Written Answers of 5 June 1990

NORTHERN IRELAND

  Old Cross, Newtownards
  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the restoration scheme of the Old Cross, Newtownards is completed; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Peter Bottomley
  The work was completed on 30 May 1990.

  Anglo-Irish Agreement (Secretariat)
  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what nationality the present head of the British delegation at the Anglo-Irish Agreement secretariat at Maryfield has.

  Mr. Brooke
  The present head of the British side of the Anglo-Irish secretariat is a British citizen, as are all other members of the British side.

  Aliens
  Rev. Martin Smyth
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many aliens are currently registered with the Royal Ulster Constabulary under the Immigration (Registration with Police) Regulations 1972, as amended.

  Mr. Cope
  A total of 552 as at 24 May 1990.

  Wetlands
  Mr. Morley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether, with regard to the Ramsar convention on the conservation of wetlands of international importance, Her Majesty's Government are required to designate sites under the Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands Order 1985 prior to designation under the Ramsar convention.

  Mr. Peter Bottomley
  It is not a requirement of the Ramsar convention that wetland sites of international importance should be designated under the Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 prior to designation under the Ramsar convention. It is United Kingdom Government policy to declare Ramsar sites after the areas have been given full protection under domestic legislation.

  Development (Castlereagh East)
  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many development projects are under construction without final planning permission in the electoral area of Castlereagh East; on what date each case came to his attention; on what date he made representations to each offending developer; and what action he has proposed in each case.
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  Mr. Needham
  None.

  Grant-aided Schools
  Mr. Beggs
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many schools in Northern Ireland are grant-aided.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  A total of 1,344.

  Mr. Beggs
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many schools in Northern Ireland do not receive grant aid; and on what grounds these schools fail to qualify for grant aid.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  There are presently 19 independent schools registered with the Department of Education. These schools have been established outside the grant-aided system and so, by definition, do not receive assistance from public funds. The question of failing to qualify for grant aid does not therefore arise.

  North Eastern Education and Library Board
  Mr. Beggs
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish relevant references to the North Eastern education and library board from the Roy report into the financial end of maintenance.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  I assume that the hon. Gentleman is referring to the report of the examination in late 1985 into practices and procedures in the engineering section of the North Eastern education and library board's architect's department. This report was commissioned by the board and presented to the board in 1985. The question of publication is therefore a matter for the board.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

  Anton Piller Orders
  Mr. Harry Barnes
  To ask the Attorney-General whether he has any plans to review and propose amendments to the operation of Anton Piller orders; and if he will make a statement.

  The Attorney-General
  Clause 3 of the Courts and Legal Services Bill will allow a county court to make any order available in the High Court, subject to prescribed exceptions; but the Lord Chancellor intends to bring forward regulations under this clause in general restricting the power to grant Anton Piller orders to High Court judges.

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Attorney-General what were the value-for-money savings in the Law Officers' Department's operations identified by internal audit and internal efficiency arrangements and by external audit and by management consultants retained by his Department between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what is the amount of those savings fulfilled to date.

  The Attorney-General
  In the Treasury Solicitor's Department and the legal secretariat to the Law Officers the improvements resulting from inquiries and studies of the kind the hon. Gentleman mentions are taken into account in the setting of annual budgets and internal targets.
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  The Crown prosecution service was not created until 1986–87 and up to 1988–89 audit and consultants were mainly concerned with the setting up of effective systems for the service. Value-for-money savings identified and achieved on total running cost expenditure of £90 million in 1988–89 were small, but included purchasing savings estimated at £210,000.

  The Serious Fraud Office became fully operational only in April 1988, and no such savings had been specifically identified during the period ending 31 March 1989.

  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Attorney-General what mechanisms exist in the Law Officers' Departments for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings in their operations.

  The Attorney-General
  In the Treasury Solicitor's Department and the legal secretariat to the Law Officers the mechanisms for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings include internal audit and staff inspection. In the Crown prosecution service they include internal audit, staff inspection, a system of performance indicators, returns from operational areas to HQ for public expenditure survey and estimates purposes, investment appraisal of information technology and capital projects, purchasing information systems, and monitoring by a new field directorate.

  The Serious Fraud Office became fully operational only in April 1988, and work is still in progress to develop performance indicators and other work measurement procedures to assist in identifying and achieving value-for-money savings.

THE ARTS

  Public Libraries
  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Minister for the Arts if he has any plans to increase funding of public libraries.

  Mr. Luce
  The Government do not plan local authority spending on public libraries or on other services. Revenue support grant is paid in support of local authorities revenue expenditure generally. Within the "Other Services" block, local authorities estimate a total spend on public libraries of £488 million in 1990–91, an estimated increase of 4 per cent. over 1989–90.

  Cryptogramic Botany
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Minister of the Arts (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the remit of the diatom section of the department of cryptogramic botany in the British Museum (Natural History);

  (2) what assessment he has made of the consequences for current work on atmospheric pollution of the closure of the diatom section of the department of cryptogramic botany of the British Museum (Natural History);

  (3) if he will list the recent research achievements of the publications produced by the diatom section of the department of cryptogramic botany in the British Museum (Natural History).

  Mr. Luce
  I understand that there has never been a separate department of cryptogramic botany at the Natural History Museum, but always a single department of botany. I am also informed that future work on diatoms is planned as follows:388

  (a) Curation. Maintaining the collections and making them available to research workers worldwide. The museum recognises that it holds the finest collection of diatoms in the world, and it is vital that it is available for use by workers undertaking both environmental studies and basic research.

  (b) Advisory Services. Assistance will continue to be given to researchers requiring advice on identification and associated literature.

  (c) Research. Within the overall umbrella of the science departments, research on all protista (including diatoms) will be continued, but with a remit to examine inter-relationships between the different members of the group, to undertake marine stratigraphical analysis and to provide taxonomic information for the assessment of water quality in relation to ground-water studies and sewage treatment.

  In addition, I understand that work on atmospheric pollution has been undertaken primarily in universities and has concentrated on examining the acidification of freshwater bodies. The Natural History Museum has acted either in an advisory capacity or has made the collections available for examination. The museum will continue to support such activities.

  I understand that recent achievements in diatom research have been predominately taxonomic, including descriptions of new species and revisions at the family and generic level. This has included the development of new approaches to evolutionary studies of diatoms based on the interpretation of molecular data, which has indicated new ways of examining fundamental questions regarding the protista. This work is being expanded into a more general review of phylogeny of the group.

  I detail in the table the 53 publications produced by the Natural History Museum diatom section since 1985.

  Publications of the diatom section of the Natural History Museum 1985–1990.

  Paddock, T. B. B. (1985). Observations and comments on the diatoms Surirella fastuosa and Campylodiscus fastuosus and on other species of similar appearance. Nova Hedwigia 41: 417–444.

  Paddock, T. B. B. (1986). Observations on the genus Stauropsis Meunier and related species. Diatom Research 1: 89–98.

  Paddock, T. B. B. (1988), Plagiotropis Pfitzer and Tropidoneis Cleve, a summary account. Bibliotheca Diatomologica, 16, 152pp, 38 pls.

  Kemp, K. D. and Paddock, T. B. B. (1988). Observations on the diatom genus Stigmaphora G. C. Wallich and two species of Mastogloia Thwaites ex W. Smith. In: F. E. Round (Editor), Proceedings of the 9th International Diatom Symposium, Koenigstein & Biopress Ltd, Bristol.

  Paddock, T. B. B. (1988). A description of some new species of the diatom genus Mastogloia Thwaites ex Wm. Smith with further observations on M. elegans Lewis and M. goessii (Cleve) Cleve. Diatom Research, 3: 109–121.

  Paddock, T. B. B. and Sims, P. A. (1988). Micromorphology and evolution of the keels of raphe-bearing diatoms. Systematics Assiociation Special Volume

  Kemp, K. D. and Paddock, T. B. B. (1989). Chambers within the valve of Diadema, gen. nov. Diatom Research, 4: 39–45. Goldman, N., Paddock, T. B. B. and Shaw, K. M. (1990). Quantitative analysis of shape variation in populations of Surirella fastuosa. Diatom Research,

  Hasle, G. R. and Sims, P. A. (1985). The morphology of the diatom resting spores Syringidium bicorne and Syringidium simplex. British Phycological Journal, 20: 219–225.

  Ross, R. and Sims, P. A. (1985). Some genera of the Biddulphiacea (diatoms) with interlocking linking spines.

  Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Botany) 13: 277–381.

  Fryxell, G. A., Sims, P. A. and Watkins, T. P. (1986). Azpeitia (Bacillariophyceae): related genera and promorphology. Systematic Botany Monographs 13, 74pp.
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  Hasle, G. R. and Sims, P. A. (1986). The diatom genus Stellarima and Symbolophora with comments on the genus Actinoptychus. British Phycological Journal 21: 97–114.

  Schoemam, F. R. and Archibald, R. E. M. and Sims, P. A. (1986). Observations on Amphora species (Bacillariophyceae) in the British Museum (Natural History). IV. Some species from the subgenus Diplamphora Cleve. Cryptoganie, Algologie 7: 9–21.

  Hasle, G. R. and Sims, P. A. (1986). The diatom genus Coscinodiscus Ehrenb. C. argus Ehrenb. and C. radiatus Ehrenb. Botanica Marina 29: 305–318.

  Sims, P. A. (1986). Sphynctolethus Hanna, Ailuretta gen nov., and evolutionary trends within the Hemiauloideae, Diatom Research 1: 241–269.

  Ross, R. and Sims, P. A. (1987) Further genera of the Biddulphiaceae (diatoms) with interlocking linking spines. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) ( Botany) 16: 269–311.

  Hendey, N. I. and Sims, P. A. (1987). Examination of some fossil Eupodiscoid diatoms with descriptions of two new species of Craspedoporus Greville. Diatom Research 2: 23–34.

  Sims, P. A. and Hasle, G. R. (1987). Two Cretaceous Stellarima species: S. steinyi and S. distincta; their morphology, palaeogeography and phylogeny. Diatom Research 2: 229–240.

  Hasle, G. R., Sims, P. A. and Syvertsen, E. E. (1988). Two recent Stellarima species: S. microtrias and S. stellaris (Bacillariophyceae). Botanica marina, 31: 195–206.

  Sims, P. A. and Ross, R. (1988). Some Cretaceous and Paleogene Trinacria (diatom) species. Bull, Br. Mus. nat. Hist. ( Bot.), 18: 275–322.

  Sims, P. A. (1988). The fossil genus Trochosira, its morphology, taxonomy and systematics. Diatom Research, 3: 245–257.

  see also Paddock, T. B. B. and Sims, P. A. (1988).

  Sims, P. A. (1989). Some cretaceous and paleocene species of Coscinodiscus: A micromorphological and systematic analysis. Diatom Research, 4: 351–371.

  Sims, P. A., Fryxell, G. A. and Baldauf, J. G. (1989). Critical examination of the diatom genus Azpeitia: Species useful as stratigraphic markers for the Oligocene and Miocene epochs. Micropaleontology, 35: 293–307.

  Sims, P. A. and Hasle, G. R. (1990). The formal establishment of the family Stellarimaceae Nikolaev ex Sims and Hasle. Diatom Research,

  Sims, P. A. and Ross, R. (1990). Triceratium pulvinar and T. unguiculatum, two confused species. Diatom Research,

  Hendey, N. I. and Sims, P. A. (In press). Some observations on variation in the valve structure of Asterolampra schmidtii Hajos, a useful stratigraphic marker for the early Oligocene. Nova Hedwigia, Beih.

  Crawford, R. M. and Sims, P. A. (1990). The morphology and taxonomy of the centric diatom genus Paralia. Paralia siberica comb. nov. Diatom Research, 5.

  Sims, P. A. (1990). The fossil diatom genus Fenestrella, its morphology, systematics and palaeogeography. Nova Hedwigia, Beih.

  Williams, D. M. (1985). Morphology, taxonomy and inter-relationships of the ribbed Araphid diatoms from the genera Diatoma and Meridion (Diatomaceae: Bacillariophyta). Bibliotheca Diatomologica 8: 1–228.

  Williams, D. M. (1985). Bacillariophyta. In:—Observations on the phytobenthos of the freshwater Thames. II. The floristic composition and distribution of the smaller algae using artificial surfaces. Arch. Hydrobiol. 103: 95–96.

  Hartley, B. (1986). [In collaboration with Ross, R. and Williams, D. M.] A check-list of the freshwater brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association, U.K. 66: 531–610.

  Williams, D. M. (1986). Comparative morphology of some species of Synedra with a new definition of the genus. Diatom Research 1: 131–152.

  Williams, D. M. (1986). Proposal to conserve the generic name Tetracyclus against Biblarium (Bacillariophyta). Taxon 35: 730–731.

  Williams, D. M. and Round, F. E. (1986). Revision of the genus Synedra Ehrenb, Diatom Research 1: 313–339.
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  Kociolek, J. P. and Williams, D. M. (1987). Unicell ontogeny and phylogeny: examples from the diatoms. Cladistics 3: 274–284.

  Williams, D. M. and Round, F. E. (1987). Revision of the genus Fragilaria. Diatom Research 2: 267–288.

  Williams, D. M. (1987). Observations on the genus Tetracyclus Ralfs (Bacillariophyta) I. Valve and girdle structure of the extant species. Brit. J. phycol. 22: 383–399.

  Williams, D. M. and Round, F. E. (1988). Phylogenetic Systematics of Synedra. In: F. E. Round (Editor), Proceedings of the 9th International Diatom Synposium, Koenigstein and Biopress Ltd., Bristol.

  Williams, D. M. (1988). Tabulariopsis, a new genus of marine araphid diatom, with notes on the taxonomy of Tabularia Williams et Round. Nova Hedwigia, 47: 247–254.

  Williams D. M. (1988). An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens in the Greville diatom herbarium. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Bot.), 18: 1–148.

  Williams, D. M., B. Hartley, S. Juggins, R. Ross, M. Munro and R. W. Battarbeee. (1988). A coded check-list of British diatoms, Ensis Publishers.

  Williams, D. M. and F. E. Round. (1988). Fragilariforma, nom. nov., a new generic name for Neofragilaria Williams and Round. Diatom Research 3: 265–266.

  Williams, D. M. (1989). Cavitatus D. M. Williams, nov. gen.: A new genus of fossil diatom (Bacillariophyta) based on Synedra jouseana Sheshukova-Poretskaya. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 58: 357–362.

  Williams D. M. (1989). Publication of new and revised taxa: A guide to the International Code of Botanical nomenclatural. J. Palaeolimnol., 2: 55–59.

  Williams, D. M. (1989). Observations on the genus Tetracyclus Ralfs (Bacillariophyta) II. Morphology and taxonomy of some species from the genus Stylobiblium. Brit. phycol J., 24: 317–327

  Kociolek, J. P., Theriot, E. C. and Williams, D. M. (1989). Inferring diatom phylogeny: A cladistic perspective. Diatom Research, 4: 289–300.

  Williams, D. M., R. W. Scotland, and S. Blackmore. (1990). Is there a direct ontogenetic criterion in systematics? Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 39: 99–108.

  Williams, D. M. and Li Jiaying. (1990). Observations on the genus Tetracyclus Ralfs (Bacillariophyta) III. Description of two new species from Chinese fossil deposits. Brit. Phycol J..

  Williams, D. M. (1990). Examination of auxospore valves in Tetracyclus from fossil specimens and the establishment of their identity. Diatom Research,

  Williams, D. M. (1990). Distrionella D. M. Williams, nov. gen. a new araphid diatom genus related to Diatoma Bory. Arch. Protist.,

  Williams, D. M. (1990). Cladistic analysis of some freshwater araphid diatoms with particular reference to Diatoma and Meridion. Plant Syst. Evol.

  Williams. D. M. (1990). Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromista: A review and preliminary analysis. Cladistics.

  Williams. D. M. Submitted. Phylogenies in the algal kingdom Chronista: Evidence from molecular data. Mol. Evol. Biol.

  British Library
  Sir Hal Miller
  To ask the Minister for the Arts what is to be the future of the new British Library at St. Pancras.

  Mr. Luce
  I announced yesterday that the exercise to design a concluding phase to the new British Library building at St. Pancras within £90 million at 1988 prices has been successfully achieved. Construction of some elements of the completion phase will commence almost immediately and the whole will be ready for occupation in 1996.

  Included in the design is a magnificent new setting for George III's "King's Library" in a six storey glass-fronted bookcase set in the focal point of the building, where it will be visible from all sides. A model and artist's impressions of the completed building will be on display in the summer

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  exhibition of the Royal Academy. For the next few months, there will also be an exhibition in the portico of the building at the St. Pancras site.

  The authorised cost of the completion phase will in cash terms be about £150 million, which includes allowances for inflation. Together with the £300 million already authorised for the first phase of the building currently under construction, this will bring the total cost of the British Library project to about £450 million. This clearly demonstrates the Government's continued dedication to excellence in the arts. The funding of the new British Library at St. Pancras does not have any effect on Government funding of the remainder of the arts.

  The British Library will start to move books into the basement bookstacks at St. Pancras by the middle of 1991, the first reading room will open in early 1993 and the first phase of the building will be operational by the middle of 1993. The completed building will be fully operational by mid-1996 and the board of the British Library has confirmed that it will meet the library's key requirements.

  Natural History Museum
  Mr. Dalyell
  To ask the Minister for the Arts what are the admission figures for the Natural History Museum for any convenient period since 1 January.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: I am advised that the monthly admission figures for the Natural History Museum since 1 January 1990 are as follows:-

  Number

  January

  86,200

  February

  153,000

  March

  103,000

  April

  128,000

  Gelman Collection
  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Minister for the Arts what assessment he has made of the possibility of the Gelman collection currently on show at the Royal Academy staying in Britain.

  Mr. Luce
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: I understand from the Royal Academy, which has been responsible for the arrangement for the current exhibition, that the Gelman collection has proved to be very popular and will be shown until 15 July. I was pleased to cover the insurance requirements under my Government indemnity scheme. Any further arrangements will, of course, be a matter for the owner of the collection, Mrs. Gelman.

CIVIL SERVICE

  Agencies
  Mr. Knapman
  To ask the Minister for the Civil Service whether there have been any additions to the list of candidates for agency status in the last five months.

  Mr. Luce
  During the last five months two new activities, social security contributions and the Chessington computer centre, have been added to the list of candidates for agency status. In the same period 21 candidates from the list have been set up as agencies. There are now 31 established agencies and 24 announced candidates. The project manager will continue to work with Departments to identify other suitable candidates.
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  Mr. Patrick Thompson
  To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if there have been any new agencies set up since he last reported to the House; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Luce
  I am pleased to announce that since I last reported to the House the Ordnance Survey has been launched as an executive agency. This brings the total set up to 31, covering nearly 70,000 staff.

  Mr. Ian Taylor
  To ask the Minister for the Civil Service when he expects that the current list of candidates for agency status will have been converted into agencies; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Luce
  Target dates for the establishment of announced candidates as executive agencies are a matter for the Minister concerned. However, generally we continue to make good progress in implementing this initiative and I would expect that by the end of 1991 "next steps" will have been applied to at least half the civil service.

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what mechanisms exist in the OMCS for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings in its operations.

  Mr. Luce
  The search for year-on-year efficiency gains is an integral part of the OMCS annual planning and budgeting exercise. The system also allows for regular monitoring of progress towards targets, and their achievement.

  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what were the value-for-money savings in his Department's operations identified by internal audit and internal efficiency arrangements by external audit and by management consultants retained by his Department between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what is the amount of those savings fulfilled to date.

  Mr. Luce
  The identification of value-for-money targets is an integral part of the annual OMCS planning and budgeting exercise even though those targets have not always been expressed in purely financial terms. Value-for-money improvements, including purchasing savings, of £3·015 million have been achieved between 1985–86 and 1988–89, although it is not possible to identify the separate contributions made by each of the means of study mentioned.

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT

  Education Conference, Thailand
  Mr. Battle
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement regarding the conclusions made at, and outcome of, the world conference on education for all, held in Thailand on 5 to 9 March.

  Mrs. Chalker
  The ultimate goal affirmed by the world declaration on education for all is to meet the basic learning needs of all children, youth and adults. Countries have been advised of a variety of interim targets towards this end taking account of local circumstances. The
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  conference was a constructive one with a general emphasis on the importance of the role of education throughout the whole range of social, technical and economic development. The World Bank, the United Nations international children's emergency fund, and the United Nations development programme, to all of which her Majesty's Government are a major contributor, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation have all agreed to increase support for education especially at the basic level.

  Mr. Battle
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what commitment Her Majesty's Government have made towards achieving the goals of basic primary education for every child, and reducing worldwide levels of illiteracy in response to the world conference on education for all held in Thailand in March; what is the current funding for such goals; and what intention there is to increase funding for these purposes.

  Mrs. Chalker
  In addition to the use of its contributions to the World Bank, the United Nations international children's emergency fund and the United Nations development programme, Her Majesty's Government are ready to respond to the wishes of developing country Governments, who are themselves responsible for deciding the priority they wish to give to expenditure on basic education in relation to other priorities they may have.

  In 1988, the latest year for which final figures are available, £6·5 million of capital aid from our bilateral aid programme was spent on education, with £1·1 million specifically on primary education. In the same year further expenditure on technical co-operation (for example staff, training and books) and including some £45 million provided to the British Council, was about £95 million, with £2·6 million specifically for primary education and adult literacy. Help given across the whole spectrum of education by, for example, the provision of key personnel in a Ministry of Education, will have a considerable effect on individual sectors. It is likely that the consequences of the conference on education for all will, by encouraging developing country Governments to give higher priority to basic education, enable us to expand more easily our bilateral support for primary education and adult literacy programmes, the latter with a particular emphasis on education for women.

  Tropical Forestry Action Plan
  Mr. McAllion
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the tropical forestry action plan was last reviewed at a meeting of Economic Community Development Ministers; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Chalker
  On 29 May, European Community Development Ministers discussed the preservation, rehabilitation and sustainable development of tropical forests, including the role of the tropical forestry action plan. The final resolution welcomed the review of the TFAP now under way, and at my suggestion was amended to ensure that at a future meeting Ministers will consider the results of the review and how the TFAP can be made more effective.

PRIME MINISTER

  Cyprus
  Mr. Cox
  To ask the Prime Minister what plans she has to meet the Prime Minister of Greece to discuss the current situation in Cyprus.

  The Prime Minister
  I reviewed the situation in Cyprus with Mr. Mitsotakis, the Prime Minister of Greece, during his working visit to London on 16 May.

  European Council
  Mr. Teddy Taylor
  To ask the Prime Minister what issues she intends to raise at the next meeting of the European Council; and if she will make a statement.

  The Prime Minister
  I expect discussion of a range of issues, including developments in eastern and central Europe, the 1992 single market programme, institutional questions, and co-operation on drugs and the environment.

  Engagements
  Mr. David Nicholson
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 5 June.

  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 5 June.

  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 5 June.

  The Prime Minister
  This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House, I shall be having further meetings later today. This evening I hope to have an audience of Her Majesty the Queen.

  Secretary of State for Energy
  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will list the full duties of the Secretary of State for Energy in April 1990; and what additional responsibilities have now been given to him.

  The Prime Minister
  In April 1990 the Secretary of State for Energy had overall responsibility for the work of the Department of Energy. He now has additional responsibility for co-ordinating the development of the presentation of Government policies.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Prime Minister what are to be the new cross-departmental co-ordination functions of the Secretary of State for Energy; how many civil servants will assist him in this work; and if she will make a statement.

  The Prime Minister
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the right hon. Member for Swansea, West (Mr. Williams) on 24 May at column 286.

  Plutonium
  Mr. Sean Hughes
  To ask the Prime Minister whether there have been any periods of defence plutonium production subsequent to that mentioned in her reply to the right hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Ashdown) of 19
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  February 1985, Official Report, columns 406–07; and whether the policy outlined in her answer continues to be that of Her Majesty's Government.

  The Prime Minister
  The policy of Her Majesty's Government remains unchanged. Production of plutonium for defence purposes is kept at the minimum level required to meet defence needs. It would not be in the national interest to give details.

  Tobacco
  Mr. Teddy Taylor
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will raise at the next meeting of the European Council the sums being expended by the European Economic Community on the growth and export of high-tar tobacco.

  The Prime Minister
  The Government are concerned at the grave consequences on health of smoking cigarettes and other forms of tobacco both in Europe and in the Third world.

  We have long been critical of the Community's CAP tobacco regime. We have consistently argued that support for this crop should be reduced. We were successful in securing the introduction in 1988 of measures to reduce expenditure and discourage the production of the less-marketable and higher-tar varieties, for example through the stabiliser mechanism. Further reductions in support for certain of the less marketable varieties were agreed in this year's price-fixing negotiations.

  Our objective is less production, reduced intervention and less subsidised export of the higher-tar varieties. We shall take every opportunity to continue to pursue this policy in future negotiations.

  Advisers
  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will introduce legislation to provide opposition parties with funds for the payment of advisers comparable with those sums spent by the Cabinet Office on advisers who are not career civil servants.

  The Prime Minister
  No. Opposition parties are already given financial assistance for support in respect of their parliamentary duties.

  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Prime Minister what restrictions exist on the spending of public money on prime ministerial advisers who are not career civil servants; and if she will make a statement.

  The Prime Minister
  Such costs, like the other costs of my office, are kept under close scrutiny and are restricted to what is necessary.

  Workplace Nurseries
  Ms. Richardson
  To ask the Prime Minister how many whole-time equivalent civil servants are currently employed; and how many whole-time equivalent workplace nursery places are currently provided for children of civil servants.

  The Prime Minister
  On 1 October 1989, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 565,075 whole-time civil servants. On 20 March this year the Department of Social Security opened a workplace nursery in Hertford which offers 12 whole-time places. Six more nurseries are expected to open later this year.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will give the number of dedicated energy managers in the Cabinet Office and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  The Prime Minister
  In most buildings occupied by the Cabinet Office other Departments are the main occupiers and have their own staff responsible for energy management within the building. The Cabinet Office itself has one part-time energy manager.

  Mr. Frank Dobson
  To ask the Prime Minister if she will give the number of energy audits carried out in the Cabinet Office in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  The Prime Minister
  No energy audits have so far been undertaken, but three are currently under consideration for buildings where the Cabinet Office is the major occupier.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Prime Minister if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by the Cabinet Office, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  The Prime Minister
  The figures requested are available only in cash and 1978–79 money terms and only for the following years:

  Electricity

  Gas

  Liquid Fuel

  £

  £

  £

  1987–88

  268,523

  74,797

  56,511

  1(130,870)

  (36,454)

  1(27,542)

  1988–89

  294,485

  53,904

  39,906

  1(133,982)

  (24,525)

  (18,156)

  1989–90

  295,126

  56,575

  242,000

  1(125,078)

  1(24,169)

  1(17,942)

  1 Denotes 1978–79 money terms.

  2 Estimate.

  Mr. Colin Wallace
  Mr. Dalyell
  To ask the Prime Minister when she expects to reply to the letter to her, dated 23 April, from Mr. Colin Wallace, on Clockwork Orange.

  The Prime Minister
  A reply has been sent on my behalf.

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Prime Minister what were the value-for-money savings in operations identified by internal audit and internal efficiency arrangements, by external audit and by management consultants retained by her office between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what was the amount of those savings fulfilled to date.

  The Prime Minister
  The information for my office is not held separately, but is contained in the overall figure for the office of the Minister for the Civil Service. The identification of value-for-money targets is an integral part of the annual OMCS planning and budgeting exercise even
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  though those targets have not always been expressed in purely financial terms. Value-for-money improvements including purchasing savings, of £3·015 million have been achieved between 1985–86 and 1988–89, although it is not possible to identify the separate contributions made by each of the means of study mentioned.

  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Prime Minister what mechanisms exist in(a) her office and (b) the Cabinet Office for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings in their operations.

  The Prime Minister
  The search for year-on-year efficiency gains is an integral part of the planning and budgeting system in both my office and the Cabinet Office. The system also allows for regular monitoring of progress towards targets, and their achievements.

NATIONAL FINANCE

  Balance of Payments
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is his estimate of the long-term and short-term capital account of the balance of payments deficit;

  (2) if he will include in the balance of payments figure either monthly or quarterly the long-term capital account deficit;

  (3) if he will make available to hon. Members figures on the long and short-term capital account deficit when they are available to the Treasury; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  The available information on the main categories of financial transaction in the capital account of the balance of payments are published regularly each quarter by the Central Statistical Office in the balance of payments press notice and in Economic Trends; both publications are available in the Library. It is not particularly meaningful to distinguish between long-term and short-term capital flows.

  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the relative impact on exchange rates and the balance of payments of(a) capital flows and (b) trade flows; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  In the absence of measurement error, capital flows and flows on the current account necessarily sum to zero. The effects, if any, of such flows on the exchange rate will depend on present and expected future policies.

  Balance of Payments
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the deficit on the basic balance of the balance of payments.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  The available information on the United Kingdom balance of payments, covering both the current account and the main categories of financial transactions in the capital account, is published in the Central Statistical Office's quarterly press notice on the balance of payments and in Economic Trends, both of which are available in the Library. The concept of a basic balance is not particularly meaningful.
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  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total private sector deficit accumulated since 1979 because of trade imbalance on the balance of payments.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  Figures relating to the private sector and public corporations in respect of the balance of invisibles are published in tables A4 (trade in services and investment income) and A7 (transfers) of Economic Trends, March 1990 (pages 82 and 87), which is available in the Library. With the exception of defence equipment (mainly imported), most of visible trade (table A2 of the above publication) is undertaken mainly by the private sector and public corporations.

  Investment Levels
  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of manufacturing investment was in the first quarter of the current year.

  Mr. McAvoy
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of manufacturing investment was in the first quarter of 1990.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  The provisional estimate of manufacturing investment in the first quarter of 1990 is £3,091 million, at 1985 prices and seasonally adjusted. This is 1 per cent. higher than the previous quarter and 9 per cent. higher than the first quarter of 1989.

  Mr. Anthony Coombs
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met the Confederation of British Industry; and whether levels of investment were discussed.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  My right hon. Friend the Chancellor addressed the CBI's annual dinner on 17 May at which a range of subjects were discussed. This speech referred to the record rise in investment over the last three years, which he naturally welcomed. While he recognised the difficulties of the current slowdown in demand and output, he took the opportunity to urge British business to invest wherever it can.

  European Monetary System
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to assess potential effects on British exports to the European Community of full membership of the European monetary system.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  We will join the ERM when the Government's conditions have been met. All the potential effects of membership are, of course, kept under review.

  Manufacturing Exports
  Mr. Amos
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the United Kingdom manufacturing export figures for the last two years; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  Exports of manufactured goods on a balance of payments basis for the past two years were:

  £ billion

  1988

  64·9

  1989

  75·2

  Exports of manufactures have continued to grow strongly in 1990: in the first quarter they were 15 per cent. higher by value than in the same quarter a year earlier.

  Manufacturers' Output Prices
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the causes of the increase in manufacturers' output prices during 1989 and of the effect of the price rises on the economy.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  The increase in manufacturers' output prices reflects exceptional growth of demand over the last two years. Inflation damages the economy by increasing uncertainty, discouraging investment, and reducing profitability. It undermines industrial relations and reduces confidence in the management of the economy, at home and abroad. The Government's tight monetary and fiscal policy will ensure that inflation falls.

  Non-North Sea GDP
  Mr. Harry Barnes
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of non-North sea money, gross domestic product, non-North sea taxes, national insurance contributions and the poll tax represented in 1989–90; and what is the planned proportion in 1990–91.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  It is estimated that non-North sea taxes, national insurance contributions and community charge in 1989–90 amounted to 36¾ per cent. of non-North sea GDP (adjusted to remove the distortion due to the abolition of domestic rates). The Budget forecast for the comparable figure in 1990–91 is 37 per cent.

  Departmental Staff
  Mr. Grocott
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are employed by his Department; and what proportion of them are employed in each of the standard regions.

  Mr. Ryder
  The number of industrial and non-industrial staff employed by the Treasury (including the Civil Service Catering Organisation) totalled 3,181 on 1 April 1989. The proportion employed in each standard region is as follows:

  Per cent

  South-East

  81·8

  South-West

  3·7

  West Midlands

  0·4

  North-West

  1·5

  Northern

  0·7

  Yorkshire and Humberside

  0·7

  East Midlands

  0·3

  East Anglia

  5·8

  Wales

  1·9

  Scotland

  3·0

  Northern Ireland

  0·0

  Elsewhere (abroad)

  0·1

  Exchange Rate Mechanism
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the Madrid conditions for exchange rate mechanism participation to be satisfied.

  Mr. Ryder
  I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave to the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) on 26 April,Official Report, column 475.

  Mr. Andrew Smith
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with 400
  European Community Governments concerning United Kingdom entry into the exchange rate mechanism of the European monetary system.

  Mr. Ryder
  My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer regularly discusses a wide range of economic matters with European Community Governments.

  Income Tax
  Mr. Blunkett
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish his estimates of the number of individuals presently paying income tax in(a) England and (b) Wales.

  Mr. Lilley
  The estimated number of individuals resident in England and liable to income tax is 20·4 million for 1987–88, the latest available year. The corresponding estimate for Wales is 940,000. Married women are included where their earned income exceeds the wife's earned income allowance and any personal allowances and reliefs unused against the husband's income.

  Sir David Mitchell
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the percentage of the population of the United Kingdom who do not pay any income tax.

  Mr. Lilley
  In 1990–91 it is estimated that about 45 per cent. of those aged 18 and over in the United Kingdom are not liable to pay income tax. Some may, however, receive interest on deposits in banks and building society accounts on which non-reclaimable composite rate tax has been paid. The estimate is based on a projection of the 1987–88 survey of personal income and is provisional.

  Trading and Capital Account Deficit
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the total trading and capital account deficit which has accumulated since 1979 has been financed.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  The available information on the current account (trade in goods and services, investment income and transfers) and on the capital account (transactions in external financial assets and liabilities) of the balance of payments are given in table A 1 of Economic Trends, March 1990 (page 79), a copy of which is in the Library.

  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total deficit accumulated since 1979 because of capital account deficits on the balance of payments.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  The available information on the capital account of the balance of payments (transactions in external financial assets and liabilities) is given in table A8 of Economic Trends, March 1990 (page 88), a copy of which is in the Library.

  Contract Cleaners
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what have been the average wages of service contract cleaners for each of the past 10 years.

  Mr. Ryder
  The average rate for those on contract to Government Departments is a matter for the contractor concerned and will depend on a number of factors.
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  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has received the NUCPS report entitled, "Contract Cleaners—the Lowest Paid"; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Ryder
  The NUCPS report "Contract Cleaners—the Lowest Paid" has not yet reached the Treasury.

  Taxation (Savings)
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all those taxes which apply to savings with the tax take in each case for the latest year for which figures are available.

  Mr. Lilley
  The tax liability in 1990–91 on investment income received by individual savers, including interest received on bank and building society accounts, national savings and dividends received from companies, is estimated at £10·5 billion. Tax reliefs on debt interest, for example mortgage interest relief, are excluded.

  Other taxes relevant to savings are capital gains tax, inheritance tax and stamp duty. Forecasts of receipts in 1990–91 for each of these taxes are in table 1·2 of the 1990–91 Financial Statement and Budget Report. Not all these yields are derived from savings.

  Mortgage Tax Relief
  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates would be the cost to the Treasury of providing tax relief for first-time buyers on their mortgages at double the present rate of relief, at current prices.

  Mr. Lilley
  I regret that information on mortgage interest relief for first-time buyers is not available.

  Mr. Walden
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost to the Treasury of mortgage tax relief for the years 1987, 1988 and 1989.

  Mr. Lilley
  Estimates for financial years are as follows:

  Value of Mortgage interest relief

  Year

  £ million

  1987–88

  4,900

  >11988–89

  5,400

  11989–90

  6,900

  1 Provisional.

  Child Benefit
  Sir Ian Gilmour
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many working families with children receive more in child benefit than they pay in income tax, distinguishing between two and one-parent families.

  Mr. Major
  In 1990–91 an estimated 900,000 families with heads in full or part-time employment will receive more in child benefit than they pay in income tax. Almost half the families have insufficient income to be liable to income tax. A total of 600,000 are two-parent families and 300,000 are single parents. Estimates are based on a projection of the 1987 family expenditure survey and are subject to revision.

  EC Contributions
  Mr. Teddy Taylor
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the total net contributions to the European Economic Community was borne by the United Kingdom in the most recent annual period for which figures are available; and if he will publish a table showing the net contributions or net receipts in respect of each member state.

  Mr. Ryder
  The "Statement on the 1990 Community Budget" (Cm. 1059) includes an estimate of £2,175 million for the United Kingdom's net contribution to the European Economic Community in 1990. It is not possible to express this amount as a percentage of total net contributions as the net balances of member states will sum to zero after allowance is made for unallocated expenditure (mainly aid and some administration), miscellaneous revenue and budget surpluses.

  Comparable information about the net balances of other member states is not available.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  Mr. Richard Ryder
  I gave the hon. Member the figures for 1989 in current terms in my answers of 30 April,Official Report, column 444, and 14 May, Official Report, column 274. Figures for previous years are not available.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Ryder
  Energy management responsibilities form part of the duties of several officials with the major co-ordinating role being undertaken by a senior executive officer. The total time devoted to these duties is currently estimated to be 0·2 man years per year. This figure is expected to increase.

  Tax Evasion
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the amount lost to the Exchequer by tax evasion in each of the main categories of taxation; and what this is expressed as a number of pence on the basic rate of tax.

  Mr. Lilley
  Reliable estimates of tax lost through evasion are not possible.

  Finance Bill
  Mr. Hanley
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to publish in draft form the regulations provided for in clause 60 of the Finance Bill (capital movements between residents of member states); and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Lilley
  The Board of Inland Revenue announced in a press release on 19 April 1990 that it was hoped to
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  publish the regulations governing the reporting requirement introduced by clause 60 of the Finance Bill (for certain transactions) shortly. I have today authorised the publication of the draft regulations. The Inland Revenue is issuing a press release giving further details.

  South Africa
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has made to the International Monetary Fund about the need for further debt reduction for front-line states in South Africa; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Ryder
  My right hon. Friend has made no such representations.

  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to meet representatives of the front-line South African states to discuss debt reduction.

  Mr. Ryder
  My right hon. Friend has no plans to meet representatives of the front-line South African states.

  United Kingdom manufacturing investment (including leased assets) £ million 1985 prices

  Year

  Actual investment

  Difference from 1978–79 average

  1979 investment projected at 1974–79 average rate of change (2·1 per cent.)

  Difference from actual level

  1979 investment projected at year on year percentage changes1 for:

  (a)

  (a)—£10,937

  (b)

  (a)—(b)

  Japan

  France

  USA

  West Germany

  OECD2

  1979

  11,158

  +221

  11,158

  —

  3—

  11,158

  11,158

  11,158

  3—

  1980

  9,920

  -1,017

  11,392

  -1,472

  3—

  11,950

  11,301

  11,939

  3—

  1981

  7,735

  -3,202

  11,631

  -3,896

  3—

  11,102

  10,205

  11,383

  3—

  1982

  7,603

  -3,334

  11,875

  -4,272

  3—

  10,447

  8,368

  10,302

  3—

  1983

  7,541

  -3,396

  12,125

  -4,584

  3—

  10,165

  9,849

  10,446

  3—

  1984

  8,922

  -2,015

  12,379

  -3,457

  3—

  10,297

  11,100

  10,300

  3—

  1985

  10,264

  -673

  12,639

  -2,375

  3—

  10,966

  9,990

  11,680

  3—

  1986

  9,654

  -1,283

  12,905

  -3,251

  3—

  11,317

  10,070

  12,789

  3—

  1987

  10,142

  -795

  13,176

  -3,034

  3—

  12,087

  —

  —

  3—

  1988

  11,334

  +397

  13,453

  -2,119

  3—

  —

  —

  —

  3—

  1989

  12,043

  +1,106

  13,735

  -1,692

  3—

  —

  —

  —

  3—

  1 Source: OECD National Accounts Volume 2 1974–87. The percentage changes are based on figures, at 1980 prices, of gross fixed capital formation by owners engaged in manufacturing. The coverage is therefore not exactly comparable to the United Kingdom figures which differ, in particular, by the inclusion of leased assets.

  2 Figures of gross fixed capital formation in manufacturing are not available for a number of OECD countries. It is not possible to produce average change figures covering the group of countries for which figures are available because all figures are expressed in national currencies.

  3 Not available.

  Civil Service
  Mr. Ralph Howell
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give figures for 1979–80 and each subsequent year on(a) the cost of the civil service and (b) the average cost for each civil servant; and if he will break down the average cost for each civil servant into pay, national insurance, superannuation, and other costs such as office space, heating, lighting, car allowance, travel allowance, etc.

  Table 1

  1980–81

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1989–90

  Departmental running costs in £ million1

  6,800

  7,700

  8,400

  9,650

  10,200

  10,700

  11,352

  12,009

  12,698

  13,680

  Average full-time staff included in running costs2 of which:

  712,200

  693,900

  675,100

  654,900

  639,300

  633,700

  634,700

  622,500

  608,000

  602,900

  Civil Service

  625,600

  608,700

  590,900

  571,400

  556,300

  550,600

  551,600

  540,300

  527,200

  525,700

  Armed Forces

  58,000

  58,000

  58,000

  58,000

  58,000

  58,000

  58,000

  57,000

  56,000

  53,000

  Northern Ireland Civil Service

  28,600

  27,200

  26,200

  25,500

  25,000

  25,100

  25,100

  25,200

  24,800

  24,200

  Running costs £ per head

  9,548

  11,097

  12,443

  14,735

  15,955

  16,885

  17,886

  19,292

  20,885

  22,690

  1 Departmental running costs comprise pay and national insurance costs, personnel overheads (including travel allowances), accommodation costs, office and other services. They do not include notional accruing pensions liability, pensions in payment or capital expenditure.

  Manufacturing Investment
  Mr. Alan Williams
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) at 1989 prices, how much higher or lower manufacturing investment would have been in each year since 1978–79(a) had the level of 1978–79 been maintained and (b) had the average rate of change from 1974 to 1979 been maintained;

  (2) at 1989 prices (a) what manufacturing investment would have been had it maintained 1978–79 levels in each subsequent year, (b) what manufacturing investment would have been in each year since 1978–79 had it changed at the same rate as in (i) Japan, (ii) the United States of America, (iii) West Germany, (iv) France and (v) OECD average level; and (c) what manufacturing investment was in each year since 1978–79.

  Mr. Major
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: A 1989 constant price series for manufacturing investment is not available. The table provides the available information at 1985 prices.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: Civil service running costs control was introduced only in 1986–87 and these costs have not been recorded to the level of detail requested. Due to coverage changes, comparable figures prior to 1980–81 are not available, and those for the years prior to 1986–87 have had to be estimated to the nearest £50 million. Table 1 sets out total running costs on current coverage, the number of full-time staff covered and the cost per head for the year indicated.
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  2Figures for average levels of full-time staff in post across the year. They exclude staff in trading funds for example HMSO, and other areas now exempted from gross running cost control (Cm. 1021 Ch. 21.3.16 refers). Although most of the armed forces are also outside running costs, those personnel engaged in headquarters and support activities are included.

  Table 2 shows the average man-year cost for the years from 1986–87 when casual staff and overtime are added, and analyses the cost by major components.

  Table 2

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1988–89

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Running costs per man year

  15,532

  16,851

  18,172

  19,470

  Comprising: Pay costs

  9,874

  10,751

  11,633

  12,338

  Personnel overheads

  1,276

  1,456

  1,516

  1,580

  Accommodation costs

  1,867

  1,938

  2,181

  2,501

  Office services (eg telecommunications)

  1,222

  1,379

  1,416

  1,584

  Other services (eg contract services)

  1,293

  1,327

  1,426

  1,467

  Public Sector Labour Costs
  Mr. Ralph Howell
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the latest figures available for the total annual cost and the average annual cost of full-time equivalent posts in(a) the National Health Service, (b) the civil service, (c) local government and (d) all remaining public sector work forces, including nationalised industries; and if he will break down the average cost for a full-time equivalent post into pay, national insurance, superannuation and other costs.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: Figures for the total annual cost and the average annual cost of full-time equivalent posts in the civil service, together with an analysis of average civil service man-year costs is given in another question tabled by my hon. Friend which I am also answering today. Comparable information for the National Health Service, local government and all remaining public sector work forces is not available.

  The CSO publication "United Kingdom National Accounts" shows expenditure on income from employment (wages and salaries, including employers' contributions to national insurance and superannuation) for local authorities and public corporations in table 2·5. For the National Health Service this information is shown under "Health" in table 9·4.

  Information on the number of employees on a full-time equivalent basis in each sector is given in an article in Economic Trends, December 1989 edition.

  Any broad averages of per capita remuneration costs derived from these sources must be interpreted with great caution. Cost and employment figures are subject to differences in definition and coverage.

  Public Appointments
  Mr. Grocott
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the full-time and part-time public appointments for which he is responsible, together with the salary and the date when each appointment is due for renewal.

  Mr. Ryder
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: Details of appointments made by the Treasury are published annually in "Public Bodies" and "Women into Public Appointments". "Public Bodies" is available in the Library of the House. The latest edition of "Women into Public Appointments" is to be published next month. A copy will be placed in the Library.

  Education, Police and Fire Services
  Mr. Latham
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to questions from the hon. Member for Bedfordshire, North (Sir T. Skeet), of 27 April,Official Report, columns 355–56, if he will break down the figures given for the effect on (a) income tax and (b) value added tax of transferring services from local government to central Government between (i) education, (ii) police and (iii) fire.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: Pursuant to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Bedfordshire, North (Sir T. Skeet) of 27 April, the total costs of education, the police and the fire service (including civil defence) in 1990–91 would be around £18 billion, £5 billion and £1 billion respectively, if local authorities spent in line with total standard spending in England and Wales and total current expenditure in Scotland. If this expenditure were transferred to central Government, with no change to revenue support grant and specific grants for the police and fire service eliminated, this would imply additional expenditure of around £18 billion on education, £2·4 billion on police and £1 billion on fire and civil defence. These sums are equivalent to increases of around 12p, 1½p and ½p respectively in the basic rate of income tax or to increases of 9, 1 and ½ percentage points respectively in the VAT rate.

  Income
  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table giving the percentage increase in (a) income from employment, (b) income from self-employment, (c) rent, dividends and interest, (d) social security benefits and (e) personal disposable income, between 1978–79 and 1989–90, giving the contribution of each towards personal disposable income.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: Estimates in respect of the first quarter of 1990 will be published in late June. The most up-to-date comparison available, for calendar years 1978 to 1989, gives the following percentage increases and percentages of personal disposable income:
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  Percentage change 1989 on 1978

  As a percentage of personal1 disposable income

  1978

  1989

  Income from employment

  +183

  87

  82

  Income from self-employment

  +255

  12

  14

  Rent, dividends and interest

  +258

  11

  13

  Social security benefits

  +191

  14

  13

  Personal disposable income

  +202

  1 Personal disposable income is total personal income less taxes, social security contributions and certain transfer payments.

ENERGY

  Overhead Power Cables
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what assessments have been made of the environmental hazards of overhead power cables for those who live directly beneath; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Baldry
  I understand there has been a very small number of cases over many years of overhead line conductors breaking and falling across houses without causing any injury.

  Any electrical conductor, whether forming part of an overhead line, underground cable, or the wiring and appliances in the home creates an electric and magnetic field in its vicinity. Some scientists have claimed that these fields affect human health. Research on this has been going on worldwide for over 10 years and to date has not identified any serious risk.

  In the United Kingdom a major research programme is continuing which is being funded and carried out by the National Grid Company. previously part of the CEGB, mostly using independent laboratories.

  Nuclear Electric
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list those matters relating to the work of Nuclear Electric on which it is his policy to answer parliamentary questions; and how this differs from his former policy in relation to the work of the Central Electricity Generating Board.

  Mr. Wakeham
  My policy is unchanged. Questions which relate to the operational management of Nuclear Electric plc remain a matter for the company.

  Insulation
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his Department's estimate of the saving in electricity demand which would result from insulation to the highest standards being advocated by his Department of(a) 33 per cent., (b) 50 per cent., (c) 66 per cent., (d) 75 per cent. and (e) 90 per cent. of all homes in England and Wales.

  Mr. Wakeham
  A recent estimate has indicated that if all cost-effective insulation measures were applied, where relevant, to the housing stock in England and Wales 5·5TWh of electricity, used in space and water heating, could be saved. This represents 2·4 per cent. of the total electricty consumed in England and Wales.

  However, householders are likely to opt at least in part for greater warmth rather than simply saving energy.

  Nuclear Waste
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) when the vitrification plant for the solidification of high-level radioactive waste, presently under construction at British Nuclear Fuels, Sellafield, will be completed and commissioned; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) when the store for receipt of the sealed canisters of vitrified high-level radioactive waste at British Nuclear Fuels, Sellafield, will be completed and commissioned; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Baldry
  I understand from British Nuclear Fuels plc that the vitrification plant will be completed during June this year and that commissioning is expected by January 1991. The vitrified product store has already been completed and commissioning is expected by October 1990.

  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what are the neutron and alpha/beta/gamma components of surface radiation dose equivalent rates, in milliSieverts per hour, for vitrified high-level waste containers for both Magnox and light water reactor/ advanced gas-cooled reactor oxide fuels; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Baldry
  I understand from British Nuclear Fuels plc that the vitrified waste will be produced and stored in stainless steel welded containers and the process carried out remotely behind concrete shielding. Average dose rates in areas to which the operators have access will be approximately 0·001 milliSieverts per hour.

  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what are the approximate overall dimensions, capacity and design features of an approved single vitrified high-level radioactive waste capsule or canister.

  Mr. Baldry
  I understand from British Nuclear Fuels plc that each vitrified high-level radioactive waste container is approximately 134 cm high and 43 cm in diameter and weighs approximately 75 kg. Its volumetric capacity is approximately 170 litres and each canister holds approximately 400 kg of vitrified waste.

  These canisters are made from stainless steel and designed for easy lid placement and welding when full, for safe and reliable handling, and for the ability to withstand stresses arising during filling, handling and storage. The safety case for the on-site storage of these canisters has to be agreed by the Health and Safety Executive's nuclear installations inspectorate before the plant can be operated.

  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give an estimate of the anticipated volume of high-level radioactive waste to be returned to customers overseas after reprocessing by British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Baldry
  I understand from British Nuclear Fuels plc that the latest estimate of high-level radioactive waste to be returned to overseas customers following reprocessing under contracts with return of waste options is 300 cu m.

  Energy Consumption Coal
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make it his policy to require all companies contracted to provide goods and services to his Department to conduct a regular energy audit of their operations.

  Mr. Peter Morrison
  Contractors will continue to be chosen on the basis of competitive tenders, and their efficient use of energy will lead to lower unit costs.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Wakeham
  An energy manager in the Department's headquarters building, together with local energy managers in five other premises in which the Department is an occupant, expects to devote around one third of a man year of effort to energy management.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  Mr. Wakeham
  An energy audit was not considered cost-effective in our former headquarters, because the Department had been under notice to quit since before 1985.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  Mr. Wakeham
  I regret that information on energy consumption in buildings occupied by my Department over this period is not available. Under new arrangements for direct billing this information will be available from 1990–91 onwards.

  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when his Department last conducted a full energy audit of its own building stock.

  Mr. Peter Morrison
  The Department regularly monitors energy usage in its new headquarters building, of which it is the sole occupier and into which it moved in September last year. The building has an up-to-date electronic building energy management system. The Department is discussing with the Department of the Environment (Property Holdings) the potential for its commissioning energy management contracts aimed at improving overall energy efficiency on the civil estate, including my Department's headquarters building. These would include full energy audits. The Department has appointed energy managers to monitor energy consumption in all the other buildings on the common user estate where it is an occupant.

  Coal
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the average difference in percentage ash content between the medium sulphur coals presently being burned in British power stations and the coals of low-sulphur content.

  Mr. Wakeham
  The ash content of coal, as sold, typically varies up to about 20 per cent. There is no particular association with sulphur content.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the estimated increase in the percentage of fine dust released to the atmosphere as a result of replacing existing coal used with low-sulphur coal by the percentage required to meet European Community standards.

  Mr. Wakeham
  The Government are committed to achieving the reductions in emissions specified in the EC large combustion plants directive. It is for the electricity industry to plan how it will achieve its share of these reductions.

  Dust emissions from power stations are subject to limits set by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution. The limits set for existing power stations will continue to apply irrespective of the type of coal used.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what assessment he has made of the environmental implications of the imports of low-sulphur coal, in respect of any consequential need for large storage dumps alongside power stations.

  Mr. Wakeham
  The Government are committed to achieving the reductions in emissions specified in the EC large combustion plants directive. It is for the electricity industry to plan how it will achieve its share of these reductions.

  Any request for extensions to power stations would be subject to the consent procedure set out in section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.

  Oil Spillage, Mersey
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will place in the Library a copy of the pipelines inspectorate's interim report on the release of oil into the Mersey from the Shell pipeline.

  Mr. Wakeham
  The pipeline inspectorate report into the failure of the Mersey oil pipeline on 19 August 1989 is being prepared under the instruction of the Health and Safety Commission. Subject to the agreement of the commission, I intend to publish the report.

  Collieries
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will discuss with the chairman of British Coal the scope for re-opening pits capable of producing low-sulphur coal which have been closed since 1984.

  Mr. Baldry
  Decisions on the operation of individual collieries in relation to market demand are a management matter for British Coal.

  National Grid Company
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his Department's latest estimate of the value of the grid company.
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  Mr. Wakeham
  The value of the National Grid Company in the flotation of the 12 regional electricity companies will depend on a wide range of factors, including its profitability, capital structure and future prospects and market conditions at the time of the sale.

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what mechanisms exist in his Department for indentifying and tracking value-for-money savings in its operations.

  Mr. Wakeham
  The mechanisms are:Annual plans and reports prepared by heads of division on their objectives, activities, use of resources and intended value for money improvements over the next public expenditure survey period;
  A management plan for efficiency gains in administrative expenditure covering the same period;
  An administrative budgeting scheme under which budgets for the financial year ahead for staff and associated costs are delegated to senior line managers;
  Annual targets for and savings made in purchasing and stockholdings; and
  Annual programmes of work to be carried out by the Department's internal consultancy, inspection and review services.

  All these mechanisms are subject to approval by and carried through under the general direction of the Permanent Under-Secretary and his immediate colleagues.

  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what were the value-for-money savings in his Department's operations identified by internal audit and internal efficiency arrangements and by external audit and by management consultants retained by his Department between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what is the amount of those savings fulfilled to date.

  Mr. Wakeham
  Over the period 1985–86 to 1988–89, my Department secured value-for-money savings in its operations totalling some £9·4 million. Savings in office space, from keen purchasing of goods and services, from staff inspections and from other internal efficiency measures all contributed to the total.

  The value of savings secured in 1983–84 and 1984–85 is not readily available. The systems now in place to target as well as deliver these savings were introduced at various times over the period, so no useful comparison with savings identified by these systems can be given.

HOME DEPARTMENT

  Pop Concert, Brighton
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on how many people were injured at the recent New Kids on the Block concerts on 28 April at Whitley Bay and 29 April at the Brighton centre; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. John Patten
  I understand from the police that, in addition to those people who received minimal first aid treatment at the events themselves, three people were referred to hospital during the concert which took place at Whitley Bay ice rink on 27 April with what could be termed injuries and another four during a second concert at the same venue on 28 April. Fifteen people were referred to hospital during the concert at Brighton on 29 April, but this was a precautionary measure on a very hot day and 412
  none had any appearance of injuries. All were discharged later that night. Responsibility for the licensing of public musical events of this kind, including the stipulation of appropriate measures to ensure crowd safety, is a matter for local authorities in conjunction with the police and the fire authority. The Health and Safety Executive is currently working on new guidance on safety at pop concerts.

  Prison Disturbances
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for the current year to date, and by location, the number of prison disturbances, showing in his answer(a) how long the disturbance lasted, (b) how many inmates were involved, (c) how many inmates received injuries and (d) how many prison staff received injuries.

  Mr. Mellor
  The most serious incidents, involving a substantial number of inmates acting in concert and the use of violence towards staff or property, occurred at the following establishments:

  Duration

  1Number of inmates injured

  2Number of staff injured

  HMP Blundeston

  Commenced at 1920 on 11 January, ended at 0620 on 12 January

  —

  —

  HMP Manchester

  1100 on 1 April—1820 on 25 April

  75

  197

  HMP Long Lartin

  2100 on 2 April—1100 on 3 April

  1

  6

  HMYOI Glen Parva

  1930 on 6 April—0304 on 7 April

  —

  5

  HMP Dartmoor

  1445 on 7 April—1645 on 8 April (although 1 prisoner remained on roof until mid-day on 14 April)

  9

  —

  HMP Cardiff

  0830–1210 on 8 April

  1

  5

  HMP Bristol

  1529 on 8 April—1430 on 9 April

  12

  25

  HMYOI Stoke Heath

  2025 on 8 April—1315 on 9 April

  —

  3

  HMRC Pucklechurch

  1835 on 22 April—1340 on 23 April

  35

  41

  HMP Winchester

  2130 on 11 May—0932 on 12 May

  —

  —

  Other incidents involving groups of inmates acting in concert and using a significant amount of violence towards staff or property occurred at the following establishments:

  Duration

  1 Number of inmates injured

  2Number of staff injured

  HMP Dartmoor

  1035 on 13 January—1135 on same day

  1

  1

  413

  Duration

  1Number of inmates injured

  2 Number of staff injured

  HMP Kirkham

  2025 on 1 April—2045 on same day

  —

  —

  HMP Brixton

  1136 on 8 April—1220 on same day

  —

  4

  HMP Hull

  1505 on 8 April—1610 on same day

  —

  1

  HMP The Verne

  0220 on 8 April—0207 on 9 April

  —

  —

  HMYOI Everthorpe

  1945 on 9 April—2245 on same day

  4

  5

  HMYOI Portland

  1945 on 12 April—2040 on same day

  —

  —

  It is impossible to be precise about the number of prisoners who were present in the particular parts of the establishments where incidents took place who were active participants. As regards the

  Number of seizures and weight in grams of "crack" in 1990 to date by Police region in which seized and month of analysis

  Police region

  January

  February

  March

  April

  1May

  Seizures

  Grams

  Seizures

  Grams

  Seizures

  Grams

  Seizures

  Grams

  Seizures

  Grams

  1. Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, North Wales

  —

  —

  1

  1·80

  6

  10·95

  5

  14·29

  2

  4·75

  2. North East

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  3. Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire

  1

  0·05

  2

  2·50

  —

  —

  1

  7·88

  1

  0·10

  4. West Midlands

  3

  3·35

  1

  0·13

  —

  —

  4

  51·21

  2

  3·12

  5. Essex

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  0·18

  1

  Trace

  —

  —

  6. Surrey

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  0·09

  —

  —

  —

  —

  7. Avon and Somerset, Dorset

  1

  8·00

  —

  —

  3

  2·09

  —

  —

  1

  5·04

  8. South Wales

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  9. Metropolitan Police

  5

  20·12

  8

  102·30

  16

  9·43

  17

  3·92

  14

  7·49

  10. Scotland

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Total

  10

  31·52

  12

  106·73

  27

  22·74

  28

  77·30

  20

  20·50

  1Provisional figures to 29 May 1990.

  Broadcasting Bill
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations he has received concerning the Broadcasting Bill and religion; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Mellor
  We have received representations from a number of groups and individuals about religious broadcasting. The Broadcasting Bill as introduced would liberalise the regulation of religious broadcasting in a number of ways: for instance, the automatic ban on religious advertising in schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1981 would be lifted. The Bill has subsequently been amended to require Channel 3 and 5 licensees to give a sufficient amount of time to religious programming, and to enable the ITC to allow religious groups to own cable and non-DBS satellite channels where satisfied that this would be appropriate. Content safeguards are needed against possible abuse of religious broadcasting, but, as indicated during the Commons Report stage on 8 May 1990,Official Report, column 158, we are reviewing the relevant requirements in the Bill with a view to ensuring that they are both adequate and not unnecessarily restrictive.
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  incidents at Blundeston and Winchester, 25 inmates and seven inmates respectively were positively identified as being actively involved.

  1 The figures for inmate injuries do not include the prisoner who died during the incident at Manchester nor the prisoner who was found dead after a fire in his cell at Dartmoor.

  2 In addition, one officer died at the time of the incident at Manchester.

  Crack (Seizures)
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of seizures of crack in Britain for each month of 1990, stating the street value and the places where the seizures took place.

  Mr. Mellor
  Forensic science service figures for the number and weight of seizures of crack in 1990, by police region and month of analysis, are set out in the table. The estimated street value of crack varies according to time and place and is not routinely assessed for each seizure. The estimated current street value of the total amount seized in 1990 to date (258·79 grammes) is in the region of £32,500.

  There have been no known seizures of crack by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in 1990 so far. Crack is not generally imported but produced in the United Kingdom from cocaine.

  Prisons (Mother and Baby Units)
  Mr. Grocott
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many places there are in each of the three prison mother and baby units.

  Mr. Mellor
  The three prison mother and baby units provide accommodation for a total of 39 mothers with their babies. Her Majesty's prison Holloway and Her Majesty's prison and young offender institution Styal each has 12 places and Her Majesty's prison Askham Grange has 15 places.

  Mr. Grocott
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many babies were in each of the three prison mother and baby units on the most recent available date; and what were their ages.

  Mr. Mellor
  On 23 May 1990 there were a total of 30 babies in the three prison mother and baby units. The number and ages of
  the babies in each unit is as follows:
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  Holloway

  Styal

  Askham Grange

  Aged under one month

  1

  1

  1

  Aged 1–2 months

  —

  2

  1

  Aged 2–3 months

  —

  1

  —

  Aged 3–4 months

  1

  3

  1

  Aged 4–5 months

  1

  —

  —

  Aged 6–7 months

  1

  —

  2

  Aged 7–8 months

  2

  —

  4

  Aged 9–10 months

  1

  1

  1

  Aged 11–12 months

  —

  —

  2

  Aged 12–13 months

  —

  —

  1

  Aged 13–14 months

  —

  —

  2

  Total number of babies in each unit

  7

  8

  15

  Mr. Grocott
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a breakdown of the offences committed by women who spent time in prison mother and baby units during 1989.

  Mr. Mellor
  During 1989, a total of 101 women served all or part of their sentence with their babies in the prison mother and baby units. Of these, 34 had been convicted of offences of theft or fraud; 33 had been convicted of drugs offences; 12 had been convicted of offences of violence against the person; eight had been convicted of burglary offences; eight had been convicted of robbery offences; six had been convicted of other indictable offences.

  Where a woman had been received on sentence for several offences, only the principal criminal offence has been stated.

  Cats
  Mr. Atkinson
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received any recent representations on the theft of pet cats, for use in fur coats, animal experimentation and pit-bull baiting.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  I have received several recent representations on the alleged theft of pet cats. The representations have expressed general concern about the fate of the pets concerned, in particular their use in the fur trade.

  Young Offenders Institution Lichfield (Incident)
  Mrs. Heal
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of the West Midlands as to what police resources in the form of officers, cars and dogs were involved in the search on 14 May when two inmates absconded from Her Majesty's young offenders institution, Lichfield; what was the cost of the operation; from what budget this will be paid; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) for what purpose a helicopter was deployed following the incident at Her Majesty's young offenders institution, Lichfield, on 14 May; and what was the cost incurred.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  These are operational matters for the chief constable. I understand from him that no additional costs were incurred.

  Multi-agency Panels
  Mr. Sheerman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many multi-agency panels are now operating, including magistrates and probation officers.

  Mr. John Patten
  A number of probation areas indicated their intention to establish such panels in response to the 1988 paper "Tackling Offending: an Action Plan". In some cases these panels have built on existing arrangements for discussions between the chief officers of the various agencies in each area. We do not yet know how many panels are operating nationally.

  Mr. Sheerman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many multi-agency panels, including members of magistrates' benches and probation officers, are now operating in the Merseyside area; and in which areas these are.

  Mr. John Patten
  I understand that three multi-agency panels following the recommendations of the 1988 paper "Tackling Offending: an Action Plan", are operating in the Merseyside area, in the petty sessional divisions of St. Helens, Knowsley and Sefton. They include representatives from the probation, social and education services, the police and the voluntary sector, but no magistrates.

  Probation (Drug Users)
  Mr. Sheerman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of young people under 21 years on probation are known to be hard drug users.

  Mr. John Patten
  This information is not recorded centrally.

  Extradition
  Sir John Wheeler
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Her Majesty's Government expect to ratify the European convention on extradition; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Waddington
  The Government hope to make the necessary Order in Council shortly before the summer recess, with a view to ratification of the convention as soon as possible thereafter. The convention provides for 90 days to elapse between ratification and the provisions coming into effect.

  Mr. Gale
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons were extradited to the United Kingdom from each country of the European Community in each of the last five years; and what were their nationalities;

  (2) how many persons were extradited from the United Kingdom to each of the other countries of the European Community in each of the last five years; and what were their nationalities.

  Mr. Waddington
  The tables give the number of persons extradited to and from the United Kingdom in respect of the other countries of the European Community. The United Kingdom does not distinguish between extradition requests in respect of its own nationals and nationals of other countries. For this reason, the nationalities of those whose return is sought is not centrally recorded.
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  1985

  1986

  1987

  1988

  1989

  Extradition to an EC country from the United Kingdom

  Belgium

  1

  —

  126

  —

  1

  Denmark

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  France

  1

  4

  —

  —

  —

  Federal Republic of Germany

  5

  7

  2

  3

  5

  Greece

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  Republic of Ireland3

  15

  9

  13

  17

  2—

  Italy

  3

  4

  1

  —

  1

  Luxembourg

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Netherlands

  1

  3

  1

  1

  2

  Portugal

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Spain

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  12

  18

  130

  5

  9

  Extradition from an EC country to the United Kingdom

  Belgium

  1

  2

  —

  —

  —

  Denmark

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  France

  —

  1

  1

  3

  2

  Federal Republic of Germany

  2

  1

  —

  —

  —

  Greece

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Republic of Ireland3

  17

  2

  3

  6

  2—

  Italy

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Luxembourg

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Netherlands

  1

  —

  5

  —

  —

  Portugal

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  Spain

  —

  —

  1

  4

  2

  Total

  4

  4

  8

  7

  4

  1 Includes 25 Heysel stadium football supporters.

  2 Not yet available.

  3 The return of fugitives to and from the Republic of Ireland takes place under reciprocal backing of warrants legislation, rather than under an extradition treaty.

  Mr. Gale
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which European Community countries do not permit the extradition of their own nationals.

  Mr. Waddington
  I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State to a question from the hon. Member for Gower (Mr. Wardell) on 18 April 1990 at columns 910–11. The limitations on the ability of particular Community countries to extradite their own nationals, described in that reply, apply irrespective of the nature of the offence.

  In the third paragraph of the earlier reply, mention is made of an amendment to Dutch domestic law that took place in "1981". This should have read "1988".

  Electoral Registers
  Mr. Harry Barnes
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the last representations he received from the Data Protection Registrar concerning the sale of electoral registers for other than electoral purposes; and what was his response.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  The Data Protection Registrar wrote to me in February about the different provisions governing the supply of the electoral and community charges registers. In reply I reaffirmed the Government's policy on the sale of the electoral register and explained that, since the two registers are different in purpose, different considerations apply to their availability. The registrar has since proposed that electoral registration officers should publish lists of the names and addresses of those to whom copies of the electoral register have been supplied; we are considering the proposal.
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  Mr. Harry Barnes
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information the Data Protection Registrar holds about computer interlinks between community charge registers and electoral registers.

  Mr. Mellor
  I understand that the Registrar holds no such information. He will investigate any evidence of a breach of the Data Protection Act 1984, which he has the responsibility of enforcing.

  Belmarsh Prison, Woolwich
  Mr. Cartwright
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff employed at Belmarsh prison, Woolwich will be housed within the development and how many transferred from other areas will be seeking accommodation in the vicinity.

  Mr. Mellor
  No quarters will be provided for prison officer grades at this establishment. It is too early to say how many of our staff will look for accommodation in the area.

  Mr. Cartwright
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he now expects Belmarsh prison, Woolwich, to be operational.

  Mr. Mellor
  It is hoped that HMP Belmarsh will be ready to admit prisoners in April 1991.

  Mr. Cartwright
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what approaches have been made to housing authorities in the area to provide accommodation for staff to be employed at Belmarsh prison, Woolwich.

  Mr. Mellor
  Home Office officials have contacted a number of housing authorities in the area and discussions are continuing. This is just one of a number of options that are currently being pursued with the aim of assisting staff moving into the Belmarsh area.

  Mr. Cartwright
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff will be employed at Belmarsh prison, Woolwich, when it is fully operational; in what grades; and how many of these will be locally recruited.

  Mr. Mellor
  The number of staff who will be employed at Her Majesty's prison Belmarsh is still under consideration. It is too early to say how many of these staff will be locally recruited.

  Birmingham Pub Bombings
  Mr. Batle
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will reconsider the remaining scientific evidence in the Birmingham pub bombings case, in the light of the statements to the May inquiry that forensic evidence in the Maguire case can no longer be considered reliable.

  Mr. John Patten
  My right hon. and learned Friend has said on many occasions that he will consider any new evidence which appears to call into question the safety of the convictions of the Birmingham Six. He will of course take into account any evidence presented to the May inquiry which may be relevant to these convictions.

  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he proposes to take to ensure that material in police or other official archives relating to the Birmingham pub bombings case will not be destroyed.
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  Mr. John Patten
  I understand that the West Midlands police
  and the Devon and Cornwall constabulary have made arrangements to ensure that all material in their possession relating to the Birmingham pub bombings case is stored in secure conditions pending the outcome of further inquiries into the safety of the convictions of the Birmingham Six. Relevant papers in the possession of the Home Office will also be preserved.

  Prisoners (Cell Confinement)
  Mr. Speller
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he hopes to be able to reduce the number of hours each day during which prisoners are confined to their cells.

  Mr. Mellor
  The improvement of the regime for prisoners, which includes reduction of the hours spent locked in cells, is a continuing objective of the Prisons Board. Last year the average time prisoners spent on regime activities increased by three hours per week.

  South African Passport Holders
  Mr. Caborn
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what circumstances holders of South African passports are eligible to vote in the United Kingdom.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  Holders of South African passports resident in the United Kingdom who are not otherwise disqualified can register as electors and vote at parliamentary, European parliamentary and local government elections only if they also hold British citizenship, the citizenship of another Commonwealth country or of the Republic of Ireland. Holders of South African passports living outside the United Kingdom can register as overseas electors and vote at parliamentary and European parliamentary elections here only if they are British citizens, and fulfil the other criteria for registration.

  Criminals (Royalties Payment)
  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to prevent the payment of royalties to criminals for artistic products arising from their criminal activities; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. John Patten
  I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 9 May at column 143 to his question about the payment of money to people convicted of murder by those making films about their crimes.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  Mr. Waddington
  Sixteen energy audits were carried out in the Home Office in the last five financial years. The main conclusions for each audit were as follows:
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  Establishment and Main conclusions

  Abell House

  Automatic lighting control.

  Switching off all non essential equipment.

  Switching off of Boiler Plant.

  Reduction of heating levels.

  Cleland House

  Automatic lighting control.

  Improved heating control.

  Reduction of heating levels.

  Branston Store

  Installation of fast operating loading doors.

  Removal of all non perishable goods to one building.

  Insulation to roofs.

  Occupancy sensors.

  Improve heating controls.

  Steventon Store

  Prevent ingress of cold and damp into plant rooms.

  High Speed doors to well used warehouses.

  Lighting controls in warehouses.

  Replace tungsten lamps with latest fluorescent fittings.

  Lunar House

  Better thermostatic control.

  Improve insulation on flow and return pipes.

  Reduce air infiltration to main entrance by improving door mechanisms.

  Door draught stripping.

  Fire Service College

  Provide alternative fuel for planned replacement of boiler plant.

  Supply a swimming pool cover.

  Replace electric heating in one building.

  Insulate walls of selected buildings.

  Modify heating controls in study blocks.

  Queen Anne's Gate

  Replace tungsten bulbs with compact fluorescent fittings.

  Install automatic lighting controls where appropriate.

  Extend use of Building Management System.

  Modify air handling to several areas.

  Horseferry House

  Re-set thermostatic radiator valves.

  Install automatic lighting controls where appropriate.

  Install more efficient luminaires.

  Install more efficient fluorescent lamps.

  Draught proof windows.

  Install power factor correction equipment.

  Improve housekeeping.

  Changing from a rated water supply to a metered water supply would save approximately £39,000 pa.

  Her Majesty's Prison, Send

  Energy consumption is reasonable given the current site conditions.

  Many roofs are currently unlagged, improvement will not be cost effective on energy savings alone.

  Consideration was given to combined heat and power plant but site is not considered suitable.

  A building management system will not be a cost effective measure.

  Her Majesty's Prison, The Verne

  Install cavity wall and roof insulation.

  Fit compensator controls where appropriate.

  The establishment has already modified the external lighting as far as possible to make energy savings.

  All tungsten luminaires should be changed to high frequency control gear type.

  Fluorescent luminaires should be changed to high frequency control gear type.

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  Her Majesty's Prison, Brixton

  Install an energy management system.

  Fit Krypton tubes in existing fluorescent fittings.

  Delegate officers to switch off unwanted lights in areas under their control.

  Fit Krypton tubes to fluorescent fittings.

  Her Majesty's Prison, Cookham Wood

  The buildings are insulated to an acceptable standard and additional insulation would not be cost effective. Energy consumption is reasonable and high energy savings cannot be expected.

  Minor modifications to the heating system should be made.

  A building management system would not be cost effective.

  It may be possible to reduce the installed lighting load by using energy efficient Krypton tubes.

  An officer in each area should be delegated to control lighting.

  Her Majesty's Prison, Coldingley

  The fuel should be changed from heavy fuel oil to dual fuel, gas/light oil.

  LPHW boilers should be installed in the main accommodation block, works complex, administration block and industrial workshops.

  Replace the steam boilers in the boiler house with steam generators.

  Sequence the operation of the laundry machinery.

  Install a building management system.

  Provide power factor correction equipment.

  Her Majesty's Prison, Long Lartin

  Install heat recovery equipment in the laundry.

  Fit SON luminaires in workshops etc. and consider their use for external security lighting.

  Install a building management system.

  Consider the decentralisation of the heating system.

  Her Majesty's Prison, Leyhill

  Install heat recovery equipment in the laundry.

  Use high efficiency luminaires for external lighting.

  Install a building management system.

  Consider the installation of a water treatment plant.

  Her Majesty's Prison, Cardiff

  Install heat recovery equipment in the laundry.

  Fit SON luminaires in workshops etc.

  Install a building management system.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Waddington
  There are four dedicated energy managers in the Home Office. In 1989–90 a total of 5·33 person years were devoted to energy management.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  Mr. Waddington
  No information is available on energy consumption in prison service establishments for financial years prior to 1982–83 and for other Home Office buildings for financial years prior to 1985–86. For later years, the information requested is not available in the format requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Police Authorities (Finance)
  Mr. Blunkett
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will show for each police authority for 1990–91 the level of bids received for capital resources, the amount of supplementary credit approvals issued and the amount of capital grants approved.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  The information requested is as follows:

  £ millions

  Police Authority

  Capital Bids

  Capital Grant Approved

  Supplementary Credit Approvals

  Avon and Somerset

  9·405

  3·953

  2·1545

  Bedfordshire

  0·709

  0·143

  0·053

  Cambridgeshire

  2·048

  0·338

  0·007

  Cheshire

  2·514

  0·656

  0·384

  City of London

  1·086

  0·322

  0·062

  Cleveland

  2·763

  0·460

  0·095

  Cumbria

  2·735

  0·579

  0·247

  Derbyshire

  1·962

  0·402

  0·149

  Devon and Cornwall

  4·267

  1·087

  0·421

  Dorset

  2·951

  0·606

  0·435

  Durham

  2·596

  0·328

  0·113

  Dyfed-Powys

  1·395

  0·298

  0·076

  Essex

  5·259

  1·100

  0·225

  Gloucestershire

  3·941

  0·701

  0·148

  Greater Manchester

  17·377

  2·754

  0·186

  Gwent

  3·772

  1·602

  1·308

  Hampshire

  5·525

  1·039

  0·277

  Hertfordshire

  2·611

  0·809

  0·503

  Humberside

  4·070

  0·799

  0·211

  Kent

  3·922

  0·654

  Nil

  Lancashire

  6·529

  1·431

  0·623

  Leicestershire

  7·510

  2·847

  1·906

  Lincolnshire

  2·655

  0·707

  0·109

  Merseyside

  6·324

  1·194

  0·336

  Norfolk

  0·831

  0·150

  0·048

  Northamptonshire

  1·972

  0·435

  0·138

  Northumbria

  12·719

  3·505

  2·175

  North Wales

  2·423

  0·406

  0·158

  North Yorkshire

  2·470

  0·446

  Nil

  Nottinghamshire

  5·083

  1·261

  0·747

  South Wales

  3·265

  0·627

  0·340

  South Yorkshire

  8·320

  1·939

  0·902

  Staffordshire

  3·906

  1·502

  1·237

  Suffolk

  2·322

  0·381

  0·057

  Surrey

  5·331

  1·621

  0·283

  Sussex

  5·567

  1·968

  1·289

  Thames Valley

  10·694

  3·096

  1·376

  Warwickshire

  1·309

  0·307

  0·019

  West Mercia

  12·716

  3·747

  2·262

  West Midlands

  18·493

  4·940

  2·641

  West Yorkshire

  17·429

  4·020

  1·722

  Wiltshire

  2·512

  0·572

  0·192

  Total

  221·288

  55·730

  26·106

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms exist in his Department for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings in its operations.

  Mr. Waddington
  Seeking and achieving such savings are an integral and established part of planning and the annual setting of budgets in the Home Office. I regard the pursuit of value for money as crucial to all Home Office spending.

  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the value-for-money savings in his
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  Department's operations identified by internal audit and internal efficiency arrangements and by external audit and by management consultants retained by his Department between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what is the amount of those savings fulfilled to date.

  Mr. Waddington
  The improvements resulting from inquiries and studies of this kind are taken into account in the setting of annual budgets and internal targets. More specific information about contributions to value for money is not collected centrally within the Department and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Extradition
  Mr. Gareth Wardell
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (1) those countries within the European Community which will extradite their nationals to the United Kingdom when charged with fraud-related offences committed here and (2) those countries within the European Community to which the United Kingdom would extradite British nationals resident here to face charges of fraud committed in those countries.

  Mr. John Patten
  [pursuant to his reply, 18 April 1990, c. 910–11]: I regret that in the third paragraph of my reply reference was made to an amendment to Dutch domestic law that took place in "1981". This should have read "1988".

DEFENCE

  Warheads (Plutonium Recycling)
  Mr. Sean Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the recycling of plutonium from warheads being decommissioned for subsequent use in other nuclear weapons; and if it is the Government's intention to reuse the plutonium from decommissioned Polaris A3-TK warheads in the Trident D-5 programme.

  Mr. Alan Clark
  It is the policy of her Majesty's Government to recover all reusable materials, including special nuclear materials, from nuclear warheads which have been returned form service. It would not be in the national interest to give details on the sources and application of fissile materials used in specific defence nuclear programmes.

  Trident
  Mr. Sean Highes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what proportion of the cost of the re-entry vehicles for the Trident programme will be incurred in the United States;

  (2) what proportion of the cost of the warheads for the Trident programme will be incurred in the United States.

  Mr. Alan Clark
  I refer the hon Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) on 17 January 1990,Official Report, column 298

  Army Personnel (Skills)
  Mr. Rogers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what was the percentage of Army personnel who had(a) mechanical engineering skills, (b) electrical engineering skills, (c) civil engineering skills, (d) mechanical transport skills and (e) communications skills in each year since 1985;

  (2) what is the current percentage of Army personnel who have (a) mechanical engineering skills, (b) electrical engineering skills, (c) civil engineering skills, (d) mechanical transport skills and (e) communications skills;

  (3) for each financial year since 1985–86 how many of those Army personnel who left the service prematurely had (a) mechanical engineering skills, (b) electrical engineering skills, (c) civil engineering skills, (d) mechanical transport skills and (e) communication skills.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The following information is based upon personnel numbers in the relevant corps. The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) employ personnel with both mechanical and electrical engineering skills. The Royal Engineers (RE) employ personnel with civil engineering skills; the Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) employ personnel with mechanical transport skills; and the Royal Signals (R Sigs) employ personnel with communications skills.

  (a) Strength as at 31 March 1990, of REME, RE, RCT and R Sigs as a percentage of whole Army1

  REME

  RE

  RCT

  R Sigs

  10·4

  9·9

  6·9

  8·3

  (b) Strength of REME, RE, RCT and R Sigs as a percentage of whole Army 1985–86 to 1989–90

  REME

  RE

  RCT

  R Sigs

  1985–86

  10·0

  9·7

  7·3

  8·8

  1986–87

  10·0

  9·8

  7·2

  8·9

  1987–88

  10·2

  9·8

  6·9

  8·8

  1988–89

  10·3

  9·8

  6·8

  8·5

  1989–90

  10·4

  9·8

  6·9

  8·3

  (c) Premature voluntary release exits of trained male Army and of REME, RE, RCT and R Sigs: 1985–86 to 1989–90

  Whole Army

  REME

  RE

  RCT

  RSigs

  1985–86

  3,587

  320

  408

  259

  259

  1986–87

  3,224

  335

  319

  230

  235

  1987–88

  3,905

  332

  409

  371

  317

  1988–89

  4,545

  379

  505

  369

  473

  1989–90

  4,773

  495

  557

  429

  348

  1 Figures relate to trained male strength.

  Recruitment
  MR. Rogers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many men and women were recruited into the Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force in the financial year 1989–90; and how many left each of the services prematurely.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The total intake in to the United Kingdom regular forces in the financial year 1989–90 is shown in table 1. The total number of exits form the services under premature wastage outflow categories during the same period is shown in table 2. The categories
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  included in the outflow numbers correspond with those listed in table 4.18 of Volume of the "Statement on Defence Estimates" with the exception of "time and age

  Table 1: Intake to United Kingdom Regular Forces from civilian life: 1989–90

  Number

  Total

  Males

  Females

  Total

  Officers

  Servicemen

  Total

  Officers

  Servicewomen

  All Services

  36,412

  32,337

  2,599

  29,738

  4,075

  376

  3,699

  Royal Navy

  5,556

  4,696

  516

  4,180

  860

  42

  818

  Royal Marines

  1,063

  1,063

  45

  1,018

  —

  —

  —

  Army

  22,084

  20,398

  1,377

  19,021

  1,686

  177

  1,509

  Royal Air Force

  7,709

  6,180

  661

  5,519

  1,529

  157

  1,372

  Table 2: Premature outflow from United Kingdom Regular Forces: 1989–90

  Number

  Total

  Males

  Females

  Total

  Officers

  Servicemen

  Total

  Officers

  Servicewomen

  All Services

  27,184

  25,006

  2,460

  22,546

  2,178

  184

  1,994

  Royal Navy

  5,153

  4,766

  659

  4,107

  387

  21

  366

  Royal Marines

  851

  851

  65

  786

  —

  —

  —

  Army

  15,770

  14,896

  1,835

  13,061

  874

  71

  803

  Royal Air Force

  6,192

  5,275

  683

  4,592

  917

  92

  825

  Accommodation Charges
  Mr. Rogers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the average level of that element of the accommodation charge that was set in lieu of rates in Scotland in the year prior to the introduction of the community charge.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The charges were £359 per married quarter and £101 per unit of single accommodation.

  Mr. Rogers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the average level of that element of the accommodation charge that was set in lieu of rates in England and Wales in the year prior to the introduction of the community charge.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The charges were £408 per married quarter and £115 per unit of single accommodation.

  Pilots
  Mr. Mans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many pilots expressed as a percentage of the total number in the Royal Air Force left at their 38/16-year option date, during the years 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989; and what percentage retired prematurely and voluntarily prior to this option during the above mentioned years, having completed their flying training and either having reached their squadrons or been accepted for training as instructors.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The proportion of Royal Air Force pilots, expressed as a percentage of the total pilot trained strength at 1 January each year, who left at their 38/16-year optional exit point was as follows:

  Percentage

  1986

  1·0

  1987

  0·8

  1988

  1·2

  1989

  1·3

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  expiries or exercise of rights at option point" and, for service women only, "By exercise of right to give 18 monts notice".

  The proportion of pilots aged 38 and under who left on premature voluntary release during the same four years was:

  Percentage

  1986

  0·4

  1987

  0·4

  1988

  1·2

  1989

  0·9

  Low Flying
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide details of the accident involving an 1F15 aircraft during the recent low flying exercise Elder Forest.

  Mr. Neubert
  A United States Air Force F25 aircraft, participating in the United Kingdom defence exercise, Elder Forest, crashed into the sea approximately 20 miles east of Grimsby on 25 April 1990. The pilot ejected successfully. A United States Air Force accident investigation has been convened in the normal way. It would be premature to speculate about the possible causes of the accident.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The information is not held in the form requested. However, section 2 of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates" for the years 1980–81 onwards gives details of energy consumption, on the defence estate, in terms of petajoules or volumes of oil. Figures for expenditure on consumption of non-operational fuel are available for the years 1985–86 onwards only, and are as follows:
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  £ thousands

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  Electricity

  130,974

  141,196

  137,713

  Gas

  43,681

  46,885

  41,321

  Solid Fuel

  10,350

  11,614

  10,618

  Liquid Fuel

  97,668

  49,340

  42,994

  For details of the expenditure on fuel consumption for the financial year 1988–89, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 10 May 1990, Official Report, column 213.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  There are 15 full-time energy managers in the Ministry of Defence with a much larger number employed as energy wardens at units and establishments on a part-time basis. As the proportion of energy wardens' time devoted to energy management in the last year is not recorded, I am unable to give the total number of person years devoted to energy management.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The Ministry of Defence has carried out 295 energy audits over the last five years. It is not practicable to summarise the findings of this number of audits; however, the potential for a savings on energy consumption of 15 to 20 per cent. has been identified in most cases.

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what were the value-for-money savings in his Department's operations identified by internal audit and internal efficiency arrangements, and by external audit and by management consultants retained by his Department between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what is the amount of those savings fulfilled to date.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The improvements resulting from inquiries and studies of the kind mentioned are taken into account in the setting of annual budgets and internal targets. The results are not collated centrally within the Department.

  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what mechanisms exist in his Department for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings in its operations.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The Department maintains a general efficiency programme, as well as other mechanisms for ensuring that its activities are conducted in an economic, efficient and effective manner. Each of the systems has appropriate monitoring and follow-up procedures. These are not designed to identify value-for-money savings separately from other improvements, not all of which are quantifiable.

  Radiation
  Mr. McFall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what special means there is of shielding, blocking or attenuating the neutron emission from the Chevaline warhead during storage; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) what special means there are of shielding, blocking or attenuating the neutron emission from the Chevaline warhead during transportation to and from the royal naval armaments depot at Coulport to and from the Royal Ordnance factory at Burghfield; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Neubert
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: No special measures beyond the laid down working procedures and MOD's normal radiological protection practices are necessary.

  Mr. McFall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which component of the Chevaline warhead assembly gives rise to the neutron emission radiation dose equivalent; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Neubert
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: The fissile material within the warhead assembly.

  Mr. McFall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the average recorded or assessed neutron radiation dose equivalent exposure received by members of the general public due to the road transportation of the Chevaline warhead on any one journey or throughout any transit period; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Neubert
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: Attributable doses to members of the public from warheads involved in transport operations are zero.

  Mr. McFall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the average recorded or assessed neutron radiation dose equivalent exposure received by road transportation personnel during carriage of the Chevaline warhead on any one journey or throughout any transit period; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Neubert
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: Attributable doses to transportation personnel from the Chevaline warhead during carriage on any one journey or throughout any transit period are zero.

  Mr. McFall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if any neutron emission radiation dose equivalent exposure has been recorded for personnel at(a) Royal Ordnance factory, Llanishen, (b) atomic weapons establishment, Aldermaston, (c) Royal Ordnance factory, Burghfield, and (d) the facility at Donnington; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Neubert
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: There are low levels of neutron exposure to some workers in the atomic weapons establishment stations at Aldermaston and Burghfield, but not at the other locations. These are determined and recorded and the consequential effective (whole body) dose equivalents are such that the total doses sustained by the individuals from radiations arising from their work activities are within the relevant MOD and United Kingdom limits and are as low as reasonably practicable.

  Radiation
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Dumbarton (Mr. McFall) on 2 May,Official Report, column 594, concerning records of individual radiation dose records, whether he will publish such information in anonymised form.

  Mr. Neubert
  It is not considered appropriate to present this detailed information to the House. It could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

  Mr. McFall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will provide the numbers of health physics monitors employed on monitoring the radiation exposure of the civilian population in Ministry of Defence areas;

  (2) if he will provide the number of health physics monitors employed directly on the monitoring of radiation exposure of workers in each Ministry of Defence and privatised Ministry of Defence establishment since 1960;

  (3) if he will provide the number of supervisors, by grade, supervising the monitoring of radiation exposure of workers by health physics monitors in each Ministry of Defence and privatised Ministry of Defence establishment since 1960.

  Mr. Neubert
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: The information requested could be provided only at a disproportionate cost. Ministry of Defence establishments ensure that work with ionising radiation is supervised, and exposure monitored, to the extent necessary to enable that work to be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985.

  Conventional Forces in Europe
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy that no relevant equipment be moved out of the area of application of the proposed treaty on conventional forces in Europe before such a treaty comes into effect in order to(a) deploy the equipment elsewhere or (b) sell the equipment; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  Pre-emptive withdrawal from the area of application of the proposed CFE treaty of equipment of categories likely to be limited under it can undermine the treaty's objectives. We would be seriously concerned at any such redeployment especially where the intention appeared to be to hold the equipment just outside the area of application of the treaty.

  Missile Technology Control Regime
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he is considering lowering the range and warhead weight governed by the missile technology control regime; what talks he proposes to have on the regime; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  There are no plans to lower the MTCR range and warhead parameters. A meeting of the MTCR partner countries will take place in Ottawa soon.

  Iraq (Chemical Weapons)
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any information about the involvement of the Salman Pak underground plant, 35 miles from Baghdad, in work related to chemical and biological weapons.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  Iraq has used chemical weapons on a number of occasions in the past, indicating that it has a production capability. We are aware of recent media reports concerning the Salman Pak facility. It is not our practice, however, to comment on information which may be available to us on such matters.

  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any information regarding the possession by Iraq of the anti-personnel biological agents tularemia, anthrax and equine encephalitis; whether these agents have been weaponised; and what discussions have been held with the United States administration on these matters.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  We are aware of recent media reports alleging Iraqi development of biological weapons. Iraq has signed but not ratified the 1972 biological weapons convention which prohibits such weapons. It is not our practice, however, to comment on information which may be available to us on such matters. We have regular consultations with the United States on a full range of issues including chemical and biological weapons.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

  Tampons
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will review his decision not to require further warning labels, additional to those referred to in his answer of 5 April,Official Report, column 804, to be compulsorily provided on the packaging of tampons.

  Mr. Forth
  No. Toxic shock syndrome is a very rare illness and I am not prepared unnecessarily to frighten women off buying tampons by asking the industry to put a warning about toxic shock syndrome on the outside of the packet. I am however asking it to put a warning on the leaflet inside the packet on how to recognise the symptoms of TSS and the fact that very occasionally it can be fatal: and to put on the packet itself guidance as to what degree of absorbancy should be used.

  Company Accounts
  Mr. David Howell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many pbhzcutions have been initiated by the solicitors' office of Companies house against companies for failure to file accounts by the due date during(a) 1 January to 1 February, (b) 1 February to 1 March, (c) 1 March to 1 April and (d) 1 April to I May.

  Mr. Redwood
  Prosecutions for failure to file accounts are initiated against directors, not companies. The table gives details of those commenced by the Department's solicitor since I January 1990.
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  Period in 1990

  Prosecutions commenced

  January

  1140

  February

  80

  March

  335

  April

  265

  1 Estimated.

  Iraq
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the contracts arising from the April 1989 international exhibition for military production in Baghdad.

  Mr. Redwood
  We do not have this information, the publication of which would be a matter for the firms concerned.

  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether his Department has issued any export licences for vacuum pumps to Iraq.

  Mr. Redwood
  No licences have been granted for the export of vacuum pumps to Iraq in the last year. Information on licences granted prior to this is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  Mr. Caborn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 15 May,Official Report, column 365, of the trade delegations that visited Iraq with Government support in 1989–90, 1988–89, 1987–88 and 1986–87, how many companies which made up the delegations have, or had, contracts with the Ministry of Defence.

  Mr. Redwood
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: One hundred and seventeen of the companies in question appear in the records the Ministry of Defence keeps of firms currently or formerly qualified to bid for defence contracts. It would involve disproportionate cost to identify the number of firms which were awarded contracts.

  Mr. Caborn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 15 May,Official Report, column 365, of the trade delegations that visited Iraq with Government support in 1989–90, 1988–89, 1988–88 and 1986–87, how many companies and from which sectors of industry made up the delegations.

  Mr. Redwood
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: Two hundred and ninety-two companies participated in officially supported events in the years in question. They were drawn from a wide range of industries, which our records broadly classified as: healthcare, energy-oil field equipment, electrical-electronic engineering, water technology, automotive transport, domestic appliances-consumer goods, scientific-environmental equipment and mechanical engineering.

  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department took to satisfy itself that the 10,000 protection kits exported to Iraq were to be used only for non-military purposes.

  Mr. Redwood
  It is the practice to retain records of export licence applications for no longer than seven years. No information is therefore available on any exports to Iraq which may have taken place before 1983.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  Mr. Forth
  I am sorry that the information is not available in the form requested.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  Mr. Forth
  No full energy audit has been carried out in my Department in the past five years, but energy usage is closely monitored. The Department is investing in energy saving projects with the aim of saving 15 per cent. of energy costs over the next five years.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Forth
  Twenty staff are designated energy managers as part of their duties. The Department devoted about three person years to energy management last year. This does not include the resources deployed by the Property Services Agency in our buildings.

  Audit Committees
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any information on the number of companies which have audit committees.

  Mr. Redwood
  No. There is no requirement to notify the Department of the establishment of an audit committee.

  Investment (Cumbria)
  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will set up an inquiry into the level of inward investment inquiries being referred by the regional office of his Department to the industrial development authorities in Cumbria.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  No. All inward investor inquiries are sent routinely to all regions of the United Kingdom, where the regional development body, INWARD in the case of the north-west, maintains information on local site availability and conditions through regular contact with local authorities and other development bodies. Inquiries are then forwarded to those localities which have indicated their ability to meet the specific needs of the investor.

  Hungary
  Mr. Ward
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what efforts his Department is making to encourage joint ventures between British and Hungarian companies and between British companies and Hungarian state enterprises.
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  Mr. Redwood
  My Department is doing a great deal. We are providing companies with information about the legislative and fiscal framework for investment in Hungary. My Department also makes available to British business information about specific investment opportunities and details of Hungarian enterprises seeking joint venture partners.

  DTI Ministers are actively involved. I myself have led a trade mission to Hungary, and the Secretary of State expects to visit the country next month with a group of business men. Together with the Foreign Secretary, I participated in a major conference on 22 May sponsored by my Department, the CBI and others to draw companies' attention to business and investment opportunities arising from western economic assistance to eastern Europe.

  ECGD's investment insurance scheme has recently been expanded to cover eastern Europe; and the Government's know-how fund can now be used to provide support for pre-investment feasibility studies and training of prospective joint venture partners.

  Financial Reporting Council
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the members of the Financial Reporting Council, together with information as to their experience, directorships and partnerships.

  Mr. Redwood
  The membership of the Financial Reporting Council was announced in a press release issued by the council on 17 May, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.

  CFCs and Halons
  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he intends to publish the study commissioned by his Department into the use of chlorofluorocarbons and halons in the United Kingdom and the scope for their recovery for recycling and destruction.

  Mr. Forth
  I have today published this study in a report entitled "CFCs and Halons: Alternatives and the Scope for Recovery for Recycling and Destruction". Copies have been placed in the Libraries of the House. The report is available on sale from the publishers HMSO.

  The Government have made it clear that they are fully committed to the elimination of ozone-damaging CFCs as soon as practically possible, and certainly by the year 2000.

  The report finds that by adopting alternatives and developing cost-effective recycling, it would be possible to eliminate virtually all consumption of ozone-damaging chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the UK by 1997. It also finds that similar action, particularly on recycling, could allow consumption of halon fire-extinguishing agents to be similarly reduced by the year 2000.

  In examining current levels of CFC use, the report finds that the UK halved its consumption of CFCs between 1986 and 1989, thus meeting the controls on consumption in the present Montreal protocol almost 10 years ahead of requirements. The Montreal protocol is to be strengthened at a conference in London at the end of June, against a background of strong calls for complete phase-out of CFCs by the year 2000. This report provides further evidence that UK industry is responding well to this
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  particular environmental challenge and is well placed to meet a more stringent regulatory regime over the next 10 years.

  This will, however, require greater recycling of ozone-damaging substances, particularly in the refrigeration, fire-extinguishing and solvent areas. I urge all those involved in producing or using products made with CFCs or halons to increase their level of recycling. This action needs to form part of each company's overall strategy for reducing their use of these substances.

  Local authorities and the private sector also have a role to play in the safe disposal of CFCs from domestic refrigerators. The report highlights a number of successful recovery and recycling schemes that have been set up. I hope that this report will encourage others to follow this lead.

  Eastern Europe
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade arid Industry if he will list the support being given by his Department to the newly emerging democracies in eastern Europe.

  Mr. Redwood
  My Department seeks to help the process of reform in these countries by encouraging the involvement of British companies in their economic transformation and reconstruction. In particular we provide information on opportunities for direct investment, including joint ventures and other forms of industrial co-operation; for increased exports of goods and services; and for consultancy and management training.

  DTI Ministers play their part by receiving incoming delegations and by taking with them groups of business men on visits to those countries. In recent months, the Secretary of State and I have led parties of business men to the USSR, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia arid Romania. I shall shortly be taking a group of business men with me to the GDR. The Minister for Trade visited the Leipzig fair in support of British exhibitors and attended the recent CSCE conference in Bonn on economic co-operation in Europe.

  My Department also encourages British business to take full advantage of the several United Kingdom, EC and multilateral schemes introduced to assist projects of reform and reconstruction in the emerging countries of eastern Europe, including the United Kingdom know-how funds.

  The DTI co-sponsored a major conference in London on 22 May which sought to alert British companies to the possibilities of winning aid-financed business in eastern Europe. A DTI official was recently seconded to the joint assistance unit in the FCO to help in the administration of the United Kingdom know-how fund.

  In addition the Department continues to offer its established export services and to finance the activities of the East European Trade Council, the BOTB's area advisory group for eastern Europe.

  Bankruptcies
  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will institute an inquiry or take any other steps to ascertain the reasons for the increase in bankruptcies.

  Mr. Redwood
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: No.

  Environmental Policies
  Ms. Quin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any proposals to ensure that United Kingdom trade promotes the goal of sustainable development.

  Mr. Redwood
  [holding answer 22 May 1990]: I shall continue to consider the links between trade and environmental policies and their relationship to promoting sustainable development.

  Maccorp Holdings Ltd.
  Mr. Tim Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will appoint inspectors to inquire into the affairs of Maccorp Holdings Ltd. and to establish the extent to which the prospectus issued by the company contained false and misleading information about the position and experience of director Arden McClelland.

  Mr. Redwood
  [holding answer 22 May 1990]My Department is prepared to consider any information my hon. Friend may provide which might warrant an inquiry.

  Bankruptcy
  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps to increase from £750 the minimum level of debt in respect of which a creditor may in terms of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 petition for the sequestration of his debtor.

  Mr. Redwood
  There are no current plans to increase this figure.

  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will instigate a review of all aspects of the scheme of payment from public funds to trustees in sequestrations under the provisions of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act.

  Mr. Redwood
  Insolvency service officials are currently undertaking an evaluation of the Scottish bankruptcy system with particular regard to funding.

TRANSPORT

  Radioactive Waste
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if his Department is currently assessing the British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. approved design for the transportation of vitrified high-level waste; if compliance with this design is required for transportation by road, rail and ship; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) if he has any plans to allow the transportation of vitrified high-level radioactive waste flasks (i) through the channel tunnel and (ii) overland by rail from Sellafield to shipping ports including Dover; and if he will make a statement;

  (3) if it is his policy to agree in advance the overland and sea routes of future exports of vitrified high-level radioactive waste flasks.

  Mr. Freeman
  Shipments of vitrified high-level waste by any mode of transport will be required to be carried in containers which have been certified by my Department as 436
  fully complying with stringent and national and international safety regulations which require safety to be built into the design. Safety does not depend on the choice of route used which is a matter for the carrier.

  I understand that a package design is currently under development by British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL) but that it may be some months before this design is submitted to the Department for assessment and subsequent approval.

  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps have been taken by the marine directorate to satisfy itself that the type of ship used by Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd. to transport vitrified high-level radioactive waste is appropriate to that function; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  The ships used by Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd. are dedicated to the transport of nuclear materials. They operate under schemes of work approved by the Department, which ensure that crew members benefit from national and international radiation protection standards.

  The Department has not yet received an application from British Nuclear Fuels plc for the transport of vitrified waste on these ships. Their suitability for carrying this material will be assessed by the marine directorate as part of the Department's approval and certification process.

  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport under what circumstances radioactive material is kept overnight in parked vehicles at Swynnerton, Stoke-on-Trent; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: I have been asked to reply.

  I assume the hon. Gentleman is referring to military vehicles parked at the Army training area at Swynnerton, Staffordshire. As he will appreciate, however, it is the longstanding policy of this and previous Governments neither to confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear materials at particular military locations, or to comment on their methods of transport.

  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether shipments of plutonium nitrate from Dounreay to Workington will cease following the recent decision to abandon fast breeder reactor research at Dounreay; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) what type of irradiated fuel flask is used for the shipment of plutonium nitrate from Dounreay to Workington; and if he will make a statement;

  (3) when was the first shipment of plutonium nitrate from Dounreay to Workington.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  Shipments of plutonium nitrate are carried in containers to design No. 1763 and have been certified by my Department as fully complying with stringent international safety regulations. The first such shipment took place in June 1981.

  The decision as to whether such shipments will continue is a matter for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the role of the marine directorate in respect of the transportation of radioactive waste.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  The marine directorate enforces the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 1981,
  437
  as amended, under which the transport of radioactive waste by ships is regulated. The carriage requirements follow the international maritime dangerous goods code published by the International Maritime Organisation which in turn incorporates recommendations issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The radioactive materials transport division represents the Department in this agency.

  A30
  Mr. Maxwell-Hyslop
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will indicate his best estimate of the relevant timings of events concerned with the routing and construction of the replacement A30 between Honiton and Exeter.

  Mr. Atkins
  The Department expects to publish its proposals at about the end of the year. A public inquiry, which will, no doubt, be necessary, could be held in 1991. Subject to the satisfactory completion of the statutory procedures I expect construction work to start in 1993 and then to take up to two years to complete.

  EUROSID
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what contribution he is making to the EUROSID project; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Atkins
  My Department has taken a major role in the development of the EUROSID side-impact test dummy through the transport and road research laboratory. Researchers from TRRL have led the working group within the European experimental vehicles committee which has designed, developed and tested EUROSID. TRRL was responsible for the development of the important thorax of the dummy. The dummy is now fully tested and in production through Ogle Design Ltd. of the United Kingdom.

  The Department has similarly taken a lead in development of the full-scale side-impact test procedure for cars. The United Kingdom is pressing for early agreement within the European Community on a side-impact directive incorporating this test. This work is expected to be completed in the next two to three years. When implemented, this should ensure that cars are designed to offer better protection to their occupants in collisions to their sides, saving considerable life and injury. EUROSID is a central requirement of the test, since it measures the likely injury to the occupants.

  Northern Line
  Mr. Cox
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he intends to make an official journey on the southern section of the Northern line; and if he will invite hon. Members from those areas of London to accompany him on his visit.

  Mr. Freeman
  I hope to visit the southern section of the Northern line at the end of this month. I would be glad to do so with the hon. Member.

  Travel (London)
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has undertaken any survey of reasons for travel in London; and if he will make a statement.
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  Mr. Atkins
  The most recent comprehensive source of information on reasons for travel in London is the 1981 Greater London transportation survey carried out by the Greater London council. My Department is planning to conduct a major new survey in 1991 in collaboration with the London Research Centre, British Rail and London Transport.

  Information on reasons for travel is also collected in the national travel survey and although this survey does not identify where the travel took place it does provide figures for travel by people resident in London. Some results are given in "Transport Statistics for London", a copy of which is in the Library.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  Mr. Atkins
  A full answer cannot be provided. I shall write to the hon. Member.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Atkins
  In 1989–90 the Department devoted approximately 2·5 person years to energy management. This included the time of a central energy manager.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  Mr. Atkins
  The number of energy audits carried out in the Department of Transport were:

  Number

  1985–86

  0

  1986–87

  1

  1987–88

  7

  1988–89

  4

  1989–90

  1

  In each case a variety of measures to produce energy savings were recommended and have been implemented.

  Buscough and Ormskirk Bypasses
  Mr. Hind
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will appoint traffic consultants to advise his Department on the line of the Buscough bypass on the A59; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) if he will appoint traffic consultants to advise his Department on the line of the Ormskirk bypass on the A570; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Atkins
  We shall be inviting competitive offers from selected consultants within the next two months for the design of three schemes in the Liverpool-Preston corridor; the A59 Ormskirk-Walmer bridge improvement (which will incorporate a bypass of Buscough); the A570 Ormskirk bypass; and the A570 Scarisbrook and Pinfold bypass.

WALES

  Brymbo Steelworks
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will visit Brymbo steelworks.

  Mr. David Hunt
  I have recently had meetings with both the owners of Brymbo and their work force, but I have no present plans to visit the steelworks.

  1979

  1984

  1988–891

  Average daily available beds

  Percentage Total beds

  Average daily available beds

  Percentage Total beds

  Average daily available beds

  Percentage Total beds

  Clwyd

  626·7

  20·5

  577·4

  20·0

  529·9

  20·7

  East Dyfed

  416·7

  19·9

  406·0

  22·6

  401·8

  24·8

  Gwent

  715·2

  18·4

  984·2

  26·8

  952·1

  28·5

  Gwynedd

  402·9

  25·7

  405·9

  26·3

  456·9

  28·7

  Mid Glamorgan

  822·8

  16·6

  895·4

  18·9

  797·2

  18·8

  Pembrokeshire

  139·8

  30·0

  137·3

  29·2

  128·1

  27·4

  Powys

  247·6

  19·6

  247·4

  22·8

  216·6

  22·8

  South Glamorgan

  448·6

  12·5

  460·5

  13·0

  451·6

  13·5

  West Glamorgan

  464·8

  17·9

  462·2

  18·1

  468·4

  19·8

  Wales

  4,285·0

  18·3

  4,576·3

  20·5

  4,402·6

  21·5

  1 Latest available information.

  Speech Therapists
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hearing therapists are employed in each of the district health authorities in Wales; and how many are bilingual.

  Mr. Grist
  The information requested is not available centrally.

  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he has taken to ensure proper training and recruitment of bilingual speech therapists in each district health authority in Wales.

  Mr. Grist
  The Department has encouraged all health authorities in Wales to undertake, as part of their annual manpower resource plans, an assessment of their requirements for bilingual staff and of posts where the ability to practise through the medium of English and Welsh is required. Recruitment to particular posts is an operational matter for individual health authorities. The extent, format and location of education and training for health care professional groups in Wales is being considered within the context of the Department's consultation document "The Health Service in Wales. Towards 2000: Manpower Planning, Education and Training", responses to which are currently being considered.

  General Practitioners
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many general practitioners there are in each of the district health authority areas in Wales.

  Mr. Grist
  The latest available information is published in "Health and Personal Social Service Statistics for Wales No. 16" a copy of which is in the Library.

  Geriatric Beds
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of geriatric beds in each district health authority area in Wales in the National Health Service and as a percentage of total beds for 1970, 1979, 1984 and 1989.

  Mr. Grist
  Available information on the number of beds in specialities designated as geriatric, psycho-geriatric and elderly mentally infirm and as a percentage of total beds is given in the following table; comparable information for 1970 is not available.

  Home Renovation Grants
  Mr. John P. Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the estimated(a) spending and (b) spending in real terms on mandatory home renovation grants by each local authority for each year since 1979.

  Mr. Grist
  Since 1979 four types of home renovation grant have been available:

  i. Improvement/conversion grants

  ii. Repair Grants

  iii Intermediate grants

  iv Special grants

  All intermediate grants are mandatory, as are those special grants and repair grants for works carried out in compliance with statutory notices served under housing legislation. It is not possible from data available centrally to estimate the total breakdown between mandatory and discretionary grants.

  However, some information on the amounts paid on completed grants by type and by local authority is published for the years 1983 to 1988 in "Welsh Housing Statistics" Nos. 4 to 9, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.

  St. David's Airfield, Pembrokeshire
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will visit St. David's airfield, Pembrokeshire;and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Grist
  No.

  Residential Homes
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of new private residential homes for the elderly established in Wales in each of the last four years, by local authority district.

  Mr. Grist
  The numbers are as shown in the table:
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  During the year to 31 March

  1986

  1987

  1988

  1989

  Clywd

  17 (2)

  17 (1)

  16

  7

  Dyfed

  21 (4)

  6

  7

  15

  Gwent

  3 (1)

  7 (2)

  7

  2

  Gwynedd

  8

  10

  11

  13

  Mid Glamorgan

  4

  4 (1)

  9

  3

  Powys

  1 (1)

  4

  1

  3

  South Glamorgan

  22

  9 (1)

  6

  7

  West Glamorgan

  4 (1)

  3

  4

  1

  Wales

  80 (9)

  60 (5)

  61

  51

  The figures in brackets indicate the number of these homes which have subsequently either closed or ceased to function as primarily private residential homes for elderly people. The number of homes which may have closed from 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990 is not yet available.

  Ambulance service: emergency calls during 1988–89

  Calls responded to within eight minutes

  Calls responded to within 20 minutes

  number

  percentage

  number

  percentage

  Clwyd1

  8,647

  61·8

  13,774

  98·5

  East Dyfed

  4,182

  55·0

  6,996

  92·0

  Gwent

  15,264

  73·4

  20,537

  98·7

  Gwynedd

  4,563

  54·3

  7,996

  95·1

  Mid Glamorgan

  15,553

  45·0

  32,834

  95·0

  Pembrokeshire2

  2,314

  44·3

  4,576

  87·6

  Powys

  1,545

  44·0

  2,929

  83·5

  South Glamorgan

  8,176

  65·7

  12,346

  99·3

  West Glamorgan1

  8,324

  55·4

  14,151

  94·3

  11987–88 figures as later figures are not available.

  2 Estimates using a four-week sample.

  Education Spending
  Mr. John P. Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the estimated(a) capital spending and (b) capital spending in real terms on educational facilities by each local authority for each year since 1979.

  Gross capital expenditure on education

  £000

  1979–80

  1980–81

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  Cash prices

  Clwyd

  4,214

  5,482

  5,516

  5,410

  5,366

  5,708

  5,755

  6,367

  7,877

  7,323

  Dyfed

  2,308

  2,997

  2,809

  4,153

  4,436

  3,551

  2,853

  4,136

  6,513

  9,030

  Gwent

  4,383

  6,442

  4,814

  5,201

  6,709

  6,950

  5,707

  5,869

  7,624

  8,019

  Gwynedd

  1,345

  2,376

  1,990

  1,315

  1,584

  1,660

  1,986

  2,051

  2,434

  2,642

  Mid Glamorgan

  5,402

  7,985

  7,810

  7,136

  7,752

  7,460

  4,532

  6,693

  9,595

  9,822

  Powys

  2,269

  2,905

  2,255

  2,193

  3,015

  1,989

  1,410

  3,270

  3,370

  2,358

  South Glamorgan

  2,241

  2,808

  2,132

  3,896

  3,071

  2,954

  1,889

  3,876

  4,567

  8,278

  West Glamorgan

  1,977

  5,270

  4,459

  5,142

  4,267

  3,326

  4,911

  6,710

  8,325

  5,848

  Total counties

  24,140

  36,264

  31,785

  34,446

  36,200

  33,597

  29,042

  38,972

  50,305

  53,320

  1988–89 prices1

  Clwyd

  7,933

  8,718

  7,989

  7,309

  6,925

  7,018

  6,715

  7,186

  8,438

  7,323

  Dyfed

  4,345

  4,765

  4,068

  5,610

  5,726

  4,366

  3,329

  4,668

  6,977

  9,030

  Gwent

  8,251

  10,244

  6,973

  7,026

  8,659

  8,545

  6,660

  6,625

  8,167

  8,019

  Gwynedd

  2,531

  3,779

  2,882

  1,776

  2,044

  2,041

  2,318

  2,315

  2,607

  2,642

  Mid Glamorgan

  10,168

  12,698

  11,311

  9,640

  10,005

  9,172

  5,289

  7,554

  10,278

  9,822

  Powys

  4,271

  4,619

  3,267

  2,963

  3,891

  2,446

  1,646

  3,691

  3,610

  2,358

  South Glamorgan

  4,218

  4,465

  3,088

  5,263

  3,964

  3,632

  2,204

  4,375

  4,892

  8,278

  West Glamorgan

  3,721

  8,380

  6,458

  6,945

  5,507

  4,089

  5,730

  7,574

  8,918

  5,848

  Total counties

  45,438

  57,668

  46,036

  46,531

  46,720

  41,309

  33,892

  43,986

  53,887

  53,320

  1 Adjusted to a constant price basis using the GDP deflator.

  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on BSE in Wales.

  Mr. David Hunt
  At 18 May, a total of 948 cases of BSE had been confirmed on 681 farms in Wales. All necessary steps have been taken by the Government to deal with this disease and the consumer can have every confidence in the safety of beef as a wholesome and nutritional food.

  Ambulance Service (Emergency Calls)
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each Welsh ambulance service area the number and percentage of emergency calls answered within(a) eight minutes and (b) 20 minutes.

  Mr. Grist
  The latest available information is given. in the table:

  Mr. Roberts
  The information requested is shown in the tables:

  Private Hospital Beds
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many private beds were available, and how many consultant hours were worked in association with these private beds by consultants employed by the National Health Service in Gwynedd in the most recent available year.

  Mr. Grist
  On 31 March 1989, the latest date for which information is available, there were 52 beds in private 444
  hospitals in Gwynedd. I have also authorised that a maximum of 2,920 bed days may be used by private patients in National Health Service hospitals in Gwynedd in any one year. Information on the number of hours worked by National Health Service consultants in association with these beds is not available centrally.

  Local Authority Capital Expenditure
  Mr. John P. Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the estimated(a) investment in real terms, and (b) capital investment on capital programmes other than new build and renovation, by each local authority for each year since 1979.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The information is shown in the following tables. Information for 1979–80 and 1980–81 was not collected on a comparable basis and is therefore not included.

  Capital payments 1981–82 to 1984–85: Cash prices1

  £000

  Local authority

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  Alyn and Deeside

  1,560

  1,915

  897

  1,503

  Colwyn

  725

  1,639

  1,417

  977

  Delyn

  1,522

  3,358

  4,215

  6,131

  Glyndwr

  394

  498

  323

  317

  Rhuddlan

  581

  648

  1,183

  1,057

  Wrexham Maelor

  2,548

  2,206

  2,975

  2,551

  Carmarthen

  824

  1,248

  1,367

  665

  Ceredigion

  1,025

  1,255

  1,484

  1,335

  Dinefwr

  242

  531

  596

  401

  Llanelli

  3,232

  3,469

  2,890

  3,454

  Preseli

  825

  1,470

  1,376

  2,413

  South Pembroke

  651

  864

  935

  1,627

  Blaenau Gwent

  2,105

  4,627

  3,401

  4,246

  Islwyn

  1,293

  596

  1,548

  2,683

  Monmouth

  875

  742

  686

  900

  Newport

  2,518

  4,728

  6,431

  4,394

  Torfaen

  1,103

  2,308

  2,236

  1,874

  Aberconwy

  1,183

  996

  1,032

  563

  Arfon

  1,572

  1,066

  962

  1,011

  Dwyfor

  481

  604

  487

  582

  Meirionnydd

  746

  644

  2,428

  427

  Ynys Môn

  1,315

  1,289

  1,618

  1,205

  Cynon Valley

  1,044

  1,113

  1,502

  1,653

  Merthyr Tydfil

  1,768

  2,496

  2,374

  1,870

  Ogwr

  2,786

  3,145

  3,956

  5,528

  Rhondda

  2,431

  4,839

  4,970

  3,499

  Rhymney Valley

  1,901

  2,263

  2,826

  2,319

  Taff Ely

  2,039

  3,239

  2,212

  2,734

  Brecknock

  936

  860

  507

  684

  Montgomeryshire

  713

  598

  451

  264

  Radnorshire

  206

  6

  361

  377

  Cardiff

  11,486

  9,126

  8,162

  12,945

  Vale of Glamorgan

  3,270

  2,185

  4,000

  3,718

  Port Talbot

  808

  1,042

  823

  850

  Lliw Valley

  938

  3,343

  798

  1,632

  Neath

  681

  1,520

  1,871

  1,506

  Swansea

  5,140

  14,228

  10,957

  9,128

  Clwyd

  10,228

  11,917

  15,214

  15,716

  Dyfed

  9,821

  13,521

  12,851

  9,834

  Gwent

  21,248

  32,934

  25,644

  24,353

  Gwynedd

  7,300

  11,353

  8,664

  9,172

  Mid Glamorgan

  15,402

  17,969

  19,697

  21,400

  Powys

  6,013

  5,707

  6,347

  5,653

  South Glamorgan

  17,213

  19,978

  20,869

  17,843

  West Glamorgan

  13,035

  15,289

  12,489

  11,502

  Total districts

  63,467

  86,704

  86,257

  89,023

  Total counties

  100,260

  128,668

  121,775

  115,473

  Total Wales

  163,727

  215,372

  208,032

  204,496

  1 Excluding building of dwellings, renovation of local authority dwellings and renovation grants from local authorities to the private sector.

  Capital payments 1985–86 to 1988–89: Cash prices1

  Local authority

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  Alyn and Deeside

  1,465

  2,166

  2,126

  1,762

  Colwyn

  1,076

  1,191

  1,212

  1,238

  Delyn

  5,869

  5,909

  3,813

  4,080

  Glyndwr

  461

  767

  492

  414

  Rhuddlan

  1,185

  2,692

  2,735

  3,665

  446

  Local authority

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  Wrexham Maelor

  2,586

  4,212

  5,523

  4,004

  Carmarthen

  1,132

  1,359

  2,213

  2,992

  Ceredigion

  1,312

  1,731

  1,368

  1,772

  Dinefwr

  718

  886

  1,063

  1,375

  Llanelli

  2,307

  2,211

  4,366

  3,440

  Preseli

  2,259

  996

  1,402

  2,844

  South Pembroke

  2,101

  1,503

  3,098

  2,167

  Blaenau Gwent

  3,454

  5,311

  7,048

  7,008

  Islwyn

  2,628

  5,160

  4,636

  4,941

  Monmouth

  736

  1,773

  1,268

  2,155

  Newport

  6,128

  7,036

  7,350

  9,357

  Torfaen

  2,049

  2,079

  2,724

  5,476

  Aberconwy

  591

  562

  908

  1,157

  Arfon

  1,200

  997

  1,756

  3,834

  Dwyfor

  1,421

  2,087

  2,085

  1,308

  Meirionnydd

  309

  467

  1,377

  1,694

  Ynys Môn

  1,763

  3,198

  3,080

  4,118

  Cynon Valley

  1,478

  3,499

  4,671

  4,088

  Merthyr Tydfil

  1,225

  1,490

  2,921

  4,293

  Ogwr

  4,187

  6,667

  6,697

  6,714

  Rhondda

  4,691

  7,734

  7,997

  8,778

  Rhymney Valley

  2,291

  2,831

  5,411

  4,518

  Taff Ely

  1,833

  2,048

  2,524

  2,408

  Brecknock

  1,017

  1,404

  2,452

  2,604

  Montgomeryshire

  794

  485

  885

  1,627

  Radnorshire

  337

  341

  806

  1,017

  Cardiff

  11,000

  11,367

  13,529

  13,632

  Vale of Glamorgan

  3,288

  4,192

  4,190

  2,541

  Port Talbot

  2,895

  3,866

  2,014

  1,853

  Lliw Valley

  1,143

  2,112

  1,852

  1,704

  Neath

  3,026

  2,612

  4,261

  3,077

  Swansea

  7,398

  7,805

  9,248

  11,955

  Clwyd

  17,072

  17,009

  22,248

  21,871

  Dyfed

  12,003

  16,074

  16,001

  19,122

  Gwent

  14,373

  17,678

  25,236

  20,657

  Gwynedd

  12,161

  9,355

  10,058

  9,213

  Mid Glamorgan

  19,437

  24,144

  28,217

  29,765

  Powys

  5,394

  8,477

  7,278

  8,629

  South Glamorgan

  25,145

  26,687

  37,585

  34,889

  West Glamorgan

  17,081

  19,304

  23,862

  19,496

  Total Districts

  89,353

  112,746

  131,101

  141,610

  Total Counties

  122,666

  138,728

  170,485

  163,642

  Total Wales

  212,019

  251,474

  301,586

  305,252

  1 Excluding building of dwellings, renovation of local authority dwellings and renovation grants from local authorities to the private sector.

  Capital Payments 1981–82 to 1984–85: 1988–89 Prices1 2

  £000

  Local authority

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  Alyn and Deeside

  2,259

  2,587

  1,158

  1,848

  Colwyn

  1,050

  2,214

  1,829

  1,201

  Delyn

  2,204

  4,536

  5,440

  7,538

  Glyndwr

  571

  673

  417

  390

  Rhuddlan

  841

  875

  1,527

  1,300

  Wrexham Maelor

  3,690

  2,980

  3,840

  3,137

  Carmarthen

  1,193

  1,686

  1,764

  818

  Ceredigion

  1,485

  1,695

  1,915

  1,641

  Dinefwr

  351

  717

  769

  493

  Llanelli

  4,681

  4,686

  3,730

  4,247

  Preseli

  1,195

  1,986

  1,776

  2,967

  South Pembroke

  943

  1,167

  1,207

  2,000

  Blaenau Gwent

  3,049

  6,250

  4,389

  5,221

  Islwyn

  1,873

  805

  1,998

  3,299

  Monmouth

  1,267

  1,002

  885

  1,107

  Newport

  3,647

  6,387

  8,300

  5,403

  Torfaen

  1,598

  3,118

  2,886

  2,304

  Aberconwy

  1,713

  1,345

  1,332

  692

  Arfon

  2,277

  1,440

  1,242

  1,243

  Dwyfor

  697

  816

  629

  716

  Meirionnydd

  1,080

  870

  3,134

  525

  Ynys Mon

  1,905

  1,741

  2,088

  1,482

  Cynon Valley

  1,512

  1,503

  1,938

  2,032

  Merthyr Tydfil

  2,561

  3,372

  3,064

  2,299

  447

  Local authority

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  Ogwr

  4,035

  4,248

  5,106

  6,797

  Rhondda

  3,521

  6,537

  6,414

  4,302

  Rhymney Valley

  2,753

  3,057

  3,647

  2,851

  Taff Ely

  2,953

  4,375

  2,855

  3,362

  Brecknock

  1,356

  1,162

  654

  841

  Montgomeryshire

  1,033

  808

  582

  325

  Radnorshire

  298

  8

  466

  464

  Cardiff

  16,636

  12,328

  10,534

  15,916

  Vale of Glamorgan

  4,736

  2,952

  5,162

  4,571

  Port Talbot

  1,170

  1,408

  1,062

  1,045

  Lliw Valley

  1,359

  4,516

  1,030

  2,007

  Neath

  986

  2,053

  2,415

  1,852

  Swansea

  7,445

  19,220

  14,141

  11,223

  Clwyd

  14,814

  16,098

  19,635

  19,323

  Dyfed

  14,224

  18,265

  16,586

  12,091

  Gwent

  30,775

  44,489

  33,096

  29,943

  Gwynedd

  10,573

  15,336

  11,182

  11,277

  Mid Glamorgan

  22,308

  24,273

  25,421

  26,312

  Powys

  8,709

  7,709

  8,191

  6,951

  South Glamorgan

  24,930

  26,987

  26,934

  21,938

  West Glamorgan

  18,879

  20,653

  16,118

  14,142

  Total districts

  91,923

  117,123

  111,324

  109,456

  Total counties

  145,212

  173,810

  157,164

  141,977

  Total Wales

  237,134

  290,933

  268,487

  251,434

  1 Excluding building of dwellings, renovation of local authority dwellings and renovation grants from local authorities to the private sector.

  2 Adjusted to a constant price basis using the GDP deflator.

  Capital payments 1985–86 to 1988–89 1988–89 prices1 2

  £000s

  Local authority

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  Alyn and Deeside

  1,710

  2,445

  2,277

  1,762

  Colwyn

  1,256

  1,344

  1,298

  1,238

  Delyn

  6,849

  6,669

  4,085

  4,080

  Glyndwr

  538

  866

  527

  414

  Rhuddlan

  1,383

  3,038

  2,930

  3,665

  Wrexham Maelor

  3,018

  4,754

  5,916

  4,004

  Carmarthen

  1,321

  1,534

  2,371

  2,992

  Ceredigion

  1,531

  1,954

  1,465

  1,772

  Dinefwr

  838

  1,000

  1,139

  1,375

  Llanelli

  2,692

  2,495

  4,677

  3,440

  Preseli

  2,636

  1,124

  1,502

  2,844

  South Pembroke

  2,452

  1,696

  3,319

  2,167

  Blaenau Gwent

  4,031

  5,994

  7,550

  7,008

  Islwyn

  3,067

  5,824

  4,966

  4,941

  Monmouth

  859

  2,001

  1,358

  2,155

  Newport

  7,151

  7,941

  7,873

  9,357

  Torfaen

  2,391

  2,346

  2,918

  5,476

  Aberconwy

  690

  634

  973

  1,157

  Arfon

  1,400

  1,125

  1,881

  3,834

  Dwyfor

  1,658

  2,355

  2,233

  1,308

  Meirionnydd

  361

  527

  1,475

  1,694

  Ynys Môn

  2,057

  3,609

  3,299

  4,118

  Cynon Valley

  1,725

  3,949

  5,004

  4,088

  Merthyr Tydfil

  1,430

  1,682

  3,129

  4,293

  Ogwr

  4,886

  7,525

  7,174

  6,714

  Rhondda

  5,474

  8,729

  8,567

  8,778

  Rhymney Valley

  2,674

  3,195

  5,796

  4,518

  Taff Ely

  2,139

  2,311

  2,704

  2,408

  Brecknock

  1,187

  1,585

  2,627

  2,604

  Montgomeryshire

  927

  547

  948

  1,627

  Radnorshire

  393

  385

  863

  1,017

  Cardiff

  12,837

  12,829

  14,492

  13,632

  Vale of Glamorgan

  3,837

  4,731

  4,488

  2,541

  Port Talbot

  3,378

  4,363

  2,157

  1,853

  Lliw Valley

  1,334

  2,384

  1,984

  1,704

  Neath

  3,531

  2,948

  4,564

  3,077

  Swansea

  8,633

  8,809

  9,907

  11,955

  Clwyd

  19,923

  19,197

  23,832

  21,871

  Dyfed

  14,007

  18,142

  17,141

  19,122

  Gwent

  16,773

  19,952

  27,033

  20,657

  Gwynedd

  14,192

  10,558

  10,774

  9,213

  Mid Glamorgan

  22,683

  27,250

  30,226

  29,765

  448

  Local authority

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  Powys

  6,295

  9,568

  7,796

  8,629

  South Glamorgan

  29,344

  30,120

  40,262

  34,889

  West Glamorgan

  19,933

  21,787

  25,561

  19,496

  Total districts

  104,273

  127,250

  140,437

  141,610

  Total counties

  143,149

  156,574

  182,626

  163,642

  Total Wales

  247,423

  283,824

  323,063

  305,252

  1 Excluding building of dwellings, renovation of local authority dwellings and renovation grants from local authorities to the private sector.

  2 Adjusted to a constant price basis using the GDP deflator.

  NHS Staff
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many persons were directly employed as staff in the National Health Service for the whole of Wales in(a) 1979, (b) 1984, (c) 1987 and (d) the latest available date.

  Mr. Grist
  The whole-time equivalents of staff directly employed by the NHS in Wales, including the Welsh Health Common Services Authority, is given in the table:

  Staff in post as at 30 September

  Numbers

  1979

  50,320

  1984

  54,528

  1987

  55,882

  19891

  55,679

  1 Provisional.

  These figures are not adjusted to take into account the change in nurses' hours from 40 to 37·5 in 1980.

  Social Services
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much each of the county councils in Wales spent on social services(a) in total and (b) per head for 1979, 1984 and 1989.

  Mr. Grist
  The information available is given in the following tables. Information for 1979–80 has been given in place of 1978–79 which is not available.

  Total county council expenditure on personal social services1

  1979–80

  1983–84

  1988–89

  £ thousand

  £ thousand

  £ thousand

  Clwyd

  9,319

  15,508

  22,245

  Dyfed

  7,988

  11,826

  19,004

  Gwent

  10,326

  15,828

  24,675

  Gwynedd

  7,143

  10,356

  14,731

  Mid Glamorgan

  17,259

  26,037

  36,258

  Powys

  3,335

  4,118

  6,360

  South Glamorgan

  11,456

  18,360

  26,917

  West Glamorgan

  9,346

  16,409

  23,503

  Total Counties

  76,172

  118,441

  173,693

  £ per head

  £ per head

  £ per head

  Clwyd

  23·8

  39·2

  54·6

  Dyfed

  24·0

  35·3

  54·5

  Gwent

  23·4

  36·0

  55·4

  Gwynedd

  31·0

  44·6

  61·7

  Mid Glamorgan

  31·8

  48·5

  67·7

  Powys

  30·5

  37·2

  55·4

  South Glamorgan

  29·3

  46·9

  66·7

  West Glamorgan

  25·1

  44·8

  64·8

  Total Counties

  27·1

  42·2

  60·8

  1 Includes gross capital expenditure and net current expenditure.

  Factory and Business Rents
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the commercial level of rents on new factory and business lettings in Wales against the rents currently set by the Welsh Development Agency; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The assessment and negotiation of rents to be charged to tenants of the Welsh Development Agency is a matter for the agency.

  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what factors are taken into account in the setting of rent levels for new lettings of Welsh Development Agency and Development Board for Rural Wales property; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The Welsh Development Agency and the Development Board for Rural Wales are responsible for assessing and negotiating the level of rent charged to their tenants and in general they seek to obtain full market value. A variety of factors influence rent levels charged by the agencies. These include location, size, and age of premises, as well as rent levels achieved by the private sector and other public sector landlords.

  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the increase in rents experienced by sitting tenants in Welsh Development Agency properties sold to the private sector; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. David Hunt
  None. Rents paid in the private sector are a matter for the parties concerned.

  Community Hospitals
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales on the basis of the latest available information in Wales, what proportion of patients currently treated in community hospitals would have to be treated in general hospitals in the event of community hospital beds not being available; and if he will fund a study into this matter similar to that undertaken by Kenrick and Davies and published in 1976.

  Mr. Grist
  During the financial year 1988–89 approximately 11 per cent. of in-patient cases in Wales were treated in community hospitals (hospitals other than teaching, acute 1 and 2, mental illness, mental handicap and speciality hospitals). Their treatment in the event of community hospital beds not being available would be an operational matter for the district health authority concerned on which it is not possible to speculate. A review of the role of community hospitals in Wales was undertaken in 1989 by a working party of the Welsh Medical Committee. Its findings are expected to be presented to my right hon. Friend in the near future. No further studies are intended.

  Financial Management
  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answers of 8 May,Official Report, column 55, and 21 May, in what ways the financial consequences of the delay of the completion of the IBM contract with the Welsh Office of August 1986 were taken into account.

  Mr. David Hunt
  As I told the hon. Gentleman on 8 May, the details of the settlement between my Department and IBM (UK) Ltd. are in confidence for commercial reasons.

  Hip Surgery
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures he is taking to help those with a need for hip surgery in Clwyd; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Grist
  The provision of hip surgery is a matter for district health authorities in the first instance. In addition, residents of Clwyd who have been on an in-patient waiting list for a hip replacement operation for more than four months and who are willing to travel to South Glamorgan may be referred for surgery at the all-Wales orthopaedic treatment centre in the Prince of Wales hospital, Rhydlafar.

  Tourism
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will introduce legislation in order to enable the Wales tourist board to market Wales overseas.

  Mr. Roberts
  Following consideration of the report by the Select Committee on Welsh Affairs in 1987, improved working arrangements were established as between the British Tourist Authority, the Wales tourist board and the trade, for promoting Wales in overseas tourism markets. We have no plans to introduce new legislation.

  Polytechnic of Wales
  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects the consultants appointed to examine the management and financial control arrangements at the polytechnic of Wales to report.

  Mr. David Hunt
  I have now received the report which my predecessor commissioned from Price Waterhouse. I am placing a copy of the report in the Library.

  The report identifies a number of management, budgeting and financial control deficiencies which call for immediate action by the polytechnic or Mid Glamorgan county council to improve the running of the polytechnic and its interface with the local authority. Copies of the report have been made available to the polytechnic and the local authority and I look to them to take early action to consider and put these recommendations into effect.

  The consultants have also reported that effective dialogue between the polytechnic and its maintaining authority have come close to breaking down at most levels. That is a very serious situation, one which the consultants consider is highly detrimental to the efficient and effective operation of the polytechnic and potentially damaging to its image in the higher education market place. The report considers the options for the future status of the polytechnic against this unsatisfactory background and recommends that my Department should take over responsibility for its funding.

  I will be giving careful consideration to the recommendation that there should be a change in the polytechnic's status as a local authority maintained institution. In doing so I shall be taking account of the polytechnic's special position as the largest higher education institution in the local authority sector in Wales and considering the implications of such a step for the rest of the sector.

  All-Wales County Council
  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate the cost of creating and running a new county council for all of Wales with 26 councillors and remit to administer the functions now carried out by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. David Hunt
  I find the proposal in question insufficiently well developed to justify asking my Department to attempt such an estimate.

  Europartenariat 90
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what financial contribution is being made to Europartenariat 90 by(a) Welsh Development Agency, (b) Welsh Office and (d) local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. David Hunt
  Europartenariat 1990 is sponsored by the European Commission which will be meeting two thirds of the estimated total cost of £750,000. The remaining third is the responsibility of the host region and will be met by the Welsh Development Agency. Local authorities are not making direct financial contributions, but South Glamorgan county council is sponsoring a lunch for delegates on 14 June.

  I am delighted that Wales has the honour to host this major event which will provide an excellent showcase for small Welsh companies and the opportunity for them to meet potential business partners from other parts of the European Community.

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what were the value-for-money savings in his Department's operations identified by internal audit and

  Table I

  Wastage of Maintained Nursery, Primary and Secondary School Teachers

  Leaving between 31 March 1985 and 31 March 1986

  Leaving between 31 March 1980 and 31 March 1981

  Number

  Percentage1

  Number

  Percentage2

  Wastage among teachers:

  Within 2 years of qualifying

  52

  12·5

  65

  10·2

  Within 5 years of qualifying but after 2 years

  243

  10·7

  433

  9·2

  Within 10 years of qualifying but after 5 years

  304

  6·6

  409

  6·9

  More than 10 years after qualifying

  1,328

  7·0

  1,110

  6·4

  All teachers

  1,927

  7·3

  2,017

  7·0

  1 As a percentage of all in service in specified group at March 1985.

  2 As a percentage of all in service in specified group at March 1980.

  Table II

  Wastage of Maintained Nursery, Primary and Secondary School Maths and Physics Graduate Teachers

  Leaving between 31 March 1985 and 31 March 1986

  Leaving between 31 March 1980 and 31 March 1981

  Number

  Percentage1

  Number

  Percentage2

  Wastage among Maths graduates:

  Within 2 years of qualifying

  4

  8·3

  1

  4·8

  Within 5 years of qualifying but after 2 years

  10

  9·1

  11

  10·6

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  internal efficiency arrangements and by external audit and by management consultants retained by his Department between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what is the amount of those savings fulfilled to date;

  (2) what mechanisms exist in his Department for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings in its operations.

  Mr. David Hunt
  Officials engaged on staff inspection, management services and market testing work have identified possible value-for-money and efficiency savings of £2,368,000 in the period 1983–84 to 1988–89. While it is not always possible to achieve these savings in full because of changes in circumstances or other factors, and it often takes time to secure them in full, savings of £1,842,000 from this source were realised during the period.

  Value-for-money savings are also identified in a number of other ways, for example, for audits, efficiency scrutinies, ad hoc reviews, the employment of consultants and the introduction of information technology. In addition, line managers seek savings and efficiency gains when preparing their annual management plans and in the course of their day-to-day activities. Line managers have prime responsibility for realising potential savings identified in these ways, and the results are not collected centrally within my Department.

  Education Statistics
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will disaggregate for Wales the data contained in tables I, II and III of the Department of Education and Science memorandum contained in the second report of the Select Committee on Education HC 208-II, pp 10–12, session 1989–90.

  Mr. Roberts
  [holding answer 22 May 1990]: The information requested is given in the tables.
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  Leaving between 31 March 1985 and 31 March 1986

  Leaving between 31 March 1980 and 31 March 1981

  Number

  Percentage1

  Number

  Percentage2

  Within 10 years of qualifying but after 5 years

  11

  9·4

  4

  3·0

  More than 10 years after qualifying

  21

  5·2

  20

  5·9

  All Maths graduates

  46

  6·8

  36

  6·0

  Wastage among Physics Graduates:

  Within 2 years of qualifying

  0

  0

  1

  14·3

  Within 5 years of qualifying but after 2 years

  5

  15·6

  4

  9·1

  Within 10 years of qualifying but after 5 years

  2

  4·3

  5

  6·1

  More than 10 years after qualifying

  14

  4·9

  7

  3·6

  All Physics graduates

  21

  5·6

  17

  5·0

  1 As a percentage of all in service in specified group at March 1985.

  2 As a percentage of all in service in specified group at March 1980.

  Table III

  Unfilled vacancies in secondary schools by subject January 1984–1988

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987

  19881

  Percentage vacancies2

  Mathematics

  18

  18

  21

  7

  6

  0·4

  Computer Studies

  0

  8

  7

  5

  3

  1·3

  Chemistry

  3

  0

  4

  2

  0

  0·0

  Physics

  8

  5

  7

  4

  3

  0·7

  Biology

  4

  6

  2

  1

  4

  0·8

  Other Science

  8

  9

  6

  3

  7

  1·1

  French

  5

  4

  11

  4

  5

  0·8

  German

  1

  2

  0

  0

  1

  0·7

  French/German

  0

  3

  1

  1

  1

  n.a.

  Spanish

  n.a.

  2

  0

  1

  0

  0·0

  Welsh and other languages3

  9

  4

  8

  2

  7

  1·1

  English

  16

  12

  15

  10

  14

  1·1

  Drama

  n.a.

  0

  4

  2

  1

  1·1

  History

  3

  6

  10

  1

  1

  0·2

  Social Studies

  1

  1

  5

  0

  1

  0·8

  Geography

  4

  2

  13

  4

  3

  0·4

  Religious Education

  3

  8

  4

  1

  0

  0·0

  CDT

  3

  8

  16

  1

  7

  0·9

  Commerce/ Business

  3

  6

  5

  5

  3

  1·1

  Art/Light Craft

  3

  2

  4

  1

  4

  0·7

  Home Economics/Needlework

  7

  7

  8

  2

  4

  0·6

  Music

  1

  5

  5

  3

  2

  0·5

  P.E.

  5

  6

  11

  3

  3

  0·4

  Remedial

  2

  7

  11

  6

  5

  1·0

  Careers

  0

  2

  0

  0

  0

  0·0

  Other main subjects

  6

  2

  1

  0

  1

  0·5

  Combined subjects

  5

  3

  2

  0

  1

  0·5

  Total

  118

  135

  181

  69

  87

  0·7

  Head vacancies

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  Deputy Head vacancies

  —

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  Total vacancies (1988)

  —

  —

  —

  —

  91

  —

  1Separately identified figures for heads and deputy heads were collected for the first time in 1988 possibly resulting in undercounting in previous years. But to the extent that they were recorded prior to 1988 they will have been allocated to a teaching subject, slightly inflating the number of vacancies in individual subjects relative to their 1988 values.

  2Percentage vacancy estimates are based on 1988 figures. 1988 subject teacher numbers have been derived by applying 1989 Secondary School Staffing Survey rates on subject teacher numbers to the teacher numbers recorded at January 1988.

  3Vacancy rates are recorded on the Form 618G and vacancies for Welsh teachers are combined with vacancies in other languages.

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EMPLOYMENT

  Skill Centres
  Mr. Jack
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a further statement on the sale of the skills training agency.

  Mr. Eggar
  The delayed sales of the training businesses at Barking, Southampton and Wolverhampton skill centres (including Telford outreach) to Astra Training Services Ltd. were completed on 31 May. This completes the sales of training businesses to the private sector. Fifty one of the 60 skill centres, plus the STA's head office, mobile training service, sales teams and colleges have transferred to the private sector, providing a network of training provision covering the major centres of population in England, Scotland and Wales.

  Training and Enterprise Councils
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the name and address of each training and enterprise council to be established in Nottinghamshire; and what geographical area each covers.

  Mr. Eggar
  There are two training and enterprise councils to be established in Nottinghamshire. The addresses and geographical areas covered by each are as follows:

  North Nottinghamshire TEC

  Edwinstowe Hall Cottage

  Church Street

  Mansfield

  Nottingham NG21 9QA

  Boundaries: local authority districts of Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood Ashfield.

  Greater Nottingham TEC

  c/o Employment Department: The Training Agency Nottinghamshire Area Office

  Lambert House

  Talbot Street

  Nottingham NG1 5GL

  Boundaries: local authority districts of Broxtowe, Nottingham, Gedling and Rushcliffe.

  Czechoslovakia
  Mr. Simon Coombs
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Czechoslovakia;

  (2) if he will make a statement on the programme of assistance to Czechoslovakia, recently agreed with his Czech opposite number.

  Mr. Howard
  I visited Czechoslovakia from 13 to 15 May at the invitation of the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Mr. Peter Miller, during which time I also had talks with the Prime Minister, Mr. Calfa, other Federal Government Ministers, industrialists and a trade union leader.

  Discussions focused on the importance of creating the right climate in which enterprise can flourish, and the more immediate practical help and advice my Department can provide.

  On 14 May Mr. Miller and I signed a joint statement on co-operation between our two countries in the labour market area.

  We agreed a programme of immediate assistance which will include advice and practical help in establishing
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  arrangements for the training and retraining of adults and in the development of small firms and employment services. We also agreed to set up a joint planning group to co-ordinate assistance and to develop proposals for further projects.

  In addition, I have agreed to second a senior official from my Department to the Czechoslovakian Prime Minister's office to provide advice as Czechoslovakia introduces its economic reforms and moves to a market economy, including advice on labour market aspects.

  I am very pleased that the Czechoslovak Government have asked my Department for assistance and that we have been able to agree a programme of co-operation. I look forward to the development of a rewarding and beneficial relationship between our respective Ministries.

  Youth Training
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list(a) YTS training providers and (b) YTS training agencies operating in Nottingham.

  Mr. Nicholls
  The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  Small Businesses
  Mr. Devlin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many small businesses were established in 1989, by region.

  Mr. Eggar
  The latest available information, based on VAT data, is for 1988 and is given in the table. However, early indications from data collected by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise are that there was a net increase in 1989 in the United Kingdom as a whole of 1,500 a week on average, compared with 1,200 a week in 1988.

  Value added tax registrations, deregistrations and net change in 1988

  Registrations (thousand)

  Deregistrations (thousand)

  Net change (per cent.)

  South East

  91

  61

  6

  East Anglia

  9

  6

  4

  South West

  22

  15

  5

  West Midlands

  19

  14

  4

  East Midlands

  15

  11

  4

  Yorkshire and Humberside

  17

  13

  4

  North West

  21

  18

  2

  North

  8

  7

  2

  Wales

  11

  8

  4

  Scotland

  14

  11

  3

  Northern Ireland

  3

  3

  2

  United Kingdom

  230

  166

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  Workers' Co-operatives
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will outline the measures he has taken to encourage workers' co-operatives.

  Mr. Eggar
  The national Co-operative Development Agency, during its period of sponsorship by the Employment Department, has done excellent work in supporting and advising co-operatives. Much of this work is now carried out by other support bodies.

  Like any other eligible business, workers' co-operatives can benefit from a number of schemes introduced by the Employment Department to help and encourage small businesses. The loan guarantee scheme, the enterprise

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  allowance scheme and information and counselling from the small firms service are all examples of the support provided by the Department.

  Vocational Training
  Mr. Hanley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much his Department has spent on vocational training in each of the last five years.

  Mr. Eggar
  Records are kept on the basis of the standard financial year for Government expenditure, which runs from 1 April to 31 March.

  The total expenditure on vocational training by the Employment Department Group Training Agency (and its predecessors, the Training Commission and the Manpower Services Commission) in each of the last five years is as follows:

  £ million

  1985–86

  1,278·0

  1986–87

  1,461·6

  1987–88

  1,633·6

  1988–89

  2,042·4

  1989–90

  2,669·5

  Figures are shown at cash prices and include administration costs net of receipts.

  Figures for 1989–90 are provisional and unaudited.

  TVEI
  Mr. Jack
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the expansion of the technical and vocational education initiative.

  Mr. Howard
  At present there are 81 LEAs in TVEI extension. A further 22 LEAs will begin their extension in September 1990. These authorities have now received an offer of funding for 1990–91. The total budget available to my Department for expenditure on TVEI in 1990–91 is £134 million.

  Health and Safety
  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the criteria which are being used in assessing the viability of the Neasden Health and Safety Executive office.

  Mr. Nicholls
  Decisions about the location of offices from which inspectors' work are taken by the Health and Safety Executive on the basis of providing effective coverage as economically as possible.

  Underpayment
  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average level of hourly underpayment in all wages council industries(a) by worker and (b) by establishment for 1989.

  Mr. Nicholls
  The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  Self-employed People
  Sir David Steel
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest figures of self-employed people in the Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale constituency.
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  Mr. Nicholls
  The latest figures available are for census day in April 1981. In the census returns 1,803 men and 458 women living in the Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale constituency said that they were self-employed.

  Labour Statistics
  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) scientists, (b) technologists and (c) engineers are currently unemployed; and how many in each category are currently in work.

  Mr. Nicholls
  Information is available from the labour force survey (LFS) on the occupation of people in employment in the survey reference week; and the occupation in their previous job of people who were unemployed (on the international ILO definition) and who had left that job less than three years before the survey. The preliminary results of the 1989 LFS with respect to occupation are currently being re-examined, and I will write to the hon. Member when the correct figures are to hand. The available figures from the 1988 LFS are given in the following table:

  Spring 1988. Great Britain

  Thousand

  Unemployed (ILO definition)

  In employment

  Scientists, physicists mathematicians

  1—

  118

  Engineers and technologists2

  1—

  443

  1 Sample size too small for a reliable estimate (less than 10 thousand)

  2 It is not possible to separate the figures for engineers and technologists

  Workers' Co-operatives
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will consider new arrangements for national insurance contribution rates to be paid by workers in workers' co-operatives.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  I have been asked to reply.

  We have no plans to introduce new arrangements for these workers.

LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

  Office Accommodation
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Lord President of the Council when he estimates that every hon. Member who wishes will have an office of his own.

  Sir Geoffrey Howe
  The Services Committee's second report of Session 1986–87 (HC 378) and first report of Session 1987–88 (HC 561) both recommended that every hon. Member who so wished should have a room of his own by 1995. That objective remains, but its achievement will depend in part upon the effect on plans for the further development of the Bridge street site of London Underground's proposals to extend the Jubilee line through Westminster. The New Building Sub-Committee has now completed its inquiry into this matter, and its report is expected to be published on Friday 8 June (third report from the Select Committee on House of Commons (Services) (HC 334)).
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  Meanwhile, an additional 60 Members' offices (and space for about 100 Members' staff) will become available in phase 1 of the new parliamentary building during 1991, and plans at present under consideration for the conversion of other space in the Palace of Westminster will, if implemented, provide a significant further number of Members' offices in the main building during the 1992–93 Session of Parliament.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Lord President of the Council (1) if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in the Privy Council Office in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions;

  (2) if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in the Privy Council Office and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Sir Geoffrey Howe
  The Privy Council Office does not operate a system of energy audit, and has no dedicated energy managers.

  Members' Expenses
  Mr. Dykes
  To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list(a) the different expenses and administrative allowances available to hon. Members and (b) similar financial provisions in the parliamentary assemblies of (i) the United States of America, (ii) the Federal Republic of Germany, (iii) France, (iv) Spain and (v) the European Parliament, specifying the different cash amounts in sterling terms.

  Sir Geoffrey Howe
  [holding answer 18 May 1990]: The information requested is as follows:

  Parliamentary allowances

  Country

  Allowance

  SUBSISTENCE AND CONSTITUENCY COSTS

  United Kingdom—Member of the House of Commons

  Additional costs allowance of up to £10,138 for those with constituencies outside London for cost of maintaining second home

  Local allowance of £1,222 for those with constituencies in London

  United States—Member of the House of Representatives

  —

  Federal Republic of Germany—Member of the Bundestag

  Constituency costs of 1DM 5,274 (£1,864) per month, (DM 63,288 (£22,367) per annum) covering:

  —postage

  —mileage costs

  —cost of second home

  Hotel room bills paid when overnight stays necessary

  Accommodation and subsistence (variable depending on country visited) paid on official trips abroad

  France—Deputy in the National Assembly

  Housing allowance of F Fr 848·20 (£89) per month (F Fr 10,178 (£1,068) per annum)

  Subsistence of F Fr 7,280·36 (£764) per month (F Fr 87,365 (£9,165) per annum)

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  Country

  Allowance

  Spain—Member of Congress of Deputies

  —

  Member of the European Parliament

  Subsistence allowance of ECU 162 (£118) per day for attending meetings within the EC territory and ECU 81 (£59) per day plus cost of over night accommodation etc for attending meetings outside territory

  TRAVEL

  United Kingdom—Member of the House of Commons

  Free travel to and from House and on parliamentary business in United Kingdom and/or motor mileage allowance of up to 20,000 miles

  Further mileage

  l,300cc

  23·3p

  12·7p

  1,301cc-2,300cc

  35·4p

  16·7p

  2,301cc +

  56·0p

  28·0p

  United States—Member of the House of Representatives

  See official expenses allowance

  Federal Republic of Germany—Member of the Bundestag

  Free first class season ticket for rail travel, including sleeper tickets2

  Free first class air travel for official internal flights

  Free use of the Bundestag fleet of official cars for trips within 20 km around Bonn and to Bonn-Cologne airport

  Free first class flights and local transport costs for official trips abroad

  France—Deputy in the National Assembly

  Free railway pass for first class and sleeper carriages

  40 free internal return flights

  Spain—Member of Congress of Deputies

  Free travel between constituency and Congress

  Congressional charge card provided to pay for 1st class train or Club class air travel using national carriers

  Car travel allowance of 70 Pesetas (£0·40p) per kilometre

  Member of the European Parliament

  Flat rate travel allowance of ECU 0·62 (£0·45p) per kilometre for the first 400 km and ECU 0·31 (£0·23p) for additional mileage for travel within the community to attend meetings

  Reimbursement of the return air fare by the most direct route for travel outside EC territory to attend meetings

  Travel allowance of up to ECU 2,500 (£1,813) per annum for travel in performance of duties other than to attend meetings

  OFFICE AND SECRETARIAL ASSISTANCE

  United Kingdom—Member of the House of Commons

  Office costs allowance of up to £24,903 (+10 per cent. for pension contributions of any staff employed)

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  Country

  Allowance

  United States—Member of the House of Representatives

  Clerk hire allowance of US $441,120 (£260,525) to hire up to 18 permanent and 4 non-permanent staff

  Official expenses allowance of between US $104,000 (£61,422) and US $302,000 (£178,360) calculated according to Member's districts distance from Washington. The average is US $146,000 (£86,227). Covers travel, office equipment, district office lease, stationery, telecommunications, mass mailing, postage, computer services, and official expenses in general3

  Federal Republic of Germany—Member of the Bundestag

  Secretarial and research costs of DM 11,600 (£4,100) per month (DM 139,200 (£49,196) per annum) for one secretary in Bonn, one in constituency and one researcher

  Stationery costs of DM 2,063 (£729) per annum

  France—Deputy in the National Assembly

  Secretarial Allowance of F Fr 18,956 (£1,989) per month (F Fr 227,472 (£23,862) per annum)

  Contribution towards cost of research assistants etc. F Fr 21,460 (£2,251) per month (F Fr 257,520 (£27,014) per annum)

  Spain—Member of Congress of Deputies

  No provision for individual Deputies. Instead, allowances given to each parliamentary group, pro-rated according to number of seats held, to cover office expenses including rental. Each deputy will soon be provided with own office but no secretarial help will be provided

  Member of the European Parliament

  General expenditure allowance of ECU 2,342 (£1,699) per month for office management costs, telephone, postage and travel within their Member states4

  Secretarial assistance allowance of up to ECU 4,530 (£3,285) per month

  Communications allowance of up to ECU 1,000 (£725) a year towards purchase and running costs of data processing and transmission equipment and a fax machine in the Member's constituency

  POSTAGE

  United Kingdom—Member of the House of Commons

  Free inland postage

  United States—Member of the House of Representatives

  See official expenses allowance

  Federal Republic of Germany—Member of the Bundestag

  Free postage from Bonn (constituency postage is met from constituency costs)

  France—Deputy in the National Assembly

  Free postage

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  Country

  Allowance

  Spain—Member of Congress of Deputies

  Free postage

  Member of the European Parliament

  See general expenditure allowance

  TELEPHONE CHARGES

  United Kingdom—Member of the House of Commons

  Free inland telephone charges

  United States—Member of the House of Representatives

  See official expenses allowance

  Federal Republic of Germany—Member of the Bundestag

  Free telephone calls from Bonn (worldwide)

  France—Deputy in the National Assembly

  Free inland calls from Assembly or constituency

  Spain—Member of Congress of Deputies

  Free telephone calls

  Member of European Parliament

  See general expenditure allowance

  1 To be reviewed on 31 May along with Bundestag salaries.

  2 Provided without charge by the Federal Railway but set to change. It is unclear whether the Bundestag or Members will pay.

  3 A Member may allocate up to US $50,000 (£29,530) from the clerk hire allowance to supplement the official expenses allowance and vice versa.

  4 Halved in respect of Members who, for no valid reason, have failed to attend at least half the number of plenary sittings.

  Note: The sterling figures calculated using rates of exchange at the close of business on 29 May 1990

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

  El Salvador
  Sir David Steel
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when a full report will be made public on the findings of the Scotland Yard detectives who have been helping the El Salvadorean authorities with their investigations into the murder in November 1989 of six Jesuit priests.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Mrs. Clwyd) on 21 May, Vol. 173, column 33.

  Sir David Steel
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports and assessments Her Majesty's Government have received on the scope, effectiveness and professionalism of the investigation by the El Salvadorean authorities into the murder in November 1989 of six Jesuit priests.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  We receive regular reports from our embassy, and have seen reports from a number of other sources, on the progress of the investigation into the killing of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter on 16 November 1989. The investigation is not yet complete. Meanwhile, eight members of the armed forces in El Salvador remain in detention.

  South Africa
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received urging maintenance of all forms of pressure against South Africa.
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  Mr. Waldegrave
  We regularly receive representations on a wide range of issues relating to South Africa from organisations, from members of the public, and from hon. Members of this House.

  Mr. Caborn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many British passport holders there are in South Africa;

  (2) how many residents of South Africa are eligible for British passports.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office estimates that there are between half a million and 1 million people living in South Africa eligible to hold British passports. The majority have the right to live in the United Kingdom.

  Front-line States
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has any plans to visit southern Africa-front-line states to discuss their political and trade relationships with South Africa.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has no present plans to do so.

  European Commission
  Mr. Tom Arnold
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of British citizens employed by the European Commission.

  Mr. Maude
  Following a recent review of the staffing situation in Community institutions, we have agreed with the Commission a package of measures to improve the recruitment of British nationals. There should be improved publicity on vacancies, competitions and recruitment procedures. We are also establishing a special unit in the Cabinet Office to co-ordinate the recruitment effort and pursue individual issues with the Commission.

  Rights of the Child
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans the Government have to act upon the United Nations declaration on the rights of the child.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  The declaration on the rights of the child was the forerunner of the convention on the rights of the child. The United Kingdom signed the convention on 19 April and will ratify it as soon as possible.

  Middle East
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he intends to meet the Government of Israel to discuss the middle eastern peace process; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  We regularly discuss with the Israelis the urgent need for peace in the middle east. They are well aware of our view that direct negotiation between Israel and Palestinians is an essential component of the peace process.

  China
  Dr. Thomas
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many representations have been made by Her Majesty's Government to the Chinese Government on the subject of human rights since the events in Tiananmen square in June 1989.

  Mr. Maude
  We, either on our own account or acting together with our European partners, have made numerous representations, both formally and informally, to the Chinese Government on the subject of human rights since June 1989. The Chinese Government can be in no doubt of our views on this issue.

  Kashmir
  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made by Her Majesty's Government to(a) the Indian Government, (b) the Pakistan Government and (c) the United Nations concerning the state of Kashmir.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  We are in regular contact with both the Indian and Pakistan Governments concerning Kashmir.

  We have not made representations to the United Nations.

  Falkland Islands
  Mr. Dalyell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his latest contacts with Argentina over the future of the Falklands.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge (Mr. Shersby) on 18 April, volume 170, column 845.

  Baltic States
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many representations he has received from(a) the Lithuanian association of Great Britain, (b) the Baltic Council based in the United Kingdom and (c) News from Estonia, on the Helsinki accord and its relevance to recent events in the Baltic states.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  We have received two letters from the Lithuanian Association of Great Britain, one from the Baltic Council and one from News from Estonia about the relevance of the Helsinki final act to recent events in the Baltics. The question has also been raised in meetings between our officials and representatives of these organisations.

  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what conditions have to be met to enable Her Majesty's Government to establish full diplomatic relations with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  Before we can establish full diplomatic relations with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, these republics would need to fulfil our criteria for the recognition of an independent state, which were set out in the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn) on 19 March, vol. 169, col.447.

  European Community
  Mr. Skinner
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next expects to meet European Economic Community Foreign Ministers to discuss relationships with non-European Community countries; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Maude
  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs next expects to meet EEC Foreign Ministers at the EC Foreign Affairs Council on 18 and 19 June. The agenda is likely to include discussion of relations with certain non-EC countries.

  Arms Control
  Mr. Jack
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in what conferences or other international fora Britain is presently involved to secure arms control and weapons system reductions; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  The United Kingdom is a participant in the two sets of conventional arms control negotiations currently under way in Vienna, and in the chemical weapons negotiations at Geneva. Although the CFE negotiations have made less progress in recent months than NATO would have wished, our aim is still to reach the target of agreement this year.

  Schengen Agreement
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the United Kingdom will apply to be part of the Schengen agreement once it has been ratified by the five original signatories.

  Mr. Maude
  No. Many of the provisions of the Schengen agreement could not be applied to an island.

  Nuclear Weapons
  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the international and strategic circumstances in which all British nuclear weapons could be negotiated away.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  Peace has been maintained in Europe as a result of the possession of both nuclear and conventional forces by the United Kingdom and our NATO allies. There can be no question of negotiating away our nuclear deterrent while other states possess or are seeking to acquire a nuclear weapon capability that could pose a threat to this country.

  Visa Applications
  Mrs. Ann Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the longest and shortest length of time between a male fiancé applying for a visa in Bombay and receiving an interview over the last six months; and what is the average length of time such an applicant has to wait.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  The average waiting time to interview for all fiancé(e)s applying for entry clearance at the deputy high commission in Bombay throughout the last six months has been nine months. The information requested 466
  on the longest and shortest waiting time is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  Panama
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement with regard to the Panamanian human rights record.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  Although there are continuing problems of law and order, our information is that the recently restored democratic Panamanian Government observe normal internationally accepted practice on human rights issues.

  Hong Kong
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all the recommendations made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the Hong Kong authorities in respect of(a) minimum internal space for asylum seekers, (b) food and nutrition standards and (c) water and sanitation standards in Hong Kong; and what progress has been made in implementing each recommendation.

  Mr. Maude
  UNHCR has recommended:

  (a) A living space standard of 3·5 square metres per person;

  (b) A minimum of 2,000 kilo-calories and 50 grams of protein per adult per day;

  (c) A water supply standard of 15 to 20 litres of water per day plus sanitation;

  (d)Toilet provision on the basis of one for every 20 persons.

  Wherever possible UNHCR's recommendations have been accepted. Dietary scales have been drawn up by Hong Kong Government dietitians in consultation with UNHCR technical advisers, with supplementary feeding programmes for vulnerable groups, such as children, pregnant women and the sick. In 1989 the per capita water consumption was about 235 litres per day.

  It has not been possible to meet UNHCR's recommendations on space standards and the provision of toilets. Hong Kong's high population density makes the 3·5 square metres per person difficult to achieve. On toi]let provision the current standard is 50 people per toilet, which is the standard used in the design of temporary housing for Hong Kong residents.

  Mr. Cox
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the present number of Vietnamese boat people held in detention in Hong Kong.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  On 1 June 1990 there were 54,725 Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong. Of these, 10,681 have refugee status and are accommodated in open centres. The remainder are held in detention and consist of 8,956 people determined after the full screening procedure not to be refugees, and 35,088 either awaiting screening or the screening results.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing
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  the figures in (a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  It is not possible to provide the information in the detail requested. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office assumed direct responsibility for its fuel and utilities accounts in April this year. Before that, accounts were paid by the Property Services Agency. The data provided in our answers of 30 April and 10 May was obtained from Property Services Agency records.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  A full-time energy manager post was created in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1989. Before that, about half a person year had been devoted to energy management.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  An energy survey, including an energy audit, of the main Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Whitehall was conducted between January and April this year. The consultant's report is due to be presented shortly.

  Vietnam
  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with representatives of the Government of Vietnam about the opening of a Vietnamese consulate in Hong Kong to help cope with the boat people; what was his response; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  Upgrading Vietnam's representation in Hong Kong was discussed during the visit of my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to Hanoi from 18 to 21 February in the context of a satisfactory overall settlement to the problem of returning all non-refugees from Hong Kong to their country of origin.

  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will support the request from the Government of Vietnam for establishing diplomatic relations with the European Community.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  We keep this under continuing review. We need to look at a number of factors, one of which is the extent to which Vietnam accepts its obligations under international law to accept back its own citizens.

  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with representatives of the Government of Vietnam about a bilateral agreement on trade and investment; what is his policy on this; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  A bilateral agreement on trade and investment was discussed during the visit of my hon.468
  Friend the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to Hanoi from 18 to 21 February. For the time being, there are no plans to conclude such an agreement.

  Mr. Gordon Glass
  Mr. Galloway
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government of Iraq are properly investigating the death of British engineer Mr. Gordon Glass; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) if he will call for a report from Her Majesty's ambassador in Baghdad on the circumstances of the death of British engineer Mr. Gordon Glass; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  Her Majesty's embassy at Baghdad is in close touch with the Iraqi authorities who are investigating Mr. Glass's death. The embassy provides regular reports on the situation to the consular department. We will continue to monitor the case.

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what were the value-for-money savings in his Department's operations identified by internal audit and internal efficiency arrangements and by external audit and by management consultants retained by his Department between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what is the amount of those savings fulfilled to date.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  In the FCO (diplomatic wing) specific value-for-money targets for the last two financial years have already been notified to Parliament in evidence on the public expenditure White Paper, together with staffing savings produced by the 1988–89 top management round. In addition, internal audits and inspections achieved value-for-money savings in 1988–89 of over £2 million. Total VFM savings have been calculated only from 1989–90 onwards. Figures for earlier years are not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  In the ODA, value-for-money savings in departmental running costs and value-for-money achieved on aid-financed goods and services are set out in the annual public expenditure White Paper. On services, savings achieved were £3·5 million in 1986–87; £5·7 million in 1987–88 and £8·41 million in 1988–89. Figures for earlier years are not readily available.

  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what mechanisms exist in his Department for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings in its operations.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  In the diplomatic wing of the FCO, targets for value-for-money savings are set each year by budget-holding departments at home and posts overseas. The ODA also sets such targets. Progress towards meeting targets is reviewed through the year. Inspectors and internal auditors also identify value-for-money savings as well as evaluating the controls established by management to secure VFM. Tables of VFM targets for the last and current financial years have been presented to Parliament in the diplomatic wing and ODA evidence on this year's public expenditure White Paper.

  Mr. Jonathon Moyle
  Mr. Galloway
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply of 30 April,Official Report, column 402, if he will make a further statement on the investigations into the death of Mr. Jonathon Moyle.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 30 April. Investigations by the Chilean authorities into the death of Mr. Jonathon Moyle are continuing. British consular officers in Santiago remain in close touch with those authorities. They stand ready to assist in any way they properly can.

  Ambassadors (Grading)
  Mr. Grocott
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria are taken into account in determining the grading of ambassadors.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  In determining the grading of ambassadorial posts account is taken of the extent of British interests—political, commercial, financial and defence—at stake in the country of accreditation. The nature of inter-governmental business transacted by the head of mission, the level of demand from Whitehall Departments for policy advice and reporting and the degree of access to the leadership of the country are also important. The size of the mission and the consequential management role are further elements in the consideration of grading.

  Ivory
  Mr. Tony Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply of 8 May,Official Report, columns 26–27, how much of the ivory seized was (a) being exported (b) being imported and (c) neither; and what was the estimated number of elephant tusks represented by the 769·9 kg of raw ivory.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  [holding answer 17 May 1990]: None of the ivory seized was being exported from Hong Kong; 702·5 kg were seized while in transit through Hong Kong. The remainder were import seizures. The Hong Kong authorities estimate that the 769·9 kg of raw ivory seized represented approximately 250 tusks.

  Mr. Tony Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current tradeable ivory stock held in Hong Kong; and to which countries ivory has been exported since he last answered a similar question.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: On 11 May 1990 the tradeable ivory stock held in Hong Kong was 353 tonnes (to the nearest tonne). In the period between 30 March 1990, when I last answered a similar question from the hon. Member, and 11 May 1990, the Hong Kong CITES management authority has been notified of the following exports:

  Kilogrammes

  China

  2,339·7

  South Korea

  6·6

  Mexico

  9·8

  Taiwan

  1·9

  Saudi Arabia

  8·8

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  Mr. Tony Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide a list of all countries for which ivory export permits have been issued by the authorities in Hong Kong since the entering of the reservation in respect of ivory trade.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: In the period since the entering of the reservation up to 19 May 1990 licences have been issued for the export of ivory to the following countries: China, South Korea, Mexico, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia.

  Mr. Tony Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply of 8 May Official Report columns 26–27, what were the countries of export of ivory seized by the Hong Kong authorities.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  [holding answer 17 May 1990]: The countries of export of the seized ivory in question were Singapore, Canada, Taiwan, China, Thailand, India and Korea.

  Mr. Tony Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if any mammoth ivory has been imported into Hong Kong in the past 12 months.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  [holding answer 17 May 1990]: The Hong Kong Government's trade statistics do not indicate whether any mammoth ivory has been imported into Hong Kong in the past 12 months. Nor does the CITES management authority have this information since mammoth ivory is not controlled under CITES.

  Endangered Species
  Mr. Tony Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply of 8 May, Official Report, columns 26–27, what was the intended fate of the (a) monkey, (b) live pangolin and meat, (c) parrots, (d) great salamander and (e) live owl.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  [holding answer 17 May 1990]: As I stated in my answer to the hon. Member on 5 April, confiscated endangered species are disposed of by the Hong Kong authorities by one of the following methods: live animals are released to the wild; specimens are sent to zoos, educational and scientific institutions or other CITES authorities; and perishable items are incinerated.

  Youth Exchanges
  Mr. Michael
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out his policy regarding the encouragement of youth exchanges between the United Kingdom and(a) the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and (b) other countries in eastern Europe in the light of recent developments in those countries.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: We believe youth exchanges are an important vehicle for improving international understanding and relations between people at an individual level.

  Mr. Michael
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many young people were assisted financially, directly or indirectly, by the Government(a) individually or (b) as members of

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  organised groups, to participate in youth exchange visits between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during each of the past 10 years;

  (2) how many young people were assisted financially, directly or indirectly, by the Government (a) individually or (b) as members of organised groups, to participate in youth exchange visits between the United Kingdom and the countries of eastern Europe including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during each of the past 10 years.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: No figures are available for individual youth exchange visits between the United Kingdom and the USSR and countries of eastern Europe. The following figures for organised groups are available only from 1985 when the youth exchange centre was set up. Figures for the past 10 years could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.

  USSR

  E Europe and USSR

  1985–86

  263

  1,609

  1986–87

  344

  1,840

  1987–88

  382

  1,724

  1988–89

  352

  1,853

  1989–90

  819

  2,822

  Mr. Michael
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how much money was(a) budgeted and (b) paid out by his Department in respect of youth exchange visits between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in each of the past 10 years;

  (2) how much money was (a) budgeted and (b) paid out by his Department directly or via intermediary bodies in respect of youth exchange visits between the United Kingdom and the countries of eastern Europe, including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in each of the past 10 years.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  [holding answer 22 May 1990]: We have statistics only for the youth exchange centre (YEC) which is funded by FCO (80 per cent.) and DES (20 per cent.) and administers youth exchanges on our behalf. The following figures are available only from 1985 when the YEC was set up. Figures for the past 10 years could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.

  Budgeted for Eastern Europe, including USSR

  Paid out for Eastern Europe, including USSR

  £

  £

  1985–86

  74,000

  81,000

  1986–87

  74,500

  87,000

  1987–88

  65,000

  90,000

  1988–89

  63,000

  95,000

  1989–90

  63,000

  179,000

  Mr. Michael
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how much money has been budgeted for the present year and how much is projected for 1991(a) for the promotion of youth exchange visits and (b) to directly assist such exchanges between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics;

  (2) how much money has been budgeted for the present year and how much is projected for 1991 (a) for the
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  promotion of youth exchange and (b) to directly assist such exchanges between the United Kingdom and the countries of eastern Europe, including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  [holding answer 22 May 1990]: For the financial year 1990–91, £653,000 has been budgeted for the promotion of youth exchanges throughout the world, of which £90,000 has been set aside for the countries of eastern Europe, including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Similar figures are not available for the financial year 1991–92.

  Radioactive Waste
  Mr. Frank Cook
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn),Official Report, 11 May, columns 249–50, what volumes of radioactive waste are produced each year at each United Kingdom establishment in each territory to which it makes reference; and what form of transport is used to return these wastes to the United Kingdom.

  Mr. Neubert
  I have been asked to reply.

  I refer the hon. Member to the replies that my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Mr. Sainsbury) gave on 20 January 1988, at columns 762–63, 25 January 1989, at column 653, and 13 July 1989 at column 589.

  The form of transport used would be that most appropriate to the circumstances, but would always conform with the Secretary of State's assurances that conditions would be no less stringent than those applying internationally to the movement of civil radioactive material. It is not our practice for reasons of national security to give a complete breakdown of radioactive waste arisings at all our defence establishments.

  European Community
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current negotiations Her Majesty's Government are having with other European Community countries concerning visa requirements for non-EEC nationals after 1 January 1993.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  I have been asked to reply.

  The position remains as stated in my right hon. and learned Friend's reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Highgate (Sir G. Finsberg) on 20 December at column 276 following the last meeting of Immigration Ministers. In the usual way my right hon. and learned Friend will report the outcome of the next meeting later this month.

  Overseas Voters
  Mr. Caborn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give a breakdown of the costs of the Government's "Keeping your Vote When Living Abroad" campaign for each of the countries in which this campaign is being run.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  I have been asked to reply.

  I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Edinburgh, Central (Mr. Darling) on 30 April at columns 396–98.

  British Antarctic Bases
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any British Antarctic bases are presently under reconstruction; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Jackson
  The British Antarctic Survey's Halley base is presently being reconstructed.

ENVIRONMENT

  Local Government Finance
  Mr. William Powell
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish(a) the 1990–91 standard spending assessment and (b) the actual budget announced for 1990–91 for each major service block for each authority in Northamptonshire.

  Mr. Chope
  The available information is as follows:

  Comparison of Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) and 1990–91 Budgets

  SSA

  Budget

  £'000

  £'000

  Corby

  Education

  0

  0

  Personal Social Services

  0

  0

  Police

  0

  0

  Fire and Civil Defence

  0

  0

  Highway Maintenance

  0

  68

  Other Services

  3,499

  4,398

  Interest Receipts

  -427

  -504

  Other Capital Financing

  887

  1,538

  Total SSA/Net Revenue Exp

  3,959

  5,500

  East Northampton

  Education

  0

  0

  Personal Social Services

  0

  0

  Police

  0

  0

  Fire and Civil Defence

  0

  0

  Highway Maintenance

  0

  17

  Other Services

  3,877

  2,833

  Interest Receipts

  -253

  -832

  Other Capital Financing

  360

  1,946

  Total SSA/Net Revenue Exp

  3,985

  3,964

  Kettering

  Education

  0

  0

  Personal Social Services

  0

  0

  Police

  0

  0

  Fire and Civil Defence

  0

  0

  Highway Maintenance

  0

  334

  Other Services

  4,928

  4,965

  Interest Receipts

  -347

  -1,090

  Other Capital Financing

  523

  630

  Total SSA/Net Revenue Exp

  5,104

  4,839

  Northampton

  Education

  0

  0

  Personal Social Services

  0

  0

  Police

  0

  0

  Fire and Civil Defence

  0

  1

  Highway Maintenance

  0

  887

  Other Services

  13,325

  15,829

  Interest Receipts

  -1,001

  -5,041

  474

  SSA

  Budget

  £'000

  £'000

  Other Capital Financing

  1,617

  5,162

  Total SSA/Net Revenue Exp

  13,941

  16,838

  Wellingborough

  Education

  0

  0

  Personal Social Services

  0

  193

  Police

  0

  0

  Fire and Civil Defence

  0

  0

  Highway Maintenance

  0

  178

  Other Services

  4,382

  3,694

  Interest Receipts

  -315

  -760

  Other Capital Financing

  481

  -788

  Total SSA/Net Revenue Exp

  4,549

  2,517

  Northamptonshire

  Education

  179,549

  190,270

  Personal Social Services

  34,231

  40,631

  Police

  18,550

  20,205

  Fire and Civil Defence

  8,662

  8,862

  Highway Maintenance

  20,428

  20,512

  Other Services

  18,425

  17,827

  Interest Receipts

  -8,496

  -6,534

  Other Capital Financing

  25,606

  22,056

  Total SSA/Net Revenue Exp

  296,955

  313,829

  Sir Trevor Skeet
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what he estimates would be the saving in public expenditure if the several services administered by county councils were transferred to district councils assuming that expenditure continued to be related to the standard spending assessment.

  Mr. Chope
  [holding answer 8 May 1990]: It is not possible to estimate. The only information available is the savings resulting from the abolition of the metropolitan county councils and the GLC in April 1986. The overall manpower saving achieved immediately following abolition was estimated at some 6,300 posts. The projected long-term annual savings resulting from those staff savings were estimated to be some £100 million. Since the share county councils are responsible for such major services as education and social services, which the GLC and metropolitan county councils were not, the information is of little direct relevance.

  Mr. Harry Barnes
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Derbyshire, North-East on 15 May, if he will give the population for each of the local authority areas listed in his reply, together with details of their central Government financial support for 1990–91, under the headings(a) revenue support grant, (b) non-domestic rates, (c) current specific grants within aggregate Exchequer finance, (d) current specific grants outside aggregate Exchequer finance, (e) credit approvals, (f) capital grants and (g) the totals of these categories.

  Mr. Chope
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: The information is given in the table. Capital grants information is not available except for transport supplementary grants.
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  (a)

  (b)

  (c)

  (d)

  (e)

  Relevant

  Revenue

  Non

  Current specific grants

  Basic

  Transport

  Total of

  population

  support grant

  domestic rates

  within AEF

  outside AEF

  credit approvals

  supplementary grant

  columns (a) to (e)

  '000s

  £ million

  £ million

  £ million

  £ million

  £ million

  £ million

  £ million

  Avon

  711·5

  111·8

  208·1

  112·7

  48·4

  6·7

  487·7

  Buckinghamshire

  469·7

  97·3

  137·4

  34·5

  41·5

  21·1

  1·2

  333·0

  Derbyshire

  714·0

  100·3

  208·8

  46·7

  90·5

  45·0

  0·6

  491·9

  Dorset

  502·7

  46·4

  147·0

  35·0

  64·8

  18·4

  2·9

  314·5

  Durham

  456·1

  82·2

  133·4

  32·8

  61·1

  30·1

  2·4

  342·0

  Isle of Wight

  98·7

  15·8

  28·9

  5·4

  14·1

  6·5

  0·4

  71·1

  Kent

  1,146·1

  220·1

  335·3

  72·6

  123·0

  55·9

  12·6

  819·5

  Lincolnshire

  452·5

  79·0

  132·4

  29·4

  49·5

  21·6

  1·6

  313·5

  Northumberland

  229·2

  41·9

  67·0

  40·5

  13·2

  1·5

  1·641

  Surrey

  782·7

  83·3

  228·9

  40·9

  74·4

  19·5

  6·3

  453·3

  Warwickshire

  364·9

  48·0

  106·7

  74·2

  11·7

  0·5

  241·1

  West Midlands

  1,888·4

  785·1

  552·4

  538·3

  175·9

  16·7

  2,068·4

  West Sussex

  546·8

  55·0

  159·9

  32·6

  54·6

  22·9

  4·5

  329·5

  Wiltshire

  419·8

  64·3

  122·8

  27·8

  47·1

  26·4

  3·0

  291·4

  The total of current specific grants is given where the breakdown requested is not available.

  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions he met Lady Porter in December, January, February and March to discuss matters relating to the community charge.

  Mr. Portillo
  There was one meeting between the Secretary of State and Lady Porter during that period at which a wide range of issues was discussed including matters relating to the community charge.

  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions officials from his Department met officials of Islington council in December, January, February and March to discuss matters relating to the community charge.

  Mr. Portillo
  None.

  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment to what extent consideration of enhanced population in departmental calculations of community charge levels in Westminster is influenced by revenue from car parking.

  Mr. Portillo
  The weight given to the enhanced population indicator in the standard spending assessment for "All Other Services" is informed by statistical analysis of the variation in past expenditure by authorities on these services. The measure of expenditure used for this analysis excludes any income from car parking charges for all authorities including the City of Westminster.

  Mr. Harry Barnes
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his written answer to the hon. Member for Derbyshire, North-East of 21 May, if he will publish in the Official Report equivalent figures for each local authority area in England for 1990–91 with the estimates of the actual sums raised from items (i), (ii) and (iii) also being presented in appropriate percentage terms.

  Mr. Chope
  Information is not yet available for each local authority area in England. The proportions of revenue support grant, non-domestic rates and current specific grants for the areas listed in the Official Report for 21 May in answer to the hon. Member's question, are as follows:
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  Revenue support grant

  Non domestic rates

  Percentage current specific grants

  Avon

  25·8

  48·1

  26·1

  Buckinghamshire

  31·3

  44·2

  24·5

  Derbyshire

  22·5

  46·8

  30·7

  Dorset

  15·8

  50·1

  34·1

  Durham

  26·6

  43·1

  30·3

  Isle of Wight

  24·6

  45·0

  30·4

  Kent

  29·3

  44·6

  26·1

  Lincolnshire

  27·2

  45·6

  27·2

  Northumberland

  28·0

  44·8

  27·2

  Surrey

  19·5

  53·5

  27·0

  Warwickshire

  21·0

  46·6

  32·4

  West Midlands

  41·9

  29·4

  28·7

  West Sussex

  18·2

  53·0

  28·8

  Wiltshire

  24·5

  46·9

  28·6

  Actual values are given in the reply of 21 May.

  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what consultations he has had with disability organisations on the effects of the community charge on physically disabled people and their carers;

  (2) what representations he has received regarding the effects of the community charge on physically disabled people and their carers; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Chope
  I am not aware of any recent consultations with such organisations but I continue to receive representations on a number of aspects of the community charge. The position of the physically disabled and their carers is taken into account in the community charge system. Those who are resident and receiving care or treatment in a hospital, residential care home, nursing home, mental nursing home or hostel, as defined in community charge legislation, are exempt from the personal community charge. Certain low-paid care workers are also exempt. Those who leave their own homes to care for a disabled person, or to receive care, will not be liable to pay the standard community charge for at least a year after leaving their homes. Many disabled people subject to the personal community charge will qualify for community charge benefit which may reduce bills by up to 80 per cent. Income support has been adjusted with respect to the remaining 20 per cent. liability its recipients will face. The rules for community charge benefit and income support both make special allowance for the disabled and there is additional help within the transitional relief scheme for those pensioners and disabled people who were not former ratepayers.
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  Mr. Ronnie Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the average domestic rates bill per household in(a) 1979–80 and (b) 1988–89 for Blyth Valley, North Tyneside, Newcastle and Wansbeck.

  Mr. Chope
  The figures are:

  1979–80

  1988–89

  £

  £

  Blyth Valley

  134

  430

  151

  485

  Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

  175

  452

  Wansbeck

  120

  375

  Dog Registration
  Sir Gerard Vaughan
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider introducing compulsory dog registration for those breeds of dog known to be potentially dangerous and used as guard dogs.

  Mr. Trippier
  The Government have no such proposals.

  FA Cup Final (Replay)
  Mr. Cox
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider the implications for crowd control of the allocation of tickets for the Football Association cup final replay; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Moynihan
  Each finalist received an allocation of 28,750 tickets for segregated areas of the ground. The remaining tickets were sold on a segregated basis under the supervision of the police who were content with these arrangements.

  Recycled Paper
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress Her Majesty's Government have made in using recycled papers for document production by (i) Government Departments, (ii) public inquiries and (iii) other quasi-governmental organisations; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  The policy on the use of recycled paper in Government Departments and other organisations is for each to determine in the light of their own needs. My Department is currently testing recycled photocopying paper and additional tests are to be conducted on offset litho paper and computer listing paper. If the trials are successful these uses will be added to the existing use of recycled paper for envelopes and letterheaded paper. The Government's recycling advisory group has been examining the broader market issues that affect the wider use of recycled paper and Ministers are considering further action that could be taken by Government and other public bodies.

  Peat
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the timetable for the Nature Conservancy Council's national peatland resource inventory.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  The Nature Conservancy Council's national peatland resource inventory is being 478
  undertaken as a phased programme. The results of an inventory of peat soil resources will be published in the latter part of this year, as will those of sample studies of living lowland bogs. The report on the full inventory and broad classification of living upland bogs will be available in early 1991, while a companion full report on living lowland bogs may not be available until 1996.

  Pollution Inspectorate
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the total number of inspections carried out by inspectors within Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution, in each year since its commencement.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  Details of inspection visits carried out in 1987–88 and 1988–89 are contained in Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution's MINIS 9 and MINIS 10 returns, available in the Library. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave details of inspections in 1989–90 in the answer he gave on 22 May 1990 to the hon. Member for Dewsbury (Mrs. Taylor).

  Carver Report
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whom he has consulted and what was discussed in forming the Government's response to the Carver report.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  The Department has given careful consideration to all aspects of the recent report of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on the reorganisation of the Nature Conservancy Council. The continuing discussions between the Government, the existing agencies and the chairman designate of the successor bodies have taken full account of the recommendations in the report. The Government's response to the report was published on 17 May and I refer the hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Romsey and Waterside. (Mr. Colvin) on Thursday 17 May at column 512.

  Hazardous Waste
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how producers of significant quantities of special waste will be covered by an authorisation through integrated pollution control; how he intends to define the circumstances when producers of significant amounts of special waste will be encompassed by integrated pollution control; what sectors of industry will be so covered; and how many firms will be involved;

  (2) how many of each type of plant will be covered by integrated pollution control; and how often he envisages Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution staff will be inspecting such plants.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  Regulations made under clause 2 of the Environmental Protection Bill will prescribe processes for integrated pollution control (IPC). Processes prescribed for control will generally be those which are the most potentially polluting and will therefore include those releasing significant quantities of special waste. Such processes will need a prior authorisation from HMIP which will set out specific conditions relating to the
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  operation of the process. The use of the best available techniques not entailing excessive cost will be required to prevent or minimise the release of prescribed substances and render all releases harmless.

  IPC processes may release prescribed substances to more than one environmental medium. It is not possible to provide a separate figure for the number of processes prescribed on the grounds of their special waste releases. A list of processes which it is proposed to prescribe for IPC was placed in the Library of the House on 27 April, in response to a question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Mr. Porter), at column 343. Some 5,000 installations in England and Wales are estimated to fall within the proposed categories.

  The frequency of inspection will be judged individually for each installation according to its nature, potential for release and other factors.

  Departmental Grants
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the non-governmental organisations in receipt of grants from his Department in 1989–90, and the size of each grant.

  Mr. Chris Patten
  I have today placed the information in the Library.

  Sites of Special Scientific Interest
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will place in the Library a list of all sites of special scientific interest his Department considers to be of national importance.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  No. Such a document could be produced only at disproportionate cost. SSSIs are notified by the Nature Conservancy Council on the basis that the series of sites as a whole should contain adequate representation, in the form of the best examples, of the total countrywide range of natural wildlife habitats, geological features and landforms. These may be of local, national or international significance.

  Pollution
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will take steps to require disclosure of information about the nature of pollution incidents within two weeks after they occur;

  (2) if he will amend legislation on trade secrets so that waste disposal authorities are required to disclose specific information about the nature of industrial wastes;

  (3) if he will publish the results of the monitoring of chemical discharges into sewers.

  Mr. Trippier
  Information about releases from industrial processes coming under part I of the Environmental Protection Bill, including pollution incidents, discharges into sewers and the nature of industrial wastes, will be placed on public registers of information as a matter of course. The terms of an EC directive on public access to information which the United Kingdom played a leading role in negotiating will also require environmental information to be made available on request.

  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution 480
  will publish the identities of waste disposal authorities which fail to meet standards and local authorities which accept hazardous waste into dumps in contravention of their licences.

  Mr. Trippier
  Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution is currently undertaking trial audits of a small number of waste disposal authorities. Once the results of these have been evaluated, a planned programme of audits is to be introduced and it is the inspectorate's intention that the reports of these will be published. The reports will clearly identify any perceived inadequacies by the authorities concerned.

  Waste disposal authorities are currently responsible for ensuring that all operations, including those carried out by the authorities themselves, are properly controlled. There are no central records of occasions when licence conditions are breached. The Environmental Protection Bill contains provisions that records of enforcement action taken by the waste regulation authorities, which will be created by the Bill, will be contained on registers available to the public, and that the authorities must publish annual reports on their inspection and enforcement activities.

  Housing
  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many private and public authority homes were built in each of the past five years in the London borough of Greenwich;

  (2) how many private and public authority homes were built in each of the past five years in the constituency of Peterborough;

  (3) how many (a) private and (b) public authority homes were built in each of the past five years in the constituency of Wiltshire, North.

  Mr. Chope
  The Department collects housebuilding statistics for local authority areas. Information is available for the London borough of Greenwich, Peterborough city council, which includes the constituency of Peterborough, and parts of two others and North Wiltshire district, which covers the same area as the constituency. Figures for dwellings completed for the years 1985 to 1987 appear in tables 1.6 and 1.8 of "Housebuilding in England by Local Authority Areas 1980 to 1988", and the latest figures for 1988 and 1989 in table 1 of "Local Housing Statistics No. 93". Copies of both publications are in the Library.

  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many private and public authority homes were built in each of the past five years in the constituency of Northavon.

  Mr. Chope
  The Department collects housebuilding statistics for local authority areas. Information is available for Northavon district council area which includes the constituencies of Northavon and part of Bristol, North-West. Figures for dwellings completed in the years 1985 to 1987 appear in tables 1.6 to 1.8 of "Housebuilding in England by Local Authority areas 1980 to 1988", and the latest figures for 1988 and 1989 are in table 1 of "Local Housing Statistics No. 93". Copies of both publications are in the Library.

  Planning Appeals
  Mr. Mills
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many planning appeals refused by local authorities were granted by the inspector on public inquiry in 1979, 1984 and 1989 where(a) no structure or unitary development existed and (b) a structure or unitary development plan had been agreed.

  Mr. Moynihan
  I regret that the information requested is not available for 1979 and 1984 cases and could be obtained only at disproportionate expense for 1989 cases.

  London Borough of Ealing
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has had any formal communications from the leader of the London borough of Ealing since 10 May; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Chope
  I am not aware of any formal communications from the leader of the London borough of Ealing since 10 May, but I recently met him for an informal discussion and congratulated him upon his success in the recent local government election.

  Action for Cities
  Ms. Mowlam
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the cost of the action for cities anniversary event he hosted in Cleveland on 28 February; and what was the cost of these events on a national level.

  Mr. Portillo
  I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the then Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities to my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol, North-West (Mr. Stern) on 4 April. The locally incurred cost of the action for cities anniversary event in Cleveland on 28 February was £6,200.

  Water Tables
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment by how much on average water tables have fallen since 1968 in each water authority area.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  This information is not held centrally.

  Domestic Sewage
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what feasibility studies have been undertaken by his Department regarding the use of domestic sewage as a substitute for agrochemicals and peat by removing toxic elements in sewage sludge at source.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  No feasibility studies have been carried out by my Department into the use of sewage sludge as a substitute for agrochemicals and peat. Some 49 per cent. of sewage sludge is applied to agricultural land in England and Wales.

  Sulphur Dioxide (London)
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much sulphur dioxide there is on average and at maximum levels in the air in London.

  Mr. Trippier
  As part of the national pollution monitoring network, SO2 is measured at two sites in
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  London. The provisional annual mean and peak concentrations (in parts per billion) for 1989–90 are as follows:

  Site

  Annual mean

  Peak

  Cromwell Road

  16·6

  185

  Central London

  10·7

  226

  Data for peak values should be viewed in the context of international agreements protecting human health, which specify mandatory concentration limit values linked to exposure for a period of time. SO2 concentrations are controlled by EC directive 80/779; the limit values it specifies have never been breached in London since the directive came into force.

  Drinking Water
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment in how many cases during the past 12 months toxins have been found in drinking water in England and if he will analyse these to specify(a) any recognised or suspected carcinogens, (b) any recognised or suspected co-carcinogens and (c) any recognised or suspected mutagers.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  Traces of many chemicals have been detected on occasion in water supplies, but their presence could not always be quantified because of their low concentrations. Medical advice has been that at these low concentrations, if any risk to health existed, it was likely to be extremely small. A sufficiently large and lengthy exposure to some of those chemicals has been shown to be toxic, carcinogenic or mutagenic in appropriate test systems, but there is no evidence that water consumers have been subject to such exposure during the past 12 months.

  Homelessness
  Dr. Hampson
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will reconsider his decision to withdraw funding from National Debtline, in the light of rising mortgage defaulters.

  Mr. Michael Spicer
  This year we have trebled the funds available under section 73 of the Housing Act 1985 to £2 million. Half will go to a new homelessness advice service involving CABs, SHAC and Shelter. A key aim of this service is to prevent homelessness cases from occurring through timely and accurate general advice on debt and financial planning. The remaining £1 million goes to a total of 27 bodies providing direct assistance and practical help to single homeless people and rough sleepers. I have received a number of representations on behalf of National Debtline, the Birmingham Settlement's Housing Debtline, but I will not raise hopes of further funding this year: all the funds are earmarked.

  Sir Trevor Skeet
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the reasons why his Department discontinued a section 73 grant to Homes for Homeless People.

  Mr. Michael Spicer
  This year £2 million has been allocated to voluntary bodies concerned with homelessness—three times last year's total. Half will go to a new national homelessness advice service based on citizens'
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  advice bureaux and involving Shelter and SHAC, and half to a total of 27 bodies providing direct assistance and practical help to single homeless people and rough sleepers. Priority in choosing successful applications has been given to projects which will either take single homeless people off the streets or work directly with young people, persuading them not to leave home and/or come to London.

  Jones Brothers Building
  Mr. Chris Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the reasons for his Department's refusal of the urban development grant application submitted jointly by the John Lewis Partnership and the London borough of Islington in respect of the Jones Brothers building in Holloway road, London N7.

  Mr. Moynihan
  The application for urban development grant towards the refurbishment of the department store was rejected in August 1985 on the ground that the project did not offer good value for money in terms of the new jobs and other benefits likely to arise.

  Uniform Business Rate
  Mr. Quentin Davies
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what would be the cost of exempting from the uniform business rate any business the sole owner of which is principally resident in the same premises from which the business is conducted.

  Mr. Chope
  The information for which my hon. Friend asks is not available. However, the cost of exempting from non-domestic rates all composite hereditaments (that is, properties which are partly non-domestic and partly domestic) would be £910 million a year in England, without the transitional arrangements.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Chris Patten
  My Department currently has one dedicated energy manager and three other officials who contribute to energy conservation. The total staff effort, which does not include that available from the Property Services Agency, represents an approximate total of 1·5 person years.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  Mr. Chris Patten
  A total of eight energy audits of offices and specialised sites in London and the regions carried out by external consultants have been initiated by my Department within the past five years. The majority of recommendations have concerned good housekeeping and other no-cost/low-cost measures which have been, or are in the process of being, implemented where practicable.

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what mechanisms exist in his Department for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings in its operations.

  Mr. Chris Patten
  My Department has a range of consultancy, inspection and review mechanisms designed to improve financial and management performance. These include internal audit and staff inspection, and an extensive range of targets and performance measures. In addition, it conducts efficiency scrutinies as part of a programme co-ordinated by the efficiency unit, and has a policy of market testing to achieve operational savings.

  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the value-for-money savings in his Department's operations identified by internal audit and internal efficiency arrangements, by external audit and by management consultants retained by his Department between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what is the amount of those savings fulfilled to date.

  Mr. Chris Patten
  Improvements resulting from audits, inspections and reviews are taken into account in the setting of annual budgets and performance targets. My Department estimates that it has achieved efficiency savings averaging in excess of 1·5 per cent. a year since 1984–85. The contribution of each of the review mechanisms to this overall saving is not separately recorded.

  Langland Bay, Gower
  Mr. Gareth Wardell
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library the results of the investigations in September 1989 by the water research centre of health hazards associated with bathing in the polluted waters of Langland bay, Gower.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 22 May 1990]: The water research centre report is expected soon.

  Local Authority Officers
  Ms. Armstrong
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what restrictions there are on local authority officers making statements which may have or be construed to have a political context in their capacity as lay preachers.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 22 May 1990]: The Local Government Officers ( Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990 are intended to uphold the tradition of political neutrality among senior local government officers. They accordingly place restrictions on their public political activity. A politically restricted officer who was a lay preacher would not be in breach of the regulations if he were to make statements referring to a political party, a person identified with a political party or promoting or opposing a point of view identified with a political party provided there was no apparent intention to affect public support for a political party.

  Landfill
  Mr. Janman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has considered the value of a landfill tax to provide revenue for use in the promotion of recycling as an alternative to landfilling.
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  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: We are considering all effective means of encouraging waste recycling.

  Mr. Janman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider the introduction of a financial incentive to waste authorities which initiate landfill mining and reclamation through recycling.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: Any financial incentives to waste authorities that initiate landfill mining and reclamation through recycling would be contemplated only after an in-depth study of the concept and in the light of any incentives which may or may not be afforded following the current joint DOE/DTI proposals on recycling.

  Mr. Janman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department will make a study into the technology available at the present time and in the immediate future to recycle the contents of landfill sites in England and Wales.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: This subject is one of a number in connection with waste disposal and recycling currently under review by this Department's research and development group.

  Mr. Janman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department has made a study into the implications of landfill content in the event of the removal of(a) glass, (b) paper, (c) metals, and (d) other solids by source separation; what new regulations his Department will be considering to counter the increased problem of methane that may result; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: This Department has not yet made a study of the implications of landfill content in the event of removal of glass, paper, metals and other solids by source separation. The removal of metals and glass would have minimal influence on the production of methane in landfill. Paper, however, degrades in landfill to produce methane and its removal would therefore diminish the overall gas potential.

  Mr. Janman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department will initiate a comprehensive study into the potential of landfill mining through recycling; and what incentives his Department intends to offer the development of such schemes.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: This Department will initiate a study into the potential of landfill mining through recycling if it is considered to be a viable option by the Department's research and development group. The question of incentives would be considered subsequent to any decision made.

  Mr. Janman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department has made a study of the technology now available in the private sector to recycle the contents of landfill sites; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: This Department has not made a specific study of the technology available in the private sector to recycle the contents of landfill sites.
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  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his policy in respect of lining requirements for landfill sites; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: Any decisions with regard to the lining of landfill sites are for operators in pursuit of obtaining a site operation licence or for operational reasons or for the waste disposal authority in respect of the issue of a site operation licence in consultation with the National Rivers Authority.

  My Department has produced guidance documents—waste management paper 26, Iandfilling wastes and waste management paper 27: "The Control of Landfill Gas"—to provide assistance to site operators and licensing authorities in installing management systems and in setting licence conditions.

  Nuclear Waste
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when officers of Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution last met officials of East Sussex county council to discuss disposal of low-level radioactive waste; arid if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Trippier
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: Since the inception of HMIP in 1987 there have been no formal meetings between its officers and officials of East Sussex county council to discuss disposals of low-level radioactive waste.

  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those sites in east Sussex permitted to accept low-level radioactive waste, giving t he maximum permitted quantity in each case, as determined by the radiochemical inspectorate branch of Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution.

  Mr. Trippier
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: Any waste disposal site licensed by a waste disposal authority under the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (COPA) may receive low-level radioactive waste where such a disposal method is authorised by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution (HMIP) under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960. Waste disposal authorities maintain registers of all disposal sites licensed under COPA in their areas.

  The Department does not maintain a central record of quantities of low-level radioactive waste disposed of through local disposal routes. However, a condition of authorisation requires waste producers to keep proper and detailed records relating to their disposals. These records are subject to scrutiny by HMIP inspectors and in cases where a disposal requires special precautions to be taken, both HMIP and the local waste disposal authorities are notified by the operator of the nature and destination of individual consignments of radioactive waste due for disposal.

  National Rivers Authority
  Mrs. Ann Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received regarding resources for the National Rivers Authority.

  Mr. Trippier
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: We are in discussion with the National Rivers Authority about resources and will be examining its future requirements in the context of considering the authority's first corporate plan.

  Waste Recycling
  Mr. Janman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what methods other than source separation of waste would enable his Department to achieve its target of 50 per cent. domestic waste recycling by the year 2000.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: The 50 per cent. recycling target can be achieved only by joint action by all those involved in recycling: first, by manufacturers using recycled materials and designing recyclability into their products, cutting down on the amount of unnecessary packaging and pricing recycled products competitively; secondly, by consumers knowing about and choosing recycled products and making use of recycling facilities provided by local authorities, retailers and voluntary groups; thirdly, by local authorities and retailers substantially increasing their commitment to providing recycling facilities so that the majority come up to the standard of the best; and, fourthly, by the Government setting the right waste management framework through legislation so that the real costs of alternative disposal methods are apparent and the benefits of recycling accrue to those who bring it about, co-operating with efforts to inform the public about the benefits of recycling, and bringing forward other measures such as encouraging public sector purchasing of recycled materials and promoting relevant research and monitoring studies.

  Mr. Janman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce legislation giving equal status and support to authorities when looking at the options of(a) source separation and (b) mechanised separation.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: The Government do not intend at present to legislate for or against any method of domestic waste separation.

  Mr. Janman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has held talks with any other organisations or authorities in relation to funding, directly or indirectly, the creation of a source separation infrastructure; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: Ministers in the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of the Environment have received advice and information about domestic waste collection and sorting methods from a wide range of sources including the advisory group on recycling, interested local authorities, voluntary groups and trade associations, and have had discussions from time to time about a number of matters relating to recycling and waste management, including the possible means of funding and managing different waste separation systems.

  Low-level Ozone
  Mr. Alex Carlile
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action he is taking to combat the rise in low-level ozone.

  Mr. Trippier
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: Low-level ozone is produced by the action of sunlight on oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The Government are acting to reduce emissions of both
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  classes of compound. The main sources of NOx in the United Kingdom are motor vehicles and power stations; the main sources of VOCs are motor vehicles, industrial processes and solvents. Tight new standards for new cars, which will come into effect by the end of 1992, will cut their emissions of both NOx and VOCs by at least 80 per cent. We are pressing the Commission for tight standards on NOx emissions from heavy diesels. We are committed by the EC large combustion plant directive to reducing NOx emissions from existing power stations and large industrial boilers by 15 per cent. by 1993 and 30 per cent. by 1998 against a 1980 baseline.

  NOx and VOCs travel long distances and United Kingdom ozone episodes can be exacerbated by pollutants from abroad. It is therefore essential to tackle these problems internationally. The United Kingdom is strongly supporting Commission proposals for a directive requiring monitoring of ozone levels and is actively contributing to negotiations within the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe convention on long-range transboundary air pollution aimed at reducing VOC emissions from all sources.

  Overhead Power Cables
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he has taken to acquaint himself with the results of studies into the possible links between overhead power lines and childhood cancers which have been carried out in Sweden and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Trippier
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: The National Radiological Protection Board is under a statutory duty to advise Government and others on possible hazards to health from ionising and non-ionising radiation. The board is currently conducting a review of epidemiological studies on an international basis (including the one carried out in Sweden) on possible effects on human health from exposure to non-ionising electro-magnetic fields. The board expects to publish its advice later this year.

SCOTLAND

  Earnings
  Mr. Wallace
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles(a) average earnings, (b) median earnings, (c) average hours including overtime and (d) overtime hours.

  Mr. Lang
  For the area in question the average gross earnings in April 1989 of all full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence was £209·8 per week. To obtain the precise figure of median earnings would involve disproportionate cost, but the figure for all full-time employees in the sample on adult rates lies in the range of £170 to £180. Average total weekly hours were 40·7 of which overtime was 2·9.

  Mr. Wallace
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles, the figures for female
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  part-time workers (a) average gross weekly earnings, (b) average weekly hours, (c) average gross hourly earnings, (d) median gross hourly earnings, (e) lowest decile of gross hourly earnings and (f) highest decile of gross hourly earnings (i) in total and (ii) broken down by the standard industrial classifications;

  (2) if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, the distribution of gross hourly earnings for female part-time workers, giving the percentage of female part-time workers, with hourly earnings less than (a) £3·00, (b) £3·20, (c) £3·60, (d) £4·00 and (e) £4·20 (i) in total and (ii) broken down by the standard industrial classifications.

  Mr. Lang
  Because of the small samples in the areas concerned, reliable information for female part-time employees is not available.

  Mr. Wallace
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, the earnings of full-time workers on adult rates of pay broken down by(a) male manual, (b) male non-manual, (c) all males, (d) female manual, (e) female non-manual, (f) all females and (g) all workers.

  Mr. Lang
  The available information from the 1989 new earnings survey is as follows:

  Average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees on adult rates, pay not affected by absence; April 1989

  £ per week

  Manual males

  205·1

  Non-manual males

  294·0

  All males

  239·1

  Manual females

  119·3

  Non-manual females

  172·7

  AH females

  157·1

  All employees

  209·8

  Mr. Wallace
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, the distribution of earnings for those earning under(a) £120, (b) £150, (c) 160, (d) the point below which 10 per cent. of earners fall and (e) the point which 10 per cent. of earners exceed, broken down by (i) male manual, (ii) male non-manual, (iii) all males, (iv) female manual, (v) female non-manual, (vi) all females and (vii) all workers, in total and by the standard industrial classifications;

  (2) if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles (a) average earnings, (b) median earnings, (c) average hours including overtime and (d) overtime hours, broken down by the standard industrial classifications into (i) males, (ii) females and (iii) all workers.

  Mr. Lang
  Only a limited amount of reliable information could be compiled in each case and the cost of doing so would be disproportionate.

  Bankruptcy
  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will show from each year since inception of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 the number of persons made bankrupt in respect of cautionary obligation.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The information requested is not separately recorded.

  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in how many sequestrations the Accountant of Bankruptcy accepted for payment accounts submitted to him by trustees in terms of section 53 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 containing hourly rates of remuneration in excess of £62·50 during the year ended 31 March.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The information requested is not separately recorded.

  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is(a) the maximum, (b) the minimum and (c) the average amount yet paid to a trustee for any one case of sequestration in terms of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  In those cases where the final outcome is known the amounts paid to trustees from public funds, excluding refunded outlays, were as follows:

  £

  (a) Maximum

  17,866·38

  (b) Minimum

  258·25

  (c) Average

  2,889·00

  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each year since inception the names of the 10 trustees who received the largest aggregate total sum for work carried out under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 and for each of the top 10 the sum received in each year.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  For commercial reasons it would not be appropriate to provide details of the level of payments made to individual practitioners.

  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in how many sequestrations the payment of fees from public funds to the trustee has exceeded the total debt of the bankrupt person; and in how many it has exceeded 50 per cent. thereof.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  In those cases where the final outcome is known the fees paid to trustees have exceeded 50 per cent. of the total debt in 15 cases and of these in five cases the fees paid to the trustee exceeded the total debt.

  Cleancare Ltd.
  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will review the contract of Cleancare Ltd. in the light of its employment of persons under 16 years.

  Mr. Rifkind
  All contracts for cleaning Scottish Office buildings are kept under continual review.

  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the Government properties Cleancare Ltd. has been contracted to clean.
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  Mr. Rifkind
  The Scottish Office properties, which are all in Edinburgh, are New Register house; Pentland house; Saughton house; 16 Waterloo place; and the Ancient Monuments depot, Edinburgh castle.

  West Register House (Files)
  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will detail the steps his Department has taken to ensure that cleaners or other unauthorised people do not have access to personal files in West Register house and other Government offices.

  Mr. Rifkind
  The measures to protect official information are in accordance with standards laid down for application throughout Government Departments.

  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what personal information is held on files in West Register house.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  West Register house is a branch repository of the Scottish Record Office. Its main contents are the records of Government Departments, non-departmental public bodies, nationalised industries and courts in Scotland from the 17th century to the present day, many of which contain personal information.

  Town and Country Planning
  Mr. Allan Stewart
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those district councils which have made representations concerning the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1989 (S.I., 1989, No. 147) of 27 March 1989.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The following district councils have made representations:

  Angus district council

  Clydebank district council

  Eastwood district council

  Mr. Allan Stewart
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration he has given to the effects on local amenities of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1989 (S.I., 1989, No. 147) of 27 March 1989.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The effects on local amenities of the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1989 were given careful consideration as part of the consultation process prior to the order coming into force. In response to the comments made on the consultation paper and to protect local amenities we removed public houses and other licensed premises from the food and drink class.

  Wild Birds
  Mr. Morley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he has taken to meet the United Kingdom's obligation to protect those areas of montane habitat which meet the criteria for designation under the Ramsar convention or the European Community directive of the conservation of wild birds; and if he will list those montane sites which have yet to be so designated.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  All the potential and possible sites which meet the criteria for designation under the Ramsar convention or the European Community 492
  directive for the conservation of wild birds have been identified by the Nature Conservancy Council and are listed in tables 3.1 and 3.2 of "Protecting internationally important bird sites." Scottish Development Department circular 1/88 advised local authorities to treat such sites as if they had already been designated in considering any planning application. A copy of the circular has been placed in the Library. All have been or will be notified as sites of special scientific interest. The Nature Conservancy Council prepares a detailed submission for each site in recommending that my right hon. and learned Friend should designate either as a special protection area under the wild birds directive or as a Ramsar site.

  The montane sites which have been proposed but not yet designated as special protection areas are the Cairngorms, Caenlochan, Drumochter hills, North Harris mountains, Affric-Cannich hills and glens and the North Arran mountains.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  Mr. Rifkind
  The information requested is not available.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Rifkind
  A part-time energy manager has been appointed. A meaningful estimate of the number of person years cannot be made, but a large number of staff devote part of their time to energy management.

  This information does not relate to the Scottish prison service and the minor Scottish Departments.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  Mr. Rifkind
  Twenty-seven. The large number of recommendations made were mainly of a technical nature designed to improve energy efficiency.

  This figure does not relate to the Scottish prison service and the minor Scottish Departments.

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the value-for-money savings in his Department's operations identified by internal audit and internal efficiency arrangements, and by external audit and by management consultants retained by his Department between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what is the amount of those savings fulfilled to date.

  Mr. Rifkind
  The Departments for which I am responsible pursue value for money in all their activities.

  The improvements which result from inquiries and studies of the type mentioned by the hon. Member are

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  taken into account in the setting of annual budgets and internal targets. Consistent figures for savings for the period 1983–84 to 1988–89 are not available as central records are not kept of the many improvements in efficiency which managers identify and implement.

  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what mechanisms exist in his Department for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings in its operations.

  Mr. Rifkind
  Individual units in all the Departments for which I am responsible are required to identify value-for-money savings as part of the management planning process. These plans are brought together each year in a departmental management plan which identifies the tasks facing the departments during the public expenditure survey period and the resources required to carry them out.

  In addition, the Scottish Office efficiency unit maintains a continuous programme of reviews of individual areas which identifies savings. A recently formed purchasing and supply unit also has value for money as one of its main objectives.

  In all cases, responsibility for actual delivery of savings identified lies with budget managers who have substantial delegated powers for running costs.

  National Heritage Agency
  Mr. McAllion
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if Her Majesty's Government will introduce legislation to establish a natural heritage agency to redefine the remits of the Highlands and Islands Development Board, the Forestry Commission and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland to pay closer regard to the sustainable use of natural resources.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: We propose to bring forward legislation in due course to establish a natural heritage agency for Scotland. We intend to publish shortly a consultation paper inviting views on our proposals, including the remit of the new body and its relationship to other public bodies. I will arrange for the hon. Member to receive a copy.

  Rivers
  Mr. Wallace
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has on measures being undertaken by the river purification boards within Scotland to improve water quality.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: The seven Scottish river purification boards, which are responsible for issuing consents for the discharge of trade and sewage effluent, setting appropriate conditions and reviewing these from time to time, carry out extensive monitoring of the waters for which they are responsible. Where necessary they refer cases of pollution to the procurator fiscal for consideration of prosecution. The boards may commission and undertake research and provide advice.

  The river purification boards are required by statute to submit annual reports containing comprehensive details of their activities to my right hon. and learned Friend. Copies of these reports are placed in the Library of the House. In
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  addition, officials of the Scottish Development Department maintain close liaison with officers of the boards regarding their work.

  Bathing Waters
  Mr. Wallace
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has to improve water quality levels on Scottish designated bathing beaches.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: Of the 23 identified bathing waters in Scotland, 16 met the standards for total and faecal coliforms set in the EC bathing waters directive in 1989. Where failure is caused by discharges from public sewers, it is for regional councils to plan and execute improvement works in line with the requirements of the river purification boards. Improvement schemes are included in the regional councils' capital expenditure programmes. Further measures will be necessary to implement the decision, announced to the House of Commons by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment on 5 March, Official Report, column 452, that all significant discharges of sewage will require to receive treatment.

  Agricultural Development Programme
  Mr. Wallace
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the latest administrative cost of the ADP scheme incurred by DAFS and the colleges of agriculture, respectively.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: The administrative costs (including overheads) of the agricultural development programme incurred by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland to the end of March 1990 are estimated to be 1.103 million. There has been negligible expenditure on administration of ADP at the colleges, whose principal contribution is the provision of advisory services.

  A74
  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated route rate of return currently anticipated from the upgrading of the A74 from existing dual carriageway to motorway.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  [holding answer 21 May 1990]: Of the length of the A74 to be upgraded, three sections have so far been appraised in detail. The rate of return on these three sections together is estimated at approximately 14 per cent. in real terms, that is, 14 per cent. over and above the rate of inflation.

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for South Shields of 21 May,Official Report, column 84, (1) whether the cow aged 22 months came from a herd where cases of BSE had already been confirmed; whether this cow's mother had contracted BSE; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) on what date BSE was confirmed in a cow aged 22 months; and if he will make a statement.
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  Mr. Gummer
  BSE was confirmed in the 22-month old cow on 28 November 1989. The disease had not been previously confirmed in the herd or its dam.

  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will list the published papers on scrapie produced by each member of(a) the Southwood and (b) Tyrrell agricultural committees;

  (2) if he will list the published papers on bovine spongiform encephalopathy produced by each member of (a) the Southwood and (b) the Tyrrell committees.

  Mr. Gummer
  The members of the Southwood working party who were chosen to provide advice on bovine spongiform encephalopathy because of their eminence and experience in a variety of scientific fields under its chairman, Sir Richard Southwood, linacre professor of zoology at Oxford university, were Sir John, now Lord Walton, formerly professor of neurology at the university of Newcastle upon Tyne and a recent president of the General Medical Council and the Royal Society of Medicine; Professor M. A. Epstein, emeritus professor of pathology, university of Bristol; and veterinary microbiologist Dr. W. B. Martin, formerly director of the Moredun Research Institute in Edinburgh which undertook research into sheep diseases including scrapie.

  The working party took evidence from various scientific experts, including Dr. R. H. Kimberlin, formerly director of the MRC/AFRC neuropathogenesis unit in Edinburgh. Dr. Kimberlin has conducted extensive research into scrapie and the other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies for nearly 30 years and has published more than 150 papers. He is a member of the new Tyrrell committee.

  The Tyrrell committee's other members, under the chairmanship of Dr. D. A. Tyrrell of the Medical Research Council, who is a virologist with wide knowledge and experience of viruses affecting man, are, at present, Dr. R. G. Will, consultant neurologist at Western general hospital, Edinburgh, who has researched the epidemiology of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Dr. W. A. Watson, formerly director of the central veterinary laboratory and chairman of the Ministry's scrapie working party; and Professor F. Brown, an animal virologist who has served in an advisory capacity on a number of committees, including AFRC scrapie advisory committee.

  It would be impractical to list in the Official Report all the papers published by these experts.
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  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will list all the establishments which are(a) investigating and (b) have confirmed spongiform encephalopathy in cats or dogs;

  (2) how many (a) cats and (b) dogs have been (i) confirmed and (ii) suspected of having spongiform encephalopathies; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Gummer
  Since recent widespread publicity and MAFF recommendations to look out for spongiform encephalopathies, there is bound to have been an increased number of investigations. I understand that investigations are being, or have been, conducted on 22 cats at a number of Ministry veterinary investigation centres, a private laboratory, and the universities of Bristol and Liverpool. Disease has been confirmed in one cat in Great Britain and in one cat in Northern Ireland. There are no suspect cases in dogs. There is not yet any indication as to whether this condition has been long present in cats or not.

  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what date the Southwood committee gave him specific advice that he should be particularly alert to the possible occurrence of encephalopathies in household pets.

  Mr. Maclean
  The report of the Southwood working party was received by the Government on 9 February 1989.

  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will make a statement on his policy towards the disposal of BSE carcases; and whether he intends to review this policy;

  (2) if he has investigated the environmental, and animal and human health consequences of dumping BSE carcases on refuse sites.

  Mr. Gummer
  Carcases are disposed of either by incineration or burial, depending upon local circumstances and available facilities. Both are safe methods of carcase disposal and carried out in accordance with sound veterinary practice. Currently around two thirds are burnt and one third buried. However, the objective is to secure incineration facilities for all carcases.

  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the refuse sites which are being used to dump BSE carcases listing the county in which they are found.

  Mr. Gummer
  This information is not held centrally.
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  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the total number of bovine spongiform encephalophathy cases that have been confirmed by county basis in the current year until the end of May.

  Mr. Gummer
  The information for Great Britain is as follows:

  County

  Number

  Avon

  104

  Bedfordshire

  11

  Berkshire

  17

  Borders

  6

  Buckinghamshire

  40

  Cambridgeshire

  23

  Central

  6

  Cheshire

  141

  Cleveland

  9

  Clwyd

  48

  Cornwall

  366

  Cumbria

  93

  Derbyshire

  72

  Devon

  507

  Dorset

  416

  Dumfries

  39

  Durham

  20

  Dyfed

  206

  Essex

  26

  Fife

  18

  Mid Glamorgan

  10

  South Glamorgan

  1

  West Glamorgan

  2

  Gloucestershire

  140

  Grampian

  45

  Gwent

  34

  Gwynedd

  11

  Hampshire

  205

  Hereford and Worcester

  101

  Hertfordshire

  30

  Highland

  11

  Humberside

  28

  Isle of Wight

  30

  Kent

  108

  Lancashire

  111

  Leicestershire

  129

  Lincolnshire

  40

  London

  3

  Lothian

  5

  Manchester

  5

  Norfolk

  79

  Northamptonshire

  33

  Northumberland

  15

  Nottinghamshire

  34

  Orkney

  3

  Oxfordshire

  95

  Powys

  52

  Shropshire

  118

  Somerset

  401

  Staffordshire

  103

  Strathclyde

  58

  Suffolk

  57

  Surrey

  57

  East Sussex

  65

  West Sussex

  118

  Tayside

  13

  West Midlands

  5

  Warwickshire

  69

  Wiltshire

  299

  North Yorkshire

  210

  South Yorkshire

  20

  West Yorkshire

  25

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  Food Advisory Committee
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether it is his policy to circulate all written representations made to the Food Advisory Committee to the members of the committee; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Gummer
  All representations of significance are drawn to the attention of members of the committee and arrangements have been made for all written representations arising from the announcement of the committee agenda to be made available for members to see at each meeting.

  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list consumer organisations, manufacturers and individuals who have made representations to the Food Advisory Committee since 1 January 1988, giving their names and the month in which the representations were received.

  Mr. Gummer
  My Department receives a considerable number of representations on matters relating to the work of the Food Advisory Committee and they are brought to the committee's attention as appropriate. Those who have made written representations received by the committee secretariat as a direct result of the committee's own press releases announcing the agenda for its meetings, which were first issued in August 1988, are listed in the following table.

  Committee Meeting

  Organisations/individuals

  15 September 1988

  Beecham Products Co-operative Union Ltd. Dairy Crest Milk Marketing Board Local Authorities Co-ordinating Body on Trading Standards (LACOTS) Spice Trade Association

  8 December 1988

  Co-operative Union Ltd. LACOTS

  25 May 1989

  LACOTS

  7 July 1989

  The Food and Drink Federation National Office of Animal Health Ltd. Consumers' Association

  8 September 1989

  The University of Sussex

  19 October 1989

  Dairy Trade Federation

  7 December 1989

  National Farmers Union British Meat Manufacturers Association

  9 March 1990

  Milk Marketing Board

  4 May 1990

  LACOTS

  Herbs and Spices
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what consideration his Ministry has given to the steam pasteurisation process for herbs and spices; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Gummer
  I understand that two commercial companies claim to have developed steam pasteurisation processes for reducing microbiological contamination of' herbs and spices. It is too early to say, however, whether
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  either of these processes will provide a satisfactory replacement for chemical treatment in all circumstances. Neither process involves the sort of radically new technology which might warrant consideration by the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes.

  Hounds
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what regulations exist to control the meat fed to hounds; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Gummer
  There is no legislation which specifically controls meat fed to hounds. Hunt kennels may accept whole carcases, but they must not take unfit meat or specified bovine offal unless it has been sterilised. They may not of course receive carcases of animals suspected of having BSE, as these must be buried or incinerated.

  Caseous Lymphadenitis
  Ms. Armstrong
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the incidence of caseous lymphadenitis; and how many cases have been reported in the last six months in(a) goats and (b) humans.

  Mr. Curry
  Prior to 1990 caseous lymphadenitis had not been recorded in animals in the United Kingdom for many years. It has, however, been confirmed in three goat herds in England in the last six months all linked by the movement of stock to the same import consignment. There have been no reported cases of human infection in the United Kingdom in the same period.

  The disease is found in a number of European countries and elsewhere in goats and sheep, but there are no accurate

  Variety

  1985 Harvest (Ecu/kg)

  1986 Harvest (Ecu/kg)

  1987 Harvest (Ecu/kg)

  1 2 Average price received for 1985, 1986 and 1987 Harvests4 (Ecu/kg)

  Basmas

  30·60

  0·45–0·61

  0·31–0·37

  0·47

  Katerini

  30·27

  0·14–0·59

  30·37

  0·34

  Bright

  30·09

  0·41–0·66

  0·24–0·41

  0·41

  Burley Gr

  0·07–0·60

  0·14–0·37

  30·37

  0·16

  Burley It

  0·13–0·14

  0·28–0·39

  30·28

  0·22

  Badischer Geudertheimer

  5

  0·42

  6

  0·42

  Kaba Koulak Classic

  0·16–0·26

  0·14–0·20

  30·59

  0·23

  Forchheimer Havana

  30·09

  0·16–0·66

  0·28–0·41

  0·31

  Tsebelia

  5

  0·20–0·37

  0·33–0·36

  0·33

  Mavra

  5

  0·14–0·16

  0·31–0·41

  0·23

  1 Prices converted from drachma/lire/to Ecus at market rates applying on the date the offer was accepted.

  2 Average prices weighted by volumes involved in tenders.

  3 Range not available since only one tender held.

  4 No tobacco from the 1988 harvest has been sold.

  5 No intervention stocks.

  6 No sales from this harvest of this variety.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  Mr. Curry
  Informal assessments of energy usage and economy are a continuing process in the Department. In addition, two specific larger-scale energy audits have been carried out in the last five years; one was at the central veterinary laboratory, which is the Department's largest single user of energy. The consultants' report, in 1987,
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  figures on the numbers of confirmed cases in animals throughout the world. Human infection has been reported on very rare occasions worldwide over a number of years, usually of an occupational disease as a result of close contact with infected animals.

  Tobacco
  Mr. Teddy Taylor
  To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much tobacco was imported into the United Kingdom from other parts of the European Economic Community in the most recent annual period for which figures are available.

  Mr. Curry
  During 1989 a total of 11·977 tonnes of raw tobacco was imported into the United Kingdom from other parts of the European Economic Community.

  Mr. Teddy Taylor
  To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what price is received by tobacco manufacturers for production in the European Economic Community; and what price is charged by the intervention boards for export of such tobacco to nations outside the European Economic Community.

  Mr. Curry
  There is no information available on the price received by tobacco manufacturers for products containing Community-grown tobacco. A wide range of prices is received by the intervention boards for tobacco sold out of intervention by tender. These prices depend on the tobacco varieties involved as well as on their quality. The following table shows the range of prices received for these tobacco varieties most frequently sold into intervention.

  recommended some additional metering and controls and a range of housekeeping and staff energy awareness measures, but it drew attention to the poor thermal integrity of the buildings and concluded that the major expenditure required to improve this could not be justified on energy conservation grounds alone. The other audit was of four establishments in the Ministry's south-west region, where the consultants' report, in 1989, recommended the replacement of a boiler at one of the sites and a number of smaller measures, including the installation of energy-efficient lighting tubes, more pipe insulation and additional automatic heating controls.
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  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Curry
  None, in the sense of full-time officials, although a departmental energy efficiency manager has been appointed who spends approximately half his time on this function. A substantial number of staff throughout the country are responsible for good energy management as part of their overall buildings management duties. The time spent is linked with other work and cannot be quantified separately.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  Mr. Curry
  The information requested is not available for the period in question. As regards the 1989–90 financial year, I refer the hon. Member to the replies given to him on 30 April,Official Report, col. 458 and 10 May, Official Report, col. 226.

  EC Surplus Food
  Mr. Harry Barnes
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has any plans to extend the scope of the European Community surplus food scheme to all pensioners; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Curry
  We have no plans to extend the EC surplus food scheme beyond its present scope. European legislation requires that the food made available be distributed only to the most deprived citizens of the Community. Not all pensioners can be described as "deprived"; but those who fall into one of the categories of person eligible under this scheme may, of course, receive produce. To extend the distribution to include all pensioners would spread the limited amounts of food available so thinly as to be of little benefit to anyone.

  Mr. Harry Barnes
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many valid applications were received for each of the four categories of people who qualified for this year's European Community surplus food scheme; and what(a) quantity and (b) value of differing foodstuffs is being distributed into each of these categories.

  Mr. Curry
  Over 500 applications to participate in the 1990 EC surplus food scheme have been received from charitable and other non-profit-making organisations throughout the United Kingdom. These applications are currently being considered and I will make a statement once a decision has been reached. Approximately 3,800 tonnes of butter and 3,000 tonnes of beef are available for distribution this year. It is not possible to distinguish the amounts or value of produce by category as many of the organisations which have applied intend to distribute to more than one of the groups of people eligible under this scheme.

  Departmental Savings
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what mechanisms exist in his Department for identifying and tracking value-for-money savings in its operations.

  Mr. Curry
  Apart from their normal responsibilities to seek value for money in their respective areas, line managers are involved with regular reviews and evaluations of Ministry policies, efficiency scrutinies and staff inspections, all of which contribute towards identifying improvements in value for money. The Ministry's planning and budgeting processes enable savings to be taken up.

  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the value-for-money savings in his Department's operations identified by internal audit and internal efficiency arrangements, and by external audit and by management consultants retained by his Department between 1983–84 and 1988–89; and what is the amount of those savings fulfilled to date.

  Mr. Curry
  Under the principles of the financial management initiative responsibility for achieving value for money is largely the responsibility of line managers, and there is no central record of savings achieved over the period 1983–84 to 1988–89.

  Poultry Meat
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much poultry meat is imported into the United Kingdom from Spain.

  Mr. Gummer
  The United Kingdom imported 1,124 tonnes of poultry meat from Spain in 1989 and a further 480 tonnes in the first four months of this year.

  Sewage Sludge Disposal
  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what recent information he has received with regard to marine mammal problems caused by industrial and radioactive contaminants.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  A series of studies are under way or planned on contaminant levels in marine mammals, and I hope to announce shortly new studies on strandings and contaminant levels in small cetaceans (dolphins and porpoises). From the studies reported so far, including those carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the sea mammal research unit of the Natural Environment Research Council, it appears that pollutant levels in seals are at the lower end of the reported range for the North and Baltic seas and no deleterious effects have been observed which can be directly attributed to pollution.

  Further studies commissioned by my Department have been designed to examine the relationship between contaminant burdens in seals and their feeding sites by studying a group of breeding female grey seals over a number of years. Breeding performance is also being monitored and preliminary results are expected soon.

  In addition, the sea mammal research unit, together with the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, has recently carried out a study of the level of radionuclides in grey

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  seals. The full report is to be published shortly but preliminary results show that levels of radionuclides were generally low and often below detection limits and that there were no differences between samples taken from seals in the North sea and north-east Atlantic.

EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

  Lecturers' Earnings
  Mr. Peter Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the real increase in the average earnings of(a) polytechnic lecturers and (b) university lecturers over the period April 1980 to April 1990; and what were the cash figures in each case.

  Mr. Jackson
  The real increase in the average earnings of(a) polytechnic lecturers and (b) university lecturers over the period 1 April 1980 to 1 April 1990 is set out in the table. The choice of dates colours the picture: if the period to 1 May 1990 is considered the university lecturers' real-terms increase is 8·7 per cent.

  Percentage increase

  Cash increase5

  £

  University lecturers1

  0·3

  9,6883

  Polytechnic lecturers2

  6·1

  410,293

  1 Based on maximum of university lecturer scale, excluding discretionary points.

  2 Based on maximum of polytechnic senior lecturer scale, from 1 April 1989. Prior to that date, based on maximum of Further Education senior lecturer scale.

  3 Excludes settlement agreed between employers and Association of University Teachers effective from 1 May 1990. This would provide a real increase of 8·7 per cent. (£11,530 in cash) over the period 1 April 1980–1 May 1990, assuming the annual rate of inflation remains unchanged from the April level of 9·4 per cent.

  4 The latest polytechnic lecturers pay settlement covered the period 1 April 1989–31 August 1990.

  5 The figures given exclude non salary earnings.

  Student Accommodation, London
  Mr. Churchill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost of rented accommodation for university students studying in central London for whom in-college accommodation is not available.

  Mr. Jackson
  Information on the rents paid by students is not collected in the form requested. However, a survey of student income and expenditure conducted by Research Services Ltd in the 1988–89 academic year contains some information about accommodation costs faced by students living in London. A copy of the survey report is in the Library.

  Teacher Training
  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide details of (i) the total expenditure of INSET by each local education authority, (ii) the average expenditure per teacher for INSET by each local education authority, (iii) the national average expenditure per teacher for INSET, and (iv) the total number of teachers in each local education authority who attended INSET within both the primary and secondary sector for the year 1989–90, or the year for which most recent figures are available.
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  Mr. Alan Howarth
  The latest available information for the year 1989–90 is set out in the table. It refers to estimated total expenditure, from all sources, for INSET for school teachers. My right hon. Friend expects all school teachers to have received some INSET during the five non-contact days provided for in teachers' conditions of service.

  LEA

  Total Expenditure1

  Average Expenditure per teacher1

  £

  £

  Barking

  598,000

  431·89

  Barnet

  1,675,000

  643·61

  Bexley

  869,000

  479·58

  Brent

  1,463,000

  548·82

  Bromley

  1,294,000

  631·28

  Croydon

  1,815,347

  697·67

  Ealing

  765,000

  317·55

  Enfield

  2,374,220

  1,028·16

  Haringey

  974,200

  513·79

  Harrow

  1,169,000

  772·74

  Havering

  1,153,000

  531·36

  Hillingdon

  1,058,000

  566·59

  Hounslow

  1,328,400

  681·55

  Kingston Upon Thames

  1,038,255

  955·24

  Merton

  1,146,000

  866·02

  Newham

  676,800

  291·28

  Redbridge

  1,296,800

  756·81

  Richmond Upon Thames

  931,050

  950·63

  Sutton

  960,090

  738·02

  Waltham Forest

  1,602,000

  679·16

  Birmingham

  6,234,201

  623·16

  Coventry

  1,338,700

  446·71

  Dudley

  2,460,000

  888·47

  Sandwell

  1,575,400

  530·47

  Solihull

  1,275,560

  662·94

  Walsall

  1,115,500

  378·37

  Wolverhampton

  1,105,200

  409·03

  Knowsley

  664,900

  375·16

  Liverpool

  1,752,000

  355·35

  St. Helens

  1,280,784

  683·12

  Sefton

  1,263,900

  512·51

  Wirral

  1,854,200

  605·63

  Bolton

  1,304,712

  497·28

  Bury

  1,325,250

  855·88

  Manchester

  1,787,954

  376·36

  Oldham

  1,201,970

  514·87

  Rochdale

  1,720,977

  754·55

  Salford

  1,490,810

  678·23

  Stockport

  1,037,209

  404·72

  Tameside

  1,638,172

  847·61

  Trafford

  746,912

  423·11

  Wigan

  1,598,638

  471·31

  Barnsley

  1,605,000

  782·20

  Doncaster

  2,050,209

  711·11

  Rotherham

  1,717,771

  669·15

  Sheffield

  2,739,000

  580·60

  Bradford

  4,456,000

  845·46

  Calderdale

  1,589,420

  850·46

  Kirklees

  2,827,985

  750·95

  Leeds

  3,428,000

  504·13

  Wakefield

  1,832,408

  622·10

  Gateshead

  1,026,200

  540·76

  Newcastle Upon Tyne

  1,300,376

  493·45

  North Tyneside

  965,226

  453·16

  South Tyneside

  1,128,900

  776·94

  Sunderland

  1,697,500

  585·12

  Isles of Scilly

  12,000

  442·80

  Inner London

  12,650,000

  595·85

  Avon

  3,564,685

  479·69

  Bedfordshire

  2,124,300

  434·04

  Berkshire

  3,247,500

  537·38

  Buckinghamshire

  4,373,000

  848·17

  Cambridgeshire

  3,776,682

  717·07

  Cheshire

  4,510,220

  528·70

  Cleveland

  2,964,000

  515·97

  Cornwall

  3,141,948

  835·05

  505

  LEA

  Total Expenditure1

  Average Expenditure per teacher1

  £

  £

  Cumbria

  2,477,796

  555·78

  Derbyshire

  6,586,200

  762·24

  Devon

  3,223,811

  439·41

  Dorset

  3,200,435

  691·64

  Durham

  2,457,000

  484·90

  East Sussex

  2,518,900

  544·13

  Essex

  5,730,000

  468·91

  Gloucestershire

  3,418,100

  777·42

  Hampshire

  5,000,000

  413·86

  Hereford and Worcester

  3,089,300

  564·84

  Hertfordshire

  4,664,000

  511·48

  Humberside

  3,607,667

  446·44

  Isle of Wight

  1,011,500

  1,006·37

  Kent

  5,670,200

  466·13

  Lancashire

  5,863,000

  477·58

  Leicestershire

  5,983,000

  761·70

  Lincolnshire

  2,520,233

  535·87

  Norfolk

  3,799,000

  675·76

  North Yorkshire

  3,494,000

  616·57

  Northamptonshire

  3,861,036

  714·05

  Northumberland

  1,551,263

  552·52

  Nottinghamshire

  7,665,460

  847·68

  Oxfordshire

  3,429,360

  810·17

  Shropshire

  2,973,000

  811·47

  Somerset

  1,904,610

  549·75

  Staffordshire

  5,521,950

  615·35

  Suffolk

  3,130,000

  623·44

  Surrey

  4,504,020

  624·15

  Warwickshire

  2,631,721

  617·28

  West Sussex

  3,524,000

  710·40

  Wiltshire

  3,164,222

  706·33

  England Total

  246,863,225

  594·78

  1 1989–90 (estimated).

  Training Grants
  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list for each local authority (i) the proposed bid made for the local education authorities training grants scheme, (ii) the indicative maxima, (iii) the actual grant allocated and (iv) the national average level of grant allocated for both national and local priority expenditure on the primary sector for the year 1990–91.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  In most of the areas of training which DES circular 20/89 specified as national priority areas for 1990–91, and in the local priority area for the same year, allocations of the amounts of expenditure eligible for support were made on the basis of mathematical formulae reflecting the size of the relevant pupil or student population. For training of articled teachers, allocations were determined through a process of negotiation with those consortia of authorities which had expressed an interest in participating in the scheme. Initial bids for the remaining areas are shown in table A.

  The indicative maxima for 1990–91 are shown in table B. Final maxima, as notified to authorities in December 1989 or March 1990, are shown in table C. This includes all areas of the scheme except training of educational psychologists, where maxima are yet to be determined.

  It is for individual local education authorities to determine what proportion of their allocations should be spent on the primary sector, since they are best placed to identify the particular patterns of training needs in their own areas. In 1990–91, however, there are three national priority areas specifically directed towards training in the
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  primary sector. These areas provide support for a total of almost £11·7 million of expenditure, allocated on a per capita basis.

  Table A: LEATGS Bids, 1990–91

  (£000s)

  Local Education Authority

  NPA5 SEN: Hearing

  NPA6 SEN: Sight

  NPA7 SEN: SLD

  Barking and Dagenham

  —

  —

  —

  Barnet

  22

  22

  22

  Bexley

  23

  18

  29

  Brent

  12

  12

  12

  Bromely

  13

  9

  9

  Croydon

  21

  14

  14

  Ealing

  5

  —

  5

  Enfield

  —

  —

  —

  Haringey

  23

  —

  23

  Harrow

  21

  7

  14

  Havering

  14

  —

  21

  Hillingdon

  10

  13

  18

  Hounslow

  20

  8

  —

  Kingston upon Thames

  —

  7

  12

  Merton

  —

  —

  21

  Newham

  35

  7

  21

  Redbridge

  13

  —

  22

  Richmond upon Thames

  —

  —

  27

  Sutton

  —

  —

  21

  Waltham Forest

  10

  49

  39

  Camden

  32

  10

  17

  City of London

  —

  —

  —

  Greenwich

  15

  —

  45

  Hackney

  16

  16

  6

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  20

  20

  12

  Islington

  20

  20

  40

  Kensington and Chelsea

  20

  20

  —

  Lambeth

  40

  25

  12

  Lewisham

  30

  30

  30

  Southwark

  2

  1

  1

  Tower Hamlets

  18

  14

  —

  Wandsworth

  —

  —

  —

  Westminster

  6

  —

  45

  Birmingham

  79

  86

  65

  Coventry

  7

  —

  18

  Dudley

  7

  15

  22

  Sandwell

  28

  14

  42

  Solihull

  13

  4

  19

  Walsall

  15

  15

  15

  Wolverhampton

  —

  13

  1

  Knowsley

  —

  —

  33

  Liverpool

  9

  13

  47

  St. Helens

  12

  —

  12

  Sefton

  29

  —

  10

  Wirral

  24

  —

  12

  Bolton

  7

  15

  19

  Bury

  7

  —

  19

  Manchester

  36

  36

  72

  Oldham

  30

  14

  30

  Rochdale

  18

  18

  18

  Salford

  —

  —

  —

  Stockport

  —

  —

  6

  Tameside

  10

  2

  16

  Trafford

  24

  10

  41

  Wigan

  18

  12

  12

  Barnsley

  7

  —

  8

  Doncaster

  30

  —

  36

  Rotherham

  21

  4

  15

  Sheffield

  56

  22

  56

  Bradford

  32

  59

  46

  Calderdale

  20

  20

  20

  Kirklees

  32

  20

  12

  Leeds

  54

  33

  29

  Wakefield

  4

  11

  19

  507

  Local Education Authority

  NPA5 SEN: Hearing

  NPA6 SEN: Sight

  NPA7 SEN: SLD

  Gateshead

  14

  6

  60

  Newcastle

  50

  6

  40

  North Tyneside

  20

  20

  12

  South Tyneside

  22

  —

  —

  Sunderland

  —

  23

  20

  Isles of Scilly

  —

  —

  —

  Avon

  29

  29

  59

  Bedfordshire

  9

  19

  32

  Berkshire

  53

  7

  18

  Buckinghamshire

  7

  3

  25

  Cambridgeshire

  29

  15

  37

  Cheshire

  46

  39

  46

  Cleveland

  14

  23

  86

  Cornwall

  6

  —

  20

  Cumbria

  60

  10

  10

  Derbyshire

  66

  28

  73

  Devon

  25

  —

  27

  Dorset

  23

  23

  23

  Durham

  27

  20

  53

  East Sussex

  62

  17

  33

  Essex

  100

  21

  260

  Gloucestershire

  21

  21

  85

  Hampshire

  30

  34

  45

  Hereford and Worcester

  45

  63

  46

  Hertfordshire

  25

  7

  43

  Humberside

  45

  12

  39

  Isle of Wight

  17

  16

  27

  Kent

  62

  62

  63

  Lancashire

  24

  9

  95

  Leicestershire

  17

  23

  57

  Lincolnshire

  10

  25

  30

  Norfolk

  17

  20

  85

  North Yorkshire

  37

  19

  33

  Northamptonshire

  21

  8

  11

  Northumberland

  8

  —

  42

  Nottinghamshire

  20

  15

  26

  Oxfordshire

  27

  12

  27

  Shropshire

  21

  14

  47

  Somerset

  —

  31

  56

  Staffordshire

  35

  16

  42

  Suffolk

  46

  2

  31

  Surrey

  15

  4

  34

  Warwickshire

  36

  72

  54

  West Sussex

  5

  18

  22

  Wiltshire

  —

  7

  75

  Total England

  2,336

  1,577

  3,357

  Note:—The abbrevaiation "NPA" stands for "national priority area"; "SEN" stands for "special educational needs"; and "SLD" stands for "severe learning difficulties".

  Local Education Authority

  NPA 20 Educational Psychologists

  Training of Licensed Teachers

  Barking and Dagenham

  2,300

  —

  Barnet

  25,000

  50,000

  Bexley

  3,000

  37,100

  Brent

  19,200

  —

  Bromley

  24,000

  15,000

  Croydon

  46,938

  —

  Ealing

  15,000

  54,000

  Enfield

  13,500

  53,000

  Haringey

  28,327

  80,000

  Harrow

  —

  57,400

  Havering

  23,000

  53,000

  Hillingdon

  30,000

  73,212

  Hounslow

  7,200

  38,000

  Kingston upon Thames

  7,000

  26,000

  Merton

  27,907

  30,000

  Newham

  29,500

  114,000

  Redbridge

  41,127

  17,500

  Richmond upon Thames

  —

  10,000

  508

  Local Education Authority

  NPA 20 Educational Psychologists

  Training of Licensed Teachers

  Sutton

  —

  47,600

  Waltham Forest

  76,000

  64,500

  Camden

  21,450

  —

  City of London

  —

  —

  Greenwich

  15,750

  12,840

  Hackney

  18,000

  63,400

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  21,684

  17,000

  Islington

  —

  203,150

  Kensington and Chelsea

  —

  30,000

  Lambeth

  31,867

  —

  Lewisham

  n/a

  —

  Southwark

  31,580

  —

  Tower Hamlets

  23,500

  38,330

  Wandsworth

  20,000

  31,479

  Westminster

  —

  8,000

  Birmingham

  47,000

  —

  Coventry

  —

  31,800

  Dudley

  28,000

  58,625

  Sandwell

  36,000

  48,250

  Solihull

  —

  —

  Walsall

  300

  —

  Wolverhampton

  21,650

  —

  Knowsley

  26,200

  —

  Liverpool

  37,000

  —

  St. Helens

  —

  —

  Sefton

  36,000

  —

  Wirral

  30,000

  —

  Bolton

  n/a

  5,000

  Bury

  —

  —

  Manchester

  30,000

  —

  Oldham

  6,500

  —

  Rochdale

  12,000

  —

  Salford

  n/a

  —

  Stockport

  5,000

  1,000

  Tameside

  —

  —

  Trafford

  —

  —

  Wigan

  —

  —

  Barnsley

  —

  —

  Doncaster

  —

  —

  Rotherham

  5,670

  —

  Sheffield

  7,500

  —

  Bradford

  35,000

  —

  Calderdale

  n/a

  —

  Kirklees

  12,000

  —

  Leeds

  27,000

  —

  Wakefield

  —

  —

  Gateshead

  —

  —

  Newcastle

  15,000

  —

  North Tyneside

  21,000

  —

  South Tyneside

  —

  —

  Sunderland

  28,000

  —

  Isles of Scilly

  —

  —

  Avon

  37,750

  —

  Bedfordshire

  26,382

  60,000

  Berkshire

  24,000

  30,000

  Buckinghamshire

  25,000

  137,000

  Cambridgeshire

  36,000

  27,360

  Cheshire

  52,000

  —

  Cleveland

  30,000

  —

  Cornwall

  14,000

  —

  Cumbria

  —

  —

  Derbyshire

  39,583

  72,000

  Devon

  21,228

  24,500

  Dorset

  30,000

  20,000

  Durham

  30,000

  —

  East Sussex

  n/a

  —

  Essex

  68,000

  324,000

  Gloucestershire

  56,000

  30,330

  Hampshire

  155,150

  —

  509

  Local Education Authority

  NPA 20 Educational Psychologists

  Training of Licensed Teachers

  Hereford and Worcester

  52,000

  10,000

  Hertfordshire

  —

  200,000

  Humberside

  26,000

  —

  Isle of Wight

  —

  —

  Kent

  52,725

  171,350

  Lancashire

  n/a

  50,000

  Leicestershire

  n/a

  —

  Lincolnshire

  —

  40,600

  Norfolk

  35,670

  —

  North Yorkshire

  25,400

  —

  Northamptonshire

  15,800

  197,460

  Northumberland

  31,330

  —

  Nottinghamshire

  28,900

  62,032

  Oxfordshire

  n/a

  10,950

  Table B LEATGs Indicative Maxima

  Indicative Maxima 1990–91:

  1

  2

  3a

  3b

  3c

  National Priority Areas for Schools

  Management

  Appraisal

  Basic Curriculum

  Primary Maths

  Primary Science

  £,000

  £.000

  £.000

  £.000

  £.000

  Barking and Dagenham

  26

  49

  168

  18

  18

  Barnet

  45

  85

  290

  28

  28

  Bexley

  37

  70

  237

  22

  22

  Brent

  37

  70

  237

  27

  27

  Bromley

  42

  78

  267

  26

  26

  Croydon

  49

  92

  314

  33

  33

  Ealing

  42

  79

  267

  32

  32

  Enfield

  44

  82

  279

  28

  28

  Haringey

  29

  54

  183

  21

  21

  Harrow

  30

  56

  189

  23

  23

  Havering

  42

  78

  267

  25

  25

  Hillingdon

  35

  66

  224

  22

  22

  Hounslow

  34

  64

  218

  22

  22

  Kingston upon Thames

  19

  36

  122

  12

  12

  Merton

  23

  43

  147

  11

  11

  Newham

  38

  72

  243

  25

  25

  Redbridge

  35

  66

  223

  22

  22

  Richmond upon Thames

  18

  34

  116

  12

  12

  Sutton

  25

  48

  162

  14

  14

  Waltham Forest

  34

  64

  217

  22

  22

  Camden

  23

  42

  143

  12

  12

  City of London

  1

  1

  15

  1

  1

  Greenwich

  38

  71

  241

  24

  24

  Hackney

  26

  48

  164

  19

  19

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  17

  33

  111

  11

  11

  Islington

  23

  43

  147

  17

  17

  Kensington and Chelsea

  12

  22

  73

  8

  8

  Lambeth

  28

  53

  180

  23

  23

  Lewisham

  34

  64

  216

  23

  23

  Southwark

  32

  60

  204

  23

  23

  Tower Hamlets

  31

  57

  194

  21

  21

  Wandsworth

  30

  57

  194

  20

  20

  Westminster

  18

  34

  117

  12

  12

  Birmingham

  194

  364

  1,238

  131

  131

  Coventry

  55

  103

  350

  36

  36

  Dudely

  52

  98

  332

  35

  35

  Sandwell

  55

  103

  350

  35

  35

  Solihull

  38

  72

  243

  23

  23

  Walsall

  52

  97

  330

  31

  31

  Wolverhampton

  45

  85

  289

  29

  29

  Knowsley

  30

  57

  194

  21

  21

  Liverpool

  87

  163

  554

  57

  57

  St Helens

  35

  66

  224

  22

  22

  Sefton

  52

  97

  331

  32

  32

  Wirral

  59

  111

  378

  38

  38

  Bolton

  50

  94

  321

  32

  32

  Bury

  30

  56

  192

  20

  20

  Manchester

  78

  147

  499

  54

  54

  Oldham

  44

  82

  279

  29

  29

  Rochdale

  40

  76

  257

  25

  25

  510

  Local Education Authority

  NPA 20 Educational Psychologists

  Training of Licensed Teachers

  Shropshire

  25,400

  —

  Somerset

  20,000

  38,000

  Staffordshire

  50,000

  —

  Suffolk

  26,000

  —

  Surrey

  49,000

  55,000

  Warwickshire

  20,000

  —

  West Sussex

  49,000

  10,000

  Wiltshire

  16,500

  38,300

  TOTAL ENGLAND

  n/a

  2,946,268

  Note: Where bids for licensed teachers were costed on a school year basis, the figures have been adjusted in line with the 1990–91 financial year.
  511

  Indicative Maxima 1990–91:

  1

  2

  3a

  3b

  3c

  National Priority Areas for Schools

  Management

  Appraisal

  Basic Curriculum

  Primary Maths

  Primary Science

  £.000

  £.000

  £.000

  £.000

  £.000

  Salford

  42

  79

  268

  28

  28

  Stockport

  51

  95

  322

  32

  32

  Tameside

  40

  75

  257

  26

  26

  Trafford

  33

  62

  211

  22

  22

  Barnsley

  39

  73

  249

  24

  24

  Doncaster

  55

  102

  347

  33

  33

  Rotherham

  49

  91

  309

  29

  29

  Sheffield

  81

  152

  517

  53

  53

  Bradford

  92

  172

  585

  47

  47

  Calderdale

  37

  69

  234

  24

  24

  Kirklees

  70

  132

  447

  42

  42

  Leeds

  120

  225

  764

  63

  63

  Wakefield

  54

  102

  347

  32

  32

  Gateshead

  34

  64

  218

  22

  22

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  44

  83

  283

  27

  27

  North Tyneside

  34

  64

  217

  19

  19

  South Tyneside

  27

  51

  172

  18

  18

  Sunderland

  57

  106

  362

  37

  37

  Isles of Scilly

  1

  1

  17

  1

  l

  Avon

  153

  287

  977

  100

  100

  Bedfordshire

  95

  179

  607

  50

  50

  Berkshire

  122

  229

  779

  76

  76

  Buckinghamshire

  109

  205

  697

  78

  78

  Cambridgeshire

  113

  211

  718

  73

  73

  Cheshire

  177

  331

  1,126

  111

  111

  Cleveland

  110

  206

  700

  69

  69

  Cornwall

  78

  147

  498

  48

  48

  Cumbria

  86

  161

  547

  53

  53

  Derbyshire

  160

  300

  1,019

  100

  100

  Devon

  153

  288

  978

  97

  97

  Dorset

  93

  175

  594

  52

  52

  Durham

  106

  199

  677

  68

  68

  East Sussex

  93

  174

  592

  58

  58

  Essex

  266

  498

  1,692

  163

  163

  Gloucestershire

  88

  166

  564

  55

  55

  Hampshire

  249

  466

  1,585

  165

  165

  Hereford and Worcester

  113

  212

  719

  61

  61

  Hertfordshire

  170

  319

  1,083

  101

  101

  Humberside

  159

  298

  1,011

  94

  94

  Isle of Wight

  20

  37

  126

  9

  9

  Kent

  258

  483

  1,643

  153

  153

  Lancashire

  246

  461

  1,567

  159

  159

  Leicestershire

  160

  300

  1,020

  99

  99

  Lincolnshire

  98

  184

  624

  61

  61

  Norfolk

  120

  225

  763

  79

  79

  North Yorkshire

  115

  215

  732

  70

  70

  Northamptonshire

  109

  205

  696

  64

  64

  Northumberland

  56

  104

  354

  26

  26

  Nottinghamshire

  168

  315

  1,072

  100

  100

  Oxfordshire

  85

  159

  541

  50

  50

  Shropshire

  72

  134

  457

  42

  42

  Somerset

  74

  139

  474

  45

  45

  Staffordshire

  185

  347

  1,178

  110

  110

  Suffolk

  105

  196

  668

  55

  55

  Surrey

  142

  266

  904

  99

  99

  Warwickshire

  84

  157

  533

  59

  59

  West Sussex

  107

  200

  681

  67

  67

  Wiltshire

  93

  173

  589

  58

  58

  TOTALS

  7,941

  14,889

  50,621

  4,963

  4,963

  512 513

  Indicative maxima 1990–91:

  4

  8

  9

  11

  12

  National Priority Areas 4, 8,9, 11 (Schools) and 12 (FE)

  Under "rising fives" £.000

  Special Needs: Designated Teachers £.000

  New Technologies £.000

  Management of Pupil's Behaviour £.000

  Management (FE) £.000

  Barking and Dagenham

  5

  5

  20

  6

  10

  Barnet

  9

  6

  34

  10

  21

  Bexley

  7

  5

  28

  8

  10

  Brent

  8

  5

  28

  8

  21

  Bromley

  8

  5

  31

  9

  13

  Croydon

  10

  6

  37

  10

  20

  Ealing

  9

  5

  31

  9

  12

  Enfield

  8

  5

  33

  9

  17

  Haringey

  6

  5

  22

  6

  15

  Harrow

  6

  5

  22

  6

  31

  Havering

  8

  5

  31

  9

  9

  Hillingdon

  7

  5

  26

  7

  8

  Hounslow

  7

  5

  26

  7

  11

  Kingston upon Thames

  5

  5

  14

  5

  13

  Merton

  5

  5

  17

  5

  9

  Newham

  8

  5

  29

  8

  21

  Redbridge

  7

  5

  26

  7

  7

  Richmond upon Thames

  5

  5

  14

  5

  15

  Sutton

  5

  5

  19

  5

  11

  Waltham Forest

  7

  5

  26

  7

  12

  Camden

  5

  5

  17

  5

  10

  City of London

  1

  1

  1

  1

  5

  Greenwich

  8

  5

  28

  8

  6

  Hackney

  6

  5

  19

  5

  13

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  5

  5

  13

  5

  18

  Islington

  5

  5

  17

  5

  18

  Kensington and Chelsea

  5

  5

  9

  5

  0

  Lambeth

  7

  5

  21

  6

  19

  Lewisham

  7

  5

  25

  7

  15

  Southwark

  7

  5

  24

  7

  11

  Tower Hamlets

  6

  5

  23

  6

  0

  Wandsworth

  6

  5

  23

  6

  11

  Westminster

  5

  5

  14

  5

  25

  Birmingham

  38

  22

  146

  41

  66

  Coventry

  11

  7

  41

  12

  26

  Dudley

  10

  6

  39

  11

  34

  Sandwell

  11

  7

  41

  12

  25

  Solihull

  7

  5

  29

  8

  17

  Walsall

  10

  6

  39

  11

  15

  Wolverhampton

  9

  6

  34

  10

  21

  Knowsley

  6

  5

  23

  6

  11

  Liverpool

  17

  10

  65

  18

  39

  St. Helens

  7

  5

  26

  7

  22

  Sefton

  10

  6

  39

  11

  20

  Wirral

  12

  7

  45

  13

  27

  Bolton

  10

  6

  38

  11

  21

  Bury

  6

  5

  23

  6

  13

  Manchester

  15

  9

  59

  17

  56

  Oldham

  9

  5

  33

  9

  12

  Rochdale

  8

  5

  30

  9

  11

  Salford

  8

  5

  31

  9

  5

  Stockport

  10

  6

  38

  11

  22

  Tameside

  8

  5

  30

  9

  18

  Trafford

  7

  5

  25

  7

  18

  Barnsley

  8

  5

  29

  8

  12

  Doncaster

  11

  7

  41

  12

  24

  Rotherham

  9

  6

  36

  10

  19

  Sheffield

  16

  10

  61

  17

  38

  Bradford

  19

  11

  69

  19

  40

  Calderdale

  7

  5

  28

  8

  12

  Kirklees

  14

  8

  53

  15

  29

  Leeds

  23

  14

  90

  25

  41

  Wakefield

  11

  7

  41

  12

  20

  Gateshead

  7

  5

  26

  7

  8

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  9

  6

  33

  9

  20

  North Tyneside

  7

  5

  25

  7

  16

  514 515

  Indicative maxima 1990–91:

  4

  8

  9

  11

  12

  National Priority Areas 4, 8,9,11 (Schools) and 12 (FE)

  Under "rising fives" £,000

  Special Needs: Designated Teachers £.000

  New Technologies £.000

  Management of Pupil's Behaviour £,000

  Management (FE) £.000

  South Tyneside

  5

  5

  20

  6

  18

  Sunderland

  11

  7

  43

  12

  16

  Isles of Scilly

  2

  2

  2

  2

  2

  Avon

  30

  18

  115

  32

  61

  Bedfordshire

  20

  11

  71

  20

  40

  Berkshire

  25

  14

  92

  26

  64

  Buckinghamshire

  23

  13

  82

  23

  23

  Cambridgeshire

  23

  13

  84

  24

  35

  Cheshire

  34

  20

  132

  37

  70

  Cleveland

  22

  13

  82

  23

  37

  Cornwall

  15

  9

  59

  17

  23

  Cumbria

  16

  10

  64

  18

  29

  Derbyshire

  32

  19

  120

  34

  51

  Devon

  31

  18

  115

  32

  73

  Dorset

  18

  11

  70

  20

  34

  Durham

  21

  13

  80

  22

  40

  East Sussex

  19

  11

  70

  20

  43

  Essex

  52

  31

  199

  56

  71

  Gloucestershire

  17

  10

  66

  19

  41

  Hampshire

  50

  29

  186

  52

  109

  Hereford and Worcester

  23

  13

  85

  24

  49

  Hertfordshire

  33

  20

  127

  36

  82

  Humberside

  30

  18

  119

  34

  46

  Isle of Wight

  5

  5

  15

  5

  10

  Kent

  52

  30

  193

  54

  76

  Lancashire

  48

  28

  184

  52

  128

  Leicestershire

  32

  19

  120

  34

  47

  Lincolnshire

  19

  12

  73

  21

  34

  Norfolk

  24

  14

  90

  25

  45

  North Yorkshire

  22

  13

  86

  24

  47

  Northamptonshire

  21

  13

  82

  23

  26

  Northumberland

  11

  7

  42

  12

  12

  Nottinghamshire

  34

  20

  126

  36

  81

  Oxfordshire

  18

  10

  64

  18

  43

  Shropshire

  14

  9

  54

  15

  30

  Somerset

  15

  9

  56

  16

  39

  Staffordshire

  36

  21

  139

  39

  65

  Suffolk

  21

  12

  79

  22

  37

  Surrey

  28

  17

  106

  30

  53

  Warwickshsire

  16

  10

  63

  18

  42

  West Sussex

  22

  13

  80

  23

  35

  Wiltshire

  19

  11

  69

  20

  53

  Totals

  1,589

  993

  5,955

  1,687

  3,171

  Indicative Maxima 1990–91:

  13

  14

  15

  16

  17

  National Priority Areas for FE

  Subject competence

  IT

  Special educational needs

  Multi-ethnic society

  Competence assessment

  £.000

  £,000

  £.000

  £.000

  £.000

  Barking and Dagenham

  6

  5

  5

  5

  6

  Barnet

  13

  6

  6

  6

  13

  Bexley

  6

  5

  5

  5

  6

  Brent

  13

  6

  6

  6

  13

  Bromley

  8

  5

  5

  5

  8

  Croydon

  12

  6

  5

  5

  12

  Ealing

  8

  5

  5

  5

  8

  Enfield

  11

  5

  5

  5

  11

  Haringey

  9

  5

  5

  5

  9

  Harrow

  19

  9

  8

  8

  19

  Havering

  6

  5

  5

  5

  6

  Hillingdon

  5

  5

  5

  5

  5

  Hounslow

  7

  5

  5

  5

  7

  Kingston upon Thames

  8

  5

  5

  5

  8

  Merton

  6

  5

  5

  5

  6

  Newham

  13

  7

  6

  6

  13

  Redbridge

  5

  5

  5

  5

  5

  Richmond upon Thames

  9

  5

  5

  5

  9

  Sutton

  7

  5

  5

  5

  7

  Waltham Forest

  8

  5

  5

  5

  8

  516 517

  Indicative Maxima 1990–91:

  13

  14

  15

  16

  17

  National Priority Areas for FE

  Subject competence

  IT

  Special educational needs

  Multi-ethnic society

  Competence assessment

  £,000

  £.000

  £.000

  £,000

  £,000

  Camden

  6

  5

  5

  5

  6

  City of London

  5

  5

  5

  5

  5

  Greenwich

  5

  5

  5

  5

  5

  Hackney

  8

  5

  5

  5

  8

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  11

  5

  5

  5

  11

  Islington

  10

  5

  5

  5

  10

  Kensington and Chelsea

  0

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Lambeth

  12

  6

  5

  5

  12

  Lewisham

  9

  5

  5

  5

  9

  Southwark

  7

  5

  5

  5

  7

  Tower Hamlets

  0

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Wandsworth

  7

  5

  5

  5

  7

  Westminster

  16

  8

  7

  7

  16

  Birmingham

  41

  19

  16

  16

  41

  Coventry

  16

  8

  7

  7

  16

  Dudley

  21

  10

  9

  9

  21

  Sandwell

  16

  8

  7

  7

  16

  Solihull

  11

  5

  5

  5

  11

  Walsall

  9

  5

  5

  5

  9

  Wolverhampton

  13

  6

  6

  6

  13

  Knowsley

  7

  5

  5

  5

  7

  Liverpool

  24

  11

  10

  10

  24

  St. Helens

  14

  7

  6

  6

  14

  Sefton

  12

  6

  5

  5

  12

  Wirral

  17

  8

  7

  7

  17

  Bolton

  13

  6

  6

  6

  13

  Bury

  8

  5

  5

  5

  8

  Manchester

  35

  16

  14

  14

  35

  Oldham

  8

  5

  5

  5

  8

  Rochdale

  7

  5

  5

  5

  7

  Salford

  5

  5

  5

  5

  5

  Stockport

  13

  7

  6

  6

  13

  Tameside

  11

  5

  5

  5

  11

  Trafford

  11

  6

  5

  5

  11

  Barnsley

  7

  5

  5

  5

  7

  Doncaster

  15

  7

  7

  7

  15

  Rotherham

  12

  6

  5

  5

  12

  Sheffield

  24

  11

  10

  10

  24

  Bradford

  25

  12

  10

  10

  25

  Calderdale

  7

  5

  5

  5

  7

  Kirklees

  18

  9

  8

  8

  18

  Leeds

  25

  12

  11

  11

  25

  Wakefield

  13

  6

  6

  6

  13

  Gateshead

  5

  5

  5

  5

  5

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  13

  6

  6

  6

  13

  North Tyneside

  10

  5

  5

  5

  10

  South Tyneside

  11

  6

  5

  5

  11

  Sunderland

  10

  5

  5

  5

  10

  Isles of Scilly

  1

  1

  l

  1

  1

  Avon

  38

  18

  15

  15

  38

  Bedfordshire

  25

  12

  10

  10

  25

  Berkshire

  40

  18

  16

  16

  40

  Buckinghamshire

  14

  7

  6

  6

  14

  Cambridgeshire

  22

  10

  9

  9

  22

  Cheshire

  44

  20

  18

  18

  44

  Cleveland

  23

  11

  10

  10

  23

  Cornwall

  14

  7

  6

  6

  14

  Cumbria

  18

  9

  8

  8

  18

  Derbyshire

  32

  15

  13

  13

  32

  Devon

  46

  21

  18

  18

  46

  Dorset

  21

  10

  9

  9

  21

  Durham

  25

  12

  10

  10

  25

  East Sussex

  27

  13

  11

  11

  27

  Essex

  44

  21

  18

  18

  44

  Gloucestershire

  26

  12

  11

  11

  26

  Hampshire

  68

  31

  27

  27

  68

  518 519

  Indicative Maxima 1990–91:

  13

  14

  15

  16

  17

  National Priority Areas for FE

  Subject competence

  IT

  Special educational needs

  Multi-ethnic society

  Competence assessment

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  Hereford and Worcester

  31

  14

  13

  13

  31

  Hertfordshire

  51

  24

  20

  20

  51

  Humberside

  29

  13

  12

  12

  29

  Isle of Wight

  6

  5

  5

  5

  6

  Kent

  47

  22

  19

  19

  47

  Lancashire

  80

  37

  31

  31

  80

  Leicestershire

  29

  14

  12

  12

  29

  Lincolnshire

  21

  10

  9

  9

  21

  Norfolk

  28

  13

  11

  11

  28

  North Yorkshire

  29

  14

  12

  12

  29

  Northamptonshire

  16

  8

  7

  7

  16

  Northumberland

  7

  5

  5

  5

  7

  Nottinghamshire

  51

  23

  20

  20

  51

  Oxfordshire

  27

  13

  11

  11

  27

  Shropshire

  19

  9

  8

  8

  19

  Somerset

  24

  12

  10

  10

  24

  Staffordshire

  41

  19

  16

  16

  41

  Suffolk

  23

  11

  10

  10

  23

  Surrey

  33

  15

  13

  13

  33

  Warwickshire

  26

  12

  11

  11

  26

  West Sussex

  22

  10

  9

  9

  22

  Wiltshire

  33

  15

  13

  13

  33

  Totals

  1,982

  991

  892

  892

  1,982

  Indicative Maxima 1990–91: National Priority Areas and Local Priorities

  18 Health Education

  19 Youth and Community Workers

  21 Adult Literacy

  Local priorities

  Totals

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  Barking and Dagenham

  10

  5

  3

  302

  672

  Barnet

  17

  7

  3

  531

  1,158

  Bexley

  14

  5

  1

  418

  911

  Brent

  14

  6

  4

  444

  980

  Bromley

  15

  6

  2

  473

  1,032

  Croydon

  18

  7

  5

  568

  1,243

  Ealing

  15

  6

  3

  474

  1,047

  Enfield

  16

  7

  2

  505

  1,100

  Haringey

  11

  5

  3

  340

  754

  Harrow

  13

  5

  2

  387

  861

  Havering

  15

  6

  3

  466

  1,016

  Hillingdon

  13

  5

  2

  391

  858

  Hounslow

  13

  5

  3

  388

  854

  Kingston upon Thames

  8

  5

  2

  233

  522

  Merton

  9

  5

  2

  266

  585

  Newham

  15

  6

  4

  455

  999

  Redbridge

  13

  5

  1

  387

  851

  Richmond upon Thames

  7

  5

  1

  228

  510

  Sutton

  10

  5

  1

  297

  650

  Waltham Forest

  13

  5

  2

  390

  857

  Camden

  8

  5

  5

  262

  581

  City of London

  1

  1

  1

  14

  49

  Greenwich

  14

  5

  6

  417

  920

  Hackney

  10

  5

  10

  304

  684

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  7

  5

  3

  226

  507

  Islington

  9

  5

  8

  284

  636

  Kensington and Chelsea

  5

  5

  2

  122

  281

  Lambeth

  11

  5

  9

  344

  774

  Lewisham

  13

  5

  3

  394

  867

  Southwark

  12

  5

  6

  365

  813

  Tower Hamlets

  10

  5

  3

  324

  706

  Wandsworth

  11

  5

  7

  348

  772

  Westminster

  8

  5

  5

  254

  573

  Birmingham

  72

  28

  20

  2,215

  4,839

  Coventry

  21

  8

  6

  643

  1,409

  Dudley

  20

  8

  3

  632

  1,385

  Sandwell

  21

  8

  3

  641

  1,401

  Solihull

  14

  6

  4

  446

  972

  Walsall

  19

  7

  4

  583

  1,268

  Wolverhampton

  17

  7

  2

  531

  1,158

  520 521

  Indicative Maxima 1990–91: National Priority Areas and Local Priorities

  18 Health Education

  19 Youth and Community Workers

  21 Adult Literacy

  Local priorities

  Totals

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  Knowsley

  11

  5

  8

  349

  776

  Liverpool

  33

  13

  18

  1,014

  2,224

  St. Helens

  14

  6

  4

  425

  932

  Sefton

  19

  8

  2

  597

  1,296

  Wirral

  22

  9

  6

  693

  1,514

  Bolton

  19

  7

  10

  583

  1,278

  Bury

  11

  5

  3

  351

  772

  Manchester

  31

  12

  8

  962

  2,115

  Oldham

  16

  6

  3

  493

  1,080

  Rochdale

  15

  6

  4

  455

  995

  Salford

  15

  6

  8

  454

  1,011

  Stockport

  19

  8

  3

  587

  1,281

  Tameside

  15

  6

  6

  469

  1.027

  Trafford

  13

  5

  3

  393

  864

  Barnsley

  14

  6

  3

  442

  965

  Doncaster

  21

  8

  3

  634

  1,382

  Rotherham

  18

  7

  5

  560

  1,217

  Sheffield

  31

  12

  7

  949

  2,076

  Bradford

  35

  14

  5

  1,068

  2,305

  Calderdale

  14

  5

  3

  418

  917

  Kirklees

  26

  10

  7

  814

  1,770

  Leeds

  44

  17

  12

  1,367

  2,952

  Wakefield

  20

  8

  7

  625

  1,362

  Gateshead

  12

  5

  1

  382

  838

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  17

  7

  2

  520

  1,131

  North Tyneside

  13

  5

  2

  398

  866

  South Tyneside

  11

  5

  1

  329

  724

  Sunderland

  21

  8

  3

  641

  1,396

  Isles of Scilly

  2—

  2—

  2—

  5

  12

  Avon

  57

  22

  15

  1,768

  3,859

  Bedfordshire

  36

  14

  4

  1,106

  2,385

  Berkshire

  47

  18

  12

  1,446

  3,156

  Buckinghamshire

  39

  15

  4

  1,215

  2,651

  Cambridgeshire

  41

  16

  5

  1,277

  2,778

  Cheshire

  66

  26

  19

  2,039

  4,443

  Cleveland

  41

  16

  8

  1,252

  2,725

  Cornwall

  29

  11

  5

  883

  1,917

  Cumbria

  32

  12

  6

  978

  2,126

  Derbyshire

  59

  23

  16

  1,817

  3,955

  Devon

  58

  23

  8

  1,800

  3,920

  Dorset

  35

  14

  6

  1,069

  2,313

  Durham

  40

  15

  14

  1,220

  2,665

  East Sussex

  35

  14

  3

  1,088

  2,367

  Essex

  97

  38

  22

  2,985

  6,478

  Gloucestershire

  34

  13

  4

  1,035

  2,253

  Hampshire

  94

  36

  22

  2,895

  6,324

  Hereford and Worcester

  43

  17

  5

  1,312

  2,839

  Hertfordshire

  65

  25

  9

  1,995

  4,332

  Humberside

  58

  23

  20

  1,792

  3,891

  Isle of Wight

  8

  5

  6

  233

  520

  Kent

  95

  37

  17

  2,913

  6,311

  Lancashire

  94

  37

  29

  2,909

  6,360

  Leicestershire

  59

  23

  12

  1,809

  3,929

  Lincolnshire

  36

  14

  3

  1,119

  2,429

  Norfolk

  45

  17

  9

  1,376

  3,002

  North Yorkshire

  43

  17

  8

  1,329

  2,887

  Northamptonshire

  40

  15

  5

  1,219

  2,636

  Northumberland

  20

  8

  3

  617

  1,327

  Nottinghamshire

  64

  25

  25

  1,975

  4,306

  Oxfordshire

  32

  13

  13

  1,000

  2,185

  Shropshire

  27

  11

  7

  831

  1,808

  Somerset

  29

  11

  5

  881

  1,918

  Staffordshire

  69

  27

  10

  2,115

  4,584

  Suffolk

  39

  15

  6

  1,198

  2,585

  Surrey

  53

  21

  10

  1,630

  3,565

  Warwickshire

  32

  13

  5

  986

  2,163

  West Sussex

  39

  15

  6

  1,215

  2,642

  Wiltshire

  36

  14

  5

  1,104

  2,409

  522 523

  Indicative Maxima 1990–91: National Priority Areas and Local Priorities

  18 Health Education

  19 Youth and Community Workers

  21 Adult Literacy

  Local priorities

  Totals

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  £,000

  Totals

  2,977

  1,191

  696

  91,700

  3213,175

  1 Single amount for NPAs 1–4, 8, 9, 11, 18, 19 and 21.

  2 Single amount for all NPAs excluding 5, 6, 7, 10 and 20.

  3 Including £13,100,000 for NPAs 5, 6, 7, 10 and 20 yet to be distributed. Totals exclude Wigan for which maxima have not been set.

  Table C: LEATG Final Maxima

  NPA 1

  NPA 2

  NPA 3A

  NPA 3B

  NPA3C

  LEA

  Management

  Appraisal

  Basic Curriculum

  Primary Maths

  Primary Science

  £

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Barking and Dagenham

  36,000

  5,000

  202,000

  18,000

  18,000

  Barnet

  75,000

  25,000

  320,000

  28,000

  28,000

  Bexley

  97,000

  10,000

  237,000

  22,000

  22,000

  Brent

  37,000

  70,000

  237,000

  27,000

  27,000

  Bromley

  42,000

  78,000

  267,000

  26,000

  26,000

  Croydon

  49,000

  92,000

  314,000

  33,000

  33,000

  Ealing

  91,000

  30,000

  267,000

  32,000

  32,000

  Enfield

  44,000

  82,000

  279,000

  28,000

  28,000

  Haringey

  29,000

  54,000

  183,000

  21,000

  21,000

  Harrow

  70,000

  0

  205,000

  23,000

  23,000

  Havering

  52,000

  8,000

  327,000

  25,000

  25,000

  Hillingdon

  35,000

  66,000

  224,000

  22,000

  22,000

  Hounslow

  34,000

  64,000

  218,000

  22,000

  22,000

  Kingston upon Thames

  25,000

  30,000

  122,000

  12,000

  12,000

  Merton

  23,000

  43,000

  147,000

  11,000

  11,000

  Newham

  72,000

  4,000

  277,000

  25,000

  25,000

  Redbridge

  35,000

  66,000

  223,000

  22,000

  22,000

  Richmond upon Thames

  18,000

  34,000

  116,000

  12,000

  12,000

  Sutton

  52,000

  0

  183,000

  14,000

  14,000

  Waltham Forest

  44,000

  30,000

  241,000

  22,000

  22,000

  Camden

  23,000

  21,000

  164,000

  12,000

  12,000

  City of London

  1

  1

  5,000

  1

  1

  Greenwich

  104,000

  5,000

  241,000

  24,000

  24,000

  Hackney

  46,000

  0

  192,000

  19,000

  19,000

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  50,000

  0

  111,000

  11,000

  11,000

  Islington

  23,000

  43,000

  147,000

  17,000

  17,000

  Kensington and Chelsea

  12,000

  22,000

  73,000

  8,000

  8,000

  Lambeth

  28,000

  53,000

  180,000

  23,000

  23,000

  Lewisham

  34,000

  64,000

  216,000

  23,000

  23,000

  Southwark

  37,000

  50,000

  204,000

  23,000

  28,000

  Tower Hamlets

  31,000

  57,000

  194,000

  21,000

  21,000

  Wandsworth

  30,000

  57,000

  194,000

  20,000

  20,000

  Westminster

  30,000

  0

  139,000

  12,000

  12,000

  Birmingham

  260,000

  100,000

  1,340,000

  197,000

  197,000

  Coventry

  80,000

  10,000

  418,000

  36,000

  36,000

  Dudley

  52,000

  78,000

  352,000

  35,000

  35,000

  Sandwell

  98,000

  40,000

  370,000

  35,000

  35,000

  Solihull

  38,000

  72,000

  243,000

  23,000

  23,000

  Walsall

  52,000

  22,000

  385,000

  41,000

  41,000

  Wolverhampton

  45,000

  85,000

  289,000

  29,000

  29,000

  Knowsley

  40,000

  0

  231,000

  26,000

  26,000

  Liverpool

  87,000

  163,000

  554,000

  57,000

  57,000

  St. Helens

  55,000

  46,000

  224,000

  22,000

  22,000

  Sefton

  61,000

  0

  412,000

  39,000

  32,000

  Wirral

  100,000

  30,000

  418,000

  38,000

  0

  Bolton

  50,000

  94,000

  321,000

  32,000

  32,000

  Bury

  33,000

  34,000

  211,000

  0

  0

  Manchester

  78,000

  147,000

  499,000

  54,000

  54,000

  Oldham

  44,000

  82,000

  279,000

  29,000

  29,000

  Rochdale

  50,000

  26,000

  297,000

  25,000

  25,000

  Salford

  42,000

  79,000

  268,000

  28,000

  28,000

  Stockport

  51,000

  50,000

  367,000

  32,000

  32,000

  Tameside

  40,000

  75,000

  257,000

  26,000

  26,000

  Trafford

  33,000

  62,000

  211,000

  22,000

  22,000

  Wigan

  59,000

  111,000

  379,000

  37,000

  37,000

  524 525

  NPA 1

  NPA 2

  NPA 3A

  NPA 3B

  NPA3C

  LEA

  Management

  Appraisal

  Basic Curriculum

  Primary Maths

  Primary Science

  £

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Barnsley

  59,000

  3,000

  299,000

  24,000

  24,000

  Doncaster

  75,000

  42,000

  387,000

  33,000

  33,000

  Rotherham

  49,000

  0

  400,000

  29,000

  29,000

  Sheffield

  81,000

  152,000

  517,000

  53,000

  53,000

  Bradford

  102,000

  132,000

  615,000

  47,000

  47,000

  Calderdale

  77,000

  5,000

  234,000

  36,000

  36,000

  Kirklees

  202,000

  0

  447,000

  42,000

  42,000

  Leeds

  120,000

  225,000

  764,000

  63,000

  63,000

  Wakefield

  54,000

  102,000

  347,000

  32,000

  32,000

  Gateshead

  64,000

  14,000

  238,000

  22,000

  22,000

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  127,000

  0

  283,000

  27,000

  27,000

  North Tyneside

  34,000

  0

  281,000

  19,000

  19,000

  South Tyneside

  27,000

  51,000

  172,000

  18,000

  18,000

  Sunderland

  57,000

  106,000

  362,000

  37,000

  37,000

  Isles of Scilly

  2

  2

  7,000

  2

  2

  Avon

  353,000

  0

  1,064,000

  100,000

  100,000

  Bedfordshire

  188,000

  86,000

  607,000

  50,000

  50,000

  Berkshire

  195,000

  105,000

  830,000

  76,000

  76,000

  Buckinghamshire

  109,000

  205,000

  697,000

  78,000

  78,000

  Cambridgeshire

  174,000

  150,000

  718,000

  73,000

  73,000

  Cheshire

  228,000

  150,000

  1,256,000

  111,000

  111,000

  Cleveland

  190,000

  30,000

  796,000

  69,000

  69,000

  Cornwall

  147,000

  30,000

  546,000

  48,000

  48,000

  Cumbria

  86,000

  161,000

  547,000

  53,000

  53,000

  Derbyshire

  160,000

  300,000

  1,019,000

  100,000

  100,000

  Devon

  215,000

  226,000

  978,000

  97,000

  97,000

  Dorset

  148,000

  120,000

  594,000

  52,000

  52,000

  Durham

  156,000

  100,000

  726,000

  68,000

  68,000

  East Sussex

  143,000

  80,000

  636,000

  58,000

  58,000

  Essex

  266,000

  498,000

  1,692,000

  163,000

  163,000

  Gloucestershire

  134,000

  100,000

  584,000

  55,000

  55,000

  Hampshire

  655,000

  60,000

  1,585,000

  165,000

  165,000

  Hereford and Worcester

  250,000

  25,000

  769,000

  61,000

  61,000

  Hertfordshire

  170,000

  319,000

  1,083,000

  101,000

  101,000

  Humberside

  197,000

  100,000

  1,171,000

  94,000

  94,000

  Isle of Wight

  20,000

  37,000

  126,000

  9,000

  9,000

  Kent

  258,000

  483,000

  1,643,000

  153,000

  153,000

  Lancashire

  246,000

  461,000

  1,567,000

  159,000

  159,000

  Leicestershire

  160,000

  300,000

  1,020,000

  99,000

  99,000

  Lincolnshire

  127,000

  85,000

  694,000

  61,000

  61,000

  Norfolk

  120,000

  225,000

  763,000

  79,000

  79,000

  North Yorkshire

  115,000

  215,000

  732,000

  70,000

  70,000

  Northamptonshire

  150,000

  20,000

  840,000

  64,000

  64,000

  Northumberland

  56,000

  20,000

  414,000

  38,000

  38,000

  Nottinghamshire

  204,000

  202,000

  1,149,000

  100,000

  100,000

  Oxfordshire

  185,000

  15,000

  585,000

  50,000

  50,000

  Shropshire

  106,000

  30,000

  527,000

  42,000

  42,000

  Somerset

  74,000

  139,000

  474,000

  45,000

  45,000

  Staffordshire

  295,000

  50,000

  1,365,000

  110,000

  110,000

  Suffolk

  205,000

  0

  764,000

  55,000

  55,000

  Surrey

  191,000

  205,000

  916,000

  99,000

  99,000

  Warwickshire

  84,000

  157,000

  533,000

  59,000

  59,000

  West Sussex

  107,000

  200,000

  681,000

  67,000

  67,000

  Wiltshire

  93,000

  108,000

  654,000

  58,000

  58,000

  Totals

  10,944,000

  9,198,000

  53,636,000

  5,092,000

  5,052,000

  NPA 4

  NPA 5

  NPA 6

  NPA 7

  NPA 8

  LEA

  Under "rising fives"

  SEN: Hearing

  SEN: Sight

  SEN: SLD

  SEN: Designated Teachers

  £

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Barking and Dagenham

  5,000

  0

  0

  0

  5,000

  Barnet

  9,000

  21,000

  21,000

  21,000

  6,000

  Bexley

  7,000

  23,000

  18,000

  29,000

  5,000

  Brent

  8,000

  12,000

  12,000

  12,000

  5,000

  Bromley

  8,000

  13,000

  9,000

  9,000

  5,000

  Croydon

  10,000

  21,000

  14,000

  14,000

  6,000

  Ealing

  9,000

  5,000

  0

  5,000

  5,000

  Enfield

  8,000

  0

  0

  0

  5,000

  526 527

  NPA 4

  NPA 5

  NPA 6

  NPA 7

  NPA 8

  LEA

  Under "rising fives"

  SEN: Hearing

  SEN: Sight

  SEN: SLD

  SEN: Designated Teachers

  £

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Haringey

  6,000

  17,000

  0

  23,000

  5,000

  Harrow

  6,000

  21,000

  6,000

  14,000

  5,000

  Havering

  8,000

  14,000

  0

  21,000

  5,000

  Hillingdon

  7,000

  10,000

  6,000

  18,000

  5,000

  Hounslow

  7,000

  20,000

  7,000

  0

  5,000

  Kingston upon Thames

  5,000

  0

  6,000

  12,000

  5,000

  Merton

  5,000

  0

  0

  21,000

  5,000

  Newham

  8,000

  21,000

  6,000

  21,000

  5,000

  Redbridge

  7,000

  13,000

  0

  21,000

  5,000

  Richmond upon Thames

  5,000

  0

  0

  26,000

  5,000

  Sutton

  5,000

  0

  0

  21,000

  5,000

  Waltham Forest

  7,000

  10,000

  22,000

  22,000

  5,000

  Camden

  5,000

  20,000

  10,000

  17,000

  5,000

  City of London

  1

  0

  0

  0

  1

  Greenwich

  8,000

  15,000

  0

  30,000

  5,000

  Hackney

  6,000

  16,000

  16,000

  4,000

  5,000

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  5,000

  16,000

  12,000

  12,000

  5,000

  Islington

  5,000

  20,000

  20,000

  20,000

  5,000

  Kensington and Chelsea

  5,000

  20,000

  20,000

  0

  5,000

  Lambeth

  7,000

  20,000

  15,000

  7,000

  5,000

  Lewisham

  7,000

  25,000

  25,000

  30,000

  5,000

  South wark

  7,000

  1,000

  1,000

  1,000

  5,000

  Tower Hamlets

  6,000

  18,000

  7,000

  0

  5,000

  Wandsworth

  6,000

  0

  0

  0

  5,000

  Westminster

  5,000

  6,000

  0

  25,000

  5,000

  Birmingham

  38,000

  44,000

  32,000

  40,000

  22,000

  Coventry

  11,000

  6,000

  0

  18,000

  7,000

  Dudley

  10,000

  6,000

  15,000

  22,000

  6,000

  Sandwell

  11,000

  21,000

  14,000

  28,000

  7,000

  Solihull

  7,000

  13,000

  4,000

  19,000

  5,000

  Walsall

  10,000

  15,000

  15,000

  15,000

  6,000

  Wolverhampton

  9,000

  0

  10,000

  1,000

  6,000

  Knowsley

  6,000

  0

  0

  33,000

  5,000

  Liverpool

  17,000

  9,000

  12,000

  39,000

  10,000

  St. Helens

  7,000

  12,000

  0

  12,000

  5,000

  Sefton

  10,000

  19,000

  0

  10,000

  6,000

  Wirral

  12,000

  22,000

  0

  12,000

  7,000

  Bolton

  10,000

  7,000

  7,000

  19,000

  6,000

  Bury

  6,000

  6,000

  0

  18,000

  5,000

  Manchester

  15,000

  21,000

  21,000

  42,000

  9,000

  Oldham

  9,000

  25,000

  9,000

  30,000

  5,000

  Rochdale

  8,000

  18,000

  18,000

  18,000

  5,000

  Salford

  8,000

  0

  0

  0

  5,000

  Stockport

  10,000

  0

  0

  6,000

  6,000

  Tameside

  8,000

  10,000

  2,000

  15,000

  5,000

  Trafford

  7,000

  23,000

  7,000

  41,000

  5,000

  Wigan

  11,000

  18,000

  12,000

  12,000

  7,000

  Barnsley

  8,000

  6,000

  0

  8,000

  5,000

  Doncaster

  11,000

  15,000

  0

  20,000

  7,000

  Rotherham

  9,000

  20,000

  4,000

  15,000

  6,000

  Sheffield

  16,000

  32,000

  13,000

  46,000

  10,000

  Bradford

  19,000

  24,000

  28,000

  30,000

  11,000

  Calderdale

  7,000

  20,000

  20,000

  20,000

  5,000

  Kirklees

  14,000

  22,000

  20,000

  12,000

  8,000

  Leeds

  23,000

  33,000

  26,000

  18,000

  14,000

  Wakefield

  11,000

  4,000

  5,000

  6,000

  7,000

  Gateshead

  7,000

  7,000

  6,000

  37,000

  5,000

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  9,000

  26,000

  6,000

  28,000

  6,000

  North Tyneside

  7,000

  20,000

  20,000

  12,000

  5,000

  South Tyneside

  5,000

  22,000

  0

  0

  5,000

  Sunderland

  11,000

  0

  13,000

  19,000

  7,000

  Isles of Scilly

  2

  0

  0

  0

  2

  Avon

  30,000

  17,000

  17,000

  35,000

  18,000

  Bedfordshire

  20,000

  8,000

  14,000

  32,000

  11,000

  Berkshire

  25,000

  22,000

  7,000

  12,000

  14,000

  Buckinghamshire

  23,000

  7,000

  3,000

  19,000

  13,000

  528 529

  NPA 4

  NPA 5

  NPA 6

  NPA 7

  NPA 8

  LEA

  Under "rising fives"

  SEN: Hearing

  SEN: Sight

  SEN: SLD

  SEN: Designated Teachers

  £

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Cambridgeshire

  23,000

  17,000

  10,000

  37,000

  13,000

  Cheshire

  34,000

  34,000

  16,000

  23,000

  20,000

  Cleveland

  22,000

  5,000

  16,600

  52,400

  13,000

  Cornwall

  15,000

  5,000

  0

  14,000

  9,000

  Cumbria

  16,000

  40,000

  7,000

  10,000

  10,000

  Derbyshire

  32,000

  23,000

  9,000

  46,000

  19,000

  Devon

  31,000

  25,000

  0

  21,000

  18,000

  Dorset

  18,000

  22,000

  22,000

  22,000

  11,000

  Durham

  21,000

  27,000

  19,000

  28,000

  13,000

  East Sussex

  19,000

  33,000

  17,000

  19,000

  11,000

  Essex

  52,000

  40,000

  21,000

  60,000

  31,000

  Gloucestershire

  17,000

  21,000

  21,000

  34,000

  10,000

  Hampshire

  0

  20,000

  12,000

  21,000

  29,000

  Hereford and Worcester

  23,000

  30,000

  23,000

  19,000

  13,000

  Hertfordshire

  33,000

  15,000

  4,000

  28,000

  20,000

  Humberside

  30,000

  30,000

  7,000

  20,000

  18,000

  Isle of Wight

  5,000

  16,000

  16,000

  15,000

  5,000

  Kent

  52,000

  36,000

  25,000

  29,000

  30,000

  Lancashire

  48,000

  24,000

  9,000

  40,000

  28,000

  Leicestershire

  32,000

  16,000

  17,000

  32,000

  19,000

  Lincolnshire

  19,000

  9,000

  24,000

  30,000

  12,000

  Norfolk

  24,000

  17,000

  13,000

  36,000

  14,000

  North Yorkshire

  22,000

  25,000

  7,000

  32,000

  13,000

  Northamptonshire

  21,000

  20,000

  6,000

  10,000

  13,000

  Northumberland

  11,000

  7,000

  0

  41,000

  7,000

  Nottinghamshire

  34,000

  10,000

  14,000

  15,000

  20,000

  Oxfordshire

  18,000

  22,000

  12,000

  28,000

  10,000

  Shropshire

  14,000

  21,000

  14,000

  18,000

  9,000

  Somerset

  15,000

  0

  18,000

  33,000

  9,000

  Staffordshire

  36,000

  21,000

  16,000

  28,000

  21,000

  Suffolk

  21,000

  27,000

  2,000

  20,000

  12,000

  Surrey

  28,000

  15,000

  4,000

  15,000

  17,000

  Warwickshire

  16,000

  22,000

  34,000

  30,000

  10,000

  West Sussex

  22,000

  5,000

  18,000

  11,000

  13,000

  Wiltshire

  19,000

  0

  7,000

  39,000

  11,000

  Totals

  1,550,000

  1,698,000

  1,093,600

  2,231,400

  1,000,000

  NPA 9

  NPA (10)

  NPA (10)

  NPA 11

  NPA 12

  New technologies

  Licensed teachers

  Articled teachers

  Management of pupils' behaviour

  Management (FE)

  £

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Barking and Dagenham

  20,000

  0

  0

  6,000

  10,000

  Barnet

  34,000

  30,000

  0

  10,000

  21,000

  Bexley

  28,000

  37,100

  0

  8,000

  10,000

  Brent

  28,000

  0

  55,524

  8,000

  21,000

  Bromley

  31,000

  9,000

  0

  9,000

  13,000

  Croydon

  37,000

  0

  43,040

  10,000

  20,000

  Ealing

  31,000

  48,400

  21,520

  9,000

  12,000

  Enfield

  33,000

  47,700

  55,524

  9,000

  17,000

  Haringey

  22,000

  72,000

  0

  6,000

  15,000

  Harrow

  22,000

  52,000

  56,925

  6,000

  31,000

  Havering

  31,000

  31,000

  66,060

  9,000

  9,000

  Hillingdon

  26,000

  42,700

  107,600

  7,000

  8,000

  Hounslow

  26,000

  14,600

  0

  7,000

  11,000

  Kingston upon Thames

  14,000

  26,000

  0

  5,000

  13,000

  Merton

  17,000

  30,000

  0

  5,000

  9,000

  Newham

  29,000

  91,000

  80,550

  8,000

  21,000

  Redbridge

  26,000

  17,500

  0

  7,000

  7,000

  Richmond upon Thames

  14,000

  10,000

  0

  5,000

  15,000

  Sutton

  19,000

  28,000

  0

  5,000

  11,000

  Waltham Forest

  26,000

  58,000

  0

  7,000

  12,000

  Camden

  17,000

  0

  128,495

  5,000

  10,000

  City of London

  1—

  0

  0

  —

  5,000

  Greenwich

  28,000

  13,000

  0

  8,000

  6,000

  Hackney

  19,000

  37,000

  93,941

  5,000

  13,000

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  13,000

  17,000

  0

  5,000

  18,000

  Islington

  17,000

  106,000

  93,941

  5,000

  16,000

  Kensington and Chelsea

  9,000

  30,000

  21,520

  5,000

  0

  Lambeth

  21,000

  0

  0

  6,000

  19,000

  530

  531

  NPA 9

  NPA (10)

  NPA (10)

  NPA 11

  NPA 12

  New technologies

  Licensed teachers

  Articled teachers

  Management of pupils' behaviour

  Management (FE)

  £

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Lewisham

  25,000

  0

  0

  7,000

  15,000

  Southmark

  24,000

  0

  0

  7,000

  11,000

  Tower Hamlets

  23,000

  38,330

  208,602

  6,000

  0

  Wandsworth

  23,000

  31,500

  64,560

  6,000

  11,000

  Westminster

  14,000

  8,000

  8,608

  5000

  25,000

  Birmingham

  146,000

  0

  0

  41,000

  66,000

  Coventry

  41,000

  31,800

  28,230

  12,000

  26,000

  Dudley

  39,000

  42,000

  0

  11,000

  34,000

  Sandwell

  41,000

  48,250

  0

  12,000

  25,000

  Solihull

  29,000

  0

  28,230

  8,000

  17,000

  Walsall

  39,000

  0

  0

  11,000

  15,000

  Wolverhampton

  34,000

  0

  0

  10,000

  21,000

  Knowsley

  23,000

  0

  0

  6,000

  11,000

  Liverpool

  65,000

  0

  0

  18,000

  39,000

  St. Helens

  26,000

  0

  0

  7,000

  22,000

  Sefton

  39,000

  0

  0

  11,000

  20,000

  Wirral

  45,000

  0

  0

  13,000

  27,000

  Bolton

  38,000

  3,000

  0

  11,000

  21,000

  Bury

  23,000

  0

  0

  6,000

  13,000

  Manchester

  59,000

  0

  0

  17,000

  56,000

  Oldham

  33,000

  0

  61,476

  9,000

  12,000

  Rochdale

  30,000

  0

  66,599

  9,000

  11,000

  Salford

  31,000

  0

  61,476

  9,000

  5,000

  Stockport

  38,000

  1,000

  0

  11,000

  22,000

  Tameside

  30,000

  0

  74,580

  9,000

  18,000

  Trafford

  25,000

  0

  0

  7,000

  18,000

  Wigan

  45,000

  0

  66,599

  13,000

  29,000

  Barnsley

  29,000

  0

  0

  8,000

  12,000

  Doncaster

  41,000

  0

  0

  12,000

  24,000

  Rotherham

  36,000

  0

  0

  10,000

  19,000

  Sheffield

  61,000

  0

  0

  17,000

  38,000

  Bradford

  69,000

  20,500

  0

  19,000

  40,000

  Calderdale

  28,000

  0

  0

  8,000

  12,000

  Kirklees

  53,000

  0

  0

  15,000

  29,000

  Leeds

  90,000

  0

  261,550

  25,000

  41,000

  Wakefield

  41,000

  0

  0

  12,000

  20,000

  Gateshead

  26,000

  0

  0

  7,000

  8,000

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  33,000

  0

  0

  9,000

  20,000

  North Tyneside

  25,000

  0

  0

  7,000

  16,000

  South Tyneside

  20,000

  0

  0

  6,000

  18,000

  Sunderland

  43,000

  0

  0

  12,000

  16,000

  Isles ot Scilly

  2

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Avon

  115,000

  0

  0

  32,000

  61,000

  Bedfordshire

  71,000

  35,000

  76,995

  20,000

  40,000

  Berkshire

  92,000

  30,000

  0

  26,000

  64,000

  Buckinghamshire

  82,000

  72,000

  104,740

  23,000

  23,000

  Cambridgeshire

  84,000

  27,360

  0

  24,000

  35,000

  Cheshire

  132,000

  0

  0

  37,000

  70,000

  Cleveland

  82,000

  0

  0

  23,000

  37,000

  Cornwall

  59,000

  0

  0

  17,000

  23,000

  Cumbria

  64,000

  0

  0

  18,000

  29,000

  Derbyshire

  120,000

  34,000

  0

  34,000

  51,000

  Devon

  115,000

  24,500

  289,860

  32,000

  73,000

  Dorset

  70,000

  20,000

  0

  20,000

  34,000

  Durham

  80,000

  0

  0

  22,000

  40,000

  East Sussex

  70,000

  0

  0

  20,000

  43,000

  Essex

  199,000

  162,000

  0

  56,000

  71,000

  Gloucestershire

  66,000

  30,330

  67,995

  19,000

  41,000

  Hampshire

  186,000

  0

  124,325

  52,000

  109,000

  Hereford and Worcester

  85,000

  6,000

  0

  24,000

  49,000

  Hertfordshire

  127,000

  93,000

  0

  36,000

  82,000

  Humberside

  119,000

  0

  188,748

  34,000

  46,000

  Isle of Wight

  15,000

  0

  23,625

  5,000

  10,000

  Kent

  193,000

  120,000

  200,200

  54,000

  76,000

  Lancashire

  184,000

  30,000

  0

  52,000

  128,000

  Leicestershire

  120,000

  0

  0

  34,000

  47,000

  Lincolnshire

  73,000

  40,600

  0

  21,000

  34,000

  532 533

  NPA 9

  NPA (10)

  NPA (10)

  NPA 11

  NPA 12

  New technologies

  Licensed teachers

  Articled teachers

  Management of pupils' behaviour

  Management (FE)

  £

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Norfolk

  90,000

  0

  0

  25,000

  45,000

  North Yorkshire

  86,000

  24,000

  0

  24,000

  47,000

  Northamptonshire

  82,000

  138,000

  0

  23,000

  26,000

  Northumberland

  42,000

  0

  0

  12,000

  12,000

  Nottinghamshire

  126,000

  12,200

  0

  36,000

  81,000

  Oxfordshire

  64,000

  10,950

  0

  18,000

  43,000

  Shropshire

  54,000

  0

  0

  15,000

  30,000

  Somerset

  56,000

  28,400

  0

  16,000

  39,000

  Staffordshire

  139,000

  28,000

  0

  39,000

  65,000

  Suffolk

  79,000

  0

  0

  22,000

  37,000

  Surrey

  106,000

  50,000

  0

  30,000

  53,000

  Warwickshire

  63,000

  0

  28,230

  18,000

  42,000

  West Sussex

  80,000

  10,000

  94,500

  23,000

  35,000

  Wiltshire

  69,000

  38,300

  67,995

  20,000

  53,000

  Totals

  6,000,000

  2,137,020

  3,022,363

  1,700,000

  3,200,000

  NPA 13

  NPA 14

  NPA 15

  NPA 16

  NPA 17

  Local education authority

  Subject competence

  IT in FE

  SEN in FE

  Multi-ethnic society

  Competence assessment

  £

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Barking and Dagenham

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  6,000

  Barnet

  13,000

  6,000

  6,000

  6,000

  13,000

  Bexley

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  6,000

  Brent

  13,000

  6,000

  6,000

  6,000

  13,000

  Bromley

  8,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  8,000

  Croydon

  12,000

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  12,000

  Ealing

  8,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  8,000

  Enfield

  11,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  11,000

  Haringey

  9,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  9,000

  Harrow

  19,000

  9,000

  8,000

  8,000

  19,000

  Havering

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  6,000

  Hillingdon

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  Hounslow

  7,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  7,000

  Kingston upon Thames

  8,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  8,000

  Merton

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  6,000

  Newham

  13,000

  7,000

  6,000

  6,000

  13,000

  Redbridge

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  Richmond upon Thames

  9,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  9,000

  Sutton

  7,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  7,000

  Waltham Forest

  8,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  8,000

  Camden

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  6,000

  City of London

  0

  5,000

  0

  0

  0

  Greenwich

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  Hackney

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  6,000

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  11,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  11,000

  Islington

  8,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  8,000

  Kensington and Chelsea

  0

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Lambeth

  12,000

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  12,000

  Lewisham

  9,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  9,000

  Southwark

  7,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  7,000

  Tower Hamlets

  5,000

  0

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  Wandsworth

  14,000

  5,000

  6,000

  6,000

  14,000

  Westminster

  11,000

  8,000

  5,000

  5,000

  11,000

  Birmingham

  41,000

  19,000

  16,000

  16,000

  41,000

  Coventry

  16,000

  8,000

  7,000

  7,000

  16,000

  Dudley

  21,000

  10,000

  9,000

  9,000

  21,000

  Sandwell

  16,000

  8,000

  7,000

  7,000

  16,000

  Solihull

  11,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  11,000

  Walsall

  9,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  9,000

  Wolverhampton

  13,000

  6,000

  6,000

  6,000

  13,000

  Knowsley

  7,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  7,000

  Liverpool

  24,000

  11,000

  10,000

  10,000

  24,000

  St. Helens

  14,000

  7,000

  6,000

  6,000

  14,000

  Sefton

  12,000

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  12,000

  Wirral

  17,000

  8,000

  7,000

  7,000

  17,000

  Bolton

  13,000

  6,000

  6,000

  6,000

  13,000

  Bury

  8,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  8,000

  534 535

  NPA 13

  NPA 14

  NPA 15

  NPA 16

  NPA 17

  Local education authority

  Subject competence

  IT in FE

  SEN in FE

  Multi-ethnic society

  Competence assessment

  £

  £

  £

  £

  £

  Manchester

  35,000

  16,000

  14,000

  14,000

  35,000

  Oldham

  8,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  8,000

  Rochdale

  7,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  7,000

  Salford

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  Stockport

  13,000

  7,000

  6,000

  6,000

  13,000

  Tameside

  11,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  11,000

  Trafford

  11,000

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  11,000

  Wigan

  18,000

  9,000

  8,000

  8,000

  18,000

  Barnsley

  7,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  7,000

  Doncaster

  15,000

  7,000

  7,000

  7,000

  15,000

  Rotherham

  12,000

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  12,000

  Sheffield

  24,000

  11,000

  10,000

  10,000

  24,000

  Bradford

  25,000

  12,000

  10,000

  10,000

  25,000

  Calderdale

  7,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  7,000

  Kirklees

  18,000

  9,000

  8,000

  8,000

  18,000

  Leeds

  25,000

  12,000

  11,000

  11,000

  25,000

  Wakefield

  13,000

  6,000

  6,000

  6,000

  13,000

  Gateshead

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  13,000

  6,000

  6,000

  6,000

  13,000

  North Tyneside

  10,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  10,000

  South Tyneside

  11,000

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  11,000

  Sunderland

  10,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  10,000

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Avon

  38,000

  18,000

  15,000

  15,000

  38,000

  Bedfordshire

  25,000

  12,000

  10,000

  10,000

  25,000

  Berkshire

  40,000

  18,000

  16,000

  16,000

  40,000

  Buckinghamshire

  14,000

  7,000

  6,000

  6,000

  14,000

  Cambridgeshire

  22,000

  10,000

  9,000

  9,000

  22,000

  Cheshire

  44,000

  20,000

  18,000

  18,000

  44,000

  Cleveland

  23,000

  11,000

  10,000

  10,000

  23,000

  Cornwall

  14,000

  7,000

  6,000

  6,000

  14,000

  Cumbria

  18,000

  9,000

  8,000

  8,000

  18,000

  Derbyshire

  32,000

  15,000

  13,000

  13,000

  32,000

  Devon

  46,000

  21,000

  18,000

  18,000

  46,000

  Dorset

  21,000

  10,000

  9,000

  9,000

  21,000

  Durham

  25,000

  12,000

  10,000

  10,000

  25,000

  East Sussex

  27,000

  13,000

  11,000

  11,000

  27,000

  Essex

  44,000

  21,000

  18,000

  18,000

  44,000

  Gloucestershire

  26,000

  12,000

  11,000

  11,000

  26,000

  Hampshire

  68,000

  31,000

  27,000

  27,000

  68,000

  Hereford and Worcester

  31,000

  14,000

  13,000

  13,000

  31,000

  Hertfordshire

  51,000

  24,000

  20,000

  20,000

  51,000

  Humberside

  29,000

  13,000

  12,000

  12,000

  29,000

  Isle of Wight

  6,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  6,000

  Kent

  47,000

  22,000

  19,000

  19,000

  47,000

  Lancashire

  80,000

  37,000

  31,000

  31,000

  80,000

  Leicestershire

  29,000

  14,000

  12,000

  12,000

  29,000

  Lincolnshire

  21,000

  10,000

  9,000

  9,000

  21,000

  Norfolk

  28,000

  13,000

  11,000

  11,000

  28,000

  North Yorkshire

  29,000

  14,000

  12,000

  12,000

  29,000

  Northamptonshire

  16,000

  8,000

  7,000

  7,000

  16,000

  Northumberland

  7,000

  5,000

  5,000

  5,000

  7,000

  Nottinghamshire

  51,000

  23,000

  20,000

  20,000

  51,000

  Oxfordshire

  27,000

  13,000

  11,000

  11,000

  27,000

  Shropshire

  19,000

  9,000

  8,000

  8,000

  19,000

  Somerset

  24,000

  12,000

  10,000

  10,000

  24,000

  Staffordshire

  41,000

  19,000

  16,000

  16,000

  41,000

  Suffolk

  23,000

  11,000

  10,000

  10,000

  23,000

  Surrey

  33,000

  15,000

  13,000

  13,000

  33,000

  Warwickshire

  26,000

  12,000

  11,000

  11,000

  26,000

  West Sussex

  22,000

  10,000

  9,000

  9,000

  22,000

  Wiltshire

  33,000

  15,000

  13,000

  13,000

  33,000

  Totals

  1,998,000

  1,000,000

  899,000

  899,000

  1,998,000

  536 537

  NPA 18

  NPA 19

  NPA 21

  LEA

  Health Education

  Youth and Community Workers

  Adult Literacy

  £

  £

  £

  Barking and Dagenham

  10,000

  5,000

  3,000

  Barnet

  17,000

  7,000

  3,000

  Bexley

  14,000

  5,000

  1,000

  Brent

  14,000

  6,000

  4,000

  Bromley

  15,000

  6,000

  2,000

  Croydon

  18,000

  7,000

  5,000

  Ealing

  15,000

  6,000

  3,000

  Enfield

  16,000

  7,000

  2,000

  Haringey

  11,000

  5,000

  3,000

  Harrow

  13,000

  5,000

  2,000

  Havering

  15,000

  6,000

  3,000

  Hillingdon

  13,000

  5,000

  2,000

  Hounslow

  13,000

  5,000

  3,000

  Kingston upon Thames

  8,000

  5,000

  2,000

  Merton

  9,000

  5,000

  2,000

  Newham

  15,000

  6,000

  4,000

  Redbridge

  13,000

  5,000

  1,000

  Richmond upon Thames

  7,000

  5,000

  1,000

  Sutton

  10,000

  5,000

  1,000

  Waltham Forest

  13,000

  5,000

  2,000

  Camden

  8,000

  5,000

  5,000

  City of London

  0

  0

  0

  Greenwich

  14,000

  5,000

  6,000

  Hackney

  10,000

  5,000

  10,000

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  7,000

  5,000

  3,000

  Islington

  9,000

  5,000

  8,000

  Kensington and Chelsea

  5,000

  5,000

  2,000

  Lambeth

  11,000

  5,000

  9,000

  Lewisham

  13,000

  5,000

  3,000

  Southwark

  12,000

  5,000

  6,000

  Tower Hamlets

  10,000

  5,000

  3,000

  Wandsworth

  12,000

  5,000

  7,000

  Westminster

  7,000

  5,000

  5,000

  Birmingham

  72,000

  28,000

  20,000

  Coventry

  21,000

  8,000

  6,000

  Dudley

  20,000

  8,000

  3,000

  Sandwell

  21,000

  8,000

  3,000

  Solihull

  14,000

  6,000

  4,000

  Walsall

  19,000

  7,000

  4,000

  Wolverhampton

  17,000

  7,000

  2,000

  Knowsley

  11,000

  5,000

  8,000

  Liverpool

  33,000

  13,000

  18,000

  St. Helens

  14,000

  6,000

  4,000

  Sefton

  19,000

  8,000

  2,000

  Wirral

  22,000

  9,000

  6,000

  Bolton

  19,000

  7,000

  10,000

  Bury

  11,000

  5,000

  3,000

  Manchester

  31,000

  12,000

  8,000

  Oldham

  16,000

  6,000

  3,000

  Rochdale

  15,000

  6,000

  4,000

  Salford

  15,000

  6,000

  8,000

  Stockport

  19,000

  8,000

  3,000

  Tameside

  15,000

  6,000

  6,000

  Trafford

  13,000

  5,000

  3,000

  Wigan

  23,000

  9,000

  4,000

  Barnsley

  14,000

  6,000

  3,000

  Doncaster

  21,000

  8,000

  3,000

  Rotherham

  18,000

  7,000

  5,000

  Sheffield

  31,000

  12,000

  7,000

  Bradford

  35,000

  14,000

  5,000

  Calderdale

  14,000

  5,000

  3,000

  Kirklees

  26,000

  10,000

  7,000

  Leeds

  44,000

  17,000

  12,000

  Wakefield

  20,000

  8,000

  7,000

  Gateshead

  12,000

  5,000

  1,000

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  17,000

  7,000

  2,000

  North Tyneside

  13,000

  5,000

  2,000

  538 539

  NPA 18

  NPA 19

  NPA 21

  LEA

  Health Education

  Youth and Community Workers

  Adult Literacy

  £

  £

  £

  South Tyneside

  11,000

  5,000

  1,000

  Sunderland

  21,000

  8,000

  3,000

  Isles of Scilly

  0

  0

  0

  Avon

  57,000

  22,000

  15,000

  Bedfordshire

  36,000

  14,000

  4,000

  Berkshire

  47,000

  18,000

  12,000

  Buckinghamshire

  39,000

  15,000

  4,000

  Cambridgeshire

  41,000

  16,000

  5,000

  Cheshire

  66,000

  26,000

  19,000

  Cleveland

  41,000

  16,000

  8,000

  Cornwall

  29,000

  11,000

  5,000

  Cumbria

  32,000

  12,000

  6,000

  Derbyshire

  59,000

  23,000

  16,000

  Devon

  58,000

  23,000

  8,000

  Dorset

  35,000

  14,000

  6,000

  Durham

  40,000

  15,000

  14,000

  East Sussex

  35,000

  14,000

  3,000

  Essex

  97,000

  38,000

  22,000

  Gloucestershire

  34,000

  13,000

  4,000

  Hampshire

  94,000

  36,000

  22,000

  Hereford and Worcester

  43,000

  17,000

  5,000

  Hertfordshire

  65,000

  25,000

  9,000

  Humberside

  58,000

  23,000

  20,000

  Isle of Wight

  8,000

  5,000

  6,000

  Kent

  95,000

  37,000

  17,000

  Lancashire

  94,000

  37,000

  29,000

  Leicestershire

  59,000

  23,000

  12,000

  Lincolnshire

  36,000

  14,000

  3,000

  Norfolk

  45,000

  17,000

  9,000

  North Yorkshire

  43,000

  17,000

  8,000

  Northamptonshire

  40,000

  15,000

  5,000

  Northumberland

  20,000

  8,000

  3,000

  Nottinghamshire

  64,000

  25,000

  25,000

  Oxfordshire

  32,000

  13,000

  13,000

  Shropshire

  27,000

  11,000

  7,000

  Somerset

  29,000

  11,000

  5,000

  Staffordshire

  69,000

  27,000

  10,000

  Suffolk

  39,000

  15,000

  6,000

  Surrey

  53,000

  21,000

  10,000

  Warwickshire

  32,000

  13,000

  5,000

  West Sussex

  39,000

  15,000

  6,000

  Wiltshire

  36,000

  14,000

  5,000

  Totals

  3,000,000

  1,200,000

  700,000

  LEA

  Total all NPAs

  Local priorities

  Total NPA and LPA

  £

  £

  £

  Barking and Dagenham

  370,000

  302,000

  672,000

  Barnet

  720,000

  531,000

  1,251,000

  Bexley

  600,100

  418,000

  1,018,100

  Brent

  627,524

  444,000

  1,071,524

  Bromley

  599,000

  473,000

  1,072,000

  Croydon

  766,040

  568,000

  1,334,040

  Ealing

  652,920

  474,000

  1,126,920

  Enfield

  698,224

  505,000

  1,203,224

  Haringey

  526,000

  340,000

  866,000

  Harrow

  623,925

  387,000

  1,010,925

  Havering

  682,060

  466,000

  1,148,060

  Hillingdon

  651,300

  391,000

  1,042,300

  Hounslow

  507,600

  388,000

  895,600

  Kingston upon Thames

  333,000

  233,000

  566,000

  Merton

  370,000

  266,000

  636,000

  Newham

  763,550

  455,000

  1,218,550

  Redbridge

  515,500

  387,000

  902,500

  Richmond upon Thames

  318,000

  228,000

  546,000

  Sutton

  402,000

  297,000

  699,000

  Waltham Forest

  579,000

  390,000

  969,000

  Camden

  494,495

  262,000

  756,495

  City of London

  15,000

  14,000

  29,000

  540 541

  LEA

  Total all NPAs

  Local priorities

  Total NPA and LPA

  £

  £

  £

  Greenwich

  561,000

  417,000

  978,000

  Hackney

  542,941

  304,000

  846,941

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  338,000

  226,000

  564,000

  Islington

  607,941

  284,000

  891,941

  Kensington and Chelsea

  250,520

  122,000

  372,520

  Lambeth

  472,000

  344,000

  816,000

  Lewisham

  553,000

  394,000

  947,000

  Southwark

  451,000

  365,000

  816,000

  Tower Hamlets

  673,932

  324,000

  997,932

  Wandsworth

  537,060

  348,000

  885,060

  Westminster

  351,608

  254,000

  605,608

  Birmingham

  2,740,000

  2,215,000

  4,955,000

  Coventry

  850,030

  643,000

  1,493,030

  Dudley

  838,000

  632,000

  1,470,000

  Sandwell

  871,250

  641,000

  1,512,250

  Solihull

  590,230

  446,000

  1,036,230

  Walsall

  730,000

  583,000

  1,313,000

  Wolverhampton

  638,000

  531,000

  1,169,000

  Knowsley

  460,000

  349,000

  809,000

  Liverpool

  1,270,000

  1,014,000

  2,284,000

  St. Helens

  531,000

  425,000

  956,000

  Sefton

  728,000

  597,000

  1,325,000

  Wirral

  817,000

  693,000

  1,510,000

  Bolton

  731,000

  583,000

  1,314,000

  Bury

  405,000

  351,000

  756,000

  Manchester

  1,237,000

  962,000

  2,199,000

  Oldham

  712,476

  493,000

  1,205,476

  Rochdale

  660,599

  455,000

  1,115,599

  Salford

  618,476

  454,000

  1,072,476

  Stockport

  701,000

  587,000

  1,288,000

  Tameside

  659,580

  469,000

  1,128,580

  Trafford

  542,000

  393,000

  935,000

  Wigan

  933,599

  700,000

  1,633,599

  Barnsley

  537,000

  442,000

  979,000

  Doncaster

  783,000

  634,000

  1,417,000

  Rotherham

  696,000

  560,000

  1,256,000

  Sheffield

  1,218,000

  949,000

  2,167,000

  Bradford

  1,339,500

  1,068,000

  2,407,500

  Calderdale

  559,000

  418,000

  977,000

  Kirklees

  1,010,000

  814,000

  1,824,000

  Leeds

  1,923,550

  1,367,000

  3,290,550

  Wakefield

  752,000

  625,000

  1,377,000

  Gateshead

  506,000

  382,000

  888,000

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  671,000

  520,000

  1,191,000

  North Tyneside

  520,000

  398,000

  918,000

  South Tyneside

  417,000

  329,000

  746,000

  Sunderland

  787,000

  641,000

  1,428,000

  Isles of Scilly

  7,000

  5,000

  12,000

  Avon

  2,160,000

  1,768,000

  3,928,000

  Bedfordshire

  1,444,995

  1,106,000

  2,550,000

  Berkshire

  1,781,000

  1,446,000

  3,227,000

  Buckinghamshire

  1,641,740

  1,215,000

  2,856,740

  Cambridgeshire

  1,592,360

  1,277,000

  2,869,360

  Cheshire

  2,477,000

  2,039,000

  4,516,000

  Cleveland

  1,547,000

  1,252,000

  2,799,000

  Cornwall

  1,053,000

  883,000

  1,936,000

  Cumbria

  1,205,000

  978,000

  2,183,000

  Derbyshire

  2,250,000

  1,817,000

  4,067,000

  Devon

  2,480,360

  1,800,000

  4,280,360

  Dorset

  1,330,000

  1,069,000

  2,399,000

  Durham

  1,519,000

  1,220,000

  2,739,000

  East Sussex

  1,348,000

  1,088,000

  2,436,000

  Essex

  3,776,000

  2,985,000

  6,761,000

  Gloucestershire

  1,392,325

  1,035,000

  2,427,325

  Hampshire

  3,556,325

  2,895,000

  6,451,325

  Hereford and Worcester

  1,605,000

  1,312,000

  2,917,000

  Hertfordshire

  2,477,000

  1,995,000

  4,472,000

  Humberside

  2,344,748

  1,792,000

  4,136,748

  Isle of Wight

  357,625

  233,000

  590,625

  542 543

  LEA

  Total all NPAs

  Local priorities

  Total NPA and LPA

  £

  £

  £

  Kent

  3,808,200

  2,913,000

  6,721,200

  Lancashire

  3,554,000

  2,909,000

  6,463,000

  Leicestershire

  2,185,000

  1,809,000

  3,994,000

  Lincolnshire

  1,413,600

  1,119,000

  2,532,600

  Norfolk

  1,692,000

  1,376,000

  3,068,000

  North Yorkshire

  1,646,000

  1,329,000

  2,975,000

  Northamptonshire

  1,591,000

  1,219,000

  2,810,000

  Northumberland

  758,000

  617,000

  1,375,000

  Nottinghamshire

  2,382,200

  1,975,000

  4,357,200

  Oxfordshire

  1,257,950

  1,000,000

  2,257,950

  Shropshire

  1,030,000

  831,000

  1,861,000

  Somerset

  1,116,400

  881,000

  1,997,400

  Staffordshire

  2,562,000

  2,115,000

  4,677,000

  Suffolk

  1,436,000

  1,198,000

  2,634,000

  Surrey

  2,019,000

  1,630,000

  3,649,000

  Warwickshire

  1,291,230

  986,000

  2,277,230

  West Sussex

  1,565,500

  1,215,000

  2,780,500

  Wiltshire

  1,457,295

  1,104,000

  2,561,295

  Totals

  119,248,383

  92,400,000

  211,648,383

  Nursery Education
  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has on (i) the amount of expenditure made by each local authority on nursery education in nursery schools, nursery classes and reception classes and (ii) the average unit cost per place in each local authority.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The latest available data on expenditure by local authorities on nursery schools comes from returns made to the Department of the Environment on spending in 1986–87. The details are set out in the table. Subsequent returns have not separately identified spending on nursery schools, nursery classes or reception classes. The DES chapter of the annual public expenditure White Paper shows the sums within outturn spending attributed to provision for under-fives nationally, and the allowance within grant settlements for such spending—see tables 11.2 and 11.6 of Cm. 1011.

  Maintained nursery schools Net institutional expenditure1—1986–87 (cash)

  Total expenditure

  Cost per pupil2

  (£000)

  (£)

  Barking

  —

  —

  Barnet

  344

  1,295

  Bexley

  124

  1,250

  Brent

  491

  2,220

  Bromley

  —

  —

  Croydon

  339

  1,350

  Ealing

  512

  1,785

  Enfield

  —

  —

  Haringey

  208

  1,015

  Harrow

  —

  —

  Havering

  —

  —

  Hillingdon

  81

  1,360

  Hounslow

  —

  —

  Kingston upon Thames

  208

  1,375

  Merton

  53

  1,835

  Newham

  871

  1,685

  Redbridge

  —

  —

  Richmond upon Thames

  45

  1,240

  Sutton

  169

  1,410

  Waltham Forest

  290

  1,590

  ILEA

  7,623

  2,455

  Birmingham

  1,987

  1,235

  Coventry

  345

  1,260

  Dudley

  435

  1,845

  544

  Total expenditure

  Cost per pupil1

  (£000)

  (£)

  Sandwell

  205

  1,270

  Solihull

  —

  —

  Walsall

  541

  1,235

  Wolverhampton

  438

  1,065

  Knowsley

  —

  —

  Liverpool

  548

  1,435

  St. Helens

  60

  1,470

  Sefton

  195

  1,215

  Wirral

  230

  1,790

  Bolton

  434

  1,220

  Bury

  142

  1,335

  Manchester

  929

  1,990

  Oldham

  —

  —

  Rochdale

  666

  1,375

  Salford

  1,166

  1,660

  Stockport

  633

  1,265

  Tameside

  327

  1,735

  Trafford

  —

  —

  Wigan

  154

  1,355

  Barnsley

  112

  1,275

  Doncaster

  —

  —

  Rotherham

  230

  1,115

  Sheffield

  744

  1,640

  Bradford

  611

  1,730

  Calderdale

  90

  1,400

  Kirklees

  422

  1,220

  Leeds

  211

  1,270

  Wakefield

  341

  1,440

  Gateshead

  55

  1,590

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  862

  1,610

  North Tyneside

  219

  1,200

  South Tyneside

  475

  1,260

  Sunderland

  715

  1,340

  Isles of Scilly

  —

  —

  Avon

  1,628

  1,285

  Bedfordshire

  1,021

  1,195

  Berkshire

  1,516

  1,390

  Buckinghamshire

  325

  1,265

  Cambridgeshire

  554

  1,430

  Cheshire

  525

  1,215

  Cleveland

  87

  1,115

  Cornwall

  94

  1,275

  Cumbria

  591

  1,485

  Derbyshire

  938

  1,415

  Devon

  158

  1,025

  Dorset

  —

  —

  Durham

  1,917

  1,460

  East Sussex

  199

  1,350

  Essex

  184

  1,355

  Gloucestershire

  —

  —

  545

  Total expenditure

  Cost per pupil2

  (£000)

  (£)

  Hampshire

  157

  1,215

  Hereford and Worcester

  —

  —

  Hertfordshire

  1,337

  1,485

  Humberside

  1,481

  2,515

  Isle of Wight

  —

  —

  Kent

  63

  1,575

  Lancashire

  2,481

  1,405

  Leicestershire

  31

  1,220

  Lincolnshire

  240

  1,205

  Norfolk

  243

  1,235

  North Yorkshire

  243

  1,300

  Northamptonshire

  386

  1,280

  Northumberland

  213

  2,395

  Nottinghamshire

  514

  1,530

  Oxfordshire

  385

  1,285

  Shropshire

  111

  1,390

  Somerset

  —

  —

  Staffordshire

  1,676

  1,165

  Suffolk

  103

  1,165

  Surrey

  355

  1,420

  Warwickshire

  456

  1,240

  West Sussex

  230

  990

  Wiltshire

  —

  —

  1 Net Institutional Expenditure includes the cost of salaries and wages, premises and certain supplies and services. It does not include the cost of school meal, central administration and inspection, dept charges or revenue contributions to capital outlay.

  2 The figures are based on local education authority expenditure returns to Department of the Environment and pupil number returns to Department of Education and Science.

  Polytechnic Staff
  Mr. Andrew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the numbers and average remuneration of administrative and clerical staff employed in the polytechnic sector for each of the past five years.

  Mr. Jackson
  This information is not collected centrally. Publications by the Polytechnic Finance Officers Group (PFOG) for the years 1985–86 to 1987–88 give the following number of staff defined by PFOG as administrative, professional and clerical staff in the polytechnics, excluding Wales.

  Actual FTE staff

  Numbers

  As at 1 November 1985

  3,008

  As at 1 November 1986

  3,315

  As at 1 November 1987

  3,288

  The figures for 1985 and 1987 are for 28 polytechnics only.

  Veterinary Students
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what discussions he has had with the universities funding council on the Page report recommendation that veterinary student places should be funded by charging an element of private fees to all veterinary students; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Jackson
  None. Determination of tuition fees is for institutions themselves.

  Capital Grant Allocations
  Mr. Peter Thurnham
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received about capital grant allocations for schools in Bolton; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  Since the announcement last December of LEAs' annual capital guidelines and capital allocations for voluntary aided and grant-maintained schools in 1990–91, my right hon. Friend has received representations about capital expenditure in Bolton from four constituents of my hon. Friend; two constituents of my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, West (Mr. Sackville); and one from a constituent of the hon. Member for Bolton, South-East (Mr. Young). The director of education and arts for the metropolitan borough of Bolton has also written to my right hon. Friend on behalf of the authority's education and arts committee about the level of the authority's annual capital guideline for 1990–91. Finally, the governors of one primary and two high schools in Bolton have made representations directly to my right hon. Friend on the same matter.

  Nationally, annual capital guidelines (ACGs) for LEA expenditure in 1990–91 total £485 million; under the old funding system, the figure for capital allocations in the current year, 1989–90, is £352 million. Authorities are free within the flexibilities of the Local Government Acts to spend above the level of their ACGs from capital receipts and other sources. The amount available to the voluntary aided sector has increased from £86 million in 1989–90 to £109 million in 1990–91. For grant-maintained schools £8·5 million has been made available in 1990–91.

  Bolton local education authority's annual capital guideline for 1990–91 was £802,000. The capital allocation for the voluntary aided sector in Bolton was £137,000. The capital allocation for St James' CE school in Farnworth, a grant-maintained school, was £667,000.

  The split of resources between LEA-maintained, voluntary aided and grant-maintained schools was determined with regard to the relative needs of each sector. Bolton's ACG and its voluntary aided allocation reflect the extent to which the authority's plans accorded with my right hon. Friend's criteria. It is entirely for Bolton to decide its spending priorities in the light of local needs and circumstances, and the resources available. The allocation of the available resources for the grant-maintained sector was decided by my right hon. Friend in the light of the particular circumstances of each school, taking into account previous levels of neglect. The total sum of capital grant available to grant-maintained schools in 1990–91 is about one third of the original bids: a very similar proportion to that which can be met by LEAs under their ACGs.

  School-Industry Links
  Mr. Andrew Mitchell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the progress of links between schools and industry.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  Good progress is being made in encouraging links between schools and local industry and commerce. A recent DES survey of 500 secondary and 500 primary schools, the findings of which will shortly be published in a DES statistical bulletin, found that around 90 per cent. of secondary and over 50 per cent. of primary
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  schools had links with local businesses. The DES is involved with the Department of Trade and Industry, the Training Agency, employers, and national school-business link organisations in a range of initiatives designed to assist in the establishment of effective links between schools and industry.

  Arts Education
  Mr. Colvin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he last met the rector of the Royal College of Art to discuss education in the arts.

  Mr. Jackson
  My right hon. Friend has not yet had an opportunity to meet the rector of the Royal College of Art. However, I have myself met the rector on several occasions during the last year, most recently on 21 May when I was guest speaker at a college function and spoke about the arts in further and higher education.

  Polytechnics
  Mr. Stern
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has any plans to redesignate polytechnics as universities.

  Mr. Jackson
  My right hon. Friend has no such plans.

  Higher Education
  Mr. Boswell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the findings of the Ball report on access to higher education, a copy of which has been sent to his Department.

  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has received a copy of the RSA report entitled "More Means Different"; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Jackson
  I regard "More Means Different", the report of the RSA/Industry Matters higher education project directed by Sir Christopher Ball, as a valuable contribution to the current debate about future arrangements for higher education. It provides much for the Government and others to take into account in reviewing policies and practices.

  University Teachers' Pay
  Dr. Thomas
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the progress of pay negotiations with university teaching unions.

  Mr. Jackson
  The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals and the Association of University Teachers have agreed a settlement for 1990–91. This is subject to Government endorsement and the matter is now being urgently considered.

  Assisted Places
  Mr. Knapman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total number of schools that now participate in the assisted places schemes; and how many places they currently offer between them.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  There are now 294 participating schools in England offering some 33,366 assisted places. Of these schools, 16 will be offering places for the first time from this September.

  Eutrophication
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what research has been undertaken into the possible health implications resulting from prolonged contact with algae connected with eutrophication.

  Mr Heathcoat-Amory
  I have been asked to reply.

  The Natural Environment Research Council is sponsoring research at its institute of freshwater ecology and at higher education institutions including the university of Dundee, into the basic biology of algae and the formation of algal toxins. The aquatic weeds research unit of the Agriculture and Food Research Council is studying factors that determine the build-up of algae and possible methods of control.

  The National Rivers Authority has established a task force of experts to study the factors which influence the formation of algal blooms and to make recommendations upon their control. As part of this exercise the NRA has engaged the water research centre to make a full literature search and review.

  School Budgets
  Ms. Armstrong
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many school governing bodies have refused to accept responsibility for managing their own budgets.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The Department has received no formal notification of any governing body refusing to accept responsibility for managing its own budget.

  Student Benefits
  Mr. Andrew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate the number of students on part-time and non-mandatory courses in further or higher education who will lose entitlement to housing benefit, income support and unemployment benefit as a result of current proposals to withdraw students' entitlement to those benefits.

  Mr. Jackson
  Part-time students will not be affected by the withdrawal of students' general entitlement to housing benefit, income support and unemployment benefit. Information is not available in the form requested about students on courses of further and higher education which do not attract mandatory awards.

  National Curriculum Council
  Mr. Matthew Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply to the honourable Member for Truro of 21 May,Official Report, column 47, what number and proportion of the practising teachers listed as members of National Curriculum Council committees are head teachers; what information is available to him regarding the current managerial and teaching responsibilities of such head teachers; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The number of head teachers and the proportion they make up of the practising teachers listed as members of the National Curriculum Council (NCC) committees are set out in the table. My right hon. Friend
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  does not have available to him any information about the current managerial and teaching responsibilities of these head teachers. The NCC is solely responsible for determining the membership of its committees.

  Committee

  Practising Teachers (PT)

  Head Teachers (HT)

  Proportion of HT to PT

  Per cent.

  Whole

  Curriculum

  3

  3

  100

  National

  Curriculum A

  5

  4

  80

  National

  Curriculum B

  4

  2

  50

  Professional

  Development

  3

  2

  67

  Curriculum

  Review

  2

  2

  100

  Student Loans
  Mr. Canavan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many representations he has now received about the student loan scheme.

  Mr. Jackson
  Since the publication of the White Paper on top-up loans for students we have received about 5,900 letters, including petitions. Of those, about 1,570 have been received since publication of the Education (Student Loans) Bill.

  Local Management of Schools
  Ms. Armstrong
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the representations he has received from school governing bodies regarding local management of schools.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  My right hon. Friend continues to receive representations from individual school governors and from school governing bodies. Many of these welcome the opportunities which delegated budgeting bring to them.

  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teaching jobs have been lost in each local education authority because of the introduction of LMS.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  No such information is available. However, LMS does not change total resources for education; there is no evidence that the introduction of LMS will lead to any reduction in the number of teaching jobs.

  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list by local education authority the percentage of local management of schools spending which is incurred(a) by schools, (b) by central administration and (c) under other major headings.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  Budget information for 1990–91 is not yet available. However, some of the information the hon. Member has requested was included in LEAs' LMS schemes submitted to my right hon. Friend last autumn, on the basis of estimates and previous years' spending, and was published in the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Mr. Norris) on 5 February,Official Report, column 451.
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  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of United Kingdom schools are currently under local management of schools; and what is his estimate for future years.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  Local management of schools is currently operating in England and Wales; it will be introduced in Northern Ireland from April 1991. Where a local education authority has a statutory LMS scheme, all the schools in the authority expect for the nursery and special schools fall within the scope of that scheme. At present 87 local education authorities in England and eight local education authorities in Wales have approved LMS schemes, and 81.8 per cent. of all schools in England and Wales are operating within those schemes. By April 1992 we expect all LEAs in England, including inner London, to have approved LMS schemes; 92.6 per cent. of all maintained schools in England and Wales will then be covered by schemes.

  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the saving to be made in the first and subsequent years on salary costs under local management of schools by employing a newly qualified teacher as against(a) a teacher on average salary and (b) a teacher at the top of the scale salary.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The majority of teachers are on the top of the standard scale. From 1 January 1991 such a teacher without an incentive allowance and outside London will receive £16,000. On that date a good honours graduate entering the profession will be entitled to be paid at least £10,500.

  Mr Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate the average school budget under local management of schools for the major types of school covered; and if he will show the percentage of that budget spent on the main expenditure headings.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The information from which to make such an estimate is not yet available. According to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy education statistics 1989–90 estimates, schools' direct costs (secondary and middle deemed secondary schools) break down as follows;

  Teaching staff—63.8 per cent.

  Non-Teaching Staff—5.7 per cent.

  Premises—14.8 per cent.

  Support Services—6.2 per cent

  Other—9.5 per cent.

  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals he has for improving the training of school governors in order to cope with local management of schools; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  In 1989–90 the Government supported, under the education support grant programme, expenditure of £4.9 million on governor training and £3 million on training support staff in schools, and, through the LEA training grants programme, £10 million to provide management training for heads and senior staff in schools. For the year 1990–91 the expenditure supported will be £5.1 million for governor training, £2 million for support staff training, and £8 million for head teacher training. Further support will be available in 1991–92. Local education authorities have a statutory duty to provide governors with such training as
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  the LEA considers necessary. It is for LEAs to determine the nature and timetable of their training programme. LEAs were required to state in their schemes for the local management of schools what arrangements they have made for support and training; the Department will be monitoring the use of ESG funds and the level of training provided.

  Teacher Redundancies
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the average cost of making a teacher redundant.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  This information is not available. Redundancy payments will depend on the age and length of relevant local government service of the teacher concerned and whether additional payments have been made under the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1989. A teacher aged 55 with 20 or more years' service would be entitled to a statutory redundancy payment of £4,968.

  LEA Advisers and Inspectors
  Mr. Steinberg
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what evidence he has of difficulties in recruiting and retaining suitable staff as local education authority advisers and inspectors.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  None.

  Teachers' Salaries
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the full salary scale for teachers.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Order 1990, a draft of which is presently before Parliament, will give effect to the recommendations of the interim advisory committee on teachers' pay in 1990–91. When those recommendations are fully implemented, from 1 January 1991, teachers' salary scales will be as follows:

  Standard scale (all qualified teachers other than heads and deputies)

  Incremental point

  Salary1 (£)

  1

  9,000

  2

  9,501

  3

  10,002

  4

  10,503

  5

  11,004

  6

  11,754

  7

  12,504

  8

  13,254

  9

  14,004

  10

  15,003

  11

  16,002

  Discretionary Inner London Pay Supplement—£750

  Incentive allowances (available to qualified teachers other than heads and deputies)

  Rale

  Amount

  (£)

  A

  927

  B

  1,500

  C

  3,000

  D

  4,002

  E

  5,502

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  London Allowances (all teachers) from 1 July 1989

  Rate

  Amount

  (£)

  Inner

  1,500

  Outer

  984

  Fringe

  384

  1The values of incremental points 1–10 can be enhanced by £249, £501, £750 or £999, subject to the value of the next point being reached, and local education authorities can introduce extended local scales up to a maximum of £18,000.

  School group

  Head teachers1 Range

  Deputy Heads2 Range

  £

  £

  1

  18,900–21,900

  18,300–19,800

  2 1(S)

  20,400–24,000

  18,600–20,400

  3 2(S)

  222,500–26,802

  19,200–21,300

  4 3(S)

  25,200–30,600

  20,400–23,400

  5 4(S)

  28,602–35,100

  22,500–25,602

  6

  32,301–40,002

  24,801–29,100

  1A new system of range pay for heads and deputies will be introduced from 1 January 1991. Assimilation of existing heads and deputies onto the new salary structure will be dependent on their old spot salary. Thereafter the positioning of heads and deputies within the range applicable to their school will be determined by their local education authority or school governing body.

  Nursery Places
  Mrs. Gorman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many nursery places are provided by(a) local authorities and other state bodies and (b) private organisations and charities for the most recent date for which figures are available.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  Information on the number of nursery places provided is not available centrally. The total number of pupils under five in maintained nursery schools, nursery classes in primary schools and independent schools in England in January 1989 was as follows:

  Number

  Nursery schools

  50,170

  Nursery classes in Primary schools

  245,414

  Independent schools

  41,175

  Total

  336,759

  County Education Authorities
  Sir David Mitchell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a list of the extra responsibilities placed on county education authorities in each of the past two years and his best estimate of the costs of compliance by county education authorities.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  New and amended responsibilities placed on education authorities are generally set out in departmental circulars and administrative memoranda. Those issued in 1988 and 1989 are listed in the table. The cost of complying with these responsibilities will vary depending on the circumstances of the authority and the extent of discretion over the timing and manner of implementation. The funding implications of new education developments are considered in the discussions between the Department and the local authority associations which inform the annual grant settlement. The Department provides support for the costs of the main
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  reforms in the Education Reform Act through its specific grant programmes. It is for each authority to decide what funds in addition to these grants it should allocate for new responsibilities from the overall resources available to it.

  DES Circulars and Administrative Memoranda Issued in 1988 and 1989

  Circulars

  1/88 Physical and mental fitness to teach of teachers and entrants to initial teacher training.

  2/88 Disabled Persons Act 1986.

  3/88 School teachers pay and conditions of service.

  4/88 Working together for the protection of children from abuse.

  5/88 LEA Training Grants Scheme 1989–90.

  6/88 Transfer of responsibility for education in inner London.

  7/88 Education Reform Act 1988: Local Management of Schools.

  8/88 Education Reform Act 1988: governance of maintained further education and higher education colleges.

  9/88 Education Reform Act 1988: local management of FE and HE colleges: planning and delegation schemes and articles of government.

  10/88 Education Reform Act 1988: Grant-Maintained Schools.

  11/88 Admission of pupils to county and voluntary schools.

  12/88 Protection of children: disclosure of criminal background of those with access to children.

  1/89 Education Reform Act 1988: local arrangements for the consideration of complaints.

  2/89 Education Reform Act 1988: charges for school activities.

  3/89 Education Reform Act 1988: religious education and collective worship.

  4/89 Alcohol misuse.

  5/89 Education reform Act 1988: the school curriculum and assessment.

  6/89 Education Reform Act 1988: National Curriculum—Maths and Science orders under Section 4.

  7/89 Teachers (compensation for redundancy and premature retirement) regulations 1989.

  8/89 Ethnically based statistics on school teachers.

  9/89 Education Reform Act 1988: modern foreign languages in the National Curriculum.

  10/89 Education Reform Act 1988: National Curriculum: English key stage I order under Section 4.

  11/89 Education Reform Act 1988: statutory approval of qualifications under Section 5.

  12/89 School teachers pay and conditions of employment.

  13/89 Local management of schools, FE and HE colleges: order under Section 222 of the Education Reform Act 1988.

  14/89 Education (school curriculum and related information) regulations 1989.

  15/89 Education Reform Act 1988: temporary exceptions from the National Curriculum.

  16/89 Ethnically-based statistics on school pupils.

  17/89 Education (school records) regulations 1989.

  18/89 Education (teachers) regulations 1989.

  19/89 Adult continuing education and the Education Reform Act 1988: planning and delegation schemes.

  20/89 LEA Training Grants Scheme 1990–91.

  21/89 Grant-maintained schools: financial arrangements.

  22/89 Assessments and statements of special educational needs: procedures within the education, health and social services.

  23/89 Special schools for pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

  24/89 Initial teacher training: approval of courses.

  Administrative Memoranda

  1/88 Amendment of pupils' registration regulations 1956: keeping of school records.

  1/89 Animals and plants in schools: legal aspects.

  Schools (Northavon)
  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools were closed in each of the past five years in the constituency of Northavon.
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  Mr. Alan Howarth
  Information for parliamentary constituencies or other areas within education authorities is not available centrally.

  Independent Schools (National Curriculum)
  Mrs. Gorman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many inquiries he has had from independent schools regarding the adoption of the national curriculum by them; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  My right hon. Friend welcomes the interest shown by many individual independent schools, and by their representative bodies, in adopting the national curriculum. In response to this, he has arranged for the independent sector to receive copies of all national curriculum statutory orders and other national curriculum material.

  Pupil-Teacher Ratios
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the ratios of pupils to teachers in maintained schools in England for every year since 1984–85, excluding teachers on secondment or in training.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The pupil-teacher ratio in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in England for each year since 1984–85 was as follows:

  1984–85: 18·7

  1985–86: 18·6

  1986–87: 18·4

  1987–88: 18·4

  1988–89: 18·4

  These ratios exclude teachers absent for long periods or seconded for other duties, but include any replacements. They also exclude student teachers, instructors and supply teachers.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  Eight officials across the Department have energy management responsibilities. In person years the total time they devote to these responsibilities has been set at 0.5 years. This level of commitment is broadly in line with the recommendations contained in the Audit Commission's guidelines of one central energy manager for every £1 million of annual bill.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The PSA was responsible for undertaking energy audits on the Department's behalf until very recently. In the interim an energy audit has been conducted at both our London and Darlington headquarters buildings.

  The London audit confirmed that it was possible to achieve energy savings by installing light and water control sensors, but that in view of an impending move to new premises, capital expenditure was not justified because insufficient payback time remains available.
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  The audit of our Darlington headquarters confirmed that useful savings could be achieved by fitting light control sensors and by installing power factor correction equipment to upgrade the electrical power supply at that site. Both these energy audit recommendations have been implemented.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The information sought is not held in the Department. The PSA was responsible for monitoring energy consumption on the Department's behalf until 30 March 1990.

  Geography
  Mr. Bowis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to make proposals for geography in the national curriculum.

  Mr. MacGregor
  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and I are publishing our proposals for attainment targets and programmes of study for geography tomorrow. Our proposals are based on the recommendations of the geography working group, whose final report will be published with them. Copies of the proposals will be placed in the Library.

SOCIAL SECURITY

  Disabled People (Benefits)
  Mr. Ashley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will review the operation of and procedures for medical assessments for benefits to disabled people.

  Mr. Scott
  We regularly monitor the operation of the current procedures and take action as appropriate. We are considering what changes are needed to these procedures for the new disability allowance. Our aim is that these should be helpful, and accessible to claimants.

  Child Care and Family Services
  Mr. Leighton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what mechanisms his Department has to deal with services and policies on child care and family services.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 23 April 1990 at column 15.

  Widow's Pension
  Sir Dudley Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he will give a full reply to the letter of 15 January from the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington in connection with the widow's pension of Mrs. Joan Bains of Leamington Spa.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The issue raised by my hon. Friend is a complex one and I shall give him a full reply to his letter as soon as possible.

  Disability Employment Credit
  Mr. Hannam
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether people in receipt of the income support or housing benefit disability premium before receiving the new disability employment credit, immediately requalify for their original benefits, if they subsequently chose to leave paid employment.

  Mr. Scott
  The detailed arrangements for the disability employment credit are under consideration. Our proposals are set out in chapter 5 of "The Way Ahead. Benefits for Disabled People" which we published on 10 January 1990.

  Benefit Claimants
  Mr. Blunkett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will publish his latest estimates of the number of claimants for each of the main social security benefits, including community charge benefit;

  (2) if he will publish his latest estimates of (a) the number of claimants receiving each of the main social security benefits including poll tax rebates and (b) the total number of individuals in receipt of one or more benefits.

  Mr. Scott
  The latest estimates of the average number of recipients for each of the main social security benefits are given in the public expenditure White Paper, Cm 1014, table 14.11, except for community charge benefit, where, in view of a level of charges higher than originally assumed, it is now estimated that numbers will be in excess of 8 million. Information is not held on the number of individuals in receipt of more than one benefit. The information requested at (b) is therefore not available.

  Pensions
  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what increase in contributions would be required in each of the next five years to build up the national insurance fund in order to be able to fund pensions for men payable from 60 years from that date.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The national insurance fund operates on a "pay as you go" basis, with current contribution income financing current benefit expenditure, rather than on the basis of accruing funds to meet possible future outgoings. The information is not therefore available in the form requested.

  Income Support
  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the(a) number of income support claimants, (b) number of partners and dependent children of income support claimants and (c) total on income support; and what was the percentage change in numbers of those on income support for each year since 1979.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The information requested is in the table.
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  Income Support/Supplementary Benefit

  (Thousands)

  Claimants

  Partners and dependent children

  (a+b)

  Percentage change in (c) since previous year

  Year

  (a)

  (b)

  (c)

  (d)

  1979

  2,855

  1,516

  4,371

  —

  1980

  3,118

  1,745

  4,863

  11·3

  1981

  3,723

  2,399

  6,122

  25·9

  1982

  4,267

  2,803

  7,070

  15·5

  1983

  4,349

  2,888

  7,237

  2·4

  1984

  4,609

  3,119

  7,728

  6·8

  19861

  4,938

  3,353

  8,291

  7·3

  1987

  4,896

  3,309

  8,205

  -1·0

  1988

  4,352

  3,036

  7,388

  -1·00

  1989

  4,160

  2,860

  7,020

  -5·0

  1 There was no Annual statistical inquiry in 1985: the one due in December that year was deferred until February 1986.

  Sources:

  1979–88 annual statistical inquiries.

  1989 Provisional figures based on May quarterly statistical inquiry.

  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants moved off income support in April 1989 and April 1990 in consequence of the uprating of social security benefits.

  Mrs Gillian Shephard
  I regret that the information is not available.

  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out the real-terms value of supplementary benefit income support for(a) a young person aged 20 years and (b) a married couple over 25 years each year since 1979, on an index basis taking 1979 = 100.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The question is not sufficiently specific concerning the circumstances of the 20-year-old and married couple to allow a table to be drawn up.

  Benefits (Blyth Valley)
  Mr. Ronnie Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many(a) men and (b) women were receiving invalidity benefit and severe disability allowance in Blyth Valley at the latest date for which figures are available.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  I regret that the information is not available in the precise form requested. The Blyth Valley constituency is served by the Department's local social security office at Blyth, but their boundaries are not conterminous. Nor does the local count of cases in action distinguish between men and women beneficiaries.

  The table shows the numbers of people claiming sickness benefit, invalidity benefit and severe disablement allowance at Blyth local office as at 30 April 1990, the latest date for which information is available:

  Numbers

  1Sickness/Invalidity Benefit

  4,340

  Severe Disablement Allowance

  435

  1The local office count of cases in action does not distinguish between Sickness and Invalidity Benefit.

  Source: 100 per cent of cases in action. The figures quoted may include a number of cases not actually in receipt of benefit. Data are provisional and subject to amendment.

  Community Charge
  Sir Ian Gilmour
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what will be the effect of the community charge on the numbers of working people caught in the poverty trap.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The latest figures showing the distribution of marginal deduction rates are contained in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Hornchurch (Mr Squire) on 5 April 1990 at column 790. Earlier figures were published in table 14.19 of the "Government's Expenditure Plans 1990–91 to 1992–93" chapter 14 (Cm 1014). However, it is not possible to make meaningful comparisons in order to isolate the effect of the community charge owing to a number of changes which have occurred since the publication of table 14.19 and the fact that it would be necessary to speculate on what the level of general rates might have been had they remained in place.

  Mr. Higgins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of whether the income of those on income support is being reduced as a result of the introduction of the community charge; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  Everyone on income support is eligible for a maximum rebate of 80 per cent. of their community charge and income support levels were adjusted in April 1989 to provide help on an average basis towards the remaining 20 per cent. On average, therefore, the introduction of the community charge will have had a neutral effect on the incomes of those on income support.

  Child Benefit
  Sir Ian Gilmour
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the current levels of child benefit if it had been uprated since April 1979 in line with(a) the retail price index and (b) the single person's tax allowance; and what would be the net costs after allowing for benefit savings elsewhere in the system, of uprating it to those amounts now.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The levels would be(a) £8.66, (b) £10.32.

  The net costs of uprating to these levels would be £660 million and £1,440 million respectively.

  Sir Ian Gilmour
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, further to his reply to the right hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham,Official Report, 5 March, column 532, what would be the cost of restoring the combined 1979 value of child benefit plus long-term national insurance addition for children of widows, invalidity and retirement pensioners.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  It is estimated that the cost would be approximately £56.7 million.

  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what has been the saving in public expenditure from the freezing of child benefit each year since 1987 and cumulatively, at current and 1990 prices.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The sums involved for each of the years are as follows:

  Year

  £ million

  1988–89

  140

  1989–90

  210

  1990–91

  285

  559
  On a cumulative basis this would be about £1,125 million in cash terms and £1,185 million at 1990–91 prices.

  Over the same period the following extra help was channelled to the least well-off families—those in receipt of income support or family credit—who do not gain from an increase in child benefit:

  Year

  £ million

  1988–89

  200

  1989–90

  70

  1990–91

  70

  The cumulative figures on the same basis as above would be around £800 million and £850 million respectively.

  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much it would have cost his Department to increase child benefit by double the level of index in 1989–90.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  About £645 million.

  Pensions (Incomes)
  Sir Ian Gilmour
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher),Official Report, 4 April, columns 687–92, if he will republish the figures in table 4 of the answer showing housing benefit, standard and certificated, separately from retirement pension.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The information is not available in the precise form requested. The table shows housing benefit separately from retirement pension.

  Incomes of Pensioner Tax Units with all income in State Benefits 1979–1987

  Average total net income

  RP+Supp. ben. plus housing benefit

  Of which housing benefit

  Other benefits (including disability benefits)

  Single

  1979

  46.30

  43.50

  —

  2.80

  1980

  47.80

  45.40

  —

  2.40

  1981

  51.10

  47.40

  —

  3.60

  1982

  53.50

  50.70

  —

  2.80

  1983

  56.80

  53.60

  —

  2.20

  1984

  57.10

  53.50

  12.40

  3.60

  1985

  57.70

  54.00

  13.60

  3.70

  1986

  57.00

  53.60

  14.90

  3.40

  1987

  58.60

  54.70

  16.40

  3.90

  Married

  1979

  72.80

  69.50

  —

  3.50

  1980

  71.70

  68.50

  —

  3.50

  1981

  78.50

  75.80

  —

  2.70

  1982

  79.70

  73.90

  —

  5.80

  1983

  82.30

  78.20

  —

  4.10

  1984

  87.90

  80.20

  11.70

  7.70

  1985

  84.20

  77.10

  10.70

  7.10

  1986

  90.50

  78.50

  13.60

  12.00

  1987

  88.40

  78.60

  15.50

  9.90

  All

  1979

  50.60

  47.70

  —

  2.90

  1980

  52.80

  50.20

  —

  2.50

  1981

  56.00

  52.60

  —

  3.50

  1982

  59.00

  55.50

  —

  3.40

  1983

  61.10

  58.50

  —

  2.50

  1984

  62.80

  58.50

  12.30

  4.30

  1985

  62.10

  57.80

  13.10

  4.20

  560

  Average total net income

  RP+Supp. ben. plus housing benefit

  Of which housing benefit

  Other benefits (including disability benefits)

  1986

  63.40

  58.40

  14.70

  5.00

  1987

  64.40

  59.30

  16.30

  5.00

  Notes:

  1. All cash figures are £ per week (to nearest 10 pence) at 1987 prices.

  2. All figures refer to pensioner tax units.

  3. Retirement pension and related benefits includes basic retirement pension, additional pension, income support and housing benefit.

  4. In common with all other surveys, the Family Expenditure Survey draws information from a random sample of the population. This means that the FES will occasionally include some individuals whose weekly income are considerably higher or lower than those of the remainder of their group. The unrepresentative income of such individuals when averaged may give wide swings in year-to-year comparisons. In general when viewed over the longer term, the data provides a more reliable overall indication of the movement in average weekly incomes.

  5. Prior to 1984 there is no information on a full year basis on standard and certified Housing Benefit.

  6. For 1984–1987 the data from the FES is not sufficiently accurate to provide separate figures on the average amounts of certificated and standard Housing Benefit.

  Social Fund
  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much money in loans was given from the social fund in 1989–90.

  Mr. Scott
  Provisional loans expenditure in 1989–90 was £141 million.

  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much money is available in the social fund for loans in 1990–91.

  Mr. Scott
  The loans budget for 1990–91 is £152 million.

  Grants and Loans
  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing in 1988–89 and 1989–90 the number of applications for (i) community care grants, (ii) budgeting loans and (iii) crisis loans that were refused, broken down by reason for refusal.

  Mr. Scott
  The information requested is set out in the tables. The figures relate to the number of occasions on which the particular reason for refusal was used. It is possible for an individual application to be refused for more than one reason.

  Reasons for refusal 1989–90:

  Community Care Grants

  Budgeting Loans

  Crisis Loans

  Savings over £500 sufficient to meet cost

  3,510

  880

  30

  Not in receipt of IS

  n/a

  38,720

  n/a

  Not in receipt of IS for 26 weeks

  n/a

  116,630

  n/a

  Not in receipt of IS and unlikely to become entitled

  30,100

  n/a

  n/a

  Excluded items

  11,850

  24,820

  1,280

  Excluded persons

  19,790

  1,300

  390

  Amount less than £30 (not travelling expenses)

  4,520

  12,460

  n/a

  561

  Community Care Grants

  Budgeting Loans

  Crisis Loans

  Total debt of £1,000

  n/a

  420

  40

  Previous application and SFO decision for this item

  13,480

  25,540

  1,500

  No serious risk or damage to health or safety

  n/a

  n/a

  24,540

  Inability to repay

  n/a

  19,010

  3,270

  Help available from another source

  2,440

  2,330

  3,940

  Insufficient priority

  50,340

  137,720

  1,300

  Other agencies not providing back up

  20

  n/a

  n/a

  Suitable alternative available

  1,360

  2,080

  1,490

  Loan refused—CCG awarded

  n/a

  34,890

  350

  Direction 4 not satisfied1

  58,210

  n/a

  n/a

  Enough money available to meet crisis

  n/a

  n/a

  520

  Other2

  97,400

  21,210

  6,990

  Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

  1Figures relate to the period November 1989 to March 1990 only.

  2includes decisions prior to November 1989 where Direction 4 was not satisfied.

  n/a—not applicable.

  Reasons for refusal 1988–89

  Community care grants

  Budgeting loans

  Crisis loans

  Savings over £500 sufficient to meet cost

  2,510

  880

  60

  Not in receipt of IS

  n/a

  35,780

  n/a

  Not in receipt of IS for 26 weeks

  n/a

  100,380

  n/a

  Not in receipt of IS and unlikely to become entitled

  15,890

  n/a

  n/a

  Excluded items

  9,610

  29,370

  1,620

  Excluded persons

  13,790

  770

  320

  Amount less than £30 (not travelling

  expenses)

  3,230

  11,950

  n/a

  Total debt of £1,000

  n/a

  180

  20

  Previous application and SFO decision for this item

  5,080

  13,180

  1,490

  Analysis of awards 1989–90

  Client Group Code

  00

  01

  02

  03

  04

  05

  06

  07

  08

  09

  10

  11

  12

  13

  14

  15

  Budgeting Loans

  National

  0·2

  0·4

  0·6

  3·5

  0·4

  1·6

  4·2

  48·7

  0·4

  1·8

  15·7

  18·3

  1·1

  3·0

  0·0

  n/a

  North East Region

  0·1

  0·3

  0·6

  3·4

  0·3

  1·5

  3·6

  46·2

  0·5

  1·9

  19·7

  18·2

  1·0

  2·5

  0·1

  n/a

  Gateshead

  0·0

  0·2

  0·5

  3·9

  0·2

  1·7

  3·7

  45·1

  0·2

  2·3

  21·6

  17·8

  0·9

  1·8

  1·0

  n/a

  North Shields

  0·0

  0·5

  0·6

  3·9

  0·3

  1·5

  4·8

  48·5

  0·8

  1·7

  16·6

  17·1

  0·8

  2·8

  0·0

  n/a

  Wallsend

  0·0

  0·7

  0·5

  3·3

  0·4

  1·7

  3·6

  46·2

  0·2

  1·3

  21·0

  18·2

  0·9

  1·8

  0·0

  n/a

  Sunderland South

  0·1

  0·2

  0·6

  3·6

  0·3

  1·4

  3·0

  42·6

  0·5

  2·6

  19·8

  21·5

  0·9

  2·9

  0·0

  n/a

  South Shields

  0·3

  0·1

  1·1

  4·2

  0·2

  0·8

  4·0

  47·5

  0·7

  1·7

  16·3

  19·7

  0·6

  2·2

  0·0

  n/a

  Sunderland North

  0·1

  0·1

  0·4

  3·1

  0·3

  1·1

  2·8

  44·6

  0·7

  1·7

  21·0

  20·6

  0·8

  2·6

  0·0

  n/a

  Newcastle St James

  0·3

  0·5

  0·5

  3·7

  0·2

  0·6

  4·4

  42·6

  0·2

  2·5

  17·4

  23·3

  1·0

  2·9

  0·0

  n/a

  Jarrow

  0·2

  0·1

  0·6

  4·4

  0·3

  0·7

  4·4

  47·0

  0·5

  2·0

  16·8

  18·1

  1·4

  2·6

  0·0

  n/a

  Newcastle West

  0·1

  0·7

  1·1

  4·9

  0·4

  1·0

  4·9

  56·9

  0·6

  0·7

  22·1

  3·6

  0·5

  2·3

  0·0

  n/a

  Houghton le Spring

  0·0

  0·7

  0·7

  3·6

  0·4

  0·9

  2·2

  47·9

  0·3

  0·9

  23·0

  15·5

  1·6

  2·0

  0·0

  n/a

  Newcastle East

  0·1

  0·1

  0·6

  1·8

  0·5

  1·5

  3·3

  47·4

  0·2

  2·4

  15·9

  23·3

  1·0

  1·8

  0·0

  n/a

  Crisis loans

  National

  0·1

  0·1

  0·1

  0·8

  0·1

  0·4

  1·7

  21·7

  0·1

  0·2

  14·8

  44·0

  1·1

  4·4

  0·0

  10·4

  North East Region

  0·1

  0·1

  0·1

  0·8

  0·1

  0·5

  1·5

  25·2

  0·1

  0·3

  17·3

  39·9

  1·0

  2·9

  0·1

  10·3

  Gateshead

  0·1

  0·2

  0·5

  1·1

  0·0

  0·7

  1·9

  28·1

  0·0

  0·3

  18·7

  35·0

  0·9

  2·5

  0·0

  10·0

  North Shields

  0·0

  0·1

  0·0

  1·3

  0·1

  0·1

  1·5

  28·6

  0·0

  0·1

  21·2

  38·3

  1·3

  2·8

  0·0

  4·4

  Wallsend

  0·0

  0·3

  0·0

  1·0

  0·5

  0·7

  2·2

  23·1

  0·0

  0·2

  17·2

  38·0

  0·7

  3·1

  0·0

  12·9

  Sunderland South

  0·1

  0·1

  0·3

  1·0

  0·4

  0·9

  1·1

  26·7

  0·0

  0·1

  14·9

  43·5

  0·4

  3·0

  0·0

  7·6

  South Shields

  0·0

  0·1

  0·1

  0·6

  0·2

  0·4

  1·9

  22·0

  0·1

  0·2

  12·6

  48·7

  0·6

  3·7

  0·1

  8·8

  Sunderland North

  0·0

  0·2

  0·3

  0·8

  0·3

  0·7

  2·0

  31·1

  0·1

  0·3

  18·3

  32·4

  0·6

  1·9

  0·0

  11·1

  562

  Community care grants

  Budgeting loans

  Crisis loans

  No serious risk or damage to health or safety

  n/a

  n/a

  24,430

  Inability to repay

  n/a

  11,730

  3,290

  Help available from another source

  2,140

  2,460

  5,890

  Insufficient priority

  13,450

  83,430

  810

  Other agencies not providing back up

  90

  n/a

  n/a

  Suitable alternative available

  1,180

  2,140

  1,860

  Loan refused—CCG awarded

  n/a

  14,580

  150

  Other

  83,220

  18,770

  6,590

  Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

  n/a—not applicable.

  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing in 1988–89 and 1989–90 the number of (i) community care grants, (ii) budgeting loans and (iii) crisis loans which were refused on the grounds of "excluded items", breaking down "excluded items" into its component parts.

  Mr. Scott
  The numbers of applications refused on the grounds that the application was for an item excluded by the Secretary of State's directions are as follows. Details of the individual excluded items applied for are not recorded.

  Community care grants

  Budgeting loans

  Crisis loans

  1988–89

  9,610

  29,370

  1,620

  1989–90

  11,850

  24,820

  1,280

  Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of(a) budgeting loans (b) crisis loans and (c) community care grants were awarded to each of the 15 client groups defined by his Department in (a) Great Britain as a whole (b) the north-east region and (c) each of the offices serving the Tyne and Wear area for 1989–90.

  Mr. Scott
  The information requested is in the table:
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  Client Group Code

  00

  01

  02

  03

  04

  05

  06

  07

  08

  09

  10

  11

  12

  13

  14

  15

  Newcastle St James

  0·4

  0·2

  0·0

  0·9

  0·0

  0·7

  1·8

  27·0

  0·0

  0·4

  16·7

  35·6

  1·0

  3·9

  0·0

  11·4

  Jarrow

  01

  01

  0·0

  0·5

  0·3

  0·8

  2·3

  24·7

  0·0

  0·3

  11·8

  40·6

  1·3

  2·9

  0·0

  14·3

  Newcastle West

  0·0

  0·2

  0·2

  1·3

  0·0

  0·6

  1·3

  18·8

  0·0

  0·3

  13·7

  24·6

  0·8

  2·3

  0·0

  35·7

  Houghton le Spring

  0·0

  0·0

  0·3

  0·3

  0·2

  0·3

  2·0

  22·5

  0·0

  0·0

  17·6

  32·1

  1·4

  3·0

  0·0

  20·3

  Newcastle East

  0·0

  0·2

  0·2

  1·4

  0·1

  0·3

  1·0

  26·3

  0·0

  0·4

  12·7

  44·5

  1·0

  2·1

  0·0

  9·9

  Community care grants

  National

  0·4

  5·6

  5·1

  15·1

  0·9

  3·3

  12·6

  25·4

  0·4

  1·1

  8·5

  12·9

  2·1

  5·9

  0·0

  1·0

  North East Region

  0·2

  4·7

  5·3

  15·1

  0·9

  3·6

  11·9

  25·6

  0·4

  1·2

  10·2

  12·8

  2·1

  5·0

  0·1

  0·9

  Gateshead

  0·0

  4·1

  7·0

  14·3

  1·1

  2·8

  11·8

  28·8

  0·4

  1·0

  8·2

  14·0

  1·6

  4·1

  0·0

  0·8

  North Shields

  0·0

  5·0

  5·3

  17·1

  0·4

  4·4

  11·2

  27·7

  0·4

  0·0

  9·0

  14·7

  0·7

  3·3

  0·0

  0·9

  Wallsend

  0·2

  7·7

  7·7

  19·8

  0·0

  1·8

  10·5

  21·4

  0·2

  1·0

  8·9

  13·9

  1·8

  4·6

  0·0

  0·4

  Sunderland South

  0·1

  5·1

  4·9

  15·9

  2·0

  4·4

  14·4

  24·3

  0·5

  1·3

  8·4

  10·4

  2·1

  5·4

  0·0

  0·8

  South Shields

  0·1

  6·0

  4·6

  19·2

  1·3

  2·7

  10·8

  33·6

  1·0

  0·9

  7·6

  6·9

  1·2

  3·1

  0·0

  0·7

  Sunderland North

  0·2

  3·0

  5·4

  12·4

  1·8

  4·0

  10·7

  26·6

  0·3

  1·8

  10·8

  16·5

  1·4

  4·6

  0·0

  0·5

  Newcastle St James

  0·4

  4·3

  3·0

  14·3

  0·4

  2·6

  12·3

  26·3

  0·0

  1·1

  7·8

  16·6

  1·6

  8·1

  0·0

  1·1

  Jarrow

  0·0

  4·8

  8·5

  23·1

  0·4

  4·2

  14·9

  21·8

  0·1

  1·5

  7·2

  4·5

  3·3

  5·1

  0·0

  0·6

  Newcastle West

  0·4

  7·6

  7·3

  16·3

  0·3

  1·5

  13·6

  24·3

  0·0

  1·4

  10·7

  7·9

  1·5

  6·0

  0·0

  1·1

  Houghton le Spring

  0·2

  2·5

  2·0

  8·0

  0·7

  2·7

  14·5

  29·4

  0·5

  1·2

  19·7

  10·5

  2·0

  5·2

  0·0

  0·7

  Newcastle East

  0·2

  10·4

  9·7

  30·5

  1·5

  2·8

  13·6

  10·9

  0·4

  0·8

  3·9

  8·7

  0·7

  5·3

  0·0

  0·6

  n/a = not applicable

  Key to client group codes:

  00 Not assigned

  01 Over 80 and in receipt of Higher Pensioner Premium

  02 Aged 60–79, disabled and in receipt of Higher Pensioner Premium

  03 Aged 60–79, in receipt of Pensioner Premium or over 60 without Pensioner Premium

  04 Lone Parent, in receipt of Disability Premium

  05 Family, in receipt of Disability Premium

  06 Other, in receipt of Disability Premium

  07 Lone Parent, not in receipt of Disability Premium

  08 Quarterly signer at UBO, in receipt of Family Premium

  09 Quarterly signer at UBO, not in receipt of Family Premium

  10 Signing as unemployed or with training allowance—in receipt of Family Premium

  11 Signing as unemployed or with training allowance—not in receipt of Family Premium

  12 Others, in receipt of Family Premium

  13 Others, not in receipt of Family Premium

  14 Involved in a trade dispute

  15 Applicant not in receipt of Income Support

  Mr. Terry Davis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of(a) budgeting loans (b) community care grants were awarded to each of the 15 client groups defined by his Department for the midlands region in the financial year 1989–90

  Mr. Scott
  [holding answer 24 May 1990]: The information requested is in the table:

  Budgeting Loans

  Community Care Grants

  Client Group

  Per cent.

  Per cent.

  0

  0·13

  0·19

  1

  0·42

  4·69

  2

  0·51

  4·23

  3

  3·45

  12·39

  4

  0·32

  0·78

  5

  1·84

  2·82

  6

  2·96

  10·30

  7

  50·17

  35·64

  8

  0·57

  0·26

  9

  1·53

  0·63

  10

  20·06

  7·08

  11

  14·57

  13·23

  12

  1·14

  1·79

  13

  2·17

  5·06

  14

  0·00

  0·00

  15

  n/a

  0·93

  The figures do not sum because of rounding.

  Key to Client Groups

  0 Unallocated or unidentified

  1 Over 80-with Income Support higher pensioner priemium.

  2 Aged 60–79—disabled with higher pensioner premium.

  3 Aged 60–79—with ordinary pensioner premium or over 60 without pensioner premium.

  4 Lone parent with Income Support disability premium.

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  5 Family with disability premium.

  6 Other with disability premium.

  7 Lone parent without disability premium.

  8 Signs at UBO quarterly with Income Support family premium.

  9 Signs at UBO quarterly without family premium.

  10 Signing unemployed or with training allowance with family premium.

  11 Signing unemployed or with training allowance without family premium.

  12 Others with family premium.

  13 Others without family premium.

  14 Involved in trade dispute.

  15 Applicant not in receipt of Income Support—Notapplicable for budgeting loans.

  Unemployment Benefit
  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the expenditure on earnings-related unemployment benefit each year since 1975, at current and at 1990 prices; and what is the estimated saving in public expenditure from the abolition of earnings-related unemployment benefit each year since 1982 and cumulatively, at current and at 1990 prices.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  Expenditure on earnings-related unemployment benefit from 1975 to 1982 is shown in the table.

  £ million

  Original price

  1990–91 price

  1975–76

  73

  247

  1976–77

  87

  254

  1977–78

  92

  248

  1978–79

  90

  214

  1979–80

  85

  171

  565

  Original price

  1990–91 price

  1980–81

  170

  306

  1981–82

  176

  292

  Information on the expenditure saving from the abolition of earnings-related unemployment benefit each year since 1982 is not available. In 1982 it was estimated that the public expenditure saving in the first full year from the abolition of earnings-related unemployment benefit was around £100 million at 1982–83 prices; this converts to about £150 million at 1990–91 prices. Following recent research into the work history of the newly unemployed, it is now estimated that if earnings-related unemployment benefit were to be reintroduced the gross cost would be around £200 million in the current financial year. There would be an offsetting saving of about £50 million on income support.

  Housing Benefit
  Mr. Hoyle
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many councils in England and Wales are not taking war pensions into account when assessing housing benefit claims; and if he will put a list of these in the Library.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Mossley Hill (Mr. Alton) on 14 December 1989 at columns 758–62.

  Attendance Allowance
  Mr. Wareing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what was the total number of applications for attendance allowance received in the United Kingdom in each year since 1980;

  (2) how many applications for attendance allowance were refused in each year since 1980;

  (3) how many applications for attendance allowance were granted (a) at the higher and (b) at the lower rate in each year since 1980.

  Mr. Scott
  The details requested for Great Britain are in the table.

  Year

  Initial Claims

  Awards and Rate

  Rejections

  Received

  Higher

  Lower

  1980

  147,367

  38,796

  60,527

  39,613

  1981

  166,572

  42,526

  65,493

  40,608

  1982

  193,457

  53,981

  81,550

  45,985

  1983

  233,480

  61,166

  98,325

  57,816

  1984

  257,747

  67,445

  114,325

  58,004

  1985

  277,017

  66,218

  118,381

  70,526

  1986

  286,889

  61,457

  112,607

  76,497

  1987

  319,667

  78,338

  130,355

  91,888

  1988

  361,720

  74,058

  133,795

  110,527

  1989

  365,219

  83,647

  145,095

  100,973

  Some claims are withdrawn before decision and some are decided in a different year from that in which they are made.

  Security Screens (Benefit Offices)
  Mr. Haselhurst
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his policy on the use of security screens in benefit offices.
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  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  Security screens are installed at reception points and in interview rooms of local social security offices where it is considered appropriate.

  Students
  Mr. Andrew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the total saving to public expenditure expected in respect of the proposed withdrawal of students' entitlement to (i) housing benefit, (ii) unemployment benefit and (iii) income support in this and the next financial year.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The Government's proposal is to withdraw housing benefit, unemployment benefit and income support entitlement from full-time students from the start of the 1990–91 academic year. The reduction in public expenditure from these benefit changes in the current financial year is estimated at £29 million. This reduction arises from housing benefit only, since students are not currently eligible for unemployment benefit during term time and the short vacations. Similarly, the vast majority of full-time students are ineligible for income support other than in the long summer vacation. In the next financial year reductions in public expenditure are estimated to be £51 million from housing benefit and £28 million from income support and unemployment benefit. It is not possible to provide a disaggregated figure for unemployment benefit as separate details of claims are not kept.

  The reduction in public expenditure arising from these benefits changes will be more than offset by a total of over £200 million which is being made available in the next academic year through the student loans scheme and access funds.

  Mr. Andrew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the total numbers of students currently in receipt of (i) housing benefit, (ii) income support during the long vacation and (iii) unemployment benefit during the long vacation.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  Provisional quarterly figures for February 1990 indicate that around 90,000 students were in receipt of housing benefit at that time. This figure includes those receiving rate rebate only as well as those receiving rent allowance and rent rebate. The number of students receiving rent allowances or rent rebates can be separately identified only from the annual one in 100 sample of cases. Figures for May 1989 should be available shortly. A special exercise conducted in DSS local offices in the 1989 summer vacation identified 135,000 student claims for income support lasting, on average, six weeks.
  I regret that information on the numbers of students receiving unemployment benefit is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Mr. Andrew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what information his Department collects on the numbers of students claiming housing benefit, unemployment benefit and income support.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  Information on the number of students claiming housing benefit is obtained from a quarterly count of cases by local authorities and from the annual one in 100 sample of case details.

  Details of the numbers of students registered as unemployed are collected on a monthly basis and

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  published in the Employment Gazette. It is not, however, possible to differentiate between those claiming unemployment benefit and those claiming income support.

  A special exercise was mounted in the 1989 summer vacation to provide details of student claims to income support, including numbers claiming, duration of claim and amount of benefit paid.

  Incomes (Yorkshire)
  Mr. Patchett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in Yorkshire are on less than half the average income; how many are below average incomes; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The Government do not publish statistics on living standards disaggregated on a regional basis. However, a recent publication by the Social Services Select Committee contains results of an analysis carried out by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Copies of the publication—"Households and Families Below Average Income: a Regional Analysis"—are available in the Library.

  Allowances (Clydebank and Milngavie)
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in Clydebank and Milngavie, or in the administrative units approximating to this area for which the information is available, are in receipt of(a) invalid care allowance, (b) attendance allowance and (c) severe disablement allowance.

  Mr. Scott
  I regret that details of the numbers of people in Clydebank and Milngavie receiving(a) invalid care allowance and (b) attendance allowance are not available.

  As at 30 April 1990, the latest date for which the information is held, the numbers of people receiving severe disablement allowance from the Department's local social security offices at Clydebank and Glasgow (Maryhill) which serve the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency, although their boundaries are not conterminous, were:

  Numbers

  Clydebank

  334

  Glasgow (Maryhill)

  277

  Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action. The figures quoted may include a small number of cases not actually in receipt of benefit. Data are provisional and subject to amendment.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person-years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  In the financial year 1989–90 the division of the administration of the Department of Health and Social Security was not complete, and the following information reflects the position for both Departments.

  There is one dedicated energy manager and each accommodation manager has a proportion of his time allocated for energy management. As information about the latter is not readily available it is not possible to calculate the total number of person years devoted to energy management.

  Benefit Payments
  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many times, in each of the latest years for which information is available, the provision to make payments to another person on the beneficiary's behalf under regulation 34 of S.I. No. 1968, 1987 has been(a) used and (b) used to pay benefit to the partner of a claimant.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost as no record is kept of the number of cases in which regulation 34 of SI 1987/1968 (the Social Security (Claims on Payments) Regulations 1987) is used to make payments to another person on the beneficiary's behalf.

  National Insurance
  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what has been the end-of-year surplus/deficit on the national insurance fund in each year since 1979; and what has been the income and outgoings from the fund in each of these years.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The information for the years up to and including 1988–89 is in the table. Final figures for 1989–90 are not yet available.

  £ billions

  Year

  Income

  Expenditure

  Surplus/ deficit

  1979–80

  13·30

  12·76

  + 0-·54

  1980–81

  16·01

  15·60

  + 0·41

  1981–82

  17·06

  18·05

  -0·99

  1982–83

  19·39

  19·42

  -0·03

  1983–84

  21·09

  20·51

  + 0·58

  1984–85

  22·12

  21·74

  + 0·38

  1985–86

  23·50

  23·18

  + 0·32

  1986–87

  25·34

  24·93

  + 0·41

  1987–88

  27·34

  25·76

  + 1·58

  1988–89

  29·82

  26·74

  + 3·08

  Child Maintenance
  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will place a copy in the Library of the new instructions to local offices on(a) assessing absent parents' ability to pay maintenance and (b) interviewing lone parents about the identity of the absent father.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  Local office instructions covering the assessment of benefit and the related adjudication guidance from the office of the chief adjudication officer are published. However, it is not our practice to publish local office operational instructions because to do so would risk increased and unnecessary abuse of the benefits system.

  Public Appointments
  Mr. Grocott
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the full-time and part-time public appointments for which he is responsible, together with the salary and the date when each appointment is due for renewal.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: Details of some of the full-time and part-time public

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  appointments for which the Secretary of State for Social Security is responsible can be obtained from the Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies 1989". A copy is in the Library. Details of salaries and fees can be obtained from the same source.

  The dates on which all these appointments are due for renewal are not recorded centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The readily available information is in the table.

  Name of Body

  Appointment Renewal Dates

  Attendance Allowance Board

  2 due during 1980

  4 due during 1991

  4 due during 1992

  Central Advisory Committee on War

  11 due during 1990

  Pensions

  6 due during 1991

  7 due during 1992

  2 due during 1993

  Industrial Injuries Advisory Council

  8 due during 1990

  1 due during 1991

  8 due during 1992

  Social Security Advisory Committee

  3 due during 1990

  3 due during 1991

  6 due during 1992

  2 due during 1993

  Occupational Pensions Board

  6 due during 1990

  2 due during 1991

  5 due during 1992

  In addition, the Secretary of State is responsible for the following appointments:

  Independent Living Fund. Five appointments, which are due for renewal in 1993. No salaries or fees paid.

  Social Fund Commissioner. One appointment, which is due for renewal during 1990. Salary is £15,758.

  Pension Age
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what representations he has received concerning equal state pension age; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  We have received a total of 119 representations in the year to 27 April 1990.

  National Insurance Contributions
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list those categories of workers who pay National Insurance contributions as both employers and employees; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  We are not aware of any circumstances in which an individual will be liable for both employer's and employee's contributions in respect of the same occupation.

  Medical Appeal Tribunals
  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many female chairmen of medical appeal tribunals in Scotland there are.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The administration of medical appeal tribunals is the responsibility of the president of the social security and medical appeal tribunals, His Honour Judge Holden. His office advises that there are no female chairmen of medical tribunals in Scotland.
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  Mrs. Margaret Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many female medical practitioner members of medical appeal tribunals in Scotland there are.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  The administration of medical appeal tribunals is the responsibility of the president of the social security and medical appeal tribunals, His Honour Judge Holden. His office advises that there are two female medical practitioner members of medical appeal tribunals in Scotland.

HEALTH

  Family Doctor Service
  Mr. Hanley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on funding for the family doctor service.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  We will spend almost £1,800 million this year on the family doctor service, 77 per cent. more in real terms than in 1979–80.

  Social Work Training
  Mr. Orme
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to improve basic social work training.

  Mr. Home Robertson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to improve basic social work training.

  Mr. Martyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to improve basic social work training.

  Mr Cummings
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to improve basic social work training.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The Government have accepted the need to improve training for social workers and other social care staff. We are therefore implementing a balanced programme of improvements to provide a comprehensive, progressive continuum of education, training and qualifications for all social work and care staff in the personal social services.

  For social work qualifying training this includes the provision of additional funding for phasing out one-year post-graduate courses in favour of a minimum of two years' training, improvement to the quality and quantity of practice placements and improvements to course curricula. We are also making additional funds available to the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work to introduce a new qualifying course at higher education level, the diploma in social work, which will replace the existing qualifying courses over time. This new award, developed in consultation with educational, employment and professional interests, represents a radically improved approach to qualifying training for social workers which will enable students to acquire the knowledge, skills and values required for competent practice as a social worker.

  Community Care
  Mr. Clelland
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current time scale for implementation of proposals on community care.
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  Mr. Ronnie Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his current timescale for implementation of proposals on community care.

  Mr Kenneth Clarke
  The implementation of the community care proposals is timetabled for 1 April 1991.

  Mr. Clay
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current time scale for implementation of proposals on community care.

  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current time scale for implementation of proposals on community care.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The implementation of the community care proposals is timetabled for 1 April 1991.

  Mr. Ian Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes he is proposing to make in the procedures governing the release into the community of mentally ill and other patients; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Dorrell
  On 14 May I announced that the Government were formally consulting on the introduction of the care programme approach for people with a serious mental illness. We propose that all district health authorities should introduce this approach from next April. It will cover all psychiatric patients discharged from hospital and should help ensure that they receive the community care they need.

  Mr. Bidwell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on earmarked grants to local authorities for the purpose of community care.

  Mr. Battle
  To ask Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on earmarked grants to local authorities for the purpose of community care.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave the hon. Members for Middlesbrough (Mr. Bell) and for Derbyshire, North-East (Mr. Barnes) earlier today.

  Mr. Hinchliffe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next expects to meet the Association of Directors of Social Services to discuss community care.

  Mr. Pendry
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next expects to meet the Association of Directors of Social Services to discuss community care.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Normanton (Mr. O'Brien) earlier today.

  National Health Service Funding
  Mr. John Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next expects to meet the National Association of Health Authorities to discuss its concerns regarding the funding of the National Health Service.

  Mr. Lambie
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next expects to meet the National Association of Health Authorities to discuss its concerns regarding the funding of the National Health Service.

  Mr. Illsley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next expects to meet the National Association of Health Authorities to discuss its concerns regarding the funding of the National Health Service.
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  Mr. James Lamond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he next expects to meet the National Association of Health Authorities to discuss its concerns regarding the funding of the National Health Service.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  I and ministerial colleagues have fairly frequent contacts with the National Association of Health Authorities. Later this month I shall be attending its annual conference.

  Mr. Ron Brown
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last met the TUC general council to discuss National Health Service funding; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  The TUC general council has made no request for any meeting with me. I met the health service committee of the TUC on 28 July 1989 and discussed funding and other issues. I plan to meet it again on 19 July for similar discussions.

  Eye Tests
  Mr. Wall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he now expects to announce the results of his Department's survey of eye tests.

  Mr. Alan W. Williams
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he now expects to announce the results of his Department's survey of eye tests.

  Mr. Watson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he now expects to announce the results of his Department's survey of eye tests.

  Mr. Steinberg
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he now expects to announce the results of his Department's survey of eye tests.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  A report of the NOP findings on sight tests will be available shortly.

  Mr. Henderson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to remove charges for eyesight checks.

  Mr. Graham
  To ask the Secretary of State for health if he will bring forward proposals to remove charges for eyesight checks.

  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to remove charges for eyesight checks.

  Mr Win Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to remove charges for eyesight checks.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Vulnerable groups such as children, those on low incomes and people with certain special medical needs continue to be entitled to free NHS sight tests. There are no plans to make this a universal entitlement.

  Westminster and Chelsea Hospital
  Mr. David Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the revised estimate of the cost of the proposed Westminster and Chelsea hospital.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The estimated cost of the Westminster and Chelsea hospital is approximately £203 million. This figure
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  is based on the estimated construction cost of around £178 million plus equipment and fees. The estimates take account of expected inflation over the period of the contract which is due for completion in mid-1992.

  National Health Service Trusts
  Mr. Fatchett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has as to how many ballots of staff and patients on the question of the formation of self-governing trusts have resulted in majorities in favour.

  Mr. Dunnachie
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has as to how many ballots of staff and patients on the question of the formation of self-governing trusts have resulted in majorities in favour.

  Mr. Cunliffe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has as to how many ballots of staff and patients on the question of the formation of self-governing trusts have resulted in majorities in favour.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  We are aware that ballots on the establishment of National Health Service trusts have taken place in a number of units. However, we have consistently made clear that it would not be sensible for changes in management of National Health Service services to be subject to ballots. Applications for National Health Service trust status will not be invited until Parliament has approved the necessary legislation. Staff and the local community will then have an opportunity to express their views on individual proposals before any decisions are made.

  Mr. Salmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has on the number of ballots that have been held in hospitals which are considering opting out; and whether any of these have shown a majority in favour of such a course of action.

  Mr. McLeish
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence he has of the views of National Health Service staff or patients for the formation of self-governing trusts.

  Mr. Sillars
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has on the number of ballots that have been held on hospitals which are considering opting out; and whether any of these have shown a majority in favour of such a course of action.

  Mr. McKelvey
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence he has of the views of National Health Service staff or patients for the formation of self-governing trusts.

  Mr. Andrew Welsh
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has on the number of ballots that have been held in hospitals which are considering opting out; and whether any of these have shown a majority in favour of such a course of action.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I refer the hon. Members to the reply my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State gave the hon. Members for Moray (Mrs. Ewing) and for Dundee, East (Mr. McAllion) earlier today.

  Mr Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest estimate of his Department's expenditure on preparation for the formation of self-governing trusts.
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  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest estimate of his Department's expenditure on preparation for the formation of self-governing trusts.

  Mr John P. Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest estimate of his Department's expenditure on preparation for the formulation of self-governing trusts.

  Mr Turner
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest estimate of his Department's expenditure on preparation for the formulation of self-governing trusts.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Expenditure on preparing for the establishment of National Health Service trusts is not separately identified.

  Dental Checks
  Mr. Rogers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will now remove the charge on dental checks.

  Mr. McWilliam
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will now remove the charge on dental checks.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave to the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds, South (Mr. Rees) and the hon. Member for Newham, North-East (Mr. Leighton) earlier today.

  Hip Replacements
  Mr. Teddy Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current waiting time for hip replacement operations; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The latest information held centrally about waiting times by operation is for 1985 and is published in "1985 Hospital in-patient enquiry ma in tables for England series number MB4 No. 27", a copy of which is available in the Library. Information on waiting times in 1988–89 for specific types of operation is expected to be available shortly.

  National Health Service (Inflation)
  Mr. Caborn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his estimate of the inflation figure for the Health Service over the next 12 months.

  Mr. Boyes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his estimate of the inflation figure for the Health Service over the next 12 months.

  Mr. Buckley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his estimate of the inflation figure for the Health Service over the next 12 months.

  Mr. Bradley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his next estimate of the inflation figure for the Health Service over the next 12 months.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The Government do not make estimates of inflation in the National Health Service before the end of the financial year concerned.

  Ambulance Services
  Mr. Nellist
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to safeguard the provision of the out-patient ambulance service; and if he will make a statement.
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  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Responsibility for providing patient transport services will continue to lie with health authorities.

  Maternity Services
  Mr. Terry Fields
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action his Department is taking following the publication of the National Audit Office report on maternity services.

  Ms. Gordon
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action his Department is taking following the publication of the National Audit Office report on maternity services.

  Mrs. Fyfe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action his Department is taking following the publication of the National Audit Office report on maternity services.

  Mr. Flannery
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action his Department is taking following the publication of the National Audit Office report on maternity services.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The National Audit Office reported that, despite the halving of infant mortality rates between 1985 and 1987, there remained wide-ranging geographical variations in the incidence of infant mortality. Last July, in the Government reply to the first report from the Social Services Committee (Session 1988–89) on "Perinat 1, Neonatal and Infant Mortality" (Cm 741), we announced a major new initiative to address this problem. The National Audit Office endorsed our approach and we are taking its findings into account in its implementation.

  Figures just published by the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys in its weekly monitor bulletin of 16 May, a copy of which is available in the Library, show that the decline in infant mortality continued in 1989 and rates are now lower than in any previous year.

  General Practitioner Practices (Stair)
  Dr. Woodcock
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of practice staff in the average general practitioner service practice.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The average number of practice staff per partnership qualifying for direct reimbursement was 6·3 (3·7 whole-time equivalents) in 1988, the latest year for which figures are available.

  Wessex Regional Health Authority
  Mr. Key
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last met the chairman of Wessex regional health authority.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State last met Mr. Buchanan at his meeting with regional chairmen on 16 May.

  Preventive Medicine
  Mr. Knapman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent additional preventive medicine initiatives have been mounted by his Department.
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  Mr. Dorrell
  I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Welwyn. Hatfield (Mr. Evans) on 23 January at column 670. Additional preventive medicine initiatives mounted by the Department since 23 January include:

  (a) support for a wide range of programmes to prevent the spread of HIV infection through local authorities and health authorities, voluntary bodies and the Health Education Authority, whose latest mass media campaign was launched on 14 February 1990.

  (b) the launch of the latest national drug publicity campaign in February at a cost of £3·8 million. Its aim is to maintain the current level of awareness about the dangers of drug misuse among young people. Complementary regional campaigns are being run in Yorkshire, Mersey and West Midlands.

  (c) the funding by the Department, through the Health Education Authority, of the appointment of regional alcohol misuse co-ordinators in each of the 14 health regions. Their tasks include encouraging all the relevant agencies within their regions to co-operate in ensuring that help is available for people who misuse alcohol or are at risk of doing so, and in promulgating the importance of drinking sensibly. National Drinkwise Day on 12 June will provide a focus for health education about the dangers of alcohol misuse.

  (d) as part of the "Look After Your Heart" programme a national fitness survey, jointly sponsored by the Department of Health, the Health Education Authority, and the Sports Council in conjunction with Allied Dunbar, was launched on 20 February 1990 to measure the nation's fitness. This entails the study of at least 6,000 adults of all ages to explore the relationship between exercise, fitness and health.

  (e) as a further contribution to the "Look After Your Heart" programme, the national Heartbeat Award scheme was launched on 26 April 1990. This award is intended to encourage caterers to play an active role in reducing coronary heart disease by promoting healthy food choices, smoke-free areas and good standards of food hygiene. The award is endorsed and implemented by the Institute of Environmental Health Officers.

  (f) together with the Health Education Authority and regional health authorities, 28 regional "Look After Your Heart" officers are in the process of being appointed and

  (g) the preparation, with the Health Education Authority, of a further phase of a major education campaign on vaccination and immunisation due to be launched in September 1990. This has already been piloted in the north-west region.

  National Health Service, North Debyshire
  Mr. Skinner
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will meet a delegation of North Derbyshire health authority members to discuss cuts in the National Health Service; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Members of North Derbyshire health authority should discuss any concerns they have with the chairman of the Trent regional health authority which is the body responsible for allocating North Derbyshire's resources. National Health Service funding has risen to £29·1 billion this year and is well ahead of inflation on any measure; North Derbyshire's budget of £64·1 million represents an increase of nearly 3 per cent. over last year.

  Out-patient Departments
  Mr. Gale
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any initiatives are being taken to improve out-patient departments.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The following initiatives have been taken by the Department to improve out-patient departments:

  i. Out-patient Demonstration Projects—Aims

  As part of the Government's drive to raise quality standards in hospitals, the Department is supporting six demonstration projects in out-patient departments at a total cost of £750,000. The aim is to improve the quality of services and make them more responsive to the needs of consumers by providing care in pleasant physical surroundings with better facilities, clear information to patients and effective appointment systems. The first results will be disseminated as good practice advice to the health service later this year.

  ii Demonstration Projects to be Funded 1990–91

  Some five more projects are likely to be funded in 1990–91. Health authorities and units will be informed in June 1990 which projects have been selected.

  iii. Waiting Times in Out-patients

  A report issued in December 1989 on "Reducing Waiting Time in Out-patient Departments' is now being followed up by development of a visual simulation package to assist NHS out-patient departments in planning efficient appointment systems.

  iv. Role of Nurses and other Non-Medical Staff in Out-patients

  A departmental study report on "The Role of Nurses and other Non-Medical Staff in Out-patient Departments" was issued to health authorities in March 1990. The report contains proposals for changing the skill mix of qualified and non-qualified staff better to reflect the nature of tasks undertaken and to make the best use of available resources.

  GP Contracts
  Mr. Faye
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has received any representations claiming that patients are being removed from doctors' lists as a result of the new general practitioners' contract.

  Expenditure by FPCs (England): 1979–80–1990–91 Practice Staff and Premises

  In Cash

  At 1990–91 Prices1

  £million

  £million

  Year

  Staff

  Premises

  Total

  Staff

  Premises

  Total

  1979–802

  50·927

  20·408

  71·335

  108·704

  43·561

  152·265

  1980–81

  65·063

  26·696

  91·759

  117·354

  48·152

  165·506

  1981–82

  78·769

  32·319

  111·088

  129·410

  53·097

  182·507

  1982–83

  89·480

  39·141

  128·621

  137·101

  59·972

  197·073

  1983–84

  102·721

  47·489

  150·210

  150·373

  69·519

  219·892

  1984–85

  114·632

  54·481

  169·113

  159·866

  75·979

  235·845

  1985–86

  134·028

  67·030

  201·058

  177·399

  88·721

  266·120

  1986–87

  143·838

  74·535

  218·373

  184·127

  95·412

  279·539

  1987–88

  166·798

  83·726

  250·524

  202·660

  101·727

  304·387

  1988–89

  200·508

  96·396

  296·904

  227·416

  109·332

  336·748

  1989–903

  242·099

  121·940

  364·039

  257·835

  129·866

  387·701

  1990–914

  261–072

  165·032

  426·104

  261·072

  165·032

  426·104

  Total

  1,649·935

  829·193

  2,479·128

  2,113·317

  1,040·370

  3,153·687

  1 Delated using GDP Deflator.

  2 Figures for 1979–80 to 1988–89 are taken from Summarised Accounts (England), and show direct reimbursement of 70 per cent, of the cost of practice staff, direct reimbursement of rent and rates and improvement grants. The rest of the cost of practice staff is reimbursed indirectly through GPs' fees and allowances.

  3 1989–90 figures are on a similar basis but show provisional out-turn.

  4 1990–91 figures are preliminary allocations for cash limited expenditure on direct reimbursement of practice staff costs, cost rents and improvement grants and estimated non cash limited expenditure on other rent and rates.

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  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  I have received a number of such representations and I have had the facts investigated wherever possible. None of these cases has proved to result from the GPs' new contract and some well-reported complaints have proved to be quite inaccurate. As I have repeatedly said, it is dishonest and unprofessional for GPs to suggest that the Government's new contract justifies the removal of any patient from a practice list.

  Mr. Brandon-Bravo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect of the new general practitioners' contract on the family doctor service.

  Mr. Kennedy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the operation of the new general practitioner contracts.

  Mr Charles Wardle
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect on service to patients of the new general practitioners' contract.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I refer my hon. Friends and the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State gave the hon. Member for Cunninghame, South (Mr. Lambie) on I May at columns 517–18.

  General Practitioners (Expenditure)
  Mr Robin Cook
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the level of his Department's funding, in cash and constant prices, of expenditure by general practitioners on practice staff and premises in each year since 1979.

  Mr Kenneth Clarke
  The information requested is in the following table and shows that annual public expenditure on these items has almost trebled in real terms over the period.

  Family Planning
  Ms. Armstrong
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has for the improvement of family planning services.

  Mr. David Young
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has for the improvement of family planning services.

  Mr. Wilson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has for the improvement of family planning services.

  Mr. Doran
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has for the improvement of family planning services.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The day-to-day management of family planning services is a matter for individual health authorities since they can best judge local circumstances and priorities. The Government continue to regard family planning as an important preventive service and guidance issued by the Department of Health makes it clear that health authorities should ensure that full use is made of family planning services, and that a proper balance is struck between services provided by specialist clinics and those provided by GPs.

  Community Health Councils
  Mr. Norman Hogg
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future of community health councils.

  Mr. George Howarth
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future of community health councils.

  Mr. Dorrell
  I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Clydesdale (Mr. Hood) earlier today.

  Hospital Appointments
  Mr. Barry Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average waiting time for a hospital appointment; and what was the figure 12 months ago.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  This information is not collected centrally.

  NHS (Maintenance)
  Mr. Martlew
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his latest estimate of the cumulative backlog of maintenance for the National Health Service.

  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his latest estimate of the cumulative backlog of maintenance for the National Health Service.

  Mr. Morley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his latest estimate of the cumulative backlog of maintenance for the National Health Service.

  Mr. Meale
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his latest estimate of the cumulative backlog of maintenance for the National Health Service.

  Mr. Dorrell
  I refer the hon. Members to the reply my hon. Friend, the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of 580
  State, gave the hon. Members for Pontefract and Castleford (Mr. Lofthouse) and for Leigh (Mr. Cunliffe) on 23 January at column 656.

  Needle Exchange Schemes
  Mr. Strang
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on his policy towards the establishment of needle exchange schemes to reduce the spread of HIV among injecting drug misusers.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  We issued guidance to health authorities in September 1988 on establishing syringe exchange schemes. We estimate that there are currently some 120 schemes in England and schemes are now starting in Wales. Selected schemes continue to be monitored. Overall, our aim is to determine their effectiveness in changing drug misusers' behaviour away from practices which carry a risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV infection.

  King's College Hospital
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether King's College hospital has expressed interest in becoming a self-governing hospital trust.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Yes.

  Bury DHA
  Mr. Sumberg
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what additional resources have been made available to Bury district health authority for 1990–91.

  Mr. Dorrell
  In 1990–91 additional cash resources will be made available by the North Western regional health authority to Bury health authority amounting to £2,723,200 which represents an increase of 9·3 per cent. over the previous year. Taken together with about £1 million efficiency savings, this will enable service developments of over £1·4 million to go ahead this year.

  Hospital Doctors
  Mr. Sayeed
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on current consideration of the pay and conditions of hospital doctors in the National Health Service.

  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on current consideration of the pay and conditions of hospital doctors in the National Health Service.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Hospital doctors' pay has risen by more then 33 per cent. in real terms since 1979. For details of the 1990 pay settlement for National Health Service hospital doctors, I refer my hon. Friends to the reply my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave my hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough and Horncastle (Mr Leigh) on 1 February at columns 260–62.

  We have recently issued detailed guidance to health authorities on consultant's contracts. By 1 April 1991 all hospital consultants will have job plans agreed with local managers setting out their main responsibilities and their fixed commitments in the National Health Service.

  The issue of junior doctors' hours remains a priority for the Government. I recently met representatives of all the

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  key parties, including the profession and National Health Service management, to discuss the way forward. A working group has been established to explore the key issues.

  Mr. Boswell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest figure for the number of hospital doctors in the National Health Service.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The latest figure for the number of hospital doctors in the National Health Service in England is 45,574 as at 30 September 1988. This figure includes permanent paid and honorary staff.

  Prescriptions
  Mr. Pike
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has as to the number of people who do not take the full number of items listed on a prescription by their general practitioner.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  This information is not collected centrally.

  Alcohol Abuse Services, Sheffield
  Mr. Duffy
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to next meet the chairman of the Trent regional health authority to discuss alcohol abuse services in Sheffield.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Ministers meet all regional health authority chairmen regularly and discuss a wide range of issues.

  Social Workers
  Mr. Bill Michie
  To ask the Secretay of State for Health what steps he is taking to assist in the recruitment of local authority social workers.

  Mrs. Heal
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to assist in the recruitment of local authority social workers.

  Mrs. Wise
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to assist in the recruitment of local authority social workers.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Clydebank and Milngavie (Mr Worthington) earlier today.

  Medical Negligence
  Sir Michael McNair-Wilson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he proposes that National Health Service indemnity in cases of medical negligence will extend to National Health Service hospital trusts.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Yes.

  West Midlands Regional Health Authority
  Mr. Colin Shepherd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current annual level of capital spend for which the West Midlands regional health authority is responsible; and what it was for the year 1978–879.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The annual accounts of the West Midlands regional health authority and the health authorities 582
  comprising the West Midlands region record total capital expenditure of £27·8 million (cash) in 1978–79 and £82·7 million (cash) in 1988–89 (the latest year available) representing an increase in real terms of some 35 per cent. measured at 1988–89 prices.

  Patient Care
  Dame Jill Knight
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any initiatives are being taken to promote a better quality of care for patients.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The White Paper reforms aim to provide a better National Health Service with more attention to quality of care and customer service flowing from greater devolution, the separation of purchaser and provider functions and the introduction of contracts, wider choice and the extension of medical and clinical audit. These proposals are being reinforced by a £10 million programme of project-based initiatives to make the consumers' interest more central to the management arid delivery of health care. The Government have also initiated talks with the royal colleges and other statutory bodies with an interest in assessing clinical standards in the National Health Service after implementation of the reforms. Agreement has been reached on the provision of advice and assistance in the assessment and monitoring of clinical standards for all National Health Service patients through a clinical standards advisory group. An amendment to the National Health Service and Community Care Bill has been tabled to provide a statutory basis for the group.

  Regional Health Authorities (Funding)
  Mr. Andrew Mitchell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a further statement on funding for regional health authorities in 1990–91.

  Mr Dorrell
  I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Mr. Hargreaves) on 1 May at column 523.

  Hospital Doctors (Working Hours)
  Mr. Cox
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last visited St. George's hospital, Tooting to discuss doctors' working hours.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State has not visited St. George's hospital to discuss this matter.

  On 10 April 1990 I met the representatives of health departments, the joint consultants committee, including the presidents of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and Physicians, the British Medical Association and National Health Service management, to begin the process of identifying and implementing ways forward on the complex issue of junior doctors' hours.

  A working group is to explore the main issues relating to junior doctors' hours and strategies for tackling them. They are expected to make an initial report to the ministerial group during the summer.

  Organ Transplants
  Mr. Thurnham
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what further representations he has received about the availability of human organs for transplantation; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Since the reply given to my hon. Friend by my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health on 5 April 1990 at columns 736–37, we have received representations from hon. Members on behalf of the president of the British Kidney Patient Association and of several constituents. We are also in frequent contact with organisations and individuals interested in promoting organ donation.

  Hospital Patients
  Mr. Donald Thompson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many in-patients are being treated annually by the National Health Service.

  Mr. Dorrell
  In the year ending March 1989, 6·6 million in-patient cases were treated in National Health Service hospitals in England, representing an increase of 22 per cent. since 1979.

  NHS Services
  Mr. Patrick Thompson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what major changes there have been in provision of services within the National Health Service since 1979.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Since 1979, the level of spending on the National Health Service in the United Kingdom has increased by nearly 44 per cent. in real terms and the gross annual expenditure on the service now stands at over £29 billion (1990–91). The numbers of people providing care has also increased. There are 14,000 more doctors and dentists and 68,000 more nurses and midwives. These extra resources mean that 44,000 NHS operations are now carried out every week including a 22 per cent. increase in in-patient treatments, a 6·5 per cent. increase in out-patient attendances and an 81 per cent. increase in day cases over the 1979 totals. Considerable improvements have also been made in screening, vaccination and immunisation. Over 90 per cent. of low birth weight babies now survive the crucial first four weeks of life. The impact of these and other developments including the general improvement in standards of living can be seen in changes to key indicators such as the decline in the rate of infant mortality which now stands at an all-time low and the increase in life expectancy.

  Day Patients
  Mrs. Ann Winterton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many day-patient cases were treated last year.
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  Mr. Dorrell
  In the year ending March 1989 there were over 1 million day-case admissions in England representing an increase of over 70 per cent. since 1979.

  NHS Management
  Miss Widdecombe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes are being made in management within the National Health Service.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The National Health Service management executive is in close contact with regional health authorities as they take forward proposals for the delegation of functions and other management aspects of "Working for Patients". Considerations include the need for any changes to be made to management structures both in health authorities and units to improve services.

  Progress overall in the implementation of the NHS review is good and we remain confident that management arrangements will be in place to enable the reforms contained in the NHS and Community Care Bill to be implemented next year, resulting in improved standards, more effective use of resources and better patient care.

  Patient Choice
  Mr. Janman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what specific ways the National Health Service reforms will extend patient choice; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Batley and Spen (Mrs. Peacock) on 1 May 1990 at column 534.

  General Practitioners
  Mr. Burt
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners there are currently.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave my hon. Friends the Members for Beverley (Mr. Cran) and for Erith and Crayford (Mr. Evennett) earlier today.

  Hospital Waiting Lists, Northumberland
  Mr. Amos
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of patients on the Northumberland health authority's hospital waiting lists; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  At 30 September 1989, a total of 1,610 patients were awaiting admission to hospital for in-patient treatment and 491 were awaiting day case treatment in Northumberland health authority. In September 1987, the corresponding figures were 1,789 and 539. Between September 1987 and September 1989 the percentage of patients waiting over a year fell from 20 per cent. to 11 per cent. for in-patients and from 7 per cent. to 3 per cent. for day cases.

  Medicine Imports
  Mr. David Nicholson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his estimate of the number of overseas production sites supplying parallel imports of medicines to the United Kingdom market under licence from his Department; and how many such overseas sites have been inspected by the United Kingdom's medicines inspectors in each of the last five years.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  There are 143 overseas production sites currently listed on product licences for parallel imported medicinal products. Inspections of these sites carried out by United Kingdom medicines inspectors over the last five years are as follows:

  Year

  No. Inspections

  1989

  7

  1988

  5

  1987

  5

  1986

  12

  1985

  1

  Additional visits have been carried out on behalf of the United Kingdom by local inspectorates.

  Income from land sales

  District Health Authority

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  Cambridge

  160,890

  178,271

  2,809,500

  Peterborough

  146,250

  72,000

  387,499

  West Suffolk

  1,860,400

  124,900

  2,182,500

  East Suffolk

  736,723

  945,582

  2,310,460

  Norwich

  449,286

  1,201,120

  1,800,706

  Great Yarmouth and Waveney

  328,250

  349,475

  60,000

  West Norfolk and Wisbech

  220,503

  419,838

  1,013,150

  Huntingdon

  29,580

  325,000

  96,050

  The figures given represent the total of sales within each district. The figures given for Norwich health authority therefore differ from those supplied on 26 April by my hon. Friend the then Paliamentary Under-Secretary of State at columns 293–94, which were restricted to sales of over £50,000.

  Geriatric Beds
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table showing for each National Health Service region for 1980 through to 1989(a) the number of geriatric beds, (b) the number of patients per geriatric bed and (c) the population over 65 years of age, in each case as an index taking 1980 as the base.

  Mid year population estimates, by Regional Health Authority, aged 65 and over, thousands.

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987

  1988

  England

  7,067

  7,108

  7,108

  7,061

  7,034

  7,184

  7,295

  7,407

  7,465

  Northern

  448

  451

  451

  447

  445

  456

  464

  472

  476

  Yorkshire

  549

  550

  548

  543

  539

  549

  556

  563

  567

  Trent

  665

  670

  672

  669

  669

  684

  697

  710

  718

  East Anglia

  301

  305

  307

  307

  308

  314

  323

  331

  337

  North West Thames

  476

  479

  478

  476

  474

  483

  490

  496

  497

  North East Thames

  565

  563

  561

  558

  553

  565

  571

  576

  577

  South East Thames

  617

  617

  617

  615

  609

  615

  622

  628

  629

  South West Thames

  491

  492

  491

  486

  484

  491

  495

  500

  501

  Wessex

  456

  462

  464

  465

  465

  478

  486

  495

  502:

  Oxford

  288

  293

  296

  293

  295

  306

  314

  323

  329

  South Western

  539

  543

  543

  543

  542

  556

  565

  576

  582

  West Midlands

  699

  704

  707

  702

  704

  724

  740

  756

  766

  Regional Health Authorities (Creditors)
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by regional health authority the amounts creditors were due to be paid that were(a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) four to six months, (e) six months to one year and (f) over a year overdue.

  Mr. Dorrell
  This information is not available centrally.

  Land Sales
  Mr Ralph Howell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if, pursuant to his parliamentary reply of 9 May,Official Report, column 128, he will give a breakdown of the figures given for the proceeds from disposal of National Health Service land in the East Anglian region, to show proceeds in each of the district health authorities in the East Anglian region, for 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The regional health authority has provided the information in the following table. They are unable to provide a breakdown by districts for the years 1984–85 and 1985–86.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The information requested is given in the tables. The following changes affect the comparability of figures over time:

  (a) In 1982 National Health Service restructuring led to changes in the region of management of some London hospitals.

  (b) The 1987–88 and 1988–89 figures are for beds in wards classified as being for elderly patients whereas earlier figures are for beds assigned to the geriatrics department.

  (c) The 1987–88 and 1988–89 figures for in-patients are for patients treated by a geriatric clinical consultant whereas earlier figures are for patients treated in the geriatric department. Some patients previously categorised as geriatric are now categorised as being treated in general medicine.

  587

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987

  1988

  Mersey

  349

  351

  350

  346

  344

  351

  356

  362

  364

  North Western

  626

  627

  622

  611

  602

  612

  616

  621

  621

  Index 1980 = 100

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987

  1988

  England

  100

  101

  101

  100

  100

  102

  103

  105

  106

  Northern

  100

  101

  101

  100

  99

  102

  104

  105

  106

  Yorkshire

  100

  100

  100

  99

  98

  100

  101

  102

  103

  Trent

  100

  101

  101

  101

  101

  103

  105

  107

  108

  East Anglia

  100

  101

  102

  102

  103

  105

  107

  110

  112

  North West Thames

  100

  101

  101

  100

  100

  102

  103

  104

  105

  North East Thames

  100

  100

  99

  99

  98

  100

  101

  102

  102

  South East Thames

  100

  100

  100

  100

  99

  100

  101

  102

  102

  South West Thames

  100

  100

  100

  99

  98

  100

  101

  102

  102

  Wessex

  100

  101

  102

  102

  102

  105

  106

  109

  110

  Oxford

  100

  102

  103

  102

  102

  106

  109

  112

  114

  South Western

  100

  101

  101

  101

  101

  103

  105

  107

  108

  West Midlands

  100

  101

  101

  101

  101

  104

  106

  108

  110

  Mersey

  100

  101

  100

  99

  99

  101

  102

  104

  105

  North Western

  100

  100

  99

  98

  96

  98

  98

  99

  99

  Source: Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys.

  In-patient cases treated per available bed, National Health Service hospitals, by Regional Health Authority Geriatric sector

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987–88

  1988–89

  England

  4·8

  5·0

  5·3

  5·8

  6·3

  6·9

  7·3

  7·5

  8·2

  Northern

  4·8

  5·2

  5·1

  5·3

  5·3

  5·6

  5·6

  5·3

  6·0

  Yorkshire

  5·6

  6·2

  6·7

  7·3

  7·9

  8·9

  9·3

  10·3

  11·2

  Trent

  5·7

  5·9

  6·2

  6·6

  7·0

  7·6

  8·1

  7·1

  8·2

  East Anglia

  5·6

  6·0

  6·0

  6·3

  6·8

  7·6

  7·5

  7·8

  8·5

  North West Thames

  4·5

  4·6

  4·8

  5·4

  5·9

  6·2

  6·5

  7·1

  7·2

  North East Thames

  3·6

  3·4

  3·8

  4·2

  4·8

  5·4

  5·8

  6·4

  7·6

  South East Thames

  5·2

  5·5

  5·7

  6·0

  6·8

  7·5

  8·1

  8·5

  9·2

  South West Thames

  4·8

  4·4

  5·5

  6·2

  7·1

  7·4

  7·9

  8·4

  7·8

  Wessex

  3·7

  4·0

  4·2

  4·5

  4·8

  5·3

  6·0

  6·7

  7·8

  Oxford

  6·3

  6·8

  7·0

  7·5

  7·9

  8·1

  8·0

  6·9

  7·5

  South Western

  4·8

  5·2

  5·0

  5·8

  6·2

  6·8

  7·1

  7·7

  8·1

  West Midlands

  3·9

  4·1

  4·5

  4·8

  5·5

  6·1

  6·4

  6·4

  6·7

  Mersey

  4·7

  4·6

  4·9

  5·5

  5·6

  6·4

  7·0

  7·7

  9·4

  North Western

  5·0

  5·5

  6·0

  6·7

  7·2

  8·0

  8·4

  9·1

  9·7

  SHAs

  n/a

  n/a

  5·5

  6·7

  5·7

  4·8

  4·2

  4·5

  4·0

  Index 1980 = 100

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987–88

  1988–89

  England

  100

  105

  111

  121

  131

  144

  151

  157

  171

  Northern

  100

  108

  106

  110

  109

  117

  117

  111

  125

  Yorkshire

  100

  110

  119

  131

  141

  159

  166

  183

  200

  Trent

  100

  104

  109

  116

  123

  135

  142

  124

  144

  East Anglia

  100

  106

  107

  111

  121

  134

  133

  139

  150

  North West Thames

  100

  103

  108

  121

  132

  138

  144

  159

  161

  North East Thames

  100

  96

  107

  117

  133

  150

  162

  178

  212

  South East Thames

  100

  107

  110

  116

  131

  144

  156

  163

  178

  South East Thames

  100

  92

  115

  130

  149

  154

  164

  175

  163

  Wessex

  100

  108

  113

  122

  132

  144

  163

  181

  212

  Oxford

  100

  107

  110

  118

  125

  128

  127

  108

  118

  South Western

  100

  109

  105

  122

  130

  143

  148

  161

  169

  West Midlands

  100

  106

  117

  124

  141

  158

  166

  167

  174

  Mersey

  100

  97

  103

  116

  119

  136

  148

  162

  199

  North Western

  100

  109

  119

  133

  142

  159

  167

  181

  192

  SHAs

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Source: SH3 return, 1980 to 1986.

  KH03 and SH3a returns, 1987–88 onwards.

  Average daily number of available beds, NHS hospitals, by Regional Health Authority Geriatric sector

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987–88

  1988–89

  England

  54,947

  55,550

  55,646

  55,801

  55,571

  55,320

  54,588

  53,276

  51,043

  Northern

  3,727

  3,676

  3,809

  3,885

  3,894

  3,940

  3,949

  4,075

  3,958

  Yorkshire

  5,259

  5,206

  5,090

  5,041

  4,938

  4,960

  4,827

  4,621

  4,291

  Trent

  5,053

  5,153

  5,204

  5,229

  5.233

  5,237

  5,263

  5,116

  4,901

  East Anglia

  2,340

  2,351

  2,372

  2,417

  2,452

  2,467

  2,497

  2,539

  2,500

  588 589

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987–88

  1988–89

  North West Thames

  3,348

  3,422

  3,366

  3,329

  3,380

  3,417

  3,460

  3,386

  3,305

  North East Thames

  4,416

  4,429

  4,555

  4,574

  4,635

  4,636

  4,614

  4,260

  3,972

  South East Thames

  4,247

  4,208

  4,237

  4,233

  4,088

  3,985

  3,740

  3,535

  3,384

  South West Thames

  3,015

  3,505

  3,064

  3,035

  2,975

  2,907

  2,878

  2,832

  2,834

  Wessex

  3,536

  3,534

  3,543

  3,510

  3,477

  3,468

  3,433

  3,203

  3,022

  Oxford

  2,071

  2,055

  2,027

  2,006

  1,974

  1,866

  1,825

  2,054

  1,832

  South Western

  3,696

  3,739

  3,771

  3,848

  3,807

  3,782

  3,720

  3,486

  3,464

  West Midlands

  6,181

  6,182

  6,256

  6,230

  6,235

  6,176

  6,054

  6,004

  5,665

  Mersey

  3,101

  3,073

  3,136

  3,171

  3,180

  3,120

  3,042

  2,909

  2,786

  North Western

  4,957

  5,018

  5,135

  5,193

  5,175

  5,230

  5,161

  5,128

  5,001

  SHAs

  0

  0

  80

  102

  127

  130

  126

  128

  128

  Index 1980 = 100

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  1986

  1987–88

  1988–89

  England

  100

  101

  101

  102

  101

  101

  99

  97

  93

  Northern

  100

  99

  102

  104

  104

  106

  106

  109

  106

  Yorkshire

  100

  99

  97

  96

  94

  94

  92

  88

  82

  Trent

  100

  102

  103

  103

  104

  104

  104

  101

  97

  East Anglia

  100

  100

  101

  103

  105

  105

  107

  108

  107

  North West Thames

  100

  102

  101

  99

  101

  102

  103

  101

  99

  North East Thames

  100

  100

  103

  104

  105

  105

  104

  96

  90

  South East Thames

  100

  99

  100

  100

  96

  94

  88

  83

  80

  South West Thames

  100

  116

  102

  101

  99

  96

  95

  94

  94

  Wessex

  100

  100

  100

  99

  98

  98

  97

  91

  85

  Oxford

  100

  99

  98

  97

  95

  90

  88

  99

  88

  South Western

  100

  101

  102

  104

  103

  102

  101

  94

  94

  West Midlands

  100

  100

  101

  101

  101

  100

  98

  97

  92

  Mersey

  100

  99

  101

  102

  103

  101

  98

  94

  90

  North Western

  100

  101

  104

  105

  104

  106

  104

  103

  101

  SHAs

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Source: SH3 return, 1980–1986

  KH03 return, 1987·88 onwards

  Hospital Beds, Peterborough
  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total of hospital beds in each of the past five years within the constituency of Peterborough.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The available information is given in the table.

  Average daily available beds, (wards open overnight) and in-patient cases treated, Peterborough District Health Authority 1984 to 1988–89

  Year

  Available Beds

  In-patient cases treated

  1984

  1,161

  30,250

  1985

  1,146

  31,966

  1986

  1,145

  32,137

  1987–88

  1,148

  33,934

  1988–89

  1,187

  35,163

  DES/Stilboestrol
  Miss Emma Nicholson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will implement the recommendations made in 1989 by the European Commission regarding the drug DES/Stilboestrol;

  (2) if there are any plans to compile a register of people who have been exposed to the drug DES/Stilboestrol;

  (3) if he has any plans to assist individuals and their families who have been adversely affected by a prescription of the drug DES/Stilboestrol.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  About 7,500 women in the United Kingdom were prescribed diethylistlboestrol during pregnancy. There is published evidence that this may have increased their risk of getting breast cancer by a small amount. There is also evidence of an increased risk 590
  of the daughters of women who received diethylstilboestrol in pregnancy getting vaginal cancer (a rare disease) or cervical cancer.

  The number of women who might develop such a cancer is very small, and no specific arrangements have been made to identify them. However, the prospects for early detection of breast and cervical cancer, irrespective of its origin, have been greatly enhanced by the introduction of national screening programmes. It is open to any woman who does not fall within the age groups covered by the programmes to consult her doctor, who will arrange for any test which he or she considers necessary. Women who develop any symptoms which worry them should of course go immediately to their GP.

  In June 1989 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the use of diethylstilboestrol and its effects on the health of users and their children. The resolution called on the European Commission to identify those exposed to DES and to take appropriate action. It is for the European Commission to respond on the resolution.

  Miss Emma Nicholson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research is being conducted into the effects of the drug, DES/Stilboestrol.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  This Department has sponsored no such research. Information about research conducted by other research institutions is not collected centrally by the Department.

  Dentures
  Mr. Teddy Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of complete and partial dentures, respectively, supplied under the National Health Service during the years 1978 and 1988.
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  Mr. Dorrell
  Figures for synthetic dentures are available as requested. Figures for metal dentures are available only as provided. Calendar year figures ceased to be kept from 1986.

  England

  1978 (calendar year)

  1988–89 (financial year)

  Number of complete synthetic dentures supplied

  1,042,060

  1,107,940

  Number of partial synthetic dentures supplied

  586,750

  690,460

  Number of courses of treatment involving the provision or repair of metal dentures

  52,140

  187,990

  Total

  1,680,950

  1,986,390

  Diabetes
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has on how many diabetes sufferers need one third ml amounts of insulin per dose, how much it costs to provide(a) the smaller syringes and (b) the larger syringes to diabetics for each of the last 11 years; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  No information is available centrally on the numbers of diabetics needing one third ml of insulin per dose. The estimated costs of providing one half ml and 1 ml disposable syringes, available since 1 September 1987, on the list of appliances general practitioners may prescribe in England were as follows:

  Year

  ml size

  £ million

  1987 (last 2 quarters)

  0·5

  0·7

  1

  minimal

  1988

  0·5

  2·3

  1

  1·46

  1989 (first 2 quarters)

  0·5

  1·12

  1

  0·47

  I cannot add to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Leicester, East on 17 May 1990 at column 492, that there is insufficient clinical demand for one third ml syringes for this product to be added to the general practitioners list.

  Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what studies have been undertaken to establish levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in breast milk; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The results of surveys on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) residues in food and human tissues, conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, have been published in food surveillance papers 13 and 16, copies of which are available in the Library. The levels of PCBs in breast milk have fallen. The Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment has considered the report of the working party on pesticide residues and in commenting on PCB residues in human breast milk said"the levels of PCBs found in the UK survey are at least one order of magnitude below the lowest levels which are claimed to have had adverse effects on infant health".
  592
  A further, more comprehensive, survey on the levels of PCBs and other organochlorine residues in human breast milk is currently under way. The results should be available at the end of this year.

  Hospital Beds
  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of hospital beds in each of the past five years within the constituency of Northavon.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The available information is given in the table.

  Available beds and in-patient cases treated, Frenchay and Southmead district health authorities, 1984–1988/89

  Average daily available beds

  In-patient cases

  Frenchay

  1984

  2,666

  22,255

  1985

  2,529

  22,407

  1986

  2,431

  21,788

  1987–88

  2,293

  23,130

  1988–89

  2,168

  22,585

  Southmead

  1984

  1,802

  32,909

  1985

  1,688

  33,965

  1986

  1,602

  34,989

  1987–88

  1,477

  35,592

  1988–89

  1,420

  34,141

  Source: SH3 return, 1984–1986.

  SH3 and KHO3 returns 1987–88 onwards.

  Incontinence
  Mr. Hannam
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information the Körner database collects on the continence advisory service and the provision of incontinence supplies.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Körner community returns do make provision for the recording of the annual number of patient contacts made by community continence nurses, but since many districts treat this service as part of the general duties of community nurses, they do not identify it within their returns. No information is available through Körner on the provision of incontinence supplies.

  Performance-related Pay
  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give details of the maxima of performance-related pay paid out by Central Manchester, South Manchester and Trafford district health authorities in the financial year 1989–90.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The maxima of performance-related pay for general managers in Central Manchester, South Manchester and Trafford health authorities is 6 per cent. and for senior managers it is 4 per cent.

  Details of performance-related pay awarded to individual general managers are confidential between them and their employers.

  Project 2000
  Mr. Michael
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will announce the detailed timetable for the full introduction of the Project 2000 training initiative for nurses in each part of England, giving the specific implementation dates for each health authority.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  As I announced in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Mr. Burns) on 17 May at column 494, we have now approved the implementation of Project 2000 in 17 more schools of nursing over the next 12 months. This is in addition to 16 schemes approved last year. Approval has now been given to nearly 40 per cent. of nursing schools in England, covering a total of 64 health districts, and about 20,000 student places. We have provided central funding of approximately £38 million in 1989–90 and 1990–91 for the implementation of Project 2000 in England.

  The timetable for future implementation must be largely determined by the funding which can be made available against the background of other competing needs. We must also have regard to the size of the management and planning tasks involved at a time when we recognise that the National Health Service is undergoing many other changes.

  Mr. Michael
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the problems that will arise in respect of manpower planning in health authorities in England if the introduction of the Project 2000 training initiative for nurses is not fully implemented as originally planned in 1990–91;

  (2) what assessment he has made of the problems that will arise in respect of administrative and personnel matters if the introduction of the Project 2000 training initiative for nurses is not fully implemented as originally planned in 1990–91;

  (3) what assessment he has made of the problems that will arise in respect of nurse morale if the introduction of the Project 2000 training initiative for nurses is not fully implemented as originally planned in 1990–91;

  (4) what assessment he has made of the problems that will arise in respect of nurse recruitment in health authorities in England if the full introduction of the Project 2000 training initiative for nurses is not implemented as originally planned in 1990–91.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  It has always been envisaged that the implementation of Project 2000 in England would be phased over a number of years.

  Health Authority Capital Charges
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether estimates of health authority capital charges have been completed and valued; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Most health authorities have now compiled asset registers in preparation for capital charging. Estimates of capital charges for the first period of shadow operation in 1990–91, based on valued asset registers as at 31 March 1990, are expected to be available during July.

  Cervical Smear Tests
  Mr Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what up-to-date information he has about the extent of delays in processing cervical smear tests; what steps he proposes to take to reduce delays; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Information is not available in the form requested. Laboratories must aim to return the results of cervical smear tests to the doctor who undertook them within one month. Where this target is not met health authorities are required to take action to reduce delays. This has taken the form of overtime working or increasing the number of laboratory staff and making use of other less busy laboratory facilities either in the National Health Service or private sector. As at March 1990, the latest available date, over 80 per cent. of laboratories were meeting this one-month target. The average processing time of those districts which were failing to meet the target was 7·1 weeks.

  Psittacosis
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make psittacosis a notifiable illness; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 and the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988 define "notifiable" diseases and list the diseases that are to be notified. A review of this legislation is currently being carried out. A consultation document, "Review of the law on infectious disease control", issued by the Department in October 1989, invited comments on an extensive range of options and proposals for changes to the current law. Section 3 of the document identified the diseases which are currently notifiable and sought views on a number of questions including whether any additional diseases should be added to the list. More than 500 responses to the consultation document were submitted, many of which suggested additional diseases, including psittacosis, that should be made notifiable. Officials are now considering all the responses received. The case for making psittacosis a notifiable disease will be given careful consideration.

  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has investigated the recent outbreak of psittacosis in Nottingham; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Local clinicians are responsible for initiating epidemiological investigations. We are satisfied that appropriate action was taken at the time of the outbreak.

  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what studies his Department has undertaken on psittacosis; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Dorrell
  None.

  Spinal Injury Units
  Mr. Ashley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations the supra-regional forum has received from spinal injury units on the need for central Government funding for psychologists and peripatetic nurses; and if he will make a statement.
  595
  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  I understand that the supra-regional services advisory group is now receiving applications for funding in 1991–92. It is too early to specify how many spinal injury units will request additional funds for psychologists or peripatetic nurses.

  Mr. Ashley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list, for each spinal injury unit, the number of beds in the unit, the number of psychologists and peripatetic nurses employed at the unit and the source of funding for each of these positions;

  (2) when the first psychologist was appointed to a spinal injury unit; and what is the accepted role of psychologists and peripatetic nurses at spinal injury units.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  The table shows the average daily available bed numbers. Information on the numbers and funding of psychologists and peripatetic nurses is not available centrally and the question of their role is for determination locally.

  NHS Spinal Units, England 1988–89

  Hospital site

  Average Daily Available Beds

  Hexham General Hospital

  34

  Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield

  23

  Lodge Moor Hospital, Sheffield

  43

  Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore

  20

  Odstock Hospital, Salisbury

  39

  Southport Promenade Hospital

  35

  Stoke Mandeville Hospital

  *

  Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry

  *

  *Data for these spinal units were not separated in the statistical return from data on other beds and it is not possible to give a useful figure.

  Dental and Eye Charges
  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much revenue he expects to be raised from dental and eye charges in 1990–91; and how much revenue has been raised since the inception of charges at current prices.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The 1990–91 estimates laid before Parliament show income from patient charges for general dental services in England as £388 million. There are no patient charges in the general ophthalmic service. Certain priority groups, including children and those on low incomes, are eligible for free National Health Service sight tests and vouchers towards the cost of glasses where these are necessary. People not included in these priority groups pay private fees to opticians for ophthalmic services.

  National Health Service dental and ophthalmic charges were introduced in 1951. Charges for the supply of National Health Service glasses through the general ophthalmic service stopped from 1 July 1986, when vouchers were introduced. The estimated total revenue collected in England since the inception of these patient charges is set out in the following table:

  Revenue collected adjusted to 1990–91 prices using the GDP deflator

  Cash total

  £ million

  £ million

  Charge income from the General Dental Service 1951–52 to 1989–90

  2,590

  5,710

  Charge income from the General Ophthalmic Service 1951–52 to 1986–87

  490

  2,080

  596
  These totals are based on estimates of the England-only income in the period 1951–52 to 1968–69; accounts for these years combined figures for England and Wales. They are gross of any refunds to patients who were incorrectly or inadvertently deemed liable to pay charges.

  Competitive Tendering
  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money he estimates has been saved in total by health authorities as a result of compulsory competitive tendering in each of the last five years; and what likely savings he expects to be made in 1990–91 at current prices.

  Mr. Dorrell
  An initiative was started in 1983 to encourage health authorities to place contracts through competitive tendering of laundry, domestic and catering services. Up to the end of 1988–89 this initiative had resulted in cumulative savings of £110 million with an additional £6 million savings expected in 1989–90. Estimated savings for 1990–91 are not yet available.

  Epilepsy
  Mr. Harry Barnes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nuclear magnetic resonance scanners are possessed by the National Health Service; and what proportions of these are designed for use solely to identify epilepsy.

  Mr. Dorrell
  I am advised that magnetic resonance scanning is not a useful means of diagnosing epilepsy since most people with epilepsy would have a normal scan.

  Food Hygiene Regulations
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about progress on the proposed amendments to the Food Hygiene Regulations.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Amendment regulations will be laid before Parliament shortly.

  Blood and Blood Products
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health for each National Health Service region, what was the cost of purchases of blood and blood products(a) external to the region, and (b) from outside the United Kingdom.

  Mr. Dorrell
  [holding answer 23 May 1990]: The cost of blood for those regions which were net receivers from regional transfusion centres elsewhere in the United Kingdom, for the financial year 1989–90, is given in the table. No blood is imported from outside the United Kingdom.

  Information on the value of the blood products supplied by the bio products laboratory (formerly the blood products laboratory) is commercially sensitive. Information on the value of the blood products imported into the United Kingdom is not held centrally either for individual regions or in total.

  Costs associated with blood supplied from other regions (net costs)1

  Region

  £

  Northern

  —

  Yorkshire

  —

  Trent

  —

  East Anglian

  3,334

  597

  Region

  £

  North-West Thames

  81,091

  North-East Thames

  156,371

  South-East Thames

  439,208

  South-West Thames

  —

  Wessex

  —

  Oxford

  —

  South Western

  —

  West Midlands

  —

  Mersey

  —

  North Western

  —

  Wales

  1,429

  1 The receiving region pays the supplying region a sum to cover its costs of collecting, processing and transport.

  Nurseries
  Mrs. Gorman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women have children under five years; how many of these women work; what the estimated demand for nurseries is; and how many women who do not go to work place their children in nurseries.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Not all the information requested is centrally available but such data as can be provided are as follows:

  Table 1

  Great Britain

  1986

  1988

  per cent.

  per cent.

  Percentage of women with children under 5 years

  17

  17

  Sample base (women aged 16 to 59)

  7,478

  7,326

  Table 2

  Great Britain

  1986

  1988

  per cent.

  per cent.

  Percentage of women, with children under 5, who went out to work Full time

  9

  11

  Part time

  24

  25

  Total going out to work1

  33

  36

  Sample base (women aged 16 to 59 with child(ren) aged 0 to 4

  1,238

  1,281

  1 Includes a few cases for which hours of work were not given.

  Notes:

  1. Table 1 shows that, in 1986 and 1988, 17 per cent. of all women of working age had at least one child aged under five years. Table 2 gives the percentages of these women who, in the same years, were working full time or part time. The data are taken from the General Household Survey, which obtains information from a sample of private households, and are therefore subject to sampling variability.

  2. 1988 is the most recent year in which the survey carried questions on day care for children under 5. It showed that 6 per cent. of children under five whose mothers did not go out to work attended a day nursery. This percentage is based on 1,105 children covered by the survey sample, some of whom would be from the same family. The percentage of non-working mothers of children under five whose children attended a day nursery is not available.

  3. No information is available on the demand for nurseries.

  Kawasaki Disease
  Mr. John Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the threat to children's health of(a) meningitis and (b) Kawasaki disease; how many people in various age groups have died of Kawasaki disease; and if he will issue information to alert the public to the disease's symptoms.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The two most important causes of meningitis in childhood are meningococcal meningitis and haemophilus influenza B meningitis. The Public Health Laboratory Service's communicable disease surveillance centre and the Department closely monitor meningococcal meningitis, which is a notifiable disease, so that local outbreaks can be dealt with promptly.

  The chief medical officer wrote to all doctors and health authorities in February 1988 about the early management and prevention of spread of meningococcal infection. Copies of the two letters, PL/CMO(88)1 and PL/CMO(88)2, are available in the Library.

  The Public Health Laboratory Service is paying special attention to the surveillance of haemophilus influenza B meningitis, and there are prospects for the use of effective vaccine following appropriate trials.

  Surveillance of Kawasaki syndrome has been conducted jointly by the British Paediatric Association and the Public Health Laboratory Service's communicable disease surveillance centre since 1983. A total of 112 reports of Kawasaki disease was received for cases with onset in 1989. This gives an incidence of 1·5 per 100,000 children under five years old.

  The following table shows the number of deaths from acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome1 (MCLS), which includes Kawasaki disease, in England and Wales:

  Year

  Age

  Under 1 year

  1 years

  2 years

  1985

  —

  —

  1

  1986

  1

  —

  —

  1987

  1

  —

  —

  1988

  1

  —

  1

  21989

  —

  —

  —

  1 9th Revision International Communicable Disease Code 446·1

  2 Provisional

  Kawasaki syndrome is a disease mainly of young children and has clinical features similar to other infections. The results of routine investigations may suggest the diagnosis but are not specific. Public information on the disease would not, therefore, assist in early diagnosis of the condition. Greater professional awareness amongst paediatricians in this country of its signs and symptoms would be more appropriate. In this regard, a leading article has recently appeared in the British Medical Journal (21 April 1990), copies of which are available in the Library.

  Artificial Sweeteners
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many members of the Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food are consultants to companies that are involved with the manufacture, marketing or use of artificial sweeteners in their products; and if he will make a statement.
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  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to his answer to the hon. Member for South Shields on 22 May, if he will name the one member of the Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food who acts as a consultant to the International Sweeteners Organisation.

  Mr. Dorrell
  It is not our policy to publish details of the outside interests of members of the independent expert advisory committee on toxicity. Members declare, in confidence, to the Department any specific pecuniary relationship between themselves and any company in the field in which the advisory committee operates. When an item in which a member has an interest is discussed the interest is declared and the declaration is minuted.

  One member has declared an interest in a company associated with another company which manufactures an artificial sweetener, another member has declared an interest in a company manufacturing an artificial sweetener and a third has declared an interest in an organisation representing manufacturers of artificial sweeteners.

  Mentally Ill and Mentally Handicapped People
  Mr. Conway
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes in expenditure on and statutory provision for services to the mentally ill and mentally handicapped there have been since 1979.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Gross spending on hospital and community health services for the mentally ill and mentally handicapped increased in real terms by 20 per cent. (to £1,149 million) and 11 per cent. (to £497 million) respectively between 1978–79 and 1986–87, the most recent year for which information is available. Estimated gross expenditure by local authorities for the two groups increased in real terms by 50 per cent. (to £44 million) and 69 per cent. (to £288 million) respectively over the same period.

  Since 1979 there have been a number of important changes to the statute law relevant to services, most notably the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986. In addition, further changes are proposed in the NHS and Community Care Bill.

  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how the Government intends to meet the provisions of 600
  section 7 of the, Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 with regard to mentally handicapped people leaving long-stay hospitals.

  Mr. Dorrell
  As announced in the White Paper "Caring for People" the Government do not now intend to implement section 7 of the Act. The need to do so will be reconsidered in the light of several years' experience of the introduction of the assessment and case management procedures outlined in the White Paper. Current guidance already stresses the need for health authorities to ensure that there is provision for assessing individuals' particular needs.

  Hospital Waiting Lists, London
  Mr. Tony Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are currently on hospital waiting lists in the London area; and what was the figure 12 months ago.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Between 30 September 1988 and 30 September 1989, the latest figures available, the in-patient waiting lists for London health authorities fell from 131,115 to 124,793, a decrease of 4·8 per cent.

  Energy Consumption
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes;

  (2) if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions;

  (3) if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.

  Mr. Dorrell
  For the whole of the period for which records are available, energy consumption for the Department of Health and the Department of Social Security, formerly DHSS, was jointly managed. I refer the hon. Member to the replies my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security gave today.

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  YOUTH TRAINING IN SMALL AND MEDIUM FIRMS
  MANCHESTER PRISON: RELOCATED PRISONERS
  MANCHESTER PRISON: RELOCATED PRISONERS
  REMAND CAPACITY: INCREASED PROVISION
  REMAND CAPACITY: INCREASED PROVISION
  PRISON SERVICE HEADQUARTERS: RELOCATION
  PRISON SERVICE HEADQUARTERS: RELOCATION
  MANCHESTER PRISON: DRUG FINDS
  MANCHESTER PRISON: DRUG FINDS
  MANCHESTER PRISON: STAFF NUMBERS
  MANCHESTER PRISON: STAFF NUMBERS
  MANCHESTER PRISON: INMATE SUICIDES
  MANCHESTER PRISON: INMATE SUICIDES
  MANCHESTER PRISON: ASSAULTS ON STAFF
  MANCHESTER PRISON: ASSAULTS ON STAFF
  MANCHESTER PRISON: CNA AND POPULATION FIGURES
  MANCHESTER PRISON: CNA AND POPULATION FIGURES
  DART GUNS
  DART GUNS
  EYE TESTS: WITHHOLDING OF PRESCRIPTIONS FROM PATIENTS
  EYE TESTS: WITHHOLDING OF PRESCRIPTIONS FROM PATIENTS
  SIZEWELL B: RETURN ON INVESTMENT
  SIZEWELL B: RETURN ON INVESTMENT
  MEMEL: STATUS
  MEMEL: STATUS
  EBRD AND EAST EUROPEAN ARMS INDUSTRIES
  EBRD AND EAST EUROPEAN ARMS INDUSTRIES