessment studies will go ahead until a full public inquiry has been held in each area that is encompassed by the schemes.

  Mr. Atkins
  Any scheme, whether involving roads or public transport, which emerges as a result of decisions on the London assessment studies will be subject to the appropriate procedures.

  Mr. Bernie Grant
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to give a similar guarantee to the Lea valley and the other green areas involved in London assessment studies to that which he gave in respect of Parkland walk.
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  Mr. Atkins
  Each case must be considered on its merits in the light of the consultants' assessment of their options.

  Mr. Bernie Grant
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his reply to the right hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Sir B. Hayhoe) on 23 October at column 373, how the environmental implications of the schemes have been assessed and costed; what are the costs; what formula has been used to assess the environmental implications of the schemes; and whether he has taken any account of the recommendations of the Pearce report in assessing the value of green and open spaces.

  Mr. Atkins
  The study consultants are completing a full environmental assessment of all their options. The results of that work will appear in their reports.

  Mutfordlock Crossing
  Mr. David Porter
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if, in the light of the absence of objections at the public inquiry into the Suffolk county council scheme to build a new crossing at Mutfordlock, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, he will make it his policy to reach a decision on the scheme before announcing the next round of transport supplementary grants.

  Mr. Atkins
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The decision to confirm orders submitted by the Suffolk county council was issued on 31 October.

  Roads (East Anglia)
  Mr. David Porter
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will make a further announcement on implementation of those proposals in the White Paper "Roads to Prosperity," which apply to roads in Suffolk and Norfolk.

  Mr. Atkins
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: My right hon. Friend expects to publish a roads report later this year, setting out in a little more detail the schemes in the expanded road programme.

  He has announced his decision that the A11 Thetford bypass in Norfolk, currently under construction, is to be built now entirely to dual carriageway standard. This is the first of many major improvements that will come out of the expanded road programme.

  We are pressing ahead with the appointment of design agents for our new schemes and studies. We recently announced details of the appointments made so far of consultants and agent authorities to prepare 53 new road schemes and seven new studies. Further announcements on the remaining schemes will be made over the next few months.

  Speed Retarders
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the effect on accident levels on roads where speed retarders, such as sleeping policemen, have been introduced.

  Mr. Atkins
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The urban safety projects conducted jointly by the Department and local authorities indicate that low-cost "traffic calming" measures including road humps can reduce casualties by 10 to 15 per cent. in residential areas. Earlier trials road humps at selected sites (TRRL Digest LR878) achieved 50 per cent. casualty reductions. The new regulations we are making shortly will aid their use.

  A1
  Mr. Hardy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many complaints have been received about traffic delays on the A1; and if he will travel to the north of England by that road to assess the validity of such complaints.

  Mr. Atkins
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: I am familiar with the problems motorists encounter on the A1. We have no record of the overall number of complaints made about delays. Those received are usually as a result of necessary roadworks to maintain and improve this very busy trunk road.

  The expanded trunk road programme announced earlier this year contains a number of schemes to improve the A1 from London to the Scottish border. It includes proposals to bring additional sections up to motorway standard.

  I have visited the A1 within the last two weeks.

  Severn Bridge
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the current debt of the Severn bridge.

  Mr. Atkins
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The provisional accounts show a debt to the Consolidated Fund of £113·4 million at 31 March 1989.

ENVIRONMENT

  Rents
  Mr. Nellist
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of household income he treats as an affordable rent.

  Mr. Chope
  We expect landlords providing rented housing with the help of public subsidy to charge rents within the reach of those in low paid employment. It is for the landlords to decide the actual rents to be charged.

  Local Government Finance
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on how his new proposals for the poll tax safety net will affect Birmingham.

  Mr. Chope
  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment published provisional exemplifications on 6 November which show community charge payers in Birmingham contributing £60 to the safety net in 1990–91. The safety net will be abolished in later years and they will make no contribution after 1990–91.

  Ms. Gordon
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the numbers of adult residents of(a) each London borough and (b) each district council likely to be entitled to the maximum rebate during the first year of operation of the community charge in England and Wales; and if he will express these figures as a proportion of the estimated population of each local authority liable to community charge.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  I have been asked to reply. The information requested is not available.

  Empty Council Houses
  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council houses were empty but available for letting in the northern region in April.

  Mr. Chope
  Information for April 1989 was reported by local authorities in their annual housing investment programme returns (HIP1).

  The number of empty local authority dwellings available for letting at this date in the northern region (excluding Cumbria) was 2,814.

  Sellafield
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to how many test boreholes British Nuclear Fuels plc will investigate to prove the suitability and acceptability of the geology at Sellafield for a deep repository for low and intermediate level radioactive wastes.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  The numer of test boreholes that will have to be drilled, either to prove the suitability of the geology at Sellafield for a deep radioactive waste repository or to reject the site as unacceptable, depends on the results of the current investigations. The full extent of the drilling that will be required will only become clear as the programme of work proceeds.

  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to why British Nuclear Fuels plc is applying for planning permission to sink a second test borehole at the Sellafield site; what results were obtained from the first test borehole; what was the cost of the investigations surrounding the first test borehole; to whose budget this cost will be charged; what is expected to be the cost of the second test borehole; and if any further test boreholes are envisaged.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  British Nuclear Fuels plc has applied for planning permission to drill a second test borehole at their Sellafield site as part of a programme of work it is undertaking on behalf of UK Nirex Ltd., which is the organisation responsible for developing a deep repository in the United Kingdom for radioactive waste. The boreholes are required to confirm the geological suitability of the site. Although the first borehole is still incomplete, the results so far confirm the geological prognosis. The cost of drilling the boreholes is a matter for UK Nirex Ltd. The cost of all site investigations will be borne by the company. If the outcome of the first phase of investigations is favourable, further test boreholes would need to be drilled as part of the next phase of geological investigations.

  Homelessness
  Mr. Battle
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the Government's estimate of the number of homeless people under the age of 18 years.

  Mr. Chope
  The numbers of people under the age of 18 years among the households accepted as homeless are not reported by local authorities and my Department has no estimates.

  Water Main (South London)
  Mr. Bowis
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the fourth collapse of the 30 in water main running through Battersea and Wandsworth and the steps being taken to prevent recurrence.

  Mr. Moynihan
  This is a matter for Thames Water, but I understand that it is doing all that it can to minimise such incidents; the most important measure to minimise the risk of failure of this pipeline will be the completion of the relevant section of the London ring main, expected to be in 1992.

  Earthquakes
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by location and date the number of earthquakes that have been recorded in England and Wales during the last 10 years; what damage was recorded; and on what seismographic scale.

  Mr. Moynihan
  The seismic monitoring network which is operated by the British Geological Survey records several hundred earthquakes each year in Britain and offshore. However, only those above a magnitude of 2·5 on the Richter scale—about a dozen a year—are generally felt. Those recorded in the last decade in England and Wales are listed in the following table.

  In general. even where moderate shaking was felt, little or no damage was caused—though about a dozen events in the last decade have caused minor damage such as cracks to plaster and two events (at Longtown in Cumbria on Boxing Day 1979 and on the Lleyn peninsula, in north Wales in July 1984) caused damage to chimneys and roof tiles.

  The national monitoring network is currently being extended to improve its geographical coverage, e.g. in south-east England and Northern Ireland. This results from an initiative by my Department, together with the British Geological Survey, to bring together those in Government and industry with interests in seismic matters. My Department is also funding an 18-month research project, which started in September this year, to provide a preliminary assessment of seismic hazards and risk in the United Kingdom.

  Earthquakes with a Richter magnitude greater than 2·5 recorded in England and Wales by the British Geological Survey, 1979–89

  Year and Location

  Magnitude

  Date

  1979

  Mansfield, Notts.

  3·1

  7 October

  Mansfield, Notts

  3·0

  9 October

  Longtown, Cumbria

  4·8

  26 December

  1980

  Longtown, Cumbria

  4·1

  1 January

  Cwmbran, Gwent

  3·0

  12 January

  Longtown, Cumbria

  2·7

  25 January

  Longtown, Cumbria

  2·6

  28 January

  Longtown, Cumbria

  3·2

  7 May

  Talke area, Staffs

  2·7

  7 July

  Talke area, Staffs

  3·1

  8 July

  Stoke area, Staffs

  2·5

  17 July

  Stoke area, Staffs

  2·7

  19 July

  Longtown, Cumbria

  2·5

  30 July

  Stoke coalfield, Staffs

  3·0

  7 August

  Stoke coalfield, Staffs

  2·6

  14 August

  Talke area, Staffs

  3·2

  9 November

  Talke area, Staffs

  2·5

  9 November

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  Year and Location

  Magnitude

  Date

  Longtown, Cumbria

  3·5

  13 December

  1981

  Constantine, Cornwall

  3·5

  25 February

  Talke area, Staffs

  2·5

  6 April

  Stoke coalfield, Staffs

  3·1

  24 May

  Nottingham

  2·7

  2 June

  Liskeard, Cornwall

  2·5

  12 June

  Talke area, Staffs

  2·8

  5 August

  Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham

  2·5

  18 October

  Flamborough Head, Humberside

  3·7

  27 October

  Cwmbran, Gwent

  2·7

  9 November

  1982

  Pont-Faen, Powys

  2·6

  4 April

  Stoke on Trent, Staffs

  2·7

  9 April

  near Basingstoke, Hants

  3·0

  19 July

  near Ffestiniog, Gwynedd

  2·6

  9 August

  1983

  Wigan, Greater Manchester

  2·6

  28 November

  1984

  East Retford, Nottinghamshire

  3·2

  22 March

  near Weymouth, Dorset

  3·1

  3 April

  Felindre, Powys

  3·3

  15 April

  Nottingham

  3·1

  30 May

  Selby, North Yorkshire

  3·0

  4 June

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  5·4

  19 July

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  2·9

  19 July

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  2·5

  19 July

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  2·5

  20 July

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  2·8

  23 July

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  4·0

  29 July

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  2·5

  29 July

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  2·8

  30 July

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  2·7

  4 August

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  3·6

  6 August

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  4·3

  18 August

  Accrington, Lancashire

  3·2

  13 October

  1985

  offshore Ramsgate, Kent

  3·0

  15 April

  near Scunthorpe, Humberside

  2·6

  1 June

  Black Mountains, Powys

  2·5

  21 August

  Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

  2·6

  16 November

  Buckingham

  2·5

  18 November

  Fleet, Hampshire

  2·7

  2 December

  1986

  Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd

  2·7

  15 April

  Constantine, Cornwall

  2·9

  2 September

  Oxford

  2·9

  26 December

  1987

  Market Drayton, Salop

  2·6

  23 February

  Bridgnorth, Salop

  2·5

  12 March

  Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

  2·7

  1 May

  Manchester

  2·6

  5 December

  1988

  Ambleside, Cumbria

  3·2

  12 September

  Ambleside, Cumbria

  3·0

  12 September

  Bridgwater, Somerset

  2·8

  23 October

  1989

  No earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 2·5 have yet been recorded.

  Radioactive Waste
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 10 Nirex reserve sites for the disposal of radioactive waste.
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  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  No. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not received a list of the reserve sites identified by Nirex.

  Water Privatisation
  Mrs. Ann Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the total gain per year to each of the water plcs as a result of writing off all their debt to the Exchequer;

  (2) what is the loss to the Exchequer as a result of the non-payment of interest on loans to the water authorities which have been written off.

  Mr. Howard
  The write-off of debt owed to the Exchequer by the 10 water plcs is just one element of the capital restructuring of the industry, which is designed to enable the companies to carry out their functions within the new regulatory framework set up by the Water Act. The write-off will result in a corresponding reduction in the assets of the national loans fund, but the Government will have new assets mostly in the form of shares in the holding companies, proceeds from the sale of which will be paid to the Exchequer to the benefit of taxpayers. The size of these proceeds will depend on market conditions at the time of the sale of shares. It is not possible to make meaningful comparisons with what would have occurred had the previous capital structures and regulatory framework remained in place.

  Mortgage Defaulters
  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households defaulted on mortgage repayments in the latest available month; and if he will give the figures for the same period in 1986, 1987 and 1988.

  Mr. Chope
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The available information about mortgage arrears relates only to mortgages advanced by building societies and local authorities. The Building Societies Association records numbers of arrears relating to building society mortgages on a half-yearly basis. The latest information is for June 1989 and is compared with the figures for earlier years in the following table.

  Building society mortgage arrears: united Kingdom

  Loans over 6 months in arrears

  June

  Number

  Per cent.

  1986

  66,980

  0·97

  1987

  63,150

  0·88

  1988

  57,880

  0·79

  1989

  54,360

  0·71

  My Department collects annual information on arrears in respect of mortgages made by local authorities. The information for recent years is shown in the following table.

  Local authority mortgage arrears: England

  Loans over 6 months in arrears

  March

  Number

  Per cent.

  1986

  15,840

  3·1

  1987

  13,200

  3·1

  1988

  9,040

  2·5

  1989

  7,760

  2·5

ENERGY

  North Sea Oil
  Mr. McAllion
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the total production of North sea oil since 1979.

  Mr. Peter Morrison
  My Department's most recent published figures show that the cumulative production of oil, condensate and natural gas liquids between the end of 1979 and August of this year stood at 1,069·2 million tonnes—this includes a provisional figure for the month of August.

  Pressurised Water Reactors
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what studies he has undertaken into the financial viability of the pressurised water reactor programme announced by his predecessor.

  Mr. Michael Spicer
  The financial viability of new power station projects is a matter for the body concerned. The CEGB presented evidence to the Hinkley C inquiry on the comparison between the costs of a PWR and fossil-fuelled generation.

  Flue Gas Desulphurisation
  Mr. Hardy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether he has any proposals to speed up the flue gas desulphurisation programme.

  Mr. Michael Spicer
  The flue gas desulphurisation programme is an operational matter for the industry.

  Electricity Privatisation
  Dr. Kim Howells
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will amend the Electricity Act so as to retain the discretion of the Secretary of State to award second-tier direct-contract electricity supply licences after privatisation to premises with a load under 1 MW.

  Mr. Michael Spicer
  No. The Electricity Act provides for the Secretary of State to exercise such discretion within his general duties under the Act.

  Dr. Kim Howells
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what arrangements he proposes for selling to the privatised British distribution companies electricity generated by French nuclear power stations and imported via the cross channel connectors; what companies he proposes to establish for this purpose; whether he has appointed any chairman-designate to such companies; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Michael Spicer
  Public electricity suppliers, or any other suppliers, will be free to enter into commercial arrangements with Electricite de France for the purchase of electricity. We have no intention of establishing a company to import electricity from France.

  Dr. Kim Howells
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his latest estimate of price per KW of the nuclear levy through which the area electricity boards will recoup the cost of meeting their non-fossil-fuel obligation after privatisation.
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  Mr. Michael Spicer
  The fossil fuel levy will depend on the prices charged for nuclear and fossil-fuelled electricity. Contract negotiations are currently taking place. I cannot anticipate their outcome.

  Dr. Kim Howells
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy with whom he proposes that the obligations to supply electricity will rest after privatisation.

  Mr. Michael Spicer
  Obligations to supply electricity will rest with those authorised to supply by licence or exemption under sections 5 and 6 of the Electricity Act 1989.

  Internationally Traded Energy
  Dr. Kim Howells
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the change in internationally traded heavy fuel oil prices over the month to 25 September; and what was the fluctuation in internationally traded coal prices over the same period.

  Mr. Peter Morrison
  The change in the spot price of heavy fuel oil at Rotterdam over the month to September 25, 1989 and the fluctuation in internationally traded coal prices over the same period are as follows:

  Fuel Oil Rotterdam $/tonne

  Steam Coal Amsterdam/ Rotterdam $/tonne

  August 25

  87·0

  43·5

  September 25

  98·0

  43·5

  Percentage change

  12·6

  0·0

  Note:

  All prices are FOB spot prices for 1 per cent. Sulphur content.

  Sources:

  Petroleum Argus.

  Coal Week International.

  Shell Ethylene Pipeline
  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the progress of Shell Chemicals United Kingdom Limited north western ethylene pipeline proposals.

  Mr. Peter Morrison
  Shell Chemicals UK Limited has submitted an application under the Pipelines Act 1962 for authorisation to construct a cross-country pipeline from Grangemouth to Stanlow for the conveyance of ethylene. It has been instructed to publish and serve the necessary notices under the Pipelines Act 1962, without prejudice to the right of the Secretary of State subsequently to refuse the application.

  An environmental statement under the Electricity and Pipe-line Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1989, has been prepared by Shell.

  Details of Shell's proposals and copies of the environmental statement are available for public inspection at the offices of planning authorities along the proposed pipeline route and at the offices of my Department.

CIVIL SERVICE

  Executive Agencies
  Mr. Sean Hughes
  To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list both those executive agencies for the Civil Service already set up with their start up dates and those announced as candidates with their target dates, together with the number of staff in each agency or prospective agency.

  Mr. Luce
  The current list of those Government activities already established as executive agencies under the Next Steps initiative, together with the number of staff employed and their start up dates is as follows:

  Executive agency

  Staff numbers

  Start up date

  Vehicle Inspectorate

  1,550

  1 August 1988

  Companies House

  1,150

  3 October 1988

  HMSO

  3,200

  14 December 1988

  National Weight and Measures Laboratory

  50

  18 April 1989

  Warren Spring Laboratory

  300

  20 April 1989

  Resettlement Agency

  550

  24 May 1989

  Civil Service College

  200

  6 June 1989

  Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

  50

  6 July 1989

  Historic Royal Palaces

  350

  1 October 1989

  Laboratory of the Government Chemist

  300

  30 October 1989

  For the current list of candidates for executive agency status announced by Departments, together with the numbers of staff employed, I refer the hon. Member to the appendix to the Government reply to the Fifth Report from the Treasury and Civil Service Committee (CM841, published on 30 October). Target dates for individual launches are primarily a matter for the Ministers responsible.

  Promotions
  Mr. Sean Hughes
  To ask the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will provide an estimate of the administrative cost per promotee in Civil Service promotions from executive officer to higher executive officer.

  Mr. Luce
  This information is not held centrally.

NORTHERN IRELAND

  Parliamentary Questions
  Mr Haselhurst
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the subjects on which he is not prepared to answer parliamentary questions.

  Mr. Brooke
  [holding answer 3 November 1989]: It is not possible to provide a definitive and exhaustive list of subjects within my responsibilities on which I might exceptionally decline to answer questions on grounds other than cost and commercial confidence. Each question tabled to me will continue to be considered on its merits.

  Ulster Museum
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he has any plans to put the security arrangements for the Ulster museum out to competitive tender.
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  Dr. Mawhinney
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The Department of Education is presently considering the results of a market testing exercise conducted by the Ulster museum into the possibility of putting a number of its services, including security, out to competitive tender.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

  Northern Region
  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will list major inward investment in the Northern region since 1983, giving the cost of each project, the amount of Government grant and the number of jobs involved.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  Major inward investment decisions announced for the Northern region since 1 January 1983 are as follows:

  Major Inward Investments in the Northern Region since 1983

  Company

  Jobs

  Project Costs £.000

  RSA Grant £,000

  Hamilton Ltd

  217

  1,106

  225

  Tolaram Polymers Ltd

  61

  14,377

  350

  Brandtex Ltd

  127

  347

  25

  Electrolux Ltd

  101

  4,060

  611

  S P Tyres Ltd

  450

  2,132

  Nil

  Nissan UK Manufacturing Ltd

  2,700

  349,900

  35,000

  NSK Bearings Europe Ltd

  108

  15,093

  450

  Black and Decker

  500

  9,760

  1,000

  Draeger Ltd

  128

  2,385

  266

  TC Industries of Europe Ltd

  108

  5,970

  1,295

  Tabuchi Electric (UK) Ltd

  185

  2,983

  300

  Superbadge Ltd

  116

  1,402

  383

  Stewart-Warner Ltd

  100

  2,470

  350

  Black and Decker

  409

  22,000

  2,450

  British Alcan Aluminium Ltd

  367

  5,165

  1,500

  Komatsu Ltd

  262

  16,500

  1,200

  Liner Manufacturing Ltd

  202

  616

  200

  NSK Bearings Europe Ltd

  230

  32,000

  1,600

  THC Fabricators UK Ltd

  170

  6,151

  575

  Philips Components Ltd

  150

  9,909

  900

  Kodak Ectona Fibres Ltd

  237

  57,800

  2,000

  Grove Coles Ltd

  294

  4,395

  800

  House of Mayfair

  162

  6,500

  700

  Black & Decker

  665

  9,910

  2,000

  Key Tech Europe Ltd

  260

  11,288

  1,200

  Philips Components

  419

  4,279

  500

  F Hills & Sons Ltd

  377

  820

  80

  Transfer All Purpose Foils Ltd

  130

  5,344

  819

  Swaddlers Ltd

  135

  8,780

  950

  Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Ltd

  250

  5,372

  700

  Mitsumi Electric

  400

  2,500

  Nil

  TRW Repa Ltd

  250

  900

  1Nil

  Northern Contractors Ltd

  250

  1—

  Nil

  Winchmore Knitting Factory Ltd

  285

  2,600

  Nil

  Goldstar Electric Ltd

  330

  8,000

  Nil

  Basf Chemicals Ltd

  100

  6,000

  Nil

  Swilynn (UK) Ltd

  505

  14,145

  2,950

  Nissan UK Manufacturing Ltd

  1,060

  216,000

  14,400

  Millicom Info Systems Ltd

  180

  3,047

  450

  Cookson Fukuda Ltd

  79

  24,318

  650

  Millicom Cellular UK Ltd

  300

  3,558

  450

  Hashimoto Forming Industry Co Ltd

  135

  9,850

  1,500

  Fujitsu Microelectronics Ltd

  500

  400,000

  30,000

  3M UK Ltd

  112

  11,882

  1,700

  1 Not published.

  1. Major inward investment projects have been defined as those first time investment, or expansions of existing investment, by foreign owned companies which involve capital costs of over £5 million

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  and/or the creation or safeguarding of 100 or more jobs.

  2. Figures supplied for government grant are for offers of regional Selective Assistance (RSA) accepted by foreign-owned companies since 1 January 1983. Comparable information on other forms of assistance is not readily available. (Not all inward investments receive RSA).

  3. In accordance with usual practice the inclusion of individual cases has been restricted to those already announced or published. Details of nine further inward investment projects involving capital spend of £170·4 million and jobs of 3,132 have yet to be published.

  4. The Northern Region is the North East Region plus Cumbria.

  Insider Dealing
  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many cases of suspected insider dealing were referred by the Stock Exchange to his Department in each year since 1979.

  Mr. Redwood
  Insider dealing did not become a criminal offence until 23 June 1980. Since then the number of cases of suspected insider dealing referred to the Department of Trade and Industry by the Stock Exchange each year is as follows:

  Number

  19801

  7

  1981

  18

  1982

  23

  1983

  17

  1984

  12

  1985

  6

  1986

  14

  1987

  30

  1988

  25

  19892

  26

  1 From 23 June 1980.

  2 To date.

  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many preliminary reports on suspected cases on insider dealing were sent by the Stock Exchange insider dealing unit in each month in 1988.

  Mr. Redwood
  The number of reports on suspected cases of insider dealing sent by the Stock Exchange insider dealing group to the Department of Trade and Industry in each month in 1988 was as follows:

  Number

  January

  1

  February

  1

  March

  1

  April

  1

  May

  1

  June

  2

  July

  2

  August

  2

  September

  1

  October

  2

  November

  9

  December

  2

  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the progress of the European co-ordinating regulations on insider trading.

  Mr. Redwood
  The EC Council of Ministers unanimously agreed a common position on the draft directive on co-ordinating regulations on insider dealing on 18 July 1989. This common position has now been 516
  considered by the European Parliament and the directive is likely to be adopted by the Council of Ministers on 13 November. Member states will be required to implement it by 1 June 1992.

  On 13 September the United Kingdom became the first country to sign the Council of Europe convention on insider trading. Like the directive, the convention provides for co-operation between states that have ratified it but differs from the directive in not setting minimum standards for national regulations.

  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in what circumstances he would now reopen cases referred to him by the Stock Exchange since 1979.

  Mr. Redwood
  I assume that the hon. Member is referring to possible insider dealing offences. Insider dealing did not become an offence until June 1980.

  All cases are considered on their merits. If significant new evidence of a possible offence came to light my right hon. Friend would be prepared to reconsider a case where it had earlier been decided that no further action was appropriate.

  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the Government's policy towards granting the Stock Exchange powers of prosecution for cases of insider dealing.

  Mr. Redwood
  Clause 195 of the Companies Bill provides for the Secretary of State to consent to the bringing of prosecutions in respect of insider dealing offences by persons or bodies other than himself. It is intended to use this power to consent to such prosecutions by the International Stock Exchange in suitable cases.

  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the latest figure for the numbers employed in his Department to investigate cases of insider dealing.

  Mr. Redwood
  Most investigations into possible insider dealing offences are undertaken by inspectors appointed under section 177 of the Financial Services Act. There are currently 32 such inspectors, of whom one is an official of the Department. There is in my Department a unit of six staff, whose main task is to consider possible insider dealing cases for investigation by inspectors, to liaise with such inspectors and to follow up inspectors' reports. In addition, lawyers from solicitors branch give advice and conduct prosecutions as necessary. They are supported by professional investigation officers who are involved as needed.

  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the number of cases of suspected insider dealing where proceedings for prosecution were instituted by his Department in each year since 1979.

  Mr. Redwood
  Insider dealing did not become a criminal offence until 23 June 1980. Since then the number of cases of suspected insider dealing offences where proceedings for prosecutions were instituted by the Department of Trade and Industry in each year is as follows:
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  Number

  11980

  0

  1981

  1

  1982

  1

  1983

  1

  1984

  0

  1985

  0

  1986

  2

  1987

  3

  1988

  3

  21989

  7

  1 From 23 June 1980.

  2 To date.

  Prosecutions for insider dealing offences have also been instituted by other prosecuting authorities.

  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many cases of insider dealing referred by the Stock Exchange to his Department have been reopened since the passage of the Financial Services Act 1986.

  Mr. Redwood
  None.

  Ferranti
  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish the Coopers Lybrand interim report on the current Ferranti situation.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  [holding answer 2 November 1989]: I have been asked to reply.

  No. This is a matter for the Ferranti board which commissioned the report.

THE ARTS

  Libraries (Model Byelaws)
  Mr. Ashley
  To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will make it his policy that paragraph 4 of the model byelaws for library authorities issued by his Department will not be used as justification for excluding people with physical disabilities, mental handicaps or AIDS from entering and using libraries.

  Mr. Luce
  Model byelaw 4 was intended to give library authorities the power to exclude from public libraries persons who are offensively unclean or suffering from infectious or contagious diseases. Application of the byelaw is at the discretion of library officers and they, I believe, in exercising their power, act reasonably and with justification in the interests of all the users of the library.

  Mr. Hannam
  To ask the Minister for the Arts what representations he has received from disability organisations regarding the model byelaws for library authorities issued by his office.

  Mr. Luce
  Within the last two years the only representation I have received has been from the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation about the public libraries' discretion to admit powered wheelchairs and library users with infectious or contagious diseases.

  Mr. Hannam
  To ask the Minister for the Arts when he proposes to revise the model byelaws issued to library authorities.
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  Mr. Luce
  I shall consider the need for a revision of the model byelaws after secondary legislation arising from the Local Government and Housing Bill 1989 is complete.

  Mr. Hannam
  To ask the Minister for the Arts whether the model byelaws issued by his Department for use by library authorities permit libraries to refuse admission to disabled people using powered wheelchairs; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Luce
  Model byelaws allow local authorities, in framing their own byelaws, to regulate the use of their facilities and the conduct of persons in premises where these facilities are provided.

  Model byelaw 5 specifies that the consent of a library officer is required before a wheeled vehicle, other than an invalid chair, can be brought into a library. The model byelaw allows library authorities to limit the exception to hand-propelled invalid chairs. I believe that, where library authorities have chosen to give the library officers the power to exclude powered wheelchairs, this is done reasonably and with due consideration to the circumstances that prevail in the library at that time.

  Non-professional Arts
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts how much his Department currently spends in supporting the non-professional arts.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The Office of Arts and Libraries does not fund arts organisations directly: that is the responsibility of the Arts Council and the Regional Arts Associations. The council's policy is not to fund amateur activities which, by their nature, are largely self-supporting. It does provide professional support to some amateur activity, as well as funding festivals and other events which may include some amateur work, but it is not possible to cost this accurately.

  EC Culture
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will make a statement on the competence of the European Community in cultural matters.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The Treaty of Rome makes no specific provision regarding culture as such, although there is a reference in article 36 to the protection of national treasures.

  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts what assessment he has made of the cultural dimension of the policies of the European Community.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The meetings of the European Ministers responsible for cultural matters provide a useful opportunity to work together and exchange information on matters of mutual interest.

  Arts Budget
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts what evidence he has that national arts companies and organisations are budgeting for a deficit.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: My attention has been drawn to the difficulties that some arts

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  organisations have encountered as a result of price movements and other developments. The Arts Council expects those organisations to take account of these factors in setting their budgets for the coming year.

  Sale Room Prices
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts what his Department estimates is the rise in inflation of sale room prices for works of art over the past 10 years.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: Based on information available for the period September 1979–July 1989 the rise in prices is as follows:

  Percentage increase

  Old Master Paintings

  266

  19th Century European Paintings

  254

  Impressionist Paintings

  974

  Modern Paintings

  880

  Continental Ceramics

  138

  Chinese Ceramics

  204

  English Silver

  188

  Continental Silver

  165

  French and Continental Furniture

  169

  English Furniture

  314

  Aggregate

  396

  Tate in the North
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts what is his latest estimate of the cost of opening all floors of the Tate in the North, at Liverpool.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The development of the Tate gallery, Liverpool was planned in two phases. The second phase, which includes the conversion of a fourth floor, is estimated to cost £3 million at 1988 prices. The Tate gallery is raising these funds from the private sector.

  School Visits
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts what is his latest estimate of the fall in visits by school parties to(a) theatres and (b) museums.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: I am currently monitoring the information available with the help of the Museums and Galleries Commission and the Arts Council.

  £ thousand

  1980–81

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1989–90

  British Museum

  1,517

  1,692

  1,590

  1,617

  1,737

  1,460

  1,400

  1,400

  1,400

  1,400

  British Museum (Natural History)

  113

  157

  171

  181

  190

  190

  190

  190

  190

  190

  Imperial War Museum

  90

  110

  87

  97

  147

  100

  100

  100

  100

  100

  National Gallery

  3,109

  2,930

  2,988

  3,331

  3,331

  2,750

  2,750

  2,750

  2,750

  2,750

  National Maritime Museum

  244

  178

  182

  203

  203

  205

  205

  205

  205

  205

  National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  750

  1750

  National Portrait Gallery

  291

  302

  278

  310

  301

  310

  310

  310

  310

  310

  Science Museum

  355

  362

  336

  434

  416

  461

  375

  375

  375

  375

  Tate Gallery

  1,888

  1,794

  1,860

  2,041

  1,815

  1,815

  1,815

  1,815

  1,815

  1,815

  Victoria and Albert Museum

  1,130

  1,160

  1,184

  1,320

  1,320

  1,145

  1,145

  1,145

  1,145

  1,145

  Ministers of Culture
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will list the meetings of the European Ministers of Culture that(a) he and (b) his predecessor Ministers have attended to represent officially Her Majesty's Government since 1979.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]:

  (a) I have attended the following meetings as Minister for the Arts:

  EC Ministers of Culture Brussels

  —20 December 1985

  EC Ministers of Culture Amsterdam

  —13 June 1986

  EC Ministers of Culture Brussels

  —12–14 November 1986

  Council of Europe 5th Conference of European Culture Ministers, Sintra

  —15–17 September 1987

  EC Ministers of Culture Copenhagen

  —10–11 December 1987

  EC Ministers of Culture Brussels

  —27 May 1988

  EC Ministers of Culture Athens

  —28–30 November 1988

  EC Ministers of Culture Santiago de Compostela

  —30–31 March 1989

  EC Ministers of Culture Brussels

  — 17–18 May 1989

  EC Ministers of Culture Blois

  —2 November 1989

  (b) I regret that full information concerning my predecessors' attendances at the meetings concerned is not readily available.

  National Galleries and Museums (Correspondence)
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will place in the Library a copy of the letter from the chairmen of national galleries and museums, which he received in July.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: I do not propose to do so.

  Grants
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will publish a table showing the current level of grants by(a) the Arts Council and (b) the regional arts associations to enable client arts companies to pursue (i) social, (ii) educational and (iii) local activities.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: I am informed that it is not possible to give a precise breakdown on the basis of these categories.

  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will publish tables showing the level of purchase grants in(a) cash and (b) real terms for each national gallery and museum in each of the last 10 years.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: Purchase grants for each of the national museums and galleries for which I am responsible have been as follows:
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  1980–81

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1989–90

  Wallace Collection

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2—

  After adjustment by the GDP deflator, the figures are:

  British Museum

  1,517

  1,542

  1,353

  1,315

  1,346

  1,073

  996

  947

  882

  836

  British Museum (Natural History)

  113

  143

  146

  147

  147

  140

  135

  128

  120

  114

  Imperial War Museum

  90

  100

  74

  79

  114

  73

  71

  68

  63

  60

  National Gallery

  3,109

  2,670

  2,542

  2,709

  2,582

  2,020

  1,957

  1,860

  1,733

  1,643

  National Maritime Museum

  244

  162

  155

  165

  157

  151

  146

  139

  129

  122

  National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  473

  1448

  National Portrait Gallery

  291

  275

  237

  252

  240

  228

  221

  210

  195

  185

  Science Museum

  355

  330

  286

  353

  322

  339

  267

  254

  236

  224

  Tate Gallery

  1,888

  1,634

  1,583

  1,660

  1,582

  1,333

  1,292

  1,227

  1,144

  1,084

  Victoria and Albert Museum

  1,130

  1,060

  1,007

  1,073

  1,023

  841

  815

  774

  722

  684

  Wallace Collection

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2—

  1 The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside was established in 1986.

  2 The terms of the bequest to the nation preclude acquisitions.

  PSA Buildings
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Minister for the Arts which national museums and galleries have not yet accepted responsibility for their buildings from the Property Services Agency.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: All of the national museums and galleries sponsored by my Department are now responsible for their building and maintenance programmes and received grant-in-aid for these purposes.

NATIONAL FINANCE

  Public Sector Employees
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will ensure that the agreement of trade unions is sought prior to any changes to remove employment rights from public sector employees as part of any future plans to privatise public sector jobs.

  Mr. Lilley
  The Government ensure that there is appropriate consultation with employees and their representatives about changes that affect them.

  Northern Region
  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many small businesses have been registered for value added tax in the Northern region for each year since 1983; and how many have been deregistered.

  Mr. Ryder
  Records are not maintained by size of business or in such a way that will enable figures for the Northern region to be identified with precision. However, the local VAT offices at Carlisle, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Washington and Middlesbrough cover an area bounded by Carlisle and Berwick in the north to Barrow and Scarborough in the south.

  The numbers of VAT registrations and deregistrations processed by these offices in the years in question were:

  Year

  Registrations

  Deregistrations

  1983

  6,679

  5,595

  1984

  6,664

  5,859

  1985

  7,456

  7,521

  1986

  7,745

  7,343

  522

  Year

  Registrations

  Deregistrations

  1987

  7,926

  6,648

  1988

  9,756

  7,386

  19891

  7,803

  5,821

  1 to 30 September

  Greater London(Legislation)
  Mr. Fraser
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to ensure that prints of legislation relating to London and Greater London such as Greater London Council (General Powers) Acts are available to members of the public; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Ryder
  Greater London Council (General Powers) Acts and other local Acts relating to Greater London Council matters were published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, from which copies may still be obtained.

  NATO Exercises
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the extent of involvement by his Department in NATO exercise Wintex/Cimex 1987 and exercise Wintex/Cimex 1989; what is the number of staff engaged in the exercise planning process and in the exercises themselves; and what are the posts, ranks and responsibilities of the staff involved.

  Mr. Ryder
  The Treasury plays its part in testing those procedures in which we have an interest. Staff participate as required; it would not be appropriate for me to supply the details requested.

  Business Statistics Office (Newport)
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff have been employed in the business statistics office in Newport in each of the past five years.

  Mr. Lilley
  The number of staff in post at the Business Statistics Office at 1 April of each of the last five years were:

  Number

  1985

  705·0

  1986

  706·5

  1987

  682·5

  1988

  660·5

  1989

  658·0

  Imports
  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the percentage rate of growth of imports year by year from 1984 to 1989 of(a) capital goods and (b) consumer goods.

  Overseas Trade Statistics basis

  Percentage change on previous year:

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987

  1988

  1989

  (a) Capital goods

  18

  7·0

  1·5

  11·0

  24

  121

  (b) Consumer goods (including passenger motor cars)

  3

  2·5

  9·0

  8·5

  16

  117

  1 1989 figure is the first 9 months of 1989 over the same period in 1988.

  Excluding the more erratic items—ships, North Sea installations and aircraft.

  Official Report
  Miss Widdecombe
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the price of the Official Report.

  Mr. Ryder
  Following a review by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, I have authorised increases of 65p in the prices of the daily part and Standing Committee debates and of £3 in the price of the weekly part. Subscription rates will he adjusted accordingly and the scale of charges for reprints of Members' speeches appearing in the Official Report will also be raised. These increases, coupled with careful control of production costs, are further steps towards eliminating the central subsidy required, a goal that has now been achieved with respect to the fortnightly index, bound volumes and the volume index where prices will remain unchanged. The rises will come into effect from the beginning of the new Session.

  Small Business Tax Accounts
  Mr. Jack
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Inland Revenue are taking to simplify tax accounts for small businesses.

  Mr. Lilley
  As from next April, detailed tax accounts will no longer be needed from many small businesses. Taxpayers will still need to keep accurate business records, but three line accounts will be accepted with tax returns. This relaxation could simplify dealing with tax for up to a million small businesses.

  Civil Service Pay
  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) by what percentage the pay of(a) grade 7 civil servants and (b) grade 5 civil servants would need to rise to equal the median pay levels of comparable private sector jobs;

  (2) what was the outcome of the recent exercise on comparisons of senior Civil Service pay levels with the private sector.

  Mr. Ryder
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: This year's pay negotiations for civil servants at grades 5 to 7 were informed by a survey of data on private sector pay levels and benefits for comparable jobs. The results of the survey are confidential to the parties and cannot therefore be released.

  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will raise the pay levels of civil servants to match those of comparable jobs in the private sector;
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  Mr. Norman Lamont
  The percentage growth in the volume of imports in each year from 1984 is as follows:

  (2) what assessment he has made of the effect on morale of the comparative levels of pay in the Civil Service and the private sector;

  (3) when he next intends to undertake a comparison of private sector pay levels against Civil Service pay levels.

  Mr. Ryder
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The longer term pay determination arrangements under the new flexible pay agreements, now covering nearly all civil servants, provide for surveys of private sector pay levels every four years. The appropriate data on pay for comparable jobs in the private sector are taken into account together with other factors, such as affordability, recruitment and retention patterns etc., in each of the negotiations about pay increases for civil servants. Morale can be influenced by many factors, one of which may be pay. As far as pay is concerned, all the recent settlements under the new flexible pay agreements have been overwhelmingly accepted by staff.

  Civil Service Dispersal
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report details of those sections of his Department which have been relocated in the last five years, indicating the sites to which they have been moved; whether consideration is being given to future relocation of London-based sections of his Department to sites outside London; and whether the central Borders of Scotland has been identified as a suitable area for any future moves.

  Mr. Ryder
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: No sections of the Treasury have been relocated in the last five years. A review of the location of its activities is taking place under the policy that my right hon. Friend the, then, Paymaster General announced on 31 March 1988 at columns 610–11. No decisions have yet been taken.

  War Games
  Mr. Rowe
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if war games used by firms to instil aggressiveness are deductible against tax.

  Mr. Lilley
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: Payments which are not of a capital nature are deductible for tax purposes in calculating trading profits if they are made wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the payer's trade.

  Income
  Mr. Denzil Davies
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what was the income per capita in each of the regions of England as a percentage of the United Kingdom level in 1979–80 and in each succeeding year up the latest available year.

  (2) what was the income per capita in Northern Ireland as a percentage of the United Kingdom level in 1979–80 and in each succeeding year up to the latest available year.

  Total personal sector income per capita

  (United Kingdom = 100)

  1979

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987

  North

  90·4

  92·4

  93·7

  95·0

  92·4

  90·6

  92·5

  91·7

  91·2

  Yorkshire and Humberside

  93·6

  94·2

  93·0

  94·1

  93·1

  91·2

  92·6

  93·2

  92·5

  East Midlands

  96·1

  95·8

  95·6

  95·6

  95·3

  96·3

  95·1

  95·3

  93·5

  East Anglia

  95·1

  97·0

  96·1

  95·5

  95·2

  99·6

  99·1

  97·7

  98·9

  Greater London

  123·2

  122·6

  124·2

  122·3

  121·9

  122·8

  125·0

  124·1

  126·6

  Rest of South East

  109·1

  109·2

  110·5

  109·7

  111·8

  112·1

  111·2

  111·7

  112·5

  South East

  114·8

  114·6

  116·0

  114·7

  115·8

  116·3

  116·6

  116·6

  118·0

  South West

  95·2

  97·9

  96·2

  96·9

  97·5

  97·1

  96·6

  96·6

  96·7

  West Midlands

  95·1

  91·5

  89·2

  88·9

  88·8

  87·9

  88·4

  89·2

  89·0

  North West

  94·5

  94·6

  94·3

  94·0

  93·1

  92·7

  92·4

  92·5

  91·7

  Wales

  89·3

  90·2

  87·7

  89·6

  88·9

  87·5

  87·9

  85·4

  84·2

  Scotland

  94·3

  94·1

  95·8

  96·6

  96·7

  97·8

  96·0

  96·9

  95·9

  Northern Ireland

  83·8

  81·7

  82·4

  84·7

  84·5

  84·4

  82·2

  82·2

  81·5

  The figures for the last four years were published in Economic Trends No. 421 November 1988; a copy of which is available in the Library. They are income estimates for the personal sector which in addition to households include private non-profit making bodies, unincorporated private businesses, private trusts and the funds of life assurance companies and pension schemes. The figures include income from employment, self-employment, rent (including imputed rent of owner-occupied dwellings), dividends plus net interest and social security benefits.

  Figures for 1987 are provisional and a revised set including the year 1988 will be available in March-April 1990.

  Figures for income per capita of the household sector (as opposed to the personal sector) have also been produced for 1984 and 1987 and these were published in Economic Trends No. 429 July 1989; a copy of which is available in the Library.

  The per capita income is calculated by dividing total income by resident population, including children, in each region.

  Trader Salesmen
  Mr. Fisher
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what resources he is making available to sanctioning the tax returns of self-employed trader salesmen in London.

  Mr. Lilley
  [holding answer 3 November 1989]: The information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  Exchange Rate
  Mr. Teddy Taylor
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the obligations and responsibilities required of by Her Majesty's Government in the event of the United Kingdom joining the exchange rate mechanism.
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  (3) what was the income per capita in Scotland as a percentage of the United Kingdom level in 1979–80 and in each succeeding year up to the latest available year.

  (4) what was the income per capita in Wales as a percentage of the United Kingdom level in 1979–80 and in each succeeding year up to the latest available year.

  Mr. Major
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: Figures for total personal sector income per capita are available for calendar rather than for fiscal years and these are as follows:

  Mr. Lilley
  [holding answer 31 October 1989]: These are contained in the resolution of the European Council of 5 December 1978 on the establishment of the European monetary system (EMS) and related matters.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

  Fylingdales
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions have been held between the Soviet Union and the United States concerning the future of Fylingdales early warning station; and what was the outcome.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  The United States Administration keep us well briefed on those aspects of their talks with the Soviet Government which could affect our interests. It is not for us to divulge details.

  Refusniks
  Mr. John Marshall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what representations have been made to the Russian authorities about the case of Marina Gorelik of Moscow.

  (2) what representations have been made to the Russian authorities about the case of Isaak Aronovich Shifrin of Leningrad.

  Mr. Maude
  We have not previously raised these particular cases with the Soviet authorities but we will be happy to do so if the hon. Member will provide details.

  Loan Service Personnel
  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what amount of military aid he allocated in 1987–88 for the provision of loan service personnel to Belize;
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  (2) what amount of military aid he allocated in 1987–88 for the provision of loan service personnel to Thailand;

  (3) what amount of military aid he allocated in 1987–88 for the provision of United Kingdom military training for Belize service personnel;

  (4) what amount of military aid he allocated in 1987–88 for the provision of United Kingdom training for Thai service personnel.

  Mr. Maude
  It is not our practice to disclose the cost of assistance to individual countries.

SOCIAL SECURITY

  Computer Centre (Livingston)
  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many firms submitted bids to run the Department's computer centre at Livingston.

  Mrs. Gillian Shepherd
  After considering the capabilities of a number of different firms, three companies were invited to tender for running the computer operations at ACC1 Livingston.

  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether his Department or staff working within his Department, submitted a hid to retain in-house the contract for running the computer centre at Livingston.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The option of running the area computer centre (ACC) in-house was considered on the basis of a full assessment by the line managers concerned of how the ACC would be run in-house under Civil Service management, in the same way as the Department's existing large computer centres. A bid was not made by the Department's staff. The ACC operations at Livingston constitute new work and the jobs of existing civil servants are not affected.

  Computer Contracts
  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans his Department has for putting out to tender other contracts running different aspects of the Department's computer work.

  Mrs. Gillian Shepherd
  It is the Government's policy to seek value for money by testing the market. Further computer work in the Department may be put out to tender. The decision to do so will be made on a case-by-case basis as the need arises.

  Unemployed Claimants
  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if when unemployed claimants take advantage of employment on trial and subsequently leave the job within the period in which they are allowed to without being held to be voluntarily unemployed transitional protection received during the previous claim will be reinstated in full if they are home owners who were receiving full help with their mortgage interest payments, will these be reinstated in full; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  Yes, providing the claimant satisfies the conditions for employment on trial for 528
  unemployment benefit purposes. We have also ensured that people who undertake employment for a trial period will continue to receive the higher earnings disregard, and similar concessions have been made available to people, such as lone parents, who are not required to be available for employment.

  Homeless Families
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will take steps to restore the £6 housing benefit subsidy per week for each child aged under 11 years in a homeless family in bed-and-breakfast accommodation which resulted from recent changes in the benefit system.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The arrangements for subsiclising housing benefit paid to homeless families in bed-and-breakfast accommodation, including those with children under the age of 11, enable local authorities to receive an equivalent level of support in 1989–90 to that provided to them through income support prior to 10 April 1989.

  Pensioners
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will review the advertising undertaken to alert potential beneficiaries of their possible entitlement to the extra £5 pension this autumn with a view to ascertaining the extent to which pensioners were misled by those adverts, and to avoiding any such inadvertent confusion in future.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  I do not accept that the advertising was misleading. One of the major intentions of the publicity was to ensure that those in doubt made a claim.

  Hostel Board and Lodging Charges
  Mr. Battle
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how the Department will monitor the changes in the hostel board and lodging charges in respect of the cost of administration of the new arrangements to(a) the hostels and their management committees, (b) local authorities, and (c) Department of Social Security local offices.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The Department will monitor carefully all aspects of the hostel changes, and will consider any points raised by hostels about administration costs. A grant of £0·5 million has been made available to local authorities to support their costs in taking on the payment of housing benefit to hostel dwellers.

  Offices (Doncaster and Wath-on-Dearne)
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list by month and by social security office for the current year the number of short fixed-term temporary staff employed in Doncaster and Wath-on-Dearne social security offices, the reasons, and their qualifications.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  No fixed-term temporary staff have been employed at either Wath-on-Dearne or Doncaster (East) in the current year. The figures for Doncaster (West) are as follows:
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  Number

  1 January

  3

  1 February

  7

  1 March

  7

  1 April

  7

  1 May

  4

  1 June

  4

  1 July

  3

  1 August

  3

  1 September

  2

  1 October

  9

  1 November

  12

  The recruits were offered fixed-term contracts rather than permanent positions in view of the need to reduce staffing levels in 1990 when major computerisation is introduced. Temporary staff on fixed-term contracts are required to have similar qualifications to those employed on a permanent basis.

  Civil Service Transfers
  Mr. Allen McKay
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if, upon the creation of agencies providing his Department's operations, all existing Civil Service staff will be transferred to those agencies with at least existing salary scales, promotion prospects and conditions of service.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The staff of agencies will remain civil servants and members of the Department. We have not so far identified the need for any changes in conditions of service: if we do so, any such changes will be introduced only after the appropriate consultation with staff and their representatives.

  Occupational Pensions
  Mr. Neale
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he expects to publish a response to the Occupational Pensions Board report on protecting pensions.

  Mr. Newton
  I am grateful to the Occupational Pensions Board for its report. As a result I will be bringing forward legislation at the earliest opportunity to strengthen the benefit security of members of occupational pension schemes and to provide for help for individuals in dealing with pension schemes. These measures reflect both the recommendations of the Occupational Pensions Board and the comments which have been made by right hon. and hon. Members, interested organisations and the public.

  To improve benefit security, I propose four measures. First, we will strengthen the protection for early leavers from occupational pension schemes, which we introduced in 1985, by requiring schemes to revalue all future early leavers' preserved pension rights. Pension rights which go beyond the guaranteed minimum pension will have to be revalued in line with prices, up to a maximum of 5 per cent. a year. Secondly, where a pension scheme winds up, the same revaluation requirement will also apply to future pensions and to pensions in payment. Thirdly, again on wind up, any deficiency in a scheme's assets to meet scheme liabilities, including these new liabilities, will become a debt on the employer. Fourthly, we shall introduce a new ceiling on self-investment for pension
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  schemes which will allow them to hold no more than 5 per cent. of their assets in the employer's business; schemes will of course be given time to meet this requirement.

  I also intend to initiate a number of further steps to improve the range of help and advice available to individual pension scheme members. To provide an alternative to the High Court as a means of resolving scheme members' grievances, I propose that there shall be a pensions ombudsman. I propose, too, improved tracing services—based on a register of pension schemes—to help individuals discover which company is responsible for pension rights acquired in previous employment, and I wish to see the activities of the Occupational Pension Advisory Service extended and funded more securely. There will also be amendments to the disclosure regulations to improve information available to scheme members.

  I shall be implementing other OPB recommendations which include better protection and increased choice for members involved in bulk transfers between pensions schemes.

  I shall be seeking the co-operation of the industry in implementing these initiatives. Discussions with the relevant organisations will be set in hand immediately.

  Family Benefits
  Mr. Corbett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many(a) mothers and (b) single-parent fathers are currently receiving child benefit; how many of each are receiving single-parent supplement; and what have been the comparable numbers in each of the past two years.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  [holding answer 23 October 1989]: The information is not available in the exact form requested. The following is the estimated number of women and men receiving child benefit and one parent benefit for the latest three years:

  Child benefit

  One parent benefit

  December

  Women

  Men

  Women

  Men

  1986

  6,626,000

  135,000

  544,000

  63,000

  1987

  6,578,000

  134,000

  615,000

  66,000

  1988

  6,572,000

  134,000

  643,000

  64,000

SCOTLAND

  Health Service
  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultations he has had in the past month concerning Government proposals for changes in the National Health Service relating, in particular, to the impact on the Health Service in Scotland.

  Mr. Salmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultations he has had in the past month concerning Government proposals for changes in the National Health Service relating, in particular, to the impact on the Health Service in Scotland.

  Mr. Andrew Welsh
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultations he has had in the past month concerning Government proposals for changes in the National Health Service relating, in particular, to the impact on the Health Service in Scotland.
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  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  During October, my right hon. and learned Friend and I continued consultations with a wide range of interested bodies and individuals. In particular, I met on 23 October the Scottish Committee on Hospital Medical Services. Further discussions have taken place at official level with those who have expressed an interest in the proposals for GP practice budgets and for self-governing trusts.

  Laboratory and Radiodiagnostic Services
  Mr. Sillars
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many health boards are currently exploring the possibility of placing out laboratory and radiodiagnostic services to competitive tendering.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  All health boards are examining the services which they provide to ensure that quality is maintained and value for money achieved.

  Lithotriptor Centres
  Mr. Sillars
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will compile centrally statistics which show the use by National Health Service patients and private patients of the Scottish lithotriptor centres.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  No.

  NATO Exercises
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the extent of involvement by his Department in NATO exercise Wintex/Cimex 1987 and exercise Wintex/Cimex 1989; what is the number of staff engaged in the exercise planning process and in the exercises themselves; and what are the posts, ranks and responsibilities of the staff involved.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The Scottish Office plays its part in testing those procedures in which we have an interest. Staff participate as required; it would not be appropriate to supply the detail requested.

  Community Charge
  Mr. Andrew Welsh
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimates his Department has for the costs of administration in implementing the community charge transitional payment scheme.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  My right hon. and learned Friend has made it clear that local authorities will be reimbursed for the reasonable costs they incur in administering the new transitional relief scheme. The administration costs will clearly depend upon the nature of the scheme, and we are at present discussing that with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.

  Monuments (Policy Review)
  Mr. Strang
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to reply to the policy review on the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments—England, Wales and Scotland that was undertaken by Peat, Marwick, McClintock; and when he expects to act on the report's recommendations.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The consultants' review was commissioned as part of a policy review of the three 532
  Commissions undertaken jointly by the Department of the Environment, the Scottish Development Department, and CADW (Welsh Historic Monuments). We announced our decisions on the main points of principle raised in the Peat, Marwick, McLintock reports recommendations relating to the Scottish Commission on 22 February at columns 588–89. There remain further points of detail which affect all three Commissions. We aim to conclude this work by the end of the year.

  Mortgage and Rent Arrears
  Mr. Maxton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing levels of rent arrears in public sector housing in Scotland as a whole and in each district and island area on 30 September for each year since 1979.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  [holding answer 31 October 1989]: I refer the hon. Member to my reply of 26 January 1989 to the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Mrs. Michie) at columns 723–26. Updated information for 1988 is given in the table:

  Rent arrears in Scottish public sector at 30 September 1988

  £

  SCOTLAND

  32,933,736

  Local Authorities

  30,067,921

  Berwickshire1

  54,638

  Ettrick and Lauderdale

  40,664

  Roxburgh

  100,708

  Tweeddale

  15,813

  Clackmannan

  800,903

  Falkirk

  667,830

  Stirling

  635,700

  Annandale and Eskdale

  121,708

  Nithsdale

  322,710

  Stewartry

  31,137

  Wigtown

  173,229

  Dunfermline

  669,523

  Kirkcaldy

  698,990

  North East Fife

  117,675

  Aberdeen

  1,144,379

  Banff and Buchan

  277,064

  Gordon

  76,225

  Kincardine and Deeside

  48,878

  Moray

  105,555

  Badenoch and Strathspey

  17,900

  Caithness

  109,666

  Inverness

  n/a

  Lochaber

  53,259

  Nairn

  n/a

  Ross and Cromarty

  268,364

  Skye and Lochalsh

  27,400

  Sutherland

  29,279

  East Lothian

  416,583

  Edinburgh

  1,709,041

  Midlothian

  279,632

  West Lothian

  239,049

  Argyll and Bute

  167,810

  Bearsden and Milngavie

  126,374

  Clydebank

  1,567,976

  Clydesdale

  191,031

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

  446,934

  Cumnock and Doon Valley

  391,219

  Cunninghame

  304,415

  Dumbarton1

  445,232

  East Kilbride

  40,059

  Eastwood

  38,237

  Glasgow

  10,241,488

  Hamilton

  487,120

  Inverclyde

  318,000

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun

  214,026

  Kyle and Carrick

  333,026

  Monklands

  958,767

  Motherwell

  1,063,807

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  £

  Renfrew

  1,226,984

  Strathkelvin

  459,718

  Angus

  117,843

  Dundee

  1,019,368

  Perth and Kinross

  188,615

  Orkney Islands

  57,583

  Shetland Islands

  111,934

  Western Isles

  296,853

  New Towns

  1,071,975

  Cumbernauld

  201,464

  East Kilbride

  230,889

  Glenrothes

  291,405

  Irvine

  115,910

  Livingston

  232,307

  SSHA

  1,793,840

  n/a Not available.

  1 Figures include rate arrears.

  Council House Sales
  Mr. Maxton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list details of sales of council housing to sitting tenants up to the latest convenient date, by district within regional sub-totals; and what is the percentage of the relevant stock that existed at 30 September 1979 which has been sold to date.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The available information is set out in the following table:

  Total sales from 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1989 as a percentage of stock

  Total sales from 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1989

  1Percentage of stock sold since 1 April 1979

  Local authorities

  123,692

  13·92

  Borders

  3,160

  Berwickshire

  613

  21·40

  Ettrick and Lauderdale

  1,101

  22·29

  Roxburgh

  1,115

  17·79

  Tweeddale

  331

  20·36

  Central

  9,100

  Clackmannan

  1,496

  15·67

  Falkirk

  5,477

  16·41

  Stirling

  2,177

  16·77

  Dumfries and Galloway

  4,763

  Annandale and Eskdale

  1,134

  23·50

  Nithsdale

  1,933

  23·09

  Stewartry

  711

  28·49

  Wigtown

  985

  20·97

  Fife

  12,664

  Dunfermline

  4,809

  20·81

  Kirkcaldy

  5,376

  20·35

  North East Fife

  2,479

  31·58

  Grampian

  11,462

  Aberdeen

  4,400

  11·68

  Banff and Buchan

  2,535

  20·46

  Gordon

  1,367

  22·69

  Kincardine and Deeside

  714

  20·03

  Moray

  2,446

  23·20

  Highland

  4,574

  Badenoch and Strathspey

  331

  31·67

  Caithness

  814

  20·32

  Inverness

  1,275

  18·32

  Lochaber

  717

  21·49

  Nairn

  228

  20·56

  Ross and Cromarty

  773

  12·52

  Skye and Lochalsh

  160

  23·26

  534

  Total sales from 1 April 1979 to 30 June 1989

  1Percentage of stock sold since 1 April 1979

  Sutherland

  276

  16·12

  Lothian

  19,160

  East Lothian

  3,322

  20·49

  Edinburgh

  10,403

  18·36

  Midlothian

  2,780

  21·33

  West Lothian

  2,655

  11·79

  Strathclyde

  47,973

  Argyll and Bute

  1,064

  13·13

  Bearsden and Milngavie

  406

  22·34

  Clydebank

  1,355

  11·54

  Clydesdale

  965

  10·06

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

  633

  14·55

  Cumnock and Doon

  Valley

  1,096

  10·64

  Cunninghame

  3,259

  13·85

  Dumbarton

  1,158

  8·83

  East Kilbride

  389

  24·03

  Eastwood

  490

  24·22

  Glasgow

  14,441

  8·24

  Hamilton

  2,760

  12·10

  Inverclyde2

  1,933

  9·66

  Kilmarnock and Loudon

  2,149

  11·77

  Kyle and Carrick

  3,652

  19·97

  Monklands2

  2,025

  7·09

  Motherwell2

  2,796

  7·03

  Renfrew2

  5,363

  13·60

  Strathkelvin

  2,039

  19·17

  Tayside

  9,639

  Angus

  2,664

  18·29

  Dundee

  3,619

  9·08

  Perth and Kinross

  3,356

  20·59

  Orkney Islands

  326

  23·04

  Shetland Islands

  359

  15·84

  Western Isles

  512

  23·14

  1 Expressed as a percentage of stock as at 30 September 1978.

  2 Figures not available for quarter 2 1989.

  Public Rights of Way
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will introduce legislation to give himself power to call a public inquiry into the actions of a local authority where a public right of way has been altered, closed or changed in any way.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  [holding answer 2 November 1989]: There are sufficient powers, under current legislation, to allow for public inquiries where appropriate.

WALES

  Health Service (Expenditure)
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the percentage of the gross domestic product per head for Wales spent on the National Health Service calculated on the Welsh gross domestic product.

  Mr. Grist
  In 1987–88 gross expenditure on the National Health Service in Wales was £1,136·5 million, which is equivalent to 8 per cent. of the provisional 1987 figure for Welsh GDP of £14,156 million.

  Nursery Schools
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children are attending nursery schools in each Welsh county; and what proportion they are of the under-five child population.

  Mr. Wyn Roberts
  The information as at January 1989 is as follows:

  Number of pupils

  Pupils as percentage of under-five population

  Clwyd

  326

  1·3

  Dyfed

  207

  1·0

  Gwent

  1,130

  3·8

  Gwynedd

  —

  —

  Mid Glamorgan

  1,228

  3·3

  Powys

  —

  —

  South Glamorgan

  803

  2·8

  West Glamorgan

  227

  1·0

  This information relates solely to children in nursery schools. There is a total of 50,202 children under five in primary/nursery schools, of which 23,613 are in nursery classes, 69 per cent. and 32·5 per cent. respectively of the under-five population.

  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the numbers of children attending local authority nursery schools in Newport, Gwent; and what proportion they are of the under-five child population.

  Mr. Wyn Roberts
  In January 1989, 415 children attended maintained nursery schools in Newport, Gwent representing 4·4 per cent. of the under-five population. Some under-fives also attend nursery classes in primary schools but no figures are available.

  Cadw
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the total per head of the population of Wales that was spent by Cadw in each of the past three years.

  Mr. Wyn Roberts
  The information requested is set out in the table:

  Year

  Total expenditure £'000

  Estimated population1'000

  Estimated expenditure per head of population £

  1986–87

  4,173

  2,821

  1·48

  1987–88

  5,806

  2,836

  2·05

  1988–89

  5,251

  2,857

  1·84

  1 The population figures are based on estimates calculated on the 30 June for each year.

  Rescue Archaeology
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to increase the funds available for rescue archaeology in the wetlands of Gwent.

  Mr. Wyn Roberts
  Funding for rescue archaeology is determined on an annual basis in consultation with the four archaeological trusts in Wales. The Department has specifically made available additional resources in respect of the recently discovered wetland site in Caldicot country 536
  park. To date our commitment to that particular site exceeds £40,000 and its future is the subject of discussions between the Department and the local authorities which own the site.

  Schools (Local Management)
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment his Department has made of the cost of implementation of local management of schools in Wales and its year-on-year cost after implementation.

  Mr. Wyn Roberts
  We have announced proposals for specific grant support for expenditure of over £6 million over the period 1989–90 to 1991–92 for the introduction of local management, the training of governors, and LEA inspection.

  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment his Department has made of the training required by(a) head teachers and (b) school governors for the implementation and running of local management of schools in Wales and the cost for each during implementation and year on year.

  Mr. Wyn Roberts
  Local education authorities have a duty to provide training for school governors and head teachers. We have made available £582,000 in 1989–90 for management training and appraisal for head teachers as a national priority under the LEA training grants scheme. In 1990–91 £470,000 will be available for management training alone. Expenditure of up to £400,000 is also available this year through education support grant for governor training and Government support will be at a comparable level in 1990–91 and 1991–92.

  NHS Treatment Centres
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when, pursuant to his answer of 30 October to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside, he will be in a position to provide details on the operation of treatment centres; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Grist
  The discussions between the Welsh Office and managers and clinicians in the NHS, to which I referred in my answer of 30 October, are at an advanced stage. Subject to their satisfactory conclusion my right hon. Friend would hope to write to the hon. Gentleman shortly.

  Ancient Monuments Commission
  Mr. Strang
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to reply to the policy review of the Royal Commission on ancient and historical monuments—England, Wales and Scotland undertaken by Peat, Marwick, McClintock; and when he expects to act on the report's recommendations.

  Mr. Wyn Roberts
  The consultants' review was commissioned as part of a policy review of the three Royal Commissions undertaken jointly by the Department of the Environment, Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments, and the Scottish Development Department. Decisions relating to the Welsh Commission on the main points of principle raised in the KPMG report were announced on 20 February 1989. There remain further points of detail which affect all three commissions. These are under active
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  consideration and are the subject of discussion with the commission in Wales. We aim to conclude this further work by the end of the year.

EMPLOYMENT

  Part-time Workers
  Mrs. Dunwoody
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will introduce legislation which establishes a minimum wage for part-time employees.

  Mr. Nicholls
  No. A national minimum wage would raise employers' costs and destroy jobs.

  Mrs. Dunwoody
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will introduce legislation which guarantees equal opportunities for part-time workers in the areas of training and promotion.

  Mr. Nicholls
  No. These are matters which are best determined by employers and their employees taking into account local conditions and the needs of both the work force and the business. Government legislation on these issues is neither necessary nor appropriate.

  Mrs. Dunwoody
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will introduce legislation which guarantees equal rights for part-time workers, including pay, maternity leave, a sick pay scheme and a revised pension plan.

  Mr. Nicholls
  No. Pay and conditions are matters to be negotiated between employers and employees to suit their individual circumstances. The 1·4 million growth in part-time employment in Great Britain since 1983 shows its popularity with employers and employees alike.

  Assaults on Staff
  Mr. Crowther
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many assaults on members of employment service staff were reported in(a) 1988 and (b) the first nine months of 1989.

  Mr. Eggar
  In 1988 the number of reported physical assaults on employment service staff was 65. There were also 212 reported incidents of threatening behaviour or verbal abuse. The figures for the first nine months of 1989 are 107 and 711 respectively. A direct comparison of the two periods is misleading since in September 1988 the reporting system was improved and the definition of an assault was broadened.

  Staff Shortages
  Mr. Crowther
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployment benefit offices and jobcentres have been closed during normal opening hours because of staff shortages during the last 12 months.

  Mr. Eggar
  The employment service does not keep detailed records of short-term closures during normal opening hours by its 2,000 offices.

  Employment service managers have the authority to vary opening arrangements in the event of serious staff absences. Typically these absences impact most heavily on small offices with managers responding by closing at lunch time or in the case of part-time offices reducing the number of days they are open.
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  Currently some 20 offices are closed or are providing much reduced services because of industrial action by some staff. I deplore the industrial action, but I am grateful for the efforts being made by other staff members to avoid hardship to unemployed people and to ensure that benefits are paid on time.

  Labour Statistics
  Mr. Cox
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the present number of(a) men and (b) women who were unemployed in the Greater London area on 1 November.

  Mr. Nicholls
  The following information is available in the Library. On 14 September 1989, the latest available date, there were, seasonally adjusted, 149,000 male and 57,200 female unemployed claimants in the Greater London region.

  Engineering (Training)
  Mr. David Nicholson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he expects to be in a position to make a statement about future arrangements for training in the engineering industry.

  Mr. Nicholls
  Consultations with the engineering industry training board and organisations representing employers in the engineering industry have now been completed. My right hon. Friend hopes to be in a position to make an announcement shortly.

  Mr. David Nicholson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether, in making arrangements for the future of training in engineering, he will ensure that existing provision by EITB for the training of women engineers, for adult training in modern technology skills and for the promotion in schools of engineering as a career, is safeguarded and will be continued by the successor body.

  Mr. Nicholls
  While the Government recognise the value of these EITB services, they believe that it is for industry to decide whether a voluntary successor body should continue to provide particular services currently run by the industrial training board.

  Disabled People (Quotas)
  Mr. Wareing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many members of the staff of his Department are engaged on ensuring that the Disabled Persons Employment Act 1944 in respect of the quota system for disabled people is implemented.

  Mr. Eggar
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: All jobcentre staff involved in filling vacancies have some responsibility to help to ensure that the quota system is implemented. The main responsibility falls on disablement resettlement officers and the disablement advisory service. During the quarter ending 7 July 1989 664 staff were engaged in these services specifically for people with disabilities.

  Claimants
  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have transferred from unemployment benefit to(a) sickness benefit, and (b) other benefits in each month since January 1987.
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  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  I have been asked to reply.

  Information is not collected in the form requested. An estimate of the number of spells of sickness and invalidity benefit which linked with a claim to unemployment benefit made in the previous eight weeks is shown in the table for each month from January 1987 to March 1988, the latest month for which statistics are available. Information is not available for other benefits.

  Spells of SB/IVB linking with unemployment

  Month commencing

  Number

  5 January 1987

  19,000

  4 February 1987

  21,000

  6 March 1987

  20,000

  6 April 1987

  16,000

  6 May 1987

  19,000

  5 June 1987

  19,000

  6 July 1987

  20,000

  5 August 1987

  21,000

  4 September 1987

  22,000

  5 October 1987

  25,000

  4 November 1987

  19,000

  4 December 1987

  14,000

  4 January 1988

  22,000

  3 February 1988

  21,000

  4 March 1988

  18,000

DEFENCE

  Fylingdales
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the implications of the 1972 ABM treaty for the continued operation of Fylingdales early warning station.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The United Kingdom is not a party to the anti-ballistic missile treaty, and we therefore have no locus to interpret it. We are, however, satisfied that the modernisation programme for the Fylingdales ballistic missile early warning system fully conforms with the obligations of the United States under the treaty.

  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what installations the Soviet Union has which serve a similar purpose to the Fylingdales early warning station.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The Soviet Union completed the deployment in the mid-1970s of a system of ballistic missile early warning radars at six locations around the periphery of the USSR. A further network of more modern, and technically advanced, early warning radars are being deployed at eight locations around the periphery of the USSR. The Soviet Union has recently accepted that a ninth station, at Krasnoyarsk, represents a violation of the 1972 ABM treaty and has announced its decision to dismantle it.

  Service Widows
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will now bring the pensions of pre-1973 service widows into line with those paid to those widowed since 1973; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  Under the rules of the armed forces pension scheme the payment of pensions to the widows of servicemen depends upon the terms and conditions in force at the date on which their husbands 540
  completed their service, or died in service. The rules of the scheme were changed in 1973 and these changes applied only to personnel giving service on or after 31 March 1973. In accordance with normal principles and practice for occupational pension schemes, the revised rules did not apply retrospectively to include former members of the scheme, and there are no plans to do so now.

  Loan Service Personnel
  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many loan service personnel are currently deployed in Belize;

  (2) how many loan service personnel are currently deployed in Thailand;

  (3) if he will publish in the Official Report the names of all the countries which have had access to training by members of Her Majesty's armed forces serving overseas on secondment or loan during each of the last four years.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  British service personnel served on loan or secondment in each year from 1986–89 in the following countries:

  Australia

  Bahrain

  Bangladesh

  Barbados

  Belize

  Bermuda

  Brunei

  Dominica

  Fiji

  Gambia

  Ghana

  Hong Kong

  Indonesia

  Jordan

  Kenya

  Kuwait

  Lesotho

  Mauritius

  New Zealand

  Nigeria

  Oman

  Qatar

  Saudi Arabia

  St. Lucia

  St. Vincent

  Sudan

  Swaziland

  United Arab Emirate

  Zimbabwe1

  1Since January 1986 a wing of the British military advisory and training team has been specifically allocated to train Mozambican troops in Zimbabwe.

  In addition British service personnel served on loan or secondment in the following countries in the years shown:

  Year

  Botswana

  1988 and 1989

  Chile

  1986

  Grenada

  1989

  Malaysia

  1988 and 1989

  Singapore

  1988

  Turks and Caicos

  1988 and 1989

  Uganda

  1986 and 1987

  There are currently 12 United Kingdom loan service personnel deployed in Belize, a reduction from the figure of 14 which was published in the Eighth Report of the House of Commons Defence Committee (HC 624, Session 1987–88).

  There are no loan service personnel currently deployed in Thailand.
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  Specific details about personnel serving on loan or secondment are generally in confidence between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of the country concerned.

  Cambodian Troops
  Mr. Menzies Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether British troops have provided military training to the Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces or the National Sihanoukist Army.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  It is not the practice to comment on allegations of this nature.

  Frigates
  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many frigates need to be ordered between now and 1994 in order to maintain an average annual ordering rate of 2·6 surface escorts per year.

  Mr. Neubert
  [holding answer 2 November 1989]: Thirteen would be needed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS

  Ladies Toilets
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Lord President of the Council what steps he intends to take to ensure an adequate supply of hand towels are available in all the ladies toilets in the House of Commons.

  Sir Geoffrey Howe
  The Authorities of the House make every effort to ensure that an adequate supply of hand towels is maintained in those lavatories set aside for the use

  HDC Poll

  Response to question: are you in favour of retaining the HDC for a further five years?

  In favour

  Against

  Spoiled forms

  Forms not returned

  Total registered October 1989

  Percentage of the voting who were in favour

  Number of growers

  1,103

  994

  158

  1,157

  3,412

  52·6

  Percentage

  (32·3)

  (29·1)

  (4·6)

  (33·9)

  —

  —

  £

  £

  £

  In value of levy terms

  459,578

  259,642

  299,154

  —

  63·9

  Percentage

  (45·2)

  (25·5)

  (29·4)

  —

  —

  Note— Poll figures rounded to 1 decimal point

  Sector

  In terms of grower numbers Per cent.

  In terms of levy value Per cent.

  For

  Against

  For

  Against

  Field Vegetables

  51·4

  48·6

  61·1

  38·9

  Protected Crops

  48·4

  51·6

  62·7

  37·4

  Hardy Nursery Stock

  52·6

  47·4

  71·8

  28·2

  Soft Fruit

  72·8

  27·2

  78·8

  21·2

  Bulbs and Outdoor Flowers

  44·1

  55·9

  40·9

  59·1

  Note— Poll figures rounded to 1 decimal point

  Poll of mushroom growers

  Response to question: are you in favour of joining the HDC?

  In favour

  Against

  Spoiled forms

  Forms not returned

  Total poll

  Percentage of the voting who were in favour

  Number of growers

  88

  22

  —

  253

  363

  80·0

  Percentage

  (24·2)

  (6·1)

  —

  (69·7)

  —

  —

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  of lady Members. Any difficulties over the adequacy of supplies should in the first instance be referred to the Serjeant at Arms.

  Hon. Members (Medical Screening)
  Mr. Corbyn
  To ask the hon. Member for Berwick upon Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, what is the annual payment to West Lambeth health authority by the House of Commons for medical screening for hon. Members; how many have used this facility; and what is the cost per patient.

  Mr. Beith
  [holding answer 3 November 1989]: During the years 1986–88, 353 Members received medical screening at a total cost of £35,130·18 (an average of £99·52 per Member). In addition, a separate charge is levied for any set of X-rays provided as part of the screening process. During 1988, 17 such X-rays were suppled at a total cost of £510. The unit cost for this service has recently been increased to £40. Payment for the screening exercise is made direct to the united medical and dental school of Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals and payment for X-rays to St. Thomas's hospital, which provides that service.

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

  Poll Results
  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has received the results of the Horticultural Development Council poll and the poll of mushroom growers.

  Mr Gummer
  Yes. The results of the polls are as follows:
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  In favour

  Against

  Spoiled forms

  Forms not returned

  Total poll

  Percentage of the voting who were in favour

  Litres of spawn purchased 1988

  2,437,214

  531,118

  —

  709,871

  —

  82·1

  Percentage

  (66·3)

  (14·4)

  —

  (19·3)

  —

  —

  Note—Poll figures rounded to 1 decimal point

  The result of the poll is in favour of continuing the HDC, and all organisations representing producers and workers employed in the industry are also in favour. The Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Wales and I have therefore decided to confirm the decision originally announced on 10 July 1989 in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow (Mr. Gill). Arrangements will also be made to bring mushrooms within the scope of the operations of the council. This decision is subject to the approval of Parliament.

  NATO Exercises
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the extent of involvement by his Department in NATO Exercise Wintex/Cimex 1987 and Exercise Wintex/Cimex 1989; what is the number of staff engaged in the exercise planning process and in the exercises themselves; and what are the posts, ranks and responsibilities of the staff involved.

  Mr. Maclean
  My Department plays its part in testing those procedures in which we have an interest. Staff participate as required; it would not be appropriate for me to supply the detail requested.

  Mobile Bakeries
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) how his Department plans to make mobile bakeries available to local authorities after nuclear attack;

  (2) what is the current annual cost of storage and maintenance for the stock of mobile bakeries held by his Department; and what are the expected changes to these costs following the current refurbishment programme;

  (3) what is the estimated cost of replacing the mobile bakery units held by his Department;

  (4) what the estimated total cost will be for refurbishing the mobile bakery units held by his Department for use in a time of crisis;

  (5) when the refurbishment of the stock of mobile bakeries held by his Department will be complete;

  (6) where the mobile bakeries held by his Department for use in time of crisis are stored.

  Mr. Maclean
  The refurbishment of mobile bakery units to ensure that they fully meet modern health and safety operational requirements is due to be completed early in 1990 at a total cost of £ 1,170,092. The current cost of replacing this equipment would be approximately £2·5 million.

  The mobile bakeries are a part of the stockpile of food and emergency feeding equipment. Expenditure on these activities is set out in class IV vote 4 of the 1989–90 Supply Estimates. It is not possible to identify separately the costs specifically relating to the storage and maintenance in store of the bakery equipment but they are not expected to change significantly as a result of the refurbishment programme.
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  Bakery equipment is held in each home defence region and would be deployed to augment local emergency baking facilities as instructed by the regional government food and agriculture officer.

  Horses and Ponies (Exports)
  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to maintain minimum values below which the export of horses and ponies is forbidden after 1992; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Maclean
  The system of minimum values designed to prevent the export of horses for slaughter is a purely national arrangement. As part of the single market programme the Commission has made a proposal for a community regulation on the protection of animals during transport and as drafted this makes no provision for our controls on horse exports to continue. Whilst I can hold out no hope that other member states will be persuaded to apply the minimum value arrangements throughout the Community, our objective will be to ensure that there will be adequate welfare standards during all journeys and that these are implemented and enforced rigorously throughout the Community to protect horses and ponies.

  Zoonoses Order 1989
  Mrs. Gorman
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will revoke the Zoonoses order 1989 as it applies to poultry.

  Mr. Maclean
  No.

  Catering Industry
  Mr. Speller
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which sections of the catering industry are within his ministerial resonsibility.

  Mr. Maclean
  My Department is concerned with all aspects of the food chain of which the catering industry is an integral part.

  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
  Mr. Steinberg
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what his Department is doing to research the problem of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

  Mr. Maclean
  The Department is currently funding an extensive programme of research into bovine spongiform encephalopathy, including studies into the epidemiology of the disease, transmission to offspring of affected animals and to other species, molecular biological and genetic aspects, clinico-pathology and embryo transfer. The cost of the programme this year is estimated to be over £2 million. There is also international collaboration and discussion with colleagues in the EC, the United States of America and with the Organisation Internationale des Epizooties.
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  Mr. Steinberg
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if all animal parts susceptible to bovine spongiform encephalopathy are being banned from use in food production;

  (2) if animal foodstuffs are thoroughly checked for bovine spongiform encephalopathy;

  (3) what measures are being taken to diagnose bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle.

  Mr. Maclean
  All suspected cases of BSE are being slaughtered and destroyed so that they cannot enter the food chain. It is also the Government's intention, as an ultra-precautionary measure, to ban from human consumption certain bovine offals which might be capable of harbouring the BSE agent in case any animals with pre-clinical disease are still being slaughtered for human consumption. There is no test available for the presence of BSE in live animals or products derived from them.

  Animal Foodstuffs
  Mr. Steinberg
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if animal foodstuffs are imported from countries where there are no restrictions on the use of diseased carcases in animal feed.

  Mr. Maclean
  Whether or not exporting countries place restrictions on the use of diseased carcases in animal feeding stuffs, our import conditions require, among other things, that animal-based proteins intended for use as animal feeding stuffs undergo pre-export heat treatment. This has to be confirmed by their veterinary authorities and provides the necessary safeguards against the introduction of animal diseases.

  Plant Health Inspectors
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many plant health inspectors he has employed in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Gummer
  The number of plant health inspectors employed by my Department in each of the last 10 years was as follows:

  Number

  1979

  69

  1980

  70

  1981

  76

  1982

  85

  1983

  79

  1984

  85

  1985

  83

  1986

  83

  1987

  77

  Water Authority Sewage
  Dr. Michael Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has received regarding the practice of farmers spreading sewage supplied by water authorities on their land; what regulating controls there are; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Maclean
  The use of sewage sludge in agriculture is controlled by the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 which were made, as respects England, by my right 546
  hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and which are complemented by a code of practice. The regulations, which implement EC directive 86/278/EEC, specify the requirements to be observed before and after use including analysis of the sludge and soil. So far this year my Department has received six letters on this question, mostly concerning the need to minimise any public health risk.

  Animal Products
  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his policy on the introduction of a fourth criterion in addition to those of quality, safety and efficacy with regard to animal products tested under the Medicines Act 1968.

  Mr. Maclean
  The purpose of the licensing under the Medicines Act is to protect public and animal health and I do not believe that socio-economic or other additional criteria contribute to this purpose.

PRIME MINISTER

  South Africa
  Mr. Hunter
  To ask the Prime Minister what recent representations she has made to the state President of South Africa.

  The Prime Minister
  The Government have made representations to President de Klerk on a number of issues and is encouraged by President de Klerk's recent moves: the release of Mr. Sisulu and others is a major step in the right direction and we urge President de Klerk to continue on the path towards negotiations.

  Unemployment
  Mr. David Nicholson
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on progress in reducing unemployment.

  The Prime Minister
  In September 1989 the number of unemployed claimants, seasonally adjusted, in the United Kingdom was 1,695,000. Unemployment has been falling for 38 consecutive months. It is now at its lowest level for nearly nine years, and well below the European Community average.

  Magistrates
  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the Prime Minister whether she will transfer responsibility for the magistracy from the Home Office to the Lord Chancellor's Department; and if she will make a statement.

  The Prime Minister
  The allocation of functions between Ministers and Departments is kept under regular review. There are currently no plans to transfer the Home Office's responsibilities for the magistrates courts to the Lord Chancellor's Department.

  European Currency Exchanges
  Mr. Teddy Taylor
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will raise at the next meeting of the European Council the degree of progress made by member states in achieving freedom of currency exchanges; and if she will make a statement.
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  The Prime Minister
  The timetable for the removal of restrictions on movements of capital by member states is set down in a Council directive of 24 June 1988 and was endorsed by the European Council in Hanover in June 1988. Removal of these restrictions is essential to the completion of the single market and it is in the interests of all member states that the timetable is met.

  Homelessness
  Miss Hoey
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will visit the Bondway emergency night shelter in Vauxhall and participate in the nightly soup run for the homeless on the South Bank.

  The Prime Minister
  I have at present no plans to do so.

  Mr. Charles Powell
  Mr. Dalyell
  To ask the Prime Minister for how long she now expects Mr. Charles Powell to remain as principal private secretary in her office.

  The Prime Minister
  Mr. Powell serves as my private secretary for foreign affairs and will serve in my office until it is time for him to leave.

  Visits
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Prime Minister when she next plans to visit Wales.

  Mr. Cryer
  To ask the Prime Minister when she next expects to pay an official visit by train.

  Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will visit Lancaster.

  Mr. Boswell
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will pay an official visit to Towcester.

  Mr. Hind
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will visit Lancashire.

  The Prime Minister
  I have at present no plans to do so.

  Civil Service (Scotland)
  Mr. Harry Ewing
  To ask the Prime Minister what steps she has taken to ensure adherence by Scottish Office civil servants to the rules covering their communicating with political parties; and if she will make a statement.

  The Prime Minister
  All staff in the Scottish Office are aware that civil servants must be impartial as between political parties. Very recently, as part of a routine updating of standing instructions, staff in the Scottish Office have been reminded of the importance of maintaining the principle of impartiality.

  Inner Cities
  Mr. Kirkhope
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on progress with the Government's inner cities strategy.

  The Prime Minister
  Excellent progress continues to be made in the regeneration of our inner cities under the Government's action for cities programme, spending on 548
  which is planned to increase from £3 billion in 1988–89 to about £3·5 billion this year. Unemployment in the 57 inner-city target areas has fallen by 23 per cent. over the past year.

  Insider Trading
  Mr. Dalyell
  To ask the Prime Minister what was the content of recent statements made by her press office in relation to Ministers and insider trading.

  The Prime Minister
  My press office made it clear that they had no knowledge of the story put out by The Scotsman and were therefore not in a position to comment.

  Engagements
  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 7 November.

  Mr. Barry Field
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 7 November.

  Mr. Andrew F. Bennett
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 7 November.

  Mr. Stern
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 7 November.

  Mrs. Gorman
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 7 November.

  The Prime Minister
  This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House, I shall he having further meetings later today; then I shall depart for the United States of America to address the United Nations General Assembly.

  Cambodia (SAS)
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Prime Minister whether she has given her authority for the deployment of members of the Special Air Services to train troops in Cambodia.

  The Prime Minister
  [holding answer 3 November 1989]: It has been the practice of successive Governments never to discuss the activities of the special forces.

HEALTH

  North-Western Regional Health Authority
  Mr. Hind
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the level of funding to the North Western regional health authority.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  Funding for the North Western regional health authority for 1989–90 is £1,238.710,000. This is an all-time record, representing a real terms increase of 33 per cent. over 1978–79, compared with 30 per cent. for England as a whole. Revenue and capital allocations for 1990–91 will be notified to all regional health authorities after the Autumn Statement.

  NHS Reorganisation (Liverpool)
  Mr. Parry
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the proposed re-organisation of the National Health Service in Liverpool.
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  Mr. Freeman
  If the hon. Member is referring to the review of how to improve the pattern of acute services in Liverpool, this was commissioned by the Mersey regional health authority. The region has asked districts to take the suggestions of the review into account in its own long term planning. Any major service change is, of course, subject to the normal consultative process.

  NHS Reform
  16. Mr. Key
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many other groups of doctors, in addition to Sarum '89 he has met to discuss his proposals for reform of the National Health Service.

  Mr. Freeman
  My colleagues and I have had very many meetings with representative bodies of the medical profession, with other groups and with individual doctors.

  Dr. Michael Clark
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received in association with the proposed Health Service reforms with regard to general practitioners' prescribing budgets.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  We have received 706 representations specifically referring to the proposals on prescribing budgets. In addition to this we have received 12,213 representations about the White Paper proposals in general, many of which have raised questions about, among other things, indicative prescribing budgets. Many of the letters expressed concern about the continued availability of medicines under the new system. We have been able to reassure correspondents that, as the representatives of the profession have now accepted, general practitioners will be able to continue to prescribe all those medicines which individual patients might need.

  Ms. Quin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next plans to meet representatives of the British Medical Association to discuss changes in the National Health Service.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  The BMA and my Department have not yet fixed a date for my next meeting with representatives of the BMA. I have no doubt that we will continue to have constructive discussions on how best to implement the proposals in the White Paper "Working For Patients".

  Mr. Michael
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to restate the overriding duty of a general practitioner to consider only the best interests of his or her patient when considering what drugs or medication to prescribe in forthcoming legislation affecting the National Health Service

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The Government have always made it clear that their proposals for reforming the NHS would not in any way prevent people getting the medicines that they need. The representatives of the medical profession accepted on 28 September that the management arrangements proposed by the Government for indicative prescribing budgets would not infringe in any way the right of a general practitioner to prescribe all those medicines which individual patients might need.

  Mr. Marland
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how the proposals to allow district health authorities to purchase health care from hospitals will affect patient care.
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  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  These proposals will result in better standards of health care and more choice for patients. They will enable district health authorities to use their resources to obtain the best value for money in terms of high quality consumer-responsive services for their population. Districts will have a clear responsibility to ensure that a full range of health care services is available. They will specify the services required from each hospital or unit, whether or not it is under their direct managerial control. They will also specify the quality standards expected and ensure that these are met. Districts will be able to improve services as they will be financed on a basis which enables them to use any units which meets their requirements. They will use this freedom, in close consultation with local GPs, to obtain the most appropriate pattern of services for their population and to offer the maximum possible choice to patients.

  Mr. Ian Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether general practitioners' ability to refer patients for treatment will be affected by the proposed reform of the National Health Service.

  Mr. Hague
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the implications of the proposals in the White Paper "Working for Patients" for general practitioners' freedom to refer patients for treatment.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I refer my hon. Friends to the answer given to the hon. Member for Newham, South (Mr. Spearing) on 23 October at column 318.

  Self-governing Hospitals
  Dr. Goodson-Wickes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that patients are aware that the proposed self-governing hospitals will not be opting-out of the National Health Service.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The Government have made it quite clear, in published documents on the NHS review proposals, and in statements to the House and in public, that NHS trusts will remain firmly within the NHS. We shall continue to take every opportunity to explain our proposals and to dispel any misconceptions.

  The Chief Executive of the NHS Management Executive has recently announced (18 October) a new initiative to improve communications and stimulate a better understanding of the Government's proposals amongst NHS staff. This will help to ensure that the people who have direct contact with patients have the necessary information to explain the implications of the NHS review proposals to them.

  Mr. Watts
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health which services will have to be retained by National Health Service self-governing hospitals.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  It will be for district health authorities to determine, in the light of local circumstances, what services are required to meet the health care needs of their resident popultion and to secure provision of those services through contracts. As part of this process, health authorities will identify those services which must be provided locally. Where a unit which applies for NHS trust status is the only sensible option for providing such services my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State will approve arrangements for their continued
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  provision on establishment of the NHS trust. Any later changes will be subject to my right hon. and learned Friend's further approval if they cannot be agreed locally.

  Mr. Shersby
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many National Health Service hospitals have now indicated their interest in self-governance.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  I have received 186 expressions of interest in NHS trust status. Some are for non-hospital facilities and others include more than one hospital.

  Mr. McAllion
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress towards establishing self-governing hospitals he expects to achieve by 1992.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  I refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. Friend the member for Maidstone (Miss Widdecombe) on 3 November.

  Apart from the units which are preparing applications for NHS trust status in 1991, others will prepare applications to become trusts later. I expect to receive applications in about 18 months time from hospitals and units wishing to become self-governing NHS trusts from April 1992.

  Mrs. Rosie Barnes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to develop the necessary commissioning expertise within district health authorities so that they will be in a position to purchase services from self-governing hospital trusts from April 1991; and whether his Department has any plans to revise this implementation date.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  On 2 November, Duncan Nichol, the chief executive of the NHS management executive announced a major programme of work to support DHAs in adopting their new role. The project will draw on the results of local initiatives in 11 districts and ensure that the lessons learned are shared quickly across the service. We have no plans to change the timetable for implementing the White Paper reforms.

  Mr. Sumberg
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many requests for information he has received from hospitals interested in acquiring self-governing status.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  A total of 186 expressions of interest in acquiring NHS trust status have been received. Some of these are for non-hospital facilities and others include more than one hospital.

  Mr. Canavan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health which managers of hospitals for mentally handicapped people have expressed an interest in opting out under the arrangements outlined in the Government White Paper.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Eleven units for mentally handicapped people have expressed interest in NHS trust status. A number of other expressions of interest in NHS trust status, for whole district services and for community services, also include units for mentally handicapped patients. There is, of course, no question of any hospital "opting-out" of the NHS.

  Mr. Graham Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the result of the recent ballot of staff of Queen's medical centre on opting-out.
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  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I understand that a ballot relating to the expression of interest in NHS trust status from the University hospital in Nottingham was held at the request of Nottingham Trades Council, the results of which are a matter for the trades council. There is. of course, no question of any hospital "opting-out" of the NHS.

  Cottage Hospitals
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his policy on the promotion and support of cottage hospitals under the proposed new funding arrangements for the National Health Service.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Small hospitals can have a valuable role to play in providing a range of services if that is what is needed locally. Under our proposals district health authorities will have responsibiity for ensuring provision of a comprehensive range of services for their resident population. They will be able to take full account of services offered by cottage hospitals in deciding where to place contracts.

  Practice Budgets
  Mr. Robert G. Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has received any expressions of interest from general practitioners' practices about operating their own practice budgets, as proposed in the White Paper "Working for Patients".

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  Although we have not yet asked GPs to indicate formally their interest in being directly funded as practice budget holders, the level of interest shown by eligible practices has been encouraging.

  National Health Service Expenditure
  Mr. Knox
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the gross domestic product was spent on the National Health Service in the most recent year for which figures are available, and what was the percentage in 1978.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  In 1988, 5·2 per cent. of the United Kingdom's gross domestic product was spent on the National Health Service compared with 4·9 per cent. in 1978.

  Mr. Tim Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department expects to spend on the National Health Service in 1990–91.

  Mr. Freeman
  Planned expenditure for 1990–91 for the National Health Service in England currently stands at £22·1 billion. At this time of the year we are awaiting the Chancellor's Autumn Statement; I cannot, of course, anticipate its contents.

  Mr. Teddy Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the total increase or decrease in real terms, taking inflation into account, in Health Service spending in England and Wales over the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Freeman
  In the past 10 years, since 1979–80, gross expenditure on the National Health Service in England and Wales has increased by 38 per cent. in real terms. Over the period since 1978–79 real terms expenditure has increased by 40 per cent.

  East Anglia Regional Health Authority
  Mr. Patrick Thompson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last met the chairman of the East Anglia regional health authority, and what matters were discussed.

  Mr. Freeman
  My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State last met the chairman on 20 September at one of the bi-monthly meetings with regional health authority chairmen. He discussed various matters of common interest.

  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what additional funding he anticipates will come to the East Anglia regional health authority as a result of the new allocation formula announced in the White Paper.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  Actual allocations for 1990–91 have yet to be decided and are dependent on the outcome of this year's public expenditure survey. Under the new formula, which will be more sensitive to population growth, East Anglia's share of the resources available nationally will increase and continue to increase as the region's share of population increases.

  Pendle Community Hospital
  Mr. Lee
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the progress of the Pendle community hospital.

  Mr. Freeman
  The Pendle community hospital is a £6 million development in community hospital care which will open in September 1991. It will provide 24 beds which general practitioners can use for treating patients suffering from a range of medical conditions not requiring the full services available at the district general hospital. In addition to this, so that day cases will benefit from ready access to physiotherapy and occupational therapy, an acute outpatients department will have extensive clinical facilities in medical, surgical and paediatric services. There will also be 45 beds for the elderly who need medical treatment and rehabilitation care.

  Community Care
  Mr. Hannam
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he plans to increase the participation of disabled people in the planning of their own community care services.

  Rev. Martin Smyth
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about his plans for ensuring that disabled people are fully consulted when their community care needs are assessed.

  Miss Emma Nicholson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he plans to promote choice for the individual disabled person or carer in the new arrangements for community care services.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I refer my hon. Friends and the hon. Member to the statement which my right hon. and learned Friend made to the House on 12 July announcing our main proposals for the future organisation of community care. In that statement my right hon. and learned Friend outlined arrangements designed to widen choice to individuals in need of community care and 554
  provide more appropriate services closer to their wishes and needs. Our forthcoming White Paper will set out in detail how we intend to achieve these aims.

  Mr. Alfred Morris
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to increase and encourage advocacy opportunities for disabled people with regard to community care provision.

  Mr. Tom Clarke
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he plans to put support for the principle of advocacy into practice in future arrangements for community care services.

  Mr. Freeman
  I assume that the right hon. and hon. Members have in mind the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986, which deal with the appointment and rights of authorised representatives of disabled persons in connection with local authority welfare services. We have already implemented six key sections of this Act, but we have always made it clear that further implementation would depend on the availability of the necessary resources. With section 1 there is the additional complication that implementation would require detailed procedures to be set out in regulations. We hope to begin consultations soon with the local authority associations about the costs of implementing these sections, together with section 3, and with those associations and other interested bodies about the appointment procedures which would be set out in regulations under section 1.

  Post-abortion Syndrome
  Mr. Alton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the 1976 study of post-abortion syndrome, commissioned from the Royal College of General Practitioners, will be published.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  This is a major United Kingdom study of the short and long-term sequelae of abortion. Since it began in 1976 papers have been published covering induced abortions and their early sequelae; the outcome of pregnancy following induced abortion; and the sequelae of induced abortion. I understand that completion of the analysis of the large amount of data collected by the researchers is taking much longer than expected. They hope to be in a position to produce a final report in the middle of next year.

  Health Authority Chairmen
  Mr. Battle
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department will draw up a code of conduct to ensure that the private business interests of chairmen of health authorities are kept clearly separate from their public responsibilities.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The statutory position is already quite clear. Under regulation 14(1) of the National Health Service (Regional and District Health Authorities: Membership and Procedure) Regulations (SI 1983 No. 315) a chairman of a health authority is required to declare any pecuniary interest, direct or otherwise, in any contract or other matter which is the subject of consideration by the health authority. He may not then take part in any consideration or discussion of the contract (or matter) or vote on any question in respect of it.

  Kidney Unit, Leicester
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will make available additional resources to the Leicestershire health authority to enable it to fully open the kidney unit at the general hospital.

  Mr. Freeman
  I understand Trent regional health authority has agreed with Leicestershire health authority to open three new beds in the renal unit at Leicester general hospital at a cost of £90,000 per annum. The beds are available now and I understand the health authority plans to have the necessary staff in post by 20 November. The health authorities hope to open a further three beds next year, bringing the unit to its full complement a year earlier than originally planned.

  NHS (Accountancy and Auditing)
  Mr. Ralph Howell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the accountancy and auditing systems operating within the National Health Service.

  Mr. Freeman
  The statutory auditors regularly review the effectiveness of the well-documented accountancy and audit arrangements in the NHS, and the annual report of the director of NHS audit sets out their findings. For 1987–88, the auditors found material errors leading to qualification of their certificate in respect of five health authorities of the 334 audited; the audits of the 1988–89 accounts have not yet all been finalised.

  Dentists
  Mr. Geraint Howells
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he anticipates there being any increase in demand for dentists; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  No. Dental health is steadily improving in this country and the nature of dental services is changing. Dental manpower reviews undertaken in 1983 and 1987 in conjunction with the profession recommended reductions in the overall undergraduate intake to United Kingdom dental schools in order to slow down the rate of increase in the numbers of dentists. The next review of dental manpower will take place next year and will report during 1991.

  General Practitioner Contract
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what further discussions he proposes with the British Medical Association before he implements the new general practitioner contract.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  I have no plans for further discussions with the British Medical Association on the subject of the GPs' new contract before that contract is introduced. My officials are still consulting them on technical and drafting details of the new statement of fees and allowances.

  Mr. Amos
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the allocation of travelling time for general practitioners in rural areas under the new contract obligation of 26 hours patient contact time.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  It is accepted that the 26-hour requirement in the revised terms of service for general 556
  practitioners includes travelling time when GPs make home visits. There is no specific element within the 26 hours which is allocated to travelling time because GPs in some rural areas will need more travelling time for home visits than those in urban areas.

  Mr. Ian Bruce
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give a progress report on the implementation of the general practitioners' new contract.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The NHS (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1989 were laid on 16 October and certain parts come into operation today. The revised statement of fees and allowances will be sent to all GPs later this month with a copy of their revised terms of service. FPCs will shortly receive a circular of guidance on the management of the GP's new contract. These arrangements will enable GPs and FPCs to make detailed plans for the full implementation of the new contract from 1 April next year.

  "Working for Patients"
  Mr. Nellist
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has recently received concerning the effect on women of the proposals contained in the White Paper "Working for Patients"; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  We have received a small number of representations. Our proposals will benefit women, as all patients, by bringing all parts of the NHS closer to the standards already achieved by the best.

  Mr. William Powell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how patients will be affected by the proposals in the White Paper "Working for Patients."

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  The point of all our proposals is to produce a better NHS providing the type and standard of service a patient has a right to expect throughout the country. Hospitals will have more freedom to manage their own affairs and so will be able to respond better and quicker to individual patients and their GPs. District health authorities for their part will in future be able to concentrate on identifying the health needs of the populations they serve and then making sure that they receive a comprehensive range of high quality services. They will be able to use contracts to specify the quality of services to be provided. Extra funding will go directly to hospitals which can best provide the services needed. This means that the hospitals to which most patients want to go will be funded accordingly.

  Clinical audit will make sure that there is systematic quality control of treatments throughout the Health Service with, for the first time, all doctors looking critically at what they and their colleagues are doing so that they can improve their effectiveness and outcomes. Patients will have shorter waiting times and better appointment systems; 100 more consultants will be appointed in addition to the existing year-by-year growth in numbers. The new GP contract will result in improved services and some large GP practices will be able to seek to make more effective use of NHS funds for their patients.

  The effect of all these, and the other proposals in the White Paper, will be to make the NHS more consumer conscious and better able to provide a high quality service.
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  Mr. Latham
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will make a statement on his discussions with the British Medical Association regarding the White Paper "Working for Patients."

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  I had a useful meeting with the British Medical Association on 18 October. We both took away ideas for further consideration. I am always ready to enter into constructive discussions with the BMA about how best to implement the proposals in the White Paper.

  Mr. Bellingham
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to ensure that the proposals in the National Health Service White Paper will not mean that patients will be compelled to travel long distances for treatment.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  No patient will be made to travel long distances for treatment against their will. Surveys have shown that a majority of patients are willing to travel to get earlier or better treatment. When doctors refer patients to hospital they will take the circumstances and wishes of patients fully into account.

  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will outline further improvements that patients can expect to result from the implementation of the White Paper "Working for Patients".

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  There are a number of detailed proposals in the White Paper, "Working for Patients", which will lead to substantial improvement for patients when implemented. These include ensuring that patients are given reliable appointment times, better waiting and counselling facilities, much fuller information about the services available and about their own care and quicker notification of diagnostic test results. We are asking everyone working in the Health Service to recognise the importance of the individual patient. In future it will be easier to choose and, if necessary, change GP.

  Mr. Roy Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultations he proposes to have with the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nursing, the Confederation of Health Service Employees, the National Union of Public Employees and the National and Local Government Officers Association concerning the Government's White Paper "Working for Patients".

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  My fellow Ministers and I have had several meetings with representatives of all the trade unions mentioned about how best to implement the reforms set out in the White Paper.

  Mr. David Nicholson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on progress towards implementing the proposals in the National Health Service White Paper.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  We are making good progress in putting into action the changes outlined in the White Paper "Working for Patients". I am confident that the NHS will be ready to implement the basic elements of the new and better systems of matching growth and resources with expansion of patient services by April 1991 if Parliament approves the necessary legislation. We have made £82 million available to finance progress towards implementation this year.
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  We have issued detailed guidance on many subjects including the new contracting system for all district health authority hospitals and community units and on education and training for non-medical staff.

  We have recently launched a project to support district health authorities in detailed work on developing the key role which DHA's will have under the new system of identifying and obtaining the best pattern of services which will most effectively meet all the health needs of the populations they serve.

  We have received more than 180 expressions of interest from potential NHS hospital trusts; 79 of them are proceeding towards being in the first wave of applicants for self-governing status within the NHS in April 1991 and I expect many more to be ready for later waves of applicants in future years.

  We are spending more than £1 million on the development of self-audit systems by the medical profession and a £4·5 million scheme has been launched to develop information technology skills. Demonstration projects, aimed at improving the quality of care and service to patients, have been announced for five out-patient departments. The principles of general management are being introduced into the family practitioner committee system.

  Good progress is also being made in relation to medical education and research. As I explained in a speech on 10 July, since sent to all hospital doctors, I intend to take powers to ensure, for instance, the continuation of high standards of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education and research in all NHS hospitals. I will also ensure that postgraduate training posts are provided in NHS hospital trusts in accordance with the national objectives set out in "Achieving a Balance". Medical education and research will be further enhanced by the proposed increased in the service increment for teaching (SIFT) to meet 100 per cent. of the median excess costs of teaching hospitals. This will be distributed by regions in consultation with medical schools.

  Mr. Moss
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the aims of the proposals affecting family practitioner committees in the White Paper "Working for Patients".

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  The proposals in the White Paper which directly affect family practitioner committees are designed to equip each committee to take on the major tasks of implementing in 1990 new contracts of service for medical and dental practitioners; of helping to introduce the reforms proposed in the White Paper "Working for Patients" which affect family doctors; and generally to manage and develop effectively all the primary health care services for which they are responsible in the light of the Government's proposals in the White Paper "Promoting Better Health".

  Mr. Carttiss
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the implications for patient choice of the proposals in the White Paper "Working for Patients".

  Mr. Gerald Bowden
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how patients' choice will be affected by the proposals in the White Paper "Working for Patients".

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Our proposals will help to ensure that patients are given reliable appointment times,
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  better waiting and counselling facilities, much fuller information about the services available and about their own care and quicker notification of diagnostic test results. We are asking everyone working in the Health Service to recognise the importance of the individual patient.

  Social Workers
  Mr. Hinchliffe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he is taking to deal with the national shortage of qualified social workers.

  Mr. Freeman
  I refer the hon. Members to the reply given by my hon. and learned Friend to him on 19 June at columns 37–8.

  Hospital Building Schemes
  Mr. Sims
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to encourage health authorities to take advantage of unconventional financing hospital building schemes as envisaged in paragraph 9:14 of "Working for Patients"; how many such schemes have been proposed to, and approved by, him; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Freeman
  As stated in the White Paper "Working for Patients" the Government welcome any proposals which make imaginative use of the private sector's skills, including financing, which can result in the more cost-effective and quicker development of new and existing services. The key factor, however, is to ensure that best value for money is achieved through the use of such finance, and the Department has recently issued guidance to health authorities on the procedures to be followed where private sector finance is involved.

  It is for health authorities to demonstrate the best value for money can be achieved through the use of private sector finance. To date I have received only one substantive case, for a district general hospital development at Bromley, in which use of private sector finance may be cost effective. Approval has therefore been given for the authority to proceed to the first stage of a competitive tendering exercise to establish the relative costs of this approach before final approval can be given.

  Speech Therapy
  Mr Squire
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has received representations about the level of speech therapy provision in the North-East London regional health authority.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  We have received no such representations recently.

  Student Nurses
  Mr. Andrew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial support he intends to make available for student nurses' living costs.

  Mr. Freeman
  Levels of student nurse salaries and bursaries were announced respectively by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 16 February at columns 302–3, and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Health on 16 June at column 556.

  Community Nursing
  Mr. Nicholas Brown
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what future community nursing services have in light of plans for community services.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Community nursing staff will have a crucial role to play in our proposed new arrangements for community care. Community nursing services will continue to be planned and provided by health authorites.

  NHS Costs
  Mr. Cran
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the average family of four now contributes on a weekly basis towards the cost of the National Health Service.

  Mr. Freeman
  It is not possible to provide the information as requested. The major part of NHS funding comes from the consolidated fund and it is not possible to distinguish between the proportion contributed by private taxpayers and taxation raised from other sources. However, NHS expenditure in 1989–90 per average family of four persons is estimated at £35 per week.

  Mr. Maples
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the variations in cost of treatment between different health districts.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The Health Service indicators published by the Department every year show a wide degree of variation in costs of treatment between different authorities. The indicators of treatment expenditure per consultant episode for 1987–88 published in July varied by a factor of three. There may be good reasons for variations and district and regional management will wish to examine them carefully to see whether there is any scope for improvements. The proposals in the White Paper "Working for Patients" will also help to reduce unjustifiable cost variations.

  Indicative Drug Budgets
  Mr. Burns
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how patient care will be affected by the proposals in the White Paper "Working for Patients" for indicative drug budgets.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that my hon. and learned Friend the then Minister for Health gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Sir Michael McNair-Wilson) on 23 May at column 479.

  Wathwood Hospital, Rotherham
  Mr. Hardy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will direct the Rotherham health authority to retain the Wathwood hospital and the present number of beds for the elderly infirm which are currently provided at this hospital.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The provision of local health services is a matter for the district health authority concerned, in this case Rotherham health authority.

  Patients (Statistics)
  Mr. Stevens
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of National Health Service patients being treated each year; and what was the number treated in 1979.

  Cases treated, NHS hospitals, England, 1979 and 1987–88

  1979

  1987–88

  Change

  Percentage change

  In-patients

  5,400,120

  6,619,354

  1,219,234

  22·6

  Day cases

  592,061

  880,852

  288,791

  48·8

  New out-patients

  7,713,465

  8,529,759

  816,294

  10·6

  Source: 1979 SH3 returns, 1987–88 SH3a, KH09 & 18 returns.

  Hearing Aid Service
  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress officials in his Department have made in drawing up a programme of action to improve the hearing aid service.

  Mr. Freeman
  I refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Torridge and Devon, West (Miss Nicholson), on 27 July at columns 918–19. We have set up a working group consisting of officials from this Department and Mersey regional health authority, a consultant otolaryngologist, a community physician, an audiological scientists, an audiological technician, a representative of the private sector hearing aid industry and a representative of RNID, together with an observer from the Department of Trade and Industry, to work up a programme of action, including proposals for direct referral pilot schemes, some of which we expect to start early in the next financial year. The first meeting of the working group has been arranged for 20 November.

  Opting Out
  Mr. Jack Thompson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the additional financial resources being made available to each regional health authority to assist the proposals for opting out;

  (2) what additional resources have been made available to the Northern regional health authority to assist their proposals for hospitals and the Northumbria ambulance service to opt out.

  Mr. Freeman
  More than £82 million has been made available this year for the implementation of the White Paper. Of this, £32 million has been allocated to the regions to enable them to develop the finance and personnel functions, to strengthen the public health function and to prepare for the introduction of capital charges and medical audit. Northern region has been allocated £2·04 million. While no additional resources have been made available specifically for the preparation of NHS trusts, all authorities including those with units considering this option will benefit from the overall strengthening of key management functions.

  Hospitals, Mersey Region
  Mr. Wareing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received about proposals for the future of National Health Service hospitals in the Mersey region; and what his response has been.
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  Mr. Freeman
  The information requested is given in the table.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  We have received various representations from hon. Members and members of the public. These have been considered in the light of local circumstances and answered accordingly.

  Old Persons' Homes
  Dame Jill Knight
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure that normal National Health Service ancillary health care shall be available to residents in private old persons' homes without a charge being made.

  Mr. Freeman
  Responsibility for providing community health services, including services to people in private and voluntary residential care homes, rest with district health authorities. There is no power to charge for such services.

  Authorities have to plan and provide their services within the resources available in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary of State. Their performance is monitored through the annual accountability and review process.

  Resources (South Bedfordshire)
  Mr. Bright
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether discussions between the North-West Thames regional health authority and South Bedfordshire district health authority in the summer have resulted in an increase in the allocation of resources to south Bedfordshire.

  Mr. Freeman
  Allocations to district health authorities are the responsibility of the regional health authority. My hon. Friend may wish to direct his question to the chairman of the North West Thames regional health authority.

  Waiting Lists
  Mr. Cryer
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of people on the waiting list for hospitals in the Bradford health authority; and if he will make statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  There were 6,386 people on the in-patient waiting list for Bradford district health authority at 31 March 1989. Bradford is one of 22 districts with long waiting lists that was chosen this year for investigation by an independent management team. This has led to additional funding of £206,000 for 1,000 additional patients to be treated from the waiting list in the district.
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  Mr. Skinner
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the figures for those on hospital waiting lists at the latest available date; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  There were 704,700 people on in-patient waiting lists at 31 March 1989, the latest date for which figures are available centrally.

  Mr. David Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many additional patients have been treated over the last 12 months for which figures are available as a result of the waiting list initiative.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  In 1988–89 the £30 million waiting list fund enabled more than 117,000 additional in-patients and day cases and more than 93,000 additional out-patients to be treated from the waiting lists. This year health authorities are using £25 million from the £31 million fund to treat a further 100,000 in-patients and day cases and 90,000 out-patients; £6 million of the fund is being directed towards treating additional patients in those districts with the most serious waiting problems.

  Mr. Favell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on his plans to reduce waiting lists.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  In the three years to March 1990, the Government have made available a total of £86 million through the special waiting list fund to tackle particular waiting problems. This special funding has enabled over 200,000 extra in-patients and day cases to be treated from the waiting lists in the first two years, as well

  In-patient waiting list1, 31 March 1988–31 March 1989, by District Health Authority

  March 1988

  September 1988

  March 1989

  Waiting list

  District health authority

  Number

  Rank

  Number

  Rank

  Number

  Rank

  fund allocation 1988–89

  Hartlepool

  1,116

  175

  1,205

  172

  1,167

  175

  76,484

  North Tees

  1,251

  170

  1,219

  171

  1,507

  163

  44,184

  South Tees

  5,153

  37

  5,268

  36

  4,797

  48

  437,600

  East Cumbria

  3,524

  78

  3,577

  74

  3,422

  88

  139,046

  South Cumbria

  1,105

  176

  1,266

  170

  1,206

  173

  8,150

  West Cumbria

  1,406

  164

  1,391

  164

  1,334

  171

  0

  Darlington

  2,172

  137

  2,332

  125

  2,163

  134

  185,700

  Durham

  1,384

  166

  1,357

  167

  1,425

  166

  38,811

  North West Durham

  845

  183

  830

  184

  763

  186

  0

  South West Durham

  1,086

  177

  980

  178

  1,048

  181

  19,000

  Northumberland

  1,636

  157

  1,628

  151

  1,671

  157

  82,898

  Gateshead

  1,275

  169

  1,341

  168

  1,109

  178

  54,100

  Newcastle

  8,032

  9

  7,813

  9

  8,669

  7

  297,679

  North Tyneside

  1,189

  173

  1,018

  177

  1,057

  179

  59,472

  South Tyneside

  797

  185

  815

  186

  886

  182

  23,835

  Sunderland

  4,073

  65

  3,889

  64

  4,609

  53

  529,532

  Hull

  8,559

  6

  7,357

  14

  6,867

  18

  480,600

  East Yorkshire

  1,768

  153

  1,841

  145

  1,580

  159

  22,000

  Grimsby

  1,149

  174

  1,032

  176

  1,746

  154

  0

  Scunthorpe

  2,843

  108

  2,875

  103

  2,881

  107

  133,500

  Northallerton

  677

  188

  703

  187

  700

  187

  0

  York

  2,549

  117

  2,784

  109

  2,557

  121

  178,000

  Scarborough

  2,043

  139

  2,103

  134

  2,081

  138

  0

  Harrogate

  1,761

  154

  1,549

  155

  2,074

  139

  11,550

  Bradford

  6,978

  19

  6,388

  23

  6,836

  19

  238,160

  Airedale

  2,351

  126

  2,223

  130

  2,502

  124

  171,200

  Calderdale

  1,044

  180

  1,086

  175

  1,053

  180

  16,000

  Huddersfield

  2,099

  138

  1,793

  147

  2,215

  131

  39,828

  Dewsbury

  763

  187

  574

  189

  782

  184

  0

  Leeds Western

  5,663

  30

  5,756

  28

  6,201

  23

  63,475

  Leeds Eastern

  6,993

  18

  6,906

  21

  6,529

  21

  264,590

  Wakefield

  2,037

  140

  2,313

  127

  2,101

  136

  56,463

  Pontefract

  2,002

  145

  1,701

  150

  2,056

  140

  324,000

  North Derbyshire

  2,354

  125

  2,800

  108

  2,152

  135

  250,900

  564
  as more than 130,000 out-patients. This year health authorities are using the fund to treat an additional 100,000 in-patients/day cases and 90,000 out-patients. We intend to allocate further funds for tackling long waiting times in 1990–91, and I will be making a statement about this soon.

  Earlier this year my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Putney (Mr. Mellor) sent a management team, led by John Yates of Inter Authority Comparisons and Consultancy, into the 22 districts with the longest waiting times in the country, to find out why the lists there are so long, and to suggest how they can be shortened. As a result of this work, backed up by money from the waiting list fund, the number of patients waiting over a year in the 43 specialties studied has already reduced by a quarter. I intend this valuable and effective work to continue next year.

  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list district health authorities in England in rank order of size of waiting list as at September 1989, stating also their position as at March 1989, September 1988, and March 1988, the size of waiting list at each date and the amount in total and per head of population expended under the waiting list initiative for 1988–89.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The information requested is given in the table and the ranking is based on waiting list data for 31 March 1989 which are the latest figures available centrally. The amount of waiting list money per head of population cannot be accurately calculated by district as projects funded can involve cross-boundary flow.
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  March 1988

  September 1988

  March 1989

  Waiting list fund allocation 1988–89

  District health authority

  Number

  Rank

  Number

  Rank

  Number

  Rank

  Southern Derbyshire

  4,986

  40

  4,554

  48

  5,182

  39

  228,400

  Leicestershire

  8,413

  7

  8,700

  4

  8,495

  9

  304,320

  North Lincolnshire

  3,014

  97

  2,999

  96

  2,851

  111

  60,000

  South Lincolnshire

  3,157

  89

  3,484

  78

  3,237

  93

  308,000

  Bassetlaw

  1,247

  171

  1,381

  165

  1,136

  176

  274,000

  Central Nottinghamshire

  4,061

  66

  4,149

  57

  4,745

  49

  200,000

  Nottingham

  7,299

  16

  6,311

  26

  8,360

  11

  254,000

  Barnsley

  2,279

  128

  2,398

  124

  2,529

  123

  80,000

  Doncaster

  4,222

  62

  4,536

  50

  3,991

  68

  434,100

  Rotherham

  3,113

  94

  3,141

  90

  3,420

  89

  82,500

  Sheffield

  10,931

  2

  10,441

  2

  10,820

  3

  430,700

  Cambridge

  4,305

  59

  4,166

  56

  4,431

  59

  91,119

  Peterborough

  4,608

  48

  4,841

  42

  4,675

  51

  161,490

  West Suffolk

  3,147

  91

  2,685

  112

  3,610

  74

  17,700

  East Suffolk

  3,774

  74

  3,488

  77

  4,154

  65

  99,300

  Norwich

  9,995

  3

  9,041

  3

  11,507

  2

  359,800

  Great Yarmouth and Waveney

  3,713

  76

  3,535

  75

  4,031

  67

  186,140

  West Norfolk and Wisbech

  2,408

  122

  2,230

  129

  2,461

  125

  87,500

  Huntingdon

  1,467

  163

  1,132

  173

  1,620

  158

  0

  North Bedfordshire

  1,818

  151

  1,702

  149

  1,743

  155

  30,000

  South Bedfordshire

  2,952

  100

  3,061

  94

  2,950

  104

  58,100

  North Hertfordshire

  2,979

  98

  2,883

  102

  3,107

  97

  218,900

  East Hertfordshire

  1,309

  168

  1,510

  158

  1,537

  162

  175,000

  North West Hertfordshire

  1,057

  179

  969

  179

  1,185

  174

  136,500

  South West Hertfordshire

  1,694

  155

  1,378

  166

  1,565

  161

  50,650

  Barnet

  2,970

  99

  2,941

  98

  3,021

  101

  26,250

  Harrow

  1,405

  165

  1,481

  160

  1,814

  150

  20,000

  Hillingdon

  7,773

  11

  7,579

  11

  6,993

  17

  346,500

  Hounslow and Spelthorne

  6,221

  25

  6,369

  24

  5,834

  27

  370,000

  Ealing

  1,961

  148

  1,799

  146

  1,423

  167

  100,270

  Riverside

  5,897

  28

  6,254

  27

  5,913

  25

  0

  Parkside

  6,734

  21

  6,359

  25

  5,885

  26

  244,300

  Basildon and Thurrock

  5,734

  29

  5,428

  34

  5,568

  30

  456,000

  Mid Essex

  5,097

  38

  5,291

  35

  5,348

  36

  71,404

  North East Essex

  3,212

  87

  2,914

  100

  3,514

  80

  220,413

  West Essex

  5,589

  31

  5,433

  33

  5,557

  31

  55,241

  Southend

  4,465

  53

  4,138

  58

  3,456

  82

  77,182

  Barking, Havering and Brentwood

  9,782

  4

  8,137

  7

  9,447

  4

  390,000

  Hampstead

  4,386

  57

  3,793

  67

  3,413

  90

  17,800

  Bloomsbury

  14,287

  1

  13,991

  1

  13,680

  1

  381,221

  Islington

  2,263

  130

  3,322

  85

  2,240

  130

  0

  City and Hackney

  5,408

  33

  5,493

  32

  5,470

  33

  83,013

  Newham

  1,003

  181

  969

  180

  1,122

  177

  25,639

  Tower Hamlets

  5,272

  35

  5,652

  30

  5,385

  34

  156,000

  Enfield

  3,345

  81

  3,446

  80

  3,604

  75

  170,300

  Haringey

  2,010

  143

  1,101

  174

  2,659

  118

  0

  Redbridge

  1,975

  146

  2,198

  131

  1,972

  144

  120,085

  Waltham Forest

  5,556

  32

  4,895

  40

  5,628

  28

  47,544

  Brighton

  4,432

  55

  4,387

  52

  4,358

  61

  159,550

  Eastbourne

  3,829

  72

  3,609

  72

  3,676

  71

  167,000

  Hastings

  2,864

  105

  2,754

  110

  2,768

  114

  90,000

  South East Kent

  2,849

  106

  2,588

  119

  3,043

  100

  0

  Canterbury and Thanet

  4,732

  46

  5,266

  37

  4,722

  50

  98,750

  Dartford and Gravesham

  3,972

  69

  3,911

  63

  4,219

  64

  90,000

  Maidstone

  3,812

  73

  3,441

  81

  3,382

  91

  211,408

  Medway

  2,743

  111

  2,597

  118

  3,549

  78

  151,000

  Tunbridge Wells

  4,501

  50

  4,553

  49

  4,374

  60

  102,800

  Bexley

  1,515

  160

  1,605

  152

  1,977

  143

  209,750

  Greenwich

  2,391

  123

  2,864

  104

  2,575

  120

  70,400

  Bromley

  2,269

  129

  2,084

  135

  1,771

  152

  181,200

  West Lambeth

  5,944

  27

  7,332

  16

  4,802

  47

  253,200

  Camberwell

  2,426

  121

  1,987

  139

  2,327

  129

  0

  Lewisham and North Southwark

  7,340

  14

  7,247

  18

  6,429

  22

  471,200

  North West Surrey

  2,836

  109

  3,239

  87

  2,962

  102

  165,000

  West Surrey and North East Hants

  4,779

  45

  4,569

  47

  4,586

  54

  520,000

  South West Surrey

  3,273

  84

  2,682

  113

  2,871

  109

  95,000

  Mid Surrey

  2,931

  102

  1,940

  141

  2,188

  132

  170,000

  East Surrey

  3,148

  90

  2,629

  115

  3,449

  83

  120,000

  Chichester

  2,200

  134

  1,861

  144

  2,551

  122

  175,000

  Mid Downs

  4,651

  47

  3,528

  76

  4,902

  42

  0

  566 567

  March 1988

  September 1988

  March 1989

  Waiting list

  District health authority

  Number

  Rank

  Number

  Rank

  Number

  Rank

  fund allocation 1988–89

  Worthing

  4,249

  61

  3,935

  62

  4,479

  55

  408,000

  Croydon

  2,190

  135

  2,066

  136

  2,358

  128

  0

  Kingston and Esher

  2,460

  120

  2,138

  133

  3,432

  85

  340,000

  Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton

  2,730

  112

  2,626

  116

  2,816

  113

  0

  Wandsworth

  2,543

  118

  2,165

  132

  3,444

  84

  0

  Merton and Sutton

  3,015

  96

  3,205

  89

  3,089

  98

  0

  East Dorset

  4,832

  42

  5,165

  38

  4,875

  44

  190,776

  West Dorset

  2,227

  132

  2,025

  137

  2,092

  137

  6,000

  Portsmouth and South East Hampshire

  6,779

  20

  7,404

  13

  5,612

  29

  300,000

  Southampton and South West Hampshire

  6,520

  23

  7,051

  19

  8,542

  8

  222,000

  Winchester

  3,132

  93

  2,809

  106

  2,723

  116

  110,000

  Basingstoke and North Hampshire

  2,382

  124

  3,300

  86

  2,638

  119

  137,000

  Salisbury

  6,349

  24

  6,547

  22

  6,046

  24

  128,500

  Swindon

  2,623

  116

  2,922

  99

  3,069

  99

  147,000

  Bath

  5,291

  34

  4,982

  39

  5,506

  32

  150,000

  Isle of Wight

  1,472

  162

  1,521

  157

  1,475

  164

  58,000

  East Berkshire

  7,317

  15

  7,562

  12

  8,056

  13

  80,000

  West Berkshire

  4,816

  44

  4,743

  45

  5,260

  38

  50,000

  Aylesbury Vale

  2,906

  104

  3,367

  83

  3,185

  96

  100,000

  Wycombe

  804

  184

  930

  181

  806

  183

  13,000

  Milton Keynes

  2,031

  141

  1,991

  138

  1,722

  156

  300,000

  Kettering

  4,268

  60

  4,193

  55

  5,014

  40

  80,000

  Northampton

  3,606

  77

  3,688

  69

  3,458

  81

  50,000

  Oxfordshire

  7,248

  17

  6,964

  20

  7,857

  15

  490,000

  Bristol and Weston

  7,461

  13

  8,035

  8

  8,056

  14

  209,920

  Frenchay

  2,950

  101

  2,980

  97

  2,166

  133

  236,500

  Southmead

  1,774

  152

  1,506

  159

  1,939

  145

  33,507

  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

  5,180

  36

  3,942

  61

  5,372

  35

  130,596

  Exeter

  4,060

  67

  3,627

  71

  4,613

  52

  100,500

  North Devon

  2,018

  142

  1,906

  143

  2,016

  141

  58,430

  Plymouth

  6,180

  26

  5,634

  31

  6,754

  20

  392,255

  Torbay

  2,654

  114

  2,716

  111

  2,767

  115

  297,000

  Cheltenham

  2,321

  127

  2,635

  114

  2,951

  103

  131,400

  Gloucester

  3,911

  70

  4,030

  60

  4,854

  46

  111,998

  Somerset

  4,902

  41

  4,818

  44

  5,310

  37

  194,352

  Bromsgrove and Redditch

  1,580

  159

  1,320

  169

  1,860

  149

  0

  Herefordshire

  3,430

  79

  3,108

  92

  3,648

  72

  0

  Kidderminster and District

  1,315

  167

  1,438

  162

  1,408

  168

  0

  Worcester and District

  3,236

  86

  3,333

  84

  3,211

  95

  0

  Shropshire

  7,639

  12

  7,611

  10

  8,360

  12

  210,000

  Mid Staffordshire

  1,868

  150

  1,775

  148

  1,274

  172

  0

  North Staffordshire

  8,588

  5

  8,466

  5

  8,431

  10

  328,000

  South East Staffordshire

  3,144

  92

  2,911

  101

  3,431

  86

  0

  Rugby

  784

  186

  919

  182

  769

  185

  0

  North Warwickshire

  3,099

  95

  3,026

  95

  2,688

  117

  0

  South Warwickshire

  2,844

  107

  2,481

  122

  2,914

  106

  20,000

  Central Birmingham

  4,832

  43

  4,865

  41

  4,452

  58

  0

  East Birmingham

  2,178

  136

  2,488

  121

  1,886

  147

  392,000

  North Birmingham

  1,681

  156

  1,434

  163

  1,908

  146

  0

  South Birmingham

  4,592

  49

  5,743

  29

  3,640

  73

  616,100

  West Birmingham

  3,346

  80

  3,605

  73

  2,879

  108

  90,000

  Coventry

  4,212

  63

  4,655

  46

  4,462

  57

  886,000

  Dudley

  4,491

  52

  3,845

  65

  4,864

  45

  146,000

  Sandwell

  2,009

  144

  1,953

  140

  2,013

  142

  119,900

  Solihull

  1,202

  172

  1,573

  154

  1,383

  170

  150,000

  Walsall

  2,523

  119

  2,585

  120

  2,405

  127

  0

  Wolverhampton

  3,868

  71

  3,662

  70

  3,745

  70

  24,000

  Chester

  3,182

  88

  3,094

  93

  3,536

  79

  65,000

  Crewe

  4,459

  54

  4,232

  54

  3,567

  77

  239,400

  Halton

  203

  190

  107

  190

  156

  190

  245,000

  Macclesfield

  1,065

  178

  834

  183

  1,402

  169

  75,000

  Warrington

  2,231

  131

  1,925

  142

  1,870

  148

  210,000

  Liverpool

  8,311

  8

  8,218

  6

  8,804

  6

  202,025

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  3,760

  75

  3,775

  68

  3,586

  76

  195,500

  Southport and Formby

  1,630

  158

  1,549

  156

  1,753

  153

  83,000

  South Sefton

  3,242

  85

  3,453

  79

  3,232

  94

  266,610

  Wirral

  4,038

  68

  3,844

  66

  4,133

  66

  0

  Lancaster

  2,677

  113

  2,312

  128

  2,826

  112

  84,300

  Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde

  3,304

  83

  3,399

  82

  3,431

  87

  57,400

  568 569

  March 1988

  September 1988

  March 1989

  Waiting list fund allocation 1988–89

  District health authority

  Number

  Rank

  Number

  Rank

  Number

  Rank

  Preston

  5,080

  39

  4,828

  43

  4,897

  43

  148,600

  Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley

  3,339

  82

  3,225

  88

  3,761

  69

  250,000

  Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale

  1,971

  147

  2,329

  126

  1,807

  151

  151,800

  West Lancashire

  2,210

  133

  2,401

  123

  2,852

  110

  91,600

  Chorley and South Ribble

  582

  189

  666

  188

  636

  188

  66,900

  Bolton

  2,922

  103

  2,607

  117

  2,936

  105

  101,100

  Bury

  903

  182

  825

  185

  373

  189

  45,800

  North Manchester

  2,806

  110

  3,135

  91

  2,457

  126

  77,400

  Central Manchester

  7,865

  10

  7,353

  15

  9,441

  5

  272,600

  South Manchester

  6,670

  22

  7,265

  17

  7,483

  16

  100,000

  Oldham

  4,494

  51

  4,249

  53

  4,903

  41

  317,900

  Rochdale

  2,654

  115

  2,821

  105

  3,280

  92

  201,800

  Salford

  4,196

  64

  2,803

  107

  4,477

  56

  202,500

  Stockport

  4,384

  58

  4,446

  51

  4,324

  62

  69,100

  Tameside and Glossop

  1,899

  149

  1,604

  153

  1,566

  160

  92,400

  Trafford

  1,480

  161

  1,470

  161

  1,469

  165

  98,800

  Wigan

  4,402

  56

  4,080

  59

  4,310

  63

  106,000

  1Total less self deferred.

  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current waiting list for operations in(a) the west midlands and (b) the Walsall borough (i) in total and (ii) of those waiting for over 12 months; and if he will list the operations needing to be performed.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: Waiting list information is available centrally only by the specialty of treatment and not by operation. The available information is given in the table:

  Gross demand in-patient waiting list, surgical1 acute specialties 31 March 1989

  Total

  Number waiting 12 months or more

  West Midlands RHA

  73,003

  19,753

  Walsall DHA

  2,577

  412

  1 Including gynaecology.

  Ear, Nose and Throat Services
  Mr. Flannery
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the present waiting lists for ear, nose and throat patients in Sheffield(a) to see an ear, nose and throat specialist and (b) for hearing aid appointments; and what plans there are to shorten the lists.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  We do not collect information on out-patient waiting times centrally. On our plans to reduce waiting times generally I refer the hon. Member to my reply today to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport (Mr. Favell).

  Mr. Brandon-Bravo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any recommendations for the number of sessions for ear, nose and throat surgeons.

  1. Numbers of haemophiliacs reported as HIV-antibody positive to the Communicable Diseases Surveillance Centre (Colindale) and the Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit.

  1985

  1986

  1987

  1988

  1989

  Cumulative Total

  England, Wales and Northern Ireland

  495

  371

  76

  44

  34

  11,020

  Scotland2

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  76

  United Kingdom Total

  1,096

  570
  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The number and type of sessions worked by any consultant, including ENT surgeons, is a matter for agreement between the consultant and his/her employing authority.

  GPs
  Mr. John Marshall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about trends in the average general practitioner's list size since 1979.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Over the last 10 years the average list size of family doctors in England has continued to fall from 2,286 in 1979 to 1,999 in 1988, a decrease of more than 12 per cent.

  Haemophiliacs (HIV)
  Mr. Ashley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest number of haemophiliacs who have been infected with the AIDS virus following a National Health Service blood transfusion; and how many have died.

  Mr. Dalyell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has readily available figures as to how many haemophiliacs have been diagnosed as HIV positive over any convenient period in the last five years; and if he will make a statement on policy towards help for such patients.

  Mr. Freeman
  The available information is shown in the tables. The Government provided £10 million to set up the Macfarlane trust to meet the special needs of people in the United Kingdom with haemophilia and HIV infection, and their dependants.
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  1The actual number of known HIV-1 infected haemophiliacs may be greater as some may have been included in the undetermined exposure category.

  2Yearly figures not available centrally.

  2. Cumulative number of haemophiliacs with AIDS known to have died in the United Kingdom by 30 September 1989

  Number

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  Prescriptions
  Mr. Andrew McKay
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many National Health Service prescriptions are being dispensed per year; and what was the figure for 1979.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The number of prescriptions dispensed in England during 1988, the latest year for which information is available, was 371 million. In 1979, 321 million prescriptions were dispensed.

  Poland (Medical Aid)
  Mr. Tredinnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has had concerning the provisions of medical aid for Poland.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  I have not received any representations on this subject but my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs received one inquiry about medical equipment in September this year. I visited Poland at the invitation of the Polish Minister of Health and Social Welfare in April this year for discussions and as a result we are now looking at various proposals for co-operation on medical training, health service reforms and a broadening of the scope of the United Kingdom-Poland health co-operation agreement.

  BMA
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has received any statements from the British Medical Association recently; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mr. Hunter) on 3 November at column 385.

  Patients (York)
  Mr. Gregory
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many in-patients were treated in the York health authority area in 1978 and 1988, respectively; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  During the financial year 1987–88, 34,062 in-patient cases were treated by York district health authority, an increase of 26·2 per cent. over the 1978 figure of 26,997.

  Royal National Institute for the Deaf
  Mr. Illsley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to meet the Royal National Institute for the Deaf to discuss current legislation.
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  Mr. Freeman
  My right hon. Friend the Minister for Social Security and the Disabled and I met representatives from the Royal National Institute for the Deaf on 24 October 1989 to discuss its proposals for improving hearing aid services in the light of my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Torridge and Devon, West (Miss Nicholson) on 27 July at columns 918–19.

  General Practitioners
  Mr. Marlow
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence he has that patients are susceptible to changing their general practitioners according to the differing perceived levels of service available; and to what extent the patient is able to measure that perception.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  It is the Government's view, clearly set out in our White Paper "Promoting Better Health", that patients should have adequate information on which to base their choice of general practitioner. A number of measures are being implemented to achieve this objective, including, for those who choose to do so, a simplified procedure for changing doctor.

  Ambulance Service
  Mr. Spearing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will tabulate the percentage of the trained and qualified personnel of the London ambulance accident and emergency service who have resigned or taken early retirement during each of the years 1985 to 1988.

  Mr. Freeman
  This is a matter for the South West Thames regional health authority, which manages the London ambulance service. The hon. Member may therefore wish to contact the chairman of the authority, Mrs. Julia Cumberlege.

  Mr. Kennedy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure that ambulancemen receive payment for the additional man hours involved in participating in riot and public disorder training; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: Special incident collaborative training, including public order aspects, has for some years been available to ambulance service staff. Attendance at the training attracts normal rates of pay.

  Mr. Corbyn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the staff employed by the London ambulance service on accident and emergency work between 1 September and 31 October per 24-hour period(a) by day and (b) by night.

  Mr. Freeman
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The information requested is available only in the format shown as follows:

  Early shift

  Late shift

  Night shift

  Friday 1 September 1989

  235

  253

  152

  Saturday 2 September 1989

  254

  243

  138

  Sunday 3 September 1989

  225

  216

  148

  Monday 4 September 1989

  294

  271

  156

  573

  Early shift

  Late shift

  Night shift

  Tuesday 5 September 1989

  290

  282

  180

  Wednesday 6 September 1989

  299

  230

  180

  Thursday 7 September 1989

  297

  274

  158

  Friday 8 September 1989

  292

  270

  151

  Saturday 9 September 1989

  252

  241

  139

  Sunday 10 September 1989

  235

  219

  158

  Monday 11 September 1989

  296

  288

  159

  Tuesday 12 September 1989

  288

  282

  155

  Wednesday 13 September 1989

  287

  276

  132

  Thursday 14 September 1989

  236

  248

  124

  Friday 15 September 1989

  246

  241

  118

  Saturday 16 September 1989

  206

  216

  104

  Sunday 17 September 1989

  172

  198

  104

  Monday 18 September 1989

  257

  248

  138

  Tuesday 19 September 1989

  259

  243

  139

  Wednesday 20 September 1989

  256

  241

  142

  Thursday 21 September 1989

  248

  239

  138

  Friday 22 September 1989

  244

  239

  120

  Saturday 23 September 1989

  211

  195

  110

  Sunday 24 September 1989

  190

  172

  114

  Monday 25 September 1989

  250

  248

  146

  Tuesday 26 September 1989

  288

  244

  130

  Wednesday 27 September 1989

  250

  248

  144

  Thursday 28 September 1989

  244

  244

  140

  Friday 29 September 1989

  264

  231

  125

  Saturday 30 September 1989

  208

  190

  115

  Sunday 1 October 1989

  187

  177

  129

  Monday 2 October 1989

  269

  245

  126

  Tuesday 3 October 1989

  270

  240

  134

  Wednesday 4 October 1989

  256

  247

  133

  Thursday 5 October 1989

  270

  232

  135

  Friday 6 October 1989

  256

  231

  120

  Saturday 7 October 1989

  224

  206

  110

  Sunday 8 October 1989

  183

  196

  130

  Monday 9 October 1989

  254

  246

  161

  Tuesday 10 October 1989

  254

  254

  153

  Wednesday 11 October 1989

  262

  248

  169

  Thursday 12 October 1989

  269

  236

  166

  Friday 13 October 1989

  252

  237

  152

  Saturday 14 October 1989

  234

  219

  143

  Sunday 15 October 1989

  192

  189

  144

  Monday 16 October 1989

  254

  247

  159

  Tuesday 17 October 1989

  268

  247

  156

  Wednesday 18 October 1989

  258

  246

  152

  Thursday 19 October 1989

  244

  248

  155

  Friday 20 October 1989

  249

  244

  137

  Saturday 21 October 1989

  216

  214

  112

  Sunday 22 October 1989

  199

  186

  127

  Monday 23 October 1989

  Dispute day/figures unavailable

  Tuesday 24 October 1989

  Dispute day/figures unavailable

  Wednesday 25 October 1989

  272

  247

  140

  Thursday 26 October 1989

  257

  236

  142

  Friday 27 October 1989

  257

  233

  115

  Saturday 28 October 1989

  235

  208

  109

  Sunday 29 October 1989

  214

  204

  118

  Monday 30 October 1989

  264

  250

  144

  Tuesday 31 October 1989

  282

  256

  137

  Bassetlaw Hospital
  Mr. Ashton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on his visit to Bassetlaw hospital, Worksop, on 23 October.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  I had a useful and enjoyable visit to Bassetlaw district general hospital during which I saw some of the facilities at the hospital, had meetings with the district chairman and her management team and with the community health council and gave interviews to the local media. I also attended an informal lunch at which I met a number of the hospital's consultants and other senior professional staff.

  Nurses (Leicestershire Health Authority)
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many Black and Asian nurses are employed by Leicestershire health authority; and how many of those are(a) state registered nurses and (b) state enrolled nurses;

  (2) how many nurses are currently employed by Leicestershire health authority.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  At 30 September 1988 there were 6,570 whole-time equivalent nursing and midwifery staff in post in Leicestershire district health authority. We do not hold centrally information on the numbers of black and Asian nurses. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman of Leicestershire health authority for this information.

  Organ Transplants
  Sir Michael McNair-Wilson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the anti rejection drug FK-506 is being used in clinical trials with organ transplant patients anywhere in the United Kingdom.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Before clinical trials can take place in the United Kingdom, a clinical trial certificate or exemption must be held. Details of applications under the Medicines Act 1968 are confidential to the licensing authority, and it is not the practice to say whether specific applications have been made.

  Workplace Nurseries
  Dr. Woodcock
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide an estimate of the number of workplace nursery places available in the United Kingdom by number and by percentage of potential population.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  This information is not held centrally.

  FK 506
  Sir Michael McNair-Wilson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what consideration his Department has given to the question of against whom liability for use of the drug FK 506 will rest;

  (2) what discussions have taken place with the Japanese Government about allowing a supply of the anti-rejection drug FK 506 to be used in the United Kingdom.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Officials asked the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare to facilitate transmission of FK 506 by Fujisawa Pharmaceuticals from Japan for Dr. Roger Williams of Kings College hospital, London to use in treating his patient Mrs. Aisling Barnett following a liver transplant. I am glad to have this opportunity to express my gratitude to the Japanese Ministry for their prompt and effective response, and to all the others concerned, notably the British Embassy in Tokyo, British Airways, and the Metropolitan police.

  Responsibility for choice of medicinal product in patient care lies with the practitioner concerned. Where, as in this case, a product has not been granted a product licence under provisions of the Medicines Act 1968, the practitioner concerned may nevertheless choose to use the product for a particular named patient under the licensing exemptions provided in section 9 of the Act. Questions of

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  liability arising from that choice are a matter for the practitioner subject to relevant legal provisions in respect of product liability etc.

  Kidney Patients
  Sir Michael McNair-Wilson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list region by region the number of kidney patients receiving haemodialysis or CAPD

  Region

  Hospital haemodialysis

  Home haemodialysis

  Intermittent peritoneal dialysis

  Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

  Functioning graft

  Northern

  208

  19

  25

  168

  514

  Yorkshire

  209

  94

  1

  182

  381

  Trent

  215

  223

  2

  319

  584

  East Anglia

  114

  60

  —

  63

  419

  North West Thames

  161

  77

  12

  151

  469

  North East Thames

  191

  90

  5

  333

  821

  South East Thames

  181

  97

  4

  306

  1,160

  South West Thames

  11

  44

  0

  97

  165

  Wessex

  86

  32

  0

  135

  334

  Oxford

  99

  115

  0

  96

  418

  South Western

  99

  156

  4

  202

  460

  West Midlands

  198

  122

  1

  489

  194

  Mersey

  141

  49

  0

  67

  386

  North Western

  157

  144

  18

  265

  726

  1 Complete data not available.

  Patients are registered by the units treating them and are therefore recorded according to the health region in which the units are located, not according to the region in which patients live. Some patients cross regional boundaries to receive treatment, notably from South West Thames to South East Thames and from Wessex to South Western.

  There are no age limits for treatment of end-stage renal failure. The treatment of an individual patient is a matter for the responsible consultant, whose decisions will take account of the patient's clinical condition.

  Imported Medicines
  Mr. Gale
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish figures for the annual consumption in the United Kingdom of parallel imported medicines for each of the last five years for which figures are available.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  This information is not collected centrally.

  Suicide
  Mr. Galloway
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what figures he has for the number of officially recorded(a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Scotland for (1) all persons of 18 years and over, (2) all persons aged 45 to 65 years, (3) all persons of 18 years and over who were unemployed at the date of suicide or the attempt and (4) all persons aged 45 to 65 years who were unemployed at the date of suicide or the attempt, in each case showing men and women separately.

  Mr. Freeman
  The figures for suicides in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Scotland for (1) all persons aged 18 years or over and (2) all persons aged 45 to 64 years are shown in the table. Information on the number of attempted suicides, and whether those people committing suicide were unemployed at time of death, is not available.
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  treatment and the numbers who have received transplants; and whether any regional health authorities impose age limits either for dialysis or for transplantation.

  Mr. Freeman
  According to information provided by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association, the number of patients alive on different forms of therapy on 31 December 1988, by English region, was as follows:

  Number of deaths by suicide1 United Kingdom and Scotland, 1988

  Age 18 +

  Age 45 to 64

  Males

  Females

  Males

  Females

  United Kingdom

  3,548

  1,346

  956

  415

  Scotland

  418

  167

  122

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  1International classification of diseases, 9th revision, codes E950 to E959.

  Skoal Bandits
  Mr. Burns
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has any plans to ban the sale of Skoal Bandits in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Freeman
  The Government have proposed a total ban on the supply of all oral snuff products, including Skoal Bandits. On 7 August this proposal was notified to the European Commission and the GATT secretariat in accordance with our international obligations. EC member states have until 9 November to let us have any views on the proposal, but this deadline can be extended if there are objections or if the Commission wishes to bring forward its own proposals for the Community as a whole. The Government will reach a final decision on whether to proceed to a ban as quickly as possible once this procedure has been completed.

  Immunisation and Screening
  Mr. Bowis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if it is his intention to support general practitioners' efforts to meet immunisation and screening targets by conducting a public information and education campaign.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  [holding answer 6 November 1989]: The Department is preparing, with the Health Education Authority, an information and education campaign on immunisation. We hope that this will be launched in 1990 and will be aimed both at professionals and the public.
  577
  The improvements which we have asked health authorities to make to their cervical cancer screening programmes will lead to a more systematic approach to screening and increased coverage of the population. The routine invitations generated by the call and recall programme will inform women of the need for regular screening. In addition, the Health Education Authority has produced a leaflet, "The Cervical Smear Test: Why You Need It", which health authorities and family practitioner committees can enclose with invitation letters to women, and has issued guidelines on the points which should be covered in the invitation letter. We take every opportunity to encourage representatives of women's organisations to inform their members about the value of both the cervical and breast screening programmes.

EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

  Teachers (Absenteeism)
  Mr. Bowis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the latest figures for absenteeism among teachers by local education authority and sector.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  The employment and deployment of teachers is a matter for LEAs. This information is not collected by the Department.

  Physical Education Curriculum Group
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will immediately reconvene the physical education curriculum group.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  My right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State announced in January 1989 that arrangements for considering the content of guidelines for physical education in the national curriculum would be set

  United Kingdom earthquakes 1979 to August 1989

  (Richter magnitudes 2·5 and over)

  Date

  HrMnSecs

  Latitude

  Longitude

  Depth (km)

  Richter magnitude

  Localily

  Effects

  19 February 1979

  113932·7

  56·25

  -3·73

  6·0

  3·2

  Ochil Hills

  Minor damage, plaster cracks.

  7 October 1979

  0526

  5305

  -1·24

  —

  2·5

  Mansfield

  Felt, no damage.

  7 October 1979

  0812

  53·05

  -1·24

  —

  3·1

  Mansfield

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  9 October 1979

  1010

  53·05

  -1·24

  —

  3·0

  Mansfield

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  26 December 1979

  035707·3

  55·05

  -2·86

  5·0

  4·8

  Longtown

  Damage to chimneys, roof tiles.

  30 December 1979

  205301·4

  57·08

  -5·23

  —

  2·9

  Kintail

  —

  1 January 1980

  050547·0

  55·01

  -2·83

  9·0

  4·1

  Longtown

  Minor damage, plaster cracks.

  1 January 1980

  110503·0

  56·25

  -3·73

  2·0

  3·0

  Ochil Hills

  —

  12 January 1980

  084954·4

  51·67

  -3·00

  0·0

  3·0

  Cwmbran

  Felt, no damage.

  25 January 1980

  150129·9

  55·06

  -2·84

  4·0

  2·7

  Longtown

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  28 January 1980

  132230·0

  55·11

  -2·90

  2·0

  2·6

  Longtown

  —

  7 May 1980

  151203·3

  55·02

  -2·84

  7·0

  3·2

  Longtown

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  11 June 1980

  072227·3

  58·78

  0·95

  26·0

  3·2

  North Sea

  —

  7 July 1980

  235719·1

  53·1

  -2·2

  —

  2·7

  Talke area

  Felt, no damage.

  8 July 1980

  000248·4

  53·1

  -2·2

  —

  3·1

  Talke area

  Felt, no damage.

  17 July 1980

  0904

  53·1

  -2·2

  —

  2·5

  Stoke area

  —

  19 July 1980

  0533

  53·1

  -2·2

  —

  2·7

  Stoke area

  —

  30 July 1980

  153344·0

  55·07

  -2·84

  1·0

  2·5

  Longtown

  —

  7 August 1980

  0022

  53·1

  -2·2

  —

  3·0

  Stoke Coalfield

  —

  578
  up by June 1990. I hope to be able to announce shortly the form these arrangements will take and the associated timetable.

  School Playing Fields
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to rescind rule 909 and halt the sale of school playing fields.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  The law places upon education authorities a duty to provide school playing fields in accordance with standards prescribed by the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981, Statutory Instrument No. 909. Local education authorities are free to dispose of any surplus if they wish, and this is not a matter in which my hon. Friend can intervene.

  Earthquakes
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what research is being carried out into earthquakes occurring in the United Kingdom;

  (2) if he will list by location and date the number of earthquakes that have been recorded during the last 10 years; what damage was recorded; on what seismographic scale; and what research is being carried out by his Department into earthquakes.

  Mr. Jackson
  Research into earthquakes in the United Kingdom is carried out by the British Geological Survey, which is funded from the Department's grant to the Natural Environment Research Council. Specialist scientists, based at over 80 sites in the country, monitor current seismic activity. They also research historical records to identify the recurrence rate of the larger earthquakes.

  The following list sets out the information requested for all earthquakes recorded in the United Kingdom over the last 10 years, having a magnitude of 2·5 or more on the Richter scale.
  579

  Date

  HrMnSecs

  Latitude

  Longitude

  Depth (km)

  Richter magnitude

  Locality

  Effects

  14 August 1980

  2051

  53·1

  -2·2

  —

  2·6

  Stoke Coalfield

  9 November 1980

  001101·5

  53·10

  -2·28

  —

  3·2

  Talke area

  Felt, no damage.

  9 November 1980

  112833·0

  53·06

  -2·28

  5·0

  2·5

  Talke area

  Felt, no damage.

  1 December 1980

  142051·9

  56·25

  -3·74

  5·0

  2·6

  Ochil Hills

  13 December 1980

  103101·4

  55·02

  -2·86

  6·0

  3·5

  Longtown

  Minor damage, plaster cracks.

  1 January 1981

  212126·2

  57·47

  -0·18

  15·0

  3·2

  North Sea

  25 February 1981

  203256·8

  50·11

  -5·17

  5·0

  3·5

  Constantine

  6April 1981

  1752

  53·08

  -2·26

  3·0

  2·5

  Talke area

  24 May 1981

  0004

  53·03

  -2·19

  0·0

  3·1

  Stoke Coalfield

  2 June 1981

  1102

  53·03

  -1·14

  —

  2·7

  Nottingham

  Felt, no damage.

  9 June 1981

  184411·3

  57·12

  -5·50

  —

  2·6

  Kintail

  12 June 1981

  073642·7

  50·38

  -4·33

  8·0

  2·5

  Liskeard

  5 August 1981

  203409·6

  53·08

  -2·27

  4·0

  2·8

  Talke area

  18 October 1981

  160839·2

  54·69

  -1·66

  —

  2·5

  Bishop Aukland

  27 October 1981

  051344·1

  54·15

  0·30

  23·7

  3·7

  Flamborough Head

  Felt, no damage.

  9 November 1981

  0310

  51·65

  -2·98

  —

  2·7

  Cwmbran

  Felt, no damage.

  27 December 1981

  153624·7

  59·21

  -2·36

  12·0

  2·5

  Off Cape Wrath

  4April 1982

  214346·3

  51·99

  -3·47

  5·0

  2·6

  Pont-Faen, Powys

  9 April 1982

  143604·3

  53·06

  -2·22

  0·0

  2·7

  Stoke-on-Trent

  Felt, no damage.

  19 July 1982

  133352·2

  51·15

  -1·06

  1·4

  3·0

  Near Basingstoke, Hants

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  9 August 1982

  112505·8

  53·00

  -3·94

  8·4

  2·6

  Nr Ffestiniog, Gwynedd

  Felt, no damage.

  27 October 1982

  235733·6

  57·23

  -5·46

  2·5

  3·0

  Ratagan forest

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  28 November 1983

  024613·4

  53·55

  -2·65

  6·9

  2·6

  Wigan, Manchester

  —

  16 February 1984

  101546·4

  55·10

  -3·59

  3·0

  2·6

  Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  22 March 1984

  120956·5

  53·30

  -0·95

  25·8

  3·2

  East Retford, Notts

  Felt, no damage.

  3 April 1984

  142713·2

  50·61

  -2·47

  12·9

  3·1

  Nr Weymouth, Dorset

  —

  15 April 1984

  210534·9

  52·41

  -3·25

  12·7

  3·3

  Felindre, Powys

  Minor damage, plaster cracks.

  30 May 1984

  025358·7

  52·94

  -1·13

  15·0

  3·1

  Nottingham

  Minor damage, plaster cracks.

  4 June 1984

  141659·5

  53·79

  -0·90

  10·4

  3·0

  Selby, N Yorks

  —

  19 July 1984

  065613·6

  52·98

  -4·43

  18·0

  5·4

  Lleyn peninsula NW Wales

  Damage to chimneys, roof tiles.

  19 July 1984

  094208·4

  52·97

  -4·16

  20·0

  2·9

  Lleyn peninsula NW Wales

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  19 July 1984

  205318·8

  52·96

  -4·22

  20·0

  2·5

  Lleyn peninsula NW Wales

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  20 July 1984

  152613·1

  52·97

  -4·23

  20·0

  2·5

  Lleyn peninsula NW Wales

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  23 July 1984

  082927·4

  52·99

  -4·42

  15·4

  2·8

  Lleyn peninsula NW Wales

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  29 July 1984

  201757·3

  52·98

  -4·44

  21·2

  4·0

  Lleyn peninsula NW Wales

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  29 July 1984

  204522·1

  52·96

  -4·38

  20·2

  2·5

  Lleyn peninsula NW Wales

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  30 July 1984

  151552·1

  52·97

  -4·38

  20·0

  2·8

  Lleyn peninsula NW Wales

  Felt, no damage.

  2 August 1984

  011150·3

  59·76

  1·79

  5·4

  2·8

  North Sea

  —

  4 August 1984

  034411·8

  52·97

  -4·40

  24·1

  2·7

  Lleyn Peninsula, North West Wales

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  6 August 1984

  072220·7

  52·95

  -4·33

  24·7

  3·6

  Lleyn Peninsula, North West Wales

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  18 August 1984

  113727·7

  52·96

  -4·38

  21·0

  4·3

  Lleyn Peninsula, North West Wales

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  13 October 1984

  132719·5

  53·74

  -2·38

  14·0

  3·2

  Accrington, Lancashire

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  15 April 1985

  190209·5

  51·43

  1·56

  1·5

  3·0

  Offshore Ramsgate

  —

  1 June 1985

  224745·2

  53·59

  -0·39

  8·7

  2·6

  Near Scunthorpe

  —

  21 August 1985

  032409·3

  51·94

  -3·23

  15·4

  2·5

  Black mountains, Powys

  —

  16 September 1985

  205014·3

  56·04

  -4·91

  6·1

  3·5

  Ardentinny, Strathclyde

  Minor damage, plaster cracks.

  16 November 1985

  191115·6

  53·82

  -2·07

  18·7

  2·6

  Hebden bridge, West Yorkshire

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  18 November 1985

  134246·8

  52·02

  -0·97

  11·1

  2·5

  Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

  —

  1 December 1985

  171851·9

  57·03

  -5·77

  4·2

  3·7

  Near Mallaig, Highland

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  2 December 1985

  174032·7

  51·28

  -0·82

  4·4

  2·7

  Fleet, Hampshire

  —

  4 January 1986

  003430·2

  57·76

  -5·56

  4·2

  2·5

  Poolewe, Highland

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  30 January 1986

  103256·8

  57·00

  -5·46

  11·8

  3·0

  Loch Nevis, Highland

  Felt, no damage.

  580 581

  Date

  HrMnSecs

  Latitude

  Longitude

  Depth (km)

  Richter magnitude

  Locality

  Effects

  15 April 1986

  162448·0

  52·95

  -4·41

  23·0

  2·7

  Lleyn

  Aftershock Felt, no damage.

  21 August 1986

  112710·1

  55·85

  -3·13

  0·1

  2·5

  Rosewell, Lothian

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  2 September 1986

  144759·5

  50·11

  -5·17

  6·2

  2·9

  Constantine, Cornwall

  Minor damage, plaster cracks.

  29 September 1986

  013336·1

  56·46

  -5·50

  22·4

  4·2

  Oban, Strathclyde

  Minor damage, plaster cracks

  9 October 1986

  125527·3

  55·85

  -3·13

  0·2

  2·8

  Rosewell, Lothian

  Moderate shaking, no damage

  26 December 1986

  205008·0

  51·90

  -1·34

  23·5

  2·9

  Oxford

  23 February 1987

  020837·7

  52·94

  -2·43

  10·5

  2·6

  Market Drayton, Shropshire

  12 March 1987

  092859·0

  52·48

  -2·44

  14·0

  2·5

  Bridgnorth, Shropshire

  20 April 1987

  051852·0

  59·57

  1·78

  10·6

  2·5

  North Sea

  1 May 1987

  060952·1

  52·74

  -0·82

  10·5

  2·7

  Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

  Moderate shaking, no damage

  3 May 1987

  224820·8

  56·68

  -6·24

  11·3

  2·5

  Mull, Highland

  4 October 1987

  022504·0

  58·37

  1·49

  2·4

  2·9

  NorthSea

  4 October 1987

  125828·3

  57·98

  -5·20

  0·4

  3·0

  Ullapool, Highland

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  4 October 1987

  172816·4

  57·97

  -5·19

  0·5

  3·0

  Ullapool, Highland

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  17 October 1987

  074438·8

  57·93

  -5·14

  2·0

  2·9

  Ullapool, Highland

  Felt, no damage.

  17 October 1987

  095407·6

  57·96

  -5·19

  4·8

  2·5

  Ullapool, Highland

  Felt, no damage.

  31 October 1987

  032934·9

  57·94

  -5·12

  0·6

  2·5

  Ullapool, Highland

  20 November 1987

  030739·3

  56·71

  -5·71

  0·5

  2·6

  Ardmamurchan, Highland

  Felt, no damage.

  5 December 1987

  102258·5

  53·49

  -1·98

  8·8

  2·6

  Manchester

  Moderate shaking, no damage.

  21 January 1988

  152807·8

  58·41

  1·49

  0·6

  3·0

  North Sea

  23 May 1988

  061334·5

  56·63

  -4·45

  8·8

  2·6

  Rannoch Moor, Tayside

  3 August 1988

  14824·1

  52·95

  1·78

  5·0

  2·9

  Southern North Sea

  8 August 1988

  195931·9

  63·68

  2·44

  20·0

  5·6

  Northern North Sea

  Felt on Shetland and Norway

  12 September 1988

  142310·6

  54·41

  -2·98

  15·0

  3·2

  Ambleside, Cumbria

  Minor damage, plaster cracks.

  12 September 1988

  142329·3

  54·40

  -3·01

  7·6

  3·0

  Ambleside, Cumbria

  Minor damage, plaster cracks.

  23 October 1988

  030155·1

  51·24

  -3·17

  17·1

  2·8

  Bridgwater, Somerset

  13 November 1988

  232050·9

  59·80

  -0·46

  29·2

  2·9

  East of Shetland

  Felt, no damage.

  10 December 1988

  100918·8

  56·09

  -5·19

  4·2

  2·7

  Loch Fyne, Strathclyde

  1989: None exceeding 2·5 Richer to date

  Qualified Teacher Status (Applications)
  Mr. Murphy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many applications for the award of qualified teacher status had been received by the Department of Education and Science under form P6 (5) at 30 September from European Community nationals; how many applications have been approved; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  At 30 September, 88 applications for the award of qualified teacher status from European Community nationals had been received. All were approved.

  Lecturers
  Mr. Murphy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many lecturers in maintained further education are female hourly paid part-time employees.

  Mr. Jackson
  Information held centrally provides only the full-time equivalent of part-time further education lecturers (not their number), nor are there separate figures for men and women. However, the total full-time 582
  equivalents of hourly paid part-time lecturers employed by local education authorities in England in January 1989 was 20,243.

  PCFC Budget
  Mr. Murphy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of the publicly funded PCFC recurrent budget for 1989–90 is allocated at institutional level to the gross salaries, subsidised housing and fringe benefits of the chief executives of each higher education corporation, and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Jackson
  As I told the hon. Member in reply to his question of 22 May at column 369, the Department collects information on the gross salaries of individual directors and principals of PCFC sector institutions for the purposes of the teachers' superannuation scheme, but the release of this information would be incompatible with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1984. Information on subsidised housing and other fringe benefits for the directors and principals is not collected centrally.

  Principals (Salaries)
  Mr. Murphy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the gross salaries of the principals of each of the public sector higher education institutions to incorporation on 1 April.

  Mr. Jackson
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 22 May 1989 at column 369.

  Teachers
  Mr. Murphy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many applications for the award of licensed teachers under form P6(1) had been received by the Department of Education and Science at 30 September; from whom the applications had been received; and how many have been granted.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  Seven applications for licences had been received at 30 September. All were from Hertfordshire local education authority and all were granted.

  Lower Attaining Pupils Programme
  Mr. Morley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what account he has taken of Her Majesty's inspector's observations about the effective use of his Department's expenditure as recorded in paragraph 71 of Her Majesty's inspector's report "The Lower Attaining Pupils Programme 1982–88"; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  My right hon. Friend welcomes Her Majesty's inspectorate's report on the lower attaining 584
  pupils programme (LAPP). He attaches great importance to the monitoring and evaluation of the programmes within his Department's remit, and has noted carefully t he observations made by the inspectorate about the monitoring of the LAPP. The lessons learnt from that programme are reflected in the procedures for the monitoring and evaluation of his current specific grant programmes, education support grants and the LEA training grants scheme.

  Book Provision
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received regarding further education book provision; and if he will make a statement on provision for the next academic year.

  Mr. Jackson
  My right hon. Friend is aware of representations made by the Publishers Association specifically about book provision in further education. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment announced proposals for the distribution of local authority total standard spending for 1990–91 on 6 November. The education share of that total allows for increased spending on books and equipment in further education relative to that assumed in the comparable total for 1989–90. The actual deployment of education funding is, however, for individual LEAs and colleges to determine. The introduction of local management of colleges under the Education Reform Act will give colleges greater discretion to deploy available resources in line with their own priorities, and so to increase spending on books where they judge that appropriate.

  Schools (Capital Allocations)
  Mr. Straw
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list in the Official Report tables showing (a) the total amount bid for schools' capital expenditure by local education authorities, (b) the total amount allocated by his Department, and (c) the percentage of (b) over (a), broken down by (i) county and voluntary controlled schools, (ii) voluntary aided schools and (iii) all maintained schools, for each financial year from 1974–75, and in constant and current prices, and showing the percentage of each year's allocation represented by (1) basic needs and (2) reorganisations;

  (2) if he will list in the Official Report tables showing the capital allocation for each local education authority in England made by his Department for capital expenditure for (a) county and voluntary controlled schools, (b) voluntary aided schools and (c) all maintained schools, the amount of the bid in respect of each such allocation, and the percentage which each allocation bears to its respective bid, in current prices and in constant prices for each year from 1984–85 to 1989–90.

  Mr. MacGregor
  [holding answer 30 October 1989]: Not all the information is available in the form requested. Each year my Department announces the level of allocations to LEAs for capital expenditure on schools and colleges.

  Table A

  Local authority capital plans and allocations

  Education capital allocation and plans at current and constant prices 1981–82 to 1989–90 1981–82

  Local education authority

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  —

  —

  2,712

  3,654

  Barking

  —

  —

  2,661

  3,585

  Barnet

  2—

  —

  5,102

  6,874

  Barnsley

  —

  —

  640

  862

  Bedfordshire

  —

  —

  5,011

  6,751

  Berkshire

  —

  —

  4,091

  5,512

  Bexley

  —

  —

  932

  1,256

  Birmingham

  —

  —

  7,453

  10,041

  Bolton

  —

  —

  3,095

  4,170

  Bradford

  —

  —

  5,349

  7,207

  Brent

  —

  —

  1,176

  1,584

  Bromley

  —

  —

  1,570

  2,115

  Buckinghamshire

  —

  —

  7,889

  10,629

  Bury

  —

  —

  1,707

  2,300

  Calderdale

  —

  —

  1,341

  1,807

  Cambridgeshire

  —

  —

  6,527

  8,794

  Cheshire

  —

  —

  8,084

  10,892

  Cleveland

  —

  —

  9,458

  12,743

  Cornwall

  —

  —

  5,472

  7,372

  Coventry

  —

  —

  3,755

  5,059

  Croydon

  —

  —

  581

  783

  Cumbria

  —

  —

  2,100

  2,829

  Derbyshire

  —

  —

  8,751

  11,790

  Devon

  —

  —

  9,287

  12,512

  Doncaster

  —

  —

  1,761

  2,373

  Dorset

  —

  —

  5,673

  7,643

  Dudley

  —

  —

  2,567

  3,459

  Durham

  —

  —

  2,527

  3,405

  Ealing

  —

  —

  1,465

  1,974

  East Sussex

  —

  —

  5,170

  6,966

  Enfield

  —

  —

  1,077

  1,451

  Essex

  —

  —

  10,492

  14,136

  Gateshead

  —

  —

  682

  919

  Gloucestershire

  —

  —

  3,187

  4,294

  Hampshire

  —

  —

  9,430

  12,705

  Haringey

  —

  —

  2,403

  3,238

  Harrow

  —

  —

  543

  732

  Havering

  —

  —

  373

  503

  Hereford and Worcester

  —

  —

  3,319

  4,472

  Hertforshire

  —

  —

  4,527

  6,099

  586
  Allocations for county and voluntary controlled schools are unhypothecated which means that specific amounts for basic need or school reorganisations are not indicated. It is therefore for each LEA to decide how its allocation should be used and LEAs can also look to receipts and to other flexibility available under the capital control system when determining their level of expenditure on education. For the years before 1984–85 the Department does not hold separate figures in respect of allocations for schools, but only combined figures for schools and further and higher education. Table A therefore shows LEA plans for expenditure on schools and colleges, the allocations given and the percentage which each allocation bears to the respective plans for the years 1981–82 to 1989–90. Prior to 1981–82, local education authorities did not receive block allocations, but were notified annually in the context of a rolling programme, of a limit on the value of building starts in the following year. The Department provides grant-aid for capital projects undertaken by the governors of voluntary aided schools, and table B shows LEA plans for such expenditure and the allocation given. Since the allocations include sums for committed expenditure on projects from earlier years, in addition to projects which figure in LEAs' and governors' plans, a percentage comparison of the two is misleading.

  Following are the tables:
  587

  Local education authority

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Hillingdon

  —

  —

  1,719

  2,316

  Hounslow

  —

  —

  1,983

  2,672

  Humberside

  —

  —

  5,980

  8,057

  ILEA

  —

  —

  13,561

  18,271

  Isle of Wight

  —

  —

  853

  1,149

  Isles of Scilly

  —

  —

  0

  0

  Kent

  —

  —

  8,816

  11,878

  Kingston-upon-Thames

  —

  —

  1,315

  1,772

  Kirklees

  —

  —

  5,639

  7,597

  Knowsley

  —

  —

  653

  880

  Lancashire

  —

  —

  11,246

  15,152

  Leeds

  —

  —

  7,354

  9,908

  Leicestershire

  —

  —

  9,180

  12,368

  Lincolnshire

  —

  —

  2,895

  3,900

  Liverpool

  —

  —

  5,967

  8,039

  Manchester

  —

  —

  4,822

  6,497

  Merton

  —

  —

  712

  959

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  —

  —

  1,998

  2,692

  Newham

  —

  —

  3,163

  4,262

  Norfolk

  —

  —

  3,876

  5,222

  North Tyneside

  —

  —

  555

  748

  North Yorkshire

  —

  —

  3,229

  4,350

  Northamptonshire

  —

  —

  7,028

  9,469

  Northumberland

  —

  —

  3,779

  5,091

  Nottinghamshire

  —

  —

  6,756

  9,102

  Oldham

  —

  —

  1,289

  1,737

  Oxfordshire

  —

  —

  3,185

  4,291

  Redbridge

  —

  —

  545

  734

  Richmond

  —

  —

  1,320

  1,778

  Rochdale

  —

  —

  1,851

  2,494

  Rotherham

  —

  —

  1,021

  1,376

  Salford

  —

  —

  1,651

  2,224

  Sandwell

  —

  —

  1,621

  2,184

  Sefton

  —

  —

  1,250

  1,684

  Sheffield

  —

  —

  3,245

  4,372

  Shropshire

  —

  —

  3,573

  4,814

  Solihull

  —

  —

  199

  268

  Somerset

  —

  —

  2,981

  4,016

  South Tyneside

  —

  —

  1,870

  2,519

  St. Helens

  —

  —

  3,652

  4,920

  Staffordshire

  —

  —

  11,912

  16,049

  Stockport

  —

  —

  1,580

  2,129

  Suffolk

  —

  —

  5,646

  7,607

  Sunderland

  —

  —

  2,568

  3,460

  Surrey

  —

  —

  3,227

  4,348

  Sutton

  —

  —

  196

  264

  Tameside

  —

  —

  2,118

  2,854

  Trafford

  —

  —

  586

  790

  Wakefield

  —

  —

  4,311

  5,808

  Walsall

  —

  —

  4,620

  6,225

  Waltham Forest

  —

  —

  1,710

  2,304

  Warwickshire

  —

  —

  1,366

  1,840

  West Sussex

  —

  —

  2,315

  3,119

  Wigan

  —

  —

  3,505

  4,722

  Wiltshire

  —

  —

  2,152

  2,899

  Wirral

  —

  —

  1,541

  2,076

  Wolverhampton

  —

  —

  3,123

  4,208

  1982–83

  Capital plans

  Capital allocations

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  —

  —

  4,296

  5,405

  Barking

  —

  —

  2,391

  3,008

  Barnet

  2

  —

  2,214

  2,786

  Barnsley

  —

  —

  402

  506

  Bedfordshire

  —

  —

  4,142

  5,212

  Berkshire

  —

  —

  4,875

  6,134

  Bexley

  —

  —

  679

  854

  Birmingham

  —

  —

  5,976

  7,519

  Bolton

  —

  —

  2,867

  3,607

  Bradford

  —

  —

  4,447

  5,595

  Brent

  —

  —

  836

  1,052

  Bromley

  —

  —

  947

  1,192

  588 589

  Capital plans

  Capital allocations

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Buckinghamshire

  —

  —

  7,104

  8,938

  Bury

  —

  —

  638

  803

  Calderdale

  —

  —

  999

  1,257

  Cambridgeshire

  —

  —

  5,462

  6,872

  Cheshire

  —

  —

  6,185

  7,782

  Cleveland

  —

  —

  5,669

  7,133

  Cornwall

  —

  —

  5,124

  6,447

  Coventry

  —

  —

  3,222

  4,054

  Croydon

  —

  —

  358

  450

  Cumbria

  —

  —

  1,374

  1,729

  Derbyshire

  —

  —

  8,490

  10,682

  Devon

  —

  —

  7,757

  9,760

  Doncaster

  —

  —

  1,512

  1,902

  Dorset

  —

  —

  5,578

  7,018

  Dudley

  —

  —

  2,361

  2,971

  Durham

  —

  —

  2,037

  2,563

  Ealing

  —

  —

  1,817

  2,286

  East Sussex

  —

  —

  4,965

  6,247

  Enfield

  —

  —

  457

  575

  Essex

  —

  —

  7,237

  9,105

  Gateshead

  —

  —

  501

  630

  Gloucerstershire

  —

  —

  2,582

  3,249

  Hampshire

  —

  —

  9,617

  12,100

  Haringey

  —

  —

  2,071

  2,606

  Harrow

  —

  —

  337

  424

  Havering

  —

  —

  390

  491

  Hereford and Worcester

  —

  —

  2,346

  2,952

  Hertfordshire

  —

  —

  3,232

  4,067

  Hillingdon

  —

  —

  1,685

  2,120

  Hounslow

  —

  —

  1,987

  2,500

  Humberside

  —

  —

  6,761

  8,507

  ILEA

  —

  —

  12,444

  15,657

  Isle of Wight

  —

  —

  475

  598

  Isles of Scilly

  —

  —

  0

  0

  Kent

  —

  —

  5,751

  7,236

  Kingston-upon-Thames

  —

  —

  1,982

  2,494

  Kirklees

  —

  —

  4,0146

  5,091

  Knowsley

  —

  —

  420

  528

  Lancashire

  —

  —

  8,308

  10,453

  Leeds

  —

  —

  4,826

  6,072

  Leicestershire

  —

  —

  6,430

  8,090

  Lincolnshire

  —

  —

  3,799

  4,780

  Liverpool

  —

  —

  3,462

  4,356

  Manchester

  —

  —

  3,867

  4,866

  Merton

  —

  —

  386

  486

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  —

  —

  2,092

  2,632

  Newham

  —

  —

  2,501

  3,147

  Norfolk

  —

  —

  5,196

  6,538

  North Tyneside

  —

  —

  868

  1,092

  North Yorkshire

  —

  —

  2,524

  3,176

  Northamptonshire

  —

  —

  5,085

  6,398

  Northumberland

  —

  —

  2,291

  2,883

  Nottinghamshire

  —

  —

  4,903

  6,169

  Oldham

  —

  —

  852

  1,072

  Oxfordshire

  —

  —

  4,273

  5,376

  Redbridge

  —

  —

  912

  1,148

  Richmond

  —

  —

  373

  469

  Rochdale

  —

  —

  1,853

  2,331

  Rotherham

  —

  —

  406

  511

  Salford

  —

  —

  1,369

  1,723

  Sandwell

  —

  —

  1,651

  2,077

  Sefton

  —

  —

  379

  477

  Sheffield

  —

  —

  2,667

  3,356

  Shropshire

  —

  —

  3,132

  3,941

  Solihul

  —

  —

  371

  467

  Somerset

  —

  —

  1,517

  1,909

  South Tyneside

  —

  —

  1,668

  2,099

  St. Helens

  —

  —

  3,360

  4,228

  Staffordshire

  —

  —

  8,428

  10,604

  Stockport

  —

  —

  1,384

  1,741

  Suffolk

  —

  —

  3,607

  4,538

  Sunderland

  —

  —

  2,780

  3,498

  Surrey

  —

  —

  3,884

  4,887

  Sutton

  —

  —

  157

  198

  Tameside

  —

  —

  1,526

  1,920

  Trafford

  —

  —

  404

  508

  590 591

  Capital plans

  Capital allocations

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Wakefield

  —

  —

  2,711

  3,411

  Walsall

  —

  —

  3,019

  3,799

  Waltham Forest

  —

  —

  1,694

  2,131

  Warwickshire

  —

  —

  1,367

  1,720

  West Sussex

  —

  —

  2,306

  2,901

  Wigan

  —

  —

  2,624

  3,302

  Wiltshire

  —

  —

  2,978

  3,747

  Wirral

  —

  —

  656

  825

  Wolverhampton

  —

  —

  2,471

  3,109

  1983–84

  Local education authority

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  —

  —

  5,853

  7,038

  Barking

  —

  —

  2,928

  3,521

  Barnet

  2—

  —

  1,538

  1,849

  Barnsley

  —

  —

  384

  462

  Bedfordshire

  —

  —

  2,437

  2,931

  Berkshire

  —

  —

  8,826

  10,613

  Bexley

  —

  —

  1,633

  1,964

  Birmingham

  —

  —

  5,220

  6,277

  Bolton

  —

  —

  2,047

  2,462

  Bradford

  —

  —

  6,969

  8,380

  Brent

  —

  —

  1,180

  1,419

  Bromley

  —

  —

  841

  1,011

  Buckinghamshire

  —

  —

  6,605

  7,943

  Bury

  —

  —

  982

  1,181

  Calderdale

  —

  —

  1,293

  1,555

  Cambridgeshire

  —

  —

  6,370

  7,660

  Cheshire

  —

  —

  8,213

  9,876

  Cleveland

  —

  —

  4,009

  4,821

  Cornwall

  —

  —

  5,548

  6,672

  Coventry

  —

  —

  3,478

  4,182

  Croydon

  —

  —

  800

  962

  Cumbria

  —

  —

  2,618

  3,148

  Derbyshire

  —

  —

  6,849

  8,236

  Devon

  —

  —

  4,817

  5,793

  Doncaster

  —

  —

  1,386

  1,667

  Dorset

  —

  —

  4,736

  5,695

  Dudley

  —

  —

  3,950

  4,750

  Durham

  —

  —

  1,711

  2,058

  Ealing

  —

  —

  693

  833

  East Sussex

  —

  —

  5,567

  6,694

  Enfield

  —

  —

  311

  374

  Essex

  —

  —

  7,357

  8,847

  Gateshead

  —

  —

  1,003

  1,206

  Gloucestershire

  —

  —

  2,974

  3,576

  Hampshire

  —

  —

  10,638

  12,792

  Haringey

  —

  —

  1,597

  1,920

  Harrow

  —

  —

  305

  367

  Havering

  —

  —

  299

  360

  Hereford and Worcester

  —

  —

  1,504

  1,809

  Hertfordshire

  —

  —

  5,473

  6,581

  Hillingdon

  —

  —

  896

  1,077

  Hounslow

  —

  —

  2,611

  3,140

  Humberside

  —

  —

  7,133

  8,578

  ILEA

  —

  —

  9,683

  11,644

  Isle of Wight

  —

  —

  541

  651

  Isles of Scilly

  —

  —

  0

  0

  Kent

  —

  —

  4,821

  5,797

  Kingston-upon-Thames

  —

  —

  2,270

  2,730

  Kirklees

  —

  —

  4,102

  4,933

  Knowsley

  —

  —

  665

  800

  Lancashire

  —

  —

  11,069

  13,311

  Leeds

  —

  —

  3,381

  4,066

  Leicestershire

  —

  —

  5,234

  6,294

  Lincolnshire

  —

  —

  3,442

  4,139

  Liverpool

  —

  —

  3,768

  4,531

  Manchester

  —

  —

  4,349

  5,230

  Merton

  —

  —

  408

  491

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  —

  —

  3,134

  3,769

  Newham

  —

  —

  2,084

  2,506

  Norfolk

  —

  —

  5,736

  6,898

  592

  593

  Local education aulhority

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  North Tyneside

  —

  —

  606

  729

  North Yorkshire

  —

  —

  2,703

  3,250

  Northamptonshire

  —

  —

  3,916

  4,709

  Northumberland

  —

  —

  1,481

  1,781

  Nottinghamshire

  —

  —

  2,493

  2,998

  Oldham

  —

  —

  780

  938

  Oxfordshire

  —

  —

  4,014

  4,827

  Redbridge

  —

  —

  872

  1,049

  Richmond

  —

  —

  557

  670

  Rochdale

  —

  —

  1,174

  1,412

  Rotherham

  —

  —

  515

  619

  Salford

  —

  —

  1,038

  1,248

  Sandwell

  —

  —

  1,436

  1,727

  Sefton

  —

  —

  578

  695

  Sheffield

  —

  —

  3,439

  4,135

  Shropshire

  —

  —

  2,727

  3,279

  Solihull

  —

  —

  356

  428

  Somerset

  —

  —

  3,127

  3,760

  South Tyneside

  —

  —

  1,181

  1,420

  St. Helens

  —

  —

  2,384

  2,867

  Staffordshire

  —

  —

  7,676

  9,231

  Stockport

  —

  —

  1,067

  1,283

  Suffolk

  —

  —

  3,752

  4,512

  Sunderland

  —

  —

  2,927

  3,520

  Surrey

  —

  —

  3,733

  4,489

  Sutton

  —

  —

  266

  320

  Tameside

  —

  —

  1,871

  2,250

  Trafford

  —

  —

  693

  833

  Wakefield

  —

  —

  2,044

  2,458

  Walsall

  —

  —

  1,340

  1,611

  Waltham Forest

  —

  —

  1,624

  1,953

  Warwickshire

  —

  —

  1,991

  2,394

  West Sussex

  —

  —

  3,705

  4,455

  Wigan

  —

  —

  2,518

  3,028

  Wiltshire

  —

  —

  3,136

  3,771

  Wirral

  —

  —

  2,403

  2,890

  Wolverhampton

  —

  —

  2,269

  2,729

  1984–85

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Initial

  (current prices)

  (constant prices)

  (current prices)

  (constant prices)

  Allocation as a per cent. of plans

  Avon

  11,121

  12,744

  5,270

  6,039

  47

  Barking

  695

  796

  1,442

  1,652

  207

  Barnet

  2,939

  3,368

  2,453

  2,811

  83

  Barnsley

  864

  990

  401

  460

  46

  Bedfordshire

  4,534

  5,195

  2,439

  2,795

  54

  Berkshire

  10,238

  11,732

  8,227

  9,427

  80

  Bexley

  1,399

  1,603

  845

  968

  60

  Birmingham

  9,533

  10,924

  6,484

  7,430

  68

  Bolton

  2,229

  2,554

  1,536

  1,760

  69

  Bradford

  18,220

  20,878

  6,707

  7,686

  37

  Brent

  2,576

  2,952

  1,678

  1,923

  65

  Bromley

  3,777

  4,328

  492

  564

  13

  Buckinghamshire

  18,602

  21,316

  6,854

  7,854

  37

  Bury

  1,824

  2,090

  1,030

  1,180

  56

  Calderdale

  3,408

  3,905

  1,090

  1,249

  32

  Cambridgeshire

  6,655

  7,626

  5,039

  5,774

  76

  Cheshire

  10,594

  12,140

  7,366

  8,441

  70

  Cleveland

  7,463

  8,552

  3,626

  4,155

  49

  Cornwall

  6,943

  7,956

  4,377

  5,016

  63

  Coventry

  5,188

  5,945

  2,919

  3,345

  56

  Croydon

  1,749

  2,004

  1,227

  1,406

  70

  Cumbria

  8,026

  9,197

  3,982

  4,563

  50

  Derbyshire

  9,885

  11,327

  6,546

  7,501

  66

  Devon

  9,087

  10,413

  7,832

  8,975

  86

  Doncaster

  1,778

  2,037

  1,226

  1,405

  69

  Dorset

  8,744

  10,020

  5,385

  6,171

  62

  Dudley

  5,460

  6,257

  3,516

  4,029

  64

  Durham

  4,271

  4,894

  2,054

  2,354

  48

  Ealing

  2,721

  3,118

  1,347

  1,544

  50

  East Sussex

  10,389

  11,905

  4,601

  5,272

  44

  Enfield

  901

  1,032

  576

  660

  64

  Essex

  17,675

  20,254

  6,604

  7,567

  37

  594 595

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Initial Allocation as a per cent. of plans

  (current prices)

  (constant prices)

  (current prices)

  (constant prices)

  Gateshead

  3,934

  4,508

  572

  655

  15

  Gloucestershire

  6,416

  7,352

  2,772

  3,176

  43

  Hampshire

  20,652

  23,665

  9,666

  11,076

  47

  Haringey

  2,640

  3,025

  1,090

  1,249

  41

  Harrow

  2,785

  3,191

  523

  599

  19

  Havering

  894

  1,024

  216

  248

  24

  Hereford and Worcester

  3,378

  3,871

  1,669

  1,912

  49

  Hertfordshire

  5,912

  6,775

  5,479

  6,278

  93

  Hillingdon

  4,362

  4,998

  1,068

  1,224

  24

  Hounslow

  4,987

  5,715

  3,063

  3,510

  61

  Humberside

  11,677

  13,381

  6,883

  7,887

  59

  ILEA

  22,045

  25,261

  9,703

  11,119

  44

  Isle of Wight

  1,445

  1,656

  948

  1,086

  66

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  8,716

  9,988

  4,347

  4,981

  50

  Kingston-upon-Thames

  2,673

  3,063

  1,330

  1,524

  50

  Kirklees

  6,746

  7,730

  3,753

  4,301

  56

  Knowsley

  1,174

  1,345

  895

  1,026

  76

  Lancashire

  13,646

  15,637

  11,055

  12,668

  81

  Leeds

  5,184

  5,940

  2,899

  3,322

  56

  Leicestershire

  8,229

  9,430

  7,074

  8,106

  86

  Lincolnshire

  9,022

  10,338

  4,455

  5,105

  49

  Liverpool

  6,973

  7,990

  4,243

  4,862

  61

  Manchester

  11,180

  12,811

  6,997

  8,018

  63

  Merton

  2,098

  2,404

  993

  1,138

  47

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  3,600

  4,125

  2,265

  2,595

  63

  Newham

  4,232

  4,849

  2,039

  2,336

  48

  Norfolk

  7,771

  8905

  4,261

  4,883

  55

  North Tyneside

  3,673

  4,209

  721

  826

  20

  North Yorkshire

  11,725

  13,436

  5,675

  6,503

  48

  Northamptonshire

  7,059

  8,089

  4,179

  4,789

  59

  Northumberland

  2,580

  2,956

  1,002

  1,148

  39

  Nottinghamshire

  4,376

  5,014

  2,666

  3,055

  61

  Oldham

  1,778

  2,037

  968

  1,109

  54

  Oxfordshire

  4,194

  4,806

  3,245

  3,718

  77

  Redbridge

  1,971

  2,259

  1,006

  1,153

  51

  Richmond

  2,106

  2,413

  735

  842

  35

  Rochdale

  3,805

  4,360

  1,452

  1,664

  38

  Rotherham

  1,182

  1,354

  471

  540

  40

  Salford

  2,230

  2,555

  822

  942

  37

  Sandwell

  3,453

  3,957

  1,705

  1,954

  49

  Sefton

  2,334

  2,675

  824

  944

  35

  Sheffield

  5,035

  5,770

  3,007

  3,446

  60

  Shropshire

  4,359

  4,995

  2,072

  2,374

  48

  Solihull

  708

  811

  723

  828

  102

  Somerset

  3,367

  3,858

  2,559

  2,932

  76

  South Tyneside

  3,765

  4,314

  1,280

  1,467

  34

  St. Helens

  3,031

  3,473

  2,111

  2,419

  70

  Staffordshire

  15,277

  17,506

  10,691

  12,251

  70

  Stockport

  1,540

  1,765

  1,770

  2,028

  115

  Suffolk

  5,554

  6,364

  4,348

  4,982

  78

  Sunderland

  4,354

  4,989

  2,862

  3,280

  66

  Surrey

  8,416

  9,644

  4,340

  4,973

  52

  Sutton

  1,011

  1,159

  451

  517

  45

  Tameside

  3,116

  3,571

  1,690

  1,937

  54

  Trafford

  1,631

  1,869

  1,027

  1,177

  63

  Wakefield

  3,993

  4,576

  1,596

  1,829

  40

  Walsall

  4,116

  4,717

  1,026

  1,176

  25

  Waltham Forest

  2,613

  2,994

  889

  1,019

  34

  Warwickshire

  2,781

  3,187

  1,428

  1,636

  51

  West Sussex

  6,544

  7,499

  5,027

  5,760

  77

  Wigan

  3,041

  3,485

  2,004

  2,296

  66

  Wiltshire

  6,771

  7,759

  3,810

  4,366

  56

  Wirral

  4,114

  4,714

  2,117

  2,426

  51

  Wolverhampton

  3,890

  4,458

  2,375

  2,722

  61

  596 597

  1985–86

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Initial allocation as a percentage of plans

  Avon

  10,965

  11,910

  3,951

  4,292

  36

  Barking

  1,579

  1,715

  947

  1,029

  60

  Barnet

  5,825

  6,327

  2,612

  2,837

  45

  Barnsley

  1,226

  1,332

  1,090

  1,184

  89

  Bedfordshire

  5,427

  5,895

  1,625

  1,765

  30

  Berkshire

  11,584

  12,582

  7,490

  8,136

  65

  Bexley

  1,396

  1,516

  504

  547

  36

  Birmingham

  6,569

  7,135

  3,695

  4,013

  56

  Bolton

  1,317

  1,431

  570

  619

  43

  Bradford

  13,383

  14,536

  8,269

  8,982

  62

  Brent

  4,619

  5,017

  891

  968

  19

  Bromley

  4,518

  4,907

  628

  682

  14

  Buckinghamshire

  12,649

  13,739

  5,978

  6,493

  47

  Bury

  1,507

  1,637

  803

  872

  53

  Calderdale

  2,305

  2,504

  830

  902

  36

  Cambridgeshire

  6,506

  7,067

  4,387

  4,765

  67

  Cheshire

  9,518

  10,338

  5,005

  5,436

  53

  Cleveland

  7,482

  8,127

  4,493

  4,880

  60

  Cornwall

  4,523

  4,913

  3,319

  3,605

  73

  Coventry

  7,419

  8,058

  3,094

  3,361

  42

  Croydon

  3,626

  3,939

  2,170

  2,357

  60

  Cumbria

  5,254

  5,707

  3,803

  4,131

  72

  Derbyshire

  10,794

  11,724

  7,239

  7,863

  67

  Devon

  11,046

  11,998

  6,405

  6,957

  58

  Doncaster

  1,353

  1,470

  424

  461

  31

  Dorset

  8,666

  9,413

  5,265

  5,719

  61

  Dudley

  7,016

  7,621

  2,671

  2,901

  38

  Durham

  6,415

  6,968

  2,995

  3,253

  47

  Ealing

  3,352

  3,641

  2,451

  2,662

  73

  East Sussex

  7,993

  8,682

  4,870

  5,290

  61

  Enfield

  1,375

  1,494

  966

  1,049

  70

  Essex

  28,705

  31,179

  11,679

  12,686

  41

  Gateshead

  3,714

  4,034

  1,122

  1,219

  30

  Gloucestershire

  7,261

  7,887

  4,652

  5,053

  64

  Hampshire

  23,877

  25,935

  11,844

  12,865

  50

  Haringey

  3,644

  3,958

  895

  972

  25

  Harrow

  3,007

  3,266

  299

  325

  10

  Havering

  1,013

  1,100

  334

  363

  33

  Hereford and Worcester

  2,688

  2,920

  1,480

  1,608

  55

  Hertfordshire

  8,417

  9,142

  5,960

  6,474

  71

  Hillingdon

  2,368

  2,572

  521

  566

  22

  Hounslow

  4,638

  5,038

  1,566

  1,701

  34

  Humberside

  7,400

  8,038

  4,138

  4,495

  56

  ILEA

  27,686

  30,072

  15,080

  16,380

  54

  Isle of Wight

  2,125

  2,308

  1,230

  1,336

  58

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  9,481

  10,298

  5,209

  5,658

  55

  Kingston-upon-Thames

  4,070

  4,421

  2,131

  2,315

  52

  Kirklees

  6,955

  7,554

  3,304

  3,589

  48

  Knowsley

  1,986

  2,157

  973

  1,057

  49

  Lancashire

  20,050

  21,778

  15,156

  16,462

  76

  Leeds

  9,301

  10,103

  3,325

  3,612

  36

  Leicestershire

  12,299

  13,359

  6,718

  7,297

  55

  Lincolnshire

  8,834

  9,595

  3,532

  3,836

  40

  Liverpool

  8,461

  9,190

  4,870

  5,290

  58

  Manchester

  17,545

  19.057

  7,450

  8,092

  42

  Merton

  4,226

  4,590

  2,277

  2,473

  54

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  3,948

  4,288

  1,716

  1,864

  43

  Newham

  7,672

  8,333

  2,558

  2,778

  33

  Norfolk

  6,698

  7,275

  3,070

  3,335

  46

  North Tyneside

  4,300

  4,671

  2,235

  2,428

  52

  North Yorkshire

  6,625

  7,196

  3,798

  4,125

  57

  Northamptonshire

  6,268

  6,808

  4,492

  4,879

  72

  Northumberland

  2,322

  2,522

  1,254

  1,362

  54

  Nottinghamshire

  4,810

  5,225

  3,421

  3,716

  71

  Oldham

  2,650

  2,878

  1,014

  1,101

  38

  Oxfordshire

  9,134

  9,921

  3,650

  3,965

  40

  Redbridge

  1,738

  1,888

  1,330

  1,445

  77

  Richmond

  752

  817

  379

  412

  50

  Rochdale

  2,885

  3,134

  1,802

  1,957

  62

  Rotherham

  1,751

  1,902

  481

  522

  27

  Salford

  2,891

  3,140

  1551

  1,685

  54

  Sandwell

  4,429

  4,811

  1,914

  2,079

  43

  598

  599

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Initial allocation as a percentage of plans

  Sefton

  2,060

  2,238

  1,671

  1,815

  81

  Sheffield

  8,044

  8,737

  3,497

  3,798

  43

  Shropshire

  5,680

  6,170

  3,924

  4,262

  69

  Solihull

  1,297

  1,409

  642

  697

  49

  Somerset

  2,941

  3,194

  1,243

  1,350

  42

  South Tyneside

  2,851

  3,097

  1,339

  1,454

  47

  St. Helens

  3,190

  3,465

  1,827

  1,984

  57

  Staffordshire

  13,621

  14,795

  9,717

  10,554

  71

  Stockport

  2,691

  2,923

  1,411

  1,533

  52

  Suffolk

  6,505

  7,066

  3,871

  4,205

  60

  Sunderland

  4,679

  5,082

  3,047

  3,310

  65

  Surrey

  9,717

  10,554

  4,365

  4,741

  45

  Sutton

  966

  1,049

  474

  515

  49

  Tameside

  1,360

  1,477

  532

  578

  39

  Trafford

  3,208

  3,484

  1,594

  1,731

  50

  Wakefield

  3,307

  3,592

  1,438

  1,562

  43

  Walsall

  3,222

  3,500

  1,329

  1,444

  41

  Waltham Forest

  2,334

  2,535

  985

  1,070

  42

  Warwickshire

  3,105

  3,373

  1,703

  1,850

  55

  West Sussex

  5,641

  6,127

  3,429

  3,725

  61

  Wigan

  3,990

  4,334

  1,464

  1,590

  37

  Wiltshire

  6,314

  6,858

  3,478

  3,778

  55

  Wirral

  2,585

  2,808

  766

  832

  30

  Wolverhampton

  3,793

  4,120

  2,047

  2,223

  54

  1986–87

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Initial allocation as a percentage of plans

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  10,821

  11,388

  4,070

  4,283

  38

  Barking

  3,717

  3,912

  1,135

  1,195

  31

  Barnet

  7,399

  7,787

  1,621

  1,706

  22

  Barnsley

  1,054

  1,109

  577

  607

  55

  Bedfordshire

  6,282

  6,611

  1,934

  2,035

  31

  Berkshire

  10,696

  11,257

  5,399

  5,682

  50

  Bexley

  2,096

  2,206

  715

  752

  34

  Birmingham

  9,015

  9,488

  5,016

  5,279

  56

  Bolton

  1,692

  1,781

  576

  606

  34

  Bradford

  10,116

  10,646

  7,061

  7,431

  70

  Brent

  4,797

  5,049

  1,589

  1,672

  33

  Bromley

  3,357

  3,533

  1,747

  1,839

  52

  Buckinghamshire

  15,970

  16,807

  5,582

  5,875

  35

  Bury

  995

  1,047

  882

  928

  89

  Calderdale

  1,708

  1,798

  1,203

  1,266

  70

  Cambridgeshire

  4,910

  5,167

  2,591

  2,727

  53

  Cheshire

  11,327

  11,921

  3,837

  4,038

  34

  Cleveland

  12,605

  13,266

  4,933

  5,192

  39

  Cornwall

  7,583

  7,981

  3,592

  3,780

  47

  Coventry

  15,286

  16,087

  5,396

  5,679

  35

  Croydon

  3,519

  3,704

  2,784

  2,930

  79

  Cumbria

  5,640

  5,936

  2,254

  2,372

  40

  Derbyshire

  13,942

  14,673

  7,202

  7,580

  52

  Devon

  16,957

  17,846

  8,418

  8,859

  50

  Doncaster

  771

  811

  338

  356

  44

  Dorset

  8,255

  8,688

  3,377

  3,554

  41

  Dudley

  6,703

  7,054

  2,012

  2,117

  30

  Durham

  6,264

  6,592

  2,231

  2,348

  36

  Ealing

  5,702

  6,001

  2,154

  2,267

  38

  East Sussex

  10,176

  10,710

  3,786

  3,985

  37

  Enfield

  1,698

  1,787

  706

  743

  42

  Essex

  31,384

  33,030

  11,417

  12,016

  36

  Gateshead

  4,968

  5,228

  1,451

  1,527

  29

  Gloucestershire

  10,306

  10,846

  6,561

  6,905

  64

  Hampshire

  29,354

  30,893

  12,905

  13,582

  44

  Haringey

  4,455

  4,689

  797

  839

  18

  Harrow

  5,315

  5,594

  4,078

  4,292

  77

  Havering

  1,074

  1,130

  395

  416

  37

  Hereford and Worcester

  3,911

  4,116

  1,929

  2,030

  49

  Hertfordshire

  10,968

  11,543

  4,677

  4,922

  43

  Hillingdon

  1,806

  1,901

  306

  322

  17

  Hounslow

  4,783

  5,034

  668

  703

  14

  600

  601

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Initial allocation as a percentage of plans

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Humberside

  10,802

  11,368

  7,524

  7,918

  70

  ILEA

  29,331

  30,869

  12,575

  13,234

  43

  Isle of Wight

  2,270

  2,389

  1,139

  1,199

  50

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  9,801

  10,315

  6,405

  6,741

  65

  Kingston-upon-Thames

  6,445

  6,783

  1,806

  1,901

  28

  Kirklees

  7,548

  7,944

  1,956

  2,059

  26

  Knowsley

  2,750

  2,894

  1,483

  1,561

  54

  Lancashire

  21,743

  22,883

  12,538

  13,195

  58

  Leeds

  8,557

  9,006

  2,634

  2,772

  31

  Leicestershire

  12,311

  12,956

  7,061

  7,431

  57

  Lincolnshire

  6,044

  6,361

  3,908

  4,113

  65

  Liverpool

  7,878

  8,291

  2,904

  3,056

  37

  Manchester

  21,998

  23,151

  6,501

  6,842

  30

  Merton

  3,959

  4,167

  1,203

  1,266

  30

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  8,641

  9,094

  2,586

  2,722

  30

  Newham

  6,825

  7,183

  1,271

  1,338

  19

  Norfolk

  7,004

  7,371

  4,394

  4,624

  63

  North Tyneside

  3,210

  3,378

  1,536

  1,617

  48

  North Yorkshire

  5,576

  5,868

  2,504

  2,635

  45

  Northamptonshire

  7,536

  7,931

  4,339

  4,567

  58

  Northumberland

  2,687

  2,828

  1,003

  1,056

  37

  Nottinghamshire

  5,847

  6,154

  3,043

  3,203

  52

  Oldham

  2,910

  3,063

  1,428

  1,503

  49

  Oxfordshire

  13,423

  14,127

  2,055

  2,163

  15

  Redbridge

  2,167

  2,281

  1,149

  1,209

  53

  Richmond

  1,050

  1,105

  249

  262

  24

  Rochdale

  4,545

  4,783

  2,163

  2,276

  48

  Rotherham

  1,651

  1,738

  578

  608

  35

  Salford

  3,382

  3,559

  1,625

  1,710

  48

  Sandwell

  4,091

  4,306

  1,203

  1,266

  29

  Sefton

  3,983

  4,192

  2,667

  2,807

  67

  Sheffield

  7,890

  8,304

  2,330

  2,452

  30

  Shropshire

  5,277

  5,554

  2,602

  2,738

  49

  Solihull

  2,666

  2,806

  1,295

  1,363

  49

  Somerset

  6,832

  7,190

  2,014

  2,120

  29

  South Tyneside

  2,911

  3,064

  732

  770

  25

  St. Helens

  2,325

  2,447

  772

  812

  33

  Staffordshire

  17,517

  18,435

  9,313

  9,801

  53

  Stockport

  3,702

  3,896

  1,453

  1,529

  39

  Suffolk

  8,619

  9,071

  5,866

  6,174

  68

  Sunderland

  7,188

  7,565

  1,928

  2,029

  27

  Surrey

  11,030

  11,608

  3,610

  3,799

  33

  Sutton

  1,318

  1,387

  329

  346

  25

  Tameside

  1,685

  1,773

  306

  322

  18

  Trafford

  2,702

  2,844

  1,276

  1,343

  47

  Wakefield

  3,284

  3,456

  1,990

  2,094

  61

  Walsall

  3,711

  3,906

  1,119

  1,178

  30

  Waltham Forest

  3,962

  4,170

  2,184

  2,299

  55

  Warwickshire

  2,993

  3,150

  1,236

  1,301

  41

  West Sussex

  6,116

  6,437

  2,157

  2,270

  35

  Wigan

  3,243

  3,413

  2,339

  2,462

  72

  Wiltshire

  4,556

  4,795

  1,983

  2,087

  44

  Wirral

  2,824

  2,972

  1,402

  1,476

  50

  Wolverhampton

  6,664

  7,013

  1,418

  1,492

  21

  1987–88

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Initial allocation as a percentage of plans

  Avon

  10,865

  10,865

  4,386

  4,386

  40

  Barking

  2,126

  2,126

  806

  806

  38

  Barnet

  11,234

  11,234

  1,744

  1,744

  16

  Barnsley

  1,073

  1,073

  530

  530

  49

  Bedfordshire

  4,814

  4,814

  1,248

  1,284

  26

  Berkshire

  8,281

  8,281

  3,597

  3,597

  43

  Bexley

  2,692

  2,692

  1,641

  1,641

  61

  Birmingham

  11,141

  11,141

  3,860

  3,860

  35

  Bolton

  1,934

  1,934

  645

  645

  33

  Bradford

  24,853

  24,853

  6,303

  6,303

  25

  Brent

  8,249

  8,249

  2,514

  2,514

  30

  602

  603

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Initial allocalion as a percentage of plans

  Bromley

  3,283

  3,283

  1,618

  1,618

  49

  Buckinghamshire

  10,384

  10,384

  6,004

  6,004

  58

  Bury

  996

  996

  320

  320

  32

  Calderdale

  3,381

  3,381

  1,883

  1,883

  56

  Cambridgeshire

  10,016

  10,016

  3,399

  3,399

  34

  Cheshire

  9,420

  9,420

  5,043

  5,043

  54

  Cleveland

  8,539

  8,539

  4,351

  4,351

  51

  Cornwall

  8,061

  8,061

  5,645

  5,645

  70

  Coventry

  12,364

  12,364

  5,709

  5,709

  46

  Croydon

  5,305

  5,305

  2,428

  2,428

  46

  Cumbria

  6,224

  6,224

  2,852

  2,852

  46

  Derbyshire

  20,028

  20,028

  9,036

  9,036

  45

  Devon

  11,291

  11,291

  4,734

  4,734

  42

  Doncaster

  403

  403

  365

  365

  91

  Dorset

  9,577

  9,577

  4,349

  4,349

  45

  Dudley

  5,067

  5,067

  1,329

  1,329

  26

  Durham

  6,263

  6,263

  1,371

  1,371

  22

  Ealing

  7,624

  7,624

  2,147

  2,147

  28

  East Sussex

  15,038

  15,038

  4,884

  4,884

  32

  Enfield

  2,980

  2,980

  1,222

  1,222

  41

  Essex

  34,169

  34,169

  11,600

  11,600

  34

  Gateshead

  4,073

  4,073

  1,112

  1,112

  27

  Gloucestershire

  10,302

  10,302

  7,167

  7,167

  70

  Hampshire

  28,643

  28,643

  10,918

  10,918

  38

  Haringey

  8,427

  8,427

  1,121

  1,121

  13

  Harrow

  5,525

  5,525

  2,925

  2,952

  53

  Havering

  1,093

  1,093

  393

  393

  36

  Hereford and Worcester

  5,633

  5,633

  2,585

  2,585

  46

  Hertfordshire

  14,293

  14,293

  4,100

  4,100

  29

  Hillingdon

  3,782

  3,782

  1,059

  1,059

  28

  Hounslow

  5,259

  5,259

  1,255

  1,255

  24

  Humberside

  14,865

  14,865

  10,753

  10,753

  72

  ILEA

  44,342

  44,342

  14,957

  14,957

  34

  Isle of Wight

  3,192

  3,192

  1,375

  1,375

  43

  Isles of Scilly

  60

  60

  30

  30

  50

  Kent

  13,345

  13,345

  7,514

  7,514

  56

  Kingston-upon-Thames

  9,674

  9,674

  1,683

  1,683

  17

  Kirklees

  8,782

  8,782

  1,664

  1,664

  19

  Knowsley

  5,510

  5,510

  1,108

  1,108

  20

  Lancashire

  18,800

  18,800

  5,994

  5,994

  32

  Leeds

  12,502

  12,502

  2,802

  2,802

  22

  Leicestershire

  13,336

  13,336

  5,526

  5,26

  41

  Lincolnshire

  7,745

  7,745

  4,625

  4,625

  60

  Liverpool

  10,072

  10,072

  1,885

  1,885

  19

  Manchester

  32,669

  32,669

  8,968

  8,968

  27

  Merton

  2,390

  2,390

  1,054

  1,054

  44

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  9,479

  9,479

  3,369

  3,369

  36

  Newham

  5,000

  5,000

  1,165

  1,165

  23

  Norfolk

  7,864

  7,864

  5,019

  5,019

  64

  North Tyneside

  4,498

  4,498

  1,935

  1,935

  43

  North Yorkshire

  5,150

  5,150

  2,035

  2,035

  40

  Northamptonshire

  5,132

  5,132

  1,726

  1,726

  34

  Northumberland

  2,060

  2,060

  655

  655

  32

  Nottinghamshire

  5,512

  5,512

  2,379

  2,379

  43

  Oldham

  4,809

  4,809

  2,799

  2,799

  58

  Oxfordshire

  11,326

  11,326

  1,942

  1,942

  17

  Redbridge

  2,935

  2,935

  1,761

  1,761

  60

  Richmond

  1,275

  1,275

  115

  115

  9

  Rochdale

  5,493

  5,493

  2,220

  2,220

  40

  Rotherham

  2,336

  2,336

  287

  287

  12

  Salford

  3,016

  3,016

  1,882

  1,882

  62

  Sandwell

  2,955

  2,955

  576

  576

  19

  Sefton

  4,616

  4,616

  1,790

  1,790

  39

  Sheffield

  10,762

  10,762

  3,179

  3,179

  30

  Shropshire

  8,486

  8,486

  5,257

  5,257

  62

  Solihull

  1,778

  1,778

  500

  500

  28

  Somerset

  6,220

  6,220

  2,626

  2,626

  42

  South Tyneside

  5,12

  5,121

  1,932

  1,932

  38

  St. Helens

  4,953

  4,953

  855

  855

  17

  Staffordshire

  18,219

  18,219

  7,591

  7,591

  42

  Stockport

  4,004

  4,004

  1,243

  1,243

  31

  Suffolk

  8,830

  8,830

  6,683

  6,683

  76

  Sunderland

  13,391

  13,391

  2,305

  2,305

  17

  Surrey

  9,339

  9,339

  3,828

  3,828

  41

  604

  605

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Initial allocation as a percentage of plans

  Sutton

  1,966

  1,966

  247

  247

  13

  Tameside

  1,884

  1,884

  389

  389

  21

  Trafford

  2,947

  2,947

  1,064

  1,064

  36

  Wakefield

  5,210

  5,210

  2,074

  2,074

  40

  Walsall

  2,483

  2,483

  824

  824

  33

  Waltham Forest

  5,276

  5,276

  2,585

  2,585

  49

  Warwickshire

  3,473

  3,473

  1,101

  1,101

  32

  West Sussex

  7,420

  7,420

  1,739

  1,739

  23

  Wigan

  4,550

  4,550

  2,717

  2,717

  60

  Wiltshire

  7,021

  7,021

  3,177

  3,177

  45

  Wirral

  4,826

  4,826

  1,316

  1,316

  27

  Wolverhampton

  7,088

  7,088

  1,932

  1,932

  27

  1988–89

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Initial allocation as a percentage of plans

  current prices

  constant prices

  current prices

  constant prices

  Avon

  10,993

  10,245

  4,277

  3,986

  39

  Barking

  10,457

  9,746

  1,639

  1,528

  16

  Barnet

  11,192

  10,431

  2,000

  1,864

  18

  Barnsley

  1,198

  1,117

  342

  319

  29

  Bedfordshire

  5,660

  5,275

  1,630

  1,519

  29

  Berkshire

  12,603

  11,746

  5,567

  5,188

  44

  Bexley

  1,748

  1,638

  1,234

  1,150

  70

  Birmingham

  11,472

  10,692

  4,407

  4,107

  38

  Bolton

  3,866

  3,603

  1,212

  1,130

  31

  Bradford

  33,604

  31,318

  10,457

  9,746

  31

  Brent

  6,758

  6,298

  2,532

  2,360

  37

  Bromley

  6,098

  5,683

  403

  376

  7

  Buckinghamshire

  9,013

  8,400

  6,152

  5,734

  68

  Bury

  1,282

  1,195

  467

  435

  36

  Calderdale

  5,486

  5,113

  3,619

  3,373

  66

  Cambridgeshire

  13,719

  12,786

  4,314

  4,021

  31

  Cheshire

  10,812

  10,077

  4,829

  4,501

  45

  Cleveland

  7,104

  6,621

  3,673

  3,423

  52

  Cornwall

  9,744

  9081

  6,413

  5,977

  66

  Coventry

  17,980

  16,757

  6,155

  5,736

  34

  Croydon

  7,149

  6,663

  1,595

  1,487

  22

  Cumbria

  6,530

  6,086

  4,858

  4,528

  74

  Derbyshire

  15,025

  14,003

  10,777

  10,044

  72

  Devon

  10,732

  10,002

  6,262

  5,836

  58

  Doncaster

  644

  600

  421

  392

  65

  Dorset

  8,459

  7,884

  4,052

  3,776

  48

  Dudley

  7,773

  7,244

  1,555

  1,449

  20

  Durham

  5,451

  4,080

  1,415

  1,319

  26

  Ealing

  9,053

  8,437

  1,174

  1,094

  13

  East Sussex

  25,962

  24,196

  9,815

  9,147

  38

  Enfield

  9,504

  8,858

  1,318

  1,228

  14

  Essex

  37,264

  34,729

  20,317

  18,935

  55

  Gateshead

  5,420

  5,051

  1,933

  1,802

  36

  Gloucestershire

  9,864

  9,193

  5,302

  4,941

  54

  Hampshire

  38,619

  35,992

  16,550

  15,424

  43

  Haringey

  11,042

  10,291

  2,330

  2,172

  21

  Harrow

  3,862

  3,599

  1,643

  1,531

  43

  Havering

  1,962

  1,829

  692

  645

  35

  Hereford and Worcester

  9,032

  8,418

  2,892

  2,695

  32

  Hertfordshire

  18,887

  17,602

  5,525

  5,149

  29

  Hillingdon

  6,307

  5,878

  918

  856

  15

  Hounslow

  4,860

  4,529

  1,242

  1,158

  26

  Humberside

  13,333

  12,426

  7,077

  6,596

  53

  ILEA

  54,545

  50,835

  17,767

  16,559

  33

  Isle of Wight

  4,377

  4,079

  1,663

  1,550

  38

  Isles of Scilly

  405

  377

  39

  36

  10

  Kent

  15,217

  14,182

  7,134

  6,649

  47

  Kingston-upon-Thames

  11,731

  10,933

  1,695

  1,580

  14

  Kirklees

  9,078

  8,461

  1,486

  1,385

  16

  Knowsley

  4,815

  4,488

  1,136

  1,059

  24

  Lancashire

  25,419

  23,690

  12,809

  11,938

  50

  Leeds

  14,280

  13,309

  4,626

  4,311

  32

  Leicestershire

  15,643

  14,579

  7,419

  6,914

  47

  Lincolnshire

  8,891

  8,286

  3,897

  3,632

  44

  606

  607

  Capital plans

  Capital allocation

  Initial allocation as a percentage of plans

  current prices

  constant prices

  current prices

  constant prices

  Liverpool

  7,692

  7,169

  2,323

  2,165

  30

  Manchester

  34,860

  32,489

  9,269

  8,639

  27

  Merton

  6,965

  6,491

  1,023

  953

  15

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  12,946

  12,065

  3,917

  3,651

  30

  Newham

  6,316

  5,886

  3,061

  2,853

  48

  Norfolk

  7,938

  7,398

  4,021

  3,748

  51

  North Tyneside

  4,587

  4,275

  2,129

  1,984

  46

  North Yorkshire

  7,297

  6,801

  3,937

  3,669

  54

  Northamptonshire

  8,571

  7,988

  3,190

  2,973

  37

  Northumberland

  3,554

  3,312

  955

  890

  27

  Nottinghamshire

  4,709

  4,389

  2,461

  2,294

  52

  Oldham

  5,793

  5,399

  2,822

  2,630

  49

  Oxfordshire

  18,701

  17,429

  4,673

  4,355

  25

  Redbridge

  5,418

  5,049

  3,719

  3,466

  69

  Richmond

  2,210

  2,060

  277

  258

  13

  Rochdale

  5,654

  5,269

  1,440

  1,342

  25

  Rotherham

  2,184

  2,035

  699

  651

  32

  Salford

  5,740

  5,350

  3,430

  3,197

  60

  Sandwell

  3,710

  3,458

  767

  715

  21

  Sefton

  2,778

  2,589

  1,450

  1,351

  52

  Sheffield

  17,815

  16,603

  7,189

  6,700

  40

  Shropshire

  8,474

  7,898

  4,465

  4,161

  53

  Solihull

  4,890

  4,557

  700

  652

  14

  Somerset

  6,501

  6,059

  2,764

  2,576

  43

  South Tyneside

  5,939

  5,535

  2,527

  2,355

  43

  St. Helens

  5,685

  5,298

  1,211

  1,129

  21

  Staffordshire

  15,494

  14,440

  7,469

  6,961

  48

  Stockport

  3,891

  3,626

  2,878

  2,682

  74

  Suffolk

  9,448

  8,805

  7,014

  6,537

  74

  Sunderland

  10,951

  10,206

  4,583

  4,271

  42

  Surrey

  15,468

  14,416

  4,859

  4,529

  31

  Sutton

  6,063

  5,651

  627

  584

  10

  Tameside

  2,781

  2,592

  716

  667

  26

  Trafford

  2,637

  2,458

  471

  439

  18

  Wakefield

  6,397

  5,962

  3,573

  3,330

  56

  Walsall

  2,210

  2,060

  907

  845

  41

  Waltham Forest

  7,120

  6,636

  5,498

  5,124

  77

  Warwickshire

  4,069

  3,792

  1,375

  1,281

  34

  West Sussex

  10,851

  10,113

  3,053

  2,845

  28

  Wigan

  5,308

  4,947

  3,508

  3,269

  66

  Wiltshire

  6,867

  6,400

  3,215

  2,996

  47

  Wirral

  6,391

  5,956

  2,330

  2,172

  36

  Wolverhampton

  7,823

  7,291

  1,849

  1,723

  24

  1989–90

  Capital Plans

  Capital Allocation

  Initial Allocation as a percentage of plans

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  12,427

  10,978

  3,877

  3,425

  31

  Barking

  1,429

  1,262

  245

  216

  17

  Barnet

  5,954

  5,260

  996

  880

  17

  Barnsley

  1,665

  1,471

  270

  239

  16

  Bedfordshire

  6,120

  5,406

  2,022

  1,786

  33

  Berkshire

  13,676

  12,081

  5,876

  5,191

  43

  Bexley

  3,336

  2,947

  864

  763

  26

  Birmingham

  13,206

  11,666

  5,218

  4,610

  40

  Bolton

  4,208

  3,717

  1,286

  1,136

  31

  Bradford

  27,879

  24,628

  8,334

  7,362

  30

  Brent

  4,939

  4,363

  463

  409

  9

  Bromley

  6,338

  5,599

  663

  586

  10

  Buckinghamshire

  12,370

  10,928

  7,780

  6,873

  63

  Bury

  1,055

  932

  605

  534

  57

  Calderdale

  4,135

  3,653

  2,607

  2,303

  63

  Cambridgeshire

  21,003

  18,554

  5,801

  5,125

  28

  Cheshire

  12,507

  11,049

  3,487

  3,080

  28

  Cleveland

  7,450

  6,581

  5,324

  4,703

  71

  Cornwall

  11,803

  10,427

  6,129

  5,414

  52

  Coventry

  15,815

  13,971

  2,670

  2,359

  17

  Croydon

  6,487

  5,731

  1,008

  890

  16

  Cumbria

  10,156

  8,972

  6,753

  5,966

  66

  Derbyshire

  22,530

  19,903

  11,669

  10,308

  52

  Devon

  23,329

  20,609

  14,177

  12,524

  61

  608

  609

  Capital Plans

  Capital Allocation

  Initial Allocation as a percentage of plans

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Doncaster

  1,059

  936

  684

  604

  65

  Dorset

  11,083

  9,791

  2,970

  2,624

  27

  Dudley

  5,621

  4,966

  2,531

  2,236

  45

  Durham

  14,756

  13,035

  2,133

  1,884

  14

  Ealing

  10,487

  9,264

  540

  477

  5

  East Sussex

  25,515

  22,540

  9,171

  8,102

  36

  Enfield

  6,847

  6,049

  1,153

  1,019

  17

  Essex

  54,816

  48,424

  17,002

  15,020

  31

  Gateshead

  5,263

  4,649

  1,052

  929

  20

  Gloucestershire

  14,180

  12,527

  5,934

  5,242

  42

  Hampshire

  28,586

  25,253

  7,940

  7,014

  28

  Haringey

  6,237

  5,510

  2,275

  2,010

  36

  Harrow

  7,423

  6,557

  650

  574

  9

  Havering

  4,912

  4,339

  1,341

  1,185

  27

  Hereford and Worcester

  9,134

  8,069

  2,534

  2,239

  28

  Hertfordshire

  16,561

  14,630

  4,832

  4,269

  29

  Hillingdon

  5,132

  4,534

  644

  569

  13

  Hounslow

  8,173

  7,220

  529

  467

  6

  Humberside

  13,240

  11,696

  7,288

  6,438

  55

  ILEA

  38,931

  34,392

  11,957

  10,563

  31

  Isle of Wight

  6,678

  5,899

  1,628

  1,438

  24

  Isles of Scilly

  149

  132

  149

  132

  100

  Kent

  24,492

  21,636

  8,610

  7,606

  35

  Kingston-upon-Thames

  9,756

  8,618

  316

  279

  3

  Kirklees

  5,406

  4,776

  808

  714

  15

  Knowsley

  6,413

  5,665

  2,116

  1,869

  33

  Lancashire

  34,170

  30,186

  13,664

  12,071

  40

  Leeds

  17,367

  15,342

  3,464

  3,060

  20

  Leicestershire

  12,785

  11,294

  6,769

  5,980

  53

  Lincolnshire

  8,599

  7,596

  3,010

  1,659

  35

  Liverpool

  6,121

  5,407

  607

  536

  10

  Manchester

  26,053

  23,015

  5,271

  4,656

  20

  Merton

  11,393

  10,065

  5,243

  4,632

  46

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  9,148

  8,081

  1,566

  1,383

  17

  Newham

  7,944

  7,018

  3,590

  3,171

  45

  Norfolk

  10,892

  9,622

  3,788

  3,346

  35

  North Tyneside

  5,853

  5,171

  1,577

  1,393

  27

  North Yorkshire

  6,899

  6,095

  2,209

  1,951

  32

  Northamptonshire

  9,049

  7,994

  4,046

  3,574

  45

  Northumberland

  5,234

  4,624

  889

  785

  17

  Nottinghamshire

  7,408

  6,544

  3,215

  2,840

  43

  Oldham

  6,654

  5,878

  2,272

  2,007

  34

  Oxfordshire

  15,971

  14,109

  3,758

  3,320

  24

  Redbridge

  5,241

  4,630

  2,028

  1,792

  39

  Richmond

  2,826

  2,496

  540

  477

  19

  Rochdale

  7,094

  6,267

  2,175

  1,921

  31

  Rotherham

  2,647

  2,338

  840

  742

  32

  Salford

  5,717

  5,050

  3,806

  3,362

  67

  Sandwell

  4,462

  3,942

  2,080

  1,837

  47

  Sefton

  4,728

  4,177

  1,724

  1,523

  36

  Sheffield

  9,204

  8,131

  5,211

  4,603

  57

  Shropshire

  8,010

  7,076

  4,943

  4,367

  62

  Solihull

  4,084

  3,608

  744

  657

  18

  Somerset

  15,865

  14,015

  3,088

  2,728

  19

  South Tyneside

  9,846

  8,698

  3,372

  2,979

  34

  St. Helens

  4,597

  4,061

  1,851

  1,635

  40

  Staffordshire

  11,544

  10,198

  4,927

  4,353

  43

  Stockport

  3,822

  3,376

  1,519

  1,342

  40

  Suffolk

  13,315

  11,762

  6,086

  5,376

  46

  Sunderland

  10,269

  9,072

  3,859

  3,409

  38

  Surrey

  12,460

  11,007

  5,735

  5,066

  46

  Sutton

  11,995

  10,596

  649

  573

  5

  Tameside

  2,863

  2,529

  746

  659

  26

  Trafford

  20,581

  18,181

  2,671

  2,360

  13

  Wakefield

  5,296

  4,678

  3,212

  2,837

  61

  Walsall

  3,190

  2,818

  921

  814

  29

  Waltham Forest

  13,259

  11,713

  8,013

  7,079

  60

  Warwickshire

  6,275

  5,543

  1,729

  1,527

  28

  West Sussex

  12,953

  11,443

  1,966

  1,737

  15

  Wigan

  7,057

  6,234

  1,364

  1,205

  19

  Wiltshire

  10,455

  9,236

  2,866

  2,532

  27

  Wirral

  6,817

  6,022

  2,469

  2,181

  36

  Wolverhampton

  3,810

  3,366

  528

  466

  14

  610 611
  Notes:

  1. All figures are in £ thousands.

  2. Cash plans were not requested in 1981–84.

  3. The allocations made are in a few exceptional cases greater that the planned expenditure shown in the table. The information provided on plans was sometimes incomplete and adjustments were made to allocations.

  4. Current prices = cash plans.

  5. Constant prices are calculated at 1987–88 prices using the GDP deflator.

  6. Allocations for 1989–90 exclude PCFC institutions.

  7. The allocations shown are those announced before the start of the financial year in question and do not include subsequent revisions.

  Table B

  Voluntary aided capital plans and allocations 1981–82 to 1989–90

  1981–82 Plans and allocations

  1982–83 Plans

  1982–83 Allocation

  Local education authority

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  —

  —

  424

  533

  165

  208

  Barking

  4—

  —

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Barnet

  —

  —

  494

  622

  260

  327

  Barnsley

  —

  —

  90

  113

  106

  133

  Bedfordshire

  —

  —

  156

  196

  172

  216

  Berkshire

  —

  —

  170

  214

  200

  252

  Bexley

  —

  —

  88

  111

  82

  103

  Birmingham

  —

  —

  480

  604

  576

  725

  Bolton

  —

  —

  227

  286

  65

  82

  Bradford

  —

  —

  762

  959

  779

  980

  Brent

  —

  —

  402

  506

  342

  430

  Bromley

  —

  —

  100

  126

  118

  148

  Buckinghamshire

  —

  —

  229

  288

  268

  337

  Bury

  —

  —

  41

  52

  47

  59

  Calderdale

  —

  —

  140

  176

  29

  36

  Cambridgeshire

  —

  —

  502

  632

  194

  244

  Cheshire

  —

  —

  1,059

  1,332

  1,035

  1,302

  Cleveland

  —

  —

  537

  676

  556

  700

  Cornwall

  —

  —

  512

  644

  229

  288

  Coventry

  —

  —

  23

  29

  27

  34

  Croydon

  —

  —

  22

  28

  24

  30

  Cumbria

  —

  —

  320

  403

  345

  434

  Derbyshire

  —

  —

  693

  872

  576

  725

  Devon

  —

  —

  42

  53

  49

  62

  Doncaster

  —

  —

  140

  176

  152

  191

  Dorset

  —

  —

  79

  99

  93

  117

  Dudley

  —

  —

  845

  1,063

  402

  506

  Durham

  —

  —

  387

  487

  219

  276

  Ealing

  —

  —

  341

  429

  185

  233

  East Sussex

  —

  —

  35

  44

  35

  44

  Enfield

  —

  —

  95

  120

  81

  102

  Essex

  —

  —

  808

  1,017

  514

  647

  Gateshead

  —

  —

  60

  75

  66

  83

  Gloucestershire

  —

  —

  194

  244

  223

  281

  Hampshire

  —

  —

  450

  566

  388

  488

  Haringey

  —

  —

  195

  245

  147

  185

  Harrow

  —

  —

  16

  20

  21

  26

  Havering

  —

  —

  54

  68

  24

  30

  Hereford and Worcester

  —

  —

  683

  859

  285

  359

  Hertfordshire

  —

  —

  550

  692

  406

  511

  Hillingdon

  —

  —

  330

  415

  94

  118

  Hounslow

  —

  —

  129

  162

  24

  30

  Humberside

  —

  —

  143

  180

  145

  182

  ILEA

  —

  —

  2,369

  2,981

  3,181

  4,002

  Isle of Wight

  —

  —

  45

  57

  18

  23

  Isles of Scilly

  —

  —

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  —

  —

  1,620

  2,038

  1,404

  1,767

  Kingston

  —

  —

  107

  135

  8

  10

  Kirklees

  —

  —

  162

  204

  96

  121

  Knowsley

  —

  —

  158

  199

  159

  200

  Lancashire

  —

  —

  n/a

  nil

  706

  888

  Leeds

  —

  —

  127

  160

  146

  184

  Leicestershire

  —

  —

  1,007

  1,267

  794

  999

  Lincolnshire

  —

  —

  529

  666

  301

  379

  Liverpool

  —

  —

  590

  742

  643

  809

  Manchester

  —

  —

  350

  440

  294

  370

  Merton

  —

  —

  310

  390

  347

  437

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  —

  —

  106

  133

  108

  136

  Newham

  —

  —

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Norfolk

  —

  —

  891

  1,121

  843

  1,061

  Northamptonshire

  —

  —

  35

  44

  41

  52

  612

  613

  1981–82 Plans and allocations

  1982–83 Plans

  1982–83 Allocation

  Local education authority

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  North Tyneside

  —

  —

  27

  34

  24

  30

  Northumberland

  —

  —

  163

  205

  175

  220

  North Yorkshire

  —

  —

  80

  101

  94

  118

  Nottinghamshire

  —

  —

  310

  390

  259

  326

  Oldham

  —

  —

  149

  187

  172

  216

  Oxfordshire

  —

  —

  60

  75

  47

  59

  Redbridge

  —

  —

  180

  226

  212

  267

  Richmond

  —

  —

  104

  131

  48

  60

  Rochdale

  —

  —

  529

  666

  622

  783

  Rotherham

  —

  —

  480

  604

  559

  703

  Salford

  —

  —

  214

  269

  122

  154

  Sandwell

  —

  —

  32

  40

  31

  39

  Sefton

  —

  —

  418

  526

  369

  464

  Sheffield

  —

  —

  100

  126

  24

  30

  Shropshire

  —

  —

  200

  252

  114

  143

  Solihull

  —

  —

  240

  302

  94

  118

  Somerset

  —

  —

  755

  950

  888

  1,117

  South Tyneside

  —

  —

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Staffordshire

  —

  —

  700

  881

  588

  740

  St. Helens

  —

  —

  135

  170

  147

  185

  Stockport

  —

  —

  148

  186

  156

  196

  Suffolk

  —

  —

  194

  244

  136

  171

  Sunderland

  —

  —

  40

  50

  47

  59

  Surrey

  —

  —

  545

  686

  640

  805

  Sutton

  —

  —

  127

  160

  76

  96

  Tameside

  —

  —

  363

  457

  181

  228

  Trafford

  —

  —

  150

  189

  223

  281

  Wakefield

  —

  —

  10

  13

  8

  10

  Walsall

  —

  —

  700

  881

  287

  361

  Waltham

  —

  —

  87

  109

  0

  0

  Warwick

  —

  —

  605

  761

  259

  326

  West Sussex

  —

  —

  240

  302

  129

  162

  Wigan

  —

  —

  869

  1,093

  766

  964

  Wiltshire

  —

  —

  452

  569

  526

  662

  Wirral

  —

  —

  995

  1,252

  1,141

  1,436

  Wolverhampton

  —

  —

  625

  786

  147

  185

  1983–84

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  316

  380

  352

  423

  Barking

  15

  18

  0

  0

  Barnet

  380

  457

  192

  231

  Barnsley

  0

  0

  36

  43

  Bedfordshire

  43

  52

  41

  49

  Berkshire

  95

  114

  86

  103

  Bexley

  15

  18

  47

  57

  Birmingham

  1,626

  1,955

  622

  748

  Bolton

  200

  241

  194

  233

  Bradford

  898

  1,080

  835

  1,004

  Brent

  338

  406

  298

  358

  Bromley

  1,100

  1,323

  80

  96

  Buckinghamshire

  389

  468

  603

  725

  Bury

  62

  75

  44

  53

  Calderdale

  185

  222

  145

  174

  Cambridgeshire

  821

  987

  196

  236

  Cheshire

  366

  440

  568

  683

  Cleveland

  1,409

  1,694

  116

  139

  Cornwall

  154

  185

  360

  433

  Coventry

  22

  26

  23

  28

  Croydon

  25

  30

  29

  35

  Cumbria

  112

  135

  156

  188

  Derbyshire

  215

  259

  310

  373

  Devon

  946

  1,138

  573

  689

  Doncaster

  0

  0

  28

  34

  Dorset

  308

  370

  84

  101

  Dudley

  890

  1,070

  603

  725

  Durham

  223

  268

  181

  218

  Ealing

  640

  770

  350

  421

  East Sussex

  50

  60

  43

  52

  Enfield

  320

  385

  314

  378

  Essex

  335

  403

  184

  221

  614

  615

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Gateshead

  172

  207

  118

  142

  Gloucestershire

  340

  409

  406

  488

  Hampshire

  34

  41

  48

  58

  Haringey

  171

  206

  58

  70

  Harrow

  36

  43

  22

  26

  Havering

  100

  120

  43

  52

  Hereford & Worcester

  937

  1,127

  115

  138

  Hertfordshire

  500

  601

  244

  293

  Hillingdon

  243

  292

  131

  158

  Hounslow

  220

  265

  76

  91

  Humberside

  45

  54

  28

  34

  ILEA

  2,777

  3,339

  2,416

  2,905

  IsIe of Wight

  73

  88

  20

  24

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  454

  546

  713

  857

  Kingston

  132

  159

  168

  202

  Kirklees

  46

  55

  121

  146

  Knowsley

  75

  90

  105

  126

  Lancashire

  1,004

  1,207

  928

  1,116

  Leeds

  160

  192

  36

  43

  Leicestershire

  345

  415

  274

  329

  Lincolnshirc

  104

  125

  195

  234

  Liverpool

  889

  1,069

  1,440

  1,732

  Manchester

  944

  1,135

  704

  847

  Merton

  124

  149

  119

  143

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  203

  244

  96

  115

  Newham

  12

  14

  10

  12

  Norfolk

  280

  337

  479

  576

  Northamptonshire

  184

  221

  245

  295

  North Tyneside

  240

  289

  109

  131

  Northumberland

  54

  65

  107

  129

  North Yorkshire

  230

  277

  183

  220

  Nottinghamshire

  540

  649

  619

  744

  Oldham

  26

  31

  99

  119

  Oxfordshire

  455

  547

  56

  67

  Redbridge

  460

  553

  454

  546

  Richmond

  21

  25

  19

  23

  Rochdale

  0

  0

  57

  69

  Rotherham

  805

  968

  70

  84

  Salford

  167

  201

  203

  244

  Sandwell

  47

  57

  26

  31

  Sefton

  443

  533

  452

  544

  Sheffield

  100

  120

  56

  67

  Shropshire

  236

  284

  45

  54

  Solihull

  435

  523

  108

  130

  Somerset

  8

  10

  8

  10

  South Tyneside

  78

  94

  29

  35

  Staffordshire

  410

  493

  431

  518

  St. Helens

  170

  204

  30

  36

  Stockport

  400

  481

  323

  388

  Suffolk

  240

  289

  83

  100

  Sunderland

  220

  265

  31

  37

  Surrey

  320

  385

  315

  379

  Sutton

  285

  343

  188

  226

  Tameside

  266

  320

  394

  474

  Trafford

  48

  58

  42

  51

  Wakefield

  65

  78

  52

  63

  Walsall

  400

  481

  533

  641

  Waltham

  91

  109

  48

  58

  Warwick

  268

  322

  346

  416

  West Sussex

  283

  340

  288

  346

  Wigan

  775

  932

  718

  863

  Wiltshire

  16

  19

  40

  48

  Wirral

  290

  349

  155

  186

  Wolverhampton

  260

  313

  78

  94

  1984–85

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  477

  547

  144

  165

  Barking

  7

  8

  7

  8

  Barnet

  2,380

  2,727

  1,091

  1,250

  616

  617

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Barnsley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Bedfordshire

  50

  57

  15

  17

  Berkshire

  287

  329

  145

  166

  Bexley

  389

  446

  5

  6

  Birmingham

  995

  1,140

  182

  209

  Bolton

  722

  827

  106

  121

  Bradford

  290

  332

  60

  69

  Brent

  566

  649

  340

  390

  Bromley

  325

  372

  32

  37

  Buckinghamshire

  475

  544

  175

  201

  Bury

  206

  236

  47

  54

  Calderdale

  234

  268

  230

  264

  Cambridgeshire

  672

  770

  395

  453

  Cheshire

  1,688

  1,934

  652

  747

  Cleveland

  738

  846

  213

  244

  Cornwall

  110

  126

  35

  40

  Coventry

  302

  346

  28

  32

  Croydon

  85

  97

  45

  52

  Cumbria

  578

  662

  300

  344

  Derbyshire

  475

  544

  225

  258

  Devon

  2,900

  3,323

  1,410

  1,616

  Doncaster

  50

  57

  40

  46

  Dorset

  1,339

  1,534

  610

  699

  Dudley

  2,567

  2,942

  417

  478

  Durham

  668

  765

  258

  296

  Ealing

  720

  825

  340

  390

  East Sussex

  230

  264

  35

  40

  Enfield

  538

  616

  375

  430

  Essex

  320

  367

  215

  246

  Gateshead

  260

  298

  233

  267

  Gloucestershire

  670

  768

  285

  327

  Hampshire

  147

  168

  40

  46

  Haringey

  400

  458

  60

  69

  Harrow

  163

  187

  10

  11

  Havering

  100

  115

  20

  23

  Hereford and Worcester

  1,135

  1,301

  650

  745

  Hertfordshire

  640

  733

  295

  338

  Hillingdon

  570

  653

  175

  201

  Hounslow

  628

  720

  190

  218

  Humberside

  114

  131

  35

  40

  ILEA

  4,978

  5,704

  1,590

  1,822

  Isle of Wight

  80

  92

  10

  11

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  1,630

  1,868

  935

  1,071

  Kingston

  360

  413

  190

  218

  Kirklees

  334

  383

  254

  291

  Knowsley

  390

  447

  110

  126

  Lancashire

  2,161

  2,476

  1,500

  1,719

  Leeds

  20

  23

  15

  17

  Leicestershire

  1,257

  1,440

  705

  808

  Lincolnshire

  337

  386

  177

  203

  Liverpool

  2,400

  2,750

  1,275

  1,461

  Manchester

  2,741

  3,141

  1,145

  1,312

  Merton

  78

  89

  20

  23

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  418

  479

  65

  74

  Newham

  233

  267

  15

  17

  Norfolk

  511

  586

  180

  206

  Northamptonshire

  n/a

  nil

  90

  103

  North Tyneside

  514

  589

  285

  327

  Northumberland

  119

  136

  35

  40

  North Yorkshire

  1,614

  1,849

  580

  665

  Nottinghamshire

  372

  426

  190

  218

  Oldham

  123

  141

  40

  46

  Oxfordshire

  155

  178

  15

  17

  Redbridge

  756

  866

  555

  636

  Richmond

  211

  242

  100

  115

  Rochdale

  283

  324

  75

  86

  Rotherham

  112

  128

  61

  70

  Salford

  616

  706

  80

  92

  Sandwell

  54

  62

  10

  11

  Sefton

  144

  165

  45

  52

  Sheffield

  278

  319

  33

  38

  Shropshire

  562

  644

  75

  86

  Solihull

  108

  124

  86

  99

  Somerset

  28

  32

  30

  34

  618

  619

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  South Tyneside

  210

  241

  65

  74

  Staffordshire

  784

  898

  435

  498

  St. Helens

  302

  346

  32

  37

  Stockport

  652

  747

  40

  46

  Suffolk

  355

  407

  200

  229

  Sunderland

  66

  76

  15

  17

  Surrey

  170

  195

  50

  57

  Sutton

  388

  445

  360

  413

  Tameside

  683

  783

  530

  607

  Trafford

  691

  792

  60

  69

  Wakefield

  293

  336

  155

  178

  Walsall

  100

  115

  50

  57

  Waltham

  1,275

  1,461

  1,005

  1,152

  Warwick

  395

  453

  110

  126

  West Sussex

  959

  1,099

  263

  301

  Wigan

  988

  1,132

  475

  544

  Wiltshire

  40

  46

  12

  14

  Wirral

  897

  1,028

  470

  539

  Wolverhampton

  320

  367

  185

  212

  1985–86

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  965

  1,048

  391

  425

  Barking

  112

  122

  20

  22

  Barnet

  3,021

  3,281

  1,662

  1,805

  Barnsley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Bedfordshire

  335

  364

  40

  43

  Berkshire

  1,150

  1,249

  62

  67

  Bexley

  421

  457

  42

  46

  Birmingham

  1,816

  1,973

  1,070

  1,162

  Bolton

  578

  628

  578

  628

  Bradford

  631

  685

  350

  380

  Brent

  485

  527

  46

  50

  Bromley

  311

  338

  211

  229

  Buckinghamshire

  1,437

  1,561

  11

  12

  Bury

  227

  247

  40

  43

  Calderdale

  361

  392

  151

  164

  Cambridgeshire

  577

  627

  87

  94

  Cheshire

  1,615

  1,754

  867

  942

  Cleveland

  1,119

  1,215

  200

  217

  Cornwall

  299

  325

  176

  191

  Coventry

  358

  389

  70

  76

  Croydon

  145

  157

  45

  49

  Cumbria

  825

  896

  528

  574

  Derbyshire

  455

  494

  375

  407

  Devon

  3,084

  3,350

  1,472

  1,599

  Doncaster

  95

  103

  95

  103

  Dorset

  643

  698

  135

  147

  Dudley

  2 227

  2,419

  666

  723

  Durham

  863

  937

  448

  487

  Ealing

  773

  840

  341

  370

  East Sussex

  722

  784

  640

  695

  Enfield

  858

  932

  620

  673

  Essex

  813

  883

  467

  507

  Gateshead

  832

  904

  318

  345

  Gloucestershire

  712

  773

  366

  398

  Hampshire

  432

  469

  60

  65

  Haringey

  898

  975

  425

  462

  Harrow

  208

  226

  20

  22

  Havering

  61

  66

  13

  14

  Hereford & Worcester

  1,102

  1,197

  793

  861

  Hertfordshire

  465

  505

  209

  227

  Hillingdon

  4,205

  4,567

  67

  73

  Hounslow

  545

  592

  324

  352

  Humberside

  20

  22

  20

  22

  ILEA

  8,362

  9,083

  3,477

  3,777

  Isle of Wight

  84

  91

  23

  25

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  1,438

  1,562

  307

  333

  Kingston

  221

  240

  71

  77

  Kirklees

  330

  358

  180

  196

  620

  621

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Knowsley

  378

  411

  190

  206

  Lancashire

  2,533

  2,751

  2,244

  2,437

  Leeds

  139

  151

  30

  33

  Leicestershire

  1,022

  1,110

  928

  1,008

  Lincolnshire

  320

  348

  160

  174

  Liverpool

  2,962

  3,217

  2,080

  2,259

  Manchester

  2,666

  2,896

  1,602

  1,740

  Merton

  213

  231

  118

  128

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  627

  681

  218

  237

  Newham

  160

  174

  25

  27

  Norfolk

  177

  192

  177

  192

  Northamptonshire

  539

  585

  44

  48

  North Tyneside

  627

  681

  429

  466

  Northumberland

  103

  112

  40

  43

  North Yorkshire

  2,260

  2,455

  1,890

  2,053

  Nottinghamshire

  207

  225

  22

  24

  Oldham

  355

  386

  73

  79

  Oxfordshire

  1,215

  1,320

  113

  123

  Redbridge

  808

  878

  695

  755

  Richmond

  173

  188

  0

  0

  Rochdale

  225

  244

  125

  136

  Rotherham

  86

  93

  46

  50

  Salford

  758

  823

  129

  140

  Sandwell

  53

  58

  25

  27

  Sefton

  52

  56

  52

  56

  Sheffield

  365

  396

  115

  125

  Shropshire

  565

  614

  284

  308

  Solihull

  189

  205

  75

  81

  Somerset

  102

  111

  30

  33

  South Tyneside

  185

  201

  185

  201

  Staffordshire

  671

  729

  239

  260

  St. Helens

  198

  215

  63

  68

  Stockport

  1,243

  1,350

  269

  292

  Suffolk

  279

  303

  164

  178

  Sunderland

  92

  100

  77

  84

  Surrey

  1,579

  1,715

  68

  74

  Sutton

  310

  337

  185

  201

  Tameside

  234

  254

  73

  79

  Trafford

  668

  726

  40

  43

  Wakefield

  215

  234

  125

  136

  Walsall

  338

  367

  25

  27

  Waltham

  996

  1,082

  1,375

  1,494

  Warwick

  445

  483

  245

  266

  West Sussex

  813

  883

  270

  293

  Wigan

  1,070

  1,162

  630

  684

  Wiltshire

  68

  74

  62

  67

  Wirral

  895

  972

  615

  668

  Wolverhampton

  174

  189

  30

  33

  1986–87

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  696

  732

  193

  203

  Barking

  118

  124

  0

  0

  Barnet

  1,844

  1,941

  400

  421

  Barnsley

  103

  108

  0

  0

  Bedfordshire

  457

  481

  0

  0

  Berkshire

  794

  836

  265

  279

  Bexley

  188

  198

  3

  3

  Birmingham

  1,380

  1,452

  615

  647

  Bolton

  1,023

  1,077

  575

  605

  Bradford

  866

  911

  320

  337

  Brent

  299

  315

  12

  13

  Bromley

  30

  32

  0

  0

  Buckinghamshire

  831

  875

  423

  445

  Bury

  241

  254

  3

  3

  Calderdale

  231

  243

  3

  3

  Cambridgeshire

  1,137

  1,197

  127

  134

  Cheshire

  2,192

  2,307

  836

  880

  Cleveland

  1,471

  1,548

  135

  142

  Cornwall

  814

  857

  252

  265

  Coventry

  127

  134

  22

  23

  622

  623

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Croydon

  158

  166

  48

  51

  Cumbria

  514

  541

  401

  422

  Derbyshire

  665

  700

  190

  200

  Devon

  2,176

  2,290

  132

  139

  Doncaster

  66

  69

  50

  53

  Dorset

  2,133

  2,245

  216

  227

  Dudley

  1,858

  1,955

  724

  762

  Durham

  1,339

  1,409

  425

  447

  Ealing

  1,108

  1,166

  331

  348

  East Sussex

  960

  1,010

  380

  400

  Enfield

  1,579

  1,662

  197

  207

  Essex

  333

  350

  150

  158

  Gateshead

  200

  210

  163

  172

  Gloucestershire

  1,313

  1,382

  252

  265

  Hampshire

  467

  491

  70

  74

  Haringey

  779

  820

  323

  340

  Harrow

  235

  247

  1

  1

  Havering

  180

  189

  0

  0

  Hereford & Worcester

  1,563

  1,645

  1,399

  1,472

  Hertfordshire

  2,261

  2,380

  46

  48

  Hillingdon

  672

  707

  40

  42

  Hounslow

  833

  877

  169

  178

  Humberside

  2,053

  2,161

  1,818

  1,913

  ILEA

  4,171

  4,390

  1,686

  1,774

  Isle of Wight

  72

  76

  2

  2

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  1,285

  1,352

  496

  522

  Kingston

  295

  310

  44

  46

  Kirklees

  166

  175

  16

  17

  Knowsley

  670

  705

  600

  631

  Lancashire

  1,471

  1,548

  1,302

  1,370

  Leeds

  220

  232

  90

  95

  Leicestershire

  1,594

  1,678

  1,241

  1,306

  Lincolnshire

  310

  326

  3

  3

  Liverpool

  2,557

  2,691

  2,360

  2,484

  Manchester

  3,060

  3,220

  2,250

  2,368

  Merton

  220

  232

  170

  179

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  351

  369

  191

  201

  Newham

  101

  106

  47

  49

  Norfolk

  568

  598

  89

  94

  Northamptonshire

  590

  621

  505

  531

  North Tyneside

  325

  342

  20

  21

  Northumberland

  98

  103

  0

  0

  North Yorkshire

  1,009

  1,062

  273

  287

  Nottinghamshire

  341

  359

  66

  69

  Oldham

  502

  528

  16

  17

  Oxfordshire

  2,068

  2,176

  470

  495

  Redbridge

  138

  145

  28

  29

  Richmond

  118

  124

  0

  0

  Rochdale

  558

  5X7

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  144

  152

  69

  73

  Salford

  1,037

  1,091

  610

  642

  Sandwell

  88

  93

  0

  0

  Sefton

  446

  469

  2

  2

  Sheffield

  480

  505

  300

  316

  Shropshire

  242

  255

  112

  118

  Solihull

  231

  243

  0

  0

  Somerset

  28

  29

  22

  23

  South Tyneside

  290

  305

  185

  195

  Staffordshire

  627

  660

  181

  190

  St. Helens

  344

  362

  6

  6

  Stockport

  982

  1,033

  447

  470

  Suffolk

  281

  296

  163

  172

  Sunderland

  421

  443

  0

  0

  Surrey

  2,190

  2,305

  10

  11

  Sutton

  219

  230

  35

  37

  Tameside

  226

  238

  35

  37

  Trafford

  509

  536

  0

  0

  Wakefield

  380

  400

  120

  126

  Walsall

  264

  278

  26

  27

  Waltham

  380

  400

  245

  258

  Warwick

  268

  282

  19

  20

  West Sussex

  609

  641

  334

  352

  Wigan

  1,231

  1,296

  781

  822

  Wiltshire

  148

  156

  29

  31

  624

  625

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Wirral

  811

  854

  416

  438

  Wolverhampton

  593

  624

  6

  6

  1987–88

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  1,366

  1,366

  885

  885

  Barking

  140

  140

  0

  0

  Barnet

  1,501

  1,501

  880

  880

  Barnsley

  244

  244

  5

  5

  Bedfordshire

  279

  279

  4

  4

  Berkshire

  890

  890

  593

  593

  Bexley

  201

  201

  126

  126

  Birmingham

  838

  838

  985

  985

  Bolton

  122

  122

  734

  734

  Bradford

  586

  586

  270

  270

  Brent

  243

  243

  613

  613

  Bromley

  30

  30

  20

  20

  Buckinghamshire

  1,008

  1,008

  1,701

  1,701

  Bury

  505

  505

  120

  120

  Calderdale

  243

  243

  25

  25

  Cambridgeshire

  1,095

  1,095

  465

  465

  Cheshire

  1,655

  1,655

  393

  393

  Cleveland

  962

  962

  130

  130

  Cornwall

  378

  378

  116

  116

  Coventry

  647

  647

  340

  340

  Croydon

  470

  470

  503

  503

  Cumbria

  193

  193

  596

  596

  Derbyshire

  270

  270

  685

  685

  Devon

  985

  985

  372

  372

  Doncaster

  42

  42

  0

  0

  Dorset

  1,778

  1,778

  1,267

  1,267

  Dudley

  2,329

  2,329

  858

  858

  Durham

  651

  651

  449

  449

  Ealing

  940

  940

  762

  762

  East Sussex

  575

  575

  1,630

  1,630

  Enfield

  1,260

  1,260

  93

  93

  Essex

  285

  285

  120

  120

  Gateshead

  134

  134

  895

  895

  Gloucestershire

  1,029

  1,029

  442

  442

  Hampshire

  943

  943

  130

  130

  Haringey

  781

  781

  75

  75

  Harrow

  218

  218

  25

  25

  Havering

  170

  170

  0

  0

  Hereford and Worcester

  433

  433

  654

  654

  Hertfordshire

  1,038

  1,038

  457

  457

  Hillingdon

  1,076

  1,076

  230

  230

  Hounslow

  640

  640

  153

  153

  Humberside

  507

  507

  2,684

  2,684

  ILEA

  8,077

  8,077

  862

  862

  Isle of Wight

  95

  95

  70

  70

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  1,132

  1,132

  534

  534

  Kingston

  214

  214

  0

  0

  Kirklees

  84

  84

  14

  14

  Knowsley

  295

  295

  570

  570

  Lancashire

  504

  504

  793

  793

  Leeds

  80

  80

  20

  20

  Leicestershire

  762

  762

  592

  592

  Lincolnshire

  380

  380

  65

  65

  Liverpool

  3,080

  3,080

  2,239

  2,239

  Manchester

  1,056

  1,056

  2,831

  2,831

  Merton

  69

  69

  65

  65

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  556

  556

  338

  338

  Newham

  40

  40

  60

  60

  Norfolk

  639

  639

  41

  41

  Northamptonshire

  125

  125

  205

  205

  North Tyneside

  221

  221

  275

  275

  Northumberland

  467

  467

  110

  110

  North Yorkshire

  897

  897

  45

  45

  Nottinghamshire

  316

  316

  322

  322

  Oldham

  713

  713

  274

  274

  626

  627

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Oxfordshire

  1,122

  1,122

  273

  273

  Redbridge

  50

  50

  5

  5

  Richmond

  332

  332

  12

  12

  Rochdale

  660

  660

  335

  335

  Rotherham

  45

  45

  69

  69

  Salford

  460

  460

  750

  750

  Sandwell

  180

  180

  15

  15

  Sefton

  1,320

  1,320

  50

  50

  Sheffield

  670

  670

  130

  130

  Shropshire

  422

  422

  45

  45

  Solihull

  539

  539

  166

  166

  Somerset

  449

  449

  50

  50

  South Tyneside

  146

  146

  251

  251

  Staffordshire

  377

  377

  489

  489

  St. Helens

  1,536

  1,536

  888

  888

  Stockport

  225

  225

  122

  122

  Suffolk

  249

  249

  68

  68

  Sunderland

  299

  299

  375

  375

  Surrey

  929

  929

  1,079

  1,079

  Sutton

  224

  224

  0

  0

  Tameside

  240

  240

  35

  35

  Trafford

  387

  387

  30

  30

  Wakefield

  150

  150

  47

  47

  Walsall

  324

  324

  50

  50

  Waltham

  120

  120

  50

  50

  Warwick

  715

  715

  80

  80

  West Sussex

  593

  593

  420

  420

  Wigan

  1,016

  1,016

  1,045

  1,045

  Wiltshire

  187

  187

  35

  35

  Wirral

  1,425

  1,425

  322

  322

  Wolverhampton

  48

  48

  8

  8

  1988–89

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  441

  411

  436

  406

  Barking

  162

  151

  15

  14

  Barnet

  1,674

  1,560

  1,109

  1,034

  Barnsley

  12

  11

  12

  11

  Bedfordshire

  278

  259

  0

  0

  Berkshire

  1,820

  1,696

  492

  459

  Bexley

  856

  798

  617

  575

  Birmingham

  751

  700

  1,847

  1,721

  Bolton

  413

  385

  3,432

  3,199

  Bradford

  211

  197

  86

  80

  Brent

  226

  211

  467

  435

  Bromley

  625

  582

  30

  28

  Buckinghamshire

  850

  792

  1,932

  1,801

  Bury

  336

  313

  1,052

  980

  Calderdale

  326

  304

  0

  0

  Cambridgeshire

  916

  854

  345

  322

  Cheshire

  1,567

  1,460

  515

  480

  Cleveland

  886

  826

  170

  158

  Cornwall

  1,180

  1,100

  145

  135

  Coventry

  473

  441

  53

  49

  Croydon

  1,215

  1,132

  40

  37

  Cumbria

  363

  338

  429

  400

  Derbyshire

  525

  489

  1,155

  1,076

  Devon

  816

  760

  619

  577

  Doncaster

  50

  47

  50

  47

  Dorset

  3,124

  2,912

  1,421

  1,324

  Dudley

  2,919

  2,720

  535

  499

  Durham

  538

  501

  150

  140

  Ealing

  495

  461

  971

  905

  East Sussex

  800

  746

  2,091

  1,949

  Enfield

  1,844

  1,719

  383

  357

  Essex

  732

  682

  831

  774

  Gateshead

  144

  134

  884

  824

  Gloucestershire

  1,559

  1,453

  536

  500

  Hampshire

  2,714

  2,529

  288

  268

  Haringey

  564

  526

  50

  47

  Harrow

  781

  728

  25

  23

  628

  629

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Havering

  170

  158

  70

  65

  Hereford and Worcester

  598

  557

  61

  57

  Hertfordshire

  1,723

  1,606

  467

  435

  Hillingdon

  889

  829

  350

  326

  Hounslow

  620

  578

  26

  24

  Humberside

  1,283

  1,196

  1,315

  1,226

  ILEA

  12,680

  11,818

  1,641

  1,529

  Isle of Wight

  68

  63

  839

  782

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  3,224

  3,005

  386

  360

  Kingston

  279

  260

  0

  0

  Kirklees

  65

  61

  45

  42

  Knowsley

  490

  457

  720

  671

  Lancashire

  1,027

  957

  3,298

  3,074

  Leeds

  635

  592

  0

  0

  Leicestershire

  1,099

  1,024

  1,036

  966

  Lincolnshire

  642

  598

  125

  116

  Liverpool

  6,193

  5,772

  652

  608

  Manchester

  1,671

  1,557

  2,585

  2,409

  Merton

  387

  361

  0

  0

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  667

  622

  105

  98

  Newham

  0

  0

  4

  4

  Norfolk

  503

  469

  253

  236

  Northamptonshire

  243

  226

  132

  123

  North Tyneside

  479

  446

  329

  307

  Northumberland

  361

  336

  178

  166

  North Yorkshire

  746

  695

  100

  93

  Nottinghamshire

  827

  771

  203

  189

  Oldham

  974

  908

  2,218

  2,067

  Oxfordshire

  2,195

  2,046

  682

  636

  Redbridge

  128

  119

  60

  56

  Richmond

  1,041

  970

  0

  0

  Rochdale

  1,261

  1,175

  1,762

  1,642

  Rotherham

  20

  19

  48

  45

  Salford

  823

  767

  745

  694

  Sandwell

  70

  65

  5

  5

  Sefton

  534

  498

  293

  273

  Sheffield

  1,138

  1,061

  518

  483

  Shropshire

  832

  775

  265

  247

  Solihull

  433

  404

  638

  595

  Somerset

  739

  689

  559

  521

  South Tyneside

  151

  141

  106

  99

  Staffordshire

  716

  667

  955

  890

  St. Helens

  835

  77S

  2,823

  2,631

  Stockport

  599

  558

  50

  47

  Suffolk

  952

  887

  246

  229

  Sunderland

  159

  148

  224

  209

  Surrey

  618

  576

  1,660

  1,547

  Sutton

  709

  661

  0

  0

  Tameside

  386

  360

  90

  84

  Trafford

  1,174

  1,094

  5

  5

  Wakefield

  292

  272

  70

  65

  Walsall

  283

  264

  36

  34

  Waltham

  50

  47

  11

  10

  Warwick

  617

  575

  715

  666

  West Sussex

  438

  408

  1,644

  1,532

  Wigan

  950

  885

  385

  359

  Wiltshire

  229

  213

  35

  33

  Wirral

  518

  483

  290

  270

  Wolverhampton

  170

  158

  27

  25

  1989–90

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Avon

  1,012

  894

  710

  627

  Barking

  1,580

  1,396

  0

  0

  Barnet

  506

  447

  1,392

  1,230

  Barnsley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Bedfordshire

  285

  252

  0

  0

  Berkshire

  1,097

  969

  1,124

  993

  Bexley

  964

  852

  223

  197

  Birmingham

  866

  765

  1,992

  1,760

  630 631

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Bolton

  206

  182

  250

  221

  Bradford

  700

  618

  473

  418

  Brent

  301

  266

  519

  458

  Bromley

  597

  527

  5

  4

  Buckinghamshire

  854

  754

  17

  15

  Bury

  232

  205

  1,221

  1,079

  Calderdale

  397

  351

  275

  243

  Cambridgeshire

  1,415

  1,250

  249

  220

  Cheshire

  816

  721

  1,589

  1,404

  Cleveland

  986

  871

  203

  179

  Cornwall

  1,904

  1,682

  1,087

  960

  Coventry

  683

  603

  572

  505

  Croydon

  500

  442

  0

  0

  Cumbria

  235

  208

  559

  494

  Derbyshire

  805

  711

  401

  354

  Devon

  939

  830

  226

  200

  Doncaster

  0

  0

  8

  7

  Dorset

  2,898

  2,560

  1,197

  1,057

  Dudley

  985

  870

  1,176

  1,039

  Durham

  415

  367

  46

  41

  Ealing

  186

  164

  12

  11

  East Sussex

  3,201

  2,828

  917

  810

  Enfield

  1,108

  979

  825

  729

  Essex

  2,655

  2,345

  229

  202

  Gateshead

  258

  228

  789

  697

  Gloucestershire

  3,111

  2,748

  1,218

  1,076

  Hampshire

  4,114

  3,634

  927

  819

  Haringey

  1,169

  1,033

  331

  292

  Harrow

  230

  203

  50

  44

  Havering

  118

  104

  858

  758

  Hereford and Worcester

  1,281

  1,132

  570

  504

  Hertfordshire

  1,972

  1,742

  673

  595

  Hillingdon

  331

  292

  306

  270

  Hounslow

  309

  273

  0

  0

  Humberside

  483

  427

  352

  311

  ILEA

  12,909

  11,404

  2,367

  2,091

  Isle of Wight

  75

  66

  300

  265

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  7,087

  6,261

  934

  825

  Kingston

  366

  323

  21

  19

  Kirklees

  45

  40

  5

  4

  Knowsley

  658

  581

  152

  134

  Lancashire

  1,652

  1,459

  4,734

  4,182

  Leeds

  2,336

  2,064

  4,875

  4,307

  Leicestershire

  1,149

  1,015

  476

  420

  Lincolnshire

  153

  135

  16

  14

  Liverpool

  3,538

  3,125

  2,060

  1,820

  Manchester

  1,055

  932

  1,339

  1,183

  Merton

  575

  508

  300

  265

  Newcastle- upon -Ty ne

  478

  422

  583

  515

  Newham

  50

  44

  15

  13

  Norfolk

  839

  741

  389

  344

  Northamptonshire

  95

  84

  20

  18

  North Tyneside

  425

  375

  774

  684

  Northumberland

  193

  170

  394

  348

  North Yorkshire

  979

  865

  109

  96

  Nottinghamshire

  869

  768

  237

  209

  Oldham

  692

  611

  1,816

  1,604

  Oxfordshire

  1,717

  1,517

  64

  57

  Redbridge

  80

  71

  575

  508

  Richmond

  747

  660

  358

  316

  Rochdale

  875

  773

  1,189

  1,050

  Rotherham

  69

  61

  0

  0

  Salford

  389

  344

  290

  256

  Sandwell

  43

  38

  58

  51

  Sefton

  812

  717

  676

  597

  Sheffield

  620

  548

  153

  135

  Shropshire

  386

  341

  120

  106

  Solihull

  122

  108

  425

  375

  Somerset

  839

  741

  1,506

  1,330

  South Tyneside

  56

  49

  200

  177

  Staffordshire

  735

  649

  822

  726

  St. Helens

  80

  71

  3,564

  3,148

  Stockport

  161

  142

  45

  40

  Suffolk

  220

  194

  232

  205

  632

  633

  Plans

  Allocation

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Current prices

  Constant prices

  Sunderland

  132

  117

  99

  87

  Surrey

  1,152

  1,018

  2,411

  2,130

  Sutton

  718

  634

  168

  148

  Tameside

  251

  222

  30

  27

  Trafford

  712

  629

  240

  212

  Wakefield

  340

  300

  153

  135

  Walsall

  119

  105

  62

  55

  Waltham

  70

  62

  17

  15

  Warwick

  692

  611

  631

  557

  West Sussex

  1,308

  1,155

  839

  741

  Wigan

  765

  676

  515

  455

  Wiltshire

  813

  718

  71

  63

  Wirral

  95

  84

  2,173

  1,920

  Wolverhampton

  235

  208

  0

  0

  Notes:

  1. All figures are in £ thousands.

  2. Allocations for 1981–82 were made on a different basis from those for later years and have therefore been omitted.

  3. The allocations made may be greater than the planned expenditure shown in the table. The information provided on plans was sometimes incomplete and compensatory adjustments were made to allocations.

  4. Current prices =cash plans.

  5. Constant prices are calculated at 1987–88 prices using the GDP deflator.

  6. The planned expenditure relates to new work only, but the allocations included allowances for on-going projects.

  7. The allocations shown are those announced before the start of the financial year in question and do not include subsequent revisions.

  8. 1989–90 figures exclude Design List projects.

  9. Figures are in 100 per cent. terms on which the Department pays grant at 85 per cent.
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