Written Answers of 1 July 1992

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

  Maxwell Arrests
  Mr. John Morris
  To ask the Attorney-General what principles the director of the Serious Fraud Office applies on the execution of a warrant for arrest; and whether he will make a statement on the arrest of Mr. Ian Maxwell and Mr. Kevin Maxwell.

  The Attorney-General
  It is the policy of the Serious Fraud Office to procure the arrest of persons suspected of serious fraud with the assistance of the police. The process of arrest is an operational matter for the police who will decide questions of timing, whereabouts and related matters as part of their operational duties. Where police are conducting investigations in conjunction with the Serious Fraud Office, they may be advised, but not directed, on such matters by the SFO. Such advice will have regard to the seriousness of the alleged offences, the need to secure evidence at the time of the arrest and any circumstances material to the risk that a suspect may seek to abscond, including the likelihood that such suspect may have the means and ability to do so and to support himself outside the jurisdiction. Each case will be considered impartially on its merits.

  Ian Maxwell, Kevin Maxwell and Larry Trachtenburg were arrested without warrant on suspicion of having committed the offences for which they have subsequently been charged. Similar principles govern both the execution of warrants of arrest issued by the courts and arrest without warrant.

  De Lorean Cars
  Mr. Shersby
  To ask the Attorney-General what consideration he has given to the remarks of Lord Justice Murray at Belfast Crown Court last week in relation to Fred Bushell, the late Colin Chapman and John de Lorean; what obstacles stand in the way of extraditing Mr. De Lorean from the United States of America to face charges in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

  The Attorney-General
  My attention has been drawn to the remarks of Lord Justice Murray in the course of sentencing Federick Bushell at the conclusion of his trial. These followed a joint investigation by the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the Serious Fraud Office. Frederick Bushell resided and was arrested in the United Kingdom.

  Although the Royal Ulster Constabulary holds a warrant for the arrest of Mr. De Lorean for conspiracy to defraud, I am advised that the laws of the United States provide a limitation period after which extradition is not normally possible. Although the period varies depending on the offence alleged, the period in this case expired before the Serious Fraud Office was created. It was the
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  Serious Fraud Office investigation which produced the evidence justifying the obtaining of the warrant against Mr. De Lorean.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Attorney-General if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  The Attorney-General
  Proposals for market testing relating to the Departments for which I am responsible are being considered and an announcement will be made later in the year. Any relevant information will be made available, subject to the need to protect commercial confidentiality.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Attorney-General what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  The Attorney-General
  In 1991 the Crown prosecution service contracted out its headquarters reprographic operation at a saving of around £90,000 per year. No other estimates have been made.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Attorney-General what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  The Attorney-General
  The cost is £15,500.

HOME DEPARTMENT

  Asylum
  Mr. Darling
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many additional places he has provided for the purposes of detaining applicants for asylum; and where these places are located.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  New accommodation, providing about 300 additional places for detention under Immigration Act powers, will be delivered in phases from September 1992 to spring 1995, and will be located at Harmondsworth, Gatwick airport, Kidlington in Oxford and Stansted airport.

  Mr. Darling
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to his answer on 24 June,Official Report, columns 193–94, if he will list the organisations with which he has held meetings in connection with proposed legislation on asylum applications.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  I have discussed legislation on asylum at meetings with representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Amnesty International and Westminster city council. My right hon. and learned Friend and I are ready to hear the views of interested organisations.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.
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  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  A provisional programme of areas of work to be market tested in my Department in 1992–93 has been drawn up and promulgated to Home Office staff. As promised in the White Paper "Competing for Quality", departmental targets for market testing in 1992–93 will be announced later this year.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department wht estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  The purpose of the market-testing programme is to test by competition the value for money represented by the present arrangements for undertaking activities and thereby to identify and introduce more effective arrangements. No estimate of likely savings has yet been made.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  The cost of the market-testing initiative in my Department from November 1991 to June 1992 is £150,000.

  Racism
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's position on reducing racism and xenophobia in Europe.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  The Government abhor all manifestations of racism and support all the practical steps taken by member states to counter this. We were very pleased to support the European Council declaration on racism and xenophobia agreed at Maastricht in December 1991.

  Metropolitan Police (Accidents)
  Mr. Dowd
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide details of how many accidents involving Metropolitan police vehicles and third parties have been reported for each year since 1985; and on how many occasions in each year the Metropolitan police were held to be liable for the accidents.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  The information is not held in the form requested.

  Shamrock Farms
  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection on Shamrock Farms; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  My right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary has received no representations from the BUAV on Shamrock Farms to date.

  Expatriate Voters
  Mr. Ainger
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the basis on which expatriate voters were allocated to each constituency.
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  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  Overseas electors are registered in the constituency in which they were last registered as electors before leaving the United Kingdom. If they left the country before they were old enough to vote, they are registered in the constituency in which a parent or guardian was registered at the time they left the country.

  Animals (Scientific Procedures)
  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will make it a policy to extend minimal standards of care and accommodation as set out in the code of practice for the housing and care of animals used in scientific procedures to all suppliers of animals;

  (2) what minimum standards primate traders must meet to be licensed by his office; what are the dimensions of the smallest cage British primate suppliers may legally use; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  It is already the practice of the Home Office animals (scientific procedures) inspectorate to seek compliance by designated suppliers with the standards of care and accommodation set out in the Laboratory Animal Breeders Association's guidelines on the care and housing of animals bred for scientific purposes. There is therefore a recognised standard against which such establishments can be assessed.

  The recommended minimum size of cage is determined by the weight of the primate to be housed. The smallest cage size recommended by the LABA guidelines is for animals up to 700g in weight. The minimum recommended height for such animals is 100 cm, and the minimum recommended floor area is 1,200 sq cm per animal when the animals are housed in groups, or 2,500 sq cm when they are housed singly.

  Mr. John Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the names of all British primate suppliers and for each the number of primates which(a) were dead upon their arrival to Britain, (b) died before reaching British research laboratories and (c) were slaughtered before research was undertaken.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  The Home Office does not hold information on the number of primates imported into Great Britain which are dead on arrival or which have died before reaching British research laboratories.

  Figures on the number of primates humanely killed after receipt and before use are not collated centrally. The humane killing of primates in British research laboratories in such circumstances is known to be uncommon, but might take place, for example, to terminate suffering from otherwise untreatable disease.

  It is not our practice to give details of individual establishments designated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

  Naturalisation
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the outstanding backlog of naturalisation applications as at 1 January 1990, 1991, and 1992 and for the most recent available date; and what is the current rate at which applications are being cleared.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  The numbers of outstanding applications for naturalisation on the dates referred to were as follows:
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  1Applications awaiting allocation

  Allocated applications

  1 January 1990

  2,914

  64,930

  1 January 1991

  1,645

  62,949

  1 January 1992

  6,266

  38,382

  1 June 1992

  582

  43,569

  1 It is not possible at this stage to distinguish beween applications for naturalisation and those for registration.

  These cases are currently being cleared at the rate of around 2,600 per month.

  Operation Container
  Mr. Bennett
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he now expects Operation Container to end in Greater Manchester;

  (2) how much Operation Container has so far cost; and what is his estimate of its final cost.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  Since April 1990, the total payment made to the Greater Manchester police for holding prisoners in police cells has been £40,121,851.19 This figure does not include payments for Manchester prisoners held by other police forces, information on which was not collected separately. As has been explained to the hon. Member, while the ending of the police cells problem is a matter of the highest priority for the prison service, it is not possible to say exactly when Operation Container will no longer be required or the final cost.

TRANSPORT

  National Exhibition Centre
  Mr. Mills
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the likely completion date of the proposed dedicated access road and signalling system from the M42 to the national exhibition centre; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
  The contract for the construction of the improved access road from the southway exit of the national exhibition centre to the M42 slip road is due to be let very shortly. This should enable it to be open in time for the motor show in late October. Improvements to the roundabout at the intersection of the A45 and the M42, including the provision of further traffic signals and the widening of the approaches to the roundabout, are currently being designed in detail. These should be completed summer 1993. Together with the other improvements which we have in hand at and around this intersection, access to and from the NEC and the other important facilities in the area will be easier.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Mr. Norris
  Following the publication of the White Paper "Competing for Quality" in which a new market testing initiative was announced, the efficiency unit will announce the programme for all departments later this year. All relevant information will be made public.
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  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the total cost so far of the market testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Norris
  The identified cost since November 1991, mainly consultants' fees, amounts to some £10,000. Other expenditure involving the salaries of civil servants is not kept in a suitable form and ascertaining what it might be could be achieved only at disproportionate cost.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market testing programme.

  Mr. Norris
  Since 1986–87 the total estimated savings made to date as a result of the market testing programme amount to approximately £7.3 million.

NATIONAL HERITAGE

  Disabled Employees
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, respectively, and overall in his Department are registered disabled people.

  Mr. Key
  The Department of National Heritage is still in the process of being set-up and the information to answer this qestion is not yet centrally available.

  Equal Opportunities
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, respectively, and overall in his Department are women.

  Mr. Key
  The numbers and percentage of women in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are as follows:—

  Grade

  Number of officers

  Number of women

  Percentage of women

  1

  1

  —

  0

  2

  —

  —

  —

  3

  3

  1

  33

  4

  1

  —

  0

  5

  15

  4

  26

  6

  3

  1

  33

  7

  46

  10

  21

  The figures for staff in post are for the latest available date. The figures for officers in other grades are not yet centrally available as the Department is still in the process of being set up; this includes setting up the central personnel and manpower planning function.

  Hyde Park (Traffic)
  Mr. Chris Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what guidance he has issued to the authorities responsible for Hyde park as to the parking arrangements admissible for coaches in connection with demonstrations and marches in order to ensure the free flow of normal traffic in the surrounding streets.

  Mr. Key
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: That the organisers be asked to make arrangements with the public transport authorities to use public transport to get to and

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  from the park whenever possible to avoid unnecessary disruption in local streets. When coaches have to be used it is recommended that they liaise with the police to organise transfers on to the London public transport system before reaching central London; and as a last resort, arrangements be made for coaches to park at agreed locations close to the park. The possible disruption to traffic and local residents is a key factor in early discussions with organisers before any event takes place.

  Market Testing
  Mr. Terry Davis
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage who has been appointed as a consultant to his Department for market testing.

  Mr. Key
  [holding answer 29 June 1992]: My Department is in the process of appointing a consultant to assist in preparing its market testing programme.

  Bushy Park
  Mr. Jessel
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will set out the opening hours on weekdays and Sundays of the woodland garden in Bushy park; whether the park contractors are obliged to comply with these hours; if he will state why the gates were not open by 9.45 am on Sunday 31 May; and what action will be taken to prevent a recurrence.

  Mr. Key
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: The woodland garden in Bushy park opens at 9 am seven days a week. It closes at dusk.

  Contractors are obliged to unlock the gates at the stated time. This is a scheduled item within the ground maintenance contract.

  Due to an oversight on the part of the contractor a member of his staff was not available to open the gates at the required time on Sunday 31 May 1992.

  The contractor was financially penalised for failure to comply with the contract and subsequently gave assurances that it would not happen again. It has now been agreed with the contractor that in order to make sure all gates are open by 9 am he will start unlocking earlier than hitherto.

  The client duty officer for the day has also been instructed to pay particular attention to the contractor's performance in this area and report any lapse to the park superintendent.

ENVIRONMENT

  Ozone Layer
  Mr. Alan W. Williams
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest estimate of the average depletion of the ozone layer on an annualised basis(a) at British latitudes and (b) at all latitudes; and what are the projections of the extent of depletion over the period 2000 to 2050.

  Mr. Maclean
  The latest estimates of ozone layer depletion remain substantially the same as published in the 1991 report of the Department's stratospheric ozone review group, copies of which are in the Library. Ozone depletion at British latitudes is at a maximum in the early spring, averaging 0.8 per cent. per year. Ozone levels recover substantially during the summer. The annual 558
  average depletion taken over all latitudes is about 0.3 per cent. per year—we do not have an equivalent figure for British latitudes. The extent of ozone depletion in future years will depend on how the Montreal protocol controls are tightened, but the review group estimate that under the present controls the potential for ozone depletion will increase until at least 1997, and then decline slowly over the next century.

  Marsham Street Offices
  Mr. Channon
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington) of 19 June,Official Report, column 694, what is his timetable for demolishing the Marsham street Government offices.

  Mr. Howard
  The planning and development consultants, whose appointment was announced in the answer of 19 June, have just started work. Their advice will assist in identifying the best alternative uses for the site at 2 Marsham street and thereby in establishing a timetable for the reuse of the site. Until that is established I cannot be precise on the timing of demolition.

  Homelessness
  Mr. Leighton
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many persons were registered as homeless in the London borough of Newham for each year since 1979.

  Mr. Baldry
  I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Angus, East (Mr. Welsh) on 17 June 1992,Official Report, columns 569–70.

  Paris Commission
  Mrs. Ann Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how the United Kingdom will be represented at the 21 and 22 September meeting of the Paris commission.

  Mr. Maclean
  I shall be representing the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at this meeting, together with officials from my Department, the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food and the Department of Trade and Industry.

  Mrs. Ann Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which substances the United Kingdom expects to agree completely to eliminate from discharges to water in the United Kingdom, at or as a result of the 21 and 22 September meeting of the Paris commission.

  Mr. Maclean
  None.

  Mrs. Ann Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on proposals from other countries regarding the complete elimination of certain substances in discharges to water, at or as a result of the 21 and 22 meeting of the Paris commission.

  Mr. Maclean
  The major business of the meeting is the agreement of a new convention concerning the protection of the marine environment in the north-east Atlantic which will replace the existing Oslo and Paris conventions. There are also a number of recommendations to be considered, but none calls for the complete elimination of substances in discharges to water.
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  Mrs. Ann Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress the United Kingdom has made in eliminating discharges to water of substances controlled under agreements of the Paris commission; and if he will publish such data.

  Mr. Maclean
  The United Kingdom has made good progress in implementing Paris commission decisions and recommendations. At the ministerial meeting of the Oslo and Paris commissions being held in September a number of reports will be published on their activities and these will give details of the data submitted by the United Kingdom.

  Air Quality
  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the impact of(a) motor cars, (b) lorries and (c) buses on air quality in (i) urban and (ii) rural areas.

  Mr. Maclean
  Motor traffic is a growing source of urban and rural air pollution, and much action is already in hand to tackle it. The current position is conveniently summarised in the air quality chapter of the Department's annual "Digest of Environmental Protection and Water Statistics". A copy of the latest volume has been placed in the Library of the House. In addition, the Royal Commission on environmental pollution reported in September 1991 on emissions from heavy duty diesel vehicles.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Mr. Howard
  I refer the hon. Member to the answer that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 22 June 1992,Official Report, column 102.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Howard
  The full cost of the market testing initiative in my Department since November 1991 is estimated at £223,000.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Howard
  No such estimate has yet been made.

  United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if any Government Ministers or officials attended any of the half-day round table meetings sponsored by UNESCO at the recent United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.
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  Mr. Maclean
  No.

  Inner Cities Religious Council
  Mr. Barry Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the Inner Cities Religious Council will hold its first formal meeting; and what its purpose and membership will be.

  Mr. Robin Squire
  The first formal meeting of the Inner Cities Religious Council will take place on Monday 20 July. Members will be drawn from the Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim anhd Sikh faiths, under my chairmanship.

  The Inner Cities Religious Council will allow representatives of the faith communities to discuss policy and practical issues with Government and each other. It will give consideration to the needs of communities in inner cities and deprived urban areas, and the assistance available to meet them, and will also seek to create opportunities for action in such areas involving faith communities in partnership with other local residents, business, voluntary organisations and local and central Government.

  Relocation
  Mr. Patrick Thompson
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress has been made in negotiations about his Department's move to Docklands since his oral answers of 2 June,Official Report, columns 707–13.

  Mr. Howard
  My Department's advisers are continuing to negotiate in respect of Harbour Exchange, East India Dock and Canary Wharf. In the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Attercliffe (Mr. Betts) on 9 June,Official Report, column 150, I said that a fourth docklands development at Thomas More square, Wapping had been ruled out on the ground of cost. However, the owners of Thomas More square have now sought my agreement to be allowed to enter into the negotiations on the same terms as the other three contenders in docklands. I have agreed that they may do so.

  County Hall, London
  Mr. Tony Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department has considered relocating staff from Marsham street to County hall.

  Mr. Howard
  [holding answer 26 June 1992]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 June to the hon. Member for Cardiff, West (Mr. Morgan), Official Report, column 368. In the light of that answer, I am not considering the relocation of staff to County hall.

  Recycling
  Mr. Battle
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 13 May,Official Report, column 126, to the hon. Member for Bristol, South (Ms. Primarolo) when the commissioned study into the use of economic instruments to promote recycling will be published.

  Mr. Maclean
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: We expect to receive the final version of the study shortly. I will then discuss the next steps with my right hon. Friend, the President of the Board of Trade, whose Department is co-sponsoring the study.

DUCHY OF LANCASTER

  Public Record Office
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what plans he has to introduce a citizen's charter for the Public Record Office.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  There are no plans to introduce a charter for the Public Record Office, though the office has published its quality of service and efficiency targets.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  The total cost of the market testing initiative in my Department since November 1991 is estimated to have been £139,300.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 22 June 1992, at column 102.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  Market testing in the former Management and Personnel Office and in the Office of the Minister for the Civil Service is estimated to have saved some £290,000 in cash terms between 1986–87 and 1991–92.

  Land Holdings
  Mr. McCartney
  To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to his answer of 15 June to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond),Official Report, columns 360–61, if he will list each individual land or property holding of the Duchy, together with its location and capital value.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  It would be impractical to list each individual land and property holding belonging to the Duchy, which amount to over 1,000. A summary of land and property holdings is therefore set out.

  £ per week

  1979

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  Average Earnings1

  89.60

  23.0

  110.20

  13.3

  124.90

  9.3

  136.50

  8.6

  148.30

  7.4

  159.30

  7.3

  171.00

  Senior Civil Servants

  Head of the Civil Service

  593.87

  8.1

  641.76

  7.0

  686.69

  17.2

  804.60

  14.3

  919.54

  6.8

  981.80

  46.3

  1,436.78

  Permanent Secretary to the Treasury

  593.87

  8.1

  641.76

  7.0

  686.69

  17.2

  804.60

  14.3

  919.54

  6.8

  981.80

  36.6

  1,341.00

  Grade 1

  545.98

  8.8

  593.88

  7.0

  635.44

  13.8

  723.18

  13.2

  818.97

  6.4

  871.65

  31.9

  1,149.43

  Grade 1A

  498.08

  9.6

  545.98

  7.0

  584.19

  14.8

  670.50

  12.9

  756.70

  6.3

  804.60

  31.0

  1,053.64

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  There are estates predominately agricultural in nature, in the following counties:

  Approximate acreage

  Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire

  3,031

  Staffordshire and Cheshire

  10,901

  Lancashire

  10,617

  Yorkshire

  8,111

  In addition, the Duchy owns some 15,000 acres of moorland in north Yorkshire and south Wales, most of which are subject to common rights.

  The estates include some 273 agricultural tenancies and 3,696 acres of woodland.

  Other property ownerships (all of which are freehold except for a long leasehold property in the City of London) may be summarised as follows:

  (a) Greater London

  The freehold of properties in the Manor of the Savoy bounded by Lancaster place, the Embankment, Savoy hill and Strand, including the Savoy chapel, and a building at 2/4 Lancaster place to 137 Strand.

  (b) Miscellaneous commercial properties in Harrogate which include five shops, 2 hotels and a house now converted to offices. These properties, in the main, are let on occupational leases. There is also the remainder of a residential estate developed over a period of 100 years or so producing 36 ground rents. The freehold reversions are sold to the lessees on terms which follow the provisions of the Leasehold Reform Acts.

  (c) Single holdings—those not forming part of an estate—of commercial property in Hadley Wood, Leicester, Lewes and London, other than the Savoy estate. Except for four properties in London which are let on ground rents, these are let on occupational leases.

  On the question of capital value, the Duchy values its properties for internal purposes only and figures are not published.

NATIONAL FINANCE

  Top Salaries Review Body
  Mr. Meacher
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the percentage increase and actual size in pounds per week, in pay for each main group covered by the Top Salaries Review Body for each year since 1979; and what the comparable figures were for an employee on national average earnings for each of those years.

  Mr. Portillo
  The information requested is set out in the table.
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  1979

  1980

  1981

  1982

  1983

  1984

  1985

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  Grade 2

  range minimum2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  766.28

  range maximum

  431.03

  8.9

  469.35

  7.0

  502.20

  15.4

  579.50

  13.2

  656.13

  6.6

  699.23

  15.1

  804.60

  Grade 3

  range minimum2

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  593.87

  range maximum

  344.83

  13.9

  392.72

  7.0

  420.21

  14.0

  478.93

  11.0

  531.61

  6.3

  565.13

  15.3

  651.34

  Senior Officers of the Armed Forces

  Admiral of the Fleet

  593.87

  8.1

  641.76

  7.0

  686.69

  17.2

  804.60

  14.3

  919.54

  6.8

  981.80

  46.3

  1,436.78

  Field Marshal

  Marshal of the Royal Air Force

  Admiral

  545.98

  8.8

  593.88

  7.0

  635.44

  13.8

  723.18

  13.2

  818.97

  6.4

  871.65

  31.9

  1,149.43

  General

  Air Chief Marshal

  Vice Admiral

  431.03

  8.9

  469.35

  7.0

  502.20

  15.4

  579.50

  13.2

  656.13

  6.6

  699.23

  15.1

  804.60

  Lieutenant General

  Air Marshal

  Rear Admiral

  344.83

  13.9

  392.72

  7.0

  420.21

  14.0

  478.93

  11.0

  531.61

  6.3

  565.13

  15.3

  651.34

  Major General

  Air Vice-Marshal

  Members of the Judiciary3

  Lord Chief Justice

  708.81

  8.1

  766.28

  11.3

  852.49

  18.0

  1,005.75

  14.3

  1,149.43

  6.7

  1,226.05

  17.2

  1,436.78

  Lords of Appeal

  651.34

  8.8

  708.81

  10.8

  785.44

  17.7

  924.33

  14.0

  1,053.64

  6.4

  1,120.69

  17.9

  1,321.84

  Lords Justices of Appeal

  593.87

  8.1

  641.76

  11.9

  718.39

  21.3

  871.65

  14.3

  996.17

  6.7

  1,063.22

  18.9

  1,264.37

  High Court Judges

  545.98

  12.3

  613.03

  9.4

  670.50

  21.4

  814.18

  12.9

  919.54

  6.8

  981.80

  17.1

  1,149.42

  Senior Circuit Judges

  387.39

  11.3

  431.03

  8.9

  469.35

  18.4

  555.56

  12.9

  627.39

  6.9

  670.50

  27.1

  852.49

  Circuit Judges

  373.56

  12.8

  421.46

  5.7

  445.40

  19.4

  531.61

  11.7

  593.87

  6.5

  632.18

  21.2

  766.28

  District Judges

  330.46

  11.6

  368.77

  6.5

  392.72

  17.1

  459.77

  11.5

  512.45

  6.5

  545.98

  7.0

  584.29

  £ per week

  1986

  1987

  1988

  1989

  1990

  1991

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  Average Earnings1

  8.0

  184.70

  7.7

  198.90

  9.8

  218.40

  9.7

  239.70

  9.8

  263.10

  8.2

  284.70

  Senior Civil Servants

  Head of the Civil Service

  3.2

  1,482.76

  4.7

  1,551.72

  5.2

  1,633.14

  5.0

  1,714.56

  7.0

  1,834.29

  9.4

  2,006.70

  Permanent Secretary to the Treasury

  3.4

  1,386.97

  4.6

  1,451.15

  5.3

  1,527.78

  5.0

  1,604.41

  6.9

  1,714.56

  9.5

  1,877.39

  Grade 1

  3.5

  1,189.66

  4.7

  1,245.21

  5.4

  1,312.26

  5.1

  1,379.31

  6.9

  1,475.10

  9.4

  1,613.98

  Grade 1A

  3.3

  1,088.12

  4.8

  1,139.85

  5.5

  1,202.11

  5.2

  1,264.37

  7.2

  1,355.36

  9.5

  1,484.67

  Grade 2

  range minimum2

  3.8

  795.02

  4.8

  833.33

  5.3

  877.39

  5.0

  921.46

  14.1

  1,051.72

  9.5

  1,151.34

  range maximum

  19.4

  833.33

  7.7

  1,034.73

  5.6

  1,091.95

  4.9

  1,145.59

  7.5

  1,231.80

  9.5

  1,348.66

  Grade 3

  range minimum2

  4.4

  619.73

  5.1

  651.34

  5.3

  685.82

  5.0

  720.31

  16.5

  839.08

  9.6

  919.54

  range maximum

  17.6

  766.38

  7.5

  823.75

  5.3

  867.82

  5.1

  911.88

  9.5

  998.08

  6.9

  1,067.05

  Senior Officers of the Armed Forces

  Admiral of the Fleet

  3.2

  1,482.76

  4.7

  1,551.72

  5.2

  1,633.14

  5.0

  1,714.56

  7.0

  1,834.29

  9.4

  2,006.70

  Field Marshal

  Marshal of the Royal Air Force

  Admiral

  3.5

  1,189.66

  4.7

  1,245.21

  5.4

  1,312.26

  5.1

  1,379.31

  6.9

  1,475.09

  9.4

  1,613.98

  General

  Air Chief Marshal

  Vice Admiral

  3.6

  833.33

  4.6

  871.65

  5.5

  919.54

  5.0

  965.52

  9.7

  1,059.39

  9.6

  1,160.92

  Lieutenant General

  Air Marshal

  564

  565

  1986

  1987

  1988

  1989

  1990

  1991

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  per cent. increase

  £

  Rear Admiral

  4.0

  677.20

  4.7

  708.81

  5.4

  747.13

  10–5

  825.67

  9.7

  906.13

  12.1

  1,015.33

  Major General

  Air Vice-Marshal

  Members of the Judiciary3

  Lord Chief Justice

  3.2

  1,482.76

  4.7

  1,551.72

  5.2

  1,633.14

  5.0

  1,714.56

  7.0

  1,834.29

  9.4

  2,006.70

  Lords of Appeal

  3.5

  1,367.82

  4.7

  1,431.99

  5.4

  1,508.62

  5.1

  1,585.25

  6.9

  1,695.40

  9.6

  1,858.24

  Lords Justices of Appeal

  3.6

  1,310.34

  4.9

  1,374.52

  5.6

  1,451.15

  5.0

  1,522.99

  6.9

  1,628.35

  9.4

  1,781.61

  High Court Judges

  3.5

  1,189.65

  4.7

  1,245.21

  5.4

  1,312.26

  5.1

  1,379.31

  6.9

  1,475.10

  9.4

  1,613.98

  Senior Circuit Judges

  3.4

  881.23

  4.9

  924.33

  5.5

  975.10

  4.9

  1,022.99

  10.3

  1,128.35

  16.1

  1,310.34

  Circuit Judges

  3.8

  795.02

  4.8

  833.33

  5.3

  877.39

  5.0

  921.45

  10.3

  1,016.35

  16.1

  1,180.08

  District Judges

  4.4

  610.15

  5.2

  641.76

  11.9

  718.39

  5.1

  754.79

  10.3

  832.37

  16.2

  967.43

  Notes:

  A. All rates quoted are national rates. They do not include a London scale introduced for Civil Service grades 2 and 3 in 1990.

  B. All rates quoted were either paid from 1 April or phased in during the following year.

  Footnotes:

  1 Source New Earnings Survey.

  2 Range pay introduced from 1985.

  3 Posts shown are key examples of those within the judicial salary structure.

  Taxation
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will issue guidelines to local tax offices on the taxation of payments made to employees by way of compensation for breach of contract, classifying the schedule under which such tax is collected; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Payments of compensation for loss of office are chargeable to income tax under section 148 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988. Local tax offices have detailed instructions on how to deal with such cases.

  Business Expansion Scheme
  Mr. Milburn
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a table of expenditure on the business expansion scheme cross-referenced to standard regions, showing Greater London as a separate region, for each year from 1984–85(a) at cash prices and (b) at 1984–85 prices.

  Mr. Dorrell
  I regret that the information requested is not available. Available information is published in chapter 7 of "Inland Revenue Statistics 1991". Regional analyses are given in tables 7.5 and 7.6.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Mr. Portillo
  An announcement will be made in due course.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Portillo
  No estimate has yet been made, since details of the programme have still to be settled.
  566
  Mr. Terry Davis
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which parts of his Department are going to be market-tested following the review which has recently been undertaken as a result of 'Competing for Quality'.

  Mr. Portillo
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: An announcement will be made in due course.

  Departmental Staff
  Sir Thomas Arnold
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in his Department and the numbers and ranks of staff reporting to each.

  Mr. Nelson
  [pursuant to his reply, 24 June 1992 c. 223–24]: I regret that a column in the table was omitted from the reply. The complete reply is as follows:

  The responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in the Treasury are as follows. The information on the numbers of staff reporting to each is contained in the table.

  Deputy Secretary (Overseas Finance):

  Responsible for:

  European Community Group

  Aid and Export Finance Group

  International Finance Group

  Deputy Secretary (Public Finance)

  Responsible for:

  Fiscal Policy Group

  Monetary Policy Group

  Deputy Secretary (Public Services)

  Responsible for:

  Local Government Group

  Health, Social Services and Territorial Group

  Running Costs Division (part)

  Central Unit on Purchasing

  (also has responsibility for CCTA which is to be transferred to the Office for Public Services and Science in due course)

  Deputy Secretary (Civil Service Management and Pay)

  Responsible for:

  Pay Group

  Personnel Policy Group

  Management Policy and Running Costs Group

  CS Catering Organisation (Forward)

  567
  Deputy Secretary (Industry)

  Responsible for:

  Public Enterprises Group

  Industry, Agriculture and Employment Group

  Home and Education Group

  Grade

  DS Overseas Finance

  DS Public Finance

  DS Public services

  DS CS Management and pay

  DS Industry

  DS Financial institutions and markets

  G3

  4

  2

  2

  3

  3

  2

  G4

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  1

  G5

  7

  4

  8

  11

  7

  5

  G6

  1

  1

  2

  7

  2

  1

  G7

  17

  9

  16

  42

  17

  16

  SE0

  3

  1

  6

  37

  3

  6

  HEO

  4

  1

  10

  30

  13

  13

  HEO(D)

  2

  1

  2

  —

  1

  1

  AT

  —

  1

  2

  1

  3

  2

  EO

  9

  4

  8

  45

  10

  12

  SAS

  —

  —

  —

  2

  —

  —

  AS

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  SSO

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  HSO

  —

  —

  —

  1

  —

  —

  SEA

  2

  4

  —

  —

  —

  1

  EA

  3

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  AO

  11

  6

  10

  43

  16

  14

  AA

  4

  3

  7

  17

  6

  8

  SPS

  1

  —

  2

  2

  2

  1

  PS

  11

  8

  9

  16

  10

  8

  Typist

  2

  3

  2

  4

  4

  6

  SB2

  —

  —

  1

  1

  —

  —

  Total

  81

  48

  87

  265

  97

  97

  Notes:

  1. Staff in post figures as at 1 June 1992, except for Financial Services command which includes latest estimate of staff being transferred from DTI.

  2. Figures for part-time staff rounded down.

  3. In addition to the above staff there are 761 staff in the following commands:

  First Permanent Secretary, Second Permanent Secretary responsible for Public Expenditure (ie, the General Expenditure Policy Group and the Defence Policy and Material Group), Chief Economic Adviser, Chief Accountancy Adviser and the Establishments and Organisation Group.

HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION

  Recycled Stationery
  Ms. Ruddock
  To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission if steps will be taken to ensure that stocks of recycled stationery are permanently kept in all the stationery cupboards adjacent to offices.

  Mr. Beith
  I understand that steps have been taken for stationery cupboards to be stocked with recycled stationery where a particular demand has been identified.

PRIME MINISTER

  Freedom of Movement (Doctors)
  Mr. McAllion
  To ask the Prime Minister if he will use the British presidency of the EC Council of Ministers to press for reform of the EC directive granting freedom of movement within Europe to doctors so as to include doctors who qualified in non-EC countries.

  The Prime Minister
  Before we could agree to any such proposals we should need to be satisfied with the standard of non-EC qualifications recognised in other member states.
  568
  Deputy Secretary (Financial Institutions and Markets)

  Responsible for:

  Banking Group

  Securities and Investment Services Group (formerly the Financial Service Division of the DTI, transferred to the Treasury in June 1992).

  Our overriding aim must be to ensure that the safety and high quality of medical care provided for NHS patients is not endangered.

  The Commission is examining the issue and negotiations are taking place between health officials of member states.

EDUCATION

  Schools, Buckinghamshire
  Mr. Tim Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to determine the school standard number reductions proposed by Buckinghamshire county council in respect of(a) Shelburne County first school, High Wycombe, (b) Loudwater County combined school, High Wycombe, (c) Gerrards Cross Church of England combined school, Gerrards Cross and (d) Waddesdon County combined school, New Aylesbury.

  Mr. Forth
  My right hon. Friend is currently considering the applications made by Buckinghamshire county council to reduce the standard number at these schools. He hopes to announce his decision on the applications in the very near future.

  Examinations
  Mr. Byers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) when he will publish information collected from the 1991 school examination survey.

  (2) when he will publish information collected from 1991 Form 7d about the national performance in GCSE and A/AS level examinations.

  Mr. Forth
  The standard statistical bulletin drawing from the information collected by the 1991 schools examination survey—Form 7d—is expected to be published towards the end of July.

  School Governors
  Mr. Byers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many new school governors he expects to recruit as a result of the school governor recruitment campaign.

  Mr. Forth
  Evidence suggests that around 75,000 school governor vacancies will need to be filled in the autumn. Our national campaign to raise awareness of governor issues is proving successful. We are confident that sufficient numbers of potential school governors will come forward.

  Grant-maintained Schools
  Mr. Byers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what plans he has to bring forward proposals to empower the Audit Commission to audit or appoint auditors for the accounts of grant-maintained schools;

  (2) how many grant-maintained schools have sought the advice of the Audit Commission under section 220 of the Education Reform Act 1988.

  Mr. Forth
  The Audit Commission is empowered to audit grant maintained schools, but it is for the governing body of each school to appoint their auditors. My Department does not have any information on the number of schools that have sought advice from the Audit Commission.

  Mr. Byers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education what projections have been made for the number of grant-maintained schools for each year for the next five years.

  Mr. Forth
  I expect the numbers of grant-maintained schools to continue to increase markedly over the next few years and to see grant-maintained status become the natural organisational model for schools.

  Mr. Byers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will carry out an investigation into the effect of the grant-maintained status of schools on parental choice in Hillingdon, Ealing and Bromley education authorities.

  Mr. Forth
  The option of grant-maintained status for schools enhances choice for parents. We are aware that the allocation of secondary school places for September has taken slightly longer than usual this year in Bromley and Hillingdon. The Department has discussed the position with the two local education authorities and is encouraging co-operation between the LEAs and grant-maintained schools on a voluntary basis in order to minimise delays in allocations without restricting choice. The Department is not aware of any difficulties over parental choice in Ealing.
  570
  Mr. Byers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether schools applying for grant-maintained status have to supply him with details of their admissions policy.

  Mr. Forth
  All proposals for grant-maintained status must set out the proposed admission arrangements for the school. The arrangements have to be approved by my right hon. Friend as part of the approval of grant-maintained status.

  Pupil Exclusions
  Mr. Byers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will establish a national system to monitor the number of exclusions of pupils from schools.

  Mr. Steinberg
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils have been expelled(a) permanently and (b) temporarily from schools in the United Kingdom for each year since 1981; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Forth
  Where schools in England are concerned, information on temporary exclusions is not collected centrally. Information on permanent exclusions is being collected under the national exclusions reporting system —NERS—over a two-year period beginning with the summer term 1990. Data from year one of the exercise are being analysed; those for year two are still coming in. My right hon. Friend will review the operation of the exclusion provisions of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986 in the light of the NERS data and other evidence.

  Further Education Colleges
  Mr. Fatchett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make a statement about the role of Coopers and Lybrand in assisting further education and sixth form colleges with their new management responsibilities.

  Mr. Forman
  Subject to contract, Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte has been asked to carry out a review of the preparations being made for independence by each of the colleges that will enter the new further education sector on 1 April 1993. It will provide advice and assistance to individual colleges and will assess whether their controls and systems are adequate to safeguard the public funds to be entrusted to them by the Further Education Funding Council.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Forman
  A preliminary estimate of the full cost of the market testing initiative within the Department and the Teachers' Pensions Agency since November 1991 is £55,000.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Forman
  No such estimate has yet been made.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.
  571
  Mr. Forman
  As stated in the White Paper "Competing for Quality", targets for the market testing programme for 1992–93 for the Department and the Teachers' Pensions Agency will be announced later this year.

  Transitional Funding
  Mr. Martyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much money has been allocated to further education councils under transitional funding arrangements; and on what specific projects.

  Mr. Forman
  A total of £25 million will be made available to the Further Education Funding Council for England in 1992–93 to meet transitional costs involved in establishing the new further education sector, including grants to FE corporations and the running costs of the council. Funding for the Further Education Funding Council for Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales. I am advised that he has allocated £2 million to the council for Wales to meet transitional costs in 1992–93.

  Special Educational Needs
  Mr. Wilshire
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish a list setting out the percentage of children statemented in primary schools in each local education authority area in 1990, 1991 and 1992.

  Mr. Forth
  The percentages of pupils with statements of special educational needs in maintained primary schools, in each local education authority in England, in January 1990 and 1991 are shown in the table. Information for January 1992 is not yet available.

  Percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs in maintained primary schools in each local education authority in England

  1990

  1991

  City

  —

  0.96

  Camden

  —

  0.90

  Greenwich

  —

  0.94

  Hackney

  —

  1.06

  Hammersmith and Fulham

  —

  0.90

  Islington

  —

  1.27

  Kensington and Chelsea

  —

  0.51

  Lambeth

  —

  1.19

  Lewisham

  —

  0.52

  Southwark

  —

  0.99

  Tower Hamlets

  —

  0.50

  Wandsworth

  —

  1.50

  Westminster

  —

  0.59

  ILEA

  0.90

  —

  Barking

  0.41

  0.63

  Barnet

  0.46

  0.48

  Bexley

  0.98

  0.97

  Brent

  0.24

  0.27

  Bromley

  1.64

  1.71

  Croydon

  0.79

  0.66

  Ealing

  0.41

  0.55

  Enfield

  0.09

  0.08

  Haringey

  0.24

  0.27

  Harrow

  0.75

  0.87

  Havering

  0.69

  0.92

  Hillingdon

  0.34

  0.38

  Hounslow

  1.38

  1.70

  Kingston upon Thames

  0.52

  0.67

  Merton

  0.55

  0.76

  Newham

  0.47

  0.69

  Redbridge

  0.20

  0.25

  Richmond upon Thames

  0.90

  1.02

  Sutton

  0.73

  0.92

  Waltham Forest

  0.29

  0.33

  572

  1990

  1991

  Birmingham

  0.35

  0.34

  Coventry

  0.26

  0.27

  Dudley

  0.56

  0.52

  Sandwell

  0.17

  0.17

  Solihull

  0.76

  0.77

  Walsall

  0.48

  0.67

  Wolverhampton

  0.73

  0.76

  Knowsley

  0.28

  0.50

  Liverpool

  0.24

  0.28

  St. Helens

  0.56

  0.65

  Sefton

  0.56

  0.68

  Wirral

  0.93

  0.98

  Bolton

  0.29

  0.37

  Bury

  1.39

  1.55

  Manchester

  0.12

  0.13

  Oldham

  0.76

  0.96

  Rochdale

  0.56

  0.64

  Salford

  0.33

  0.41

  Stockport

  1.25

  1.46

  Tameside

  1.19

  1.23

  Trafford

  0.88

  0.88

  Wigan

  0.50

  0.94

  Barnsley

  0.51

  0.76

  Doncaster

  0.33

  0.35

  Rotherham

  0.52

  0.78

  Sheffield

  0.79

  0.66

  Bradford

  0.22

  0.24

  Calderdale

  0.61

  0.69

  Kirklees

  1.06

  1.24

  Leeds

  1.13

  1.07

  Wakefield

  0.43

  0.45

  Gateshead

  0.22

  0.22

  Newcastle upon Tyne

  0.64

  0.64

  North Tyneside

  0.77

  0.90

  South Tyneside

  0.65

  0.63

  Sunderland

  0.51

  0.55

  Isles of Scilly

  0.00

  0.00

  Avon

  0.94

  0.71

  Bedfordshire

  0.61

  0.69

  Berkshire

  0.65

  0.79

  Buckinghamshire

  1.05

  1.17

  Cambridgeshire

  0.89

  0.86

  Cheshire

  1.30

  1.38

  Cleveland

  0.74

  0.75

  Cornwall

  2.12

  2.16

  Cumbria

  1.28

  1.44

  Derbyshire

  1.07

  1.17

  Devon

  1.42

  1.61

  Dorset

  0.46

  0.39

  Durham

  0.66

  0.75

  East Sussex

  0.12

  0.19

  Essex

  0.66

  0.66

  Gloucestershire

  0.30

  0.43

  Hampshire

  0.64

  0.91

  Hereford and Worcester

  0.30

  0.45

  Hertfordshire

  0.89

  0.98

  Humberside

  0.53

  0.55

  Isle of Wight

  0.64

  0.58

  Kent

  0.57

  0.70

  Lancashire

  0.70

  0.84

  Leicestershire

  0.74

  0.83

  Lincolnshire

  0.83

  0.98

  Norfolk

  1.50

  1.65

  North Yorkshire

  0.89

  0.99

  Northamptonshire

  0.48

  0.57

  Northumberland

  0.72

  0.83

  Nottinghamshire

  0.06

  0.12

  Oxfordshire

  0.07

  0.24

  Shropshire

  1.01

  1.37

  Somerset

  1.29

  0.90

  Staffordshire

  0.49

  0.59

  Suffolk

  1.51

  1.41

  Surrey

  1.56

  1.67

  Warwickshire

  0.44

  0.53

  West Sussex

  0.37

  0.40

  Wiltshire

  1.79

  2.02

  England

  0.73

  0.81

  School Places
  Mr. Robert Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information he has on the number of schools which do not have sufficient places to meet the demand from parents for their children; and what provisions are proposed to enable schools to expand to meet the demand.

  Mr. Forth
  This information is not held centrally.

  It is for local authorities to ensure that there are sufficient school places within their area to meet the demand. We have recently announced that we intend to make capital resources available to enable good schools which are popular with parents to expand, provided that, for schools which they maintain, the LEA give their application appropriate priority. We have consulted the local authority associations, denominational bodies and others concerned about this. Details of the operation of this initiative will be issued shortly to LEAs and others.

  Second-tier Schools
  Dr. Lynne Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his oral answer of 23 June,Official Report, column 123, what time scale he puts on the elimination of second-tier schools.

  Mr. Forth
  The Government are committed to raising standards across the board, in particular through the national curriculum and by maximum delegation of responsibility to individual schools through local management of schools and, increasingly, by the acquisition of GM status. Steady progress is being made towards our objective of the highest possible standards in all schools.

LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT

  Asylum Bill
  Mr. Darling
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he proposes to appoint any special inspectors in terms of the Asylum Bill introduced in the last Parliament.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  There is no provision for special adjudicators in current immigration legislation. The Asylum Bill introduced in the last Parliament fell with the dissolution of that Parliament. The designation of special adjudicators will be addressed after the enactment of the legislation the Government propose to introduce later this Session.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested: and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 22 June 1992, at column 102.
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  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  The full cost of the market testing initiative in our Department since November 1991 has been £84,495.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  No such estimate has been made.

  Land Registry
  Mr. Lidington
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what are the key performance targets for Her Majesty's Land Registry executive agency for 1992–93.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  The table sets out the key performance targets that my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor has set for Her Majesty's Land Registry executive agency for 1992–93.

  HM Land Registry Executive Agency Key performance targets 1992–93

  Indicator

  Target

  1. PRODUCTIVITY

  Progressive reduction in unit costs

  To achieve or better a 6 per cent. improvement over the 3 year period 1991–92 to 1993–94

  Progressive increase in output per post per year

  2. QUALITY OF SERVICE

  Speed

  Percentage of pre-completion applications handled in three days

  92 per cent.

  Average handling time for post completion applications

  6 weeks

  Accuracy

  Percentage of pre-completion applications handled free of error

  99.65 per cent.

  Percentage of post-completion applications handled free of error

  97.50 per cent.

  Complaints

  Number and kind of complaints

  Targets to be established

  3. DEVELOPMENT OF LAND REGISTRATION

  Number of registered titles compared with estimated potential titles1

  Registered 14.50 million

  Potential 21.00 million

  New and converted computerised titles compared with manual stock1

  Computerised 6.00 million

  Manual 8.50 million

  1 Activity in the conveyancing market and the consequent number of transactions directly affects totals at the year end.

  Legal Aid
  Sir Ivan Lawrence
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what contributions to criminal legal aid by defendants over the past 10 years have(a) been ordered by the court and (b) been paid.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  For the amount of contributions to criminal legal aid paid by defendants over the last 10
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  years, I refer my hon. and learned Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Wallsend (Mr. Byers) on 21 May 1992, Official Report columns 207–8. Information on the amount of contributions ordered by the courts is not collected centrally.

  Sir Ivan Lawrence
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what has been the cost of criminal legal aid to the Exchequer over each of the past

  Criminal legal aid expenditure (£ million)

  Financial Year

  Magistrates' courts payments

  Higher courts payments

  Other payments

  Receipts

  Cost to the Exchequer

  1982–83

  56.12

  51.98

  5.77

  1.77

  112.10

  1983–84

  62.18

  58.81

  7.12

  2.03

  126.08

  1984–85

  68.06

  67.95

  10.21

  1.98

  144.23

  1985–86

  81.35

  75.29

  15.22

  1.98

  169.88

  1986–87

  87.07

  91.83

  29.59

  2.35

  206.14

  1987–88

  114.02

  100.09

  37.84

  2.90

  249.05

  1988–89

  127.39

  119.30

  39.78

  3–06

  283.41

  1989–90

  151–48

  135.05

  47.94

  3.68

  330.79

  1990–91

  174.90

  157.81

  56.01

  4.54

  384.18

  1991–92

  212.03

  187.47

  76.32

  3.38

  472.44

  Note: It was not possible to divide legal aid expenditure between the Crown and Appeal courts in each of the past 10 years, therefore higher courts expenditure has been provided instead.

  Criminal Proceedings
  Sir Ivan Lawrence
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in criminal proceedings over each of the past 10 years(a) what amount of fines have been paid by defendants and (b) what amount of costs have been recovered from defendants.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  The total income from fines, fixed penalties and fees, and the total costs recovered from defendants and others in the last 10 years is set out in the table. The substantial fall in the amount of costs recovered between 1985–86 and 1986–87 followed the establishment of the Crown prosecution service: since 1 April 1986 most orders for costs are in respect of costs payable to the Crown prosecution service.

  Year

  Fines and fees £ million

  Cost recovered £ million

  1982–83

  113

  3.215

  1983–84

  128

  3.379

  1984–85

  124

  3.509

  1985–86

  143

  3.775

  1986–87

  159

  0.057

  1987–88

  185

  0.111

  1988–89

  189

  0.040

  1989–90

  241

  0.044

  1990–91

  269

  0.043

  1991–92

  238

  0.046

  War Crimes
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many files relating to war crimes in the Channel Islands during world war two are retained by his Department and withheld from the Public Record Office.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  No files relating to war crimes in the Channel islands are retained by my Department.
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  10 years; and how that cost divides between (a) magistrates courts, (b) Crown courts, (c) the Appeal court and (d) others.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  In each of the past 10 years, the cost to the Exchequer of criminal legal aid, divided between magistrates' courts, higher courts and others, was as follows:

  Court of Protection
  Mrs. Golding
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department whether the Court of Protection produces annual reports or any other review of its performance in managing investments.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  Reviews of investment performance for individual portfolios which need active management will normally be undertaken by the appointed stockbroker or financial adviser. These are examined by the receiver and the court.

  At a more general level, the Lord Chancellor's honorary investment advisory committee meets regularly to review and comment on investment policy.

  Public Trust Office
  Mrs. Golding
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will set up an inquiry into the way in which the Public Trust Office cares for and protects the assets of people who are, due to mental disorder, incapable of managing their own property and affairs.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  The work of the Public Trust Office, and in particular the work connected with the administration of the financial affairs of mentally incapacitated adults, is presently, or is shortly to be, the subject of a number of reviews. The office is being reviewed by officials of the Lord Chancellor's Department as part of the Government's next steps initiative. The Comptroller and Auditor General has begun a value for money study of the work the Public Trust Office undertakes in the care and protection of mental patients' assets. In addition, the Law Commission is also undertaking work in this area. In view of these studies I do not believe it would be right, or necessary, to set up a separate inquiry.

  Mentally Incapacitated People
  Mrs. Golding
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when he expects the Law Commission to publish its proposals relating to the adequacy of legal and other procedures for decision-making on behalf of mentally incapacitated adults.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  The Law Commission published its consultation paper "Mentally Incapacitated Adults and Decision Making: an Overview" on 30 April 1991. That paper produced a large number of responses in the light of which the commission is now considering its future programme of work on this topic and may undertake further consultation before publishing any final proposals.

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT

  Population Growth
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in what specific respects the projected new United Nations Sustainable Development Commission takes account of world population growth.

  Mr. Lennox Boyd
  The details of the Sustainable Development Commission will be considered by the United Nations General Assembly in the autumn. The commission will be looking at all aspects of the follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, of which population growth is an important part.

  Malawi
  Sir David Steel
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures Her Majesty's Government have taken to ensure that the humanitarian aid for Malawi is reaching the targeted groups.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The £7 million of United Kingdom bilateral humanitarian aid recently committed to Malawi is being channelled through the World Food Programme and non-governmental organisations which have established procedures and the capacity of targeting beneficiaries and for monitoring the effectiveness of aid delivery.

  In Malawi, Her Majesty's Government's representatives are participating in a committee, consisting of the Malawi Government, donors and non-governmental organisations which has been established to monitor the drought situation, including the identification and targeting of those most in need.

  Population Control
  Mr. Alton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the sums given to (a) the International Planned Parenthood Federation and (b) the United Nations population fund in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The information is as follows:578

  £ thousands

  IPPF

  UNFPA

  1981

  2,150

  2,250

  1982

  2,550

  2,650

  1983

  2,700

  2,700

  1984

  3,000

  3,000

  1985

  4,500

  4,500

  1986

  5,400

  4,500

  1987

  6,000

  5,000

  1988

  5,479

  5,250

  1989

  18,255

  5,500

  1990

  17,488

  26,000

  1991

  7,2623

  7,500

  1 From 1989 onwards the figures include contributions to IPPF Aids unit.

  2 £3 million of 1990 contribution actually paid in February 1991.

  3 Provisional.

  Mr. Alton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what sums have been given to the Chinese Government for the purposes of population control;

  (2) what grants have been given by the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations population fund partly or wholly for the purpose of aiding population control programmes in China; and what sums are involved.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  We have made no bilateral contributions to the Chinese Government for the purposes of population control.

  The International Planned Parenthood Federation is contributing some US$1 million a year in technical and financial support to the non-governmental Family Planning Association of China. The Chinese FPA's programme covers family life and parenting education, including information on the full range of contraceptive methods provided through the Government services, to help increase people's awareness of the choices available to them. It supplies no clinical services.

  The United Nations population fund contributes some US$10 million a year focusing on provision of reliable contraceptives, the extension of maternal and child health care and family planning services, development of special income generating and community development projects to improve the lives and status of rural women, and strengthening population education in schools.

  The British Government do not and will not support coercive approaches to family planning or the use of abortion as a means of contraception: nor do either of these organisations.

  Mr. Alton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the refusal of the United States Government to provide funds for both the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations population fund since 1984; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The United States Government do not support the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations population fund under its "Mexico City Population Policy" set out in 1984, and the subsequent Kemp-Kasten amendment enacted in 1985. A United States Administration explanation of their policy has been deposited in the Libraries of the House. The United States has not withdrawn from funding
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  population programmes worldwide and remains the largest bilateral aid donor for family planning programmes.

  Overseas Aid
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the value of(a) 1979–80 and (b) 1989–90 overseas aid budgets expressed in 1991–92 price terms.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: Net expenditure on overseas aid expressed in 1991–92 prices was £1,853 million in 1979–80 and £1,738 million in 1989–90.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what share of gross national product has been devoted to overseas aid in every year since 1979.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: The information is as follows:

  Calendar Year

  Net Official Development Assistance as percentage of GNP

  1979

  0.51

  1980

  0.35

  1981

  0.42

  1982

  0.37

  1983

  0.35

  1984

  0.33

  1985

  0.33

  1986

  0.31

  1987

  0.28

  1988

  0.32

  1989

  0.31

  1990

  0.27

  1991

  0.32

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what share of their gross national product is devoted to overseas aid by each OECD and EC country.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: This information is available for countries which are members of the development assistance committee of the OECD, of which 10 are member states of the EC. The latest figures are for 1991:

  Net official development assistance as a percentage of GNP

  Country

  Per cent.

  EC member states

  Belgium

  0.41

  Denmark

  0.96

  France

  10.56

  Germany

  0.40

  Ireland

  0.19

  Italy

  0.25

  Netherlands

  0.88

  Portugal

  0.28

  Spain

  0.23

  United Kingdom

  0.32

  Non-EC member states

  Australia

  0.38

  Austria

  0.34

  Canada

  0£45

  Finland

  0.76

  580

  Country

  Per cent.

  Japan

  0.32

  New Zealand

  0.23

  Norway

  1.14

  Sweden

  0.92

  Switzerland

  0.32

  United States

  0.17

  1 0.80 if assistance to Overseas Departments and Territories is included.

WALES

  Rural Housing
  Mr. Jonathan Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money Housing for Wales has invested in the provision of rural housing in each of the last three years; and what proportion that represents of Housing for Wales' overall budget.

  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  Net programme expenditure on rural housing is given in the table:

  Year

  £ million

  Per cent.

  1989–90

  19.0

  22.5

  1990–91

  23.6

  24.3

  1991–92

  34.7

  28.0

  Homelessness
  Mrs. Clwyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many individuals were registered under the homeless persons legislation as being homeless in Cynon Valley in each year since 1979; and what was the percentage change in each year on the previous year.

  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  Numbers of persons in households accepted as homeless by Cynon Valley borough council under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 and part III of the Housing Act 1985 are given in the table:

  Number of persons in households accepted as homeless Cynon Valley

  Year

  Number

  Percentage change on previous year

  1979

  898

  —

  1980

  1,018

  13.4

  1981

  965

  -5.2

  1982

  985

  2.1

  1983

  1,207

  22.5

  1984

  959

  -20.5

  1985

  840

  -12.4

  1986

  942

  12.1

  1987

  603

  -36.0

  1988

  710

  17.7

  1989

  530

  -25.4

  1990

  623

  17.5

  1991

  1,017

  63.2

  Council Tax
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what steps he has taken to satisfy himself that districts and boroughs in Wales have received sufficient central Government moneys to enable them to prepare for the council tax; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) if he will fully reimburse the boroughs and districts of Wales their costs on council tax preparations.
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  Mr. David Hunt
  My proposals for assisting local authorities in Wales in preparing for the council tax were debated and approved by the House on 24 June.

  Nurses' Grading
  Mr. Michael
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many appeals have been determined in respect of nurse grading(a) in Wales and (b) in each health authority in Wales, in each month since the current process started; and how many, in each case, were (i) allowed and (ii) disallowed in each month.

  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  Information in the form requested on numbers of clinical grading appeals determined by employing authorities is not collected centrally. Current available information on total numbers of appeals heard at employing authority level is shown in the table:

  Year

  Month

  Appeals heard

  Allowed

  Disallowed

  Failure to agree

  Clwyd

  1990

  October

  12

  —

  1

  11

  1991

  October

  15

  —

  —

  15

  1992

  May

  10

  —

  —

  10

  TOTAL

  37

  —

  1

  36

  East Dyfed

  1990

  November

  8

  —

  —

  8

  1991

  April

  7

  1

  —

  6

  September

  3

  3

  —

  —

  October

  7

  —

  —

  7

  TOTAL

  25

  4

  —

  21

  Gwent

  1990

  April

  6

  3

  —

  3

  1992

  February

  27

  4

  12

  11

  April

  35

  —

  24

  11

  May

  7

  2

  —

  5

  TOTAL

  75

  9

  36

  30

  Gwynedd

  1989

  November

  2

  —

  —

  2

  1990

  January

  5

  2

  —

  3

  April

  10

  4

  —

  6

  May

  12

  1

  —

  11

  August

  15

  3

  —

  12

  1991

  January

  15

  6

  1

  8

  April

  7

  4

  1

  2

  June

  10

  8

  —

  2

  August

  13

  4

  1

  8

  TOTAL

  89

  32

  3

  54

  Mid Glamorgan

  1991

  June

  11

  —

  —

  11

  October

  8

  4

  4

  —

  1992

  April

  9

  3

  2

  4

  TOTAL

  28

  7

  6

  15

  Powys

  1990

  May

  12

  9

  —

  3

  1991

  February

  7

  4

  —

  3

  1992

  April

  9

  2

  1

  6

  TOTAL

  28

  15

  1

  12

  South Glamorgan

  1990

  October

  8

  —

  —

  8

  1991

  January

  15

  —

  2

  13

  July

  2

  —

  —

  2

  582

  Health authority

  Appeals heard

  Allowed

  Disallowed

  Clwyd

  355

  99

  256

  East Dyfed

  278

  80

  198

  Gwent

  710

  86

  624

  Gwynedd

  704

  54

  650

  Mid Glamorgan

  531

  64

  467

  Pembrokeshire

  85

  13

  72

  Powys

  578

  312

  266

  South Glamorgan

  670

  84

  586

  West Glamorgan

  293

  17

  276

  WALES

  4,204

  809

  3,395

  Other appeals have been withdrawn or conceded without a formal hearing.

  At the Welsh appeals committee—regional—level 345 appeals have been dealt with and are as follows:
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  Year

  Month

  Appeals heard

  Allowed

  Disallowed

  Failure to agree

  1992

  May

  1

  —

  —

  1

  TOTAL

  26

  —

  2

  24

  West Glamorgan

  1990

  September

  5

  2

  —

  3

  1991

  March

  19

  —

  —

  19

  July

  5

  —

  —

  5

  August

  4

  1

  1

  2

  1992

  February

  2

  1

  —

  1

  March

  2

  1

  1

  —

  TOTAL

  37

  5

  2

  30

  At the national, negotiating council level, six Welsh appeals have been heard and are as follows:

  Health authority

  Appeals heard

  Allowed

  Disallowed

  Failure to agree

  East Dyfed April 1991

  1

  1

  —

  —

  Gwent January 1991

  1

  1

  —

  —

  Powys April 1991

  4

  —

  —

  4

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will he made publicly available.

  Mr. David Hunt
  As promised in the White Paper "Competing for Quality" Cm. 1730, targets for the market testing programme will be announced later this year.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the total cost so far of the market testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The estimated cost to date is £76,000.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result a the market testing programme.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The purpose of the market testing programme is to test by competition the value for money represented by the present arrangements for undertaking non-core activities and thus to identify and introduce more effective arrangements. We have made no estimate of likely savings because no pre-emptive judgment has been made of the relative efficiency of the present arrangements.

NORTHERN IRELAND

  Cardiac Surgery
  Rev. Martin Smyth
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list in tabular form the number of patients sent for cardiac surgery by the several health and social service boards to hospitals outwith Northern Ireland in the latest year for which figures are available.

  Mr. Hanley
  The figures for 1991–92 and the current year to date are as follows:
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  Year

  Northern

  Southern

  Eastern

  Western

  1991–92

  8

  5

  7

  24

  1992–93

  4

  3

  7

  nil

  Equal Opportunities
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 respectively, and overall in his Department are women.

  Mr. Mates
  The information requested is as follows:

  Northern Ireland Civil Service (1)

  Home Civil Service (2)

  Grade

  Number

  Percentage

  Number

  Percentage

  1

  0

  —

  0

  —

  2

  0

  —

  0

  —

  3

  1

  2.4

  0

  —

  4

  0

  —

  0

  —

  5

  14

  7.4

  0

  —

  6

  60

  17.2

  0

  —

  7

  81

  9.7

  4

  20

  OVERALL

  12,661

  43

  106

  50

  Notes: 1. As at 1 January 1992.

  2. As at 1 June 1992.

  Wild Birds
  Mr. William Ross
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is target for special protection area designation under the EC directive on the conservation of wild birds during 1992.

  Mr. Atkins
  Two. These are Swan island, Larne lough, Co. Antrim, which was designated on 10 March 1992 and Sheep island off the north Antrim coast, which will be designated later this year.

  Mr. William Ross
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff in his Department and of
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  what grades are engaged (a) full time and (b) part time, in preparing designations of special protection areas under the EC directive on the conservation of wild birds.

  Mr. Atkins
  While there are no staff engaged full time in preparing designations of special protection areas, a portion of time is spent by the following on this work:

  Grade

  Number of individuals

  Senior Principal Scientific Officer

  1

  Principal Scientific Officer

  1

  Senior Scientific Officer

  2

  Higher Scientific Officer

  1

  Scientific Officer

  4

  Principal Officer

  1

  Deputy Principal

  1

  Staff Officer

  1

  Executive Officer I

  1

  Executive Officer II

  1

  Administrative Assistant

  1

  Board

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1989–90

  1990–91

  1991–92

  Belfast

  675

  675

  675

  675

  675

  675

  700

  700

  700

  700

  Western

  500

  500

  500

  500

  500

  500

  500

  500

  500

  500

  North-Eastern

  725

  725

  725

  725

  725

  725

  725

  725

  725

  725

  South-Eastern

  500

  500

  500

  500

  500

  500

  475

  475

  475

  475

  Southern

  525

  525

  525

  525

  525

  525

  525

  525

  525

  525

  Mr. Beggs
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will provide additional funding for education and library boards to increase provision of nursery school places in Northern Ireland to the same level as nursery provision in England.

  Mr. Hanley
  Government recognise the value of nursery education but limitations on resources for school building, and the need to give priority to provision for children of compulsory school age, have meant that only limited expansion of nursery provision has been possible in recent years. I can offer no immediate prospect of change.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Mr. Mates
  As promised in the White Paper "Competing for Quality" departmental targets for market testing in 1992–93 will be announced later in the year.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Mates
  Information on the total cost of the initiative is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Mates
  No such estimate has been made

  Cyclists (Helmets)
  Mr. John D. Taylor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to make the wearing of helmets compulsory for child cyclists; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Atkins
  None. However, it is Government policy to encourage all cyclists to wear helmets and the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland's ongoing programme of promoting cycle training for primary school children is designed to raise the child's awareness of the potential dangers of cycling on the road and to encourage the wearing of cycle helmets.

  Nursery Schools
  Mr. Beggs
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many nursery school places were provided by each education and library board in each of the last 10 years.

  Mr. Hanley
  The full-time equivalent pupil places provided in controlled nursery schools, by each education and library board, were as follows:—

  Health and Social Service Boards
  Rev. Ian Paisley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the perceived religious affiliation of the executive and non-executive directors of each of the health and social services boards in Northern Ireland.

  Mr. Hanley
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: Information is available only on the perceived religious affiliation of executive directors which is as follows:

  Health and Social Services Board

  Protestant

  Roman Catholic

  Not Known

  Eastern

  2

  3

  —

  Northern

  5

  —

  1

  Southern

  2

  3

  1

  Western

  1

  2

  1

  Rev. Ian Paisley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the perceived religious affiliation of persons working in each of the health and social services hoard planning sections in Northern Ireland by grade.

  Mr. Hanley
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: The perceived religious affiliation of persons working in each of the health and social services boards planning section is as follows:

  Health and Social Services Board

  Protestant

  Roman Catholic

  Not Known

  Eastern

  11

  16

  5

  Northern

  16

  4

  1

  Southern

  4

  7

  —

  Western

  4

  4

  —

  It would not be appropriate to break these down by grade.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

  United Nations
  Sir Michael Marshall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what submissions have been made by Her Majesty's Government to the United Nations Secretary-General following the Security Council's summit initiative of 31 January.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  The Secretary-General's report on peacemaking, peacekeeping, and preventive diplomacy which was commissioned by the Security Council summit of 31 January is now available. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House. The 12 member states of the European Community submitted a paper on preventive diplomacy as their contribution to the Secretary-General's work.

  Punjab and Kashmir
  Mr. Watts
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of India about human rights in Punjab and Kashmir.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  Both bilaterally and with our European Community partners we have raised our concerns about human rights with the Indian Government on some 17 occasions over the last 12 months. I raised this with the Indian High Commissioner in May, and our High Commissioner did so with the Indian Home Affairs Minister in New Delhi in early June.

  Mr. Robert B. Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the British Government have made to the Indian Government on the question of self-determination for Kashmir.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  We take every opportunity of impressing on the Government of India the need for a political process in Kashmir, which will allow the aspirations of its population to be expressed.

  Mr. Stevenson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the relations between the British Government and the Government of Azad Kashmir.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  We maintain working contacts with the authorities of Azad Kashmir, as with the authorities of Jammu and Kashmir.

  South Africa
  Sir George Gardiner
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contact he has had with the parties to the Conference for a Democratic South Africa talks in South Africa.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  As I indicated earlier, we maintain a close dialogue with all the parties in South Africa.

  Mr. Hanson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to meet representatives of the African National Congress to discuss the situation in South Africa.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has already been in contact with both Mr.588
  Mandela and President de Klerk. My right hon. and noble Friend Baroness Chalker of Wallasey saw Mr. Walter Sisulu. deputy president of the ANC on 26 June, and Mr. Frank Mdlalose, chairman of Inkatha Freedom party on 19 June.

  Mr. Colvin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards the Republic of South Africa in the light of the Conference for a Democratic South Africa.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  Before the negotiations were suspended CODESA had achieved remarkable progress in agreement on transforming South Africa into a non-racial democratic society. We are deeply concerned about the recent escalation of violence and the tragic loss of life at Boipatong.

  We note the South African Government's determination to bring to justice those responsible. We believe that the interests of the majority of South Africans are best served by concerted efforts to get negotiations back on track as soon as possible. The South African Government's enormous strides towards representative democracy and considerable progress already achieved at CODESA show that negotiations work.

  NATO Information Budget
  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the level of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation information budget for the current year; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Garel-Jones
  The NATO information budget for this year is about £3 million, to which the United Kingdom will contribute about £570,000.

  The information budget pays for programmes which complement NATO members' national efforts to explain defence policy, and for programmes to spread NATO's message of dialogue, co-operation and collective security in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

  European Community
  Mr. Riddick
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next intends to meet the President of the European Commission to discuss developments in the European Community.

  Mr. Hurd
  I met the President of the Commission and other Commissioners this morning to discuss the programme for the United Kingdom presidency of the Community. There will be further meetings from time to time.

  Middle East
  Mr. Sumberg
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met the ambassador of Israel to discuss the middle east peace process.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs last met the Israeli ambassador in February; we are in frequent contact with the Israeli Government at ministerial level to discuss the peace process.

  Japan
  Mr. Duncan-Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how he intends to strengthen the European Community's relations with Japan during the United Kingdom presidency.

  Mr. Garel-Jones
  We shall be looking to strengthen economic, political and technical co-operation with Japan, building on the 1991 EC-Japan joint declaration. This will be an important theme of the meeting which my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and the President of the Commission will have with the Japanese Prime Minister in London on 4 July.

  Mr. Roger Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to meet the Prime Minister of Japan to discuss avenues for mutual co-operation.

  Mr. Goodlad
  My right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary will meet the Prime Minister of Japan in London on the morning of 4 July at the EC-Japan summit. This will be followed by bilateral talks between the British and Japanese Prime Ministers. We intend to use the opportunity to develop further our already close bilateral relationship with Japan and to strengthen co-operation between the EC and Japan.

  Cyprus
  Lady Olga Maitland
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will encourage the United Nations to help maintain the archaeological heritage located in the north of Cyprus.

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

  EC Presidency
  Mr. Simon Coombs
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the principal objectives of the United Kingdom's presidency of the European Council.

  Mr. Garel-Jones
  The United Kingdom aims to run an efficient presidency. We shall pursue discussions on the ratification of the Maastricht treaty. Key themes will include the completion of the single market, the future financing negotiations, the successful conclusion of the GATT Uruguay round and developing relations with central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

  Mr. Cran
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will outline the objectives of the forthcoming United Kingdom presidency of the European Community.
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  Mr. Garel-Jones
  The United Kingdom aims to run an efficient presidency. We will pursue discussions on the ratification of the Maastricht treaty. Key themes will include the completion of the single market, the future financing negotiations, preparations for enlargement negotiations, the successful conclusion of the GATT Uruguay round and developing relations with central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

  Nuclear Material
  Mr. David Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will outline the steps and initiatives he has taken to ensure redundant nuclear bomb-making material is properly stored, guarded and accounted for in eastern bloc countries.

  Mr. Garel-Jones
  The security of fissile material from ex-Soviet nuclear weapons is the responsibility of the Russian Government. However, we and our NATO allies have made clear that we are ready to help in various aspects of eliminating surplus nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union. As part of a wider programme of assistance, the United Kingdom has offered to advise on the safe handling, storage and conversion of fissile material. We also continue to emphasise the importance we attach to early accession to the non-proliferation treaty and application of IAEA safeguards to nuclear materials by all non-Russian republics.

  Subsidiarity
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations he has held concerning the definition of subsidiarity in the context of the Maastricht agreement; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Garel-Jones
  I refer the hon. Member to the conclusions of the meeting of the European Council held at Lisbon on 26 and 27 June, copies of which have been deposited in the Library of the House.

  Committee of the Regions
  Mr. Galbraith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has held on the proposed EC committee of the regions.

  Mr. Garel-Jones
  The committee of the regions cannot be established before the entry into force of the treaty on European union. The Government are considering the nomination of the 24 United Kingdom members.

  Guyana
  Mr. Jacques Arnold
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps are being taken to monitor the forthcoming elections in Guyana.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The Guyanese Government have invited the Carter centre and Commonwealth secretariat to send observer teams to monitor the forthcoming general election. Diplomats accredited to Guyana will also be permitted access to all stages of the electoral process.

  Angola
  Mr. Terry Davis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance Her Majesty's Government are giving to aid the electoral processes in Angola.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  We are providing bilateral assistance totalling £270,000 in support of the United Nations development programme's special project of assistance to the electoral process in Angola.

  Hong Kong
  Mr. Michael J. Martin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next intends to visit Hong Kong to discuss the future of the colony.

  Mr. Goodlad
  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs hopes to visit Hong Kong again fairly soon.

  Mr. Adley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the total number of people in Hong Kong eligible to register to vote at the recent election; and what was the percentage of those eligible to register to vote who did vote for each of the parties and groups standing for election.

  Mr. Goodlad
  [holding answer 30 June 1992.]: The total number of people in Hong Kong eligible to vote in the Legislative Council elections of September 1991 was 3.7 million, of whom 1.9 million registered. The turnout for the 18 directly elected seats was 39 per cent. of those registered to vote. The votes were distributed between the parties as follows:

  Per cent.

  United Democrats

  45.14

  Meeting Point

  7.20

  Liberal Democratic Federation

  5.09

  Association for Democracy and Peoples Livelihood

  4.44

  Federation of Trade Unions

  3.28

  Hong Kong Citizen Forum

  2.18

  Kwun Tong Man Chung Friendship Promotion Association

  1.55

  Hong Kong Democratic Foundation

  1.44

  New Hong Kong Alliance

  0.87

  Independent Liberal Candidates

  9.35

  Other Groups and Independent Candidates

  19.43

  Sir David Steel
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the Public Security Bureau of China was invited to have an official presence in Hong Kong; what are the remit and jurisdictions of the Public Security Bureau in Hong Kong;592
  how many staff are employed in the Hong Kong office of the Public Security Bureau; to whom they are accountable within the Government of Hong Kong; what access the Public Security Bureau will have to information held by the Hong Kong police; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Goodlad
  An agreement between the Royal Hong Kong Police (RHKP) and the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (PSB) to send one to three liaison officers to Hong Kong was announced on 9 May 1992. The aim is to enable quicker and more effective co-operation on criminal matters, particularly violent crime and smuggling, which is causing serious public concern in Hong Kong. As with the eight other countries with police liaison officers in Hong Kong, the PSB liaison officers will have no jurisdiction, constabulary powers or operational role. They will have no automatic access to information held by the RHKP.

  Malawi
  Mr. Miller
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met the President of Malawi in order to dicuss progress towards democracy in that country.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  My right hon. and noble Friend Baroness Chalker of Wallasey met President Banda of Malawi during a private visit to the United Kingdom on 29 May last year. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister also met President Banda during the course of his visit.

  Switzerland
  Ms. Hoey
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on United Kingdom relations with Switzerland.

  Mr. Garel-Jones
  We have excellent relations with the Swiss, who are, not least, important trading partners. We have welcomed Switzerland's application to join the European Community, and during our EC presidency will work towards the opening of formal accession negotiations as soon as possible.

  Mr. David Shaw
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all the bilateral and multilateral agreements negotiated between the United Kingdom and Switzerland since 1979.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  Ten bilateral agreements have been negotiated between the United Kingdom and Switzerland since 1979. In the same period, 136 multilateral agreements were signed or accepted by the United Kingdom and Switzerland or accepted by the United Kingdom on behalf of dependent territories.

  Copies of computer printouts giving basic details of the agreements have been placed in the Library of the House.

  Mr. David Shaw
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 24 June,Official Report, columns 208–9, what information he has on bilateral and multilateral agreements between the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has records of 123 bilateral agreements with Switzerland since the early 1800s. There are also records of well over 2,000 multilateral agreements to which the
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  United Kingdom is a party. All would need to be checked to ascertain Swiss involvement. This could not be done except at disproportionate cost.

  Croatia
  Sir John Wheeler
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on relations with Croatia.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  We established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Croatia on 24 June and hope to name the first British ambassador at Zagreb shortly.

  Israel
  Mr. Norman Hogg
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on United Kingdom relations with Israel.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  We look forward to cooperating with the new Israeli Government when it is formed. There are important new opportunities in the peace process and we shall of course encourage Israel to make the best of these.

  Lebanese Hostages
  Mr. Adley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Israeli Government about the Lebanese hostages, including Sheikh Obeid, held without trial and contrary to United Nations resolutions; and if he will initiate action to obtain their release.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  We welcomed the release of the last western hostages. Although that particular episode is closed, we shall continue to call for the release of all those held outside the due process of law. We hope that we shall also see an accounting for those hostages who have died while in captivity.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Goodlad
  No such estimate has been made.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Goodlad
  The cost of the market testing initiative since November 1991 has been £10,600 in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and £15,000 in the Overseas Development Administration. These figures do not include staff costs incurred so far. I intend, however, to monitor the full costs, including staff costs, of implementing the market testing programme.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.
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  Mr. Goodlad
  I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Dundee, East (Mr. McAllion) on 16 June 1992,Official Report, col. 491.

  Mozambique
  Mr. Hunter
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contact or communication he or his officials have had with representatives of RENAMO.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  United Kingdom officials have contact with RENAMO through the forum of the joint verification commission in Maputo, of which we are members, and in our capacity as observers at the Rome peace talks. In March we began contact with RENAMO leader, Dhlakama, at senior official level in recognition of a more positive attitude by RENAMO to the peace talks in Rome, which we hope will continue. There will be no Ministerial contact with RENAMO until the negotiations have advanced considerably.

  Mr. Hunter
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made since 1979 to the Mozambican Government about the abuse of human rights in the parts of Mozambique under its control.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  There continue to be human rights abuses in Mozambique. We have discussed human rights with the Government of Mozambique on several occasions since 1979 notably when my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs raised the matter with President Chissano during his visit to Mozambique in October 1991. We have also raised RENAMO's human rights record with RENAMO.

LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

  Disabled Employees
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Lord President of the Council how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively, and overall in his Office are registered disabled people.

  Mr. Newton
  I refer the hon. and learned Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Paisley, South (Mr. McMaster) on 4 June at column 638.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Lord President of the Council (1) if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available;

  (2) what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991;

  (3) what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Newton
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Mr. Davis) on 29 June at column 366.

SOCIAL SECURITY

  Cold Weather Payments
  Mr. Alfred Morris
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many households in the Manchester, Wythenshawe constituency qualify for payments under the cold weather payments scheme.

  Mr. Scott
  The administration of the social fund is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available and copies will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.

  Mr. Alfred Morris
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) on what dates and in what parts of the Manchester, Wythenshawe constituency the cold weather payments system was triggered during the winter of 1991–92; and how many households received payments on each occasion;

  (2) on what dates cold weather payments were made in the Manchester, Wythenshawe constituency in response to a forecast of a qualifying period: and what were the periods taken for payments to be made once the system had been triggered.

  Mr. Scott
  Such information as is available is in the Library.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what has been the total cost so far of the market testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Miss Widdecombe
  The total cost of the market testing initiative in the Department since November 1991 is estimated as some £215,000.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market testing programme.

  Miss Widdecombe
  No estimate of the savings has been made.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Miss Widdecombe
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 22 June 1992 at column 102.

  Social Fund
  Mrs. Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total amount in allocated social fund budgets which was unspent by local DSS offices in each year of its operation expressed in(a) cash terms, (b) cash terms at 1990–91 prices and (c) as a percentage of the gross social fund budget; if he will list the number of local DSS offices involved; and if he will provide a breakdown by (i) region and (ii) local DSS office.
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  Mr. Scott
  [holding answer 17 June 1992]: Information expressed in 1990–91 prices is in the tables. Real term figures have been calculated using the current GDP deflater and may alter. The balance of information requested is in the Library.

  Unspent budget allocations March 19891

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  London North

  Acton

  6,306.29

  Aylesbury

  80,590.18

  Banbury

  14,753.09

  Barking

  219,102.32

  Barnet

  15,940.20

  Basildon

  215,837.58

  Bedford

  131,395.48

  Braintree

  88,666.25

  Bury St. Edmunds

  65,785.69

  Cambridge

  82,201.89

  Chelmsford

  74,383.52

  Clacton-on-sea

  50,441.81

  Colchester

  28,300.55

  Cricklewood

  90,110.61

  Diss

  32,640.34

  Dunstable

  78,642.68

  Edgware

  48,362.54

  Euston

  144,121.49

  Finsbury Park

  282,621.88

  Grays

  18,661.49

  Great Yarmouth

  4,274.77

  Hackney

  360,632.04

  Harlow

  80,615.06

  Harrow

  116,578.60

  Hemel Hempstead

  88,373.29

  Hertford

  15,590.48

  High Wycombe

  110,389.87

  Hoxton

  152,035.05

  Ilford

  260,556.06

  Ipswich

  17,033.91

  King's Lynn

  70,722.93

  London, Plaistow

  130,560.60

  London, Canning Town

  82,543.50

  London, Ealing

  36,436.88

  London, Edmonton

  68,083.68

  London, Harlesden

  301,049.73

  London, Hendon

  72,822.98

  London, Highgate

  97,713.47

  London, Leytonstone

  198,533.79

  London, Notting Hill

  88,440.82

  London, Paddington

  13,989.45

  London, Poplar

  89,898.43

  London, Stoke Newington

  126,653.96

  London, Tottenham

  99,221.48

  London, Woodgrange Park

  233,778.29

  London, Wood Green

  13,958.58

  Lowestoft

  27,066.17

  Luton

  112,648.46

  Milton Keynes

  103,030.33

  Neasden

  384,270.02

  Norwich Chantry

  111,822.03

  Norwich Mountergate

  156,155.75

  Oxford

  306,933.37

  Peterborough

  229,241.08

  Romford

  48,101.96

  Shoreditch

  34,722.72

  Southall

  155,898.26

  Southend on Sea

  49,868.28

  St, Albans

  16.096.90

  Stepney

  431.48

  Stevenage

  89,179.70

  Thames North

  10,381.90

  Uxbridge

  50,121.20

  Walthamstow

  37,396.82

  Watford

  44,697.42

  Total

  6,667,417.45

  Percentage of Gross Expenditure

  2.88

  597

  Unspent budget allocations March 19891

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  London South

  Aldershot

  141,830.87

  Andover

  15,421.22

  Ashford

  16,469.04

  Basingstoke

  55,412.83

  Bexley

  57,140.72

  Bloomsbury

  121,860.74

  Bognor Regis

  60.076.41

  Bracknell

  77,711.06

  Brighton

  3,151.27

  Bromley

  69,109.22

  Canterbury

  1,931.48

  Chatham

  104,381.80

  Chichester

  45,589.28

  Crawley

  58,581.04

  Croydon

  131,748.94

  Dartford

  23,097.25

  Dover

  56,839.72

  Eastbourne

  165,710.72

  Eltham

  19,622.88

  Epsom

  57,275.22

  Fareham

  64,768.42

  Folkestone

  47,312.06

  Gravesend

  34,721.81

  Greenwich Park

  326,155.96

  Guildford

  79,382.01

  Hastings

  44,905.66

  Havant

  91,164.18

  Hither Green

  86,737.56

  Hounslow

  180,097.95

  Hove

  93,615.35

  Isle of Wight

  83,272.76

  Kingston

  104,499.83

  Lewes

  64,394.47

  London City

  65,292.47

  London Woolwich

  179,412.11

  London Balham

  131,866.88

  London Battersea

  112,596.36

  London Brixton

  211,860.73

  London Camberwell

  234,640.59

  London Chelsea

  128,886.37

  London Crystal Palace

  234,011.38

  London Kennington Park

  43.699.96

  London Kensington

  70.089.03

  London Lewisham

  446.414.86

  London Oval

  214,853.58

  London Peckham

  133,643.42

  London Southwark

  158,754.13

  London Streatham

  265,308.90

  London Thames South

  39,998.09

  London Wandsworth

  146,407.73

  London Westminster

  87,316.77

  London Wimbledon

  124,869.75

  Maidstone

  60,051.80

  Mitcham

  4,241.53

  New Forest

  97,570.38

  New Malden

  58,082.10

  Newbury

  65,290.34

  Orpington

  44,718.35

  Portsmouth North

  7,595.25

  Portsmouth South

  893.73

  Reading

  326,265.35

  Redhill

  78,231.33

  Rochester

  60,866.19

  Sittingbourne

  95,097.99

  Slough

  91,250.60

  Southampton

  245,951.58

  Sutton

  47,968.82

  Thanet

  6,969.10

  Tunbridge Wells

  52,376.03

  Twickenham

  69,948.49

  Winchester

  54,172.39

  Woking

  82,220.70

  Worthing

  105,393.91

  598

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Total

  7,269,068.81

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  3.14

  Unspent Budget allocations March 19891

  Total (90–91 prices)

  MIDLANDS

  Birmingham Bradford Street

  162,392.26

  Birmingham Edgbaston

  75,457.63

  Birmingham Erdington

  56,152.10

  Birmingham Handsworth

  187,775.74

  Birmingham Ladywood

  260.16

  Birmingham Northfield

  15,753.36

  Birmingham Perry Barr

  99,199.34

  Birmingham Ravenhurst

  43,317.40

  Birmingham South Yardley

  53,261.19

  Birmingham Sparkhill

  67,418.40

  Birmingham Washwood Heath

  112,287.96

  Boston

  71,245.04

  Burton on Trent

  1,828.43

  Cannock

  95,927.63

  Chesterfield

  36,114.61

  Corby

  54,398.57

  Coventry East

  187,399.11

  Coventry West

  235,568.39

  Derby Beckct Street

  16,140.55

  Derby Heritage Gate

  38,704.18

  Derby London Road

  64,569.55

  Dudley North

  124,267.56

  Dudley South

  90,654.75

  Grantham

  76,780.33

  Hereford

  79,945.30

  Ilkeston

  58,496.14

  Kidderminster

  117,144.74

  Leamington Spa

  34,343.01

  Leicester Burleys Way

  71,394.24

  Leicester Lower Hill Street

  80,058.20

  Leicester Norton Street

  238,839.90

  Leicester Yeoman Street

  263,214.72

  Lichfield

  200,457.85

  Lincoln Newland

  60,348.73

  Lincoln Orchard Street

  61,459.63

  Loughborough

  87,113.24

  Mansfield

  106,868.35

  Newcastle (Staffordshire)

  94,425.05

  Northampton

  218,005.95

  Nottingham, Castlegate

  9,943.62

  Nottingham. David Lane

  22,071.93

  Nottingham, Shakespeare Street

  55,789.51

  Nottingham. Station Street

  26,175.93

  Nuneaton

  95,172. 27

  Redditch

  58,031.38

  Rugby.

  54,354.43

  Shrewsbury

  155,443.85

  Skegness

  17,005.20

  Smethwick

  251,426.45

  Stafford

  48,703.34

  Stoke on Trent, North

  17,391.60

  Stoke on Trent, South

  15,801.54

  Sutton in Ashfield

  40,761.79

  Telford

  129,292.79

  Walsall, East

  27,267.73

  Walsall. West

  63,667.77

  Wellingborough

  183,950.35

  West Bromwich

  155,781.09

  Wolverhampton, North

  173,721.73

  Wolverhampton, South

  203,932.31

  Worcester

  65,031.56

  Worksop

  59,759.94

  Total

  5,669,467.36

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  2.45

  599

  Unspent budget allocations March 19891

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  North East

  Ashington

  37,618.36

  Barnsley East

  161,184.59

  Barnsley West

  219,795.31

  Berwick-upon-Tweed

  818.33

  Bishop Auckland

  155,397.65

  Blyth

  28,403.39

  Bradford East

  13,376.96

  Bradford South

  80,353.97

  Bradford West

  106,011.16

  Bridlington

  25,979.76

  Castleford

  32,272.34

  Chester le Street

  31,466.07

  Darlington

  257,074.16

  Dewsbury

  51,973.37

  Doncaster East

  0.00

  Doncaster West

  199,368.84

  Durham

  42,663.63

  Eston

  78,236.66

  Gateshead

  125,795.01

  Goole

  27,776.20

  Grimsby

  190,962.62

  Halifax

  4,639.20

  Harrogate

  130,845.93

  Hartlepool

  81,652.39

  Hemsworth

  30,387.48

  Hexham

  28,960.29

  Houghton le Spring

  32,416.35

  Huddersfield

  72,282.12

  Hull East

  13,235.29

  Hull West

  57,684.01

  Jarrow

  134,608.70

  Keighley

  293.31

  Leeds East

  38,203.56

  Leeds North

  141,042.95

  Leeds North West

  35,520.31

  Leeds South

  27,543.17

  Leeds West

  87,635.54

  Middlesbrough

  93,022.51

  Newcastle East

  72,955.10

  Newcastle St, James

  80,191.49

  Newcastle West

  41,946.71

  North Shields

  93,016.47

  Northallerton

  42,404.69

  Peterlee

  1,101.56

  Pontefract

  11,336.86

  Redcar

  14,007.31

  Rotherham North

  14,490.57

  Rotherham South

  7,741.53

  Scarborough

  48,025.73

  Scunthorpe

  100,572.64

  Seaham

  63.23

  Sheffield North East

  263,441.84

  Sheffield North West

  156,827.09

  Sheffield South East

  37,752.02

  Sheffield South West

  263,230.45

  Skipton

  13,009.69

  South Shields

  18,727.67

  Stanley

  55,570.63

  Stockton

  8,990.73

  Sunderland North

  293,984.87

  Sunderland South

  125,092.99

  Wakefield

  4,490.30

  Wallsend

  58,114.23

  Wath on Dearne

  99,577.23

  York

  25,067.05

  Total

  4,828,232.14

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  2.08

  600

  Unspent budget allocations March 1989

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  North West

  Accrington

  96,496.92

  Ashton-under-Lyne

  17,192.01

  Barrow in Furness

  8,380.65

  Birkenhead North

  39,540.92

  Birkenhead South

  17,755.27

  Blackburn

  82,642.80

  Blackpool North

  39,991.21

  Blackpool South

  71,049.35

  Bolton

  144,093.39

  Burnley

  105,496.24

  Bury

  237,268.30

  Buxton

  6,970.04

  Carlisle

  16,589.48

  Chester

  51,936.89

  Crewe

  50,962.48

  Ellesmere Port

  85,301.84

  Farnworth

  40,471.73

  Hyde

  121,494.40

  Kendal

  32,732.06

  Lancaster

  82,652.03

  Leigh

  38,342.41

  Liverpool City

  95,731.89

  Liverpool Bootle

  223,251.10

  Liverpool Breckfield

  114,805.53

  Liverpool Crosby

  51,411.49

  Liverpool Edgehill

  95,228.61

  Liverpool Garston

  68,475.13

  Liverpool Huyton

  133,406.71

  Liverpool Kirkby

  219,063.10

  Liverpool Norris Green

  86,339.71

  Liverpool Toxteth

  283,089.90

  Liverpool West Derby

  23,299.57

  Liverpool Belle Vale

  30,644.62

  Macclesfield

  34,946.82

  Manchester Cheetham

  7,064.76

  Manchester Middleton

  50,060.27

  Manchester Sale

  28,026.29

  Manchester Central

  4,610.57

  Manchester Chorlton

  27,600.87

  Manchester Failsworth

  68,012.48

  Manchester Longsight

  83,596.34

  Manchester Openshaw

  63,071.84

  Manchester Rusholme

  102,663.05

  Manchester Wythenshawe

  60,559.14

  Northwich

  85,852.71

  Oldham

  8,358.16

  Penrith

  11,712.63

  Preston North

  44,668.85

  Preston South

  42,095.03

  Rochdale

  56,118.68

  Rossendale

  26,214.30

  Salford North

  1,145.62

  Salford South

  4,988.05

  Skelmersdale

  87,125.53

  Southport

  99,402.68

  St, Helens

  153,644.24

  Stockport North

  86,104.58

  Stockport South

  91,359.80

  Wallasey

  125,265.79

  Warrington

  189,997.30

  Whitehaven

  7,472.23

  Widnes

  91,753.32

  Wigan

  3,691.99

  Wilmslow

  7,293.44

  Workington

  24,937.17

  Total

  4,591,522.26

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  1.98

  601

  Unspent budget allocations March 19891

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Scotland

  Aberdeen North

  45,855.42

  Aberdeen South

  84,118.30

  Airdrie

  214,078.65

  Arbroath

  7,396.19

  Ayr

  324,067.42

  Bathgate

  163,635.15

  Bellshill

  212,547.06

  Campbeltown

  5,928.41

  Clydebank

  198,311.14

  Coatbridge

  184,215.93

  Cowdenbeath

  484.81

  Cumbernauld

  141,383.08

  Dumbarton

  146,653.49

  Dumfries

  46,500.19

  Dundee East

  61,905.22

  Dundee West

  60,615.12

  Dunfermline

  44,388.74

  East Kilbride

  150,950.31

  Edinburgh East

  33,549.20

  Edinburgh City

  118,248.50

  Edinburgh North

  77,449.01

  Edinburgh South

  140,413.71

  Edinburgh West

  98,371.04

  Elgin

  52,931.68

  Falkirk

  299,868.39

  Fort William

  7,941.85

  Galashiels

  12,087.94

  Glasgow Anniesland

  258,666.67

  Glasgow Bridgeton

  11,807.89

  Glasgow City

  327,002.88

  Glasgow Craigton

  251,561.87

  Glasgow Cranstonhill

  41,461.25

  Glasgow Laurieston

  428,839.28

  Glasgow Maryhill

  392,656.97

  Glasgow Partick

  107,441.01

  Glasgow Provan

  10,701.95

  Glasgow Rutherglen

  302,137.42

  Glasgow Shettleston

  549,290.93

  Glasgow South-side

  202,166.36

  Glasgow Springburn

  367,953.94

  Greenock

  381,083.17

  Hamilton

  639,278.12

  Inverness

  36,778.53

  Irvine

  264,014.54

  Johnstone

  72,842.06

  Kilmarnock

  207,725.57

  Kirkcaldy

  112,260.38

  Lerwick

  8,644.25

  Leven

  41,599.61

  Motherwell

  218,426.97

  Oban

  32,447.83

  Paisley

  310,395.01

  Perth

  46,887.07

  Peterhead

  6,420.68

  Port Glasgow

  226,471.03

  Stirling

  87,660.41

  Stornoway

  7,514.19

  Stranraer

  5,208.74

  Wick

  26,891.94

  Total

  8,918,134.49

  Percentage of Gross Expenditure

  3.85

  Unspent budget allocations March 19891

  Wales and SW

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Aberdare

  3,874.61

  Abertillery

  18,139.98

  Aberystwyth

  29,184.36

  Ammanford

  3,211.44

  Anglesey

  49,220.68

  Bargoed

  54,746.60

  602

  Wales and SW

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Barnstaple

  45,793.72

  Barry

  28,961.90

  Bath

  94,849.17

  Blackwood

  37,512.64

  Bournemouth

  84,050.46

  Bridgend

  7,473.76

  Bridgwater

  45,220.42

  Bristol Central

  49,781.01

  Bristol East

  57,945.61

  Bristol Horfield

  49,689.81

  Bristol South

  84,518.20

  Bristol West

  33,488.62

  Caernarfon

  4,328.37

  Caerphilly

  23,039.75

  Cardiff Central

  14,789.98

  Cardiff East

  25,899.38

  Cardiff West

  6,773.73

  Carmarthen

  1,686.90

  Cheltenham

  56,556.94

  Chippenham

  412.99

  Colwyn Bay

  55,835.97

  Cymbran

  70,928.53

  Deeside

  144.38

  Ebbw Vale

  54,208.68

  Exeter

  88,499.28

  Gloucester

  989,829.26

  Haverfordwest

  17,040.91

  Launceston

  41,026.78

  Llanelli

  57,361.45

  Merthyr Tydfil

  71,325.15

  Morriston

  27,039.94

  Neath

  26,532.93

  Newport Gwent

  25,016.66

  Newtown

  38,865.14

  Pembroke Dock

  3,079.09

  Penzance

  157,064.52

  Plymouth

  112,958.30

  Plymouth Crownhill

  5,154.75

  Pontypridd

  3,001.50

  Poole

  135,552.50

  Port Talbot

  466.17

  Porth

  22,258.35

  Porthmadog

  30,715.94

  Rhyl

  5,203.17

  Salisbury

  3,576.33

  St, Austell

  82,298.44

  Stroud

  37,938.85

  Swansea

  0.00

  Swindon

  21,725.94

  Taunton

  105,840.59

  Tonypandy

  43,664.01

  Torbay

  281,194.59

  Trowbridge

  3,643.86

  Truro

  93,520.77

  Weston-Super-Mare

  33,367.49

  Weymouth

  52,272.21

  Wrexham

  82,275.93

  Yeovil

  24,593.25

  Total

  3,816,172.65

  Percentage of Gross Expenditure

  1.65

  Grand Total

  29,027,827.46

  Percentage of Gross Expenditure

  12.52

  Note: Percentages may not sum due to rounding.

  Unspent budget allocations March 19901

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  London North

  Acton

  28,439.12

  Aylesbury

  17,889.19

  Banbury

  1,756.57

  Barking

  15,324.56

  603

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Barnet

  8,058.75

  Basildon

  83,143.63

  Bedford

  16,838.47

  Braintree

  1,098.99

  Bury St, Edmunds

  7,555.72

  Cambridge

  38,185.48

  Chelmsford

  0.00

  Clacton-on-Sea

  1,362.72

  Colchester

  433.85

  Cricklewood

  24,133.37

  Diss

  10,666.45

  Dunstable

  25,288.92

  Edgware

  49.63

  Euston

  0.00

  Finsbury Park

  12,276.56

  Grays

  17,164.75

  Great Yarmouth

  85.33

  Hackney

  70,321.00

  Harlow

  39,742.27

  Harrow

  29,298.29

  Hemel Hempstead

  55,333.27

  Hertford

  5,109.39

  High Wycombe

  15,517.98

  Hoxton

  2,416.57

  Ilford

  41,481.74

  Ipswich

  1.45

  King's Lynn

  431.48

  London Plaistow

  319.73

  London Canning Town

  332.61

  London Ealing

  8,210.35

  London Edmonton

  161.34

  London Harlesden

  33,808.55

  London Hendon

  5,650.20

  London Highgate

  302.04

  London Leytonstone

  26,608.76

  London Notting Hill

  5,971.81

  London Paddington

  20,422.16

  London Poplar

  15,120.34

  London Stoke Newington

  5,700.64

  London Tottenham

  48,932.04

  London Woodgrange Park

  21.90

  London Wood Green

  85.36

  Lowestoft

  16,882.58

  Luton

  9,143.76

  Milton Keynes

  3,781.56

  Neasden

  12,634.85

  Norwich Chantry

  14,174.75

  Norwich Mountergate

  54,837.25

  Oxford

  39,040.15

  Peterborough

  1,169.06

  Romford

  42.97

  St, Albans

  5,593.43

  Shoreditch

  1,568.47

  Southall

  4,799.06

  Southend on Sea

  1,557.60

  Stepney

  4,871.05

  Stevenage

  846.99

  Thames North

  4,186.74

  Uxbridge

  302.04

  Walthamstow

  724.13

  Watford

  4,643.37

  Total

  921,853.15

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  0.36

  Unspent budget allocations March 19901

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  London South

  Aldershot

  84,443.85

  Andover

  1,018.93

  Ashford

  6,032.86

  Basingstoke

  11,449.36

  604

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Bexley

  65,887.98

  Bloomsbury

  59,650.21

  Bognor Regis

  5,339.02

  Bracknell

  8,998.47

  Brighton

  5,059.13

  Bromley

  3,873.48

  Canterbury

  2,636.31

  Chatham

  79,726.92

  Chichester

  4.86

  Crawley

  2,285.44

  Croydon

  5,915.00

  Dartford

  10,850.06

  Dover

  8,791.21

  Eastbourne

  50,820.82

  Eltham

  0.00

  Epsom

  12,056.83

  Fareham

  13,209.00

  Folkestone

  9,933.17

  Gravesend

  2,049.35

  Greenwich Park

  22,214.37

  Guildford

  28,331.25

  Hastings

  18,179.24

  Havant

  20,478.88

  Hither Green

  0.00

  Hounslow

  5,313.57

  Hove

  2,665.05

  Isle of Wight

  55.60

  Kingston

  47,130.77

  Lewes

  8,915.93

  London City

  16,418.64

  London Woolwich

  26,310.01

  London Balham

  0.00

  London Battersea

  113.25

  London Brixton

  79,499.76

  London Camberwell

  22,762.94

  London Chelsea

  1,579.53

  London Crystal Palace

  8,972.36

  London Kennington Park

  593.91

  London Kensington

  15,612.86

  London Lewisham

  25,422.82

  London Oval

  0.83

  London Peckham

  6,764.11

  London Southwark

  1,317.97

  London Streatham

  38,937.81

  London Thames South

  10,813.31

  London Wandsworth

  2.99

  London Westminster

  25,161.53

  London Wimbledon

  4,859.68

  Maidstone

  3.81

  Mitcham

  4,731.59

  New Forest

  15,918.18

  New Malden

  35,089.54

  Newbury

  25,403.72

  Orpington

  6,886.92

  Portsmouth North

  519.53

  Portsmouth South

  7.84

  Reading

  51,168.66

  Redhill

  2,169.57

  Sittingbourne

  128.84

  Slough

  4,175.39

  Southampton

  25,089.93

  Sutton

  30.77

  Thanet

  1,776.75

  Tunbridge Wells

  14,760.11

  Twickenham

  31,753.84

  Winchester

  21,476.79

  Woking

  26,134.11

  Worthing

  9,368.22

  Total

  1,165,055.32

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  0.45

  605

  Unspent budget allocations March 19901

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Midlands

  Birmingham Bradford St,

  7,668.77

  Birmingham Edgbaston

  3,727.60

  Birmingham Erdington

  19,842.32

  Birmingham Handsworth

  14,568.67

  Birmingham Ladywood

  849.77

  Birmingham Northfield

  4.52

  Birmingham Perry Barr

  10,030.94

  Birmingham Ravenhurst

  9,624.62

  Birmingham South Yardley

  3,754.46

  Birmingham Sparkhill

  5,299.82

  Birmingham Washwood Heath

  2,183.10

  Boston

  5,477.79

  Burton on Trent

  6,231.98

  Cannock

  2,965.24

  Chesterfield

  129.59

  Corby

  18,875.06

  Coventry East

  0.70

  Coventry West

  63,371.85

  Derby Becket St,

  5,874.26

  Derby Heritage Gate

  6,992.26

  Derby London Road

  12,888.68

  Dudley North

  28,031.39

  Dudley South

  3,819.52

  Grantham

  28,354.91

  Hereford

  11,636.83

  Ilkeston

  21,498.68

  Kidderminster

  8,117.31

  Leamington Spa

  103.66

  Leicester Burleys Way

  117.99

  Leicester Lower Hill St,

  400.64

  Leicester Norton St,

  40,900.13

  Leicester Yeoman St,

  6,318.32

  Lichfield

  56,391.26

  Lincoln Newland

  303.88

  Lincoln Orchard Street

  11,756.09

  Loughborough

  5, 957.47

  Mansfield

  848.74

  Newcastle (Staffs)

  10,420.46

  Northampton

  8,588.92

  Nottingham Castlegate

  67.30

  Nottingham David Lane

  6,866.31

  Nottingham Shakespeare Street

  1,300.50

  Nottingham Station Street

  15,783.93

  Nuneaton

  37.24

  Redditch

  13,705.15

  Rugby

  20,353.87

  Shrewsbury

  48,019.13

  Skegness

  37,401.43

  Smethwick

  58,664.09

  Stafford

  9,422.72

  Stoke on Trent North

  10,160.03

  Stoke on Trent South

  3,525.87

  Sutton in Ashfield

  6,209.82

  Telford

  0.00

  Walsall East

  3,343.30

  Walsall West

  2,562.54

  Wellingborough

  83.02

  West Bromwich

  899.90

  Wolverhampton North

  64,627.48

  Wolverhampton South

  33,716.23

  Worcester

  43,062.10

  Worksop

  104.64

  Total

  823,844.81

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  0.32

  Unspent budget allocations March 19901

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  North East

  Ashinglon

  51.58

  Barnsley East

  34.24

  606

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Barnsley West

  37,767.27

  Berwick on Tweed

  789.19

  Bishop Auckland

  727.56

  Blyth

  2,485.52

  Bradford East

  192.36

  Bradford South

  9,751.90

  Bradford West

  12,013.26

  Bridlington

  9.33

  Castleford

  3,496.27

  Chester le Street

  711.26

  Darlington

  13,182.96

  Dewsbury

  6.20

  Doncaster East

  15,712.27

  Doncaster West

  52,430.51

  Durham

  222.22

  Eston

  1,222.30

  Gateshead

  212.68

  Goole

  9,794.40

  Grimsby

  23,410.93

  Halifax

  0.00

  Harrogate

  21,756.22

  Hartlepool

  15,957.58

  Hemsworth

  8,563.95

  Hexham

  10,169.37

  Houghton le Spring

  4,184.49

  Huddersfield

  366.72

  Hull East

  5,450.32

  Hull West

  183.17

  Jarrow

  2,671.17

  Keighley

  2,368.34

  Leeds East

  66.80

  Leeds North

  678.16

  Leeds North West

  16,524.51

  Leeds South

  4,688.79

  Leeds West

  18,207.69

  Middlesbrough

  122.37

  Newcastle East

  0.66

  Newcastle St, James

  1,380.46

  Newcastle West

  6.87

  North Shields

  810.02

  Northallerton

  5,005.06

  Peterlee

  202.75

  Pontefract

  34.51

  Redcar

  3,855.71

  Rotherham North

  81.98

  Rotherham South

  1.22

  Scarborough

  4,736.47

  Scunthorpe

  1,367.11

  Seaham

  150.45

  Sheffield North East

  4,693.94

  Sheffield North West

  5,788.89

  Sheffield South East

  311.02

  Sheffield South West

  45,297.45

  Skipton

  476.63

  South Shields

  1,805.34

  Stanley

  217.49

  Stockton

  3,601.20

  Sunderland North

  18,127.37

  Sunderland South

  12,538.71

  Wakefield

  6,728.51

  Wallsend

  0.00

  Wath on Dearne

  175.13

  York

  2,998.86

  Total

  416,577.69

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  0.16

  Unspent budget allocations March 19901

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  North West

  Accrington

  20,394.74

  Ashton-under-Lyne

  15,210.09

  Barrow in Furness

  0.00

  607

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Birkenhead North

  5.83

  Birkenhead South

  123.64

  Blackburn

  18,429.46

  Blackpool North

  559.09

  Blackpool South

  18,641.47

  Bolton

  3,868.83

  Burnley

  10,732.51

  Bury

  40,052.22

  Buxton

  229.71

  Carlisle

  5,819.32

  Chester

  10,607.77

  Crewe

  15,856.85

  Ellesmere Port

  188.26

  Farnworth

  0.00

  Hyde

  31,133.17

  Kendal

  8,865.11

  Lancaster

  30.28

  Leigh

  15,345.27

  Liverpool City

  46,445.89

  Liverpool Bootle

  48,932.77

  Liverpool Breckfield

  11,253.09

  Liverpool Crosby

  20,638.37

  Liverpool Edgehill

  3,870.30

  Liverpool Garston

  5.01

  Liverpool Huyton

  25,365.48

  Liverpool Kirkby

  9,450.65

  Liverpool Norris Green

  53.11

  Liverpool Toxteth

  8,805.40

  Liverpool West Derby

  48.52

  Liverpool Belle Vale

  895.09

  Macclesfield

  2,866.24

  Manchester Cheetham

  20.52

  Manchester Middleton

  9,783.37

  Manchester Sale

  32.76

  Manchester Central

  0.00

  Manchester Chorlton

  1,998.42

  Manchester Failsworth

  0.26

  Manchester Longsight

  15,410.94

  Manchester Openshaw

  6.25

  Manchester Rusholme

  44.62

  Manchester Wythenshawe

  728.97

  Northwich

  2,697.52

  Oldham

  18,056.00

  Penrith

  5,852.33

  Preston North

  179.68

  Preston South

  39,614.65

  Rochdale

  26.65

  Rossendale

  579.40

  St. Helens

  6.46

  Salford North

  6,699.22

  Salford South

  1,262.69

  Skelmersdale

  22.40

  Southport

  29,677.54

  Stockport North

  8,669.43

  Stockport South

  13,103.91

  Wallasey

  17,270.92

  Warrington

  7,772.67

  Whitehaven

  473.13

  Widnes

  5,640.29

  Wigan

  145.00

  Wilmslow

  95.08

  Workington

  12,654.77

  TOTAL

  593,249.40

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  0.23

  Unspent budget allocations March 19901

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Scotland

  Aberdeen North

  26,909.43

  Aberdeen South

  5,268.08

  Airdrie

  41.49

  608

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Arbroath

  2,271.39

  Ayr

  28,895.36

  Bathgate

  97.83

  Bellshill

  11.89

  Campbeltown

  0.08

  Clydebank

  5,764.24

  Coatbridge

  11,528.26

  Cowdenbeath

  3.45

  Cumbernauld

  31,700.98

  Dumbarton

  17,708.87

  Dumfries

  14,255.65

  Dundee East

  3,365.57

  Dundee West

  49 46

  Dunfermline

  11.40

  East Kilbride

  1,194.47

  Edinburgh East

  145.29

  Edinburgh City

  0.00

  Edinburgh North

  6.19

  Edinburgh South

  18,162.03

  Edinburgh West

  13,326.78

  Elgin

  2,569.20

  Falkirk

  892.06

  Fort William

  0.00

  Galashiels

  3,052.40

  Glasgow Anniesland

  89,410.29

  Glasgow Bridgeton

  16,715.43

  Glasgow City

  2,641.67

  Glasgow Craigton

  32,715.48

  Glasgow Cranstonhill

  12,951.65

  Glasgow Laurieston

  19,079.73

  Glasgow Maryhill

  42,115.30

  Glasgow Partick

  7.24

  Glasgow Provan

  987.20

  Glasgow Rutherglen

  37,691.64

  Glasgow Shettleston

  95,686.40

  Glasgow South-side

  17.62

  Glasgow Springburn

  19,209.17

  Greenock

  8.16

  Hamilton

  12,527.14

  Inverness

  8,534.53

  Irvine

  60,288.52

  Johnstone

  11,130.42

  Kilmarnock

  8,093.01

  Kirkcaldy

  2,105.72

  Lerwick

  2,882.96

  Leven

  62.87

  Motherwell

  0.60

  Oban

  7,737.38

  Paisley

  61,244.70

  Perth

  105.80

  Peterhead

  3,526.20

  Port Glasgow

  15,158.70

  Stirling

  2,801.66

  Stornoway

  1,047.15

  Stranraer

  5,163.23

  Wick

  3,803.13

  Total

  762,622.57

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  0.29

  Unspent budget allocations March 19901

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Wales and South West

  Aberdare

  3,128.83

  Abertillery

  1,092.60

  Aberystwyth

  3,338.00

  Ammanford

  2,984.98

  Anglesey

  19,395.94

  Bargoed

  3,744.14

  Barnstaple

  3,255.27

  Barry

  2,029.89

  Bath

  11,777.03

  Blackwood

  0.84

  609

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Bournemouth

  8,222.91

  Bridgend

  372.76

  Bridgwater

  4,542.97

  Bristol Central

  123.42

  Bristol East

  8,710.29

  Bristol Horfield

  3,796.69

  Bristol South

  7,707.26

  Bristol West

  3,650.65

  Caernarfon

  946.06

  Caerphilly

  1,076.48

  Cardiff Central

  37.93

  Cardiff East

  28,844.91

  Cardiff West

  5,870.55

  Carmarthen

  1,348.66

  Cheltenham

  23,042.49

  Chippenham

  291.67

  Colwyn Bay

  8,686.25

  Cwmbran

  16,379.12

  Deeside

  0.00

  Ebbw Vale

  17,978.11

  Exeter

  23,866.95

  Gloucester

  92,723.82

  Haverfordwest

  211.22

  Launceston

  912.60

  Llanelli

  397.13

  Merthyr Tydfil

  207.54

  Morriston

  3,390.44

  Neath

  1,419.19

  Newport Gwent

  6,373.84

  Newtown

  8,034.34

  Pembroke Dock

  443.90

  Penzance

  42,376.10

  Plymouth

  11,453.72

  Plymouth Crownhill

  0.00

  Pontypridd

  4,561.96

  Poole

  5,090.63

  Port Talbot

  21.35

  Porth

  4,914.22

  Porthmadog

  32,735.95

  Phyl

  16,387.59

  St, Austell

  21,292.46

  Salisbury

  1,256.77

  Stroud

  511.53

  Swansea

  0.00

  Swindon

  389.04

  Taunton

  11,679.92

  Tonypandy

  26,823.70

  Torbay

  15,082.30

  Trowbridge

  8,640.21

  Truro

  57.36

  Weston-super-Mare

  8,200.58

  Weymouth

  226.65

  Wrexham

  2,865.71

  Yeovil

  7,357.61

  Total

  552,283.08

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  0.21

  Grand Total

  5,235,486.02

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  2.02

  Note: Percentages may not sum due to rounding.

  Unspent Budget allocations March 19921

  District name

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Bankside

  85.49

  Barking and Havering

  26.45

  Barnet

  8,872.95

  Barnsley

  2.30

  Bedfordshire

  2,483.53

  Berkshire

  111.98

  Birmingham Chamberlain

  88.77

  Birmingham Heartlands

  0.40

  Birmingham North West

  23.53

  610

  District name

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Birmingham South East

  35,997.67

  Birmingham South West

  91.14

  Blackburn and Accrington

  185.08

  Blackpool

  57.09

  Bolton

  276.90

  Bradford

  1,602.40

  Bristol Severnside

  41,838.59

  Brunel

  0.00

  Buckinghamshire

  47,659.90

  Burnley/Pendle/Rossendale

  58.50

  Cambridgeshire

  13,993.36

  Canterbury and Thanet

  26,062.39

  Central Derbyshire

  15,482.12

  Central Staffordshire

  12.07

  Channel

  16,246.57

  Cheshire North West and Central

  0.00

  Cheshire East

  0.97

  Chesterfield and Worksop

  22.97

  City East

  17.91

  Clyde Coast and Cowal

  45.67

  Coatbridge

  12.59

  Cornwall

  75.83

  Coventry

  0.00

  Cumbria North

  166.50

  Cynon Merthyr Rhymney Valley

  1,803.09

  Derbyshire North

  22.97

  Derbyshire South

  6.04

  Devonia

  134.37

  Doncaster

  25,484.78

  Dorset

  1,605.06

  Durham North

  4,946.46

  Durham South

  43,115.86

  Ealing

  5.66

  East Lowlands

  717.44

  East Nottinghamshire

  ERR

  East Sussex

  30,048.11

  Essex South East

  0.03

  Essex South West

  29,285.27

  Euston

  0.45

  Fife

  6.27

  Forth Valley

  4.44

  Fulham

  7,840.92

  Glamorgan South

  267.75

  Glasgow South West

  4.16

  Glasgow Anniesland

  793.29

  Glasgow City

  19.06

  Glasgow East

  36,609.38

  Glasgow Laurieston

  21,562.21

  Gloucester

  695.23

  Grampian and Shetland

  6,941.18

  Gwent North and Brecon

  18,388.03

  Gwyneddigion

  48,448.43

  Hackney and Islington

  326.20

  Halifax

  7.53

  Hampshire North

  2,705.83

  Harrow and Hillingdon

  9,225.05

  Hereford and Worcester

  38,173.56

  Highlands and Islands

  1,568.24

  Hounslow and Kingston

  328.92

  Hull

  7.29

  Irvine

  19,842.47

  Kent North

  23.59

  Kirkless

  0.17

  Knowsley

  683.35

  Lancaster

  4.80

  Lea Roding

  3.69

  Leaside

  88,016.32

  Leeds North

  16,598.45

  Leeds South

  102.89

  Leicestershire North

  14,097.96

  Lewisham and Brixton

  2,507.33

  Lincolnshire

  79,420.49

  Liverpool Central

  26,615.54

  Liverpool North

  15.32

  Liverpool South

  17.64

  Lomond and Argyll

  323.11

  London Central

  1,833.64

  611

  District name

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Lothian Central

  0.01

  Lothian West

  34.10

  Manchester Central

  19.08

  Manchester North

  26.21

  Mid Wales and Maelor

  29,122.79

  Motherwell

  19,828.19

  Neasden

  13,240.09

  Newcastle Upon Tyne

  31.84

  Newham

  0.00

  North and East Hertfordshire

  8,039.58

  North Essex

  643.04

  North Staffordshire

  0.61

  North Tyneside

  9,362.08

  North Wales Coast

  38,885.54

  North Yorkshire

  20,295.92

  Northamptonshire

  19,076.49

  Northumberland

  86.11

  Norwich

  5,032.41

  Nottinghamshire North

  8,139.65

  Nottinghamshire West

  6,796.07

  Ogwr Afan Nedd

  2.57

  Oldham

  0.78

  Oxfordshire

  5.23

  Preston

  4.17

  Renfrew

  3,741.82

  Rother and Dearne

  382.79

  South East Hants and Isle of Wight

  32.30

  Salford

  11,398.31

  Sandwell

  6.29

  Sefton

  5,513.37

  Sheffield East

  968.23

  Sheffield West

  30,085.84

  Shettleston

  36,609.38

  Shropshire

  0.07

  Solent and Forest

  13,319.57

  Somerset

  7,525.54

  South Cheshire

  1,279.10

  South Devon

  50,434.58

  South Downs

  6,556.07

  South Gwent and Islwyn

  1.87

  South Humberside

  3.49

  South Leicestershire

  0.01

  South Manchester

  37.41

  South West Lanes

  0.00

  South West Scotland

  30,910.15

  South West Thames

  1.36

  Springburn

  3.86

  Stockport

  250.39

  Suffolk

  1.78

  Surrey Downs

  7,892.43

  Surrey North

  5,346.64

  Swansea

  28.23

  Taff Rhondda

  6.89

  Tameside

  26.39

  Tayside

  5.94

  Tees North

  3,471.36

  Tees South

  1.59

  Thameside

  10,515.41

  Tyneside

  20,066.67

  Wakefield

  612.67

  Wales West

  470.33

  Walsall

  0.00

  Warwickshire

  4,456.30

  Wearside

  3,785.11

  West Herts

  8,838.76

  West Kent

  8,482.97

  West Lincolnshire

  34.15

  West Pennine

  87.70

  West Sussex

  1,408.21

  Wigan and Leigh

  81.93

  Wiltshire

  0.00

  Wirral

  140.19

  Wolverhampton

  32,737.21

  612

  District name

  Total (1990–91 prices)

  Worcestershire North

  40,511.15

  Yorkshire East

  9.25

  TOTAL

  1,333,943.95

  Percentage of gross expenditure

  0.42

  Mrs. Ewing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the(a) total number and (b) percentage of eligible applicants who have been awarded a social fund loan in each year since its introduction; and if he will provide a breakdown by (a) region and (b) DSS office.

  Mr. Scott
  [holding answer 17 June 1992]: Such information as is available is in the tables. For 1988–89 and 1989–90 only regional summaries are available.

  Region

  Number of awards

  Percentage of eligible applicants awarded a loan

  1988–89

  Wales and SW

  101,631

  91.94

  Scotland

  165,019

  89.70

  Midlands

  125,850

  93.80

  North West

  150,963

  88.30

  North East

  163,410

  88.30

  London North

  93,844

  97.40

  London South

  78,692

  97.70

  1989–90

  Wales and SW

  114,390

  88.10

  Scotland

  192,067

  86.90

  Midlands

  138,704

  90.00

  North West

  172,924

  86.10

  North East

  190,315

  85.10

  London North

  115,873

  92.10

  London South

  102,907

  92.60

  The 1990–91 information for DSS local offices and 1991–92 information for
  Benefits Agency districts is in the tables.

  1990–91 Percentage awards of eligible
  applicants

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Aberdare

  1,905

  88.11285846

  Aberdeen North ILO

  3,270

  91.8797415

  Aberdeen South

  2,592

  94.04934688

  Abertillery

  803

  73.06642402

  Aberystwyth

  1,001

  95.51526718

  Accrington

  1,224

  91.82295574

  Airdrie Local Office

  5,337

  95.88573482

  Aldershot

  830

  89.92416035

  Ammanford

  813

  91.76072235

  Andover

  1,042

  87.05096074

  Anglesey

  1,457

  84.31712963

  Arbroath

  1,213

  85.78500707

  Ashford

  1,516

  88.44807468

  Ashington ILO

  2,315

  95.66115702

  Ashton-under-Lyne

  2,114

  84.3575419

  Aylesbury

  927

  88.36987607

  Ayr

  5,900

  84.15347311

  Banbury

  913

  83.45521024

  Bargoed

  1,542

  75.99802859

  Barking

  1,601

  79.69138875

  Barnet

  646

  90.73033708

  Barnsley East

  3,567

  91.62599538

  Barnsley West BO

  2,256

  95.14972585

  Barnstaple

  1,409

  84.77737665

  Barrow in Furness

  1,298

  87.17259906

  Barry

  1,774

  78.7394585

  Basildon

  3,389

  97.44105808

  613

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Basingstoke

  673

  82.4754902

  Bath

  2,478

  91.40538547

  Bathgate

  5,505

  90.02452984

  Bedford

  1,824

  92.63585576

  Bellshill Area Office

  2,950

  89.09694956

  Berwick on Tweed

  328

  87.70053476

  Birkenhead North

  6,363

  84.51321557

  Birkenhead South

  2,721

  84.52935694

  Birmingham Edgbaston

  3,261

  89.90901572

  Birmingham Erdington

  3,831

  91.34477825

  Birmingham Handsworth

  4,702

  92.86984002

  Birmingham Ladywood

  2,954

  88.89557629

  Birmingham Northfield

  3,389

  90.44568989

  Birmingham Perry Barr

  2,647

  88.0572189

  Birmingham Ravenhurst ILO

  2,836

  89.07035176

  Birmingham South Yardley ILO

  3,155

  87.66323979

  Birmingham Sparkhill ILO

  958

  90.8056872

  Birmingham Washwood Heath

  2,501

  87.05186216

  Bishop Auckland ILO

  3,475

  82.93556086

  Blackburn

  3,002

  90.23143974

  Blackpool North

  3,230

  90.4508541

  Blackpool South

  1,054

  94.86948695

  Blackwood

  872

  80.96564531

  Blylh

  2,159

  81.25705683

  Bognor Regis

  1,320

  90.34907598

  Bolton

  5,532

  92.5083612

  Boston ILO

  799

  84.1938883

  Bournemouth

  3,788

  92.57086999

  Bracknell

  1,281

  93.2993445

  Bradford East

  4,644

  87.8214826

  Bradford South

  3,522

  85.46469304

  Bradford West

  3,700

  90.06815969

  Braintree

  1,228

  92.67924528

  Bridgend

  2,007

  81.3538711

  Bridgwater

  1,681

  92.10958904

  Bridlington

  1,355

  87.41935484

  Brighton ILO

  5,495

  92.43061396

  Bristol Central

  2,490

  85.36167295

  Bristol East

  2,832

  91.97791491

  Bristol Horfield

  1,517

  89.76331361

  Bristol South

  3,474

  89.6516129

  Bristol West

  1,257

  93.45724907

  Bromley

  1,186

  92.80125196

  Burnley

  3,181

  85.35014757

  Burton

  1,013

  92.51141553

  Bury

  1,624

  93,33333333

  Bury St. Edmunds

  1,704

  93,47229841

  Buxton

  494

  90.80882353

  1990–91 Percentage awards of eligible
  applicants

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Caernarfon

  1,450

  84.54810496

  Caerphilly

  2,565

  86.94915254

  Cambridge

  2,212

  94.77292202

  Campbeltown

  440

  85.9375

  Cannock ILO

  1,310

  93.23843416

  Canterbury

  1,875

  90.66731141

  Cardiff Central

  2,304

  87.57126568

  Cardiff East

  3,815

  77.10185934

  Cardiff West

  5,025

  88.28179902

  Carlisle

  2,145

  86.94770977

  Carmarthen

  924

  88.16793893

  Castleford ILO

  1,448

  86.5511058

  Chatham

  1,914

  91.18627918

  Chelmsford

  788

  93.58669834

  Cheltenham

  1,075

  84.37990581

  Chester

  2,391

  89.01712584

  Chester le Street

  1,295

  82.32676414

  Chesterfield

  4,108

  93.19419238

  Chichester

  646

  96.27421759

  Chippenham

  1,086

  82.8375286

  Clacton-on-sea

  1,486

  93.81313131

  Clydebank ILO

  3,367

  89.85855351

  Coatbridge

  2,914

  90.6940554

  Colchester

  1,967

  89.04481666

  Colwyn Bay

  1,327

  86.16883117

  614

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Corby

  1,093

  90.93178037

  Coventry East

  6,474

  88.28583117

  Coventry West

  3,019

  96.29984051

  Cowdenbeath ILO

  1,933

  90.36933146

  Crawley.

  1,372

  90.20381328

  Crewe

  2,083

  84.91642886

  Croydon

  2,106

  82.75049116

  Crystal Palace

  2,245

  93.58065861

  Cumbernauld

  3,730

  91.13119961

  Cwmbran

  2,603

  84.70549951

  Darlington

  3,295

  86.2565445

  Dartford

  1,122

  90.77669903

  Deeside

  1,024

  87.29752771

  Derby Becket St, ILO

  2,638

  88.31603616

  Derby Heritage Gate

  1,267

  97.23714505

  Derby London Road

  3,106

  93.13343328

  Dewsbury ILO

  2,755

  84.3797856

  Diss ILO

  292

  93.89067524

  Doncaster East

  3,325

  88.66666667

  Doncaster West

  2,410

  96.05420486

  Dover

  1,560

  91.01516919

  Dudley North

  2,731

  89.54098361

  Dudley South

  1,496

  92.5170068

  Dumbarton ILO

  3,625

  87.244284

  Dumfries ILO

  1,597

  83.78803778

  Dundee East

  3,159

  85.28617711

  Dundee West

  3,422

  84.76591528

  Dunfermline

  2,370

  86.24454148

  Dunstable

  770

  94.3627451

  Durham ILO

  1,329

  85.96377749

  1990–91 Percentage awards of eligible
  applicants

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  East Kilbride ILO

  1,550

  90.80257762

  Eastbourne

  1,009

  96.18684461

  Ebbw Vale

  1,404

  87.58577667

  Edgware

  1,488

  80.91353997

  Edinburgh (East) ILO

  3,816

  86.7864453

  Edinburgh City

  5,018

  94.11102776

  Edinburgh North

  3,600

  90.52049283

  Edinburgh South

  2,956

  88.95576286

  Edinburgh West

  3,348

  92.02858714

  Elgin ILO

  2,103

  92.11563732

  Ellesmere Port

  1,309

  87.73458445

  Epsom

  329

  98.50299401

  Eston

  2,228

  79.77085571

  Euston Do

  4,812

  86.54676259

  Exeter

  3,402

  94.2121296

  Falkirk

  4,259

  82.41099071

  Fareham

  1,580

  89.61996597

  Farnworth

  1,432

  82.77456647

  Folkestone

  1,097

  88.61066236

  Fort William

  372

  89.42307692

  Fulham Do

  1,113

  94.5624469

  Galashiels

  1,620

  91.83673469

  Gateshead

  4,523

  87.08124759

  Glasgow Anniesland ILO

  5,225

  86.95290398

  Glasgow Bridgeton

  4,819

  83.47479647

  Glasgow City ILO

  4,227

  87.49741254

  Glasgow Craigton ILO

  5,896

  95.6676943

  Glasgow Cranslonhill

  2,668

  88.72630529

  Glasgow Laurieston

  5,373

  95.94642857

  Glasgow Maryhill

  4,756

  94.70330546

  Glasgow Partick ILO

  2,914

  90.89207735

  Glasgow Provan ILO

  9,377

  87.72569932

  Glasgow Rutherglen

  8,174

  88.3866782

  Glasgow Shettleston

  5,289

  91.14251249

  Glasgow South-Side ILO

  7,054

  84.34772211

  Glasgow Springburn

  8,424

  88.61771513

  Gloucester

  2,163

  94.28945074

  Goole ILO

  792

  90.82568807

  Grantham

  844

  96.45714286

  Gravesend

  970

  87.7034358

  Grays

  2,028

  94.23791822

  Great Yarmouth

  1,773

  81.36759982

  Greenock ILO

  4,881

  87.17628148

  615

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Grimsby

  4,144

  81.8487063

  Guildford

  1,119

  95.23404255

  1990–91 Percentage awards of eligible
  applicants

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Halifax

  3,348

  87.11943794

  Hamilton ILO

  5,969

  91.31099893

  Harlow

  1,457

  91.63522013

  Harrogate

  993

  96.12778316

  Harrow

  1,093

  88.3589329

  Hartlepool

  2,755

  79.53233256

  Hastings

  2,183

  92.03204047

  Havant

  1,644

  90.72847682

  Haverfordwest

  1,428

  88.42105263

  Hemel Hempstead ILO

  887

  99.3281075

  Hemsworth ILO

  1,433

  82.78451762

  Hereford ILO

  1,651

  97.92408066

  Hertford

  1,592

  93.53701528

  Hexham

  336

  95.45454545

  High Wycombe

  1,085

  92.34042553

  Houghton le Spring

  1,449

  81.63380282

  Hounslow

  2,860

  92.16886884

  Hove

  1,474

  91.26934985

  Huddersfield ILO

  4,157

  88.84377004

  Hull East ILO

  5,517

  89.7510981

  Hull West

  5,442

  85.17764908

  Hyde

  3,108

  89.93055556

  Ilford

  1,479

  98.20717131

  Ilkeston

  2,090

  90.20284851

  Inverness

  3,127

  90.95404305

  Ipswich

  3,022

  88.83009994

  Irvine

  3,896

  85.94749614

  Isle of Wight

  1,703

  90.48884166

  Jarrow ILO

  2,976

  87.8135143!

  Johnstone

  2,080

  81.34532655

  Keighley ILO

  2,111

  90.56199056

  Kendal

  408

  96.45390071

  Kidderminster

  1,641

  93.9862543

  Kilmarnock ILO

  2,801

  86.55747837

  King's Lynn

  2,382

  89.54887218

  Kingston

  958

  95.99198397

  Kirkcaldy ILO

  2,963

  88.31594635

  1990–91 Percentage awards of eligible
  applicants

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Lancaster

  2,827

  89.71754998

  Launceston

  739

  92.49061327

  Leamington Spa ILO

  1,546

  88.44393593

  Leeds East ILO

  4,544

  88.1645324

  Leeds North ILO

  5,024

  92.2850845

  Leeds North West

  3,643

  91.41781681

  Leeds South

  1,972

  85.62744247

  Leeds West

  1,971

  86.63736264

  Leicester Burleys Way

  1,685

  92.07650273

  Leicester Lower Hill Street

  2,251

  88.032851

  Leicester Norton Street

  3,024

  92.87469287

  Leicester (Yeoman) Street

  3,617

  95.10912438

  Leigh

  1,551

  85.92797784

  Lerwick ILO

  275

  94.50171821

  Leven ILO

  1,588

  76.56702025

  Lewes

  871

  96.13686534

  Lichfield

  1,618

  92.24629418

  Lincoln Newland

  2,434

  92.05748865

  Lincoln Orchard Street

  2,669

  89.5036888

  Liverpool City

  3,583

  95.49573561

  Liverpool Bootle

  4,060

  86.67805295

  Liverpool Breckfield ILO

  4,858

  86.27242053

  Liverpool Crosby

  2,785

  86.08964451

  Liverpool Edgehill

  5,435

  85.7661354

  Liverpool Garston

  1,936

  82.45315162

  Liverpool Huyton

  5,109

  90.8751334

  Liverpool Kirkby

  4,997

  84.68056262

  Liverpool Norris Green

  2,630

  83.65139949

  Liverpool Toxteth

  6,766

  88.96778435

  Liverpool West Derby

  1,278

  85.54216867

  616

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Liverpool (Belle) Vale ILO

  2,884

  84.77366255

  Llanelli

  2,223

  83.07174888

  London Plaistow

  1,906

  88.65116279

  London Balham

  2,869

  97.22128092

  London Battersea

  2,148

  92.78617711

  London Bloomsbury

  959

  100

  London Brixton

  978

  91.83098592

  London Camberwell

  2,224

  95.61478934

  London Canning Town

  1,724

  85.05180069

  London City

  396

  95.88377724

  London Cricklewood

  1,521

  92.74390244

  London Ealing

  6,501

  85.65217391

  London Edmonton

  2,862

  91.49616368

  London Hackney

  2,714

  91.87542316

  London Harlesden

  2,000

  91.15770283

  London Hendon

  1,354

  82.21007893

  London Hoxton ILO

  2,092

  90.87749783

  London Kennington Park

  2,243

  86.6023166

  London Lewisham

  3,338

  90.97846825

  London Leytonstone

  1,862

  94.18310572

  London Peckham

  2,106

  85.8190709

  London Poplar

  2,168

  77.04335466

  London Shoreditch

  2,316

  90.29239766

  London Southwark

  2,565

  88.29604131

  London Stepney

  1,290

  87.04453441

  London Stoke Newington

  1,655

  94.95123351

  London Streatham

  2,033

  95.85101367

  London Thames North

  819

  91.40625

  London Thames South

  803

  98.52760736

  London Tottenham

  4,456

  91.10611327

  London Walthamstow

  1,738

  85.07097406

  London Wandsworth

  1,136

  88.0620155

  London Westminster

  1,028

  94.39853076

  London Wimbledon

  1,116

  90.07263923

  London Wood Green

  1,744

  77.78768956

  London Woodgrange Park

  2,190

  89.71732896

  London Woolwich

  3,846

  86.11733094

  Loughborough

  1,245

  93.25842697

  Lowestoft

  1,941

  98.22874494

  Luton

  2,037

  79.16828605

  1990–91 Percentage awards of eligible
  applicants

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Macclesfield

  934

  94.05840886

  Maidstone

  1,601

  83.29864724

  Manchester Cheetham

  2,856

  79.97759731

  Manchester Middleton

  2,237

  85.25152439

  Manchester Central

  1,702

  92.24932249

  Manchester Chorlton

  2,794

  91.21776037

  Manchester Failsworth

  4,774

  92.69902913

  Manchester Longsight

  3,604

  93.95203337

  Manchester Openshaw

  3,465

  88.1006865

  Manchester Rusholme

  3,366

  97.59350536

  Manchester Sale

  1,612

  87.56110809

  Manchester Wythenshawe

  6,642

  89.62353259

  Mansfield

  2,843

  91.35604113

  Merthyr Tydfil

  2,069

  78.2526475

  Middlesbrough

  6,881

  80.08612663

  Milton Keynes

  3,706

  95.36798765

  Mitcham

  898

  76.62116041

  Morriston

  1,870

  83.51942832

  Motherwell ILO

  4,181

  89.5672665

  Neasden ILO

  2,106

  91.20831529

  Neath

  1,151

  75.67389875

  New Forest

  1,114

  93.53484467

  New Malden

  408

  91.68539326

  Newbury

  1,306

  94.84386347

  Newcastle (Staffs)

  1,750

  88.07247106

  Newcastle East

  2,821

  82.84875184

  Newcastle St. James

  3,420

  84.59065051

  Newcastle upon Tyne West

  3,445

  73.18886764

  Newport Gwent

  4,377

  91.16850656

  Newtown

  975

  93.21223709

  North Shields ILO

  2,493

  84.16610398

  Northallerton

  397

  87.83185841

  Northampton

  2,051

  87.12829227

  617

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Northwich

  2,573

  96.875

  Norwich Chantry

  2,459

  93.74761723

  Norwich Mountergate

  2,603

  93.53215954

  Nottingham Castle Gate

  2,439

  80.38892551

  Nottingham David Lane

  3,005

  91.56002438

  Nottingham Shakespeare St

  3,431

  87.28059018

  Nottingham Station St ILO

  2,387

  89.53488372

  Nuneaton

  2,015

  88.53251318

  1990–91 Percentage awards of eligible
  applicants

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Oban ILO

  328

  86.54353562

  Oldham

  3,310

  89.55627706

  Orpington

  766

  86.65158371

  Oxford

  3,433

  93.51675293

  Paisley ILO

  6,109

  85.01252435

  Pembroke Dock

  1,079

  88.51517637

  Penrith

  333

  95.68965517

  Penzance

  1,079

  91.82978723

  Perth

  2,198

  88.23765556

  Peterborough

  5,826

  93.75603476

  Peterhead ILO

  1,337

  92.01651755

  Peterlee

  1,995

  77.71717959

  Plymouth

  4,938

  93.80699088

  Plymouth Crownhill

  3,362

  82.2407045

  Pontefract ILO

  1,608

  84.27672956

  Pontypridd

  1,692

  91.31138694

  Poole

  1,727

  94.3715847

  Port Glasgow

  2,437

  89.56266079

  Port Talbot

  1,111

  81.27286028

  Porth

  836

  86.7219917

  Porthmadog

  467

  89.46360153

  Portsmouth North

  1,159

  79.71114168

  Portsmouth South

  3,033

  91.85342217

  Preston North

  2,713

  83.27194598

  Preston South

  1,908

  94.08284024

  Reading

  2,520

  96.21993127

  Redcar ILO

  1,864

  79.65811966

  Redditch

  871

  88.51626016

  Redhill

  1,334

  94.81165601

  Rhyl

  2,206

  80.89475614

  Rochdale

  3,275

  87.0790481

  Romford

  1,655

  93.02979202

  Rossendale

  967

  93.33976834

  Rotherham North

  1,308

  82.00626959

  Rotherham South

  4,068

  85.6962292

  Rugby

  771

  93.79562044

  1990–91 Percentage awards of eligible
  applicants

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  South East Thameside DO Bexley

  2,586

  92.98813376

  Salford North

  3,589

  88.96876549

  Salford South

  2,046

  83.5443038

  Salisbury

  1,727

  92.35294118

  Scarborough ILO

  1,816

  85.21820741

  Scunthorpe ILO

  2,672

  90.27027027

  Seaham

  1,152

  75.59055118

  Sheffield North East ILO

  7,528

  89.80078731

  Sheffield North East

  5,164

  86.45571739

  Sheffield South West

  4,812

  83.02277433

  Sheffield South West ILO

  4,774

  99.91628296

  Shrewsbury

  1,911

  97.94976935

  Sittingbourne

  1,539

  86.46067416

  Skegness

  558

  93.31103679

  Skelmersdale

  3,362

  88.63696283

  Skipton

  514

  92.11469534

  Slough

  1,367

  90.05270092

  Smethwick

  2,650

  91.31633356

  South Shields

  4,274

  81.50266972

  Southampton

  4,489

  87.0467326

  Southend on Sea

  1,614

  84.99210111

  Southport ILO

  784

  95.96083231

  St. Albans

  1,366

  94.92703266

  St. Helens

  3,890

  82.2410148

  618

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  St. Austell

  2,508

  91.83449286

  Stafford

  799

  94.55621302

  Stanley ILO

  2,719

  87.93661061

  Stevenage

  1,135

  90.15091342

  Stirling

  2,922

  87.24992535

  Stockport North

  2,951

  95.37815126

  Stockport South

  2,723

  93.09401709

  Stockton

  5,158

  83.7201753

  Stoke on Trent North ILO

  2,955

  89.11338963

  Stoke on Trent South

  2,558

  86.41891892

  Stornoway

  672

  96.69064748

  Stranraer

  1,061

  78.01470588

  Stroud

  1,098

  87.14285714

  Sunderland North

  5,980

  81.43810432

  Sunderland South

  4,367

  82.39622642

  Sutton

  578

  85.75667656

  Sutton in Ashfield ILO

  1,467

  86.70212766

  Swansea

  3,350

  86.16255144

  Swindon

  3,072

  86.58399098

  Office name

  Awards

  Per cent.

  Taunton

  2,029

  93.24448529

  Telford

  3,267

  87.77538958

  Thanet

  3,382

  91.01184069

  Tonypandy

  1,673

  85.53169734

  Torbay

  2,705

  87.73921505

  Trowbridge

  962

  93.30746848

  Truro

  1,960

  96.36184857

  Tunbridge Wells

  998

  96.42512077

  Twickenham

  375

  100

  Uxbridge ILO

  2,142

  88.99044454

  Wakefield

  2,462

  93.18697956

  Wallasey

  2,105

  94.8625507

  Wallsend ILO

  1,999

  86.0525183

  Walsall East

  2,304

  85.68240982

  Walsall West

  2,769

  89.23622301

  Warrington

  3,341

  89.81182796

  Watford

  1,138

  90.53301512

  Wath on Dearne

  2,336

  87.58905137

  Wellingborough ILO

  2,626

  91.56206416

  West Bromwich ILO

  3,160

  85.72978839

  Weston-Super-Mare

  958

  94.10609037

  Weymouth

  1,721

  91.01004759

  Whitehaven

  775

  79.8146241

  Wick

  854

  84.72222222

  Widnes

  4,765

  87.72091311

  Wigan

  3,541

  90.10178117

  Wilmslow

  700

  93.08510638

  Winchester

  1,082

  94.74605954

  Woking

  1,418

  94.91298527

  Wolverhampton North ILO

  3,843

  90.33850494

  Wolverhampton South

  3,617

  99.20460779

  Worcester

  2,058

  94.79502533

  Workington

  676

  56.28642798

  Worksop

  1,581

  82.08722741

  Worthing

  1,355

  92.61790841

  Wrexham

  2,878

  80.5034965

  Yeovil

  986

  90.37580202

  York

  3,295

  93.42217182

  1991–92 Percentage awards of eligible
  applicants

  District

  Awards

  Percentage

  Bankside

  6,790

  87.692109

  Barking and Havering DO

  3,971

  84.11353527

  Barnet

  4,384

  86.64031621

  Barnsley DMU

  6,468

  90.89376054

  Bedfordshire

  6,616

  86.12340536

  Berkshire DO

  8,919

  93.38289184

  Birmingham Chamberlain

  7,735

  90.34104181

  Birmingham Heartlands

  6,670

  84.4624541

  Birmingham North West

  8,050

  89.5140665

  Birmingham South East

  4,353

  84.40954043

  Birmingham South West

  7,371

  87.98042492

  Blackburn and Accrington

  4,850

  87.43464936

  Blackpool DO

  6,127

  93.84285495

  619

  District

  Awards

  Percentage

  Bolton DO

  7,638

  90.66951567

  Bradford DM

  14,086

  88.88748659

  Bristol Severnside

  10,221

  91.14499732

  Brunel DO

  8,156

  94.36538239

  Burnley/Pendle/Rossendale

  4,929

  86.58001054

  Cambridgeshire

  8,375

  92.02285463

  Canterbury and Thanet

  6,545

  94.29477021

  Central Derbyshire

  8,346

  90.62873276

  Channel

  6,780

  93.40129494

  Cheshire East

  3,809

  92.60880136

  Cheshire North W and Cen A

  9,868

  87.42801453

  City East

  4,207

  85.1964358

  Clyde Coast and Cowal

  7,836

  82.05235602

  Coatbridge

  11,287

  83.90573892

  Cornwall

  8,028

  94.53603391

  Coventry DO

  11,479

  89.77086103

  Cumbria North

  5,113

  90.80092346

  Cynon Merthyr Rhymnney Val

  8,689

  75.32726485

  Derbyshire North

  5,223

  95.13661202

  Derbyshire South District

  5,609

  91.99606364

  Doncaster DMU

  7,963

  83.5396559

  Dorset

  9,664

  92.63803681

  Durham North

  9,184

  79.40515303

  Durham South

  7,739

  79.890575

  East Lowlands

  9,783

  82.54999578

  East Sussex

  3,909

  91.58856607

  Essex South East

  2,791

  87.35524257

  Essex South West

  8,083

  92.55696782

  Euston DO

  11,924

  91.75130809

  Exeter and North Devon District

  5,649

  88.05923617

  Fife

  9,092

  78.66412874

  Forth Valley District

  7,379

  82.26309922

  Fulham DO

  14,543

  87.92623942

  Glamorgan South

  14,678

  84.38542026

  Glasgow (South-West) District

  13,544

  87.90809372

  Glasgow Anniesland

  8,421

  85.18106413

  Glasgow City District

  12,062

  88.4246023

  Glasgow Lauricston

  16,392

  87.26111259

  Gloucester

  5,939

  85.07377176

  Grampian and Shetland

  7,934

  90.37475795

  Gwent North and Brecon DO

  5,671

  84.6670648

  Gwyneddigion

  6,007

  90.82249773

  Hackney and Islington

  10,230

  89.73684211

  Halifax

  8,464

  89.87046082

  Hampshire North

  4,685

  90.63648675

  Harrow and Hillingdon DO

  3,339

  89.61352657

  Hereford and Worcester DO

  4,240

  90.88960343

  Highlands and Islands

  8,373

  92.18319938

  Hordan House, Wirral DO

  15,427

  86.19880427

  Hounslow and Kingston DO

  5,962

  90.87029416

  Hull East

  13,581

  85.69535588

  Irvine DO

  7,331

  81.45555556

  Kent-North Based

  9,004

  87.29035385

  Kirklees MDU

  9,571

  89.96146254

  Knowsley DO

  11,712

  87.03277105

  Lancaster

  5,933

  91.81367998

  Lea-Roding DO

  6,678

  88.52067869

  Leaside DO

  8,629

  91.49612978

  Leeds North

  9,655

  89.75550804

  Leeds South

  9,354

  83.94507763

  Leicester South DO

  8,073

  91.95808179

  Leicestershire North DO

  5,948

  91 14311983

  Lewisham and Brixton DO

  11,064

  89.11800242

  Lincolnshire East

  4,067

  89.05189402

  Liverpool Central

  11,065

  88.83269107

  Liverpool North District O

  11,242

  88.08964112

  Liverpool South

  12,921

  85.9223301

  Lomond and Argyll

  6,965

  82.24111465

  London Central District OFF

  3,105

  90.41933605

  London Ealing

  6,935

  85.58558559

  London Newham District OFF

  7,625

  88.98354534

  Lothian Central

  9,819

  90.84096586

  Lothian West Do

  9,216

  81.76011356

  Manchester Central District

  9,251

  89.08898305

  620

  District

  Awards

  Percentage

  Manchester North

  5,421

  85.91125198

  Mid Wales and Maelor

  4,780

  86.87749909

  Motherwell District

  11,613

  86.22661123

  Neasden District OFF

  7,551

  91.64947202

  Newcastle Upon Tyne District

  11,981

  80.37702938

  North and East Herts DO

  3,217

  92.68222414

  North Essex District

  5,417

  91.0267182

  North Stalls District OFF

  9,603

  90.37267081

  North Tees

  8,497

  73.52890273

  North Tyneside District

  4,949

  82.53835891

  North Wales Coast

  5,792

  88.17171563

  North Yorkshire

  5,781

  93.72568093

  Northamptonshire

  6,763

  85.03709292

  Northumberland

  6,494

  89.19104519

  Norwich

  8,527

  87.14358712

  Nottinghamshire East

  6,681

  87.13968958

  Nottinghamshire North

  7,361

  88.2296536

  Nottinghamshire West DO

  8,654

  85.14364423

  Ogwr Afan Nedd

  5,615

  80.58266361

  Oldham DO

  9,763

  89.85734008

  Oxfordshire

  6,762

  92.26361032

  Paisley DO

  9,148

  86.17181613

  Preston DO

  5,686

  92.92368034

  Rotherham South ILO

  8,281

  83.51991931

  S.E. Hants and Wight DO

  11,273

  89.46825397

  Salford

  6,703

  90.92512208

  Sandwell DO

  7359

  88.6626506

  Sefton DO

  10,656

  87.30132722

  Sheffield East

  14,501

  88.96319018

  Sheffield West

  11,387

  90.47354203

  Shettleston

  19,224

  82.48165787

  Shropshire DO

  6,130

  90.34635225

  Solent and forest

  9,625

  89.85250187

  Somerset

  6,000

  94.10288582

  South Cheshire

  11,557

  89.74916518

  South Devon

  15,237

  88.2434702

  South Downs

  9,868

  93.1822474

  South Gwent and Islwyn

  7,185

  86.4412897

  South Humberside

  9,047

  84.18946585

  South Manchester

  15,627

  92.14033019

  South Tees

  12,462

  79.46690473

  South West Lanes

  8,108

  86.11789697

  South West Thames

  9,580

  89.51597832

  Springburn DO

  12,879

  83.07960263

  Staffordshire Central DO

  4,797

  90.74914869

  Stockport

  6,560

  95.40430483

  Suffolk DO

  7,623

  92.08746074

  Surrey Downs DO

  5,045

  92.79014162

  Surrey North

  6,586

  84.31698886

  SW Scotland District

  8,013

  80.25841346

  Swansea

  5,606

  80.76646016

  Taff Rhondda DO

  4,928

  83.56791589

  Tameside DO

  6,748

  87.62498377

  Tayside DO

  10,950

  80.42600073

  Thameside

  7,943

  86.86570429

  Tyneside South

  15,177

  84.03189192

  Wakefield DO

  8,420

  85.83953512

  Wales West

  7,290

  85.33302119

  Walsall District

  7,150

  86.7929109

  Warwickshire District

  5,191

  92.00638072

  Wearside

  13,719

  80.91418461

  West Herts DO

  4,381

  93.59111301

  West Kent District

  4,974

  89.75099242

  West Lincolnshire

  7,613

  92.01111917

  West Pennine

  8,784

  88.74520105

  West Sussex

  7,122

  91.89677419

  Wigan and Leigh District

  5,985

  86.45096057

  Wiltshire

  9,122

  90.98344305

  Wolverhampton

  8,999

  93.84711649

  Worcestershire North

  6,766

  89.32013201

  Yorkshire East

  5,136

  90.16853933

SCOTLAND

  Housing Expenditure
  Mr. Welsh
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total public expenditure on housing expressed in(a) cash terms, (b) at 1990–91 prices and (c) as a percentage of total Scottish Office expenditure for each year since 1979 inclusive; and if he will provide a breakdown by local authority.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  [holding answer 17 June 1992]: The information is in the tables. Table 1 provides details of the total gross public expenditure on housing which lies within the responsibility of my right hon. Friend; tables 2 and 3 provide details of capital expenditure on housing by local authorities in each year since 1979. expressed in cash terms and at 1990–91 prices, using GDP deflators.

  Table 1

  Column 1 (£ million)

  Column 2 (£ million)

  Column 3 (per cent.)

  1979–80

  773

  1,677

  17

  1980–81

  855

  1,568

  16

  1981–82

  923

  1,544

  16

  1982–83

  870

  1,358

  13

  1983–84

  962

  1,435

  14

  Table 2

  Housing capital expenditure by local authority (cash terms)

  £ million

  Authority

  1979–80

  1980–81

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1989–90

  1990–91

  1991–921

  Borders

  Berwickshire

  0.832

  0.957

  1.068

  1.225

  1.731

  1.182

  1.384

  1.169

  1.337

  1.579

  1.337

  1.419

  1.384

  Ettrick and Lauderdale

  0.851

  0.737

  1.222

  1.395

  2.147

  1.421

  1.327

  1.668

  2.179

  2.733

  2.692

  2.536

  2.447

  Roxburgh

  2.497

  2.603

  2.605

  4.473

  4.807

  3.674

  2.860

  3.373

  4.454

  4.594

  4.989

  4.765

  4.010

  Tweeddale

  0.596

  0.712

  0.475

  0.261

  0.661

  0.516

  0.426

  0.934

  1.459

  0.767

  0.714

  0.873

  0.952

  Central

  Clackmannan

  2.688

  2.410

  2.165

  2.744

  3.444

  2.056

  2.207

  2.881

  5.738

  6.633

  5.766

  4.983

  4.811

  Falkirk

  5.085

  5.034

  5.819

  9.426

  11.790

  10.110

  10.842

  12.746

  16.990

  20.448

  15.105

  16.745

  19.011

  Stirling

  4.367

  5.157

  4.960

  5.312

  5.285

  5.121

  5.969

  7.085

  8.754

  9.159

  9.714

  8.813

  9.302

  Dumfries and Galloway

  Annandale and Eskdale

  3.158

  3.707

  3.922

  4.516

  4.700

  3.623

  2.811

  3.271

  4.239

  3.832

  4.807

  4.711

  3.913

  Nithsdale

  2.118

  2.056

  2.168

  3.249

  3.970

  3.001

  3.631

  5.200

  6.460

  7.355

  7.164

  6.714

  6.214

  Stewartry

  1.311

  1.278

  1.560

  1.576

  1.954

  1.565

  1.682

  1.698

  1.976

  2.202

  2.229

  1.887

  2.144

  Wigtown

  1.547

  1.542

  1.889

  2.072

  3.930

  2.253

  2.614

  3.209

  3.933

  3.954

  3.698

  3.961

  3.941

  Fife

  Dunfermline

  4.951

  4.257

  5.453

  7.037

  7.949

  7.978

  8.928

  9.622

  14.627

  13.019

  11.244

  10.836

  11.143

  Kirkcaldy

  5.712

  5.875

  8.731

  11.237

  10.431

  8.010

  8.816

  9.339

  13.421

  14.165

  13.742

  13.227

  11.668

  North East Fife

  3.279

  2.960

  2.678

  4.010

  5.592

  4.629

  4.641

  6.553

  5.914

  5.262

  5.266

  5.833

  4.971

  Grampian

  Aberdeen

  15.678

  14.618

  13.418

  10.162

  19.144

  19.334

  15.177

  19.269

  23.680

  0.000

  19.457

  19.096

  21.192

  Banff and Buchan

  4.867

  5.258

  4.412

  5.148

  5.824

  5.712

  5.327

  5.418

  5.602

  5.416

  5.139

  5.112

  6.110

  Gordon

  1.688

  2.338

  3.777

  6.023

  7.897

  4.856

  6.892

  7.339

  8.500

  8.619

  8.890

  8.266

  8.307

  Kincardine and Deeside

  0.838

  1.212

  1.884

  2.913

  4.063

  3.732

  4.330

  4.235

  5.212

  4.504

  4.803

  6.566

  5.090

  Moray

  6.465

  5.933

  5.247

  6.479

  6.545

  5.624

  4.777

  4.950

  7.538

  6.924

  6.446

  6.116

  7.007

  Highland

  Badenoch and Strathspey

  0.810

  1.014

  1.479

  0.939

  1.201

  0.933

  0.720

  0.655

  0.902

  0.754

  1.779

  1 .664

  1.549

  Caithness

  1.863

  2.185

  1.855

  3.284

  6.995

  4.160

  3.481

  4.090

  4.764

  4.969

  4.094

  3.977

  3.320

  Inverness

  3.130

  3.473

  3.231

  3.940

  6.364

  4.228

  5.051

  5.564

  5.570

  6.144

  7.794

  7.988

  6.390

  Lochaber

  1.921

  2.153

  2.099

  1.638

  2.238

  2.526

  3.091

  3.788

  4.271

  4.421

  5.929

  4.562

  3.701

  Nairn

  0.389

  0.520

  0.987

  0.617

  0.669

  0.884

  0.924

  0.835

  1.194

  1.227

  1.226

  1.275

  1.279

  Ross and Cromarty

  3.594

  3.401

  3.793

  5.244

  8.500

  5.672

  5.959

  7.299

  8.317

  9.275

  8.773

  8.642

  8.390

  Skye and Lochalsh

  0.790

  0.674

  0.844

  1.116

  1.841

  1.508

  2.289

  2.591

  2.743

  2.949

  2.773

  2.654

  2.762

  Sutherland

  0.882

  0.690

  0.916

  1.664

  1.763

  2.209

  2.133

  2.717

  2.497

  2.741

  3.030

  2.626

  2.646

  Lothian

  East Lothian

  2.975

  3.696

  5.059

  7.540

  10.409

  6.706

  6.860

  8.765

  12.847

  14.907

  11.107

  9.759

  9.805

  Edinburgh

  14.328

  19.401

  25.963

  27.034

  46.977

  30.361

  42.521

  41.148

  67.142

  71.995

  70.282

  68.770

  54.263

  Midlothian

  1.986

  2.266

  2.720

  4.019

  5.793

  5.260

  4.570

  5.098

  6.331

  6.041

  5.652

  7.766

  6.018

  West Lothian

  2.879

  3.060

  4.258

  5.705

  6.434

  6.101

  6.958

  8.372

  8.931

  9.275

  12.066

  8.340

  8.937

  Strathclyde

  Argyll and Bute

  3.784

  5.330

  6.575

  8.270

  9.169

  9.065

  6.403

  8.215

  9.539

  10.092

  9.893

  8.566

  10.398

  Bearsden and Milngavie

  1.205

  0.751

  0.824

  0.771

  1.061

  0.869

  0.908

  1.540

  1.898

  2.405

  1.848

  1.977

  1.696

  622

  Column 1 (£ million)

  Column 2 (£ million)

  Column 3 (per cent.)

  1984–85

  705

  1,002

  10

  1985–86

  694

  935

  10

  1986–87

  710

  926

  9

  1987–88

  887

  1,097

  11

  1988–89

  913

  1,053

  11

  1989–90

  1,122

  1,214

  13

  1990–91

  1,083

  1,083

  11

  1991–92

  1,246

  1,081

  11

  Notes:

  1. Column 1 lists in cash terms the total gross public expenditure on housing in Scotland which lies within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Scotland. This includes gross capital expenditure by local authorities, new towns. Scottish Homes and it's predecessors, the Scottish Special Housing Association and the Housing Corporation in Scotland, as well as current expenditure on grants and subsidies by central government. The figure for 1991–92 is provisional.

  2. Column 2 expresses the figures shown in column 1 in 1990–91 prices, using GDP deflators.

  3. Since gross total figures for Scottish Office expenditure are not available. Column 3 expresses the figures shown in Column 1 as a percentage of the total net public expenditure within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Scotland for the relevant year, expressed in cash terms.

  4. The figures for years 1979–80 to 1983–84 are not directly comparable with those for 1984–85 to 1991–92 due to the changes in the definition of the Planning Total announced in Cm 441.
  623

  Authority

  1979–80

  1980–81

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1989–90

  1990–91

  1991–921

  Clydebank

  1.963

  2.884

  2.441

  3.293

  4.013

  3.452

  4.458

  5.389

  6.975

  7.734

  7.744

  7.939

  7.397

  Clydesdale

  1.361

  1.338

  1.556

  2.060

  3.139

  2.249

  2.241

  2.679

  3.365

  4.723

  4.863

  4.887

  4.910

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

  1.848

  0.965

  1.104

  1.406

  1.571

  1.107

  1.383

  1.720

  2.544

  2.714

  2.161

  2.346

  2.103

  Cumnock and Doon Valley

  1.731

  1.866

  1.599

  1.836

  1.904

  1.492

  1.631

  2.255

  3.743

  3.656

  3.721

  3.720

  3.141

  Cunninghame

  5.527

  6.204

  6.371

  4.415

  8.049

  5.728

  6.194

  7.393

  11.262

  13.103

  14.606

  14.319

  13.742

  Dumbarton

  2.093

  2.428

  2.736

  2.064

  3.668

  2.267

  2.690

  4.057

  6.932

  6.901

  8.992

  9.050

  8.419

  East Kilbride

  0.767

  0.846

  0.995

  1.014

  1.390

  0.861

  0.755

  0.753

  0.731

  0.816

  0.953

  1.005

  1.289

  Eastwood

  0.391

  0.330

  0.472

  0.384

  1.132

  1.285

  1.165

  1.174

  1.438

  1.564

  1.455

  1.849

  1.380

  Glasgow

  77.250

  79.770

  79.614

  88.167

  143.049

  135.365

  106.981

  113.465

  154.780

  137.208

  153.598

  138.079

  124.443

  Hamilton

  6.597

  6.240

  5.274

  5.397

  5.387

  4.851

  6.132

  6.290

  11.899

  11.202

  13.152

  13.300

  11.406

  Inverclyde

  5.911

  5.809

  5.027

  6.888

  11.618

  5.570

  6.813

  7.776

  8.075

  9.658

  11.236

  10.352

  11.154

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun

  3.083

  2.149

  2.079

  2.273

  4.269

  3.203

  4.040

  4.727

  6.077

  7.806

  8.480

  8.444

  7.910

  Kyle and Carrick

  4.408

  3.733

  4.412

  4.692

  6.227

  4.589

  5.640

  6.252

  9.419

  8.819

  8.201

  7.859

  8.001

  Monklands

  8.862

  8.524

  8.394

  10.425

  7.516

  5.077

  6.235

  8.363

  13.030

  13.075

  15.913

  16.414

  14.239

  Motherwell

  10.466

  9.547

  9.084

  8.329

  8.118

  6.801

  8.534

  10.955

  12.362

  18.284

  19.497

  19.296

  19.981

  Renfrew

  8.144

  9.646

  9.524

  10.968

  15.335

  14.201

  14.477

  15.563

  21.461

  26.238

  24.010

  25.429

  22.407

  Strathkelvin

  4.221

  4.460

  4.213

  3.506

  5.759

  3.573

  4.228

  5.775

  6.185

  6.670

  6.538

  6.545

  5.914

  Tayside

  Angus

  2.231

  3.512

  3.422

  3.812

  5.079

  4.159

  4.512

  4.875

  5.565

  5.178

  5.750

  6.210

  6.120

  Dundee

  7.210

  9.163

  9.020

  11.928

  16.298

  13.498

  14.405

  15.441

  22.458

  21.004

  26.106

  28.239

  24.329

  Perth and Kinross

  5.346

  4.997

  3.808

  4.518

  8.730

  8.903

  6.191

  6.716

  6.937

  9.790

  10.237

  6.807

  8.114

  Islands Areas

  Orkney

  1.721

  1.761

  1.605

  2.005

  3.011

  2.731

  2.060

  1.433

  1.808

  2.201

  2.401

  2.124

  1.316

  Shetland

  3.530

  3.540

  2.753

  3.296

  3.732

  4.390

  3.793

  5.058

  4.364

  6.621

  5.557

  5.726

  5.415

  Western Isles

  3.097

  3.609

  4.982

  5.835

  6.719

  8.103

  6.721

  5.893

  7.867

  8.859

  8.748

  9.096

  8.101

  Table 3

  Housing capital expenditure by local authority (real terms at
  1990–91 prices)

  £ million

  Authority

  1979–80

  1980–81

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1989–90

  1990–911

  1991–92

  Borders

  Berwickshire

  1.805

  1.755

  1.786

  1.912

  2.583

  1.679

  1.864

  1.524

  1.653

  1.821

  1.447

  1.419

  1.200

  Ettrick and Lauderdale

  1.847

  1.351

  2.044

  2.178

  3.203

  2.019

  1.787

  2.175

  2.694

  3.151

  2.912

  2.536

  2.122

  Roxburgh

  5.418

  4.773

  4.356

  6.983

  7.172

  5.220

  3.851

  4.397

  5.507

  5.297

  5.398

  4.765

  3.478

  Tweeddale

  1.293

  1.306

  0.794

  0.407

  0.986

  0.733

  0.574

  1.218

  1.804

  0.884

  0.772

  0.873

  0.826

  Central

  Clackmannan

  5.833

  4.419

  3.620

  4.284

  5.138

  2.921

  2.972

  3.756

  7.095

  7.649

  6.238

  4.983

  4.173

  Falkirk

  11.034

  9.231

  9.731

  14.715

  17.590

  14.365

  14.599

  16.616

  21.007

  23.579

  16.342

  16.745

  16.489

  Stirling

  9.476

  9.456

  8.294

  8.292

  7.885

  7.276

  8.037

  9.236

  10.824

  10.561

  10.510

  8.813

  8.068

  Dumfries and Galloway

  Annandale and Eskdale

  6.353

  6.798

  6.559

  7.050

  7.012

  5.148

  3.785

  4.264

  5.241

  4.419

  5.201

  4.711

  3.394

  Nithsdale

  4.596

  3.770

  3.625

  5.072

  5.923

  4.264

  4.889

  6.779

  7.987

  8.481

  7.751

  6.714

  5.390

  Stewartry

  2.845

  2.343

  2.609

  2.460

  2.915

  2.224

  2.265

  2.214

  2.443

  2.539

  2.412

  1.887

  1.860

  Wigtown

  3.357

  2.828

  3.159

  3.235

  5.863

  3.201

  3.520

  4.183

  4.863

  4.559

  4.001

  3.961

  3.418

  Fife

  Dunfermline

  10.743

  7.806

  9.119

  10.985

  11.859

  11.335

  12.022

  12.544

  18.085

  15.013

  12.165

  10.836

  9.665

  Kirkcaldy

  12.394

  10.773

  14.601

  17.542

  15.562

  11.381

  11.871

  12.175

  16.594

  16.334

  14.867

  13.227

  10.120

  North East Fife

  7.115

  5.428

  4.478

  6.260

  8.343

  6.577

  6.249

  8.543

  7.312

  6.068

  5.697

  5.833

  4.312

  Grampian

  Aberdeen

  34.020

  26.805

  22.439

  15.864

  28.561

  27.470

  20.436

  25.120

  29.279

  0.000

  21.051

  19.096

  18.381

  Banff and Buchan

  10.561

  9.642

  7.378

  8.036

  8.689

  8.116

  7.173

  7.063

  6.927

  6.245

  5.560

  5.112

  5.300

  Gordon

  3.663

  4.287

  6.316

  9.402

  11.782

  6.900

  9.280

  9.568

  10.510

  9.939

  9.618

  8.266

  7.205

  Kincardine and Deeside

  1.818

  2.222

  3.151

  4.547

  6.062

  5.303

  5.830

  5.521

  6.444

  5.194

  5.196

  6.566

  4.415

  Moray

  14.028

  10.879

  8.774

  10.114

  9.765

  7.991

  6.432

  6.453

  9.320

  7.984

  6.974

  6.116

  6.078

  Highland

  Badenoch and Strathspey

  1.758

  1.859

  2.473

  1.466

  1.792

  1.326

  0.970

  0.854

  1.115

  0.869

  1.925

  1.664

  1.344

  Caithness

  4.043

  4.007

  3.102

  5.127

  10.436

  5.911

  4.687

  5.332

  5.890

  5.730

  4.429

  3.977

  2.880

  Inverness

  6.792

  6.369

  5.403

  6.151

  9.495

  6.007

  6.801

  7.254

  6.887

  7.085

  8.432

  7.988

  5.542

  Lochaber

  4.168

  3.948

  3.510

  2.557

  3.339

  3.589

  4.162

  4.938

  5.281

  5.098

  6.415

  4.562

  3.210

  Hairn

  0.844

  0.954

  1.651

  0.963

  0.998

  1.256

  1.244

  1.089

  1.476

  1.415

  1.326

  1.275

  1.109

  Ross and Cromarty

  7.799

  6.236

  6.343

  8.186

  12.681

  8.059

  8.024

  9.515

  10.284

  10.695

  9.492

  8.642

  7.277

  Skye and Lochalsh

  1.714

  1.236

  1.411

  1.742

  2.747

  2.143

  3.082

  3.378

  3.392

  3.401

  3.000

  2.654

  2.396

  Sutherland

  1.914

  1.265

  1.532

  2.598

  2.630

  3.139

  2.872

  3.542

  3.087

  3.161

  3.278

  2.626

  2.295

  Lothian

  East Lothian

  6.455

  6.777

  8.460

  11.770

  15.529

  9.528

  9.237

  11.427

  15.885

  17.190

  12.017

  9.759

  8.504

  Edinburgh

  31.090

  35.576

  43.417

  42.202

  70.086

  43.848

  57.256

  53.643

  83.017

  83.019

  76.038

  68.770

  47.066

  Midlothian

  4.309

  4.155

  4.549

  6.274

  8.643

  7.474

  6.154

  6.646

  7.828

  6.966

  6.115

  7.766

  5.220

  West Lothian

  6.247

  5.611

  7.121

  8.906

  9.599

  8.669

  9.369

  10.914

  11.043

  10.695

  13.054

  8.340

  7.752

  Strathclyde

  Argyll and Bute

  8.211

  9.774

  10.995

  12.910

  13.679

  12.880

  8.622

  10.710

  11.794

  11.637

  10.703

  8.566

  9.019

  Bearsden and Milngavie

  2.615

  1.377

  1.378

  1.204

  1.583

  1.235

  1.223

  2.008

  2.347

  2.773

  1.999

  1.977

  1.471

  Clydebank

  4.260

  5.288

  4.082

  5.141

  5.987

  4.905

  6.003

  7.025

  8.624

  8.918

  8.378

  7.939

  6.416

  Clydesdale

  2.953

  2.454

  2.602

  3.216

  4.683

  3.195

  3.018

  3.493

  4.161

  5.446

  5.261

  4.887

  4.259

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

  4.010

  1.770

  1.846

  2.195

  2.344

  1.573

  1.862

  2.242

  3.146

  3.130

  2.338

  2.346

  1.824

  Cumnock and Doon Valley

  3.756

  3.422

  2.674

  2.866

  2.841

  2.120

  2.196

  2.940

  4.628

  4.216

  4.026

  3.720

  2.724

  Cunninghame

  11.993

  11.376

  10.654

  6.892

  12.008

  8.139

  8.340

  9.638

  13.925

  15.109

  15.802

  14.819

  11.919

  Dumbarton

  4.542

  4.452

  4.575

  3.222

  5.472

  3.221

  3.622

  5.289

  8.571

  7.958

  9.728

  9.050

  7.302

  East Kilbride

  1.664

  1.551

  1.664

  1.583

  2.074

  1.223

  1.017

  0.982

  0.904

  0.941

  1.031

  1.005

  1.118

  624 625

  Authority

  1979–80

  1980–81

  1981–82

  1982–83

  1983–84

  1984–85

  1985–86

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1989–90

  1990–911

  1991–92

  Eastwood

  0.848

  0.605

  0.789

  0.599

  1.689

  1.826

  1.569

  1.530

  1.778

  1.803

  1.574

  1.849

  1.197

  Glasgow

  167.625

  146.276

  133.136

  137.634

  213.417

  192.332

  144.053

  147.920

  191.377

  158.218

  166.178

  138.079

  107.937

  Hamilton

  14.315

  11.442

  8.820

  8.425

  8.037

  6.892

  8.257

  8.200

  14.712

  12.917

  14.229

  13.300

  9.893

  Inverclyde

  12.826

  10.652

  8.406

  10.753

  17.333

  7.914

  9.174

  10.137

  9.984

  11.137

  12.156

  10.352

  9.675

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun

  6.690

  3.941

  3.477

  3.548

  6.369

  4.551

  5.440

  6.162

  7.514

  9.001

  9.175

  8.444

  6.861

  Kyle and Carrick

  9.565

  6.845

  7.378

  7.324

  9.290

  6.520

  7.594

  8.150

  11.646

  10.169

  8.873

  7.859

  6.940

  Monklands

  19.230

  15.631

  14.037

  16.274

  11.213

  7.214

  8.396

  10.903

  16.111

  15.077

  17.216

  16.414

  12.350

  Motherwell

  22.710

  17.507

  15.191

  13.002

  12.111

  9.663

  11.491

  14.282

  15.285

  21.084

  21.094

  19.296

  17.331

  Renfrew

  17.672

  17.688

  15.927

  17.122

  22.878

  20.177

  19.494

  20.289

  26.535

  30.256

  25.976

  25.429

  19.435

  Strathkelvin

  9.159

  8.178

  7.045

  5.473

  8.592

  5.077

  5.693

  7.529

  7.647

  7.691

  7.073

  6.545

  5.130

  Tayside

  Angus

  4.841

  6.440

  5.723

  5.951

  7.577

  5.909

  6.076

  6.355

  6.881

  5.971

  6.221

  6.210

  5.308

  Dundee

  15.645

  16.802

  15.084

  18.620

  24.315

  19.178

  19.397

  20.130

  27.768

  24.220

  28.244

  28.239

  21.102

  Perth and Kinross

  11.600

  9.163

  6.368

  7.053

  13.024

  12.650

  8.336

  8.755

  8.577

  11.289

  11.075

  6.807

  7.038

  Islands Areas

  Orkney

  3.734

  3.229

  2.684

  3.130

  4.492

  3.880

  2.774

  1.868

  2.235

  2.538

  2.598

  2.124

  1.141

  Shetland

  7.660

  6.491

  4.604

  5.145

  5.568

  6.237

  5.107

  6.594

  5.396

  7.635

  6.012

  5.726

  4.697

  Western Isles

  6.720

  6.618

  8.331

  9.109

  10.024

  11.513

  9.050

  7.682

  9.727

  10.216

  9.464

  9.096

  7.027

  1 Provisional.

  Rents-to-Mortgages
  Mr. Graham
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many homes have
  been bought under the rents-to-mortgages scheme in district councils and Scottish Homes; and if
  he will list them by district councils.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  (holding answer 26 June 1992): Based on
  returns to 31 May 1992, a total of 46 local authority and 265 Scottish Homes properties have
  been sold under the rent-to-mortgage scheme. A breakdown by district council for local authority
  sales and by Scottish Homes district office for Scottish Homes sales is shown in the table. The
  boundaries of Scottish Homes district offices do not align exactly with those of district
  councils.

  Rent to mortgage sales

  District/Islands Councils

  Ettrick and Lauderdale

  1

  Tweeddale

  1

  Clackmannan

  1

  Stirling

  4

  Nithsdale

  1

  Kirkcaldy

  4

  East Lothian

  9

  Midlothian

  6

  Eastwood

  2

  Kyle and Carrick

  3

  Monklands

  1

  Renfrew

  7

  Angus

  4

  Dundee

  1

  Orkney

  1

  Total

  46

  Scottish Homes

  Edinburgh

  7

  Lothian and Borders

  64

  Central

  25

  Fife

  28

  Grampian

  34

  Tayside

  11

  Highlands and Islands

  9

  Lanarkshire

  15

  Renfrew and Inverclyde

  26

  Ayrshire

  24

  Glasgow North and East

  10

  Glasgow South

  2

  Glasgow West

  10

  Total

  265

  Placenta (Cosmetic Research)
  Mr. Salmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what criteria govern the sale by Scottish health authorities of unifected placenta for the purpose of cosmetic research; whether the knowledge or consent of the women involved is required; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Allan Stewart
  Unless a patient has indicated otherwise, placentae will be treated by hospitals as clinical waste and it is for health boards to decide on the appropriate arrangements for disposal. In some cases placentae are collected by pharmaceutical companies who use these to produce immunoglobulin but I am not aware of placentae being used other than for medical purposes. I shall ask health boards to ensure that the disposal arrangements meet with the agreement of the patient.

  Training
  Mr. McMaster
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions her Department is having about the quality and quantity of youth training places in Scotland.

  Mr. Allan Stewart
  The Scottish Office is in regular routine contact with Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise about the overall performance of the whole range of their programmes, including youth training.

  NHS Expenditure
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the expenditure per head in Scotland of(a) hospital and community health services, (b) general practitioner services, excluding the cost of prescriptions, (c) dental services, gross and net of charges and (d) general practitioner-prescribed prescriptions, in 1991–92.

  Mr. Allan Stewart
  Final information in respect of expenditure in 1991–92 will not be available until later in the year.

  Assisted Areas
  Sir David Steel
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to make his statement concerning the revision of the assisted areas map of Scotland.
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  Mr. Lang
  A review of the map was announced on 9 June by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Industry,Official Report, column 127. Copies of a consultation paper on the arrangements for the review and the criteria which will be taken into account in considering changes to the map have been placed in the Library. Copies of this paper have also been distributed to a range of interested bodies in Scotland. The closing date for responses to the consultation paper is 30 September 1992.

  Strathclyde Buses
  Mr. David Marshall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the reason for the delay in making a decision on the management/employee buy-out of Strathclyde Buses; when he expects to announce his decision; and if he will make a statement.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  Early in May my right hon. Friend received a request from Strathclyde regional council for consent to sell Strathclyde Buses Ltd to the company's management and employees. On 18 May there was a fire at Strathclyde Buses' Larkfield depot, Glasgow which destroyed the depot and a large number of buses. My right hon. Friend immediately sought clarification from the regional council about whether the vendors and prospective purchasers were content that the terms of the offer should remain unchanged. A response is awaited. A decision on the sale will he announced after the terms of the offer have been confirmed.

  Disabled Employees
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, respectively, and overall in his Department are registered disabled people.

  Mr. Lang
  At 1 April 1992 there were two registered disabled officers at grade 6 level in my Department, which represents 1 per cent. of officers in that grade. The overall number of registered disabled staff was 89, which represents 1.4 per cent. of the total staff in post.

  Civil Servants
  Dr. Liam Fox
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil servants are employed by the Scottish Office in(a) London and (b) Scotland.

  Mr. Lang
  [holding answer 24 June 1992]: At 1 April 1992 the number of civil servants employed by the Scottish Office excluding the Scottish prison service was 6,389, of whom 36 were located in London.

  Ozone Depleting Chemicals
  Mr. Win Griffiths
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will outline his Department's policy on recovery and recycling of ozone depleting chemicals.

  Sir Hector Monro
  [holding answer 22 June 1992]: The Scottish Office encourages industry and local authorities to recover and recycle CFCs. Some 29 authorities, representing 61 per cent. of the population of Scotland, have schemes for CFC recovery. New schemes identified by authorities in their expenditure plans are taken into account when setting their capital expenditure allocations
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  each year. The public are also encouraged, in the recently published citizens' guide "Green Rights and Responsibilites in Scotland", to make use of council facilities for the safe removal of CFCs from old refrigerators. As a further measure it is intended to ban the supply of refrigerant in disposable containers.

  Market Testing
  Mr. Terry Davis
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who has been appointed as a consultant to his Department for market testing.

  Mr. Lang
  [holding answer 29 June 1992]: In January 1992 Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte was engaged to provide assistance in drawing up a list of potential market testing candidates. That consultancy project finished in March 1992 and there are currently no consultants appointed for market testing.

  Forestry
  Mr. Wilson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice given by his Department in relation to tree planting in Strath Cuileannach, Sutherland, and its impact on agricultural activity.

  Sir Hector Monro
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: It is not the normal practice of my Department to publish correspondence relating to individual cases in the manner requested. However, the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department was consulted by the Forestry Commission about the proposals to develop a new native pinewood at Strath Cuileannach and decided not to object to the proposals, subject to certain conditions regarding the boundaries of the scheme affecting the land retained for sheep farming. That decision was taken in accordance with the procedures and criteria for the release of agricultural land for forestry announced by the then Secretary of State for Scotland, in reply to a question from myself, on 24 October 1989.

  Mr. Wilson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information is available to him from planting applications on the ownership of Strath Cuileannach, Sutherland.

  Sir Hector Monro
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: The application for grant aid for planting at Strath Cuileannach shows the land owned by Forest Farm Partnership.

  Mr. Wilson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, by geographical area, the planting grants approved by the Forest Authority in each of the past three years.

  Sir Hector Monro
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: The areas of planting for which grants were paid in England, Wales and Scotland are shown in the Forestry Commission's 1989–90 and 1990–91 annual reports in table 2 of appendix XI in each case. Copies of these reports are available in the Library of the House. Similar information for 1991–92 will be included in the Commission's annual report to be published in the autumn. I have arranged for provisional figures for that year to be provided to the hon. Member and to be placed in the Library.

EMPLOYMENT

  Disabled Employers
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, respectively and overall in her Department are registered disabled people.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  Information cannot be provided in the form requested but overall numbers were 1,688 registered disabled people (3.2 per cent.) at June 1991, the latest date for which figures are available. The Department also employs other people with disabilities who have chosen not to register.

  Note

  1. Staff working less than 10 hours per week are not included.

  2. Staff working between 10 and 30 hours per week are counted as half staff units.

  Travel to Interview Scheme
  Mr. Stephen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether she will abolish the upper salary limit for the travel to interview scheme.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  Questions on operational matters in the Employment Service Executive Agency are the responsibility of the agency's chief executive, to whom I have referred this question for reply.

  Industrial Tribunals
  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what guidance she gives to employees about the entitlement of lay members of industrial tribunals to paid time off work for tribunal duties.

  Mr McLoughlin
  People who are invited to become industrial tribunal lay members are informed that they are entitled under legislation to reasonable time off work for tribunal duties. There is no entitlement under the law to paid time off for such duties.

  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps she is taking to increase the number of women serving as lay members on industrial tribunals.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Employment, is anxious to increase the number of women serving on industrial tribunals as on other bodies, and we have taken steps to encourage suitable women to come forward for appointment from October 1992. Last year my predecessor, in asking bodies to nominate suitable candidates, stressed the desirability of increasing the number of women appointed. He also asked other bodies, including the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Women's National Commission to take what steps they could to encourage suitable women to apply. Officials in the Department organised a seminar for these bodies at which the need to encourage suitable women was stressed, and the information provided to interested inquirers and the press publicity about the appointment arrangements also emphasised this point.

  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what guidance she gives to lay members of industrial tribunals about the number of days they should expect to sit on tribunal duties.
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  Mr. McLoughlin
  Individuals who are offered appoint-ment to the panels of industrial tribunal lay members are told they may be asked to sit at least 15 days a year.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will give a date when she will announce the areas of work in her Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  As promised in the White Paper, "Competing for Quality", departmental targets for market testing in 1992–93 will be announced later this year.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in her Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  I am unable to provide full-cost information.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate she has made of savings in her Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  No such estimate has been made. The aim of market testing is to provide a better service to the customer as well as better value for money. We cannot predict in advance what the effect of the future market testing programme will be on the quality of service and costs, but we shall be looking for improvements in both.

HEALTH

  Pharmaceutical Information
  Mr. Sims
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the regulations or guidelines which enable pharmaceutical companies to acquaint doctors with their products but preclude them from doing so in respect of nurses; and what plans she has to change these arrangements with the extension of limited prescribing powers to certain categories of nurses.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  Regulations made under the Medicines Act 1968 do not preclude pharmaceutical companies from acquainting nurses with their products, although the advertising of prescription medicines which may be administered by nurses is confined to nursing journals. Regulations also provide that prescription medicines may be advertised to those who may lawfully prescribe them.

  Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act
  Mr. David Atkinson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list those professions which are covered by the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960; what plans she has to review the Act and to extend it to include further such professions; and if she will make a statement.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  The Act currently covers chiropodists, dietitians, medical laboratory technicians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, radiographers and orthoptists. Under section 10 of the Act, it is for the Council for
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  Professions Supplementary to Medicine to propose any extension of its scope to other groups. There are no plans at present to review the Act.

  Immunology
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the numbers of consultant immunologists in each regional health authority, and the special health authorities, at the most recent available date.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  The Department's September 1990 medical manpower census—the latest date for which figures are available centrally—records one consultant immunologist in each of the East Anglian and South West Thames regional health authorities and two consultant immunologists in the Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's special health authority. Other immunologists with general medical responsibilities are likely to have been recorded under general medicine rather than immunology.

  NHS Expenditure
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the expenditure per head in each region and nationally of(a) hospital and community health services, (b) general practitioner services, excluding the cost of the prescriptions, (c) general dental services, gross and net dental charges and (d) general practitioner—prescribed prescriptions, for 1991–92.

  Mr. Sackville
  Information derived from the 1991–92 annual accounts of health authorities and family health services authorities will he available in the autumn.

  Abortion
  Mr. Alton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps have been taken to ensure that her Department's guidelines and arrangements for counselling on abortion, have been followed in each district health authority;

  (2) if she will list the applications made by local authorities for the funding of pilot projects concerned with counselling on abortion as envisaged under health circular HC(77)26 together with the name of the health authority, the sum requested, the year of application, whether or not funding was granted and the sum granted.

  Mr. Sackville
  Health circular (77)26 was issued in 1977 following the report of the Lane committee on the working of the Abortion Act 1967. The arrangements introduced at that time for funding training from central funds were designed to enhance existing local training facilities through pilot projects, if needed. The arrangements were not intended to be permanent or long-running. Records of take-up are no longer available. It is now the responsibility of local management to ensure that staff are properly trained in counselling skills where this is relevant to their work.

  Mr. Alton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the number of inspections of each of the places approved for the purposes of section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967 since they were first approved under that section.

  Mr. Sackville
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  section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967, those places using all of their beds for abortions are visited at least twice a year. Other approved places have at least one visit a year.

  Factor 8
  Mr. Elletson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the operation of the Medicines Act (Exemptions from Licences) (Importation) Order 1984—SI, 1984, No. 673—in relation to named patient arrangements for the supply of unlicensed factor 8 preparations and other unlicensed pharmaceutical products.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  Applications for the import of unlicensed factor 8 as with all unlicensed medicines are subject to the provisions of SI 1984 No. 673—the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Importation) Order. This makes provision to meet a need for a particular product where there is no equivalent licensed product available on the United Kingdom market or if such a licence has been granted, the medicinal product is not in practice available.

  Sale or supply of exempted products is restricted to the conditions specified in the order.

  Each import exemption is limited to a quantity not exceeding that sufficient for 25 single administrations or for 25 courses of treatment not exceeding three months.

  In deciding whether or not to allow importation the Medicines Control Agency considers: the facilities and conditions relating to manufacture, the quality of material being imported and whether the medicinal product can be regarded as a product which can be safely administered to human beings or whether the product is of satisfactory quality for such administration.

  Cervical Cancer
  Mr. Kevin Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the current test for screening for cervical cancer; and what action she is taking to reduce the number of tests which prove negative when cancer is present.

  Mr. Sackville
  The effectiveness of the "pap" smear test for cervical cancer screening has been demonstrated by experience in Canada, the Grampian region and Nordic countries with noteworthy decreases in the incidence and mortality due to cervical cancer.

  The Department advised health authorities in health circular HC(88)1, a copy of which is available in the Library, of the recommendation for a comprehensive education programme to train doctors and nurses in how to take satisfactory smears. In order to ensure that there are continuing improvements in laboratory standards when processing smears, the Department issued guidance on a protocol for a proficiency testing scheme in gynaecological cytopathology for laboratory staff. This advised of the need for regional cytopathology external quality assurance groups and the Department set up a national co-ordinating committee to promote accuracy in reporting smear test results.

  AIDS
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice her Department's chief medical officer has given the public about sexual activity involving an
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  individual suffering with HIV or AIDS; what is the latest estimate of the risk of contracting the disease when a condom is(a) used and (b) not used; and if she will make a statement.

  Mr. Sackville
  Data are available from the results of "The European Study Group on Heterosexual Transmission of HIV", published in March 1992, a copy of which is available in the Library. Couples where one partner was already infected with HIV were followed up six-monthly. Among 44 couples using condoms intermittently, six women were infected with HIV. No partners were infected in 24 couples using condoms consistently.

  The AIDS public education campaign has encouraged the use of condoms as a means of protection against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

  Ultraviolet Radiation
  Mr. Jenkin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice her Department has received from the expert advisory Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment regarding ultraviolet radiation and health.

  Mr. Sackville
  In response to a recent request from the United Kingdom Health Departments, COMARE has now furnished advice on ultraviolet radiation (UV) and adverse health effects in the context of existing public health advice on minimising UV exposure, and the need for further research. In particular, COMARE was asked to consider its advice against a background of evidence of a raised incidence of skin cancer in the United Kingdom and recent concerns about changes in solar UV levels secondary to possible changes in the stratospheric ozone layer.

  COMARE concludes that there is sufficient evidence to demonstrate that skin cancer incidence is related to exposure to UV radiation, and that risk is determined largely by patterns of exposure to existing levels of solar UV radiation, which is influenced by people's lifestyle. The committee makes a number of recommendations relating to additional public health advice on minimising exposure to natural and artificial sources of UV, and on common standards for consumer information for sunglasses and sunscreen products. The Government accept the committee's recommendations and the Health Departments are considering urgently how best to implement them. The Government note COMARE's intention to consider research needs further in the light of relevant research currently under way or planned.

  The Government are grateful to COMARE for its work in this area and looks forward to receiving further advice on research needs. Following is the full text of the committee's advice:

  Statement of advice from COMARE to Health Departments Health effects of ultra violet radiation

  INTRODUCTION

  1. The United Kingdom Health Departments have asked COMARE to consider the adverse health effects of UV radiation (UVR) in relation to existing public health advice on minimising UV exposure, and the need for further research. This has been considered against a background of:

  (a) evidence of an increased incidence of all skin cancers, and in particular the increase in malignant melanoma (MM) over recent years, and

  (b) whether there is a need to issue additional advice in
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  the light of the recent concerns that solar UV levels might be altered secondary to possible changes in the stratospheric ozone layer.

  HEALTH EFFECTS

  2. The Committee have noted with concern that there has been a 50 per cent. increase in the incidence of malignant melanoma in England and Wales (1,827 cases in 1980 rising to 2,635 cases in 1986). The much more common, although seldom fatal, forms of skin cancer which are grouped as non-melanotic skin cancers (NMSC) increased from 19,000 cases in 1980 to over 25,000 cases in 1986. We consider that this rising incidence of skin cancers constitutes a public health problem in the United Kingdom. Other health effects are known to be associated with excessive exposure to UVR, and additional research is needed in these areas.

  3. We consider that there is sufficient evidence to show that skin cancer incidence is related to exposure to UV radiation and that risk is determined largely by patterns of exposure to existing levels of solar UV radiation which is influenced by people's occupation and behaviour. The risk however, varies with the degree of skin pigmentation, being greatest in the skin type with red hair and fair skin which does not tan.

  CANCER REGISTRATION

  4. The Committee reiterates its view that skin cancer registration procedures should be improved so that the statistics can he updated more regularly. It was recognised by the working party chaired by Professor Eva Alberman which reported last year on the national cancer registration scheme (Series MB1 No. 17) that better and more timely figures were required. Many of the working party's 17 recommendations are currently being taken forward by the cancer registries in the regional health authorities and by the NHS information management group in the Department. COMARE has previously expressed its support for this review.

  SOLAR MONITORING

  5. The Committee note that the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) set up three experimental solar UV monitoring stations in the United Kingdom in 1988, and that the instrumentation of these units has subsequently been improved. We acknowledge the value of these measurements in providing baseline data for any changes which may occur in the future. We welcome the NRPB proposal to extend this scheme to latitudes further north and south to provide a more comprehensive picture of the terrestrial solar UV levels over United Kingdom latitudes.

  6. The Committee note the widespread concerns about long term stratospheric ozone depletion and support the initiatives already being taken by the signatories to the Montreal Protocol to reduce the release of ozone-depleting chemicals into the atmosphere.

  7. We note that seasonal variations in solar UV levels, and short term variations due to cloud cover and local weather, are far in excess of any long term UV changes currently anticipated as a result of stratospheric ozone depletion. For this reason it would not be helpful to publish daily information on solar UVR levels; such retrospective information would be of little practical value. It should be recognised that currently the most important factor in a person's exposure to solar UVR is lifestyle and we recommend that there is a need to inform the public of the risks of excessive exposure to sunlight.

  RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS

  8. We consider that considerable additional scientific information on the health effects of UV is required to enable a more accurate assessment of the various aspects of health risk and to facilitate effective targeting of public health education (see 10 below). Whilst a clear association between non-melanotic skin cancer and cumulative UV exposure has been demonstrated, the relationship between UV exposure and malignant melanoma trends needs further consideration. We will consider further research needs in the light of ongoing work, in particular the work of the NRPB Advisory Group on non-ionising radiations.
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  PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE

  9. We endorse the general content and basis of existing health advice as set out in the Health Education Authority leaflet ("Are you dying to get a suntan?"), and agree that there is a need to reinforce certain important aspects. In particular the Committee recommend that there is a need to advise about the potential longterm dangers of sunburn to children and babies, and to emphasise the need for individuals to develop a better awareness of their own skin's sensitivity to solar UVR, hearing in mind the very great variation in sensitivity which exists between different members of the population.

  10. We fully endorse the Health Department's proposal to reinforce existing public health advice on UV, and to consider the specific health advice given to users of sunbeds/sunlamps and tungsten halogen lamps and recommend that this he taken forward urgently. We also support proposals to consider the application of common standards to consumer information for sunglasses and suntan products. The Committee wish to he kept fully informed of progress in these areas.

  Herbicides
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will outline the possible effects of human consumption of the pesticides atrazine and simazine.

  Mr. Sackville
  No adverse health effects have been detected in humans from the approved United Kingdom agricultural and non-agricultural uses of these herbicides. In some experiments where doses hundreds of times the highest estimated human intake in the United Kingdom have been fed to laboratory rats, the incidence of mammary tumours was increased.

  The independent and statutory Advisory Committee on Pesticides has confirmed that the levels of atrazine and simazine found in some drinking water supplies in the United Kingdom do not endanger the health of consumers. Residues of these chemicals have not been found in food crops.

  The United Kingdom has a legal obligation to comply with the European Community's drinking water directive —80/778/EEC—which sets very stringent limits on non-toxicological grounds, and restrictions on the use of both these herbicides were announced in May 1992. Approvals for non-crop use, which is the main source of water contamination, will he revoked on 31 August 1993 and further restrictions will apply to all other uses from the same date.

  Ambulance Services
  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health which ambulance stations have been closed in Greater Manchester over the last three months; how many times; and for how long.

  Mr. Sackville
  This information is not held centrally. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. E. S. Schofield, the chairman of Bury health authority, which is responsible for the management of the Greater Manchester ambulance service.

  Mr. Tony Lloyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make it her policy to answer questions on the running of the ambulance service.

  Mr. Sackville
  NHS ambulance services are contracted to provide patient transport services by purchasing health authorities which are responsible for the delivery of those services. Ambulance service policy is a matter for Ministers.

  General Practitioner Beds
  Mr. Jessel
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if it remains Government policy, as set out by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health in a letter to the hon. Member for Twickenham on 25 July 1990, that Teddington memorial hospital and the general practitioner beds within it have a secure future for as long as general practitioners and patients continue to want to use them; if the Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton district health authority has been made aware that this is Government policy; if she will ask the authority to comply; and if she will inform the hon. Member for Twickenham of the result.

  Mr. Sackville
  I have recently visited Teddington memorial hospital.

  All health authorities are obliged to consider carefully the health needs of their population and should ensure that in contracting for health services, both acute and in the community, they have consulted local people including, for example, GPs.

  Mr. Jessel
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the occupancy rate for the 27 general practitioner beds at the Teddington memorial hospital; and what representations she has received from general practitioners, and from the applicants for trust status concerning the demand for continuation of provision of general practitioner beds.

  Mr. Sackville
  Information on bed occupancy rates is not collected centrally.

  Local GPs and staff at Teddington memorial have written to Ministers expressing their concern about the provision of general practitioner beds. I will reply shortly.

  Mr. Jessel
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what powers she has to require a district health authority acting as a purchasing authority to provide for the purchase of general practitioner beds where there is clear evidence of demand from general practitioners and their patients.

  Mr. Sackville
  District health authorities are expected to purchase a wide range of health services for their local populations. The level and type of services purchased are for the authorities themselves to determine in the light of local needs and priorities.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in her Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Sackville
  The estimated cost of the market-testing initiative in the Department since November 1991 is in the order of £150,000.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of savings in her Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Sackville
  No such estimate has been made.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give a date when she will announce the areas of work in her Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.
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  Mr. Sackville
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster gave my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 22 June, column 102.

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

  Equal Opportunities
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively and overall in his Department are women.

  Mr. Curry
  The information is set out in the table, being non-industrial staff in post on 29 June 1992 in MAFF and its agencies. (Part-time staff are counted as 0.5).

  Female staff in post

  Grade/grade equivalent

  Number

  Percentage

  1

  0.;0

  0.;0

  2

  1.;0

  12.;5

  3

  2.;0

  7.;7

  4

  0.;0

  0.;0

  5

  11.;0

  9.;2

  6

  11.;5

  7.;1

  7

  137.;5

  14.;7

  163.;0

  12.;9

  The total number of women in the Department and its agencies is 4,293.;5. This is 43.;5 per cent. of total staff.

  The female grade 2 is the chief executive of the Agricultural Development Advisory Service.

  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his latest estimate of the likely future incidence of BSE; when he expects the outbreak to peak and at what level; and when he now expects the disease to disappear in the United Kingdom.

  Mr. Soames
  It is impossible to predict accurately the future incidence of BSE since it is not known how many cattle received sufficient inefective agent in feed to cause disease. Nevertheless, 1992 is expected to be the peak year in relation to the number of confirmed cases. And all the evidence continues to show that the ruminant feed ban, introduced in July 1988, is the key measure which will ultimately lead to the eradication of BSE. It is not expected that the effect of the ban will be reflected in a decline in the annual total number of cases until next year. Thereafter it is expected that there will be a clear downward trend until the ultimate disappearance of the disease, possibly by the end of the 1990s.

  Bovine Somatotropin
  Mr. Martlew
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the use of bovine somatotropin in the United Kingdom after 1992.

  Mr. Soames
  Within the Community the use of BST except in authorised field trials is banned until the end of 1993. The Commission is obliged to present a report including appropriate proposals for subsequent arrangements before 30 June 1993.

  Clenbuterol
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to this answer of 19 June,Official Report, column 685, if he will list the number of cases, of which the Department are aware, of beef cattle fed with the drug clenbuterol entering the United Kingdom and their country of origin.

  Mr. Soames
  None.

  Herbicides
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the uses of the pesticides atrazine and simazine.

  Mr. Soames
  I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 21 May,Official Report, col. 252.

  Abattoirs
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will be able to tell abattoir owners whether their applications for derogation from upgrading their plants to EC standards have been successful.

  Mr. Soames
  The Department's veterinary officers are currently in the process of visiting all fresh meat premises seeking derogations in order to upgrade to the new EC structural standards. Before a derogation can be granted, a detailed work plan must be agreed between the plant and the Department. This work is proceeding as quickly as possible and owners will be informed individually about the outcome of their derogation applications.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Curry
  The full cost of the market testing initiative in the Department since November 1991 has been £44,000.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Mr. Curry
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice), on 22 June 1992,Official Report. col. 102.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

  Mr. Curry
  No such forward estimate has been made.

  Grass-growing Machines
  Mr. Mackinlay
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what research he has undertaken into the effectiveness of hydroponic grass-growing machines as a provider of food for stabled horses.
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  Mr. Curry
  None.

  Mr. Mackinlay
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations his Department has received in respect of the quality and effectiveness of hydroponic grass-growing machines.

  Mr. Curry
  I am not aware of any representations on this matter.

  Disabled Employees
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively and overall in his Department are registered disabled people.

  Mr. Curry
  The information set out as at 29 June 1992 relates to MAFF staff and its agencies. Part-time staff are counted as 0.5. Figures have been aggregated to preserve individuals' confidentiality.

  Registered disabled

  Grade/Grade equivalent

  Number

  Percentage

  1–7

  4

  0.;3

  The total number of known registered disabled staff in the Department and its agencies is 126.;5. This is 1.;3 per cent. of total staff.

  These figures do not include staff with disabilities who have chosen not to register.

  Agriculture Council
  Dr. Spink
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Agriculture Council held on 30 June.

  Mr. Gummer
  I represented the United Kingdom at this meeting of the Council.

  The regulations implementing the Council's decisions of 21 May on common agricultural policy reform and on 1992–93 farm prices were formally adopted. Despite pressure from some delegations, no changes were made to the agreement. The Commission made a number of declarations on subjects of concern to particular delegations, but these do not commit the United Kingdom or the Council.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

  Subsidiarity
  Ms. Quin
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what definition of subsidiarity was used in the discussions between EC regional policy Ministers in Lisbon on 15–16 May.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  I represented the United Kingdom at this meeting. No precise definition of subsidiarity was used. However, subsidiarity is generally defined in the Community context as the principle that the Community should take action only when objectives cannot be achieved at the level of individual member states acting alone, and that such action should not exceed the minimum necessary to achieve those objectives.

  Internal Market Council
  Ms. Quin
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the matters to be discussed at the next meeting of the EC Internal Market Council; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Needham
  I will chair the next Internal Market Council on 22 September.

  The agenda will not be finalised until early September.

  Telephone Faults
  Mr. Tom Clarke
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what discussions he has had with Oftel on the priority telephone fault repair service for the disabled; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Leigh
  My right hon. Friend and I meet the Director General of OFTEL from time to time to discuss a wide range of telecommunications issues. He fully shares the Government's view of the importance of a free priority fault repair service for those disabled customers whose lives depend on having constant telephone access to outside medical help.

  Accidents at Home
  Mr. Gerrard
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from the toy industry regarding delays in publication of statistics for accidents in the home.

  Mr. Leigh
  No representations have been received from the toy industry regarding delays in the publication of statistics on accidents in the home.

  Mr. Gerrard
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the hospitals surveyed by his Department for the production of statistics on accidents in the home.

  Mr. Leigh
  The hospitals currently collecting data for the home accident surveillance system (HASS) are as follows:

  North Tees general hospital, Stockton-on-Tees

  Luton and Dunstable hospital, Luton

  Skegness and District hospital, Skegness

  Selly Oak hospital, Birmingham

  Prince Charles hospital, Merthyr Tydfil

  Royal Berkshire hospital, Reading

  Mount Vernon hospital, Hillingdon

  Macclesfield district general, Macclesfield

  Manor hospital, Nuneaton

  William Harvey hospital, Ashford, Kent

  Blackburn royal infirmary, Blackburn

  Daisy Hill hospital, Newry, Co. Down

  Monklands district hospital, Airdrie

  Kings Collegee hospital, Denmark Hill

  Hereford general hospital, Hereford

  Queen Mary's university hospital, Roehampton

  Airedale general hospital, Keighley

  Bournemouth general hospital, Bournemouth

  NB The North Devon district hospital, Barnstaple will replace William Harvey hospital in November 1992.

  Mr. Gerrard
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to publish statistics for accidents in the home for the years 1990 and 1991.
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  Mr. Leigh
  The target dates for publication of the Department's home accident surveillance system statistics for the years specified are as follows:

  1990: October 31 1992

  1991: July 31 1993

  EC Regulations
  Mrs. Gorman
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many EC regulations have been introduced this year which apply to matters covered by his Department.

  Mr. Needham
  For the year, up to and including the 19 June 1992, some 36 EC regulations were introduced for which the Department of Trade and Industry has overall responsibility.

  Trade Statistics
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the annual output, United Kingdom market size and trade balance for activity headings 3301, 3302, 3441, 3443, 3453, and 3454 for each complete year from 1987.

  Balance of Trade

  SIC1

  3301

  3302

  3441

  3443

  3453

  3454

  £ millions

  1987

  -340

  -548

  -276

  146

  -584

  -731

  1988

  -25

  -891

  -351

  321

  -794

  -821

  1989

  23

  -1,365

  -238

  157

  -848

  -819

  1990

  103

  -1,322

  -162

  234

  -601

  -509

  1991

  170

  -1,045

  -123

  198

  -677

  -257

  1Standard Industrial Classification (1980):

  3301 Office machinery.

  3302 Electronic data processing equipment.

  3441 Telegraph and telephone equipment.

  3443 Radio and electronic capital goods.

  3453 Electronic sub-assemblies and active components.

  3454 Electronic consumer goods and miscellaneous equipment.

  2Sales of principal products of each industry.

  3Home demand = Sales + Imports - Exports.

  Data not available.

  Data source: CSO.

  Trans-European Networks
  Mr. Spearing
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what are the implications of the proposals for Trans-European networks contained in articles 129b, c and d of the treaty on European union for equalisation on harmonisation of the relevant system costs, or costs to the consumers or users of such designated networks.

  Mr. Needham
  Action by the Community on Trans-European Networks in energy telecommunications and transport, provided for in articles 129b to 129d of the treaty on European union, is to be aimed at promoting interconnection and inter-operability of national networks within a framework of open and competitive markets. If the Community succeeds in encouraging larger and more liberalised networks, this can be expected to lead to greater competition and thus to bring prices for consumers and users more closely into line with costs.

  Mersey Barrage
  Mr. Pike
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what financial assistance was given from public funds by Her Majesty's Government towards the Travers Morgan economic study for the Mersey Barrage Company; and what percentage that was of the total cost.
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  Mr. Sainbury
  The information is shown in the table.

  Sales2

  SIC1

  3301

  3302

  3441

  3443

  3453

  3454

  £millions

  1987

  268

  4,352

  1,669

  2,958

  1,168

  1,079

  1988

  270

  5,229

  1,970

  3,189

  1,335

  1,199

  1989

  295

  5,695

  2,137

  3,171

  1,487

  1,203

  1990

  251

  6,388

  1,883

  3,335

  1,619

  1,501

  1991

  ..

  ..

  ..

  ..

  ..

  Home demand3

  SIC1

  3301

  3302

  3441

  3443

  3453

  3454

  £millions

  1987

  607

  4,900

  1,945

  2,812

  1,752

  1,810

  1988

  295

  6,120

  2,321

  2,868

  2,129

  2,020

  1989

  272

  7,059

  2,374

  3,013

  2,334

  2,023

  1990

  147

  7,710

  2,045

  3,101

  2,220

  2,010

  1991

  ..

  ..

  ..

  ..

  ..

  ..

  Mr. Eggar
  The Government's contribution to the Travers Morgan Economic study for the Mersey Barrage Company was £77,391.50. This was 50 per cent. of the total cost of that study.

  Mr. Pike
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what guidance he has given to the Mersey Barrage Company on cost benefit analysis, including the likely environmental costs, in assessing the viability of any future barrage scheme.

  Mr. Eggar
  The Mersey Barrage Company commissioned the consultants Travers Morgan Economics to undertake a cost benefit analysis of the Mersey barrage. The methodology adopted for assessing environmental costs reflected the consultant's views, at that time, of the most appropriate valuation mechanism. The analysis included an evaluation of the cost of creating lost habitat for wildfowl and some plants caused by the Barrage scheme. The Mersey Barrage Company has discussed these costs with its Environmental working party, which includes statutory organisations and environmental interest groups. Government officials have been in discussion with the Mersey Barrage Company on the methodology and results of the cost benefit analysis. The
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  Government consider a proper assessment of the environmental impact of the barrage a key issue in appraising the scheme.

  Nuclear Power
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much of the depleted uranium stockpiled at civil nuclear facilities has been re-enriched for use in United Kingdom or foreign nuclear programmes since 1955.

  Mr. Eggar
  Over 15,000 tonnes of depleted uranium from the reprocessing of magnox irradiated fuel have been enriched for use in civil nuclear fuel.

  Sub-Sahara Africa
  Mrs. Clwyd
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total value of exports to sub-Saharan Africa during 1990; if he will give a breakdown of the main items; and what was the total value of United Kingdom exports and imports from sub-Saharan Africa during 1990 and for the latest year for which figures are available.

  Mr. Needham
  Details of trade with sub-Saharan Africa are published in the overseas trade statistics of the United Kingdom.

  Coal Privatisation
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what expressions of interest he has received from potential purchasers of British Coal; and if he wil make a statement.

  Mr. Eggar
  A number of unions and companies have expressed an interest in purchasing all or part of the coal industry. It is a matter for the organisations themselves whether they wish their interest to be made public.

  Regional Assistance
  Mr. Shore
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the level of the United Kingdom's receipts from the European regional fund of the European Community in each year since 1985; and what is the total size of the ERF in the same period.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]:European regional development fund receipts since 1985 are shown in the table.

  European regional development fund receipts

  Total Ec mecu

  United Kingdom mecu

  Percentage share

  1985

  1,624

  484

  29.8

  1986

  2,484

  507

  20.4

  1987

  2,535

  527

  20.8

  1988

  3,093

  578

  18.7

  1989

  3,920

  612

  15.6

  1990

  4,554

  465

  10.2

  1991

  5,181

  483

  9.3

  Timeshare
  Mr. Nigel Griffiths
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if the Director General of Fair Trading will examine the suitability of William Montgomery, director of International Resort Sales and Travel Ltd., to hold a credit licence.
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  Mr. Leigh
  Consumer credit licensing is the responsi-bility of the Director General of Fair Trading and I will draw the hon. Member's question to his attention.

  Instruments of Torture
  Mr. Alex Carlile
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he has any plans to tighten restrictions governing the granting of permits to export components which can be used as instruments of torture; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Needham
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood) on 18 May 1992,Official Report, column 22.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the total cost so far of the market testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Eggar
  An estimate of the total cost since November 1991 is not available.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market testing programme.

  Mr. Eggar
  No such estimate has been made.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Mr. Eggar
  As promised in the White Paper, "Competing for Quality", departmental targets for market testing in 1992–93 will be announced later this year.

  Mr. Terry Davis
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade who has been appointed as a consultant to his Department for market testing.

  Mr. Eggar
  [holding answer 29 June 1992]: No such appointment has been made.

  Coal Industry
  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, following the special arrangements for Britain arrived at on the EC working time directives, the Government intend to proceed with the repeal of the Coal Miners Regulations Act 1908.

  Mr. Eggar
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: We do not envisage repealing the 1908 Act until the proposed EC directive has been implemented.

  Mr. Dobson
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what changed working practices British Coal have negotiated with representatives of its work force since the passage of the Coal Industry Act 1992.

  Mr. Eggar
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: This is a matter for British Coal.

  Mr. Clapham
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what support he has given to promoting United Kingdom investment in the Colombian state-owned coal-mining industry.
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  Mr. Needham
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: My Department held a seminar in London on 29 April to draw energy opportunities in Colombia, including investment opportunities, to the attention of United Kingdom industry.

  Mr. Clapham
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he intends to provide Government support for British Coal's anti-dumping claim against Colombian coal imported initially into the EC and then into the United Kingdom.

  Mr. Needham
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: The Government raised no objection to the European Commission opening an investigation into British Coal's anti-dumping complaint because it is only by investigation that the full facts of the matter can be established. It is now for the Commission to decide whether the allegations in the complaint are such that an investigation is warranted.

  Inmos
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will list the dates of all approaches he has made to M. Carpentier, head of D.G. XIII of the European Commission, concerning the threatened closure of Inmos;

  (2) if he will list the dates of contacts he has initiated with D.G. XVI of the European Commission, concerning the threatened closure of Inmos;

  (3) what discussions he has had with the European Commission on any proposal to relocate Inmos to another site in the United Kingdom;

  (4) if he will list the dates and outcome of all contacts and meetings he has had with each directorate of the European Commission on the future of Inmos.

  Mr. Sainsbury
  [holding answer 29 June 1992]: Discussions took place on 10 June with the Commission about Inmos's request for a £30 million grant to support its proposed £60 million investment in Newport.

  This request far exceeds the level of support we would normally consider for investment projects in the Newport area. The Commission has however made it clear that there can be no prospect of United Kingdom Government aid at the level sought, and the company has been told.

  Although I am not aware of any proposals by the company to locate elsewhere in the United Kingdom, we remain ready to discuss matters with it.

  Brazilian Mahogany
  Mr. Cann
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many cubic metres of Brazilian mahogany were imported into the United Kingdom in 1991.

  Mr. Needham
  [holding answer 29 June 1992]: The only information which relates to mahogany imported from Brazil is that which has been sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 6mm, defined as code 440723901 of the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3. Under this heading there were 45,762 cubic metres of mahogany imported into the United Kingdom from Brazil in 1991.

  Nuclear Power
  Mr. Cann
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will ensure that a public inquiry will be held before Nuclear Electric is allowed to build the proposed Sizewell C.
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  Mr. Eggar
  [holding answer 29 June 1992]: On 9 November 1989 the Secretary of State for Energy informed the House that no capital expenditure approval would be given to Nuclear Electric plc. for any new nuclear station beyond Sizewell B pending the outcome of a review of the future prospects for nuclear power in the United Kingdom, which will be undertaken in 1994. That remains the position.

  It also remains the case that, before reaching his decision on any application for his consent to construct and operate an electricity generating station my right hon. Friend is obliged to hold a public inquiry into the application of a relevant local planning authority has objected to it.

  If there is no objection from a relevant local planning authority, my right hon. Friend may still call for a public inquiry to be held at his own discretion.

  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence since 1990 between himself or his predecessor, and the chairmen of(a) Nuclear Electric. (b) British Nuclear Fuels plc. and (c) the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority on the matter of future development plans of each organisation.

  Mr. Eggar
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: I meet the chairmen of these companies regularly to discuss a range of issues. Future development plans are commercial matters for the companies concerned.

  Steel
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement concerning his policy to encourage the export of steel products.

  Mr. Needham
  [holding answer 30 June 1992]: My Department supports the export efforts of the steel industry—as of British industry as a whole—by providing, through the Overseas Trade Services, a comprehensive range of information, advice, services and practical assistance.

  The United Kingdom is keen to secure an effective multilateral steel agreement and supports the European Commission efforts to resume talks on the outstanding issues.

DEFENCE

  Air Force Training
  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Euro-NATO training group consideration of alternative means of meeting NATO air force training requirements following the abandonment of plans for a NATO tactical fighter training centre;

  (2) if he will make a statement on his future plans for provision of training for RAF strike/attack units following the abandonment of plans for a NATO tactical fighter training centre.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  Although there are no plans at present to continue with the NATO tactical fighter training centre, the project has not been abandoned. The partner nations of the Euro-NATO training group, including the United Kingdom, continue to investigate
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  alternative means of meeting training requirements. Training for RAF strike/attack units will continue mainly in the United Kingdom, but with regular participation in NATO, North American and other overseas exercises.

  Low Flying
  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many operational low-flying movements have been authorised in each of the tactical training areas in each month since June 1991.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The information requested is as follows:

  Northern Scotland

  Central Wales

  Borders

  1991

  June

  0

  0

  0

  July

  0

  0

  0

  August

  0

  7

  0

  September

  0

  9

  9

  October

  54

  0

  38

  November

  47

  18

  188

  December

  85

  3

  382

  1992

  January

  70

  2

  141

  February

  99

  21

  361

  March

  271

  7

  263

  April

  57

  8

  187

  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints about low flying were received from addresses located within each of the numbered low-flying areas in the United Kingdom during 1991.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The information requested is as follows:

  Low flying areas

  Numbers of complaints or inquiries

  1

  62

  2

  735

  3

  21

  4

  320

  5

  430

  6

  292

  7

  791

  8

  230

  9

  16

  11

  424

  12

  160

  13

  15

  14

  352

  16

  291

  17

  466

  18

  204

  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many low-flying sorties were carried out in each low-flying area in the United Kingdom in each month since January 1991.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  Records are not kept of the number of low-flying sorties carried out in each low-flying area in the United Kingdom. The total number of sorties flown from January 1991 to April 1992, the most recent months for which figures are available, is 173,470.

  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many low-flying sorties were carried out by Royal Air 648
  Force aircraft from Canadian forces base Goose Bay in (a) 1990 and (b) 1991; and if he will provide a breakdown of the figures by aircraft type.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The information requested is as follows:

  Aircraft Type

  1990

  1991

  Tornado GRI

  819

  481

  Tornado F3

  82

  0

  Harrier

  14

  4

  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many low-flying sorties have been flown by(a) RAF Tornado strike/attack aircraft, and (b) RAF Tornado F3 aircraft, during each Distant Frontier exercise in Alaska since 1990.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The information requested is:

  Number of Sorties

  1990

  Tornado G1

  41

  1992

  Tornado GR1

  160

  Tornado F3

  75

  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what height and lateral distance military aircraft are instructed to avoid the village of Dalmellington.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  It is not our practice to release detailed information on flying restrictions in individual areas.

  Mr. Foulkes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what agreements have been reached with the United States of America authorities concerning(a) the use of existing weapons and electronic warfare ranges and low-level training routes and (b) the provision of additional weapons, electronic warfare and low-level training facilities, for use by Royal Air Force aircraft deployed to Eielson air force base, Alaska.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  Royal Air Force deployments to Eielson air force base, Alaska have been at the invitation of the United States air force. The invitations granted specified use of weapons and electronic warfare ranges and designated low-level training routes and areas. Possible future deployments are being considered with the United States authorities.

  RAF Trainer
  Mr. Home Robertson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his Department's requirement for a basic flight trainer for the Royal Air Force, showing the scale and nature of the requirement, the timetable for procurement, the aircraft which it is designed to replace, and the approximate overall cost of the programme.

  Mr. Aitken
  Basic flying training in the RAF is undertaken by all trainee pilots, prior to their undertaking more specialised training in other, fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters. At present, flying training is carried out in
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  either Jet Provost or Tucano aircraft, which are currently replacing the remaining Jet Provost. We expect this replacement to be completed before the end of next year, by which time we will have taken 130 Tucano aircraft into service at an overall cost of some £150 million. We expect the Tucano to meet the RAF's basic flying training requirement until well after the turn of the century.

  Stand-off Missile
  Mr. Home Robertson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his Department's requirement for a conventionally armed stand-off missile, showing the scale and nature of the requirement, the timetable for procurement, the weapon systems which it is designed to replace, and the approximate overall cost of the programme.

  Mr. Aitken
  We have sought the views of industry on the proposals for conventionally armed, air-launched, stand-off missile to complement the JP233. These responses are currently being assessed. No procurement decisions have been taken.

  Psychiatric Services
  Mr. Mackinlay
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many service personnel received help from the armed forces psychiatric services, or were referred to the national health service psychiatric services, in each year for the last 10 years. other than in respect of the Gulf war;

  (2) how many service personnel received help from the armed forces psychiatric services, or were referred to the national health service psychiatric services, as a consequence of the Gulf war.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  Information in the form requested is not held centrally. The numbers of psychiatric treatment episodes in the armed forces, which covers all treatments involving a discharge from a medical unit, in the 10-year period to 1991, are as follows:

  Number

  1982

  1,109

  1983

  1,166

  1984

  1,031

  1985

  1,081

  1986

  1,041

  11987

  1,131

  1988

  1,151

  1989

  1,204

  1990

  1,182

  21991

  31,126

  1 Figures prior to 1987 do not include one day cases.

  2 1991 figures are provisional.

  3 Includes 68 episodes related to the Gulf War.

  Defence Export Services Organisation
  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff of the Defence Export Services Organisation are engaged in the administration of the Al Yamamah and Anglo-Malaysian defence exports contracts.

  Mr. Aitken
  A total of 230 staff are engaged in the administration of the Al Yamamah programme, and 24 in the Malaysian project. These offices arc separately 650
  established and operate on a self financing basis; the numbers are therefore in addition to those I gave to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) on 18 June, Official Report, column 671.

  Mr. Cousins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff of the Defence Export Services Organisation are engaged on the administration of the International Military Services organisation.

  Mr. Aitken
  There are none.

  War Crimes
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many files relating to war crimes in the Channel Islands during world war two are retained in his Department and withheld from the Public Record Office.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  We have been unable to identify any such files which are retained under the Public Records Act.

  Equal Opportunities
  Mr. Janner
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively and overall in his Department are women.

  Mr. Aitken
  As at 1 May 1992, excluding staff in executive agencies, the information requested is as follows:

  Number

  Percentage of staff in grade

  Grade 1

  0

  —

  Grade 2

  0

  —

  Grade 3

  11

  2

  Grade 4

  0

  —

  Grade 5

  7

  3

  Grade 6

  8

  2

  Grade 7

  56

  3

  Total non-industrial staff

  80,574

  —

  Total female non-industrial staff

  32,623

  40

  Total industrial staff

  50,895

  —

  Total female industrial staff

  9,601

  19

  Total staff

  131,469

  —

  Total female staff

  42,224

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  1 On loan from HM Customs and Excise.

  New Navy Ship
  Mr. David Martin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy for a forthcoming ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the city of Portsmouth.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The ships names and badges committee has considered the name of Portsmouth, but it has not found favour on account of possible confusion, in communications, between the name of the ship and the naval base.

  Nuclear Arsenals
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for the future size of the United Kingdom nuclear arsenal of the recent agreement between the United States and Russian Presidents to implement reductions in their respective nuclear arsenals.
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  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  We will continue to retain only the minimum nuclear deterrent required for our security needs.

  Troops
  Mr. Wilshire
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to which Vote the cost of sending additional troops to Northern Ireland at the request of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is debited.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The cost is borne on class I, vote 1, personnel costs, support and other services; vote 2, defence procurement and vote 4, works services.

  Housing
  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer on 2 June to the hon. Member for Knowsley, North, (Mr. Howarth),Official Report, column 529, what is the nature and type of short-term steps that he is taking to provide assistance to those who find themselves in housing difficulty; and how many personnel have found themselves in housing difficulty.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  I refer the hon. Member to a note entitled "Servicemen's Housing: The Work of the Housing Task Force", a copy of which is in the Library. As well as the measures detailed in this note, the joint service housing advice office was set up in May at Old Sarum to provide advice on a range of housing matters to service personnel. To date, 128 requests have been received for help or information.

  Expenditure
  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the current information presented in the Statement on the Defence Estimates provides information on defence expenditures on the basis of the categories set out in the United Nations document "Instrument for Standardised International Reporting of Military Expenditures"; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  Information provided to the United Nations on defence expenditures is on the basis of categories designed to meet the United Nations's reporting requirements, which differ from those used in the current "Statement on the Defence Estimates"—SDE. There are no plans to adopt the United Nations categorisation for future SDE's although we will continue to review the public presentation of data, as the new management strategy develops, with a view to providing the greatest possible visibility of the defence programme.

  Vienna Document 1992
  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to implement the provisions of the Vienna document 1992; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The Vienna Document 1992 came into force on 1 May 1992. We will comply fully with its provisions, as we did for the Vienna Document 1990 which it has succeeded.

  Limited Strikes
  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his United States counterpart relating to the global protection against limited strikes programme.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The Government remain in close touch with the United States Administration on their proposal for limited ballistic missile defences.

  Mr. Menzies Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what account he has taken of the recent agreements between Russia and the United States of America to reduce stocks of nuclear weapons in the formation of his policy towards United Kingdom participation in a global protection against limited strikes system.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The United State's concept for protection against limited ballistic missile strikes is concerned not with existing deterrent forces, except in the case of accidental or unauthorised launch, but with new risks from instability and proliferation. We support this objective.

  Ballistic Missile Attacks
  Mr. O'Neill
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the requirement for protection against ballistic missile attack for(a) British territory and (b) British forces overseas; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  We continue to keep the requirement for defence against ballistic missiles under review, in consultation with the US and other NATO allies.

  Air Defence
  Mr. Menzies Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what comparative studies his Department is carryying out on the role of surface-to-air missiles and fighter aircraft in the air defence of the United Kingdom.

  Mr. Aitken
  My Department is currently studying the most cost-effective mix of fighters and surface-to-air missiles for United Kingdom air defence. This work is taking into account all relevant factors including the effect of possible counter-measures.

  Vehicle Electronics Research
  Mr. Menzies Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the vehicle electronics research defence initiative.

  Mr. Aitken
  This is a matter for the Defence Research Agency—DRA—under its framework document. I have asked the chief executive of the DRA to write to the hon. and learned Member.

  Special Operations Vehicle
  Mr. Menzies Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he intends to place an order for the special operations vehicle recently launched by Land-Rover.
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  Mr. Aitken
  My Department has no plans to place an order for the Land-Rover special operations vehicle at this time.

  Market Testing
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

  Mr. Aitken
  The market-testing initiative is being pursued as part of the Department's on-going work on efficiency. Its costs cannot be separately identified.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.
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  Mr. Aitken
  The MOD's market-testing programme has existed since 1979. Since then, market testing and private sector contracting have secured savings which are estimated to have reached a cumulative total of some £500 million at today's prices.

  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

  Mr. Aitken
  I have nothing to add to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 22 June,Official Report column 102.

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