§ Mr. John GarrettTo ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, (1) what percentage of the staff in
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Cumulative rent arrears at the end of March 1981 to 1985 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 London boroughs Arrears Arrears as percentage of rent roll Arrears Arrears as percentage of rent roll Arrears Arrears as percentage of rent roll Arrears Arrears as percentage of rent roll Arrears Arrears as percentage of rent roll £ million per cent. £ million per cent. £ million per cent. £ million per cent. £ million per cent. Barking and Dagenham 0.50 3.00 0.70 3.20 1.10 4.80 1.20 5.20 0.70 3.10 Barnet 0.50 3.80 0.70 4.30 0.90 4.30 1.00 4.60 1.00 4.50 Bexley 0.30 4.10 0.40 4.60 0.40 4.30 0.30 2.80 0.30 2.70 Brent 1.50 15.60 2.80 20.60 3.60 23.20 4.90 31.40 5.30 32.20 Bromley 0.30 2.80 0.50 3.20 0.40 2.70 0.90 5.30 0.30 3.20 Camden 2.40 17.20 1.60 8.40 2.50 9.60 2.70 9.90 3.10 11.20 City of London 0.02 1.30 0.04 2.40 0.05 2.40 0.06 2.60 0.08 3.30 Croydon 0.40 4.60 0.90 6.10 0.90 5.30 0.60 4.10 1.10 6.00 Ealing 0.70 4.80 0.90 5.10 1.10 5.50 1.40 6.80 1.50 7.30 Enfield 0.50 4.40 0.40 2.70 0.60 3.20 0.70 3.50 1.30 6.30 Greenwich 1.20 6.80 1.40 5.60 2.00 7.20 1.60 5.90 3.00 10.80 Hackney 1.40 12.80 1.00 7.00 3.30 10.20 3.60 10.90 9.20 27.20 Hammersmith and Fulham 0.90 10.10 1.00 7.30 1.10 6.90 1.10 6.10 1.50 7.50 Haringey 1.50 14.80 1.40 9.10 3.50 18.50 2.50 13.20 2.90 15.20 Harrow 0.40 6.20 0.50 5.80 0.40 5.10 0.60 6.60 0.70 8.40 Havering 0.60 5.80 0.60 4.50 0.40 3.10 0.70 5.10 0.70 4.80 Hillingdon 0.50 3.80 0.50 2.50 0.60 3.30 0.50 2.70 0.50 2.30 Hounslow 0.20 2.30 0.50 3.60 1.20 8.20 1.40 8.60 1.60 9.30 Islington 0.60 3.40 3.20 12.80 5.50 17.40 4.50 14.50 4.90 15.10 Kensington and Chelsea 0.50 7.30 0.50 5.60 0.90 7.70 0.90 7.30 1.10 8.20 Kingston Upon Thames 0.05 1.00 0.20 2.60 0.20 2.80 0.10 1.80 0.10 1.50 Lambeth 3.70 29.00 7.40 40.00 n/a n/a 7.90 20.80 9.40 24.00 Lewisham 2.10 17.60 2.80 14.90 4.30 12.90 6.70 20.30 7.30 22.30 Merton 0.70 7.80 1.20 10.60 1.30 10.40 1.20 8.80 1.20 7.90 Newham 0.60 4.40 0.80 4.20 1.60 6.70 1.80 7.30 2.30 9.10 Redbridge 0.30 4.10 0.60 5.50 0.60 4.70 0.60 4.70 0.60 4.80 Richmond Upon Thames 0.07 1.10 0.10 1.20 0.10 1.00 0.10 1.30 0.20 2.00 Southwark 5.10 16.10 5.10 11.30 6.80 13.50 8.80 17.20 11.00 20.50 Sutton 0.20 2.00 0.30 3.00 0.40 3.10 0.40 3.00 0.40 2.60 Tower Hamlets 0.50 7.30 0.70 6.40 1.00 7.40 0.80 6.00 0.90 6.20 Waltham Forest 0.40 4.60 0.70 6.10 1.20 8.10 2.80 16.50 3.10 17.80 Wandsworth 2.70 11.00 4.50 13.10 5.70 15.10 5.40 14.20 5.40 12.30 Westminster 1.00 7.20 1.50 8.30 1.60 7.60 1.50 6.80 1.80 6.80 the House of Commons Clerk's Department of grade 7 equivalent and above did not graduate from Oxford or Cambridge;
(2) what percentage of the staff in the House of Commons Clerk's Department of grade 7 equivalent and above did not have arts degrees;
(3) what percentage of the staff in the House of Commons Clerk's Department of grade 7 equivalent and above were not educated at private schoools.
§ Mr. Beith[holding answer 2 July 1991]: No central records are kept, but from information obtained by way of questionnaire, the approximate percentage figures are 30 per cent., 37 per cent.1 and 40 per cent.
1 The definition used for a "non-arts" degree includes degrees in science, mathematics, law and social sciences. If only science and mathematics degrees were included, the figure would be 7 per cent.