Written Answers of 28 November 1991

HOME DEPARTMENT

  Animal Procedures Inspectorate
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total cost of the work of his Department's animal procedures inspectorate in 1990; and if he will break this total cost down into salaries for inspectors, salaries for support staff, administrative costs and other specified costs, respectively.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The total cost of the Home Office animals (scientific procedures) inspectorate for 1990–91 was over £1·5 million. Salary costs for inspector; and support staff were some £842,000 and £295,000 respectively. Travelling and subsistence costs for inspectors amounted to some £100,000 and accommodation and other costs including computing were some £309,000.

  European Community Meetings
  Mr. Sillars
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the EC Ministerial Council meetings at which his Department has or will be represented during November and December.

  Mr. Kenneth Baker
  The Home Office was represented at the meeting of the Justice Council on 13 November in Brussels, and will be represented at the Trevi/immigration ministerial meeting at The Hague on 2 and 3 December.

  European Community (Visits)
  Mr. Forman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (i) the number of visits made by officials in his Department during the past month to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community on official business related to the European Community, (ii) the number of visits made by officials in his Department to Brussels within the past month on official business related to the European Community and (iii) the number of nights spent by officials in his Department over the past month away from the United Kingdom on official European Community business.

  Mr. Kenneth Baker
  The information for the month of October 1991 is as follows:

  (i) 51 visits were made by officials to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community;

  (ii) 29 visits were made by officials to Brussels;

  (iii) 76 nights were spent by officials away from the United Kingdom.

  Magistrates Courts (Grant)
  Mr. John Marshall
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the level of grant paid for magistrates courts in the London borough of Barnet in each of the last four years; and what level of grant he intends to pay in 1992–93.
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  Mr. Kenneth Baker
  Magistrates courts expenditure is supported by grant at the rate of 80 per cent. The grant paid in 1988–89 to 1990–91, and expected to be paid in 1991–92, in respect of expenditure by the Barnet magistrates courts committee is as follows:

  £

  11988–89

  892,200

  11989–90

  978,190

  21990–91

  2,057,506

  21991–92

  31,850,338

  1 Grant paid on revenue expenditure, revenue contributions to capital, and capital financing costs.

  2 Grant paid on revenue and approved capital expenditure, and on loan charges relating to pre-1990–91 capital expenditure.

  3 Estimated outturn.

  We will shortly be notifying magistrates courts committees of the cash limit on grant payable in respect of their 1992–93 revenue expenditure. I shall then write to the hon. Member. The allocation of approved capital expenditure which will attract 80 per cent. grant will be notified subsequently.

  Crossbows
  Mr. Cryer
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to provide for a licensing scheme to enable persons aged 17 years or more to purchase and use crossbows under safe conditions to prevent so far as reasonably practicable injury to persons and animals; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  The Government have no plans to do so. There is no firm evidence to suggest that the level of crossbow misuse is widespread and increasing, or that existing legislation is not adequate to deal with the misuse which does take place. A system of licensing crossbows would be expensive to administer and would divert police resources away from other operational tasks. The Government are not persuaded, therefore, that licensing crossbows—which are used by many responsible people for legitimate sporting and recreational purposes—could be justified.

  Young Offenders
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how often the suicide risk of young people held in young offenders institutions is reviewed; and whether it is reassessed after major events such as the death of a relative.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  Every prisoner is assessed for suicide risk upon reception into a young offender institution. The doctor decides at that time the appropriate immediate action and whether the prisoner should be recalled for further assessment, or for regular review. If at any time during the period in custody, a prisoner shows signs of possible suicide risk, he or she will be referred by staff to a medical officer for reassessment.

  Where events likely to cause distress to a prisoner come to the attention of staff, the prisoner's behaviour and general demeanour will be monitored particularly carefully and, where necessary, additional care and support will be provided. If there is any concern about a possible suicide attempt, the prisoner will be referred to a doctor for further assessment.
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  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any classification is made by staff at young offender institutions between suicide threats they consider genuine and those they consider have another motive.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  There is no formal system of classifying threats of suicide by prisoners. It is difficult in practice to distinguish the level of intent in a prisoner's mind. All threats, therefore, must be and are taken seriously by prison staff. Not all prisoners who threaten suicide or who commit an act of self harm will necessarily be determined to kill themselves. But such behaviour, even where not suicidal, will normally be the expression of emotional problems which need to be addressed as soon as possible lest they develop into a more serious crisis.

  Staff are encouraged to assess where problems may exist and to provide help and support to enable the prisoner to resolve them if at all possible.

  Private Visits
  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total estimated cost of private visits undertaken by him, other Ministers, and officials and specialist advisers, in an official capacity during the current financial year; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Kenneth Baker
  I regret that information in the form requested is not held centrally.

  EC Directives
  Mr. Cash
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy not to support the provisions of the data protection directive affecting political canvassers' powers to ask members of the public about their voting intentions.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The Government are seeking to remove or mitigate the effects of the requirements in the draft directive which go beyond United Kingdom law and might hamper canvassing of voting intentions.

  Mr. Cash
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy not to support the provisions of the data protection directive which prevent direct mailing.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The Government are aware of concerns among various organisations about the likely effects of the draft directive on direct mailing. In discussion with other member states, it is seeking to ensure that the notification and consent provisions are modified in such a way as to avoid unreasonable restrictions.

  Mr. Cash
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy not to support the provisions of the data protection directive which would prevent airline tickets being issued across the boundaries of member states of the European Community.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The Government are seeking modification of provisions of the draft data protection directive which might inhibit the normal and legitimate ticketing of airline travel from a member state across the external frontier of the Community.

  Mr. Cash
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his policy in 566
  respect of negotiations on proposed EC directives with respect to (a) protection of the freedom of the individual and (b) protection of freedom of the press.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  In negotiations on EC directives, the Government seek to ensure a proper balance between the interests of the individual and of society at large.

  Mr. Cash
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy not to support those elements of the data protection directive which involve controls over the use of personal data such as names and addresses.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The Government are seeking to remove or mitigate the effects of provisions in the draft data protection directive which go beyond the controls which United Kingdom law already imposes on the use of computerised personal data, including names and addresses.

  Mr. Cash
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy not to support controls on the use of credit cards outside the European Community under the data protection directive.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The Government are seeking modification of provisions in the draft data protection directive which might inhibit the normal and legitimate use of credit cards by European Community nationals in third countries.

  Mr. Cash
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make its policy not to support the provisions in the data protection directive involving preparation of opinion polls.

  Mrs. Rumbold
  The Government are seeking to remove or mitigate the effects of the requirements in the draft directive which go beyond United Kingdom law and might hamper the activities of public opinion pollsters.

  Police Establishment
  Sir John Wheeler
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will announce his decision on increases in police establishments for 1992–93.

  Mr. Kenneth Baker
  On 9 October I announced that there would be up to 1,000 additional police posts for 1992–93. I have today approved allocations for 937 police posts. In addition, 63 police posts will be freed for operational duties as a result of the contracting out of prisoner escorts next year. I have allocated 807 additional posts to provincial forces; the allocation is shown in the following table. The increases are effective from 1 April 1992, subject to confirmation by police authorities that they are willing to fund their share of the cost of these posts, where this has not already been given.

  I have also set aside 30 posts for allocation to regional crime squads. Of these, 22 have been allocated to the No. 9 regional crime squad which covers the Metropolitan police district. I shall await the advice of Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary before I decide on allocations to the provincial regional crime squads.

  I can also approve up to 100 posts where I am satisfied that the full cost would be reimbursed by a third party, as in the case of some airports.

  Applications from police authorities for increases in establishments have exceeded the number of posts

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  available for allocation and I have therefore had to set priorities taking into account advice from Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary. Because I have had to target the increases on the forces which I judge to be in the greatest need, some forces have not had their applications for increases in establishment approved.

  Over 80 per cent. of the posts will be deployed on operational duties identified by chief constables, mainly at constable level.

  I have also allocated 30 extra posts to provincial police forces for 1991–92. These posts have been reallocated from provisions originally made for regional crime squads. Details of these allocations are also given in the table. These increases will have immediate effect.

  In addition to police costs, provision has been made for more than 1,100 additional civilian staff posts to help forces release more police officers for operational duties through civilianisation. Provincial police authorities identified scope in their applications for 1992–93 for the release of some 400 additional police officers to operational duties through civilianisation. In addition the Metropolitan police plans to increase operational strength by 200 through civilianisation.

  The full effect of the additional posts together with civilianisation could therefore be to increase operational strength by over 1,500 in 1992–93.

  Force

  Increase approved

  1992–93 applications approved

  Avon and Somerset

  2

  Bedfordshire

  61

  Cambridgeshire

  10

  Cheshire

  20

  Cumbria

  4

  Derbyshire

  25

  Devon and Cornwall

  48

  Dorset

  15

  Dyfed-Powys

  25

  Essex

  58

  Gloucestershire

  1

  Greater Manchester

  20

  Gwent

  1

  Hampshire

  67

  Hertfordshire

  4

  Humberside

  9

  Kent

  42

  Lancashire

  4

  Leicestershire

  26

  Norfolk

  25

  North Wales

  17

  North Yorkshire

  4

  Northamptonshire

  23

  Northumbria

  27

  South Yorkshire

  15

  Staffordshire

  4

  Suffolk

  17

  Surrey

  3

  Sussex

  32

  Thames Valley

  87

  Warwickshire

  4

  West Mercia

  29

  West Midlands

  11

  Wiltshire

  67

  TOTAL

  807

  Additional allocations for 1991–92

  Cambridgeshire

  6

  Derbyshire

  5

  Greater Manchester

  7

  Kent

  6

  Northamptonshire

  6

  568

  Force

  Increase approved

  TOTAL

  30

  Applications not approved

  Durham

  Merseyside

  South Wales

  West Yorkshire

TRANSPORT

  Ministers (Travel)
  Mr. Grist
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles he and his Ministers have travelled on British Rail during the course of their official duties during the last year.

  Mr. Freeman
  Over the last year, the Secretary of State for Transport and his ministerial colleagues have made about 150 journeys by British Rail while on official business.

  HGV Taxation
  Mr. Mills
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the situation as regards the enforcement of heavy goods vehicle taxation under the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 concerning those operators involved in drain cleansing, the standards required for drivers and the recent court judgment in Swansea; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Chope
  The licensing and regulation of large goods vehicles (LGVs) is governed by the Vehicle (Excise) Act 1971. Classification depends upon the construction of the vehicle and its use on the public road. The taxation requirements for LGVs are vigorously enforced.

  The classification of vehicles in the drain/sewer cleansing industry is complex. The issue is complicated by the requirement for some vehicles to meet the Plating and Testing Regulations 1988.

  A recent court judgment has cast doubt on the Department's interpretation of the law in respect of the plating and testing regulations applicable to drain/sewer cleansing vehicles. The Department is considering whether to lodge an appeal.

  Community Transport
  Mr. Fearn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what grants are available for the development of community transport projects.

  Mr. Freeman
  Local authorities have powers to assist with the development of community transport projects. In addition, the Department of Transport grant-aids such projects in rural areas through the rural transport development fund administered by the Rural Development Commission.

  Vehicle Excise Duty
  Mr. Adley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to his answer of 18 November,Official Report, column 10, what is his definition of "temporarily imported" for vehicles registered in other EC states, in so

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  far as such vehicles qualify for exemption from United Kingdom vehicle excise duty; and what steps are being taken to check that avoidance of due taxation is not taking place by coaches registered in the Republic of Ireland but operating full time in Britain.

  Mr. Chope
  A coach is held to be temporarily imported for these purposes if it is exported from the United Kingdom on completion of its journey, or otherwise, normally within three months of its entering the United Kingdom. Vehicle excise duty on a typical 50-seater coach is £207 in Ireland and £300 in the United Kingdom. I shall be pleased to consider any evidence which my hon. Friend has that existing regulations are being abused.

  Red Routes
  Mr. Corbyn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give details of the amount of funding available for(a) traffic calming and (b) entry treatments along the length of the red route.

  Mr. Chope
  Because the red route pilot scheme is being used as a demonstration project the Department has agreed to meet the full cost of associated measures on local roads. We expect to pay about £0·6 million for traffic calming and £1·2 million for entry treatment.

  Mr. Corbyn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many representations he has received regarding the red route through Islington; how many were in favour; and how many against.

  Mr. Chope
  I have received several representations about the red route pilot scheme. Some have been supportive, others less so. Many have concentrated on specific aspects of the scheme and have resulted in modifications being made.

  Air Traffic
  Mr. Fearn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he last met representatives from the Chartered Institute of Transport to discuss the growth in air traffic.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  My right hon. and learned Friend attended the Confederation of British Industry's transport council in July this year, though not specifically to discuss the growth in air traffic.

  Rolling Stock
  Mr. Cryer
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what representations he has received from the West Yorkshire passenger transport authority regarding the need to make a decision on the contract for rolling stock for the Leeds-Bradford electrification; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) if he will make a statement on the financing of the rolling stock for use on the electrified railway between Bradford and Leeds and the Aire Valley railway.

  Mr. Freeman
  The West Yorkshire passenger transport authority and executive have pressed for an early decision on this project. I expect to make an announcement shortly.

  Network SouthEast
  Mr. Rathbone
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to approve the investment bid for British Rail plans to improve Network 570
  SouthEast rolling stock, track availability and services on the London-Brighton, London-Lewes and London-Newhaven-Seaford lines.

  Mr. Freeman
  I will be happy to consider any proposal although I note that the majority of investment schemes do not require ministerial approval.

  Camera Surveillance
  Mr. Fearn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will undertake to examine the feasibility of installing camera surveillance equipment at accident-prone junctions.

  Mr. Chope
  A number of automatic cameras are already in use in various parts of the country to detect violations of red traffic lights at junctions. Section 23 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 will allow information recorded by such devices, if type approved, to be used as evidence in court proceedings. It also makes similar provision for speed-detector cameras.

  Mr. Fearn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will meet representatives of local authorities to promote the use of surveillance cameras at traffic light-controlled junctions.

  Mr. Chope
  The Department has been consulting the local authority associations on the issue of guidance on the deployment of automatic cameras at traffic light-controlled junctions, and also for the detection of speeding offences.

  Passenger Statistics
  Mr. Fearn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has undertaken of passenger numbers on bus services following deregulation in(a) Greater London and (b) Metropolitan districts outside London.

  Mr. Freeman
  Between 1985–86 and 1990–91 bus patronage in London increased by some 4 per cent. reflecting a general increase in demand for all forms of public transport in the conurbation.

  Outside London, over the five-year period bus patronage declined at an average rate of 4 per cent. per year (19 per cent. in total) broadly in line with long-term trends since the 1960s. In the Metropolitan areas the overall decline was some 26 per cent., the bulk of which occurred in 1986–87 reflecting the changes in the subsidy regime from the previous low fare/high subsidy policies and the substantial reorganisation of services which occurred around the time of deregulation.

  Rail Investment
  Mr. Fearn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of gross national product is accounted for by public investment in railways.

  Mr. Freeman
  In 1990–91 capital investment by British Rail (£834 million) and by London Underground (£442 million) totalled £1,276 million. This represented some 0·23 per cent. of gross national product.

  Railway Noise
  Mr. Bowis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what are the Government's conclusions on the report "Railway Noise and the Insulation of Dwellings" by the committee chaired by Dr. Mitchell.

  Mr. Freeman
  In my reply to the hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Mr. Wolfson) on 27 February 1991,Official Report, column 507, I said that before deciding on the committee's recommendations we would like to have the views of railway operators and other interested parties. We have now considered the views received and have come to the following decisions on the committee's main recommendations. Our aim has been as far as possible to achieve equity in the noise insulation standards applying to new roads and new railways. But as was evident from the committee's report, this is a field in which there is room for different opinions.

  We accept the committee's view (recommendation 1 in the report) that those responsible for new railway lines should take all reasonably practicable steps to reduce noise in the corridor along the line, provided that they are cost effective.

  We accept that there should be a night-time noise insulation standard for noise from new railways as well as a day-time standard (recommendations 2, 3 and 4). We have decided that, in line with the existing noise insultation standard for new roads, day time should be defined as 0600 to midnight, and that the levels should be 68 dBA LAeq 18 hr for day and 63 dBA LAeq 6 hrfor night. 68 dBA LAeq 18 hr is a straight conversion from the 24 -hour level recommended by the committee. In the case of the night-time standard, both British Rail and the transport and road research laboratory have carried out analyses of more sets of road noise data than were available to the committee. Our decision that the night-time standard noise for railways should be 63 dBA LAeq 6 hr reflects the outcome of those later analyses.

  We accept in principle that the detailed operation of the noise insulation standards for new railways should follow as closely as possible the system already provided in the Noise Insulation Regulations 1973 (as amended) in the case of new roads (recommendations 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11).

  The committee identified a number of other items that would need to be specified in any regulations (recommendations 9, 10, 12 and 13). We shall consider these recommendations when drawing up regulations to give effect to the noise insulation standards. In drafting the regulations and an associated technical memorandum, the Department will seek the technical assistance of Dr. Mitchell and some of the members of his committee and of representatives of the railway operators. We shall also ask this group to consider further whether it would be appropriate and practicable to include a maximum pass-by noise standard in the regulations (recommendation 15), though it would go beyond strict equity with the current statutory position relating to noise from new roads.

  We accept recommendation 14 (that any future change in the noise level for the insulation of houses near new roads should be matched by a corresponding change for houses near new railways). We hope to commission next year a review of the data from road noise surveys to see whether there is any evidence of a shift in social attitudes towards road traffic noise. If such evidence emerges, we will consider the need for a large-scale study to determine
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  whether there is a case for revising the noise insulation standard for new roads. We also accept in principle that when a new railway line is opened the opportunity should be taken to obtain evidence of the response to noise from new railway lines (recommendation 17). In the light of the evidence from the various studies, it may be appropriate in due course to review the relationship between the standard for new roads and those for new railways.

  We are considering the implications of bringing some non-domestic buildings within the scope of the road noise insulation regulations; any change will be reflected in the regulations for railways (recommendation 16).

  We shall consult on a draft of the regulations before they are made.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

  Departmental Spending
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will(a) give his Department's actual spend in 1990–91 and planned spend in 1991–92 and 1992–93 on science and technology, (b) break down this total spend by programme and (c) distinguish between capital and revenue expenditures.

  Mr. Lilley
  The information requested is set out in the following table:

  Science and Technology

  £m

  1990–91 actual

  1991–92 provision

  1992–93 provisional plans

  Innovation (Industrial R&D)

  82·2

  103·2

  100·0

  Innovation (Other)

  2·9

  1·4

  3·7

  Aeronautics

  26·1

  25·5

  26·1

  Launch Aid

  89·9

  -7·7

  -26·1

  Space

  88·9

  96·1

  95·2

  Statutory Regulatory and Policy Support

  48·1

  51·1

  55·9

  Other (including Business Development, Design and Education and Training

  63·3

  52·2

  47·2

  Total

  401·5

  322·0

  302·0

  Total (excluding Launch Aid)

  311·6

  329·7

  328·1

  It is not possible to distinguish between capital and other expenditure within the totals.

  Footwear Imports
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 6 November,Official Report, column 126, if he will state in full the reasons he decided not to ask the European Commission for the suspension of free circulation of imported footwear from China.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  I am writing to the hon. Member and shall arrange for copies to be placed in the Library of the House.

THE ARTS

  Items in Lieu of Tax
  Mr. Atkinson
  To ask the Minister for the Arts if there have been any items accepted in lieu of tax or allocated since his last announcement on 19 November.

  Mr. Renton
  Since my announcement on 19 November at column 123, I am pleased to inform the House of the acceptance of a Bugatti motor car and two vintage motor cycles in lieu of £153,000 tax. No decision has been taken on the allocation of these vehicles but the allocation of three offers previously accepted in lieu of tax has been decided. A watercolour by Rex Whistler entitled "Britannia visits the London Museum" will be allocated to the Museum of London, a portrait of Lady Ottoline Morrell by Augustus John will go to the National Portrait gallery and a collection of papers by George Bellas Greenough will go to University college London.

  London Boroughs Grants Scheme
  Mr. Carrington
  To ask the Minister for the Arts what plans he has to ensure that there is no repetition of the problems for arts organisations caused by the London boroughs grants scheme this year; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Renton
  The inability of the London boroughs grants scheme to set a budget until well after the start of the current financial year caused havoc for its arts clients. I have listened to the many representations made to me and I am determined that there should be no repetition in future years. I understand that the process of setting a budget for 1992–93 is well in hand. I shall watch developments carefully and I shall remain ready to reconsider if necessary whether the funding arrangements in London are appropriate.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

  Serious Fraud Office
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Attorney-General how many cases were in court or under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office at(a) 1 April 1990, (b) 1 October 1990, (c) 1 April 1991 and (d) 1 October 1991 respectively; and how many lawyers and investigative staff were employed by the office at each date, distinguishing between those employed permanently and those employed temporarily.

  The Attorney-General
  The total number of cases under investigation and in court at the dates stipulated were as follows:

  Under investigation

  At court

  1 April 1990

  32

  29

  1 October 1990

  27

  40

  1 April 1991

  19

  37

  1 October 1991

  15

  42

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  Cases under investigation are those where a decision whether or not to institute criminal proceedings has not yet been taken. Cases in court are those in which proceedings have commenced whether or not the proceedings were at the final court of trial. The figure of 50 cases given on Monday, 14 October 1991, in answer to a question from the hon. Member at column 36 is consistent with, but calculated on a different basis from, the figures here reported. The figure of 57 cases for October 1991 counts separate transfers or committals resulting from a common investigation as separate cases, whereas the figure of 50 does not.

  The number of permanent staff employed as lawyers and investigative accountants at these dates were as follows:

  Lawyers

  Investigative accountants

  1 April 1990

  18

  14

  1 October 1990

  19

  16

  1 April 1991

  19

  16

  1 October 1991

  19

  19

  The number of temporary staff in these categories was three lawyers and nine investigative accountants at 1 October 1991 and two lawyers and 10 accountants at 1 April 1991. The figures for 1990 are not available. These figures exclude the use of counsel and staff from private sector accountancy firms engaged to work on individual cases.

  Judges and Recorders
  Mr. Gareth Wardell
  To ask the Attorney-General if he will publish the names of all judges and recorders practising in the courts of England and Wales, together with(a) their annual salaries and (b) whether they possess graduate qualifications in a science subject.

  The Attorney-General
  As at 1 November 1991, in England and Wales there were over 800 judges including district judges, circuit judges, High Court judges and the more senior judiciary. There were also some 780 recorders, a few of whom were also district judges. The names of recorders, circuit judges, High Court judges and the more senior judiciary are published regularly in a number of reference books.

  The current annual salaries of judges, and of tribunal posts occupied by serving judges are set out in the table. The salaries are due to increase on 1 December 1991.

  The office of recorder is a part-time appointment and fees are paid for each day sat. The current daily rate is £281, but this will increase to £286 on 1 December 1991.

  Information about the educational qualifications of post-holders is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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  Judicial Salaries

  From 1 April 1991 £

  From 1 August 1991 £

  From 1 December 1991 £

  1. Lord Chief Justice

  102,950

  104,750

  2. Lords of Appeal Master of the Rolls

  95,150

  97,000

  3. Lords Justices of Appeal President of the Family Division Vice Chancellor

  91,400

  93,000

  4. High Court Judges

  82,800

  84,250

  4a. Official Referees (London)

  72,000

  73,250

  5. Senior Circuit Judges

  65,250

  66,500

  Recorder of Liverpool

  Recorder of Manchester

  Chief Social Security Commissioner (England and Wales)

  President, Industrial Tribunals (England and Wales)

  Judge Advocate General

  President, Social Security Appeal Tribunals and Medical Appeal Tribunals (England and Wales)

  President, VAT Tribunals and Presiding Special Commissioner of Income Tax

  6. Circuit Judges Senior

  58,800

  59,900

  District Judge Family Division

  7. District Judges PRFD

  48,200

  49,100

  District Judges

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

  Partial Test Ban Treaty
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reason the United Kingdom voted against the continuing of consultations by the President at the January 1991 partial test ban treaty amendment conference.

  Mr. Hogg
  We believe that the conference on disarmament provides the best forum for discussion on nuclear testing issues. We were therefore unable to support the idea of resuming the work of the PTBTAC.

  Iraqi Assets
  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by what means will Iraqi assets unfrozen on 22 November be allocated to the Iraqi Government.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  Iraqi assets will be unfrozen only for direct payment to United Kingdom exporters of goods of British origin covered by a valid licence issued for the export of food, medicine and other humanitarian goods permitted under United Nations Security Council resolutions 661 and 687.

  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will list details of those items that can be purchased with unfrozen Iraqi assets.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
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  food, medicine and other humanitarian goods as permitted under United Nations Security Council resolutions 661 and 687.

  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what restrictions will be imposed on the use of Iraqi unfrozen assets.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  Iraqi assets unfrozen in this country may be used only to pay for exports from the United Kingdom of food, medicine and other humanitarian goods as permitted under United Nations Security Council resolutions 661 and 687.

  Mr. Robert Serry
  Mr. Burns
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the extradition of Robert Serry from the Turks and Caicos islands to Tampa, Florida, to face trial on charges relating to the trafficking of substantial quantities of cocaine.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The arrest of Robert Serry was the most significant since that of Carlos Lehder in February 1987. It is of immense credit to the forces of law and order in the dependent territory of the Turks and Caicos islands that they apprehended Serry in March 1991, and that the Attorney-General's chambers successfully conducted the case for his extradition to Florida. It is a mark of the close co-operation we and the US authorities maintain in the anti-narcotics campaign in the Caribbean.

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT

  Aid
  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his estimate of the funds which return to the United Kingdom for every £1 spent on(a) bilateral development aid and (b) multilateral development aid.

  Mrs. Chalker
  On the basis of the figures for procurement now provided by the multilateral agencies, I estimate that for the period 1982–89 average procurement of British goods and services amounted to £1·40 for every £1 contributed by the United Kingdom to multilateral aid funds. Because the origin of goods and services purchased under the untied element of the bilateral aid programme is not recorded, it is not possible to make a similar estimate for bilateral aid.

  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the proportion of the bilateral aid budget fully and freely available for worldwide procurement, and untied, between the years 1979 to the present day.

  Mrs. Chalker
  The proportion of the gross bilateral aid programme which was untied in the years 1979–1990 (the latest year for which figures are available) is as follows:

  United Kingdom untied aid as a percentage of total United Kingdom gross bilateral aid 1979–1990

  Year

  Per cent.

  1979

  19·6

  1980

  26·0

  1981

  28·9

  1982

  25·1

  1983

  28·9

  1984

  34·8

  1985

  33·4

  1986

  25·3

  1987

  26·2

  1988

  29·7

  1989

  28·0

  1990

  28·7

ENERGY

  Coal Products Ltd.
  Mr. Arbuthnot
  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the loan which Coal Products Ltd. has negotiated from the European Coal and Steel Community.

  Mr. Wakeham
  I can confirm that Coal Products Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Coal, has been offered a £10,000,000 loan by the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). The loan will attract an interest rate rebate worth about £1·8 million over the five-year life of the loan. The ECSC requires that the loan should be guaranteed. British Coal will act as guarantor and, in keeping with my predecessor's assurance to the House on 18 March 1988, the guarantee is being negotiated on commercial terms on an arm's-length basis.

ENVIRONMENT

  Fish Farming
  Mr. Maxwell-Hyslop
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects the control on buildings and structures in connection with inland fish-farming operations, envisaged in annex A to his Department's monthly bulletin for August 1991, will come into effect.

  Mr. Yeo
  Very early in 1992.

  Toxic Waste Plants
  Mr. Martyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what criteria apply to his consideration of applications for toxic waste plants.

  Mr. Baldry
  Toxic waste plants require approval by local planning authorities in the light of criteria contained in development plans, waste disposal plans, and statutorily required environmental impact assessments. Waste treatment plants also need disposal licences from local waste disposal authorities and these licences are required to be determined in relation to risks of water pollution and danger to public health.

  Those plants involving incineration are also prescribed processes under part 1 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. This requires local authorisations regarding standards of emissions to air in relation to facilities with a capacity of less than 1 tonne per hour and for facilities of greater capacity a full authorisation by HMIP (thereby dispensing with the need for a disposal licence) covering emissions to all media. Guidance on the best available techniques not entailing excessive costs (BATNEEC) for the different types of plant is provided for HMIP and local authority inspectors.

  All such decisions are subject to appeal to the Secretary of State and he also has a right to call in planning applications, but he will generally do so only if planning issues of more than local importance are involved. His criteria for deciding such cases must depend upon the specific issues brought before him by the parties involved.

  Atmospheric Pollution
  Mr. Butler
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on trends in atmospheric pollution caused by(a) nitrogen dioxide and (b) low-level ozone.

  Mr. Baldry
  Trends in concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and low-level ozone are described in the second and first reports respectively of the United Kingdom photochemical oxidants review group, copies of which are in the Library of the House. In some rural areas, annual mean concentrations of nitrogen dioxide doubled between 1979 and 1987. Urban areas showed no general trend. Any trends present in the levels of low-level ozone are masked by year to year variability.

  European Community (Visits)
  Mr. Forman
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list (i) the number of visits made by officials in his Department during the past month to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community on offical business related to the
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  European Community, (ii) the number of visits made by officials in his Department to Brussels within the past month on official business related to the European Community and (iii) the number of nights spent by officials in his Department over the past month away from the United Kingdom on official European Community business.

  Mr. Heseltine
  During the past month only one Minister in my Department has made such a visit. It was not to Brussels and entailed one night away from the United Kingdom.

  Local Government Finance (Sheffield)
  Mr. Bill Michie
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received of late from the Sheffield city council regarding the council tax.

  Mr. Key
  The Department has received two letters, copies of which were placed in the Library of the House on 14 October 1991.

  Standard Spending Assessments
  Mr. Colvin
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he intends to make an announcement on next year's standard spending assessments; and if he will review the formula for calculating standard spending assessments.

  Mr. Portillo
  My right hon. Friend has now announced his proposals for next year's standard spending assessments. These include changes to some elements of the methodology, following consideration of representations from and discussion with the local authority associations and individual local authorities.

  Homelessness
  Mr. Fearn
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the grants available for voluntary organisations to help homeless people.

  Mr. Yeo
  Voluntary organisations concerned with homelessness receive grants under section 73 of the 1985 Housing Act. I have placed in the Library a list of the 99 projects in England which are funded in the current financial year. These are in addition to nearly 70 housing associations and voluntary organisations which are being funded under my Department's rough sleepers initiative.

  Water Company Chairmen
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give financial remuneration in terms of(a) salaries and (b) bonuses for the chairmen of each of the water public limited companies in (i) November 1990 and (ii) November 1991; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Trippier
  This is a matter on which the companies themselves report to their shareholders.

  Homosexuality
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the representations he has received concerning section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 have been favourable and how many have criticised the section or the way it has worked.
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  Mr. Key
  Of the 126 representations about section 28 received by my Department since the section came into force, 37 of them were in favour of the section, 75 critical and 14 general queries expressing no preference.

  Landfill Gas
  Mr. Patrick Thompson
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he intends to publish a revised edition of "Waste Management Paper No. 27" about landfill gas.

  Mr. Trippier
  The second edition of "Waste Management Paper No. 27" is being published today. This follows public consultation on a draft of the revised paper.

  The paper gives guidance on the monitoring and control of landfill gas and its publication follows a Government commitment in the White Paper "This Common Inheritance" to publish detailed guidance on waste disposal techniques. Copies are being sent to the local authorities.

  The guidance takes into account developments in the Department's research programme on landfill gas. This research is continuing. Information gained from the research programme and developments in landfilling practices will be assessed for further updating of the paper in the future.

  Non-domestic Revaluation
  Mr. Squire
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what will be the valuation date for the 1995 non-domestic revaluation.

  Mr. Heseltine
  The next non-domestic property revaluation is due to come into force from 1 April 1995.

  I propose that the antecedent date, that is the common valuation date, for the 1995 revaluation will be 1 April 1993 and I will be laying the necessary regulations in due course. My decision will provide certainty for businesses and will allow adequate time for the assessment work to be carried out.

NATIONAL FINANCE

  Visible Trade Deficit
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cumulative United Kingdom visible trade deficit since June 1987.

  Mr. Mellor
  A total of £81 billion.

  Taxes and National Insurance
  Dr. Kim Howells
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent forecast is for the proportion of non-oil gross domestic product that taxes and national insurance contributions will represent in 1991–92.

  Mr. Maude
  37·1 per cent.

  Dr. Kumar
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of non-oil gross domestic product non-oil taxes and national insurance contributions represented in(a) 1978–79 and (b) 1991–92.

  Mr. Maude
  34·7 per cent. and 37·1 per cent. respectively.

  Income Tax
  Mr. Jessel
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of net tax yield to the Government was drawn from income tax in 1970–71, 1980–81, and 1990–91, respectively.

  Mr. Maude
  31 per cent. in 1970–71, 29 per cent. in 1980–81 and 27 per cent. in 1990–91.

  Mr. Paice
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current income tax yield from the top 5 per cent. of earners as a proportion of the total; and what was the equivalent figure in 1979.

  Mr. Maude
  It is estimated that in 1991–92 the top 5 per cent. of taxpayers will be liable to pay about 32 per cent. of the total yield of income tax. The corresponding figure for 1978–79 was 24 per cent.

  Japanese Investment
  Mr. William Powell
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of Japanese investment into the European Community came to the United Kingdom in the latest year for which figures are available.

  Mr. Mellor
  The latest information published by the Bank of Japan indicates that in 1990 just over half of Japanese direct investment in the European Community came to the United Kingdom.

  Corporation Tax
  Mr. Ward
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the level of corporation tax for small companies; and what was the comparable figure 12 years ago.

  Mr. Maude
  The small companies rate of corporation tax is 25 per cent. compared with 42 per cent. at the time of the 1979 general election.

  Balance of Payments
  Mr. Patchett
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest forecast for the balance of payments deficit in 1992.

  Mr. Mellor
  In his autumn statement the Chancellor published a forecast for the current account deficit of £9½ billion in 1992.

  Economic Revival
  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received over measures to revive the economy.

  Mr. Mellor
  A number. Many of them support the Government's determination to defeat inflation and thereby create the conditions for sustainable economic growth.

  Manufacturing Investment
  Mr. Alan W. Williams
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average annual rate of manufacturing investment between 1974 and 1979; and what it has been since 1979.

  Mr. Mellor
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Barnsley, West and Penistone (Mr. McKay).

  Economic and Monetary Union
  Mr. Andrew Welsh
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with his European Community counterparts on the progress in reaching an agreement on the draft treaty on economic and monetary union.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  I attended the latest meeting of the intergovernmental conference on economic and monetary union on Monday 25 November. I shall attend a further meeting during the weekend of 30 November to 2 December.

  Unemployment
  Mr. Bidwell
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's economic policies on employment over the last year.

  Mr. Grocott
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what effects the Government's economic policies have had on the level of unemployment over the last year.

  Mr. Mellor
  Such effects are not measurable. The Government's economic policies aim to foster sustainable growth of output and employment.

  TESSAs
  Mr. French
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Gloucester, 13 November,Official Report, column 526, if he will review the operation of the TESSA regulations in the light of evidence that some banks and building societies presently refuse to accept TESSAs transferred from other issuers.

  Mr. Maude
  The TESSA rules are kept under regular review. The number of institutions unwilling so far to accept inward transfers amounts to a very small minority out of a total of 150 providers—and, of those, one has already changed its mind.

  EC Meetings
  Mr. Sillars
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the EC Ministerial Council meetings at which his Department has, or will be, represented during November and December.

  Mr. Norman Lamont
  I attended the meeting of the Council of Economic and Finance Ministers on 11 November and will attend further meetings of that Council on 3 and 16 December. My hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury attended the meeting of the Budget Council on 12 November. In addition, I have attended, and will continue to attend, meetings of the intergovernmental conference on economic and monetary union.

  EC (Visits)
  Mr. Forman
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list (i) the number of visits made by officials in his Department during the past month to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community on official business related to the European Community,
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  (ii) the number of visits made by officials in his Department to Brussels within the past month on official business related to the European Community and (iii) the number of nights spent by officials in his Department over the past month away from the United Kingdom on official European Community business.

  Mrs. Gillian Shephard
  Officials in my Department made 58 visits in the month of October to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community on official EC business; of these visits 46 were to Brussels. Officials spent 76 nights away from the United Kingdom on official EC business in October.

  MIRAS
  Mr. Maxton
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated value of MIRAS in Scotland in(a) 1990–91 and (b) 1991–92.

  Mr. Maude
  Broad estimates based on the regional distribution of mortgage interest relief from an analysis of the family expenditure survey are as follows:

  Cost of mortgage interest relief for home owners in Scotland

  £ million

  1990–91

  530

  1991–92

  420

  The percentages of mortgage interest relief given at source through the MIRAS system are estimated at 87 per cent. for 1990–91 and 94 per cent. for 1991–92.

EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

  Investment
  Mr. Warren
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science under what conditions agencies or authorities responsible to his Department have the right to invest funds surplus to their current requirements.

  Mr. Eggar
  Bodies which receive grant from the Department are generally responsible for their own decisions about the management of any funds they may be holding.

  Science Budget
  Mr. Butler
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage increase there will have been in real terms between the United Kingdom science budget of 1978–79 and 1992–93.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  Based on actual expenditure and provision, the science budget in 1992–93 will be 31·8 per cent. higher in real terms than it was in 1978·79. However, after making appropriate adjustments for certain transfers of funding responsibilities since 1978–79, including the proposed change in the dual-support arrangements, the increase will be 23–7 per cent.

  Capital Spending
  Mr. Fatchett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out by local education authority(a) the bids for capital spending on further education and (b) the capital allocations for further education for 1988–89, 1989–90 and 1990–91, respectively.
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  Mr. Fallon
  This information could not be provided without disproportionate cost.

  Standard Assessment Tests
  Mr. Straw
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will publish information relating to the aggregate results in the standard assessment tests for key stage one for each local authority area, adjusted to take account of socio-economic and other factors in the manner of the DES statistical bulletin 13/84 or other similar appropriate manner;

  (2) if he will publish such information as he has available relating to the aggregate results in the standard assessment tests for key stage one by each local authority area, but in such a manner that individual schools may not be identified.

  Mr. Eggar
  As announced on 7 November at column 206, my right hon. and learned Friend intends to publish shortly the aggregate results of each local education authority in England, together with the national results. Individual schools will not be identified.

  Primary Schools
  Mr. Fatchett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many primary schools in(a) England and (b) Wales were built before 1900.

  Mr. Fallon
  The Department does not maintain a record of the age of school buildings but the "Study of School Building" published in 1977, which was based on a sample survey of primary and secondary schools, reported that, of the then 23,000 primary schools in England and Wales, 8,000 were built before 1903.

  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales is responsible for schools in Wales.

  Institut Laue-Langevin
  Mr. Anthony Coombs
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what conclusions the Science and Engineering Research Council has reached in its review of neutron facilities at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble and the ISIS source at its Rutherford-Appleton laboratory; how those conclusions relate to the present problems with the ILL reactor; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Alan Howarth
  Following its review of neutron beam requirements earlier this year, the Science and Engineering Research Council concluded that its expenditure in this area of science should be reduced by some £5 million a year from the previously planned level with effect from 1994–95.

  The council further concluded that its financial support for the ISIS facility should remain broadly in line with currently planned levels. It is therefore seeking a reduction in the level of the United Kingdom's contribution to the Institut Laue-Lagevin (ILL) beyond 1993.

  The council's aim is to reach a satisfactory agreement with our French and German partners in the ILL both on the question of the future level of United Kingdom participation and on the related question of a repair plan for the reactor. To achieve this the United Kingdom is proposing that the present ILL convention should be

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  superseded from 1 January 1994; formal notice to this effect, as required under the convention, will be given before the end of 1991.

  The United Kingdom delegation will be making a statement on the United Kingdom's position to the ILL council, now meeting in Grenoble, later today. A copy of that statement is being placed in the Library.

HEALTH

  NHS Expenditure
  Sir Michael Neubert
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the expenditure on the national health service in each of the years from 1978–79 to date; what allocations have been made in those years to the Barking, Havering and Brentwood health authority; and what variations respectively these represent in relation to the increases in national expenditure.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The table shows changes in gross NHS expenditure in England and in expenditure—as far as it can be identified—in the area covered by Barking, Havering and Brentwood health authority. The latter figures include all revenue and capital expenditure by the district health authority; the cost of capital schemes within the district borne by the North East Thames regional health authority; and expenditure on family health services, which is not strictly attributable to particular districts. Revenue expenditure incurred by North East Thames for the region as a whole and expenditure met nationally by the Department of Health and organisations providing central services to the NHS are excluded.

  Capital expenditure for particular localities tends to vary year on year, mostly reflecting changes in the pattern of capital investment throughout the country—for example, in the case of Barking, Havering and Brentwood, completion of the redevelopment of Harold Wood hospital in 1987–88, and the construction of a school of nursing and an extension at High Wood hospital in 1988–89.

  NHS expenditure, England

  Barking, Havering and Brentwood health authority1 expenditure

  Gross total (£ million)

  Percentage cash change

  Total (£ thousand)

  Percentage cash change

  1978–79

  6,525

  —

  46,318

  —

  1979–80

  7,755

  18·9

  54,516

  17·7

  1980–81

  10,103

  30·3

  71,771

  31·7

  1981–82

  11,329

  12·1

  78,848

  9·9

  1982–83

  12,353

  9·0

  85,471

  8·4

  1983–84

  13,114

  6·2

  89,621

  4·9

  1984–85

  14,102

  7·5

  97,246

  8·5

  1985–86

  14,923

  5·8

  102,935

  5·9

  1986–87

  16,043

  7·5

  108,522

  5·4

  1987–88

  17,642

  10·0

  121,899

  12·3

  1988–89

  19,587

  11·0

  132,211

  8·5

  1989–90

  21,089

  7·7

  134,984

  2·1

  1990–91

  23,637

  12·1

  2—

  2—

  1991–923

  26,618

  12·6

  2—

  2—

  1 Source:

  Annual accounts of the Barking, Havering and Brentwood health authority and its predecessor area health authority and those of the North East Thames regional health authority (RHA).

  Annual accounts of the Barking and Havering family health services authority.

  2 Not yet available.

  3 Estimated outturn.

  Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment
  Ms. Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average waiting list, region by region, for magnetic resonance imaging assessment/treatment.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Waiting list information is not collected centrally by intended diagnostic procedure or treatment.

  Patients Charter
  Mr. McCartney
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what role he envisages for community health councils in the implementation of the patients charter.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Community health councils continue to have an important role to play in identifying issues of local concern and in acting as a communication channel between authorities and the people they serve.

  Asthma
  Mr. Butler
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest information he has on the morbidity associated with asthma in terms of lost schooling and sickness absence.

  Mr. Dorrell
  There is significant morbidity associated with asthma in terms of lost schooling and sickness absence. More than 5·5 million days of certified sickness absence were recorded in Britain in 1987–88, representing about 7 million actual days lost. Information is not available centrally on absences from school associated with asthma.

  Mr. Butler
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will designate the effective treatment and care of asthma as one of the first set of key areas for targeting;

  (2) what responses he has received relating to asthma in response to his White Paper "The Health of the Nation" Cm. 1523.

  Mr. Dorrell
  No decision has yet been made on which key areas will be included in the White Paper. We have received 2,050 responses to the Green Paper. Many of these welcomed the suggestion that asthma should be a priority area for the White Paper.

  Abortion
  Ms. Richardson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received about Medway health authority's decision to restrict the abortion service available on the national health service to certain groups; and if he will make a statement.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  We have received one representation on abortion services in Medway district health authority. The level of NHS terminations in the Medway authority were just below the national average —42 per cent.—in 1990 and are likely to be above it at the end of 1991.

  "Health of the Nation"
  Mr. Sims
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many responses his Department has received to the "Health of the Nation" Green Paper; and how many of these called for a ban on tobacco advertising.
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  Mr. Dorrell
  Of the 2,050 replies sent to the Department from organisations and individuals, over 75 per cent. have discussed smoking-related issues. Many have called for a ban on the advertising of tobacco.

  Homeless People
  Mrs. Dunwoody
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will collate and publish information from the national health service, coroners courts and police services on the cost of providing emergency health care to homeless people.

  Mr. Dorrell
  No.

  Health Expenditure
  Mr. Moate
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table listing United Kingdom public expenditure on health as a percentage of gross national product together with comparable figures in other European Community countries.

  Mr. Dorrell
  It is estimated that total United Kingdom spending on the NHS in 1991–92 will amount to 5·6 per cent. of GDP, rising to 5·7 per cent. in 1992–93. This compares with a figure of 4·7 per cent. in 1978–79. We do not have comparable figures for other European Community countries.

  Vehicle Disinfection
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure that commercial vehicles used for bulk transport of meat and bonemeal are properly disinfected before subsequently being used for the transport of food for human consumption.

  Mr. Dorrell
  The Food Hygiene (Market Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966, as amended, already make it an offence to use insanitary vehicles to transport food. They also require food businesses to keep delivery vehicles clean and in good repair and order.

  Information Technology
  Mr. Robin Cook
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued to family health service authorities on the allocation of money for information technology to general practitioner practices.

  Mr. Dorrell
  This is contained in "Family Health Services Letter (91)57", a copy of which is available in the Library.

  Hospitals (European Patients)
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his practice to maintain lists of health authorities in England and Wales offering operations and convalescent holidays to patients from European countries; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Dorrell
  No.

  Hospital Wards
  Mr. Hinchliffe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital wards in each health region have been converted for administrative use during each year since 1979.
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  Mr. Dorrell
  This information is not collected centrally.

  Project 2000
  Mr. McCartney
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects all nursing students to be within the Project 2000 scheme in England.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  Implementation of Project 2000 began in 1989. By the end of the current financial year, nearly 60 per cent. of the colleges and schools of nursing in England will have received approval to run Project 2000 and £109 million will have been made available centrally towards the cost of implementation. Our aim is to complete implementation as soon as possible; the precise completion date will depend on the funding which can be made available given other competing priorities.

  Counterfeit Medicines
  Mr. Fearn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessments his Department has undertaken of the sales and production of counterfeit medicines in the United Kingdom.

  Mrs. Virgina Bottomley
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Sheerman) on 18 November,Official Report, column 40.

  NHS Statistics (Sunderland)
  Mr. Mullin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will call for a report from the chairman of the Northern regional health authority regarding(a) the number of administrative jobs and (b) the cost of administration in the Sunderland district for each of the last three years and the projected figures for 1992.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Responsibility for administrative costs in local health services rests with the local district health authority. The hon. Member may wish to write to Mr. Frank Cronin, the chairman of Sunderland health authority, for details.

  Traffic Casualties
  Ms. Harman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list for each year since 1979 the amount of money collected by the national health service in respect of payment for ambulance services to traffic casualties;

  (2) if he will list for each year since 1979 the amount of money collected by the national health service in respect of payment for hospital treatment of traffic casualties.

  Mr. Dorrell
  [holding answer 25 November 1991]: There is no charge for the NHS emergency ambulance service. When patients are treated by medical practitioners following a road traffic accident, two separate charges may be payable. An emergency treatment fee may be claimed at a flat rate, currently £19·30, when any qualified medical practitioner provides immediate medical treatment following a road traffic accident. Health authorities and NHS trusts may collect this fee if the initial treatment is provided at an NHS hospital. The fee is payable by vehicle users and must be covered by motor insurance policies.

  In addition, hospitals can collect charges for any subsequent in or out-patient treatment up to maximum

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  levels, currently £2,667 and £267 respectively. These charges can normally be claimed only from motor insurers, and only if the insurer has made a payment in respect of death or bodily injury arising from the road traffic accident.

  The total income to health authorities in England from these charges has been as follows:

  £ million

  1979–80

  1·438

  1980–81

  2·723

  1981–82

  4·198

  1982–83

  5·894

  1983–84

  6·950

  1984–85

  7·324

  1985–86

  7·916

  1986–87

  7·871

  1987–88

  8·687

  1988–89

  8·748

  1989–90

  9·256

  Information relating to 1990–91 is not yet available.

  Attendance Allowance
  Mr. Rooker
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will issue guidance requiring local authorities to disregard attendance allowance when determining charges for personal social services.

  Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
  [holding answer 26 November 1991]: Local authorities have discretionary powers to charge for domiciliary and day-care services. If charges are made authorities must take into account what it is reasonably practicable for an individual to pay. It is proposed to issue guidance to authorities about the use of these powers.

  The Government's view is that the full economic cost of providing a service should be recovered where this can be done without causing hardship to the service user.

SOCIAL SECURITY

  Benefit Downgrade
  Mr. Illsley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security for what reasons it was decided to downgrade social security benefits of a claimant after a period of hospital in-patient care of six weeks but to allow benefits to remain unchanged for up to 12 months for those claimants admitted to residential or nursing care.

  Miss Widdecombe
  Most social security benefits are reduced after six weeks of free in-patient treatment in hospital. These arrangements are based on the view that state funds should not make double provision for the same need. As the national health service provides free maintenance as well as free treatment, it has always been the policy that maintenance benefits paid from state funds should not continue to be paid in full indefinitely.

  By contrast, people who enter residential care homes or nursing homes do not receive free maintenance from public funds, but have to pay for the services provided by the home. For this reason, most benefits other than income support are not affected by admission to such homes. Because income support provides assistance with the fees for residential or nursing care, the amount of benefit that can be paid is normally amended as soon as the claimant
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  incurs such fees. However, the temporary admission of one partner to residential or nursing care may have no effect on the amount of benefit that can be paid if to pay for each partner as separate individuals would result in the couple's benefit entitlement being reduced. This arrangement can last for up to 12 months, after which time the couple are assessed separately.

  Benefit Deductions
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the total amount of poll tax collected in 1990–91 from direct deductions in benefit from offices covering the Nottingham, North constituency; and if he will make a statement.

  Miss Widdecombe
  The administration of income support is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member and copies will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.

  EC Meetings
  Mr. Sillars
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the EC Ministerial Council meetings at which his Department has or will be represented during November and December.

  Mr. Jack
  The Department attended the Labour and Social Affairs Council meeting on 6 November and is planning to attend the next meeting on 3 December.

  Carer's Premium
  Mr. Illsley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he has any proposals to remove the anomaly whereby people aged over 65 years are not entitled to carer's premium due to retirement benefit being counted as an overlapping benefit, but people who reach the age of 65 years with an underlying entitlement such as invalidity pension will be allowed to continue receiving carer's premium if they are already in receipt of it.

  Miss Widdecombe
  The carer premium was introduced in October 1990 in the relevant income-related benefits on top of all other premiums primarily to provide extra benefit to people of working age who are unable to work or whose employment is restricted because they care for a severely disabled person. As such it goes to carers who can establish entitlement to invalid care allowance. A person over the age of 65 years would not be able to establish entitlement to that benefit if caring starts after that age. But a carer who has established entitlement to invalid care allowance and the carer premium before reaching 65 years may retain those entitlements beyond that age to recognise the former limitations on employment through the caring role. We have no plans to change these arrangements.

  Family Credit
  Sir Ian Gilmour
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish figures showing the proposed family credit ceilings in 1992–93 for each of(a) a married couple with one child aged under five years, (b) a married couple with two children aged under 11 years, (c) a married couple with two children aged over 11 years, (d) a married couple with three children aged under 11 years,

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  (e) a married couple with three children aged over 11 years and (f) a married couple with two children aged under 11 years and two children over 11 years.

  Miss Widdecombe
  At the new benefit levels proposed for April 1992 the family credit ceiling represented by the highest amount of net earnings and other relevant income a family can have and still qualify for family credit at the minimum payment of 50p will be as follows:

  £

  Married couple with one child under 5 years

  139·32

  Married couple with two children aged under 11

  154·18

  Married couple with two children aged over 11 (but under 16)

  173·75

  Married couple with three children aged under 11

  169·03

  Married couple with three children aged over 11 (but under 16)

  198·39

  Married couple with two children aged under 11 and two children over 11 years (but under 16)

  203·46

  Child Benefit
  Mr. Steinberg
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the rate of child benefit in 1987 for(a) first children and (b) other children, in current prices.

  Miss Widdecombe
  In April 1987 the rate of child benefit was £7·25 a week for each child, which is equivalent to £9·62 at October 1991 prices. From April 1992 we are increasing the rate for the eldest qualifying child to £9·65.

  Disablement Benefit
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow,Official Report, 18 November, column 7, (a) how many of the 1,367 claims for disablement benefit were successful, (b) how many went to appeal at a tribunal, (c) what was the average amount paid out to successful claimants, (d) what was the total amount paid out in respect of these claims and (e) how many are awaiting hearings at appeal tribunals.

  Miss Widdecombe
  The administration of disablement benefit is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member and copies will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.

  Student Nurses
  Mr. McCartney
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security which social security benefits are potentially available to a single nursing student assuming that the student is not pursuing a Project 2000 course of nursing, is under 25, single and able-bodied.

  Miss Widdecombe
  Nursing students who are not pursuing a Project 2000 course have access to the normal range of social security benefits, provided the appropriate qualifying conditions are met.

  Mr. McCartney
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many nursing students claimed community charge benefit in 1990–91.
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  Miss Widdecombe
  The information requested is not available.

  Mr. McCartney
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what minimum level of community charge would be required for a nursing student to be able to claim community charge benefit in the current financial year, assuming that(a) the student is aged under 25 years, single, is not pursuing a Project 2000 course of nursing and has a net weekly income of £96·83 and (b) the student is aged over 25 years, single, is not pursuing a Project 2000 course of nursing and has a net weekly income of £96·83.

  Miss Widdecombe
  The information requested is as follows:

  (a) The personal community charge would need to be nearly £595 or higher before any community charge benefit would be payable.

  (b) The personal community charge would need to be about £511 or higher before any community charge benefit would be payable.

  Notes:

  The exemplifications assume that the single student nurse is not a lone parent or disabled. In these circumstances student nurses would he entitled to some benefit at lower charge levels.

  Most student nurses will have benefited in full from the £140 reduction in community charges under the Community Charges (General Reduction) Act 1991.

  Reduced Earning Allowance
  Dr. Godman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claims were made for payments of backdated reduced earning allowance in each of the past four years in(a) Strathclyde and (b) Greenock and Port Glasgow; how many of these applications were successful; what was the average payment made; and what was the total amount paid in each of the past three years in (i) Strathclyde and (ii) Greenock and Port Glasgow.

  Mr. Scott
  I understand from Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency, that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Community Charge Benefit
  Mr. McCartney
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people with a net weekly income of £96·83 claimed community charge benefit in 1990–91.

  Miss Widdecombe
  It is estimated that about 25,000 claimants with a net income of between £96 and £97 were in receipt of community charge benefit in May 1990.

  Source:

  The Housing Benefit/Community Charge Benefit Management Information System annual 1 per cent. sample inquiry for May 1990. However, data for May 1990 underestimates the number of recipients of Community Charge Benefit because some people who were entitled to benefit had not had their benefit claims assessed by then.

  Note:

  The figures exclude those in receipt of Income Support and in cases involving couples, the income specified is for the couple and not an individual person.

  Council Tax
  Mr. Bowis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will outline the benefit arrangements that will apply under the new council tax; and if he will make a statement.
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  Mr. Newton
  Under provisions in the Local Government Finance Bill currently before the House, council tax benefit will replace community charge benefit from April 1993. People on income support or equivalent levels of income will be entitled to maximum rebates of up to 100 per cent. of their council tax liability, rather than the 80 per cent. maximum under community charge benefit.

  Amounts are currently included in the income-related benefit levels to help towards the 20 per cent. contribution to the community charge that everyone has to pay. From next April, these will amount, in total, to an estimated £680 million a year.

  Following the statement I made to the House on 21 October, in which I indicated that the Government did not propose to make a reduction in benefit rates corresponding to this year's £140 reduction in community charge, I am glad to be able to announce also that there will be no reduction in the value of income-related benefit levels on the introduction of the new council tax to reflect the fact that benefit recipients will no longer be expected to meet their 20 per cent. liability for the community charge. This will mean that from April 1993, income support levels will be at least £1·40 a week higher for single people, and £2·80 a week higher for couples, than they might otherwise have been.

  Generally speaking, the detailed arrangements for the new council tax benefit will follow the rules that currently apply to all other income-related benefits, including the same structure of personal allowances and premiums, the treatment of capital and the defintions of earnings and income. For those with income above their appropriate applicable amount we propose that council tax benefit will be reduced by 20p for every £1 of excess income, compared with a reduction of 15p for every £1 of excess income under community charge benefit. However, those on the lowest levels of income will gain from the introduction of 100 per cent. maximum rebates and the decision not to adjust benefit levels on the introduction of the new tax and, overall, benefit entitlement will extend to claimants with broadly the same levels of income as those currently helped by community charge benefit.

  It is reasonable to assume that non-dependant adults sharing the household on a non-commercial basis with a benefit claimant should be expected to make some contribution to the council tax bill. There will, therefore, be a system of non-dependant deductions in the new council tax benefit scheme, as there is for housing benefit. For those non-dependants who are not in full-time work or whose income is below a prescribed level (£100 a week in 1992–93 terms) the deduction will be £1 a week. For those in full-time work on higher incomes the deduction will be £2 a week. There will be no deduction where the non-dependant is on income support or would otherwise attract a discount.

  The new council tax benefit will be uprated each year along with the other income-related benefits. As part of my uprating statement on 21 October, columns 639–45, I announced that the Rossi index had been revised this year to align more exactly with those costs which people are expected to meet from their benefit, thus bringing within it 20 per cent. of community charge, water rates, and certain miscellaneous housing costs not previously included. This
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  approach, which has been widely supported, will naturally entail a further adjustment to the calculation of the index for the April 1993 uprating, to reflect the fact that there will be no minimum contribution to the council tax. Water rates and miscellaneous housing costs will of course continue to be taken into account.

  The new council tax benefit scheme will also provide help in respect of non-dependants on low incomes living as the second adult in households where the person liable for the new tax is not receiving a rebate on the basis of his own income. In response to the concerns of the local authority associations to minimise the administrative complexity of the new scheme, rebates for second adults will be assessed on a similar basis to non-dependant deductions. A maximum 25 per cent. rebate will be awarded in respect of a second adult or adults on income support. Lower levels of rebate will apply in respect of second adults with gross incomes above prescribed levels. In relation to 1992–93 income levels, the rebates would be as follows:

  Percentage rebate

  Second adults with combined income less than £100 a week

  15

  Second adults with combined income between £100 and £130 a week

  7½

  Second adults with combined income of £130 a week or more

  1

  1 No rebate.

  The detailed arrangements for the new council tax benefit scheme will be set out in draft regulations on which we will be consulting with the local authority associations in due course. The draft regulations will also be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee and will be subject to approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

  Overall it is expected that the new council tax benefit scheme will bring help to some 5 million claimants (between one in four and one in five of all council tax payers). At current benefit and estimated council tax levels the cost of the scheme would be around £1·1 billion a year.

WALES

  Hospital Statistics
  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the hospital bed percentage occupancy rate for each district health authority in Wales in 1974 to 1979 and 1979 to the latest available date; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  Prior to 1981, Pembrokeshire and East Dyfed DHAs existed as one authority (Dyfed DHA) and, therefore, it is not possible to give figures in the form requested. The available information is given in the following table.

  Performance targets will be set for bed occupancy rates in the shortly to be published updated version of "NHS Wales: Agenda for Action".

  Our target is for the percentage for NHS non-psychiatric hospital beds occupied to increase from 73·6 per cent. in 1990–91 to 78 per cent. by 1994–95.
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  Percentage Bed occupancy rates

  1974–79

  1979–81

  1982–1990–911

  All beds

  Non-psychiatric beds

  All beds

  Non-psychiatric beds

  All beds

  Non-psychiatric beds

  Clwyd

  73·6

  73·3

  75·5

  72·0

  77·6

  74·0

  Dyfed

  78·9

  74·4

  78·7

  75·1

  n/a

  n/a

  East Dyfed

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  79·7

  77·1

  Gwent

  77·1

  73·9

  76·5

  75·7

  78·8

  75·7

  Gwynedd

  79·5

  77·2

  82·3

  79·8

  75·5

  74·1

  Mid Glamorgan

  81·1

  75·0

  80·3

  74·8

  79·1

  73·4

  Pembrokeshire

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  73·9

  73·7

  Powys

  79·7

  71·1

  78·9

  79·2

  78·8

  77·6

  South Glamorgan

  81·9

  78·5

  81·8

  77·7

  78·8

  76·3

  West Glamorgan

  76·1

  72·5

  75·7

  71·8

  74·6

  70·9

  Wales

  78·6

  74·8

  78·7

  75·2

  77·9

  74·5

  1 Due a change in 1988 from collecting data on the basis of a calendar year to that of a financial year the information used to calculate this figure excludes data for the first quarter of 1988.

  NHS
  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what new procedures and treatments have been added to the national health service in Wales since 1979.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  Detailed information on new procedures and treatments added to the NHS in Wales is not held centrally. However, the NHS is continually expanding the provision of innovative services for patients and the introduction of lasers, endoscopes, new forms of anaesthetics and drugs, as well as imaging devices, enable clinicians in Wales to undertake a wider range of procedures and treatments which benefit a broader range of patients within the population.

  Welsh Flag
  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans his Department has to fly the Welsh dragon flag on the Britannia bridge between Arfon and Ynys Môn.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The flying of flags on the Britannia bridge is not a matter for determination by my Department.

  Surgical Operations
  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the numbers of operations in Wales for(a) hernias, (b) varicose veins and (c) hip replacements in 1979 and at the latest available date.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  The information is given in the following table:

  Principal Operations1

  1979

  1989

  Hernias2

  3,703

  4,787

  Varicose Veins

  747

  2,121

  Hip Replacements3

  1,501

  2,407

  1 The information may understate the true position in that not all hospitals provide complete clinical details relating to patient discharges and deaths.

  2 Includes inguinal, fermoral and abdominal hernias but excludes hiatus or diaphragmatic hernias.

  3 Includes replacement of head of femur for 1989.

  Compact Schemes
  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any plans to establish compact schemes in Wales.
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  Sir Wyn Roberts
  There are four compacts operating in Wales, in south Glamorgan, mid Glamorgan, west Glamorgan and Clwyd. Training and enterprise councils will be able to bid for funding in respect of areas not already covered in their business plans for 1992–93.

  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list those areas in Wales where business-education partnerships have been established; and how much money his Department has allocated to each of them.

  Sir Wyn Roberts
  Education-business partnerships have been established in every county in Wales. A total of £260,000 has been allocated for operational funding in Wales for the current year, but the amount that each partnership will receive will depend on local circumstances and activity.

  Maternity Confinement
  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the average length of time for maternity confinements in Wales in(a) 1961, (b) 1971, (c) 1979 and (d) at the latest available date.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  Information on length of maternity confinements is available centrally only for those deliveries which took place in hospital from 1982 onwards. The average length of stay for a patient whose hospital stay included a recorded delivery is given as follows for 1982 and 1989:

  Average length of stay of delivery episodes

  Days

  1982

  5·2

  1989

  4·8

  Information on the average length of stay of all obstetrics and all GP maternity hospital stays is, however, available for the years requested and is given in the following table. Figures for 1982 are also given for comparison purposes:

  Average length of stay

  1Obstetrics Days

  1GP maternity Days

  1961

  10·3

  9·2

  1971

  6·2

  5·5

  1979

  5·5

  4·7

  1982

  4·7

  4·6

  1989·90

  3·7

  3·7

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  1 Includes cases in which no delivery occurs.

  The information illustrates one of the factors leading to a reduced demand for beds in the modern NHS.

  Inward Investment
  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the chairman of the Welsh Development Agency concerning his recent inward investment mission to Japan, Australia and the United States of America; what was the total cost of the mission; how many firms with prospects of investment in Wales were visited on each leg of the mission; what was the additional cost to the agency of the participation by Mr. Simon Cohen of Lowe Bell; why the company visit scheduled for the United States leg of the mission was cancelled; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. David Hunt
  I have frequent meetings with the chairman of the Welsh Development Agency to discuss a range of matters, including inward investment. The matters raised are the responsibility of the agency. I understand, however, that the total cost of the mission was approximately £28,000. Fourteen individual companies were visited and group discussions with companies were held on nine occasions. I understand that the cost of Mr. Shimon Cohen's participation was £7,500, and that the proposed company visit in Los Angeles could not go ahead because senior staff in the company were no longer available.

  Medical Staff (Pay)
  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much the average pay of nurses and doctors in Wales increased between 1974 and 1979 and between 1979 to the latest available date, in cash and in real terms.

  Year

  Capital Expenditure (cash) £ million

  Increase £ million

  Capital Expenditure (real terms)1 £ million

  Increase/ decrease £ million

  1974–75

  13·182

  —

  55·348

  —

  1979–80

  21·777

  8·595

  43·619

  (11·729)

  1982–902

  70·462

  48·685

  70·462

  27·843

  Notes:

  1 'real' in terms of 1989–90 prices.

  2latest period for which detailed capital expenditure information is available.

  My hon. Friend will note the dramatic difference between the cuts in real terms between 1974–1979 in hospital capital expenditure compared with the welcome increases between 1979/1989–90.

  Change 1974 to 1979

  Change 1979 to 1990–91

  Number

  Per cent.

  Number

  Per cent.

  In-patients

  20,722

  +6·3

  132,750

  +38·0

  New out-patients

  15,293

  -3·4

  122,725

  +28·6

  Day cases

  13,140

  +72·8

  72,603

  +232·9

  The increases in patients treated since 1979 are a tribute to the staff of the NHS and the Government who have provided record increases in resources for the service.
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  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  Separate information for Wales is not held centrally.

  On a Great Britain basis the cumulative average percentage increases in pay rates expressed in cash and real terms for the two periods is as follows:

  Percentage increase in cash pay (a)

  Percentage increase in real pay (b)

  Nurses, Midwives and Health visitors

  1974–79

  64·7

  (-21·1)

  1979–91

  242·5

  48·7

  Hospital Doctors and Dentists

  1974–79

  88·3

  (-9·9)

  1979–1991

  196·5

  28·7

  (a) Percentage cash increases reflect full year effect of increases agreed within the pay round year (August-July).

  (b) Percentage real increases reflect percentage cash increases for the pay round year deflated by the increase in the Retail Prices Index throughout the pay round year.

  Hospital Building Programme
  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much the capital hospital building programme in Wales increased between 1974 and 1979 and between 1979 and the latest available date, in cash and in real terms.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  The information is not available centrally in the form requested due to the delegation to district health authorities of responsibility for most hospital building schemes since 1984. Overall capital expenditure on hospitals in Wales over the period in question was as follows:

  NHS Patients
  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the increase in numbers of(a) in-patients, (b) out-patients and (c) day-patients treated by the national health service in Wales between 1974 to 1979 and 1979 to the latest available date.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  The information is given in the following table:

  EC (Visits)
  Mr. Forman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list (i) the number of visits made by officials in his Department during the past month to destinations outside
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  the United Kingdom but within the European Community on official business related to the European Community, (ii) the number of visits made by officials in his Department to Brussels within the past month on official business related to the European Community and (iii) the number of nights spent by officials in his Department over the past month away from the United Kingdom on official European Community business.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The information, which relates to the four-week period from 28 October 1991, is as follows:

  Number

  (i)

  9

  (ii)

  7

  (iii)

  11

  Mr. Forman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for himself, and for each of the Ministers at his Department, details of(a) the number of visits made in the past month to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community on official business related to the European Community, (b) the number of visits made to Brussels within the past month on official business related to the European Community and (c) the number of nights spent over the past month away from the United Kingdom on official European Community business.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The information, which relates to the four-week period from 28 October 1991, is as follows:

  Number

  (a)

  1

  (b)

  1

  (c)

  None

  EC Meetings
  Mr. Sillars
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the EC Ministerial Council meetings at which his Department has or will be represented during November and December.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The Secretary of State for Wales was represented at the Agriculturel Council held on 18–19 November and will be represented at the forthcoming Agriculturel Council on 11–12 December.

  Hearing Aids
  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average waiting lists for hearing aids at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, and at the Royal Gwent hospital, Newport.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  The information requested is not available centrally.

  Statistical Publications
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many copies of each statistical publication produced by his Department during 1989, 1990 and to date in 1991 have been delivered to the Vote Office in the House of Commons.

  Mr. David Hunt
  Fifty copies of each statistical publication on an all-Wales basis are delivered to the Vote Office.
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  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to make available to the Vote Office of the House of Commons additional copies of all his departmental statistical publications.

  Mr. David Hunt
  It is my Department's policy to make 50 copies of all statistical publications on an all-Wales basis available to the Vote Office. Additional copies are available on request.

  Housing (Cardiganshire)
  Mr. Geraint Howells
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses have been built in Cardiganshire during the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  A total of 176 houses and 37 flats were completed in Cardiganshire (Ceredigion district) from October 1990 to September 1991.

  Independent Schools
  Mr. Geraint Howells
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children are being educated at independent schools in Wales; what the corresponding figures were for 1961, 1970 and 1980; and if he will make a statement.

  Sir Wyn Roberts
  The number of children at independent schools in January 1961, 1970, 1980 and 1991 was 15,438, 11,166, 12,703 and 12,144 respectively.

  Youth Centres
  Mr. Geraint Howells
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any plans to assist the Urdd to set up another centre similar to the Llangrannog and Glan-Llyn centres; and if he will make a statement.

  Sir Wyn Roberts
  I am happy to say that the Urdd has been successful with an application for grant from the European regional development fund. A grant of £33,992 has been approved towards accommodation and other facilities at Canolfan centre Iran, near Crymmych, in Dyfed.

  Fuel Poverty
  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what studies he has made of the report on fuel poverty published on 15 November by Neighbourhood Energy Action, entitled "Ten Years Cold"; what is his assessment of the accuracy of its figures; how he intends to respond to its recommendations for action; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. David Hunt
  I shall be giving careful consideration to the reports recommendations.

  Homelessness
  Mr. Hain
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many(a) homelessness inquiries, (b) homelessness cases and (c) accepted homelessness cases were referred to his office between January and June 1991, by district.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  The information requested is given in the following table. Numbers of inquiries relate to all contacts made with local authorities regarding
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  homelessness, excluding telephone inquiries. Those inquiries which become substantive are referred to as presented cases.

  Homelessness activity, by district, for the period January—June 1991

  District

  Inquiries

  Cases presented

  Cases accepted

  Aberconwy

  77

  77

  24

  Alyn and Deeside

  145

  130

  114

  Arfon

  26

  20

  20

  Blaenau Gwent

  268

  234

  195

  Brecknock

  52

  52

  46

  Cardiff

  1,111

  1,044

  799

  Carmarthen

  39

  42

  39

  Ceredigion

  70

  70

  68

  Colwyn

  26

  17

  17

  Cynon Valley

  351

  340

  220

  Delyn

  587

  379

  142

  Dinefwr

  121

  121

  100

  Dwyfor

  30

  29

  14

  Glyndwr

  19

  16

  16

  Islwyn

  201

  169

  76

  Llanelli

  68

  68

  68

  Lliw Valley

  76

  58

  45

  Meirionnydd

  96

  54

  53

  Merthyr Tydfil

  100

  100

  73

  Monmouth

  127

  127

  92

  Montgomeryshire

  96

  64

  64

  Neath

  243

  197

  181

  Newport

  593

  593

  593

  Ogwr

  481

  335

  259

  Port Talbot

  230

  199

  70

  Preseli Pembrokeshire

  73

  56

  48

  Radnorshire

  10

  10

  10

  Rhondda

  59

  54

  53

  Rhuddlan

  78

  36

  28

  Rhymney Valley

  476

  129

  93

  South Pembrokeshire

  52

  52

  43

  Swansea

  775

  534

  434

  Taff-Ely

  349

  309

  138

  Torfaen

  635

  498

  269

  Vale of Glamorgan

  501

  501

  216

  Wrexham Maelor

  552

  539

  223

  Ynys Môn

  59

  31

  27

  Wales Total

  8,852

  7,284

  4,970

  Mr. Hain
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many persons were involved in accepted homelessness cases(a) between January and June 1990, excluding any impact from the Towyn flood disaster and (b) between January and June 1991, by district.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  The information requested is given in the following table and excludes those persons made homeless as a result of the Towyn flood disaster.

  Persons involved in cases accepted by local authorities as being homeless under section 58 of the Housing Act 1985

  January-June 1990

  January-June 1991

  Aberconwy

  86

  64

  Alyn and Deeside

  189

  305

  Arfon

  34

  58

  Blaenau Gwent

  424

  469

  Brecknock

  142

  151

  Cardiff

  1,264

  1,900

  Carmarthen

  86

  91

  Ceredigion

  165

  164

  Colwyn

  46

  60

  Cynon Valley

  280

  638

  Delyn

  518

  361

  Dinefwr

  58

  214

  Dwyfor

  101

  45

  Glyndwr

  25

  46

  602

  January-June 1990

  January-June 1991

  Islwyn

  195

  173

  Llanelli

  159

  153

  Lliw Valley

  230

  124

  Meirionnydd

  134

  132

  Merthyr Tydfil

  273

  207

  Monmouth

  136

  229

  Montgomeryshire

  90

  135

  Neath

  274

  347

  Newport

  1,504

  1,570

  Ogwr

  524

  642

  Port Talbot

  162

  194

  Preseli Pembrokeshire

  138

  129

  Radnorshire

  24

  20

  Rhondda

  73

  137

  Rhuddlan

  146

  97

  Rhymney Valley

  260

  247

  South Pembrokeshire

  143

  114

  Swansea

  185

  964

  Taff-Ely

  293

  365

  Torfaen

  775

  533

  Vale of Glamorgan

  603

  624

  Wrexham Maelor

  452

  379

  Ynys Mon

  28

  72

  Wales Total

  10,219

  12,153

  Employment Initiatives
  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 19 November,Official Report, column 115, to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mr. Jones), when he expects the number of 1991 school leavers in south Glamorgan still awaiting places on courses complying with the youth training guarantee to reach less than (a) 250, (b) 100 and (c)

  Sir Wyn Roberts
  Training and enterprise councils (TECs) are under a clear contractual duty to ensure that every young person under 18 not in full-time education or in a job who is seeking entry to youth training should have the offer of a suitable training place. I expect the South Glamorgan TEC to make every effort to ensure that young people receive timely offers of training and I am satisfied that the TEC has sufficient resources to meet the guarantee.

  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 19 November,Official Report, column 115, to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside, what number of (a) Easter and (b) summer school leavers in 1991 in south Glamorgan have been waiting more than (i) one month, (ii) three months and (iii) six months to commence placements or courses under the youth training guarantee.

  Sir Wyn Roberts
  This information is not available.

  National Health Service Staff Statistics
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the numbers of managerial and administrative staff in the health service in Wales in 1973; and what is the present number.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  The available information relates to staff included in the administrative and clerical group for pay purposes. The whole-time equivalent number of such staff in 1973 and 1990 is given in the following table:
  603

  Whole time equivalent1

  Percentage of total National Health Service staff

  1973

  4,574

  11

  19902

  8,178

  15

  1 At 30 September.

  2 Excludes staff in Dyfed FHSA, for which figures are not available.

  The number of nursing and midwifery staff increased from 45 per cent. to 50 per cent. of the total national health service staff in the same period.

  Ceredigion Unit
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for 'Wales if he will make it his policy not to confirm the present acting head of the Ceredigion unit of the East Dyfed health authority in his post before the general election.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  The appointment of a unit general manager is an operational issue for the East Dyfed health authority as employer.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give details of how the shadow trust board for the Ceredigion health unit was chosen; if he will list the members; and if he will give their appropriate qualifications.

  Mr. Nicholas Bennett
  There is no such board.

  Non-domestic Revaluation
  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what will be the valuation date for the 1995 non-domestic rating revaluation of properties in Wales.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The next non-domestic property revaluation for Wales is due to come into force from 1 April 1995.

  I propose that the antecedent date, that is the common valuation date, for the 1995 revaluation will be 1 April 1993 and I will be laying the necessary regulations in due course. My decision will provide certainty for businesses and will allow adequate time for the assessment work to be carried out.

  Our success in bringing down the rate of inflation means that the proposed non-domestic rate poundage for Wales for 1992–93 of 0·425 increases by just over 4 per cent. compared with just under 11 per cent. between 1990–91 and 1991–92. The contribution to local government spending by rate payers will in total increase by 2·1 per cent.

  I have also laid before the House a draft order under the transitional arrangements setting the level of reductions for 1992–93 for businesses that benefit from lower rates. The reductions are 9 per cent. for properties with a rateable value of over £10,000 and 14 per cent. for other properties. The transitional arrangements are self-financing and the reductions have been calculated to off set the cost of limiting the levels of increase for those whose rates are higher.

NORTHERN IRELAND

  Income Support
  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons aged 16 and 17 years respectively, for each month since October 1989, have made applications for income support on grounds of extreme hardship; how many have been(a) granted or (b) refused; what is the best estimate he has of the number of persons aged 16 and 17 years respectively in that period who had been granted income support on the grounds of being within an exempted category; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Hanley
  Social security operational matters are the responsibility of Mr. Alex Wylie, chief executive of the Social Security Agency. He will write to the hon. Member and copies of his reply will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.

  Child Benefit
  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons aged 16 and 17 years respectively were in receipt of extended child benefit; how many were in receipt of bridging allowance for each month since September 1989; how many young people exhausted their entitlement to either extended child benefit or the eight weeks bridging allowance; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Needham
  The number of young people in receipt of bridging allowance each month since September 1989 is given in the table.

  Information showing the numbers of 16 and 17-year-olds who had exhausted their entitlement to bridging allowance in the 12-month period is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Child benefit, as with other social security matters, are the responsibility of Mr. Alex Wylie, chief executive of the Social Security Agency. He will write to the hon. Member and copies of his reply will be placed in the Library and Public Information Office.

  Number of young people in receipt of YTP bridging allowance at:

  Number

  29 September 1989

  465

  27 October 1989

  374

  24 November 1989

  279

  29 December 1989

  223

  26 January 1990

  262

  23 February 1990

  346

  30 March 1990

  307

  27 April 1990

  320

  25 May 1990

  293

  29 June 1990

  277

  27 July 1990

  267

  31 August 1990

  282

  28 September 1990

  244

  26 October 1990

  223

  30 November 1990

  187

  28 December 1990

  156

  25 January 1991

  248

  22 February 1991

  298

  29 March 1991

  313

  26 April 1991

  244

  31 May 1991

  242

  28 June 1991

  192

  26 July 1991

  190

  605

  Number

  30 August 1991

  210

  27 September 1991

  174

  25 October 1991

  153

  Category A Prisoners
  Mr. Cox
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the number of category A prisoners in prisons in Northern Ireland on 1 November.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  There are no category A prisoners in Northern Ireland, where prisoners are classified as top, high, medium or low risk. High risk is broadly equivalent to the category A classification in England and Wales. The number of high-risk prisoners on 1 November is not available, but on 22 November there were 323 such prisoners.

  Farm Woodland Scheme
  Mr. Peter Bottomley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the new farm woodland scheme; and if he will state when the cash limit will be known.

  Mr. Hanley
  I welcome the new farm woodland premium scheme which will be operated in Northern Ireland under the same terms and conditions as for the rest of the United Kingdom.

  Uptake under the existing scheme, introduced in 1988, has declined substantially and I trust that the new enhanced rates of premiums and the general front-loading of the new scheme will encourage Northern Ireland farmers to participate to a greater extent than they have in the past.

  Cash limits will be known prior to the launch of the scheme on 1 April 1992.

  EC (Visits)
  Mr. Forman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for himself, and for each of the Ministers at his Department, details of(a) the number of

  Person

  Alleged Offence

  Gerard M. Harte

  (Possession of firearms/arson)

  John M. Fletcher

  (Theft of ammunition/ possession of firearms with intent)

  Robert Russell

  (Escape from Custody/ attempted murder)

  Paule A Kane

  (Escape from Custody)

  In addition, orders for return are outstanding against:

  Person

  Offence

  Robert Joseph Campbell

  (Murder/Attempted Murder)

  Paul Patrick Magee

  (Murder/Attempted Murder)

  However, these orders cannot be executed until the individuals concerned are located.
  606
  visits made in the past month to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community on official business related to the European Community, (b) the number of visits made to Brussels within the past month on official business related to the European Community and (c) the number of nights spent over the past month away from the United Kingdom on official European Community business.

  Mr. Brooke
  I have not, nor has any of my ministerial colleagues, made any such visit.

  Extradition
  Mr. Maginnis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he has been given a definite time scale for the implementation of changes in the Republic of Ireland's Extradition Act 1987.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  I assume that the hon. Gentleman refers to the Irish Extradition (European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism) Act 1987, rather than to the Extradition (Amendment) Act of the same year. The Irish Government have assured us that they will introduce amending legislation as soon as possible and that this is being dealt with as a matter of high priority.

  Mr. Maginnis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applications to extradite for terrorist offences have been made to the Irish Republic since 15 November 1985; how many of these have been unsuccessful; and if he will list the cases and the basis on which application was made.

  Dr Mawhinney
  Since 15 November 1985, there have been 32 applications to the Irish Republic for the extradition of persons to Northern Ireland who were suspected of, or had been convicted for, terrorist offences. Applications in relation to five individuals were refused by the Irish courts; in other cases, warrants were returned or withdrawn for a variety of reasons, including three cases where the person sought was subsequently arrested in the United Kingdom. There are also some outstanding cases where the person has not yet been arrested. The successful cases are:

  Mr. Maginnis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he intends to put specific proposals to the Irish Republic relating to that country's declared intention to amend its Extradition Act 1987.
  607
  Dr. Mawhinney
  The precise terms of any new legislation to amend the Irish Extradition (European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism) Act 1987 are a matter for the Government and Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. The United Kingdom Government have already made clear to the Irish Government the nature of their concerns about Irish extradition law.

  Mr. Maginnis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applications for extradition in relation to terrorist offences in Northern Ireland are presently awaiting decision by the Irish Republic's courts.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  None.

  Mr. Maginnis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will detail the assurances given to the Irish Republic by the United Kingdom Government in relation to changes in the United Kingdom extradition laws; and what agreement was reached on the issue with the Irish Republic Justice Minister at the meeting of the Anglo-Irish Conference on 19 November.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  The detail of discussions in the Anglo-Irish Conference is confidential, but my right hon. Friend has indicated that the question of setting the existing agreement on speciality in statutory form is primarily a matter for the Home Secretary and would be considered if and when a suitable legislative vehicle arose.

  Horses and Ponies
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Secretary of Stale for Northern Ireland how many horses and ponies are shipped into Northern Ireland each year from England and Wales.

  Mr. Hanley
  The figures given in the table are in respect of imports of horses and ponies from Great Britain; separate figures are not available for imports from England and Wales.

  Number

  January to December 1988

  1,125

  January to December 1989

  1,360

  January to December 1990

  1,870

  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many horses and ponies are exported each year from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland.

  Mr. Hanley
  The numbers of horses and ponies exported from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland in each of the years 1988 to 1990 were:

  Number

  January to December 1988

  790

  January to December 1989

  728

  January to December 1990

  834

PRIME MINISTER

  Referendums
  Mr. Peter Bottomley
  To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the occasions since 1979 on which Government policy on the desirability of a referendum has been expressed by the Prime Minister in an official capacity; and on which subjects in each case.
  608
  The Prime Minister
  In Parliament I have expressed Government policy on a referendum on the subject of European integration. In addition, my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley (Mrs. Thatcher) has commented in Parliament on a referendum in relation to: closed shop; rate increases; capital punishment; restoring a Parliament and Government at Stormont; all national disputes affecting 1,000-plus workers; the future and land reform for the Falkland islanders; devolution in Scotland; and the community charge.

  Data Information Systems
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Prime Minister what data information systems Her Majesty's Government have(a) agreed and (b) been consulted about with a view to taking part in; what are the criteria for inclusion in such systems; whether they will be linked to the police national computer; what data protection provisions apply to them; and if he will make a statement.

  The Prime Minister
  The development and installation of data information systems is the responsibility of Ministers in charge of individual Departments. Any linkage of data between information systems is subject to legislation or specific agreement between the Ministers concerned and to the provisions of the Data Protection Act.

  Engagements
  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 28 November.

  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 this House I shall be having further meetings later today.

  Non-ministerial Public Bodies
  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Prime Minister what guidelines govern the holding of office as chairman or vice-chairman of a non-ministerial public body and at the same time holding a similar role or office in any political party.

  The Prime Minister
  Members of public boards, including chairmen and vice-chairmen, should not serve as officers carrying out executive duties in any political party.

  Animal Welfare
  Mr. Madden
  To ask the Prime Minister what representations he has received in favour of an animal protection commission to co-ordinate Government policy in respect of animal welfare and enforcement of laws against cruelty to animals; and if he will make a statement.

  The Prime Minister
  Ministers have received a number of letters proposing the setting up of a small Government Department or commission with responsibility for all aspects of animal welfare.

  I am satisfied that the Government's responsibilities for matters affecting animals, which involves a number of different Government Departments, is effectively carried out and that the laws relating to the welfare and protection of animals are enforced satisfactorily.

EMPLOYMENT

  Employment Training
  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish tables showing both the latest available results from the employment training leaver survey and those for a year before in each TEC area in England and Wales and each LEC area in Scotland broken down to show the number and proportion of employment training leavers who were(a) in a full-time job with their work experience employer, (b) in a full-time job with another employer, (c) employed in their own

  Employment training leavers: March 1990 to February 1991 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full time job: work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/training (per cent.)

  Bedfordshire TEC

  5

  11

  4

  2

  7

  —

  6

  Central and South Cambridgeshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  North Derbyshire TEC

  6

  14

  2

  12

  8

  —

  1

  South Derbyshire TEC

  8

  14

  3

  3

  4

  —

  1

  Leicestershire TEC

  6

  16

  3

  2

  7

  1

  2

  Lincolnshire TEC

  6

  13

  4

  7

  9

  —

  1

  Norfolk and Waveney TEC

  8

  17

  4

  6

  8

  —

  2

  Northamptonshire TEC

  7

  18

  7

  2

  10

  1

  2

  Greater Nottingham TEC

  7

  10

  3

  5

  5

  —

  3

  North Nottinghamshire TEC

  6

  12

  3

  5

  8

  1

  2

  Greater Peterborough TEC

  8

  13

  4

  12

  12

  1

  1

  Suffolk TEC

  11

  14

  3

  4

  14

  1

  2

  Argyll, Bute, Arran and Cumbrae LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  —

  Caithness and Sutherland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  —

  —

  Inverness LEC

  74

  6

  1

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Skye and Lochalsh LEC

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Orkney LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ross and Cromarty LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Shetland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  —

  —

  Lochaber LEC

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ayr LEC

  7

  14

  2

  3

  7

  1

  2

  Borders LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  —

  —

  Central LEC

  15

  17

  2

  3

  3

  —

  3

  Dunbartonshire LEC

  10

  17

  2

  5

  5

  1

  2

  Dumfries and Galloway LEC

  10

  11

  2

  4

  7

  —

  4

  Fife LEC

  6

  16

  3

  2

  5

  —

  4

  Glasgow LEC

  8

  14

  3

  2

  4

  1

  3

  Grampian LEC

  20

  17

  3

  3

  11

  —

  3

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: March 1990 to February 1991 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Unemployed claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Unemployed not claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Jobclub (per cent.)

  Something else (per cent.)

  Bedfordshire TEC

  48

  9

  4

  4

  Central and South Cambridgeshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  North Derbyshire TEC

  42

  6

  5

  5

  South Derbyshire TEC

  50

  4

  9

  4

  Leicestershire TEC

  50

  6

  4

  4

  Lincolnshire TEC

  43

  8

  4

  5

  610
  business, (d) in a part-time job, (e) in voluntary work, (f) on another Government training programme, (g) on a full-time education or training course, (h) unemployed and claiming benefit, (i) unemployed and not claiming benefit, (j) in a job club and (k) doing something else.

  Mr. Jackson
  The information requested is provided in the following tables. The outcomes are those for people trained in the areas now covered by the TEC/LEC network and do not necessarily relate to the provision of individual TECs/LECs. Figures are not provided for some areas because the information is not considered to be reliable. Absolute numbers are not available because not all trainees respond to the follow-up questionnaire.
  611

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Unemployed claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Unemployed not claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Jobclub (per cent.)

  Something else (per cent.)

  Norfolk and Waveney TEC

  43

  4

  4

  4

  Northamptonshire TEC

  38

  8

  4

  3

  Greater Nottingham TEC

  52

  5

  5

  4

  North Nottinghamshire TEC

  49

  5

  5

  4

  Greater Peterborough TEC

  33

  8

  2

  6

  Suffolk TEC

  38

  6

  2

  6

  Argyll, Bute, Arran and Cumbrae LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Caithness and Sutherland LEC

  n/a

  —

  —

  n/a

  Inverness LEC

  13

  1

  1

  4

  Skye and Lochalsh LEC

  —

  n/a

  —

  —

  Orkney LEC

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Ross and Cromarty LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Shetland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Lochaber LEC

  n/a

  —

  —

  —

  Ayr LEC

  55

  5

  3

  2

  Borders LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Central LEC

  47

  3

  5

  2

  Dunbartonshire LEC

  47

  6

  3

  4

  Dumfries and Galloway LEC

  50

  4

  4

  4

  Fife LEC

  50

  5

  5

  4

  Glasgow LEC

  56

  3

  5

  3

  Grampian LEC

  29

  5

  4

  5

  n/a = not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: March 1990 to February 1991 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  Full lime job: work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/ training (per cent.)

  Lanark LEC

  7

  14

  3

  4

  5

  1

  3

  Lothian LEC

  7

  14

  4

  9

  4

  ..

  2

  Renfrew LEC

  12

  16

  2

  4

  5

  1

  2

  Tayside LEC

  12

  19

  2

  3

  10

  1

  3

  Moray LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  County Durham TEC

  8

  15

  2

  3

  7

  1

  l

  Northumberland TEC

  10

  12

  3

  8

  8

  ..

  l

  Teesside TEC

  10

  13

  3

  1

  6

  1

  1

  Tyneside TEC

  9

  13

  3

  4

  6

  1

  2

  Wearside TEC

  7

  16

  2

  2

  5

  1

  2

  Barnsley and Doncaster TEC

  6

  14

  2

  2

  5

  1

  1

  Bradford TEC

  10

  13

  2

  7

  6

  1

  3

  Calderdale Kirklees TEC

  7

  12

  3

  4

  9

  ..

  1

  Humberside TEC

  9

  16

  3

  7

  9

  1

  2

  Leeds TEC

  8

  18

  4

  5

  8

  ..

  2

  Rotherham TEC

  6

  10

  2

  6

  5

  1

  1

  Sheffield TEC

  8

  11

  3

  13

  5

  1

  1

  Wakefield TEC

  6

  13

  2

  4

  6

  ..

  1

  North Yorkshire TEC

  7

  16

  2

  22

  9

  1

  3

  Bolton Bury TEC

  13

  16

  1

  10

  7

  ..

  2

  North Cheshire TEC

  7

  16

  3

  2

  9

  —

  2

  South and East Cheshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Cumbria TEC

  7

  13

  3

  12

  10

  1

  2

  East Lancashire TEC

  8

  15

  3

  8

  7

  ..

  3

  West Lancashire TEC

  9

  17

  2

  15

  6

  1

  2

  Central Manchester TEC

  9

  17

  2

  7

  5

  1

  2

  Merseyside TEC

  6

  14

  4

  4

  7

  1

  2

  Oldham TEC

  5

  18

  3

  5

  6

  1

  1

  Rochdale TEC

  8

  14

  1

  9

  5

  1

  1

  St. Helens TEC

  8

  16

  2

  5

  5

  —

  4

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow-up Survey.
  612 613

  Employment training leavers: March 1990 to February 1991 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Unemployed claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Unemployed not claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Jobclub (per cent.)

  Something else (per cent.)

  Lanark LEC

  53

  4

  4

  4

  Lothian LEC

  48

  4

  4

  5

  Renfrew LEC

  47

  5

  5

  3

  Tayside LEC

  40

  4

  3

  4

  Moray LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  County Durham TEC

  50

  6

  4

  3

  Northumberland TEC

  42

  7

  5

  5

  Teesside TEC

  53

  5

  5

  3

  Tyneside TEC

  49

  5

  5

  3

  Wearside TEC

  52

  4

  6

  3

  Barnsley and Doncaster TEC

  57

  4

  5

  3

  Bradford TEC

  47

  4

  4

  3

  Calderdale and Kirklees TEC

  52

  6

  3

  3

  Humberside TEC

  41

  5

  4

  4

  Leeds TEC

  44

  6

  3

  4

  Rotherham TEC

  58

  5

  3

  3

  Sheffield TEC

  50

  3

  3

  4

  Wakefield TEC

  59

  6

  3

  4

  North Yorkshire TEC

  30

  5

  2

  4

  Bolton and Bury TEC

  38

  5

  5

  3

  North Cheshire TEC

  48

  8

  4

  4

  South and East Cheshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Cumbria TEC

  48

  8

  3

  4

  East Lancashire TEC

  43

  3

  6

  4

  West Lancashire TEC

  38

  5

  4

  3

  Central Manchester TEC

  43

  5

  5

  4

  Merseyside TEC

  54

  4

  4

  3

  Oldham TEC

  50

  4

  5

  3

  Rochdale TEC

  48

  5

  3

  4

  St. Helens TEC

  48

  3

  3

  5

  n/a = not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow-up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: March 1990 to February 1991 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full time job: work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/ training (per cent.)

  Stockport High Peak TEC

  10

  17

  2

  4

  9

  1

  1

  Wigan TEC

  7

  15

  2

  7

  5

  —

  1

  Wirral Chester TEC

  5

  14

  3

  6

  11

  1

  2

  Birmingham TEC

  6

  13

  4

  2

  5

  1

  3

  Central England TEC

  7

  14

  4

  2

  10

  —

  2

  Coventry Warks TEC

  7

  15

  4

  2

  9

  1

  4

  Dudley TEC

  6

  10

  5

  2

  6

  —

  3

  Hereford Worcs TEC

  7

  19

  5

  6

  10

  1

  2

  Sandwell TEC

  6

  13

  4

  2

  5

  1

  2

  Shropshire TEC

  13

  19

  3

  3

  14

  1

  1

  Staffordshire TEC

  10

  15

  3

  3

  11

  1

  2

  Walsall TEC

  7

  14

  5

  1

  4

  —

  1

  Wolverhampton TEC

  6

  12

  3

  1

  7

  1

  4

  Mid Glamorgan TEC

  8

  10

  3

  5

  4

  1

  1

  South Glamorgan TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Gwent TEC

  8

  16

  2

  7

  6

  —

  2

  Powys TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  NE Wales TEC

  11

  18

  3

  7

  9

  —

  2

  NW Wales TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  W Wales TEC

  8

  12

  2

  9

  8

  —

  3

  Avon TEC

  8

  18

  3

  9

  11

  1

  2

  Devon Cornwall TEC

  8

  11

  4

  10

  7

  1

  2

  Dorset TEC

  7

  12

  4

  13

  11

  —

  2

  Gloucester TEC

  11

  18

  3

  13

  11

  —

  2

  Somerset TEC

  4

  11

  4

  22

  7

  1

  2

  Wiltshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Essex TEC

  7

  16

  2

  4

  12

  2

  Hampshire TEC

  9

  16

  4

  5

  12

  —

  3

  614 615

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full time job: work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/training (per cent.)

  Heart of England TEC

  6

  15

  3

  5

  19

  2

  3

  Hertfordshire TEC

  6

  16

  4

  1

  13

  1

  1

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow-up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: March 1990 to February 1991 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Unemployed claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Unemployed not claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Jobclub (per cent.)

  Something else (per cent.)

  Stockport High Peak TEC

  44

  6

  3

  4

  Wigan TEC

  50

  5

  5

  4

  Wirral Chester TEC

  44

  6

  4

  4

  Birmingham TEC

  55

  5

  4

  3

  Central England TEC

  50

  3

  4

  3

  Coventry Warks

  45

  5

  4

  4

  Dudley TEC

  56

  5

  3

  4

  Hereford and Worcester TEC

  37

  10

  1

  4

  Sandwell TEC

  56

  4

  4

  3

  Shropshire TEC

  30

  8

  2

  6

  Staffordshire TEC

  43

  8

  3

  4

  Walsall TEC

  54

  7

  4

  5

  Wolverhampton TEC

  52

  6

  5

  3

  Mid Glamorgan TEC

  54

  5

  6

  4

  South Glamorgan TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Gwent TEC

  45

  6

  4

  4

  Powys TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  North East Wales TEC

  35

  7

  5

  4

  North West Wales TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  West Wales TEC

  43

  6

  5

  5

  Avon TEC

  36

  6

  3

  4

  Devon and Cornwall TEC

  44

  7

  4

  4

  Dorset TEC

  35

  7

  4

  6

  Gloucester TEC

  30

  4

  4

  4

  Somerset TEC

  37

  5

  3

  5

  Wiltshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Essex TEC

  41

  10

  3

  4

  Hampshire TEC

  37

  8

  2

  5

  Heart of England TEC

  33

  9

  1

  5

  Hertfordshire TEC

  39

  11

  4

  5

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: March 1990 to February 1991 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full time job: work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/training (per cent.)

  Isle of Wight TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  n/a

  Kent TEC

  6

  13

  3

  7

  9

  —

  2

  Milton Keynes TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Surrey TEC

  10

  18

  3

  6

  18

  1

  2

  Sussex TEC

  6

  14

  4

  8

  12

  1

  2

  Thames Valley TEC

  5

  15

  4

  9

  10

  1

  2

  AZTEC TEC

  6

  8

  8

  3

  8

  —

  3

  Barnet, Enfield and Haringey TEC

  4

  13

  3

  5

  7

  1

  3

  Brent, Harrow TEC

  5

  9

  3

  9

  6

  1

  4

  Islington, Hackney TEC

  3

  9

  2

  7

  4

  1

  2

  Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster TEC

  4

  15

  2

  7

  4

  1

  3

  London East TEC

  6

  12

  3

  3

  6

  1

  3

  South London TEC

  4

  14

  4

  4

  5

  1

  2

  616 617

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full time job: work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/ training (per cent.)

  West London TEC

  7

  18

  1

  7

  9

  —

  1

  South Thames TEC

  3

  6

  5

  6

  4

  1

  1

  Residential Training Centres

  5

  16

  5

  1

  1

  —

  1

  Great Britain1

  8

  14

  3

  6

  7

  1

  2

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow-up Survey Respondents.

  1 Includes records not identified to a particular TEC/LEC.

  Employment training leavers: March 1990 to February 1991 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Unemployed claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Unemployed not claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Jobclub (per cent.)

  Something else (per cent.)

  Isle of Wight TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Kent TEC

  43

  9

  5

  4

  Milton Keynes TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Surrey TEC

  24

  10

  3

  6

  Sussex TEC

  37

  7

  2

  5

  Thames Valley TEC

  36

  12

  2

  5

  Aztec TEC

  45

  7

  6

  4

  Barnet, Enfield and Haringey TEC

  47

  9

  4

  4

  Brent, Harrow TEC

  44

  11

  3

  5

  Islington, Hackney TEC

  56

  3

  7

  5

  Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster TEC

  50

  7

  6

  3

  London East TEC

  51

  7

  7

  4

  South London TEC

  49

  8

  4

  5

  West London TEC

  36

  13

  4

  4

  South Thames TEC

  58

  4

  6

  5

  Residential Training Centres

  49

  7

  7

  8

  Great Britain1

  46

  6

  4

  4

  1 Includes records not identified to a particular TEC/lec

  n/a = not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey

  Employment training leavers: July 1989 to June 1990 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full lime job: Work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: Other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/ training (per cent.)

  Bedfordshire TEC

  8

  15

  5

  4

  6

  1

  2

  Central and South Cambridgeshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  North Derbyshire TEC

  10

  16

  2

  11

  6

  —

  2

  South Derbyshire TEC

  11

  16

  3

  3

  5

  1

  1

  Leicestershire TEC

  11

  16

  5

  5

  8

  —

  1

  Lincolnshire TEC

  7

  15

  4

  9

  9

  —

  1

  Norfolk and Waveney TEC

  10

  21

  3

  5

  8

  —

  3

  Northamptonshire TEC

  9

  19

  6

  3

  10

  1

  2

  Greater Nottingham TEC

  9

  15

  3

  5

  5

  1

  3

  North Nottinghamshire TEC

  8

  12

  4

  2

  7

  —

  1

  Greater Peterborough TEC

  5

  21

  3

  14

  12

  —

  1

  Suffolk TEC

  13

  20

  5

  4

  14

  —

  4

  Argyll, Bute, Arran and Cumbrae LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  —

  Caithness and Sutherland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Inverness LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  618 619

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full time job: Work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: Other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/training (per cent.)

  Skye and Lochalsh LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  —

  —

  n/a

  n/a

  Orkney LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  —

  —

  —

  Ross and Cromarty LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  —

  Shetland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Lochaber LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  —

  —

  Ayr LEC

  7

  16

  3

  3

  5

  1

  2

  Borders LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Central LEC

  11

  18

  2

  3

  5

  1

  3

  Dunbartonshire LEC

  10

  20

  2

  2

  6

  —

  2

  Dumfries and Galloway LEC

  7

  12

  3

  2

  6

  —

  2

  Fife LEC

  6

  15

  5

  1

  5

  —

  3

  Glasgow LEC

  7

  15

  3

  3

  4

  —

  3

  Grampian LEC

  17

  16

  4

  6

  9

  1

  3

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: July 1989 to June 1990 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Unemployed claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Unemployed not claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Jobclub (per cent.)

  Something else (per cent.)

  TEC Office

  Bedfordshire TEC

  44

  7

  6

  3

  Central and South Cambridgeshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  North Derbyshire TEC

  37

  4

  9

  4

  South Derbyshire TEC

  45

  6

  7

  3

  Leicestershire TEC

  41

  5

  5

  3

  Lincolnshire TEC

  40

  7

  3

  5

  Norfolk and Waveney TEC

  34

  6

  6

  6

  Northamptonshire TEC

  38

  6

  4

  4

  Greater Nottingham TEC

  45

  4

  6

  4

  North Nottinghamshire TEC

  52

  4

  6

  4

  Greater Peterborough TEC

  30

  7

  2

  7

  Suffolk TEC

  28

  5

  2

  5

  Argyll, Bute, Arran and Cumbrae LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  —

  Caithness and Sutherland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Inverness LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Orkney LEC

  —

  —

  17

  17

  Ross and Cromarty LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Shetland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Lochaber LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Ayr LEC

  52

  5

  4

  3

  Borders LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Central LEC

  45

  3

  6

  4

  Dunbartonshire LEC

  44

  6

  5

  3

  Dumfries and Galloway LEC

  57

  4

  4

  4

  Fife LEC

  50

  5

  7

  2

  Glasgow LEC

  52

  3

  6

  3

  Grampian LEC

  29

  6

  4

  6

  n/a = not available because of low number of responses.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: July 1989 to June 1990 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full time job: work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/ training (per cent.)

  Lanark LEC

  7

  15

  4

  4

  5

  1

  2

  Lothian LEC

  7

  14

  4

  7

  4

  —

  2

  Renfrew LEC

  9

  17

  2

  6

  3

  1

  2

  Tayside LEC

  11

  18

  3

  6

  7

  —

  2

  620 621

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full time job: work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/ training (per cent.)

  Moray LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  County Durham TEC

  10

  17

  2

  2

  5

  1

  1

  Northumberland TEC

  20

  12

  2

  7

  8

  —

  2

  Teesside TEC

  10

  15

  4

  2

  7

  1

  1

  Tyneside TEC

  12

  16

  3

  5

  6

  1

  1

  Wearside TEC

  9

  18

  3

  2

  5

  1

  1

  Barnsley and Doncaster TEC

  8

  15

  3

  2

  6

  1

  1

  Bradford TEC

  12

  18

  2

  5

  5

  1

  2

  Calderdale and Kirklees TEC

  8

  21

  2

  4

  8

  —

  2

  Humberside TEC

  10

  20

  3

  6

  9

  1

  2

  Leeds TEC

  11

  22

  2

  5

  6

  —

  2

  Rotherham TEC

  4

  14

  2

  3

  6

  1

  2

  Sheffield TEC

  8

  14

  2

  11

  6

  —

  1

  Wakefield TEC

  8

  17

  2

  3

  3

  —

  1

  North Yorkshire TEC

  10

  20

  3

  12

  11

  1

  2

  Bolton and Bury TEC

  13

  19

  3

  10

  6

  —

  2

  North Cheshire TEC

  9

  17

  2

  2

  9

  —

  1

  South and East Cheshire TEC

  8

  18

  3

  1

  11

  —

  3

  Cumbrian TEC

  8

  16

  4

  8

  11

  1

  2

  East Lancashire TEC

  8

  15

  3

  16

  6

  —

  2

  West Lancashire TEC

  13

  16

  2

  9

  6

  1

  1

  Central Manchester TEC

  10

  19

  2

  7

  5

  1

  2

  Merseyside TEC

  7

  15

  3

  5

  6

  1

  2

  Oldham TEC

  7

  20

  3

  4

  6

  —

  1

  Rochdale TEC

  9

  15

  1

  9

  5

  1

  2

  St. Helens TEC

  9

  18

  3

  3

  5

  —

  2

  n/a = Not avilable because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow-up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: July 1989 to June 1990 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Unemployed claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Unemployed not claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Jobclub (per cent.)

  Something else (per cent.)

  Lanark LEC

  50

  4

  5

  4

  Lothian LEC

  49

  4

  5

  4

  Renfrew LEC

  45

  6

  6

  3

  Tayside LEC

  42

  5

  4

  3

  Moray LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  County Durham TEC

  48

  5

  5

  4

  Northumberland TEC

  36

  6

  5

  4

  Teesside TEC

  49

  5

  6

  3

  Tyneside TEC

  44

  4

  4

  4

  Wearside TEC

  49

  4

  6

  3

  Barnsley and Doncaster TEC

  52

  4

  5

  3

  Bradford TEC

  46

  3

  4

  3

  Calderdale-Kirklees TEC

  39

  6

  5

  4

  Humberside TEC

  37

  5

  4

  4

  Leeds TEC

  41

  4

  4

  3

  Rotherham TEC

  56

  4

  5

  5

  Sheffield TEC

  46

  4

  5

  3

  Wakefield TEC

  53

  4

  5

  5

  North Yorkshire TEC

  29

  5

  4

  4

  Bolton-Bury TEC

  34

  4

  5

  4

  North Cheshire TEC

  46

  4

  5

  5

  South and East Cheshire TEC

  43

  5

  4

  6

  Cumbria TEC

  35

  8

  4

  5

  East Lancashire TEC

  38

  4

  5

  3

  West Lancashire TEC

  40

  4

  5

  4

  Central Manchester TEC

  42

  4

  4

  4

  Merseyside TEC

  50

  4

  5

  3

  Oldham TEC

  48

  5

  4

  2

  Rochdale TEC

  44

  6

  5

  4

  St. Helens TEC

  48

  3

  7

  4

  622 623
  n/a =Not available because of low number of responses.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: July 1989 to June 1990 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full time job: Work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: Other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/ training (per cent.)

  Stockport High Peak TEC

  12

  20

  3

  4

  8

  —

  1

  Wigan TEC

  12

  17

  3

  7

  6

  —

  1

  Wirral Chester TEC

  8

  14

  2

  8

  9

  —

  2

  Birmingham TEC

  9

  16

  4

  3

  5

  1

  2

  Central England TEC

  11

  18

  3

  2

  10

  1

  1

  Coventry Warwickshire TEC

  8

  16

  4

  3

  8

  —

  2

  Dudley TEC

  8

  17

  4

  2

  7

  —

  3

  Hereford Worcestershire TEC

  9

  23

  5

  6

  8

  —

  2

  Sandwell TEC

  9

  15

  4

  3

  4

  1

  2

  Shropshire TEC

  12

  21

  3

  5

  10

  —

  1

  Staffordshire TEC

  11

  20

  3

  2

  10

  —

  1

  Walsall TEC

  8

  14

  5

  1

  5

  1

  3

  Wolverhampton TEC

  9

  15

  5

  1

  5

  1

  2

  Mid Glamorgan TEC

  7

  16

  -3

  8

  5

  1

  1

  South Glamorgan TEC

  11

  20

  3

  4

  8

  1

  1

  Gwent TEC

  11

  19

  2

  5

  6

  —

  1

  Powys TEC

  11

  13

  4

  19

  12

  —

  —

  North East Wales TEC

  9

  17

  3

  12

  9

  —

  2

  North West Wales TEC

  7

  13

  3

  18

  7

  —

  1

  West Wales TEC

  10

  15

  2

  9

  8

  —

  2

  Avon TEC

  9

  21

  4

  9

  10

  —

  2

  Devon Cornwall TEC

  10

  14

  4

  9

  7

  —

  1

  Dorset TEC

  10

  16

  4

  12

  9

  —

  2

  Gloucester TEC

  12

  19

  4

  15

  9

  1

  1

  Somerset TEC

  9

  15

  6

  16

  5

  1

  2

  Wiltshire TEC

  11

  17

  7

  7

  6

  —

  1

  Essex TEC

  7

  19

  2

  6

  12

  —

  2

  Hampshire TEC

  10

  21

  3

  7

  10

  —

  1

  Heart of England TEC

  7

  23

  4

  5

  13

  1

  3

  Hertfordshire TEC

  6

  23

  3

  2

  14

  1

  1

  n/a = Not available because of low number of responses.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow-up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: July 1989 to June 1990 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Unemployed claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Unemployed not claiming benefit per cent.

  Jobclub (per cent.)

  Something else (per cent.)

  Stockport, High Peak TEC

  40

  5

  4

  3

  Wigan TEC

  41

  6

  6

  3

  Wirral, Chester TEC

  40

  5

  5

  5

  Birmingham TEC

  50

  4

  4

  3

  Central England TEC

  45

  3

  3

  4

  Coventry, Warks TEC

  42

  5

  6

  5

  Dudley TEC

  49

  4

  4

  4

  Hereford, Worcs. TEC

  33

  7

  3

  3

  Sandwell TEC

  52

  4

  4

  3

  Shropshire TEC

  35

  5

  4

  4

  Staffordshire TEC

  37

  6

  5

  4

  Walsall TEC

  49

  5

  5

  4

  Wolverhampton TEC

  52

  4

  4

  3

  Mid Glamorgan TEC

  49

  5

  5

  3

  South Glamorgan TEC

  41

  3

  4

  5

  Gwent TEC

  43

  6

  3

  4

  Powys TEC

  25

  8

  2

  5

  North East Wales TEC

  33

  7

  4

  5

  North West Wales TEC

  38

  7

  1

  5

  West Wales TEC

  39

  6

  5

  4

  Avon TEC

  31

  6

  4

  5

  Devon, Cornwall TEC

  40

  6

  5

  4

  Dorset TEC

  34

  7

  4

  4

  Gloucester TEC

  26

  4

  4

  5

  Somerset TEC

  32

  5

  4

  6

  Wiltshire TEC

  37

  5

  6

  4

  Essex TEC

  35

  8

  5

  4

  624 625

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Unemployed claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Unemployed not claiming benefit per cent.

  Jobclub (per cent.)

  Something else (per cent.)

  Hampshire TEC

  33

  8

  2

  5

  Heart of England TEC

  31

  7

  1

  7

  Hertfordshire TEC

  32

  11

  3

  6

  n/a = not available because of low number of responses.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey.

  Employment training leavers: July 1989 to June 1990 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Full time job: work experience provider (per cent.)

  Full time job: other employer (per cent.)

  Voluntary work (per cent.)

  Self employed (including EAS) (per cent.)

  Part time job (under 30 HPW) (per cent.)

  Other Government training programme (per cent.)

  Full time education/ training (per cent.)

  Isle of Wight TEC

  9

  15

  9

  3

  14

  —

  1

  Kent TEC

  7

  17

  4

  6

  9

  —

  2

  Milton Keynes TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Surrey TEC

  15

  21

  1

  6

  19

  1

  1

  Sussex TEC

  6

  20

  3

  8

  11

  1

  2

  Thames Valley TEC

  6

  18

  3

  11

  14

  —

  1

  Aztec TEC

  4

  17

  6

  5

  8

  —

  3

  Barnet, Enfield and Haringey TEC

  6

  18

  2

  7

  8

  1

  3

  Brent, Harrow TEC

  7

  17

  2

  10

  5

  1

  3

  Islington, Hackney TEC

  7

  23

  3

  5

  5

  1

  4

  Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster TEC

  5

  17

  2

  7

  5

  1

  4

  London East TEC

  9

  16

  2

  3

  6

  ..

  2

  South London TEC

  7

  16

  4

  8

  8

  1

  3

  West London TEC

  6

  20

  3

  11

  7

  ..

  2

  South Thames TEC

  4

  12

  4

  4

  5

  1

  3

  Large contractors unit

  —

  n/a

  —

  —

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Great Britain1

  9

  17

  3

  6

  7

  1

  2

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow-up Survey.

  1Includes people not identified to a particular to a particular TEC/lec.

  Employment training leavers: July 1989 to June 1990 Activity 3 months after leaving

  Current activity 3 months after leaving

  TEC area

  Unemployed claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Unemployed not claiming benefit (per cent.)

  Jobclub (per cent.)

  Something else (per cent.)

  Isle of Wight TEC

  31

  12

  2

  4

  Kent TEC

  38

  8

  5

  5

  Milton Keynes TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Surrey TEC

  22

  7

  2

  6

  Sussex TEC

  32

  7

  3

  6

  Thames Valley TEC

  29

  12

  2

  5

  Aztec TEC

  42

  7

  4

  4

  Barnet, Enfield and Haringey TEC

  41

  9

  3

  4

  Brent, Harrow TEC

  34

  12

  5

  6

  Islington, Hackney TEC

  37

  6

  7

  3

  Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster TEC

  42

  9

  5

  4

  London East TEC

  43

  7

  7

  4

  South London TEC

  37

  8

  5

  5

  West London TEC

  32

  11

  4

  4

  South Thames TEC

  51

  4

  6

  6

  Large Contractors Unit

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Great Britain1

  43

  5

  5

  4

  n/a = not available because of low number of responses.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow-up Survey.

  1Includes people not identified to a particular TEC/lec.

  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish tables showing both the 626
  latest available results from the ET leavers survey and those for a year before for each TEC area in England and

  627
  Wales and each LEC area in Scotland broken down to show the number and proportion of employment training leavers who (a) had been entered for a vocational qualification, (b) obtained a vocational qualification, (c) had failed to obtain a vocational qualification and (d) were awaiting their results; and how many of the ET leavers in the relevant period had completed the training agreed in their initial action plan.

  Employment Training Proportion of alt leavers between March 1990 to February 1991

  TEC area

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification! credit (per cent.)

  Awaiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Bedfordshire TEC

  44

  23

  18

  3

  45

  Central and South Cambridgeshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  North Derbyshire TEC

  37

  22

  12

  2

  38

  South Derbyshire TEC

  41

  21

  14

  6

  47

  Leicestershire TEC

  36

  15

  18

  4

  31

  Lincolnshire TEC

  39

  23

  13

  3

  43

  Norfolk and Waveney TEC

  51

  30

  17

  4

  42

  Northamptonshire TEC

  57

  39

  11

  8

  49

  GTR Nottingham TEC

  40

  20

  14

  6

  45

  North Nottinghamshire TEC

  40

  23

  14

  4

  41

  GTR Peterborough TEC

  40

  24

  12

  4

  52

  Suffolk TEC

  57

  43

  12

  2

  47

  Argyll, Bute, Arran and Cumbrae LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Caithness and Sutherland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  n/a

  Inverness LEC

  48

  38

  6

  4

  78

  Orkney LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  Ross and Cromarty LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Shetland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  n/a

  n/a

  Lochaber LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  —

  —

  n/a

  Ayr LEC

  45

  28

  12

  6

  42

  Borders LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Central LEC

  37

  21

  10

  6

  43

  Dunbartonshire LEC

  41

  24

  11

  6

  35

  Dumfries and Galloway LEC

  35

  27

  7

  1

  52

  Fife LEC

  49

  37

  6

  6

  62

  Glasgow LEC

  40

  25

  11

  4

  41

  Grampian LEC

  49

  34

  5

  10

  63

  Lanark LEC

  43

  31

  8

  5

  46

  Lothian LEC

  42

  28

  7

  7

  49

  Renfrew LEC

  42

  28

  9

  6

  38

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey.

  Employment Training Proportion of all leavers between March 1990 to February 1991

  TEC area

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification! credit (per cent.)

  Awaiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Tayside LEC

  41

  31

  6

  4

  54

  Moray LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  County Durham TEC

  47

  30

  13

  4

  49

  Northumberland TEC

  46

  28

  13

  5

  51

  Teesside TEC

  46

  28

  15

  3

  49

  Tyneside TEC

  48

  30

  13

  4

  51

  Wearside TEC

  47

  31

  12

  4

  52

  Barnsley and Doncaster TEC

  44

  25

  17

  2

  33

  Bradford TEC

  42

  27

  12

  3

  48

  Calderdale Kirklees TEC

  39

  22

  15

  3

  38

  Humberside TEC

  40

  22

  14

  4

  44

  Leeds TEC

  50

  31

  16

  3

  43

  Rotherham TEC

  42

  25

  15

  3

  45

  Sheffield TEC

  43

  22

  15

  5

  49

  Wakefield TEC

  37

  18

  16

  3

  33

  North Yorkshire TEC

  37

  25

  9

  3

  54

  Bolton Bury TEC

  27

  12

  11

  4

  47

  North Cheshire TEC

  40

  20

  15

  5

  36

  South and East Cheshire TEC

  34

  21

  9

  4

  n/a

  Cumbria TEC

  37

  20

  12

  5

  46

  East Lancashire TEC

  29

  17

  10

  2

  44

  West Lancashire TEC

  36

  20

  12

  3

  39

  628
  Mr. Jackson
  The information requested is provided in the following tables. The results are those people trained in the areas now covered by the TEC/LEC network and do not necessarily relate to the provision of individual TECs/LECs. Figures are not provided for some areas because the information is not considered to be reliable. Absolute numbers are not available because not all trainees respond to the follow-up questionnaire.
  629

  TEC area

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Awaiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Central Manchester TEC

  41

  21

  14

  5

  50

  Merseyside TEC

  49

  27

  18

  4

  43

  Oldham TEC

  31

  16

  13

  3

  35

  Rochdale TEC

  20

  10

  7

  4

  41

  St. Helens TEC

  44

  22

  19

  3

  40

  Stockport High Peak TEC

  44

  27

  12

  5

  46

  Wigan TEC

  39

  23

  12

  4

  47

  Wirral Chester TEC

  48

  27

  16

  4

  46

  Birmingham TEC

  41

  21

  16

  4

  39

  Central England TEC

  55

  42

  9

  4

  61

  n/a = not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey.

  Employment Training Proportion of all leavers between March 1990 to February 1991

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Awaiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Coventry, Warks TEC

  46

  29

  13

  4

  49

  Dudley TEC

  44

  27

  13

  4

  53

  Hereford, Worcs. TEC

  41

  25

  12

  4

  42

  Sandwell TEC

  34

  17

  14

  4

  36

  Shropshire TEC

  49

  30

  13

  6

  42

  Staffordshire TEC

  47

  31

  13

  4

  49

  Walsall TEC

  34

  19

  12

  4

  44

  Wolverhampton TEC

  37

  17

  17

  3

  36

  Mid Glamorgan TEC

  46

  33

  10

  3

  67

  South Glamorgan TEC

  51

  39

  11

  3

  58

  Gwent TEC

  49

  31

  12

  5

  50

  Powys TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  North East Wales

  43

  30

  9

  5

  57

  North West Wales TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  West Wales TEC

  46

  30

  12

  4

  53

  Avon TEC

  57

  40

  12

  5

  55

  Devon, Cornwall TEC

  44

  25

  14

  5

  45

  Dorset TEC

  47

  29

  14

  4

  54

  Gloucester TEC

  41

  27

  9

  6

  59

  Somerset TEC

  28

  18

  8

  2

  57

  Wiltshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Essex TEC

  49

  31

  13

  4

  48

  Hampshire TEC

  38

  23

  12

  3

  49

  Heart of England TEC

  50

  32

  10

  8

  54

  Hertfordshire TEC

  36

  26

  5

  5

  47

  Isle of Wight TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Kent TEC

  54

  39

  10

  4

  56

  Milton Keynes TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Surrey TEC

  49

  38

  8

  4

  63

  Sussex TEC

  45

  31

  12

  3

  54

  Thames Valley TEC

  30

  19

  8

  2

  56

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: Employment Training National Follow up Survey.

  Employment Training Proportion of all leavers between March 1990 to February 1991

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Awaiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Aztec TEC

  44

  27

  8

  8

  58

  Barnet, Enfield and Haringey TEC

  36

  22

  11

  3

  51

  Brent, Harrow TEC

  27

  13

  10

  4

  48

  Islington, Hackney TEC

  31

  15

  12

  4

  43

  Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster TEC

  29

  18

  9

  3

  51

  London East TEC

  38

  22

  13

  3

  49

  South London TEC

  34

  16

  15

  3

  34

  West London TEC

  39

  21

  12

  6

  52

  South Thames TEC

  48

  30

  14

  4

  54

  Residential training centres

  68

  55

  11

  2

  72

  630 631

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Awaiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Great Britain1

  44

  27

  12

  4

  48

  1 Includes records not identified to a particular TEC/lec.

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: ET National Follow Up Survey.

  Employment Training Proportion of all leavers between July 1989 to June 1990

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Awaiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Bedfordshire TEC

  36

  18

  14

  4

  45

  Central and South Cambridgeshire TEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  North Derbyshire TEC

  33

  18

  10

  4

  46

  South Derbyshire TEC

  32

  19

  10

  4

  43

  Leicestershire TEC

  35

  20

  11

  4

  44

  Lincolnshire TEC

  40

  23

  12

  4

  44

  Norfolk and Waveney TEC

  51

  31

  16

  4

  44

  Northamptonshire TEC

  46

  27

  12

  8

  45

  Greater Nottingham TEC

  34

  18

  12

  4

  42

  North Nottinghamshire TEC

  36

  19

  13

  4

  39

  Greater Peterborough TEC

  51

  16

  10

  5

  53

  Suffolk TEC

  52

  34

  15

  3

  41

  Argyll, Bute. Arran and Cumbrae LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Caithness and Sutherland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Inverness LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Orkney LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Ross and Cromarty LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Shetland LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Lochaber LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Ayr LEC

  39

  24

  9

  6

  44

  Borders LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  Central LEC

  24

  11

  8

  5

  31

  Dunbartonshire LEC

  35

  18

  12

  5

  27

  Dumfries and Galloway LEC

  29

  20

  5

  4

  47

  Fife LEC

  42

  30

  7

  6

  45

  Glasgow LEC

  40

  24

  11

  5

  41

  Grampian LEC

  35

  24

  5

  7

  57

  Lanark LEC

  37

  24

  7

  6

  42

  Lothian LEC

  37

  24

  8

  5

  43

  Renfrew LEC

  39

  25

  8

  6

  45

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: ET National Follow up Survey.

  Employment Training Proportion of all leavers between July 1989 to June 1990

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  A waiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Tayside LEC

  33

  22

  6

  3

  50

  Moray LEC

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  n/a

  County Durham TEC

  38

  23

  11

  4

  48

  Northumberland TEC

  44

  23

  14

  7

  46

  Teesside TEC

  43

  25

  14

  4

  49

  Tyneside TEC

  43

  25

  12

  5

  47

  Wearside TEC

  40

  25

  12

  3

  49

  Barnsley and Doncaster TEC

  43

  26

  14

  3

  41

  Bradford TEC

  38

  21

  13

  4

  44

  Calderdale Kirk lees TEC

  41

  20

  16

  5

  39

  Humberside TEC

  37

  18

  14

  4

  43

  Leeds TEC

  40

  21

  16

  3

  38

  Rotherham TEC

  35

  19

  13

  3

  41

  Sheffield TEC

  36

  20

  13

  3

  49

  Wakefield TEC

  27

  11

  12

  3

  33

  North Yorkshire TEC

  36

  22

  11

  3

  43

  Bolton Bury TEC

  21

  7

  11

  2

  44

  North Cheshire TEC

  34

  16

  13

  5

  39

  South and East Cheshire TEC

  25

  13

  8

  4

  35

  632 633

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Awaiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Cumbria TEC

  36

  19

  13

  4

  41

  East Lancashire TEC

  21

  11

  8

  2

  44

  West Lancashire TEC

  33

  21

  10

  3

  43

  Central Manchester TEC

  35

  17

  14

  5

  46

  Merseyside TEC

  44

  25

  15

  4

  46

  Oldham TEC

  30

  15

  11

  4

  35

  Rochdale TEC

  19

  11

  6

  3

  38

  St. Helens TEC

  35

  22

  11

  2

  51

  Stockport High Peak TEC

  34

  20

  10

  4

  43

  Wigan TEC

  39

  23

  11

  5

  50

  Wirral Chester TEC

  42

  23

  14

  5

  48

  Birmingham TEC

  36

  20

  12

  4

  42

  Central England TEC

  43

  28

  11

  4

  45

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: ET National Follow up Survey.

  Employment Training Proportion of all leavers between July 1989 to June 1990

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  A waiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Coventry, Warks TEC

  42

  24

  13

  5

  48

  Dudley TEC

  40

  20

  14

  5

  48

  Hereford, Worcs. TEC

  27

  14

  9

  4

  42

  Sandwell TEC

  35

  16

  15

  4

  41

  Shropshire TEC

  42

  25

  10

  7

  46

  Staffordshire TEC

  40

  24

  11

  4

  46

  Walsall TEC

  26

  11

  11

  4

  42

  Wolverhampton TEC

  34

  17

  13

  3

  43

  Mid Glamorgan TEC

  34

  17

  14

  4

  46

  South Glamorgan TEC

  46

  26

  17

  3

  41

  Gwent TEC

  46

  28

  13

  6

  42

  Powys TEC

  31

  17

  9

  5

  54

  North East Wales TEC

  36

  19

  11

  5

  49

  North West Wales TEC

  39

  29

  8

  3

  53

  West Wales TEC

  41

  24

  12

  4

  48

  Avon TEC

  48

  31

  12

  5

  48

  Devon, Cornwall TEC

  41

  23

  13

  5

  46

  Dorset TEC

  45

  23

  14

  8

  52

  Gloucester TEC

  37

  20

  11

  4

  60

  Somerset TEC

  32

  18

  12

  3

  50

  Wiltshire TEC

  34

  19

  9

  6

  50

  Essex TEC

  43

  26

  13

  5

  45

  Hampshire TEC

  34

  20

  11

  4

  47

  Heart of England TEC

  44

  26

  14

  4

  44

  Hertfordshire TEC

  38

  26

  8

  5

  43

  Isle of Wight TEC

  62

  43

  9

  6

  56

  Kent TEC

  44

  31

  8

  5

  52

  Milton Keynes TEC

  45

  24

  16

  5

  39

  Surrey TEC

  49

  32

  11

  7

  57

  Sussex TEC

  38

  21

  13

  3

  44

  Thames Valley TEC

  31

  19

  9

  2

  61

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: ET National Follow Up Survey.

  Employment Training Proportion of all leavers between July 1989 to June 1990

  Worked for qualification! credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Awaiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Aztec TEC

  32

  20

  9

  4

  47

  Barnet, Enfield and Hackney TEC

  33

  18

  12

  4

  47

  Brent, Harrow TEC

  37

  21

  11

  6

  57

  Islington, Hackney TEC

  26

  12

  10

  3

  49

  Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster TEC

  35

  20

  12

  3

  49

  London East TEC

  34

  14

  16

  4

  46

  South London TEC

  32

  18

  10

  4

  49

  West London TEC

  42

  24

  10

  8

  53

  South Thames TEC

  37

  22

  11

  4

  43

  634 635

  Worked for qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Gained qualification or credit (per cent.)

  Not gained qualification/ credit (per cent.)

  Awaiting results (per cent.)

  Completed agreed training (per cent.)

  Great Britain1

  39

  22

  12

  4

  44

  1 Includes records not identified to a particular TEC/lec,

  n/a = Not available because of low number of respondents.

  Source: ET National Follow Up Survey.

  EC Directives
  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those EC directives not yet adopted which have a major impact on employment terms and conditions; what assessment he has made of each; and if he will give details of the progress of each towards adoption.

  Mr. Forth
  Under the European Commission's social action programme the following directives directly concerned with terms and conditions of employment have been published but not yet adopted by the Council:

  — Protection of Pregnant Women at Work Directive: the Social Affairs Council reached a political agreement on the text on 6 November 1991, with only Italy disagreeing with the substance of the proposal. The Council rejected the costly and damaging proposals for harmonising maternity pay and conditions put forward by the Commission. The Council's formal common position is due to be adopted at the Council on 3 December.

  — Directive on the Posting of Workers (Subcontracted Workers): the Government will take a view on this directive following the results of a consultative exercise. The test which the Government will apply to the proposals will he whether they help or hinder free movement of labour and competition in the Community. The directive has not yet been discussed by the Council.

  — Atypical Work Directives: these two directives were last discussed by the Council on 18 December 1990. The majority of member states indicated that they had grave difficulties with the proposals and could not support them. These directives would raise employment costs and thereby reduce employment opportunities to part-time workers. The estimated cost to the United Kingdom would be £1 billion. In addition the directives would affect the pay of 1·75 million workers by forcing them to make national insurance contributions for the first time.

  — Working Time Directive: this directive will be discussed by the Council for the first time on 3 December. It continues to cause difficulties for many member states. Responses to the Government's consultation exercise made it clear that this proposal would be extremely damaging to the United Kingdom. It would impose on employers crippling annual costs of £5 billion under present conditions.

  Woollen Textile Industry
  Mr. Cryer
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the notifications of redundancies which he has received, to the most recent practicable date, for 1991 in the west Yorkshire woollen textile industry; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Forth
  Information regarding individual firms given to the Department under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 is given in confidence.

  Youth Training
  Mr. Fatchett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what procedures are followed in order to monitor the implementation of his guarantee of an entitlement to a youth training place for those school leavers seeking a YT place; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Jackson
  Regional directors of the Employment Department maintain close contact with training and enterprise councils (TECs) to ensure that the business plan is fulfilled and the YT guarantee is met. They undertake detailed reviews either periodically or as need arises.

SCOTLAND

  Specialist Education
  Mr. Home Robertson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what inquiries he is conducting into the quantity and quality of specialist education for speech and language-disordered children; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  HM inspectorate of schools is currently examining the provision being made by education authorities for children with language and communication disorders, with the intention of describing and disseminating best practice and making recommendations about effective provision for children with these disorders.

  I have also commissioned research by Stirling university into current policies and practices of education authorities for children with specific learning difficulties in Scotland and into the provision that is made for these children. This study will embrace children exhibiting dyslexia.

  These projects are directed towards establishing the quality and quantity of educational provision made for children with speech and language disorders and with other special needs.

  Health Statistics
  Mr. Galbraith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total operations figure for table 4.4. in "Scottish Health Statistics" updated for 1990–91.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  The total number of operations performed for the year to 31 December 1990 was 517,534.

  Mr. Galbraith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total national health service cost and hospital and community health services capital cost figures for table 10.1. in "Scottish Health Statistics" updated for 1990–91.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  The information is given in the table:
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  Cost in Scotland Total net National Health Service and hospital and community health services capital

  1990–91 £000s

  Total National Health Service (net)

  2,982,854

  Hospital and community health services capital

  156,241

  Category A Prisoners
  Mr. Cox
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of category A prisoners in prisons in Scotland on the 1 November.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  Fifteen.

  Young Prisoners
  Mr. Douglas
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the number of young persons under 19 years of age in Scotland who are currently serving sentences, either at Her Majesty's pleasure or without limit of time; and if he will give details of the numbers and ages of those serving mandatory sentences and those serving discretionary sentences and the crimes for which they have received their sentences.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  The total number is six. All were sentenced to be detained without limit of time. The details requested are as follows:

  Mandatory sentence (section 205 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975)

  Age

  Number

  Offence

  15

  1

  Murder

  16

  1

  Murder

  17

  1

  Murder

  18

  2

  Murder

  TOTAL

  5

  Discretionary sentence (section 206 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975)

  Age

  Number

  Offence

  Culpable

  12

  1

  homicide

  Horses and Ponies
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many horses and ponies are shipped each year from Scotland to(a) Northern Ireland and (b) the Republic of Ireland.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  A total of 1,857 horses and ponies were shipped from Scotland to Northern Ireland in 1990. No livestock is shipped direct from Scotland to the Republic of Ireland.

  Organ Transplants
  Sir Michael McNair-Wilson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people are awaiting an organ transplant; and if he will give the figure for 1990; and how long on average a patient must wait for a transplant of a kidney, heart and lungs, heart, lungs, liver and cornea.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  [holding answer 20 November 1991]: The information requested is not held by my
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  Department. A transplant register is compiled by the United Kingdom transplant support service authority which is based in Bristol. However the register is not held in a form which would enable the information requested to be collated readily.

  Schools Inspectorate
  Mr. Norman Hogg
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to reorganise Her Majesty's inspectorate of schools; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  [holding answer 25 November 1991]: A number of changes to the organisation and operational procedures of Her Majesty's inspectorate will be made to meet the commitments of the parents charter and to take account of emerging developments in education, for example, in quality assurance at school and education authority level.

  An audit unit will be established as a separate, identifiable division of Her Majesty's inspectorate. A principal function of the unit will be to collect, analyse and publish evidence about how well schools and education authorities are performing.

  Inspection procedures are being reviewed and revised:

  —to take account of the development of written educational plans and targets in schools, including reviews of progress against these;

  —to introduce assessment of the efficacy of quality assurance arrangements in place in schools and education authorities;

  —to allow targeting of inspections on the basis of evidence from the audit unit and other sources;

  —to ensure that parents, through school boards, are adequately consulted in the course of inspections and that they receive clear summary inspection reports showing the strengths and weaknesses identified.

  Inspection guidelines are also being reviewed to incorporate performance indicators which will shortly be published.

  Training Schemes
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the work force and those seeking work are involved in youth training and employment training schemes.

  Mr. Allan Stewart
  [holding answer 27 November 1991]: The latest estimate of the total number on youth training and employment training in Scotland, as a percentage of the civilian work force and those seeking work, is 2·3 per cent.

DEFENCE

  Solvent-based Paints
  Mr. Maxwell-Hyslop
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what action his Department is taking to bring specifications for new equipment into line with the Department of the Environment's policy of substituting other finishes for solvent-based paints.

  Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment is issuing guidance on air pollution standards for coating processes which will be subject to pollution control under part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. One of the options considered by the guidance will be to change to
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  low-solvent coatings. My Department is investigating alternatives to solvent-based paints in its own particular circumstances.

  Forces' Pensions
  Mr. Andrew Bowden
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what action he proposes to eliminate the effects of pension troughs in Her Majesty's forces services retired pay caused by pay restraint in the public sector in 1975–76; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The retired pay or pensions awarded to personnel of the armed forces whose service ended during the period of pay restraint from 1976 to 1978 were calculated in accordance with the rules of the armed forces pension scheme in force at that time. The Ministry of Defence has no plans to modify the awards that were made.

  Oil and Gas (Clyde)
  Mr. Wilson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what representations his Department has made on the development of oil and gas resources in the Firth of Clyde;

  (2) which areas, in and around the Firth of Clyde, have been ruled out of bounds to oil and gas exploration on account of military requirements; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The Ministry of Defence is consulted by the Department of Energy about proposals for licensing oil and gas development and production but no such proposals relating to the Firth of Clyde have been received since 1985. On that occasion, my Department was content for exploration to proceed in a block to the south-west of Arran subject to a number of restrictions including that no activity should take place within an area bounded by the following co-ordinates:

  55 20 N 5 28 W

  55 25 N 5 28 W

  55 25 N 5 22 W

  55 20 N 5 22 W

  In considering any further proposals my Department and the Department of Energy would seek to agree arrangements which would allow oil and gas activity to take place while safeguarding Ministry of Defence interests.

  Services (Redundancies)
  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many job losses and redundancies are planned in each of the armed services in each year to 1994 following "Options for Change"; how many applications for voluntary redundancy he has received from service personnel wanting to leave in the first phase of redundancies; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  By 1995 we expect reductions of some 8,000 in the Royal Navy, 40,000 in the Army and 12,000 in the Royal Air Force. Details were given in the answer I gave the hon. Member for Clackmannan (Mr. O'Neill) on 21 November at columns 305–06.

  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what specific provision he is making to assist those members of Her Majesty's forces who will be made redundant as a result of "Options for Change" to find future employment; and if he will make a statement.
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  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  Resettlement services provided to assist service personnel to prepare for civilian life, including finding civilian employment, will be available to all those being made redundant. In addition to individual advice and counselling, these services include briefings on job finding and on a wide range of specific second careers; opportunities to undertake short familiarisation attach-ments with civilian organisations; 28 days pre-release vocational training in any of a large number of skills and disciplines which are useful in the civilian labour market; and assistance with job placement from our own employment unit, as well as from the Officers Association and the Regular Forces Employment Association, both of which receive financial support from the Ministry of Defence. We are making the necessary financial provision to cover the increase in demand for these services. Those leaving the regular forces also have access to Department of Employment services and facilities, including access to some programmes without the standard qualifying period of unemployment.

  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what financial advice and assistance he is giving to those members of Her Majesty's forces who will lose their jobs and receive redundancy payments as a consequence of "Options for Change"; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The resettlement package includes the opportunity to attend one-day briefings specifically on financial aspects. These cover pay, pensions, insurance, investments and housing. Some additional briefings are being arranged to help meet the increased demand expected to arise from those being made redundant. In addition, in the Army further financial aspects briefings will be provided worldwide on a road-show basis, starting in March 1992. These will be specifically geared to the needs of those being made redundant, and all such personnel will be actively encouraged to attend.

  Ms. Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much in cash and constant prices has been spent on the resettlement service in each year since 1987–88 in each of the armed forces; and how much is projected to be spent in the period up to 1994.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  Information is not available in the form requested.

  Human Rights
  Mrs. Mahon
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to his oral answer of 19 November,Official Report, column 126, if he will make it his policy to take into account the human rights records of Governments when deciding to whom his Ministry will sell surplus aircraft.

  Mr. Alan Clark
  This has always been our policy.

  Overseas Forces (Gifts)
  Mr. Menzies Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what is his policy towards gifts sent by members of the public to British forces while engaged in service overseas;

  (2) how many sales there have been to civilians in the Falklands of the contents of gift parcels sent to British forces in the Gulf during Operation Granby; who took the decision to make such sales; what were the proceeds of such sales; and how were the proceeds applied.
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  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The BFPO 3000 appeal produced a most generous response from the public. I announced the winding-up of the appeal on 28 March 1991 at columns 571–72, indicating that some residual items would be sent to service personnel in overseas locations other than the Gulf. Items were sent to the Falkland islands and were distributed to service personnel in the garrison. Some surplus remained. Rather than return or destroy them, the Department decided to sell them locally, raising over £2,000 for the Gulf trust.

  Mr. Menzies Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many gift parcels were sent by members of the public to British forces serving in the Gulf during Operation Granby.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  It is estimated that up to 190,000 parcels were sent in response to the BFPO 3000 appeal.

  Trident
  Mr. Macdonald
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his policy towards the deployment of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear missile with the same number of warheads as the present Polaris missiles.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  Trident must be able to overcome defences that did not exist when Polaris entered service, and remain a credible deterrent well into the next century.

  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much money would be saved on the contract on the fourth Trident submarine if it were cancelled on(a) 22 January 1992, (b) 22 February 1992, (c) 22 March 1992, (d) 22 April 1992, (e) 22 May 1992 or (f) 22 june 1992;

  (2) how much money to date has been spent on the fourth Trident submarine; and how much will have been spent by (a) 22 January 1992, (b) 22 February 1992, (c) 22 March 1992, (d) 22 April 1992, (e) 22 May 1992, (f) 22 June 1992.

  Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
  Expenditure to date on the fourth submarine is approximately £142 million. Future levels of expenditure are subject to considerations of commercial confidentiality. The level of savings which would be achieved if the contract were to be cancelled on any of the dates specified by the hon. Member would not differ significantly from the broad estimate of £400 million given to the House by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces on 22 November 1991 at column 600.

  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will announce a contract for the production of a fourth Trident submarine.

  Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
  The order will be announced when negotiations with the contractor have been successfully concluded.

  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total estimated cost of the fourth Trident submarine.

  Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
  The cost of the fourth Vanguard class submarine will not be known until negotiations with the contractor have been successfully concluded. It would not be appropriate to publish an estimated cost while those negotiations are in progress.

  Mr. Cryer
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what provision is being made in the testing programme for 642
  Trident nuclear weapons to ensure that accidental detonation cannot take place to weapons in transit, storage or deployment; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The safety of our nuclear weapons is paramount. Both the Trident missile and its warhead will undergo a comprehensive series of trials, assessments and formal safety approval procedures before entering service with the Royal Navy.

  Polaris
  Mr. Macdonald
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the implications for the effectiveness of the Polaris nuclear deterrent of the recently upgraded Soviet anti-ballistic missile system around Moscow.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The programme of improvements to the Soviet anit-ballistic missile system reinforces the need for Polaris to be replaced by Trident in the mid–1990s, to ensure that the British strategic nuclear deterrent remains credible well into the next century.

  Nuclear Deterrent
  Mr. Macdonald
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer,Official Report, 13 November, column 614, what are the implications of the negotiated deployment of strategic defences for the effectiveness of the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear deterrent.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  President Bush made it clear in his statement of 27 September that he is seeking the limited deployment of non-nuclear defences to protect against limited ballistic missile strikes without undermining the credibility of existing deterrent forces.

  Missiles
  Mr. Macdonald
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what is his Department's assessment as to when the United States SLAT missile will come into operational service;

  (2) what is his Department's assessment as to when the French ASLP missile will come into operational service.

  Mr. Archie Hamiliton
  This is a matter for the Governments concerned.

  Warminster Infantry School
  Mr. Livsey
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to move the school of infantry from Warminster to Brecon; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The aim of restructuring the Army's training base is to make optimum use of existing sites by concentrating training at a smaller number of larger establishments. The locations for initial training in the Army remain under study and no final decisions have yet been taken.

  Defence Programmes
  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total estimated cost of(a) the GWS 26 MOD 1 Sea Wolf vertical launch missiles ship system, (b) the GWS MOD 2 lightweight Sea Wolf ship system, (c) the

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  Spearfish torpedo programme, (d) the TRIGAT medium-range missile programme, (e) the Rapier field standard C programme and (f) the EH101 helicopter programme.

  Mr. Alan Clark
  Estimated total procurement costs, at 1990–91 average outturn prices, and not including in-service support costs, are as follows:

  £ million

  (a) GWS 26 Vertical Launch Sea Wolf missile system

  1,160

  (b) Spearfish torpedo

  1,300

  (c) TRIGAT Medium Range missile

  920

  (d) Rapier Field Standard C

  1,700

  (e) EH 101 ASW Helicopter

  3,200

  There are no present plans to procure lightweight Sea Wolf.

  Infantry Regiment, Crickhowell
  Mr. Livsey
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for stationing an infantry regiment permanently at Cwrt Y Gollen camp, Crickhowell.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  We are examining a number of options for the future accommodation of United Kingdom-based troops. Some accommodation will be required for units returning from abroad, but detailed decisions have yet to be made.

  Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
  Mr. Salmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the policy of the British Government on the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  NATO's new strategic concept confirms the need to maintain an appropriate mix of conventional and nuclear forces for the forseeable future. For as long as we need to retain nuclear weapons to deter war, we will need to conduct nuclear tests to ensure that our weapons are safe, reliable and up-to-date.

  A comprehensive test ban treaty therefore remains a long-term goal. Progress towards it can be made only by a step-by-step approach, taking account of developments elsewhere, especially in arms control. Any treaty in this field will have to address the enormous verification problems. We are therefore taking a leading role in the conference on disarmament in Geneva, which is considering a verification regime covering nuclear tests.

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
  Mr. Alan W. Williams
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cases of BSE have been confirmed in each calendar year from 1987 and to date for the current year.

  Mr. Maclean
  The number of confirmed cases in Great Britain, by the date of onset of clinical signs of the disease, is as follows:

  Year

  Number of confirmed cases

  1987

  460

  1988

  3,038

  1989

  7,614

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  Year

  Number of confirmed cases

  1990

  14,332

  11991

  15,698

  1 Up to 15 November.

  Mr. Alan W. Williams
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cases in total of BSE have been confirmed to date in(a) Dyfed, (b) Wales and (c) Great Britain.

  Mr. Maclean
  The information is as follows:

  Number of confirmed cases1

  Dyfed

  1,834

  Wales

  3,290

  Great Britain

  41,142

  1 To 15 November 1991.

  Mr. Alan W. Williams
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the Government's latest assessment as to when the incidence of BSE will reach its peak and by what date it will fade out.

  Mr. Maclean
  Because of the long incubation period of BSE it is impossible to predict accurately when we will see a decline in cases appearing. Nevertheless it is now over three years since the most likely source of infection was cut off by means of banning, from July 1988, the feeding of ruminant protein to cattle and other ruminants.

  The number of cases arising from infection prior to that date will continue to increase for some time. We would expect however to see a decline in the number of confirmed cases some time next year, provided that other routes of transmission do not play a significant part in the epidemiology of the disease.

  Badgers
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many applications for licences under section 4 of the Badgers Act 1991 he has received; how many such applications he has approved; what procedures he has laid down for dealing with such applications; what criteria he uses in determining such applications; and if he will make a statement on the operation of the Act.

  Mr. Maclean
  As at 23 November, the Department had received 23 applications for licences under section 4 of the Badgers Act 1991, and one licence has been granted. The Government are currently considering the criteria to be laid down for the granting of licences by the agriculture departments. Until these criteria have been decided licences are being issued only where there is a serious risk to public safety or to animal health.

  Food Sabotage
  Mr. Steinberg
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what discussions he plans to have with food manufacturers on the subject of food contamination or sabotage; and what measures he will take to combat this type of crime.

  Mr. Maclean
  We have already set up arrangements to ensure close contact with the food industry, other
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  interested Government Departments, enforcement auth-orities and the police when incidents of this type occur. Our chief concern is possible risks to the public, and I am confident that food manufacturers and retailers are aware of the need to have well-prepared plans for co-ordinated action to minimise these. Guidance on drawing up such plans has recently been issued by the relevant trade associations. The question of crime is a matter for the police.

  Beef
  Mr. Litherland
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many tonnes of beef from intervention meat have been used in(a) schools and (b) hospitals in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

  Mr. Curry
  None.

  Energy Technology
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether his Department was represented at the seminar on wind energy and agriculture held at the national agriculture centre on 20 November under the auspices of the energy technology support unit.

  Mr. Curry
  Yes.

  Lindane
  Mr. Martyn Jones
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the Advisory Committee on Pesticides' report on the use of lindane wood preservative will be published.

  Mr. Maclean
  Advice on lindane is expected from the Advisory Committee on Pesticides in the first part of 1992; the evaluation document will then be published.

  "Our Farming Future"
  Dr. Cunningham
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total cost of producing and distributing "Our Farming Future".

  Mr. Curry
  The cost of the design, production, printing, storage and distribution of "Our Farming Future" is estimated to have been £48,000.

  EC Meetings
  Mr. Sillars
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the EC Ministerial Council meetings at which his Department has or will be represented during November and December.

  Mr. Curry
  This Department was represented at the Agriculture Council meeting on 18 and 19 November, and will be represented at the Agriculture Council on 11 and 12 December and the Fisheries Council on 17 and 18 December. An additional meeting of the Agriculture Council may be convened in December, but no date has yet been fixed.

  EC (Visits)
  Mr. Forman
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will list for himself, and for each of the Ministers at his Department, details of(a) the
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  number of visits made in the past month to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community on official business related to the European Community, (b) the number of visits made to Brussels within the past month on official business related to the European Community and (c) the number of nights spent over the past month away from the United Kingdom on official European Community business;

  (2) if he will list the number of visits made by officials in his Department during the past month to destinations outside the United Kingdom but within the European Community on official business related to the European Community, the number of visits made by officials in his Department to Brussels within the past month on official business related to the European Community and the number of nights spent by officials in his Department over the past month away from the United Kingdom official European Community business.

  Mr. Curry
  The total number of official visits from this Department to other EC countries on Community business in the month of October 1991 was 257, of which 214 were in Brussels. The total number of individual nights spent away at official expense to complete this business was 316. These figures include both Ministers and officials; I regret that they cannot be broken down further without incurring disproportionate expense.

  Common Agricultural Policy
  Mr. Hague
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of expenditure in 1990–91 and 1991–92 by the Intervention Board executive agency and the Ministry of Agriculture on market regulation under the common agricultural policy.

  Mr. Gummer
  Details are given as follows of the outturn for 1990–91 and the latest forecast of outturn for 1991–92.

  £ million

  1990–91 actual outturn)

  1991–92 (forecast outturn)

  Price guarantees

  Potatoes

  —

  —

  Wool

  18·2

  34·9

  Assistance to the egg industry

  0·1

  —

  TOTAL

  18·3

  34·9

  Support for capital and other improvements

  Farm and Conservation Grant Scheme (EC)

  3·2

  6·3

  Agriculture Improvement Scheme (EC)

  13·3

  10·2

  Agriculture and Horticulture Development Scheme

  12·2

  7·7

  Farm Structures

  0·3

  0·3

  Agriculture and Horticulture Grant Scheme

  —

  —

  Agriculture Improvement Scheme (National)

  0·9

  0·3

  Northern Ireland Agriculture Development Programme

  7·0

  8·3

  Farm Woodland Scheme

  1·0

  2·1

  Farm and Conservation Grant Scheme (National)

  32·1

  33·8

  Guidance Premiums

  0·1

  0·1

  Farm Accounts

  0·2

  0·3

  Other

  0·2

  0·4

  TOTAL

  70·5

  69·8

  Support for agriculture in special areas

  Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances

  130·4

  159·3

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  1990–91 (actual outturn)

  1991–92 (forecast outturn)

  Additional benefit under AHDS, NIADP, AHGS, AIS (EC), AIS (National), FCGS (EC) and FCGS (National)

  18·6

  19·8

  Others

  10·1

  11·3

  Total

  159·1

  190·4

  Other Payments

  Set-Aside Scheme

  19·1

  27·4

  Milk Outgoers Scheme

  0·8

  0·7

  Crofting Building Grants and Loans (net)

  3·3

  4·2

  Sheep Compensation Scheme 1986

  0·9

  1·0

  Storm Damage Recovery Scheme 1987

  0·4

  —

  Cooperation Grants

  0·9

  1·2

  Farm Diversification—

  Capital Grants

  2·8

  3·0

  Marketing and Feasibility Grants

  0·1

  0·4

  Nitrate Sensitive Areas Scheme

  0·3

  0·9

  Environmentally Sensitive Areas

  9·4

  11·6

  Extensification

  —

  0·4

  Other

  1·0

  1·2

  TOTAL

  39·0

  52·0

  GRAND TOTAL

  286·9

  347·1

  Some of this expenditure attracts contributions from the European Community. These are mainly received in the following year. In 1991–92, £81 million is expected to be received from the fund compared with £52 million in 1990–91.

  Horses and Ponies
  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the adequacy of welfare arrangements for horses and ponies shipped from the United Kingdom to the Republic of Ireland.

  Mr. Maclean
  I am riot aware of any particular problems associated with the welfare of horses and ponies shipped from the United Kingdom to the Republic of Ireland.

  Dr. David Clark
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many horses and ponies are shipped each year to the Republic of Ireland from England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Maclean
  Figures for United Kingdom exports to the Republic of Ireland are given below. Separate totals for exports from England and Wales are not available.
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  1990

  Number

  Value £

  Horses and ponies

  3,238

  62,178,031

  Source: HM Customs and Excise

  Suckler Cows
  Sir John Farr
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to ensure that British beef producers will benefit fully from the proposals of the Commission to make a further 20 ecu per head available to suckler cow producers in this marketing year.

  Mr. Curry
  The Council of Ministers has yet to take a decision on the Commission's proposal.

  Farm Incomes
  Mr. Geraint Howells
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by what percentage farmers net returns have risen in the United Kingdom since 1980; what information he has on comparable returns in each of the other European Community countries; and if he swill make a statement.

  Mr. Curry
  The most recent assessment of aggregate total income from farming in the United Kingdom, in current prices, indicates an increase of around 55 per cent. between 1980 and 1990. When expressed in real terms and per annual work unit, this measure of income fell by a little over 5 per cent. between 1980 and 1990. This latter definition corresponds to an income indicator—"indicator 3"—published by Eurostat for the member states, changes in which are shown in the table. These include forecasts for 1990 made one year ago and are subject to revision.

  Real 1 net income from agricultural activity of family labour input per annual work unit (Indicator 3): percentage change between 1980 and 1990 (forecast)

  Percent

  Belgium

  +7·3

  Denmark2

  +242·7

  Germany

  +34·7

  Greece

  +27·2

  Spain

  +40·1

  France

  +29·3

  Ireland

  +62·9

  Italy

  -32·2

  Luxembourg

  +70·3

  Netherlands

  +82·5

  Portugal

  -5·9

  Source: Eurostat

  Notes:

  1 Figures have been expressed in real terms using the GDP deflator.

  2 Incomes in Denmark were particularly low in 1980.

  POLICE: ADDITIONAL POSTS
  POLICE: ADDITIONAL POSTS
  MR. ROBERT SERRY
  MR. ROBERT SERRY
  SOVIET UNION AND REPUBLICS: WESTERN SUPPORT POLICY
  SOVIET UNION AND REPUBLICS: WESTERN SUPPORT POLICY
  UN RULES OF RESTRAINT: STATUS
  UN RULES OF RESTRAINT: STATUS
  KURDS: DISASTER RELIEF
  KURDS: DISASTER RELIEF
  STUDENTS: SOCIAL SECURITY SUPPORT
  STUDENTS: SOCIAL SECURITY SUPPORT
  NON-DOMESTIC PROPERTY: REVALUATION
  NON-DOMESTIC PROPERTY: REVALUATION
  THE BLACK COUNTRY: CREDIT APPROVALS
  THE BLACK COUNTRY: CREDIT APPROVALS