Written Answers of 7 May 1993

DEFENCE

  Low Flying
  Mr. Llwyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the weather minima for low-flying training below 250 ft in the United Kingdom.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The weather minima for all military low flying training in the United Kingdom low flying system are as follows:

  (a) All aircraft flying in the system faster than 140 kts must maintain 5 km visibility, 1500 m horizontal and 500 ft vertical separation from cloud.

  (b) Aircraft, other than helicopters, flying at 140 kts or slower must maintain either 5 km visibility, 1500 m horizontal and 500 ft vertical separation from cloud or 2 km visibility, clear of cloud and in sight of the surface.

  (c) Helicopters flying at 140 kts or slower must maintain either 5 km visibility, 1500 m horizontal and 500 ft vertical separation from cloud or keep clear of cloud and keep in sight of the surface.

  Mr. Llwyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many movements into low-flying areas at less than 250 ft above ground level were authorised in each year since 1987.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The number of movements authorised for flying below 250 ft in the three United Kingdom tactical areas each year since 1987 are as follows:

  Year

  Number

  1987

  1,386

  1988

  2,115

  1989

  2,694

  1990

  6,027

  1991

  1,814

  1992

  3,220

  Mr. Llwyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the military low level training sorties flown over the United Kingdom in each year since 1987 included authorisation to fly at(a) 200 ft above ground and (b) 100 ft above ground level.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  Figures for low-flying sorties that have been flown below 250 ft are not available. The proportion of low-flying training movements authorised for flying below 250 ft, for each year since 1987, is given in the table. Such flights may be authorised down to a minimum level of 100 ft but records do not distinguish between levels within the 250 ft to 100 ft band.

  Year

  Per cent.

  1987

  0.43

  1988

  0.69

  1989

  0.88

  1990

  1.92

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  Year

  Per cent.

  1991

  0.72

  1992

  1.15

  Mr. Llwyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Air Force fast jet pilots are currently qualified to fly at 100 ft above ground level.

  Mr. Archie Hamilton
  The information is not available.

  Saudi Arabia (Arms Contract)
  Mr. Spellar
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the estimated final value of the A1-Yamamah arms contract with Saudi Arabia.

  Mr. Aitken
  Al-Yamamah is a continuing programme, with no specified end point, so it is not possible to estimate its final value. Purchases by the Saudi Arabian Government under the agreement are, of course, a matter for them.

  Atomic Weapons Establishments
  Mr. Bennett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which AWE sites are covered in his evidence to the Select Committee on Defence, in the answer on page 66 of HC 237 of Session 1989–90.

  Mr. Aitken
  The AWE sites are covered in evidence given to the Defence Select Committee in report HC 237 1989–90 were AWE Aldermaston, AWE Burghfield, AWE Cardiff and AWE Foulness.

  Nuclear Tests
  Mr. Clapham
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many United Kingdom nuclear tests are scheduled to take place before September 1996.

  Mr. Aitken
  I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Central (Mr. Cousins) on 12 November 1992,Official Report, column 881.

LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT

  Abducted Children
  Mr. Olner
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will seek a meeting with the Spanish ambassador regarding the position of British children abducted to Spain.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  Spain is a signatory to both the Hague and European conventions on child abduction. Since central authorities remain in close contact with each other, there are no plans for such a meeting at this time.

EDUCATION

  Student Loans
  Mrs. Lait
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to lay before the House revised student loans regulations, and if he will give details of the new loan rates for 1993–94.
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  Mr. Boswell
  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education together with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland have laid the Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1993 before Parliament today.

  The loans regulations provide for the new higher rates of loan. For the academic year beginning in September 1993 the maximum rates of loan in the United Kingdom will be as follows:

  Loan rates 1993–94

  Full year rate (£)

  Final year rate (£)

  Students living away from parents home:

  In London

  940

  685

  Elsewhere

  800

  585

  Students living at parents home

  640

  470

  Apart from technical amendments, the one change to the loans scheme included in the regulations this year provides for students following two-year degree courses, and one accelerated three-year course, to claim the full-year rate of loan if their final year lasts for 40 weeks or more.

TRANSPORT

  Road Improvements
  Mr. Hunter
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a further statement on the measures which he has introduced and is intending to introduce to increase developer contributions to road improvements.

  Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
  My right hon. Friend published a consultation document last August following an efficiency scrutiny report on developers' contributions to highway works. This set out proposals to facilitate developments that otherwise may be postponed or prevented because of inadequate road capacity. The responses to the consultation document are still being examined. A further statement will be made once that examination has been concluded.

  Severn Crossing
  Mr. Morgan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 28 April,Official Report, column 401, if he will name the firm of consulting engineers appointed as the Government's agent.

  Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
  G. Maunsell and Partners.

  Quarterly Attenders—April 1986 to March 1993

  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1989–90

  1990–91

  1991–92

  1992–93

  April

  290,351

  281,871

  257,328

  206,921

  135,321

  87,060

  59,113

  May

  286,833

  270,723

  249,148

  191,929

  123,922

  80,125

  54,406

  June

  290,295

  270,862

  250,646

  188,289

  120,040

  78,713

  53,670

  July

  292,012

  269,103

  248,932

  183,614

  115,573

  75,696

  52,748

  August

  290,824

  264,811

  245,031

  177,210

  110,581

  72,766

  50,330

  September

  295,138

  266,475

  245,460

  170,150

  107,917

  70,736

  49,732

  October

  295,275

  266,066

  241,580

  159,927

  104,956

  69,464

  48,672

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EMPLOYMENT

  Labour Statistics
  Mr. Ray Powell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the overall average period of service in one episode of employment;

  (2) how many (a) men and (b) women work in (i) manufacturing industry and (ii) the retail trades; what percentage of the work force these figures represent; and what is the average length of time spent by each sex in each category of employment.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  The information available for both questions, from the labour force survey, is given in the tables:

  Persons in employment by sex and industry. Autumn 1992 Great Britain (not seasonally adjusted) Numbers of persons in employment (thousands)

  All industries

  Manufacturing industry

  Retail trade

  Men

  13,779

  3,754

  1,114

  Women

  11,188

  1,462

  1,699

  All persons

  24,967

  5,217

  2,813

  As a proportion of all in employment (per cent.)

  Men

  55.2

  15.0

  4.5

  Women

  44.8

  5.6

  6.8

  All persons

  100.0

  20.6

  11.3

  Average length of time in current employment (years)

  Men

  9

  9

  7

  Women

  6

  7

  5

  All persons

  8

  9

  6

  Ms Short
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed people were quarterly attenders in each month since January 1981; and if she will make a statement.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

  Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Ms Clare Short, dated 7 May 1993:

  As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency. the Secretary of State has asked me to write to you direct to respond to your Parliamentary Question to her about the number of unemployed people who were quarterly attenders in each month since January 1981. This is something which falls within the responsibilities she has delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.

  Unfortunately, I am only able to provide the information you requested from April 1986 as data prior to that date can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

  As decided by the Administration Committee of the House of Commons, Chief Executive replies to written Parliamentary Questions will now be published in the Official Report. I will also place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.
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  1986–87

  1987–88

  1988–89

  1989–90

  1990–91

  1991–92

  1992–93

  November

  291,077

  260,594

  232,315

  150,536

  99,451

  66,259

  46,915

  December

  293,316

  261,563

  227,964

  147,294

  97,366

  65,195

  46,409

  January

  290,536

  257,897

  222,289

  144,090

  95,625

  64,214

  44,964

  February

  282,125

  255,867

  212,927

  138,753

  91,665

  61,725

  43,242

  March

  281,817

  258,871

  212,094

  136,626

  98,756

  60,617

  42,845

  Careers Guidance Diploma
  Mrs. Anne Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to her answer of 21 April,Official Report, column 130, on the careers guidance diploma, how many students are studying part-time; and what are the figures for Scotland.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  Further to my reply to the hon. Member of 21 April 1993, column 130, I have obtained from the local government management board the following information:
  Number of students in United Kingdom currently studying part-time for Part 1 of the Diploma in Careers guidance, 90.
  Of these, the number studying in Scotland, 5.

  Ms Eagle
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what consultations she undertook prior to turning the post of chair of the Health and Safety Executive from a full-time position to a part-time one; and what impact she estimates this will have on the work of the Health and Safety Executive.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  The decision to make the next chair of the Health and Safety Commission a part-time appointment reflects the loading of the post in current circumstances. Those circumstances include the strengthening of the senior management structure of the Health and Safety Executive last year, when a second full-time deputy director general was appointed to work with the existing full-time director general and deputy. The work of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive remains unchanged.

  Mr. Callaghan
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current number of job vacancies in the Greater Manchester area.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  In March 1993, the latest date for which figures are available, the number of unfilled vacancies in jobcentres covering the Greater Manchester area was 4,840. This figure has not been seasonally adjusted.

  Ms Eagle
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will make a statement on the importance and on the future role of the Health and Safety Executive.

  Mr. McLoughlin
  The future role of the Health and Safety Executive will be to continue its good work in promoting health and safety in the workplace while ensuring businesses are not burdened with unnecessary bureaucracy.
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NATIONAL FINANCE

  Deficit Funding
  Mr. Austin Mitchell
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 2 April,Official Report, column 480, to what extent he is currently underfunding the deficit.

  Mr. Nelson
  The Government are pursuing their full fund policy, as set out in the "Financial and Budget Report 1993–94".

  Central Bank Advances
  Mr. Austin Mitchell
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which other European Community Governments make use of advances from their central banks similar to the ways and means advances to Her Majesty's Government from the Bank of England.

  Mr. Nelson
  The public sector in most other European Community countries makes use of advances from its central bank. Details are given in the 1992 annual report of the committee of governors of the central banks of the member states of the European Economic Community. A copy of this document is available in the Library.

  Ways and Means Advances
  Mr. Austin Mitchell
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 2 April,Official Report, columns 480–81 on ways and means advances, if he will give the actual advances from the Bank of England outstanding at the last working day of the last six financial years and the interest rate payable at that time on such advances.

  Mr. Nelson
  The information is as follows:

  Financial year

  Level of Ways and Means1 advances outstanding from the Bank of England

  Interest1

  £ million

  percentage

  1987–88

  4,638

  8.375

  1988–89

  6,256

  12.875

  1989–90

  5,963

  14.875

  1990–91

  6,918

  12.875

  1991–92

  7,187

  10.375

  21992–93

  3,062

  5.875

  1 Level of Ways and Means, rounded to the nearest million, and interest payable as at the last working day of each financial year.

  2 (Provisional).

  Mr. Austin Mitchell
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 2 April,Official Report, column 481, on ways and means advances, why interest is paid on such advances; and what proposals he has to arrange for the Bank of England not to charge such interest.
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  Mr. Nelson
  Interest is payable to the Bank of England on ways and means advances, and payable by the Bank of England on deposits when the national loans fund is in surplus. It is appropriate for national loans fund borrowing from, and lending to, the Bank of England to be at interest.

  There are no proposals to change the arrangements for charging interest.

  Industrial and Provident Societies
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will table a new statutory instrument to replace the Industrial and Provident Societies (Increase in Shareholding Limit) Order 1981 (SI, 1981, No. 395) in order to increase the current £10,000 limit on shareholdings in industrial and provident societies; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Nelson
  I have no immediate plans to do so, although the Treasury keeps the limit on shareholdings in industrial and provident societies under review at all times.

  Conditionally Exempt Property
  Mr. Burns
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy that, where the owner of conditionally exempt property is required to sell part of it under the provisions of the Housing and Urban Development Bill, there should be no review of the designation of the whole of the property.

  Mr. Dorrell
  Where there is a disposal of part of a property which is conditionally exempt from inheritance tax, the conditional exemption designation of the whole property is reviewed. If the disposal has not materially affected the heritage entity, the designation for the remainder remains in force and the inheritance tax charge is limited to the part disposal.

  Following consideration of representations received, the Government propose that, where a part disposal results solely from leasehold enfranchisement under the Housing and Urban Development Bill, or the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, and there is no breach of undertakings in respect of the retained property, there should be no review of designation of the retained property. In these circumstances, the inheritance tax charge will be limited to the part disposal.

  A new clause to the Finance (No. 2) Bill 1993 will be tabled shortly on this proposal.

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT

  Indonesia
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the projects funded by the Overseas Development Association for Indonesia; to what extent Indonesia's human rights record has affected the level of aid that it receives; and what representations have been made to Indonesia on human rights matters.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  There are two main elements of ODA's aid programme for Indonesia—projects supported under the aid and trade provision, essentially through the concessional loan arrangements signed since 1986, and technical co-operation projects funded on a grant basis.
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  In the first group of projects currently at the implementation stage are the rehabilitation and upgrading of 140 km of rail line, a new 17 km rail spur, both in west Java. provision of Bailey-type steel bridging, a radio communication system for the Ministry of Forestry, airport security systems for the Medan and Bali international airports, a flight simulator for a domestic civilian airline, shortwave radio transmitters for the national broadcasting service, equipment and a training centre for universities in western Indonesia and diesel power units for central Sumatra.

  Technical co-operation projects under implementation are in the sectors of natural resources, including particularly forestry, energy—both gas and power—education, public administration, and training.

  ODA also supports the work of non-governmental organisations in Indonesia.

  Decisions on the level of aid for Indonesia, as for all countries, are taken after consideration of all relevant factors, including human rights.

  We frequently express to the Indonesian Government our continuing concern at human rights matters, both in Ministers' meetings with their Indonesian counterparts and in representations here and through the embassy in Jakarta. The most recent occasion was when my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary visited Indonesia in early April.

  Family Planning (China)
  Mr. Alton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (l) what information he has received from the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities on the activities of the Chinese Family Planning Association and the Chinese State Family Planning Commission; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) what discussions he has held with the IPPF and UNFPA concerning coercive population control in China; and if he will make a statement;

  (3) further to his answer of 26 April, Official Report, column 363, on the work of IPPF and UNFPA, what information his Department receives from these organisations between their annual conferences.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  [holding answer 4 May 1993]: The Overseas Development Administration receives various information from, and is in regular consultation with, IPPF and UNFPA about China's population programme and the technical and financial assistance they provide to China's Family Planning Association and State Family Planning Commission.

  Mr. Alton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what account he takes in making grants to the population control work of IPPF and UNFPA of Chinese state laws prescribing mandatory abortifacient contraception, sterilisation and abortion.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  [holding answer 4 May 1993]: ODA provides grants to IPPF and UNFPA in support of their worldwide activities. ODA, IPPF and UNFPA all believe that women and men should be able to choose whether to have, or not to have, children without any form of coercion.

  The British Government attach importance to China adopting powerful directives from the centre to eliminate coercive practices and human rights violations in its

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  population programme. IPPF and UNFPA endorse this view and are in regular dialogue with the Chinese Government.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

  Eritrea
  Mr. Bowls
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will announce Her Majesty's Government's policy on the recognition of Eritrea following its referendum result.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  We warmly welcome the outcome of the referendum on Eritrea's status. United Nations observers have confirmed their satisfaction with the process. This opens the way for recognition of Eritrea.

  The Eritreans have announced that their independence will be formally declared on 24 May. Accordingly, we plan to announce our decision on diplomatic recognition on that occasion.

  Malawi
  Mr. Hunter
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations were made to Malawi about human rights in Malawi during the recent United Kingdom presidency of the EC.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  During our presidency, the EC made two demarches to the Malawian Government about human rights. On 4 August a demarche expressed concern at the re-arrest of Chakufwa Chihana following his earlier release on bail. On 20 October, a further demarche detailed EC member states' continued concerns over human rights and in particular called for greater police accountability and freedom of expression, both of which the EC consider to be prerequisites for the lifting of the restrictions on non-humanitarian aid to the country, imposed by donors in May 1992.

HOME DEPARTMENT

  Sunday Trading
  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce the Government's proposals on Sunday trading in the next session of Parliament; and if he will present a Bill before Christmas 1993.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  We shall make available a draft Bill together with a text explaining the effects of its provisions before the summer recess. The Bill will be ready for introduction early next Session, when parliamentary time allows. Details of Bills for introduction in the next Session will be given in the Queen's Speech.

  Motor Vehicle Offences
  Mr. Callaghan
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) thefts of a motor vehicle and (b) thefts from a motor vehicle were committed in the Greater Manchester area in each year since 1987.

  Mr. Jack
  The information requested is published annually in table 3.1 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Volume 3", copies of which are available in the Library.

  Primates
  Mr. Etherington
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 22 October 1992,Official Report, column 372, if he is now able to provide information on the proportion of primates used in British research which are (a) wild caught, (b) captive bred outside the United Kingdom and (c) captive bred in the United Kingdom.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  The Home Office scientific procedures inspectorate has, since the answer of 22 October 1992, completed a survey of the holding of larger primates in 1992. This indicated that the proportion of captive-bred larger primates held, though not necessarily used, is now 80 per cent.

  The breakdown by species in 1992 was as follows:

  Species

  Number held

  Number captive bred

  Percentage captive bred

  Cynomolgus

  2,689

  2,143

  79.7

  Rhesus

  919

  878

  95.5

  Baboon

  175

  0

  0

  Stump/Pigtail

  81

  79

  97.5

  Others

  6

  6

  100

  It is not possible, from the information available, to distinguish between those animals which were captive-bred in the United Kingdom and those which were captive-bred elsewhere.

  No precise information is available in respect of smaller primates, although it is believed that the great majority of those used will have been captive-bred in this country.

  Replica Firearms
  Mr. Callaghan
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes involving the use of replica firearms have been committed in each police authority area in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

  Mr. Jack
  Figures for offences involving imitation firearms in England and Wales are set out in the table. These figures include replica firearms and all other types of imitation firearms, including toys.

  Figures for Scotland are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and figures for Northern Ireland are a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

  Notifiable offences recorded by the police in which imitation firearms were reported to have been used in England and Wales

  Police force

  1987

  1988

  1989

  1990

  1991

  Avon and Somerset

  —

  4

  1

  9

  7

  Bedfordshire

  2

  3

  7

  3

  5

  Cambridgeshire

  2

  1

  4

  10

  5

  Cheshire

  —

  2

  3

  8

  13

  Cleveland

  1

  —

  1

  —

  1

  Cumbria

  —

  2

  2

  6

  5

  Derbyshire

  3

  4

  2

  4

  5

  Devon and Cornwall

  7

  4

  9

  4

  8

  Dorset

  1

  1

  5

  2

  2

  Durham

  1

  3

  —

  1

  6

  Essex

  5

  16

  7

  12

  11

  Gloucestershire

  —

  —

  —

  —

  3

  Greater Manchester

  13

  20

  21

  22

  22

  Hampshire

  12

  7

  17

  19

  21

  Hertfordshire

  3

  2

  5

  2

  7

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  Police force

  1987

  1988

  1989

  1990

  1991

  Humberside

  6

  6

  9

  —

  14

  Kent

  10

  12

  11

  8

  7

  Lancashire

  4

  —

  —

  7

  9

  Leicestershire

  9

  4

  10

  11

  11

  Lincolnshire

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  London, City of

  6

  1

  5

  1

  1

  Merseyside

  13

  17

  12

  23

  10

  Metropolitan

  95

  87

  107

  108

  112

  Norfolk

  2

  2

  2

  1

  1

  Northamptonshire

  3

  2

  1

  1

  4

  Northumbria

  5

  4

  9

  17

  21

  North Yorkshire

  1

  —

  2

  2

  3

  Nottinghamshire

  7

  5

  5

  8

  10

  South Yorkshire

  4

  6

  11

  10

  17

  Staffordshire

  1

  2

  2

  3

  2

  Suffolk

  3

  5

  2

  2

  7

  Surrey

  2

  3

  4

  4

  2

  Sussex

  9

  8

  12

  18

  17

  Thames Valley

  6

  13

  14

  28

  28

  Warwickshire

  —

  4

  2

  1

  3

  West Mercia

  4

  3

  4

  2

  2

  West Midlands

  19

  23

  27

  25

  41

  West Yorkshire

  13

  13

  15

  13

  15

  Wiltshire

  —

  —

  2

  3

  —

  Dyfed Powys

  1

  1

  1

  1

  2

  Gwent

  2

  —

  3

  11

  1

  North Wales

  —

  2

  6

  3

  11

  South Wales

  1

  3

  3

  7

  9

  England and Wales

  277

  295

  365

  420

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  War Crimes
  Mr. Peter Bottomley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on war crimes investigations since enactment of the War Crimes Act 1991; and with what results.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  Expenditure so far incurred under the War Crimes Act 1991 is estimated at £3.21 million. Investigations have been undertaken into over 350 allegations and inquiries are still continuing in 75 cases. As yet, no prosecutions have been started under the Act.

  Crime Statistics
  Mr. French
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out for each police authority in England for the most recent three years for which figures are available(a) the number of recorded crimes, (b) the ratio of recorded crimes to population, (c) the number of cleared up crimes and (d) the ratio of crimes cleared up to crimes committed; and if he will give the corresponding figures for 1978–79.

  Mr. Jack
  The information requested is supplied in the following tables. The number of crimes committed is not available, so the number of crimes recorded is used in the clear-up ratio.

  1978

  Police force areas

  Offences recorded1 1978

  Offences per 100 000 population

  Offences cleared up21978

  Percentage cleared up

  Avon and Somerset

  53,071

  3,981

  22,339

  42

  Bedfordshire

  24,506

  4,954

  11,221

  46

  Cambridgeshire

  28,317

  4,966

  15,571

  55

  Cheshire

  26,436

  2,874

  15,547

  59

  Cleveland

  33,222

  5,847

  18,143

  55

  Cumbria

  18,498

  3,916

  9,999

  54

  Derbyshire

  35,759

  3,990

  16,042

  45

  Devon and Cornwall

  41,941

  3,073

  19,149

  46

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  Police force areas

  Offences recorded1 1978

  Offences per l00.000 population

  Offences cleared up2 1978

  Percentage cleared up

  Dorset

  24,608

  4,196

  11,614

  47

  Durham

  25,863

  4,283

  13,212

  51

  Essex

  50,262

  3,679

  21,871

  44

  Gloucestershire

  16,120

  3,255

  8,225

  51

  Greater Manchester

  151,192

  5,676

  69,183

  46

  Hampshire

  62,750

  4,003

  28,681

  46

  Hertfordshire

  35,649

  4,434

  18,156

  51

  Humberside

  42,773

  5,062

  19,416

  45

  Kent

  52,602

  3,630

  21,136

  40

  Lancashire

  48,984

  3,577

  26,933

  55

  Leicestershire

  29,254

  3,511

  16,591

  57

  Lincolnshire

  16,436

  3,101

  9,434

  57

  City of London

  5,886

  3—

  1,379

  23

  Merseyside

  106,083

  6,864

  45,301

  43

  Metropolitan Police District

  533,025

  7,203

  114,214

  21

  Norfolk

  22,245

  3,272

  10,950

  49

  Northamptonshire

  21,959

  4,252

  11,020

  50

  Northumbria

  92,352

  6,350

  47,382

  51

  North Yorkshire

  21,605

  3,267

  11,294

  52

  Nottinghamshire

  68,903

  7,076

  34,066

  49

  South Yorkshire

  53,040

  4,067

  28,235

  53

  Staffordshire

  33,927

  3,403

  18,556

  55

  Suffolk

  17,640

  2,976

  9,730

  55

  Surrey

  24,732

  3,409

  12,154

  49

  Sussex

  43,988

  3,420

  24,729

  56

  Thames Valley

  71,681

  4,124

  30,531

  43

  Warwickshire

  13,440

  2,863

  6,210

  46

  West.Mercia

  31,816

  3,260

  15,384

  48

  West Midlands

  151,685

  5,594

  52,039

  34

  West Yorkshire

  122,874

  5,942

  60,250

  49

  Wiltshire

  20,125

  3,899

  8,814

  44

  Dyfed-Powys

  10,794

  2,504

  6,924

  64

  Gwent

  18,810

  4,295

  11,139

  59

  North Wales

  23,520

  3,865

  13,564

  58

  South Wales

  67,384

  5,222

  31,325

  46

  Total

  2,395,757

  4,878

  997,653

  42

  1 Excluding criminal damage £20 and under.

  2 Excluding criminal damage £20 and under.

  3 Included in the Metropolitan Police District.

  1979

  Police force areas

  Offences recorded1 1979

  Offences per 100 000 population

  Offences cleared up2 1979

  Percentage cleared up

  Avon and Somerset

  48,443

  3,616

  21,010

  43

  Bedfordshire

  26,403

  5,293

  12,752

  48

  Cambridgeshire

  23,461

  4,050

  10,967

  47

  Cheshire

  28,285

  3,053

  16,524

  58

  Cleveland

  32,802

  5,769

  16,671

  51

  Cumbria

  18,130

  3,858

  10,132

  56

  Derbyshire

  35,160

  3,914

  17,688

  50

  Devon and Cornwall

  41,231

  3,006

  19,001

  46

  Dorset

  22,278

  3,769

  10,359

  46

  Durham

  25,033

  4,150

  12,942

  52

  Essex

  51,077

  3,708

  21,488

  42

  Gloucestershire

  15,385

  3,095

  7,910

  51

  Greater Manchester

  160,268

  6,052

  72,843

  45

  Hampshire

  62,062

  3,941

  28,255

  46

  Hertfordshire

  35,815

  4,430

  19,296

  54

  Humberside

  44,502

  5,238

  19,926

  45

  Kent

  50,959

  3,500

  25,469

  50

  Lancashire

  51,735

  3,777

  28,791

  56

  Leicestershire

  28,984

  3,466

  15,541

  54

  Lincolnshire

  16,229

  3,040

  9,703

  60

  City of London

  6,663

  3

  1,375

  3

  Merseyside

  104,369

  6,814

  44,351

  42

  Metropolitan Police District

  524,138

  7,123

  108,907

  21

  Norfolk

  21,161

  3,083

  9,983

  47

  Northamptonshire

  21,568

  4,122

  10,262

  48

  Northumbria

  93,832

  6,490

  49,359

  53

  North Yorkshire

  20,260

  3,055

  10,342

  51

  Nottinghamshire

  69,879

  7,174

  35,340

  51

  South Yorkshire

  52,767

  4,055

  27,055

  51

  Staffordshire

  35,718

  3,572

  18,232

  51

  Suffolk

  18,804

  3,147

  10,625

  57

  Surrey

  25,407

  3,505

  11,856

  47

  265

  Police force areas

  Offences recorded1 1979

  Offences per 100.000 population

  Offences cleared up2 1979

  Percentage cleared up

  Sussex

  45,962

  3,540

  24,562

  53

  Thames Valley

  71,778

  4,079

  32,194

  45

  Warwickshire

  13,156

  2,806

  6,080

  46

  West Mercia

  31,125

  3,152

  15,264

  49

  West Midlands

  147,080

  5,455

  54,702

  37

  West Yorkshire

  118,418

  5,737

  43,702

  37

  Wiltshire

  18,871

  3,654

  7,882

  42

  Dyfed-Powys

  10,525

  2,432

  6,575

  62

  Gwent

  18,814

  4,316

  11,204

  60

  North Wales

  22,395

  3,663

  13,269

  59

  South Wales

  65,734

  5,077

  30,294

  46

  Total

  2,376,666

  4,833

  980,683

  41

  1Excluding criminal damage £20 and under.

  2 Excluding criminal damage £20 and under.

  3 Included in the Metropolitan Police District.

  1990

  Police force areas

  Offences recorded11990

  Offences per 100.000 population

  Offences cleared up2 1990

  Percentage cleared up

  Avon and Somerset

  124,177

  8,784

  35,395

  29

  Bedfordshire

  52,862

  9,952

  11,712

  22

  Cambridgeshire

  44,035

  6,722

  16,546

  38

  Cheshire

  51,627

  5,386

  25,667

  50

  Cleveland

  70,622

  12,774

  17,351

  25

  Cumbria

  31,922

  6,493

  13,855

  43

  Derbyshire

  56,557

  6,085

  18,228

  32

  Devon and Cornwall

  90,403

  6,051

  28,644

  32

  Dorset

  47,282

  7,199

  16,637

  35

  Durham

  49,957

  8,369

  16,818

  34

  Essex

  93,544

  6,389

  26,868

  29

  Gloucestershire

  41,772

  7,889

  13,819

  33

  Greater Manchester

  312,332

  12,095

  100,074

  32

  Hampshire

  116,773

  6,966

  37,253

  32

  Hertfordshire

  45,166

  5,373

  13,324

  30

  Humberside

  101,279

  11,828

  37,699

  37

  Kent

  99,179

  6,509

  24,370

  25

  Lancashire

  92,985

  6,686

  40,969

  44

  Leicestershire

  71,981

  8,070

  25,820

  36

  Lincolnshire

  38,034

  6,481

  16,449

  43

  City of London

  7,072

  3165,737

  1,480

  21

  Merseyside

  129,876

  8,969

  57,542

  44

  Metropolitan Police District

  810,443

  11,220

  137,075

  17

  Norfolk

  53,982

  7,212

  20,145

  37

  Northamptonshire

  47,392

  8,227

  16,711

  35

  Northumbria

  190,248

  13,288

  76,654

  40

  North Yorkshire

  44,465

  6,156

  17,726

  40

  Nottinghamshire

  128,548

  12,667

  44,711

  35

  South Yorkshire

  102,161

  7,888

  45,450

  44

  Staffordshire

  70,718

  6,806

  27,892

  39

  Suffolk

  36,451

  5,686

  14,842

  41

  Surrey

  41,681

  5,604

  11,050

  27

  Sussex

  93,418

  6,594

  24,534

  26

  Thames Valley

  145,977

  7,446

  38,175

  26

  Warwickshire

  32,419

  6,711

  9,504

  29

  West Mercia

  59,332

  5,501

  27,128

  46

  West Midlands

  257,814

  9,858

  92,723

  36

  West Yorkshire

  227,631

  11,015

  77,073

  34

  Wiltshire

  32,449

  5,811

  14,196

  44

  Dyfed-Powys

  19,568

  4,169

  9,835

  50

  Gwent

  30,169

  6,752

  15,481

  51

  North Wales

  36,153

  5,546

  14,629

  40

  South Wales

  133,176

  10,205

  47,459

  36

  Total

  4,363,632

  8,630

  1,379,423

  32

  1Excluding criminal damage £20 and under.

  2 Excluding criminal damage £20 and under.

  3 The City of London rate per 100,000 population figure is affected by the low resident population.

  266

  1991

  Police force areas

  Offences recorded1 1991

  Offences per 100.000 population

  Offences cleared up2 1991

  Percentage cleared up

  Avon and Somerset

  151,071

  10,662

  35,575

  24

  Bedfordshire

  56,597

  10,569

  10,948

  19

  Cambridgeshire

  57,396

  8,637

  20,588

  36

  Cheshire

  61,901

  6,455

  25,172

  41

  Cleveland

  74,424

  13,480

  24,817

  33

  Cumbria

  42,627

  8,662

  17,195

  40

  Derbyshire

  71,853

  7,701

  20,065

  28

  Devon and Cornwall

  106,926

  7,138

  31,019

  29

  Dorset

  51,081

  7,759

  21,091

  41

  Durham

  60,717

  10,130

  18,328

  30

  Essex

  106,109

  7,240

  33,518

  32

  Gloucestershire

  55,317

  10,410

  19,575

  35

  Greater Manchester

  353,177

  13,633

  126,464

  36

  Hampshire

  140,182

  8,360

  39,741

  28

  Hertfordshire

  54,629

  6,482

  18,239

  33

  Humberside

  116,115

  13,515

  36,648

  32

  Kent

  134,197

  8,797

  30,608

  23

  Lancashire

  106,045

  7,600

  42,563

  40

  Leicestershire

  88,890

  9,902

  25,574

  29

  Lincolnshire

  43,678

  7,387

  20,152

  46

  City of London

  7,551

  3191,213

  1,526

  20

  Merseyside

  143,247

  9,922

  63,804

  45

  Metropolitan Police District

  883,934

  12,175

  149,016

  17

  Norfolk

  63,575

  8,469

  23,281

  37

  Northamptonshire

  57,756

  9,956

  17,782

  31

  Northumbria

  208,888

  14,589

  73,796

  35

  North Yorkshire

  49,869

  6,865

  18,015

  36

  Nottinghamshire

  145,903

  14,353

  38,695

  27

  South Yorkshire

  118,972

  9,178

  42,582

  36

  Staffordshire

  84,296

  8,100

  31,534

  37

  Suffolk

  39,175

  6,085

  14,626

  37

  Surrey

  49,252

  6,592

  11,249

  23

  Sussex

  110,931

  7,828

  25,077

  23

  Thames Valley

  185,262

  9,340

  40,285

  22

  Warwickshire

  40,091

  8,307

  9,641

  24

  West Mercia

  71,420

  6,605

  25,232

  35

  West Midlands

  294,704

  11,271

  90,344

  31

  West Yorkshire

  288,745

  13,948

  79,663

  28

  Wiltshire

  38,276

  6,812

  15,460

  40

  Dyfed-Powys

  24,411

  5,178

  12,261

  50

  Gwent

  37,222

  8,317

  17,487

  47

  North Wales

  42,672

  6,536

  15,523

  36

  South Wales

  156,259

  11,932

  44,731

  29

  Total

  5,075,343

  10,007

  1,479,490

  29

  1Excluding criminal damage £20 and under.

  2 Excluding criminal damage £20 and under.

  3 The City of London rate per 100,000 population figure is affected by the low resident population.

  1992

  Police force areas

  Offences recorded1 1992

  Offences per 100,000 population

  Offences cleared up2 1992

  Percentage cleared up

  Avon and Somerset

  173,068

  12,214

  28,806

  17

  Bedfordshire

  59,008

  11,019

  11,677

  20

  Cambridgeshire

  65,406

  9,843

  17,498

  27

  Cheshire

  76,183

  7,944

  21,899

  29

  Cleveland

  80,111

  14,510

  25,245

  32

  Cumbria

  43,007

  8,739

  15,749

  37

  Derbyshire

  83,439

  8,943

  18,612

  22

  Devon and Cornwall

  113,413

  7,571

  20,085

  18

  Dorset

  51,767

  7,864

  16,512

  32

  Durham

  62,107

  10,362

  18,761

  30

  Essex

  112,883

  7,703

  32,409

  29

  Gloucestershire

  60,102

  11,310

  14,275

  24

  Greater Manchester

  366,538

  14,149

  129,338

  35

  Hampshire

  149,806

  8,934

  39,154

  26

  Hertfordshire

  58,289

  6,916

  14,904

  26

  Humberside

  126,110

  14,678

  28,960

  23

  Kent

  155,176

  10,172

  41,962

  27

  Lancashire

  115,741

  8,295

  42,459

  37

  Leicestershire

  96,419

  10,741

  28,631

  30

  Lincolnshire

  47,956

  8,110

  18,514

  39

  City of London

  6,755

  3171,056

  1,343

  20

  Merseyside

  144,087

  9,980

  60,825

  42

  267

  Police force areas

  Offences recorded1 1992

  Offences per 100,000 population

  Offences cleared up2 1992

  Percentage cleared up

  Metropolitan Police District

  890,847

  12,270

  142,746

  16

  Norfolk

  66,638

  8,877

  22,519

  34

  Northamptonshire

  58,871

  10,148

  17,797

  30

  Northumbria

  203,836

  14,236

  34,797

  17

  North Yorkshire

  52,869

  7,278

  17,247

  33

  Nottinghamshire

  159,807

  15,720

  41,312

  26

  South Yorkshire

  132,699

  10,237

  34,981

  26

  Staffordshire

  96,988

  9,319

  29,445

  30

  Suffolk

  43,846

  6,811

  17,086

  39

  Surrey

  52,866

  7,076

  11,596

  22

  Sussex

  117,778

  8,311

  26,935

  23

  Thames Valley

  196,074

  9,885

  38,199

  19

  Warwickshire

  44,630

  9,247

  10,451

  23

  West Mercia

  77,489

  7,166

  26,345

  34

  West Midlands

  321,407

  12,293

  85,305

  27

  West Yorkshire

  300,738

  14,528

  75,243

  25

  Wiltshire

  41,104

  7,315

  15,231

  37

  Dyfed-Powys

  26,554

  5,632

  13,986

  53

  Gwent

  39,994

  8,937

  17,677

  44

  North Wales

  47,811

  7,323

  15,949

  33

  South Wales

  163,270

  12,467

  48,399

  30

  Total

  5,383,487

  10,614

  1,390,864

  26

  1 Excluding criminal damage 20 and under.

  2 Excluding criminal damage 20 and under.

  3 The City of London rate per 100,000 population figure is affected by the low resident population.

  Racist Organisations
  Mr. Peter Bottomley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many proceedings have been taken against racist organisations or their members in each of the last six years.

  Mr. Jack
  Information recorded centrally only identifies the defendant by gender and "other"-public bodies, organisations, etcetera. The table shows the number of prosecutions under section 5A of the Public Order Act 1936 and part III of the Public Order Act 1986.

  Number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates' court under section 5 A of the Public Order Act 1936 and part III of the Public Order Act 19861 1986–91 England and Wales

  Prosecutions

  Year

  Persons

  Other

  1986

  4

  —

  1987

  11

  —

  1988

  22

  —

  1989

  28

  —

  1990

  45

  —

  1991

  65

  —

  1 Came into force on 1 January 1987.

  Passports
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each passport issuing office the current waiting times for processing applications for passports.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  I have asked the chief executive of the Passport Agency to reply and he will do so shortly. A copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.

  Letter from J. E. Hayzelden to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 5 May 1993:
  268
  The Home Secretary has asked me, as chief executive of the Passport Agency, to write to you in response to your Parliamentary Question about processing times for passport applications. I have set out below the current processing times for straightforward, properly completed passport applications at each of our six offices. They are:

  Passport Office

  Working days

  Belfast

  6

  Glasgow

  8

  Liverpool

  13

  London

  8

  Newport

  10

  Peterborough

  7

  Our current target is to process these applications within a maximum of 20 working days, while processing urgent applications in accordance with customers' travel needs.

  Knife Attacks
  Mr. Peter Bottomley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many black youths and how many white youths died after a knife or other attack during the last five years in(a) south-east London, (b) the Metropolitan police district and (c) England, identifying where known if the killer or suspected assailant was (i) white and (ii) black.

  Mr. Jack
  This information is not available from the statistics collected centrally.

  Animal Welfare
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions were brought by the police relating to animal welfare in 1991; and how many were successful.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  [holding answer 4 May 1993]: The information is given in the table:

  Number of prosecution brought by the police for offences relating to animal welfare by result, 1991

  England and Wales

  Offence

  Police prosecutions

  Convictions

  Cruelty to animals

  437

  326

  Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, Sec. 22(3) 23 and 25(3)

  1

  1

  Protection of Animals Act, 1911 (as amended)

  337

  254

  Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 Sec. 8

  —

  —

  Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925

  —

  —

  Protection of Animals (Cruelty to dogs) Act, 1933

  10

  7

  Protection of Animals Act, 1934

  1

  1

  Pet Animals Act, 1951

  2

  —

  Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954

  10

  5

  Animal Health Act, 1981, Sees. 40–42, 46, 49 and Orders under Sees. 8, 9, 37, 38, 39 and 43

  24

  19

  Slaughterhouses Act 1974

  —

  —

  Abandonment of Animals Act, 1960, Sec. 1

  19

  16

  Animal Boarding Establishments Act, 1963

  4

  3

  Riding Establishments Acts, 1964 and 1970

  —

  —

  269

  Offence

  Police prosecutions

  Convictions

  Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968, Sees. 1, 2 and 6

  1

  1

  Badgers Act, 1973

  19

  12

  Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981, Sec. 9

  2

  —

  Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981, Sec. 11

  4

  4

  Other

  3

  3

  Diseases of Animals Act

  47

  31

  Wild Birds Protection Acts

  76

  63

NORTHERN IRELAND

  Hospital Beds
  Rev. Martin Smyth
  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) national health service hospital beds and (b) national health service private beds there were in each board area in each year since 1979.

  Mr. Hanley
  [holding answer 30 April 1993]: Information detailing the number of available beds in each health and social services board since 1979 is shown in the table. Information on the number of health service private beds is not collected centrally.

  Eastern

  Northern

  Southern

  Western

  1979

  8,728

  2,454

  2,662

  3,280

  1980

  8,769

  2,473

  2,607

  3,212

  1981

  8,801

  2,485

  2,597

  3,140

  1982

  8,759

  2,471

  2,599

  3,132

  1983

  8,751

  2,519

  2,606

  3,100

  1984

  8,583

  2,477

  2,606

  3,049

  1985

  8,441

  2,508

  2,608

  3,038

  1986

  7,996

  2,457

  2,556

  2,953

  1987

  7,728

  2,373

  2,432

  2,877

  1988–89

  7,326

  2,279

  2,366

  2,715

  1989–90

  7,058

  2,149

  2,294

  2,653

  1990–91

  6,669

  2,086

  2,188

  2,545

  1991–92

  6,207

  1,984

  2,095

  2,314

  Over the same period, the number of patients treated has increased from: 241,264 in 1979 to 278,960 in 1991–92.

DUCHY OF LANCASTER

  Executive Agencies
  Sir Paul Beresford
  To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what key targets have been set for his executive agencies for the current year.

  Mr. Waldegrave
  I am responsible for six executive agencies; Chessington Computer Centre, Central Office of Information, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Civil Service College, Civil Service Occupational Health Service and Recruitment and Assessment Services. I announced Chessington's targets for the current year when it was launched on 1 April 1993. For the others, I have set the following key targets for each agency for the current year.

  Central Office of Information (1993–94)

  (i) To achieve break-even in current cost terms after covering all costs;

  (ii) To achieve a 1 per cent. reduction in unit cost of output in real terms while maintaining suitable levels of quality;

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  (iii) To deliver all work in accordance with client specification;

  (iv) To deliver all work on time.

  Her Majesty's Stationery Office (1993)

  (i) To achieve a current cost operating profit of £8.0 million, before exceptional items.

  (ii) For print procurement, to achieve 95 per cent. overall of orders delivered to time and 100 per cent. of vital orders on time. Also 100 per cent. of orders delivered without fault;

  (iii) For publications, to achieve 95 per cent. overall of production jobs delivered to time and 100 per cent. of basic production jobs on time. Also 100 per cent. of production jobs delivered without fault; in addition, to dispatch 85 per cent. of publications orders within four working days of receipt and 95 per cent. within five working days;

  (iv) For business supplies, to dispatch 99 per cent. of orders of stock catalogue items within four working days of receipt. For non-stock items to place 95 per cent. of orders with contractors within five working days of receipt by HMSO.

  Civil Service College (1993–94)

  (i) To break even in accrual accounting terms, taking into account the central payment from OPSS;

  (ii) To earn £300,000 from consultancy work;

  (iii) To attract 7,200 students at grade 7 or above and 2,400 students below grade 7 who are in development schemes;

  (iv) To attract 2,120 students on courses for externally validated qualifications;

  (v) To earn 80 per cent. of course evaluations in the two highest categories;

  (vi) There is also a medium term objective of obtaining a 10 per cent. increase in efficiency over the period 1991–92 to 1995–96.

  Civil Service Occupational Health Service (1993–94)

  (i) To break even in accrual accounting terms;

  (ii) To achieve a cost per productive professional day (including administrative and overhead costs) of £268 or less;

  (iii) To achieve an average cost per case referral of £2350 or less;

  (iv) To turn round within 15 days, 90 per cent. of referrals where no additional information is sought and within 40 days 65 per cent. of case referrals where additional information is sought;

  (v) To earn 85 per cent. of customer satisfaction marking in the top two boxes of the post-service questionnaire.

  Recruitment and Assessment Services (1993–94)

  (i) To keep any operating deficit on an accruals basis to £450,000 or less;

  (ii) To achieve volumes of 475 consultancy days sold and 25 training courses organised;

  (iii) To increase efficiency by 2.5 per cent. over 1992–93 outturn;

  (iv) To improve the quality of service to customers and achieve 95 per cent. responses in the top three categories of the customer satisfaction questionnaires and, within this target, to achieve 75 per cent. of responses in the top two categories.

NATIONAL HERITAGE

  Tourism
  Mr. Llwyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what percentage of British domestic tourists in each year used(a) hotels/guest houses/bed and breakfast, (b) self-catering, (c) holiday camp and (d) other accommodation.

  Mr. Key
  The available information is contained in the following table:
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  Domestic tourists in the United Kingdom: Percentage figures for type of accommodation used are shown below:

  Type of accommodation used

  19892

  19902

  19912

  per cent

  per cent

  per cent

  Hotels/motel/guest houses/ farmhouse/other private house/bed and breakfast1

  27

  27

  24

  Self-catering accommodation3

  18

  19

  21

  Holiday camp/village1

  3

  3

  3

  Other accommodation4

  58

  55

  56

  Source: United Kingdom Tourism Survey.

  1The categories of accommodation listed in the table above are the ones employed by the United Kingdom Tourism Survey and in some instances are slightly different from those specified in the question.

  2 Each year's percentages sum to more than 100 per cent. for two reasons. Firstly, part of the "holiday camp/village" category is also included in the "self-catering accommodation" category. Secondly, on some trips tourists use more than one type of accommodation.

  3Non-commercial accommodation is not included in the category "self-catering accommodation".

  4 Other accommodation includes staying with friends and relatives.

ENVIRONMENT

  Hazardous Waste
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on his deregulatory review of existing controls on toxic and hazardous waste; and which bodies he is consulting as part of the review.

  Mr. Maclean
  The Government are considering regulations which will implement directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste and which will replace the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980. This will take account of deregulation, any views of the industry task forces and the need to avoid unnecessary controls.

  The directive requires agreement on a list of hazardous waste. Successive drafts of the list prepared by the European Commission have been circulated for comment to a wide range of representative bodies. Consultation on revisions to the regulations is planned for later in the year.

  Carbon Emissions
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to issue discussion documents on the lines of his Department's publication "Climate Change: our National Programme for Carbon Dioxide Emissions" in relation to other greenhouse gases.

  Mr. Maclean
  My right hon. and learned Friend has no such plans.

  Mr. Peter Bottomley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the increase in carbon emissions for every 1 per cent. decrease in the real cost of(a) gas and (b) electricity.

  Mr. Maclean
  Decreases in the real cost of energy will tend to increase demand and hence lead to increased carbon emissions. It is difficult to give a rule of thumb estimate of the effect, since the price elasticity of demand varies significantly between sectors and depends both on the absolute level of prices and the magnitude of any change. Changes in the price of any one fuel may also affect demand for others. And the impact on carbon 272
  emissions of a change in demand for electricity will depend on how the change in demand affects the balance of fuels used in generation.

  As an illustration of the possible impact of energy price changes, the 17.5 per cent. increase in the price of energy to domestic sector users implied by the introduction of VAT is estimated to lead to a decrease in carbon emissions of approximately 1.5 million tonnes by the year 2000. An equivalent fall in energy prices to the domestic sector would have an approximately opposite effect.

  Landfill Levy
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to introduce a landfill levy.

  Mr. Maclean
  We are currently considering the responses to the report by Coopers and Lybrand into "Landfill Costs and Prices: Correcting Possible Market Distortions", published in February 1993. To assist with this, we have also commissioned a study assessing the environmental impact of landfill against other waste management options and I expect this to be completed shortly.

  Environment Conference, Lucerne
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on matters discussed and decisions taken at the second pan-European conference of Environment Ministers in Lucerne on 28 to 30 April; and what additional financial pledges were made by the United Kingdom to support decisions taken.

  Mr. Maclean
  The main subject discussed at the "Environment for Europe" conference in Lucerne from 28 to 30 April was the environmental action programme for central and eastern Europe. This sets out a broad strategy for tackling the most immediate environmental problems in central and eastern Europe, based on a "three-legged" approach of policy reform, institutional strengthening and investments. The conference firmly supported the implementation of this strategy. It also endorsed the establishment of mechanisms to implement the EAP, including a framework to facilitate the project preparation and investment process, and a task force to co-ordinate efforts to support institutional and policy change.

  There was a progress report on the state of the environment in Europe report, which will serve as the basis of the further development of an environmental programme for Europe. The possible use of economic instruments was discussed, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was asked to explore further ways to facilitate a wider use of such instruments.

  My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State gave the keynote address in the debate on monitoring, compliance and enforcement in environmental policy. Decisions in this area called for the extension of the OECD environmental performance reviews to Poland, Bulgaria and Belarus, for the work on integrated pollution prevention and control to be taken forward and for the elaboration of proposals to encourage public participation in environmental decision making.

  It was agreed that the next conference should take place at the invitation of the Government of Bulgaria in 1995.

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  The follow-up work to the Lucerne conference and the preparation of the next conference will be co-ordinated within the UNECE framework.

  This was not a pledging conference.

  UN Commission on Sustainable Development
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals the United Kingdom intends to put forward to the first meeting of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in New York in June.

  Mr. Maclean
  Our aim is to ensure that the commission plays an effective role in promoting sustainable development throughout the world following the Earth summit in Rio. I have placed the text of a joint Indo-British action plan for the first meeting of the commission in the Library of the House.

  THORP
  Mr. Simpson
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will set out the terms of the BNFL licence application for the thermel oxide reprocessing plant; what specific substances, types and volumes of waste are proposed to be discharged, giving the respective levels and life of radioactivity; and how the different waste products will be dealt with;

  (2) how the THORP licence, which has been applied for, differs from the existing licence in terms of the discharges it allows.

  Mr. Maclean
  The information requested by the hon. Member is contained in the public consultation documents issued by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 16 November last year, copies of which are in the Library of the House.

  Dail Eireann
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment If he will make a statement on the meeting of 25 February in Dublin of an all-party group from Dail Eireann with officials from his Department.

  Mr. Eggar
  [holding answer 22 March 1993]: I have been asked to reply.

  I understand that the meeting on 25 February was between an all-party group of Members of the Dail Eireann and senior executives from British Nuclear Fuels plc who had been invited to answer questions on the company's activities.

WALES

  TECs
  Mr. Rowlands
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 16 March,Official Report, column 187, if he will now give the budgets for each training and enterprise council in Wales and the amounts in each case for (a) youth training and (b) adult training for 1993–94; and what is the change in cash and percentage terms: from the budgets for 1992–93.

  Sir Wyn Roberts
  The Welsh Office is currently finalising contracts with TECs for 1993–94 budgets and the information is not yet available.
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  National House Building Council
  Mr. Hanson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how often decisions made by the NHBC were re-examined by his Department in each year since 1980.

  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  The NHBC has been approved as an approved inspector only since 11 November 1985. Under sections 16(10) and 39 of the Building Act 1984 my right hon. Friend deals with determinations and appeals, but has no powers to intervene in individual cases dealt with by the NHBC acting in its capacity as an approved inspector. An approved inspector must carry out its duties in accordance with the Building (Approved Inspector etc.) Regulations 1985.

  Skin Diseases
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (I) if he will make a statement on his policy on skin diseases;

  (2) what measures he will take to improve awareness of the problems encountered by persons with skin disease;

  (3) if he will meet the National Eczema Society;

  (4) what is the annual amount of financial aid he gives to organisations in Wales devoted to assisting those who suffer skin diseases; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  Treatment of skin diseases is a matter for practitioners and for health authorities within their obligations to maximise health gain. The subject of skin diseases will be included in further advice to guide local strategies for health, to be published shortly.

  No direct grants are currently made to voluntary organisations specifically concerned with skin diseases. I am always prepared to consider requests for meetings from organisations such as the National Eczema Society.

  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many consultant dermatologists there are in each health district; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  The requested information is given in the following table:

  Consultant Dermatologists in Posts1

  Clwyd

  1.8

  East Dyfed

  1.8

  Gwent

  2.0

  Gwynedd

  1.1

  Mid Glamorgan

  2.0

  Pembrokeshire

  0.2

  Powys

  0.1

  South Glamorgan

  3.0

  West Glamorgan

  1.8

  1 Whole-time equivalents of consultants in post as at 30 Septembei 1991.

  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the percentage of referrals for new hospital out-patients in 1991–92 which related to skin diseases.

  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  The available information relates to referrals for new hospital out-patients in the specialty of dermatology. There were 29,522 such referrals in 1991–92, which represented 5.3 per cent. of all referrals.
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  Hearing Aid Clinics
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hearing aid clinics there are in each county in Wales; if he will list their locations; where residents in Clwyd travel to obtain advice and assistance concerning hearing aids and hearing difficulties; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  Information on the numbers and location of hearing aid clinics is not available centrally. The level of provision and location of clinics is a matter for the local health authority.

  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to establish a clinic for the giving of advice concerning hearing aids on Deeside, Clwyd.

  Mr. Gwilym Jones
  This is a matter for the local health authority to consider.

  European Farm Commissioners
  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if his Department was represented at the European Farm Commissioners meeting on 26 and 27 April.

  Mr. David Hunt
  Yes.

  Suicides
  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many suicides on farms have occurred in Wales in each of the last five years.

  Mr. David Hunt
  This information is not available centrally.

  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing the suicide rate amongst the working population in Wales by occupation in each of the last five years.

  Mr. David Hunt
  This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  IACS Forms
  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many representations he has received advocating an extension of the deadline for submitting completed integrated administration and control system forms.

  Mr. David Hunt
  Several.

  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will require local authorities in Wales to make maps available to farmers to assist in the completion of the integrated administration and control system forms before 15 May.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The ability which local authorities have to allow farmers access to maps is constrained by the facilities they have for public viewing and the terms of any copyright agreement related to the maps in their possession. Given the urgent need which farmers have to obtain the information required to complete their integrated administration and control system forms, I have agreed with the Ordnance Survey that local 276
  authorities and other organisations which hold maps may be allowed to make them available for viewing and, provided that they adopt the appropriate commercial arrangements pertaining to copyright agreements, for sale also. Many organisations, including local authorities, have responded positively to a request to offer this facility to farmers.

  Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations his Department made to the European Commission concerning the deadline set for the submission of completed integrated administration and control system forms.

  Mr. David Hunt
  The deadline for the submission of applications has been set at 15 May in the governing EC regulation to allow sufficient time for field inspections to be undertaken to verify claims under the new arable aid and beef support regimes. At the Agriculture Council last week the Commission confirmed that the deadline cannot be extended.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

  Coal Investment
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what proposals in regard to investment in the coal industry were put forward by the United Kingdom at the European Industry Council of Ministers meeting on the European Coal and Steel Community meeting in Brussels on 4 May.

  Mr. Eggar
  No specific coal investment proposals were discussed at the European Industry Council of Ministers on 4 May.

  Misleading Pricing
  Mr. Moss
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what response he has made to the recommendations of the Monitoring Committee on Misleading Price Indications; and if he will publish their report.

  Mr. Leigh
  My noble Friend the Minister for Consumer Affairs and Small Firms has considered the committee's recommendations. She has decided to continue to rely on the existing general provisions of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 rather than introduce a package of regulations dealing with various types of price comparison as the committee recommended. She intends in due course to consult on proposed revisions to the code of practice for traders on price indications. She expects to go to public consultation in the near future on regulations on price indications when tickets for theatres and other public events are resold by agents. Since the committee has discharged its remit, she has decided to stand it down.

  A copy of the committee's report will be placed in the Library.

  UKCS
  Mr. John Butterfill
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much of the total exploration and appraisal expenditure on the United Kingdom continental shelf over the last three years was spent on(a) wells, (b) seismic, (c) overheads, (d) insurance and (e) other expenditure.

  Mr. Eggar
  [holding answer 5 May 1993]: The Department of Trade and Industry collects only aggregate

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  data on UKCS exploration and appraisal expenditure. These were published, in April 1993, in appendix 12 of my Department's report to Parliament, the "Development of the Oil and Gas Resources of the United Kingdom", the Brown Book, a copy of which is available in the Library. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of such expenditure into the categories requested using available data sources.

  Chernobyl
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the latest information Her Majesty's Government have received from the Ukrainian, Russian and Belarus authorities in regard to the number of people who died as a result of the Chernobyl accident in April 1986.

  Mr. Sackville
  I have been asked to reply.

  The Government have received no information directly on this subject. The Department is aware of a scientific article by llyin et al entitled "Radiocontamination patterns and possible health consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station" published in the Journal of Radiological Protection 1990, Vol 10 No. 1, pp 3–29. In addition, a report published in 1990 by an international advisory committee, co-ordinated by the International Atomic Energy Agency, entitled "The international Chernobyl project: an overview", looked at the consequences of the accident. Copies of it are available in the Library.

SCOTLAND

  Chiropody
  Mrs. Fyfe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many chiropodists counted as full-time equivalent are employed by each health board; and how many are employed per 1,000 population.

  Mr. Stewart
  The information requested is shown in the table. Due to the small number of staff employed, rates are shown per 100,000 population.

  Health board chiropodists as at September 1992

  Whole-time equivalent

  Rate per 100,000 population

  Scotland

  536.3

  10.6

  Argyll and Clyde

  46.3

  10.6

  Ayrshire and Arran

  59.6

  16.0

  Borders

  13.7

  13.2

  Dumfries and Galloway

  15.3

  10.4

  Fife

  48.8

  14.1

  Forth Valley

  26.8

  9.9

  Grampian

  41.6

  8.2

  Greater Glasgow

  89.3

  9.8

  Highland

  17.0

  8.3

  Lanarkshire

  52.7

  9.5

  Lothian

  76.6

  10.3

  Orkney

  1.0

  5.1

  Shetland

  4.0

  18.0

  Tayside

  40.2

  10.3

  Western Isles

  3.4

  11.3

  State Hospital

  0.1

  —

  Mrs. Fyfe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current waiting time in each health board area for an appointment with a chiropodist.
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  Mr. Stewart
  This information is not collected centrally.

  Health Boards (Public Relations)
  Mrs. Fyfe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many senior posts in public relations existed in each health board immediately before any unit acquired trust status; and how many such posts exist in health trusts currently.

  Mr. Stewart
  The information requested is not available centrally.

  Arachnoiditis
  Mrs. Fyfe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what provision is available within the national health service for sufferers from arachnoiditis.

  Mr. Stewart
  It is for health boards to negotiate contracts for the provision of services for arachnoiditis patients based on their assessment of need.

  Child Psychotherapists
  Mrs. Fyfe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will increase the number of child psychotherapists to work with vulnerable children and their families.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  [holding answer 4 May 1993]Psychotherapy represents one approach to treating vulnerable children and their families. It is for health boards and other statutory agencies to decide the number of child psychotherapists required to meet identified needs in their areas.

HEALTH

  St. Bartholomew's Hospital
  Mr. Sedgemore
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received from the City of London police about the need for an accident and emergency department at St. Bartholomew's hospital.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has received a letter from the Acting Assistant Commissioner of the City of London police. The letter has been passed on to the North East Thames regional health authority, which has responsibility for the consultations on the future of St. Bartholomew's accident and emergency department.

  G. P. Fund Holders
  Mr. Boyce
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the guidelines issued to general practitioner fund holders on managing their budgets efficiently.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hillsborough (Mrs. Jackson) on 14 April at column 608.

  Mr. Boyce
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the cost effectiveness of general practitioner fund holding.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Stockport (Ms Coffey) on 4 May at column 43.

  Personal Social Services
  Mr. Boyce
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she last met representatives of the Association of Directors of Social Services to discuss the provision of personal social services during the current financial year.

  Mr. Yeo
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Leicester, South (Mr. Marshall) on 4 May at column 40.

  Anophthalmic Children
  Mr. Purchase
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 8 February to the hon. Member for Rochdale (Ms Lynne),Official Report, columns 478–79, when she expects the Moorfields study of children born anophthalmic or with very small eyes to be completed.

  Mr. Sackville
  I understand that the study is due to be completed later this summer.

  Homeopathy
  Mr. Tredinnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the Royal College of Physicians regarding the status of homoeopathy.

  Mr. Sackville
  None.

  Solvent Abuse
  Mr. Hanson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is Her Majesty's Government's national strategy for the prevention of volatile substance and solvent abuse for 1993–94.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  The Government's strategy against drug misuse was set out in "Tackling Drug Misuse: A Summary of the Government's Strategy" and "UK Action on Drug Misuse—The Government's Strategy", copies of which are available in the Library. The Government will continue to take action to prevent volatile substance abuse in the context of that overall strategy. The prevention working group of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is currently examining issues relating to volatile substance abuse and will make recommendations to Ministers in due course.

  Mr. Hanson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is Her Majesty's Government's financial commitment to volatile substance and solvent abuse prevention in 1993–94; and how much of this figure is represented by payments to voluntary organisations.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  Action to prevent volatile substance abuse is one element of a number of central Department programmes, including programmes of support for voluntary organisations. Expenditure on the volatile substance abuse prevention elements of these programmes cannot be separately identified. The national curriculum requires all maintained schools in England and Wales to provide some education about the misuse of drugs and other substances. Health and local authorities are responsible for assessing the needs of their resident population and for providing services to meet those needs, including services for the prevention of volatile substance abuse.
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  Natural Medicine
  Mr. Tredinnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to invite voluntary groups representing natural medicine to join the Wider Health Working Group.

  Mr. Sackville
  Because of the very wide range of organisations and interests concerned with health, it is not possible for membership of the wider health working group to reflect every aspect. The group is always ready to take into account issues raised by those who are not directly represented.

  Abortions
  Mrs. Bridget Prentice
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance her Department has issued on the use of agency arrangements by district health authorities where they are unable to provide 75 per cent. of all local abortions.

  Mr. Sackville
  None. It is the responsibility of individual health authorities to decide how best to provide local health services.

  Merged Health Authorities
  Mr. Blunkett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health which health authorities have merged into larger units over the last five years; and if he will state for each merger the population of each merging authority and the population of the new unit, the number of public health doctors in each merging authority and the number of public health doctors in each new unit.

  Mr. Sackville
  The information requested is shown arranged by region. Figures for population and numbers of public health doctors are bracketed in that order after each authority.

  Figures for populations are the 1991 census-based provisional mid-1991 resident population estimates, except those districts marked 1 for which information was not collected in the 1991 estimates. In these cases, figures are based on the 1981 census-based mid-1990 resident population estimates.

  Information on public health doctors refers to substantive appointments of directors of public health and consultants in public health medicine and is taken from the 30 September 1991 census. Figures are not yet available for the new authorities, except in the case of Bloomsbury and Islington.

  Northern Region

  Durham (238,137) [0]/N.W. Durham (87,022) [0]—North Durham (325,159)

  Darlington (124,390) [1]/S.W. Durham (154,800) [2]—South Durham (279,190)

  Yorkshire Region

  Leeds Eastern(1346,944)[0]/Leeds Western (1365,260)[0]— Leeds (706,299)

  Northallerton (115.216)[2]/Scarborough (150.589)[1]/York (270,199)[0]/Harrogate (134,130[2]/Airedale (part) (50,743) [2 for whole authority]—North Yorkshire (720,878)

  Bradford (337,782)[5]/Airedale (part) (130,920) [2 for whole authority]—Bradford (468,702)

  Hull (314,268)[1]/East Yorkshire (198,946)[2]—East Riding (513,214)

  Scunthorpe (199,613)[1]/Grimsby (161,589)[1]—Grimsby and Scunthorpe (361,202)

  Calderdale (194,138)[2]/Huddersfield (213,449)[3]/Dewsbury (167,726)[3]—West Yorkshire (575,313)
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  Wakefield (144,181)[2]/Pontefract (171,662)[3]—Wakefield (315,843)

  Trent Region

  Central Nottingham (289,126)[5]/Bassetlaw (105,259)[0]—North Nottinghamshire (394,385)

  East Anglian Region

  Peterborough (212,892)[1]/West Norfolk and Wisbech (190,610)[2]—North West Anglia (403,502)

  West Suffolk (174,119)[4]/East Suffolk (334,071)[2]—Suffolk (508,190)

  North East Thames Region

  Bloomsbury (1 127,674)[3]/Islington (1 173,630)[1]— Bloomsbury and Islington (242,437—small part of Bloomsbury also transferred to Parkside DHA in 1990)[2]

  North East Essex (306,345)[2]/Mid Essex (294,673)[1]/West Essex (258,890[2]—North Essex (859,909)

  Bloomsbury and Islington (242,437)[2]/Harnpstead (105,013)[4]—Camden and Islington (347,450)

  Southend (325,978)[I]/Basildon and Thurrock (291,955)[0]/ Barking, Havering and Brentwood (part) (70,929)[0]—South Essex (688,862)

  (NB this leaves a "rump" of the old Barking, Havering and Brentwood, which becomes Barking and Havering DHA (376,452))

  Tower Hamlets (165,049)[1]/City and Hackney (187,674)[2]/ Newham (217,010)[2]—East London and the City (569,733)

  Enfield (261,518)[1]/Haringey (206,769)[1]—New River (468,287)

  Redbridge (229,813)[1]/Waltham Forest (216,181) [1]—Redbridge and Waltham Forest (445,994)

  North West Thames Region

  East Hertfordshire(295,261)[1]/North Hertfordshire (188,398)[0]—East and North Hertfordshire (483,659)

  Harrow (202,924)[2]/Parkside (part) (247,205) [6 for whole authority]—Brent & Harrow (450,129)

  Riverside (part) (138,459)[0]/Parkside (part) (185,366) [6 for whole authority]—Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster (323,825)

  Ealing (280,031)[2]/Riverside (part) (152,048)[0]/Hounslow and Spelthorne (part) (207,714) [2 for whole authority]—Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow (639,793)

  South East Thames region

  Lewisham and North Southwark (327,888) [0]/Camberwell (218,102) [0]/West Larnbeth (161,816) [1]—South East London (707,806)

  Brighton (310,894) [3]/Eastbourne (236,898) [2]/Hastings (168,690) [0]—East Sussex (716,482)
  282
  South West Thames region

  North West Surrey (214,586) [1]/West Surrey and North East Hampshire (part) (81,294) [2 for whole authority)/ Hounslow and Spelthorne (North West Thames Region) (part) (91,372) [2 for whole authority]—North West Surrey (expanded) (387,252)

  South West Surrey (188,171) [0]/West Surrey and North East Hampshire (part) (54,787) [2 for whole authority]—South West Surrey (expanded) (242,958)

  Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton (231,115) [3]/ Kingston and Esher (183,376) [0]—Kingston and Richmond (414,491)

  Wessex region

  East Dorset (458,522) [3]/West Dorset (204,340) [0]—Dorset (662,862)

  Oxford region

  Aylesbury Vale (148,099) [2]/Wycombe (278,386) [0]/Milton Keynes (178,889) [4]—Buckinghamshire (605,374)

  South Western region

  Bristol and Weston (368,795 [7]/Frenchay (223,819 [0]/
  Southmead (237,634) [0]—Bristol and District (830,248)

  Gloucester (319,436 [1]/Cheltenham and District (218,825) [2] —Gloucestershire (538,261)

  Exeter (318,138) [2]/North Devon (138,910) [1]—Exeter and North Devon (457,048)

  Torbay (248,414) [2]/Plymouth (334,559) [1]—Torbay and Plymouth (582,973)

  West Midlands region

  Rugby (1 85,883) [0]/North Warwickshire (1 176,156) [0]—North East Warwickshire (265,467)

  Central Birmingham (1 180,199) [0]/South Birmingham (1 246,435) [4]-South Birmingham (424,797)

  Bromsgrove and Redditch (171,216) [2]/Kidderminster (104,033) [2]—North Worcestershire (275,249)

  North East Warwickshire (265,467) [2]/South Warwickshire (224,457) [1]—Warwickshire (489,924)

  Mersey region

  None.

  North Western region

  None.

  Dentistry
  Mr. Blunkett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists who have not given notice to leave the dental list have given written notice to each FHSA to deregister some or all of their continuing care arrangements for adult patients in each week since 20 November 1992; how many dentists have deregistered patients; and how many patients have been deregistered.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  [holding answer 29 April 1993]: The information requested is given in the table. The information provided weekly by family health services authorities since July 1992 shows that in the period up to 23 April 1993, 1,842 dentists have given notification to deregister 437,352 adult patients.

  In the period 1 July 1992 to 28 February 1993, the total number of adult patients registered with a dentist in England has increased by 0.648 million, 3.1 per cent. from 20.580 million to 21.228 million. This increase has occurred over a period during which dentists have deregistered 0.4 million patients and where over 2.4 million registrations have lapsed because the patient has not visited the dentist in the last two years.

  Number of dentists deregislering adult patients Week ending 27 November 1992 to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  27 November

  4 December

  11 December

  18 December

  Cleveland

  2

  0

  1

  0

  Durham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Northumberland

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Gateshead

  3

  3

  5

  3

  Humberside

  0

  0

  1

  0

  North Yorkshire

  4

  13

  6

  3

  Calderdale

  2

  1

  0

  1

  Kirklees

  0

  2

  1

  1

  Leeds

  10

  15

  15

  0

  Leicestershire

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Nottinghamshire

  5

  3

  6

  0

  Doncaster

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cambridgeshire

  1

  0

  1

  0

  Norfolk

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Suffolk

  2

  1

  1

  2

  Hertfordshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Barnet

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Brent and Harrow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea

  0

  0

  0

  5

  Essex

  2

  1

  5

  10

  City and East London

  1

  1

  3

  1

  Enfield and Haringey

  1

  0

  0

  1

  Redbridge and Wallham Forest

  2

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  7

  8

  4

  2

  Greenwich and Bexley

  0

  2

  2

  0

  Bromley

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

  3

  0

  2

  2

  Surrey

  1

  1

  1

  1

  Croydon

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kingston and Richmond

  0

  0

  0

  1

  Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth

  5

  0

  2

  2

  Dorset

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Number of dentists deregislering adult patients Week ending 27 November 1992 to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  8 January

  15 January

  22 January

  29 January

  Cleveland

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Durham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Northumberland

  0

  0

  1

  0

  Gateshead

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Humberside

  1

  0

  0

  0

  284

  FHSA

  8 January

  15 January

  22 January

  29 January

  North Yorkshire

  5

  1

  2

  1

  Calderdale

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kirklees

  1

  0

  0

  1

  Leeds

  4

  0

  11

  0

  Leicestershire

  0

  0

  3

  0

  Nottinghamshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Doncaster

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  0

  0

  1

  0

  Cambridgeshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Norfolk

  3

  1

  1

  1

  Suffolk

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Hertfordshire

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Barnet

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Brent and Harrow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kensington. Westminster and Chelsea

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Essex

  1

  0

  0

  0

  City and East London

  1

  0

  1

  1

  Enfield and Haringey

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Redbridge and Waltham Forest

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  4

  3

  0

  4

  Greenwich and Bexley

  2

  1

  2

  0

  Bromley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Lambeth. Southwark and Lewisham

  1

  9

  0

  0

  Surrey

  1

  2

  0

  0

  Croydon

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kingston and Richmond

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Dorset

  2

  2

  1

  0

  Number of dentists deregislering adult patients Week ending 27 November 1992 to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  3 February

  12 February

  19 February

  26 February

  Cleveland

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Durham

  2

  1

  0

  0

  Northumberland

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Gateshead

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Humberside

  0

  0

  0

  0

  North Yorkshire

  1

  0

  1

  2

  Calderdale

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kirklees

  0

  1

  0

  1

  Leeds

  2

  3

  2

  0

  Leicestershire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Nottinghamshire

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Doncaster

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cambridgeshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Norfolk

  1

  0

  1

  0

  Suffolk

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Hertfordshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Barnet

  0

  0

  3

  0

  Brent and Harrow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Essex

  0

  0

  0

  2

  City and East London

  1

  0

  1

  0

  Enfield and Haringey

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Redbridge and Waltham Forest

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kent

  3

  2

  5

  0

  Greenwich and Bexley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Bromley

  1

  0

  1

  0

  Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

  0

  6

  0

  4

  Surrey

  0

  0

  0

  1

  Croydon

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kingston and Richmond

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Merlon, Sutton and Wandsworth

  0

  0

  1

  2

  Dorset

  1

  0

  0

  0

  285

  Number of dentists deregistering adult patients Week ending 27 November 1992 to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  5 March

  12 March

  19 March

  26 March

  Cleveland

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Durham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Northumberland

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Gateshead

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Humberside

  0

  0

  0

  1

  North Yorkshire

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Calderdale

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kirk lees

  0

  0

  1

  0

  Leeds

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Leicestershire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Nottinghamshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Doncaster

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cambridgeshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Norfolk

  0

  0

  2

  0

  Suffolk

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Hertfordshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Barnet

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Brent and Harrow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  0

  0

  1

  0

  Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Essex

  0

  1

  1

  0

  City and East London

  0

  0

  0

  2

  Enfield and Haringey

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Redbridge and Waltham Forest

  0

  0

  0

  1

  Kent

  5

  2

  1

  3

  Greenwich and Bexley

  3

  0

  0

  0

  Bromley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

  3

  0

  1

  0

  Surrey

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Croydon

  0

  1

  1

  1

  Kingston and Richmond

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth

  2

  0

  0

  0

  Dorset

  2

  0

  0

  0

  Number of dentists deregistering adult patients Week ending 27 November 1992 to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  2 April

  9 April

  16 April

  23 April

  Cleveland

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Durham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Northumberland

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Gateshead

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Humberside

  1

  1

  1

  0

  North Yorkshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Calderdale

  0

  1

  2

  1

  Kirklees

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Leeds

  0

  0

  1

  1

  Leicestershire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Nottinghamshire

  0

  0

  1

  0

  Doncaster

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cambridgeshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Norfolk

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Suffolk

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Hertfordshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Barnet

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Brent and Harrow

  0

  0

  0

  2

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Essex

  1

  0

  0

  0

  City and East London

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Enfield and Haringey

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Redbridge and Waltham Forest

  1

  1

  0

  0

  Kent

  0

  3

  0

  1

  Greenwich and Bexley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Bromley

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

  0

  0

  1

  0

  Surrey

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Croydon

  2

  2

  0

  1

  Kingston and Richmond

  0

  0

  0

  0

  286

  FHSA

  2 April

  9 April

  16 April

  23 April

  Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth

  0

  1

  0

  1

  Dorset

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Number of dentists deregistering child patients Week ending 27 November 1992 to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  27 November

  4 December

  11 December

  18 December

  Hampshire

  1

  1

  3

  1

  Wiltshire

  2

  3

  0

  1

  Isle of Wight

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Berkshire

  1

  0

  1

  1

  Buckinghamshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Oxfordshire

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Avon

  3

  0

  1

  0

  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

  2

  1

  1

  0

  Devon

  4

  3

  4

  2

  Hereford and Worcester

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Shropshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Birmingham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Coventry

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Solihull

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cheshire

  0

  0

  0

  1

  Liverpool

  0

  5

  2

  0

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Wirral

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Lancashire

  2

  0

  0

  2

  Bolton

  3

  1

  0

  4

  Bury

  0

  0

  3

  0

  Stockport

  2

  0

  0

  0

  Tameside

  0

  1

  1

  1

  Trafford

  3

  1

  0

  2

  Total

  75

  71

  72

  50

  Number of dentists deregistering adult patients Week ending 27 November 1992 to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  8 January

  15 January

  22 January

  29 January

  Hampshire

  2

  1

  2

  1

  Wiltshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Isle of Wight

  0

  0

  2

  0

  Berkshire

  1

  1

  1

  2

  Buckinghamshire

  1

  0

  0

  5

  Oxfordshire

  0

  0

  1

  0

  Avon

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

  0

  1

  1

  0

  Devon

  3

  1

  0

  1

  Hereford and Worcester

  0

  0

  1

  0

  Shropshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Birmingham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Coventry

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Solihull

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cheshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Liverpool

  1

  0

  3

  1

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Wirral

  0

  0

  2

  0

  Lancashire

  2

  1

  0

  2

  Bolton

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Bury

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Stockport

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Tameside

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Trafford

  1

  0

  0

  1

  40

  25

  36

  21

  Number of dentists deregistering adult patients Week ending 27 November 1992 to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  5 February

  12 February

  19 February

  26 February

  Hampshire

  2

  2

  2

  1

  Wiltshire

  0

  0

  0

  1

  Isle of Wight

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Berkshire

  1

  1

  1

  1

  Buckinghamshire

  0

  0

  1

  0

  287

  FHSA

  5 February

  12 February

  19 February

  26 February

  Oxfordshire

  1

  0

  5

  8

  Avon

  0

  2

  0

  0

  Cornwall and Isles of Sally

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Devon

  1

  1

  2

  0

  Hereford and Worcester

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Shropshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Birmingham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Coventry

  0

  2

  0

  0

  Solihull

  2

  0

  0

  0

  Cheshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Liverpool

  4

  2

  1

  2

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Wirral

  0

  1

  0

  1

  Lancashire

  2

  3

  0

  1

  Bolton

  0

  0

  0

  1

  Bury

  1

  1

  0

  0

  Stockport

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Thamcside

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Trafford

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Total

  30

  29

  29

  28

  Number of demists deregistering adult patients Week ending 27 November 1992 to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  5 March

  12 March

  19 March

  26 March

  Hampshire

  0

  0

  2

  0

  Wiltshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Isle of Wight

  2

  0

  0

  0

  Berkshire

  2

  2

  0

  0

  Buckinghamshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Oxfordshire

  2

  0

  0

  0

  Avon

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

  1

  0

  1

  0

  Devon

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Hereford and Worcester

  0

  1

  0

  1

  Shropshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Birmingham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Coventry

  0

  9

  0

  0

  Solihull

  0

  0

  2

  1

  Cheshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Liverpool

  3

  3

  3

  2

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Wirral

  0

  1

  0

  0

  Lancashire

  1

  1

  0

  1

  Bolton

  0

  1

  1

  0

  Bury

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Stockport

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Tameside

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Trafford

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Total

  26

  25

  17

  13

  Number of dentists deregistering adult patients Week ending 27 November 1992 to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  2 April

  9 April

  16 April

  23 April

  Hampshire

  1

  0

  2

  1

  Wiltshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Isle of Wight

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Berkshire

  0

  0

  0

  1

  Buckinghamshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Oxfordshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Avon

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Devon

  0

  0

  0

  2

  Hereford and Worcester

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Shropshire

  0

  2

  0

  0

  Birmingham

  0

  0

  1

  0

  Coventry

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Solihull

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cheshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Liverpool

  0

  0

  0

  0

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  1

  0

  1

  0

  Wirral

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Lancashire

  0

  4

  2

  2

  Bolton

  1

  1

  0

  0

  Bury

  0

  0

  0

  0

  288

  FHSA

  2 April

  9 April

  16 April

  23 April

  Stockport

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Tameside

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Trafford

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Total

  9

  18

  12

  13

  Notes:

  1. Dentists who first deregistered patients between week ending 3 July 1992 and week ending 20 November 1992 are not included in this table, even if they deregistered patients between 21 November 1992 and 23 April 1993 since each dentist is only counted once on the first occasion he deregistered a patient.

  2. In the 32 FHSAs not included in this table, no dentist first deregistered a patient between 21 November 1992 and 23 April 1993.

  3. A small number of FHSAs have submitted revised figures. These amendments have been included in the cumulative totals but not in the weekly totals. The sum of the weekly totals does not therefore equal the cumulative total.

  Number of adult patients deregistered Week ending 27 November to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  27 November

  4 December

  11 December

  18 December

  Cleveland

  8

  0

  43

  0

  Cumbria

  151

  520

  7

  327

  Durham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Northumberland

  48

  51

  0

  62

  Gateshead

  29

  34

  21

  23

  Humberside

  0

  144

  126

  64

  North Yorkshire

  66

  277

  12

  7

  Calderdale

  10

  1

  0

  1

  Kirklees

  0

  4

  3

  1

  Leeds

  31

  236

  117

  122

  Derbyshire

  482

  762

  416

  527

  Leicestershire

  132

  120

  360

  292

  Nottinghamshire

  7

  87

  18

  0

  Doncaster

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  8

  0

  0

  2

  Cambridgeshire

  160

  66

  150

  83

  Norfolk

  392

  558

  951

  207

  Suffolk

  18

  46

  12

  51

  Hertfordshire

  269

  67

  79

  75

  Barnet

  1

  3

  0

  4

  Brent and Harrow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kensington. Westminster an Chelsea

  0

  0

  0

  200

  Essex

  79

  8

  41

  213

  Barking and Havering

  0

  0

  142

  0

  Camden and Islington

  0

  30

  0

  0

  City and East London

  2

  2

  7

  2

  Enfield and Haringey

  155

  0

  0

  100

  Redbridgeand Waltham For

  37

  80

  13

  44

  East Sussex

  95

  108

  67

  153

  Kent

  2,415

  3,647

  1,451

  1,325

  Greenwich and Bexley

  125

  93

  55

  61

  Bromley

  360

  53

  0

  0

  Lambeth. Southwark and Lewisham

  8

  0

  11

  3

  Surrey

  391

  547

  957

  288

  West Sussex

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Croydon

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kingston and Richmond

  0

  0

  24

  15

  Merton, Sutton and Wandsw

  7

  0

  104

  244

  Dorset

  481

  498

  290

  303

  Hampshire

  228

  291

  271

  81

  Wiltshire

  672

  382

  67

  858

  Isle of Wight

  72

  4

  37

  22

  Berkshire

  142

  185

  124

  60

  Buckinghamshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Oxfordshire

  260

  278

  312

  391

  Avon

  96

  41

  586

  65

  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

  210

  194

  101

  78

  Devon

  300

  424

  2,066

  122

  Gloucestershire

  1,086

  982

  698

  1,428

  Hereford and Worcester

  61

  35

  82

  75

  Shropshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Staffordshire

  7

  93

  4

  14

  Warwickshire

  0

  0

  0

  2,324

  Birmingham

  9

  5

  5

  3

  Coventry

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Solihull

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cheshire

  54

  21

  26

  5

  289

  FHSA

  27 November

  4 December

  11 December

  18 December

  Liverpool

  0

  8

  3

  0

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Sefton

  0

  4

  0

  0

  Wirral

  7

  3

  3

  0

  Lancashire

  458

  141

  367

  463

  Bolton

  136

  1

  0

  8

  Bury

  0

  0

  10

  0

  Manchester

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Stockport

  386

  272

  0

  99

  Tameside

  0

  62

  57

  50

  Trafford

  5

  1

  0

  2

  10,157

  11,469

  10,296

  10,937

  Number of adult patients deregistered Week ending 27 November to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  8 January

  15 January

  22 January

  29 January

  Cleveland

  71

  0

  0

  34

  Cumbria

  185

  220

  174

  200

  Durham

  0

  18

  0

  31

  Northumberland

  77

  12

  8

  32

  Gateshead

  43

  29

  22

  22

  Humberside

  249

  123

  197

  52

  North Yorkshire

  58

  9

  73

  25

  Calderdale

  6

  61

  0

  0

  Kirk lees

  1

  1

  5

  12

  Leeds

  337

  135

  42

  30

  Derbyshire

  275

  461

  250

  191

  Leicestershire

  320

  160

  220

  325

  Nottinghamshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Doncaster

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  1

  1

  1

  0

  Cambridgeshire

  156

  119

  59

  37

  Norfolk

  2,246

  614

  1,617

  472

  Suffolk

  112

  9

  11

  0

  Hertfordshire

  272

  236

  54

  386

  Barnet

  2

  2

  28

  32

  Brent and Harrow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea

  0

  27

  0

  0

  Essex

  55

  266

  40

  60

  Barking and Havering

  30

  0

  0

  45

  Camden and Islington

  29

  0

  0

  0

  City and East London

  5

  1

  2

  1

  Enfield and Haringey

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Redbridge and Waltham Forest

  57

  40

  50

  34

  East Sussex

  110

  55

  90

  71

  Kent

  1,521

  2,145

  675

  670

  Greenwich and Bexley

  180

  30

  63

  31

  Bromley

  200

  51

  105

  17

  Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

  1

  18

  0

  0

  Surrey

  613

  459

  304

  297

  West Sussex

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Croydon

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kingston and Richmond

  86

  46

  0

  0

  Merton, Sutton and Wandsvorth

  960

  3

  5

  2

  Dorset

  608

  929

  481

  231

  Hampshire

  310

  76

  344

  338

  Wiltshire

  345

  162

  164

  111

  Isle of Wight

  28

  72

  80

  8

  Berkshire

  387

  152

  130

  3,599

  Buckinghamshire

  300

  0

  0

  8,000

  Oxfordshire

  504

  523

  507

  431

  Avon

  346

  76

  105

  122

  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

  148

  3,105

  14

  189

  Devon

  517

  158

  356

  248

  Gloucestershire

  2,267

  859

  2,303

  687

  Hereford and Worcester

  133

  39

  93

  87

  Shropshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Staffordshire

  56

  0

  0

  59

  Warwickshire

  2,084

  0

  0

  0

  Birmingham

  0

  3

  0

  1

  Coventry

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Solihull

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cheshire

  416

  6

  237

  41

  Liverpool

  2

  0

  5

  2

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Sefton

  0

  4

  0

  0

  Wirral

  0

  3

  4

  0

  Lancashire

  301

  208

  1,085

  370

  Bolton

  3

  4

  3

  1

  Bury

  0

  0

  0

  0

  290

  FHSA

  8 January

  15 January

  22 January

  29 January

  Manchester

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Stockport

  0

  0

  0

  98

  Tameside

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Trafford

  3

  0

  0

  1

  17,016

  11,730

  10,006

  17,733

  Number of adult patients deregistered Week ending 27 November to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  5 February

  12 February

  19 February

  26 February

  Cleveland

  151

  0

  49

  0

  Cumbria

  126

  356

  107

  4

  Durham

  22

  12

  4

  1

  Northumberland

  93

  9

  54

  28

  Gateshead

  23

  19

  20

  18

  Humberside

  95

  108

  113

  22

  North Yorkshire

  8

  17

  267

  423

  Calderdale

  11

  5

  49

  9

  Kirklees

  0

  9

  1

  4

  Leeds

  259

  389

  35

  23

  Derbyshire

  272

  361

  560

  494

  Leicestershire

  240

  325

  90

  330

  Nottinghamshire

  105

  0

  0

  0

  Doncaster

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  0

  0

  0

  1

  Cambridgeshire

  206

  48

  424

  113

  Norfolk

  1,974

  382

  331

  441

  Suffolk

  0

  200

  6

  60

  Hertfordshire

  31

  233

  17

  52

  Barnet

  72

  0

  96

  23

  Brent and Harrow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea

  200

  20

  35

  0

  Essex

  173

  128

  65

  247

  Barking and Havering

  0

  25

  0

  0

  Camden and Islington

  0

  0

  0

  0

  City and East London

  3

  1

  2

  4

  Enfield and Haringey

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Redbridge and Waltham Forest

  43

  17

  70

  8

  East Sussex

  89

  421

  84

  71

  Kent

  890

  887

  801

  661

  Greenwich and Bexley

  39

  43

  29

  28

  Bromley

  23

  255

  5

  0

  Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

  0

  204

  0

  42

  Surrey

  580

  287

  350

  260

  West Sussex

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Croydon

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kingston and Richmond

  0

  0

  13

  0

  Merton, Sutton and Wandsvorth

  4

  1

  6

  5

  Dorset

  180

  351

  226

  308

  Hampshire

  898

  791

  391

  4

  Wiltshire

  170

  43

  201

  223

  Isle of Wight

  68

  67

  0

  17

  Berkshire

  556

  867

  159

  160

  Buckinghamshire

  0

  0

  700

  0

  Oxfordshire

  84

  328

  515

  275

  Avon

  286

  328

  85

  159

  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

  33

  26

  41

  21

  Devon

  326

  278

  287

  274

  Gloucestershire

  1,818

  1,251

  59

  808

  Hereford and Worcester

  70

  57

  57

  31

  Shropshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Staffordshire

  5

  1

  0

  53

  Warwickshire

  0

  1,849

  0

  0

  Birmingham

  0

  4

  0

  3

  Coventry

  0

  219

  0

  0

  Solihul

  2,489

  0

  0

  0

  Cheshire

  0

  69

  41

  58

  Liverpool

  8

  3

  3

  2

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Sefton

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Wirral

  1

  18

  0

  2

  Lancashire

  145

  679

  293

  298

  Bolton

  0

  0

  1

  4

  Bury

  500

  2

  0

  0

  Manchester

  0

  140

  0

  0

  Stockport

  0

  68

  0

  0

  Tameside

  0

  0

  0

  73

  Trafford

  1

  4

  4

  3

  13,371

  12,205

  6,746

  6,148

  291

  Number of adult patients deregistered Week ending 27 November to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  5 March

  12 March

  19 March

  26 March

  Cleveland

  60

  112

  6

  12

  Cumbria

  47

  513

  689

  302

  Durham

  4

  0

  0

  0

  Northumberland

  42

  36

  40

  0

  Gateshead

  0

  38

  26

  4

  Humberside

  132

  101

  110

  238

  North Yorkshire

  90

  152

  374

  101

  Calderdale

  5

  35

  8

  21

  Kirklees

  1

  1

  5

  0

  Leeds

  223

  100

  42

  24

  Derbyshire

  575

  428

  254

  224

  Leicestershire

  240

  120

  73

  102

  Nottinghamshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Doncaster

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cambridgeshire

  110

  52

  34

  45

  Norfolk

  369

  153

  668

  434

  Suffolk

  45

  36

  6

  0

  Hertfordshire

  127

  73

  44

  23

  Barnet

  28

  0

  32

  6

  Brent and Harrow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  0

  0

  35

  0

  Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea

  0

  86

  182

  0

  Essex

  39

  26

  65

  0

  Barking and Havering

  0

  700

  600

  143

  Camden and Islington

  0

  22

  0

  0

  City and East London

  0

  0

  3

  6

  Enfield and Haringey

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Redbridge and Wallham Forest

  31

  30

  16

  4

  East Sussex

  183

  45

  179

  67

  Kent

  814

  1,326

  783

  102

  Greenwich and Bexley

  154

  12

  2

  25

  Bromley

  143

  0

  8

  11

  Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

  10

  0

  1

  0

  Surrey

  95

  229

  311

  206

  West Sussex

  130

  730

  167

  152

  Croydon

  0

  7

  22

  7

  Kingston and Richmond

  14

  2

  0

  0

  Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth

  7

  0

  4

  3

  Dorset

  813

  822

  458

  246

  Hampshire

  416

  461

  347

  54

  Wiltshire

  227

  8

  40

  266

  Isle of Wight

  149

  125

  4

  25

  Berkshire

  45

  179

  1,489

  197

  Buckinghamshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Oxfordshire

  403

  339

  464

  683

  Avon

  0

  217

  94

  35

  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

  139

  541

  183

  1,709

  Devon

  746

  370

  286

  188

  Gloucestershire

  163

  910

  457

  586

  Hereford and Worcester

  12

  33

  41

  99

  Shropshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Staffordshire

  3

  4

  0

  7

  Warwickshire

  0

  0

  0

  2,059

  Birmingham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Coventry

  0

  118

  0

  0

  Solihull

  0

  0

  4

  1

  Cheshire

  26

  62

  88

  25

  Liverpool

  8

  16

  18

  46

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Sefton

  0

  0

  0

  9

  Wirral

  0

  22

  20

  15

  Lancashire

  607

  192

  396

  256

  Bolton

  0

  1

  5

  2

  Bury

  1

  0

  0

  0

  Manchester

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Stockport

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Tameside

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Trafford

  0

  0

  1

  0

  7,476

  9,585

  9,184

  8,770

  Number of adult patients deregistered Week ending 27 November to week ending 23 April 1993

  FHSA

  2 April

  9 April

  16 April

  23 April

  Cleveland

  53

  0

  12

  221

  Cumbria

  54

  234

  155

  117

  Durham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  292

  FHSA

  2 April

  9 April

  16 April

  23 April

  Northumberland

  34

  20

  85

  177

  Gateshead

  6

  1

  14

  13

  Humberside

  389

  245

  384

  150

  North Yorkshire

  15

  88

  70

  7

  Calderdale

  8

  10

  3

  12

  Kirklees

  0

  1

  74

  46

  Leeds

  21

  164

  93

  25

  Derbyshire

  597

  271

  128

  256

  Leicestershire

  132

  84

  77

  46

  Nottinghamshire

  0

  0

  258

  0

  Doncaster

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Rotherham

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cambridgeshire

  71

  71

  12

  104

  Norfolk

  350

  361

  213

  728

  Suffolk

  0

  723

  68

  0

  Hertfordshire

  66

  12

  39

  26

  Barnet

  21

  12

  12

  26

  Brent and Harrow

  0

  0

  0

  21

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea

  267

  0

  63

  67

  Essex

  105

  144

  132

  29

  Barking and Havering

  0

  93

  0

  61

  Camden and Islington

  0

  0

  0

  0

  City and East London

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Enfield and Haringey

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Redbridge and Waltham Forest

  13

  1

  16

  8

  East Sussex

  98

  116

  111

  121

  Kent

  378

  527

  163

  154

  Greenwich and Bexley

  0

  38

  27

  0

  Bromley

  1

  97

  6

  16

  Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

  0

  0

  1

  0

  Surrey

  126

  141

  469

  381

  West Sussex

  83

  67

  33

  15

  Croydon

  26

  44

  0

  14

  Kingston and Richmond

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth

  1

  4

  2

  1

  Dorset

  216

  104

  581

  295

  Hampshire

  239

  200

  362

  6

  Wiltshire

  233

  56

  33

  153

  Isle of Wight

  225

  174

  8

  0

  Berkshire

  48

  124

  96

  1,617

  Buckinghamshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Oxfordshire

  240

  190

  274

  359

  Avon

  442

  12

  76

  36

  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

  54

  22

  27

  472

  Devon

  222

  225

  271

  1,581

  Gloucestershire

  210

  276

  531

  360

  Hereford and Worcester

  37

  21

  17

  11

  Shropshire

  0

  55

  0

  0

  Staffordshire

  77

  101

  0

  0

  Warwickshire

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Birmingham

  0

  0

  3

  0

  Coventry

  82

  0

  0

  0

  Solihull

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Cheshire

  32

  27

  3

  6

  Liverpool

  4

  0

  3

  1

  St. Helens and Knowsley

  1

  0

  3

  0

  Sefton

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Wirral

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Lancashire

  229

  617

  60

  356

  Bolton

  3

  2

  0

  2

  Bury

  0

  0

  3

  0

  Manchester

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Stockport

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Tameside

  0

  0

  0

  0

  Trafford

  3

  0

  0

  2

  5,512

  5,775

  5,071

  8,099

  Note:

  1 No patients have been deregistered in period.

  2 A small number of FHSAs have amendments have been included in t weekly totals. The sum of the weekly cumulative total.

SOCIAL SECURITY

  Pensioners
  Mr. Bradley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 4 March, to the hon. Member for Hertfordshire, North (Mr. Heald),Official

  Table 1

  The average incomes of pensioners 1979–1989 (by quinlile—quintile 1 = lowest)

  (a) Single pensioners

  Average income (£ per week, 1989 prices)

  Quintile 1

  Quinlile 2

  Quintile 3

  Quinlile 4

  Quinlile 5

  Total

  Income source

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Earnings*

  0.30

  0.10

  0.10

  0.30

  0.30

  0.20

  3.10

  1.90

  20.80

  18.10

  4.90

  4.10

  Benefit income

  42.20

  46.50

  49.10

  54.90

  51.50

  62.40

  51.10

  59.40

  46.30

  52.00

  48.00

  55.00

  Investment income

  1.70

  2.60

  1.80

  4.00

  2.00

  2.70

  5.80

  9.10

  27.30

  66.90

  7.70

  17.00

  Occupational pension

  0.50

  1.50

  1.60

  3.10

  2.80

  5.50

  6.60

  15.60

  30.70

  61.40

  8.40

  17.40

  Other*

  0.40

  0.10

  0.10

  0.30

  0.20

  0.20

  0.80

  0.50

  0.80

  0.90

  0.50

  0.40

  Gross income

  45.20

  50.70

  52.70

  62.60

  56.70

  71.00

  67.30

  86.40

  125.90

  199.20

  69.50

  93.90

  Deduction

  4.70

  8.20

  3.90

  7.50

  3.60

  7.40

  6.00

  10.60

  24.50

  41.80

  8.50

  15.10

  NET INCOME (BHC) MEAN

  40.50

  42.50

  48.80

  55.10

  53.10

  63.50

  61.30

  75.80

  101.50

  157.40

  61.00

  78.80

  NET INCOME (AHC) MEAN

  31.70

  30.90

  39.40

  43.20

  42.60

  47.80

  49.50

  64.50

  89.00

  149.50

  50.40

  67.10

  NET INCOME (BHC) MEDIAN

  41.80

  44.00

  49.90

  55.70

  55.30

  64.70

  61.70

  74.70

  87.90

  127.70

  54.30

  64.00

  NET INCOME (AHC) MEDIAN

  33.40

  34.20

  39.40

  43.30

  43.30

  47.20

  49.80

  64.10

  77.10

  122.00

  42.50

  46.90

  Source:

  Family expenditure survey.

  (b) Pensioner couples

  Average income (I per week. 1989 prices)

  Quintile 1

  Quintile 2

  Quintile 3

  Quintile 4

  Quintile 5

  Total

  Income source

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Earnings*

  0.20

  0.50

  1.10

  0.40

  4.90

  6.90

  23.20

  16.20

  79.20

  70.40

  21.60

  18.80

  Benefit income

  70.80

  78.70

  77.20

  86.50

  77.00

  82.70

  73.00

  80.90

  65.30

  74.50

  72.60

  80.70

  Investment income

  2.30

  3.70

  3.10

  6.60

  4.80

  14.10

  8.90

  24.20

  53.60

  120.20

  14.50

  33.70

  Occupational pension

  2.20

  5.00

  6.10

  12.70

  15.90

  26.30

  31.80

  54.80

  79.80

  130.20

  27.00

  45.70

  Other*

  0.20

  0.30

  0.30

  0.40

  1.40

  0.40

  0.70

  0.60

  0.90

  0.70

  0.70

  0.50

  Gross income

  75.70

  88.20

  87.70

  106.50

  104.00

  130.50

  137.50

  176.60

  278.70

  396.00

  136.50

  179.40

  Deduction

  5.10

  9.90

  4.70

  10.20

  6.90

  14.50

  15.20

  22.90

  66.90

  89.00

  19.70

  29.30

  NET INCOME (BHC) MEAN

  70.60

  78.40

  83.00

  96.30

  97.10

  115.90

  122.30

  153.70

  211.80

  307.00

  116.80

  150.10

  NET INCOME (AHC) MEAN

  58.70

  65.20

  69.10

  81.60

  83.20

  105.20

  107.10

  145.60

  190.10

  295.30

  101.50

  138.50

  NET INCOME (BHC) MEDIAN

  70.80

  80.20

  82.20

  96.20

  95.30

  114.50

  120.60

  152.80

  183.10

  253.30

  95.60

  114.50

  NET INCOME (AHC) MEDIAN

  58.90

  68.90

  68.40

  81.20

  81.30

  105.10

  106.40

  145.00

  164.50

  242.90

  82.10

  105.10

  Source:

  Family expenditure survey.

  (c) Pensioner units

  Average income (£ per week, 1989 prices)

  Quintile 1

  Quintile 2

  Quintile 3

  Quintile 4

  Quintile 5

  Total

  Income source

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Earnings*

  0.30

  0.20

  0.40

  0.30

  0.70

  1.70

  8.70

  6.50

  43.30

  38.50

  10.70

  9.40

  Benefit income

  52.00

  55.50

  59.10

  67.70

  57.50

  67.80

  58.20

  68.80

  55.90

  61.70

  56.50

  64.30

  Investment income

  1.90

  3.10

  2.30

  4.60

  2.50

  5.50

  7.00

  15.60

  36.50

  86.80

  10.00

  23.10

  Occupational pension

  1.10

  2.40

  3.20

  6.00

  5.30

  10.20

  14.30

  30.00

  50.40

  89.70

  14.80

  27.60

  Other*

  0.30

  0.20

  0.20

  0.30

  0.40

  0.30

  1.20

  0.50

  0.70

  0.80

  0.60

  0.40

  Gross income

  55.50

  61.50

  65.20

  78.90

  66.50

  85.40

  89.40

  121.40

  186.70

  277.50

  92.70

  124.90

  Deduction

  4.80

  8.70

  4.20

  8.30

  4.30

  9.20

  8.40

  15.20

  40.20

  59.70

  12.40

  20.20

  NET INCOME (BHC) MEAN

  50.70

  52.80

  61.00

  70.60

  62.20

  76.20

  81.00

  106.20

  146.60

  217.80

  80.30

  104.70

  NET INCOME (AHC) MEAN

  43.80

  43.40

  48.10

  51.60

  51.50

  64.90

  69.10

  98.30

  128.00

  206.90

  68.10

  93.00

  NET INCOME (BHC) MEDIAN

  44.50

  48.10

  51.80

  60.50

  56.70

  67.30

  70.50

  95.10

  135.10

  179.90

  64.00

  78.70

  NET INCOME (AHC) MEDIAN

  36.10

  38.00

  39.90

  44.10

  44.10

  52.30

  56.00

  85.90

  117.30

  171.60

  53.00

  68.60

  Source:Family expenditure survey.
  294
  Report, columns 268–70, if he will make a similar analysis for each quintile of pensioners' incomes for single pensioners, pensioner couples and all pensioner units.

  Miss Widdecombe
  The information is in the tables.
  295

  (d) Growth in pensioner income 1979 to 1989

  Average income change

  Per cent.

  Quintile 1

  Quintile 2

  Quintile 3

  Quintile 4

  Quintile 5

  Total

  Income source

  1S

  2C

  3U

  1S

  2C

  3U

  1S

  2C

  3U

  1S

  2C

  3U

  1S

  2C

  3U

  1S

  2C

  3U

  Earnings4

  -81

  108

  -24

  177

  -62

  -29

  -37

  41

  135

  -40

  -30

  -25

  -13

  -11

  -11

  -17

  -13

  -12

  Benefit income

  10

  11

  7

  12

  12

  15

  21

  7

  18

  16

  11

  18

  12

  14

  10

  15

  11

  14

  Investment income

  54

  63

  68

  125

  117

  102

  35

  193

  117

  59

  173

  122

  145

  124

  138

  121

  133

  130

  Occupational pension

  181

  131

  127

  99

  109

  87

  100

  66

  92

  137

  73

  110

  100

  63

  78

  107

  69

  86

  Other4

  -74

  31

  -45

  131

  15

  53

  -1

  -73

  -27

  -40

  -21

  -58

  5

  -22

  21

  -17

  -34

  -24

  Gross income

  12

  17

  11

  19

  21

  21

  25

  25

  28

  28

  28

  36

  58

  42

  49

  35

  31

  35

  Deduction

  75

  94

  81

  94

  118

  99

  104

  110

  114

  75

  51

  80

  71

  33

  49

  77

  49

  63

  Net income (BHC) median

  5

  13

  8

  12

  17

  17

  17

  20

  19

  21

  27

  35

  45

  38

  33

  529

  529

  530

  Net income (AHC) median

  2

  17

  5

  10

  19

  11

  9

  29

  19

  29

  36

  53

  58

  48

  46

  533

  536

  537

  Source: Family Expenditure Survey.

  1 Single pensioners.

  2 Pensioner couples.

  3 Pensioner units.

  4 Indicates that sample sizes are too small to provide reliable estimates. Figures are shown only to demonstrate how totals are arrived at.

  5 Mean.

  Notes:

  1. All figures before housing costs (BHC) unless otherwise stated. After Housing costs—AHC.

  2. All average amounts are means except where otherwise stated.

  3. Components may not sum to totals owing to rounding.

  4. Pension units are defined as single people over state pension age and couples in which the husband is over state pension age.

  5. Estimates of percentage growth are based on unrounded income figures and may not therefore be the same as those calculated from the rounded amounts shown in the table.

  6. Estimates of growth in total net incomes by quintile are based on medians. Estimates of growth of components of income and total incomes of all pensioners are based on means.

  Table 2: Investment income for pensioner units of all ages

  (a) Pensioner couples

  Quintile (Ql = lowest)

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt (£ per week)

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Per cent, growth

  Ql

  56

  66

  4.00

  4.70

  18

  Q2

  67

  55

  4.60

  8.40

  83

  Q3

  68

  59

  7.10

  15.80

  123

  Q4

  76

  71

  11.80

  26.10

  121

  Q5

  90

  93

  59.30

  124.40

  110

  All

  71

  87

  20.30

  38.80

  91

  (b) Single pensioners

  Quintile (Ql = lowest)

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt (£ per week)

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Per cent, growth

  Ql

  49

  65

  3.50

  4.00

  14

  Q2

  49

  58

  3.60

  6.90

  92

  Q3

  45

  57

  4.40

  4.70

  7

  Q4

  62

  71

  9.20

  12.70

  38

  Q5

  78

  91

  34.90

  73.30

  110

  All

  57

  69

  13.60

  24.90

  83

  296

  (c) All pensioner units

  Quintile (Ql = lowest)

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt (£ per week)

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Per cent, growth

  Ql

  52

  70

  3.60

  4.40

  22

  Q2

  55

  64

  4.10

  7.20

  76

  Q3

  50

  66

  5.00

  8.30

  66

  Q4

  68

  82

  10.30

  18.90

  83

  Q5

  83

  93

  44.20

  92.80

  109

  All

  62

  75

  16.30

  30.70

  88

  Table 3

  Investment income for recently retired pensioner units

  (a) Pensioner couples

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt £ per week

  Quintile Q1 = lowest

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Percent. growth

  Ql

  65

  81

  5.90

  7.50

  **

  Q2

  **

  Q3

  **

  Q4

  84

  91

  39.90

  61.70

  **

  Q5

  **

  All

  73

  87

  21.60

  41.50

  92

  297

  (b) Single pensioners

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt £ per week

  Quintile Q1 = lowest

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Percent. growth

  Q1

  47

  48

  12.60

  31.50

  **

  Q2

  **

  Q3

  70

  75

  **

  Q4

  **

  Q5

  **

  All

  60

  64

  12.60

  31.50

  150

  (c) All pensioner units

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt £ per week

  Quintile Ql = lowest

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Per cent growth

  Ql

  50

  63

  4.20

  7.20

  71

  Q2

  56

  72

  03

  68

  76

  7.50

  13.10

  75

  Q4

  77

  83

  13.30

  25.00

  88

  Q5

  87

  95

  48.00

  112.90

  135

  All

  68

  78

  18.20

  38.10

  109

  Table 4

  Occupational pension for pensioner units of all ages

  (a) Pensioner couples

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt £ per week

  Quintile Q1 = lowest

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Per cent, growth

  Ql

  38

  48

  9.10

  15.70

  73

  Q2

  59

  66

  Q3

  77

  81

  21.70

  32.10

  48

  Q4

  79

  89

  41.70

  61.20

  47

  Q5

  74

  81

  113.80

  160.80

  41

  All

  65

  73

  43.80

  62.70

  43

  (b) Single pensioners

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt £ per week

  Quintile Ql = lowest

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Percent, growth

  Ql

  11

  21

  9.50

  10.00

  **

  Q2

  20

  32

  **

  Q3

  25

  42

  15.20

  **

  Q4

  44

  62

  16.20

  27.90

  72

  Q5

  59

  78

  56.10

  86.30

  54

  All

  32

  47

  29.00

  41.60

  43

  (c) All pensioner units

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt £ per week

  Quintile Q1 = lowest

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Percent, growth

  Ql

  20

  29

  6.00

  9.10

  52

  Q2

  34

  43

  10.30

  14.60

  42

  Q3

  38

  55

  15.70

  20.60

  31

  298

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt £ per week

  Quintile Q1 = lowest

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Percent, growth

  Q4

  60

  74

  26.80

  41.70

  56

  Q5

  65

  81

  80.90

  117.00

  45

  All

  43

  56

  36.70

  52.10

  42

  Table 5

  Occupational Pension for recently retired pensioner unit

  (a) Pensioner couples

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt £ per week

  Quintile Q1 = lowest

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Percent, growth

  Q1

  63

  71

  20.80

  27.70

  33

  Q2

  Q3

  Q4

  76

  82

  89.10

  114.50

  29

  Q5

  All

  68

  75

  51.50

  65.60

  27

  (b) Single pensioners

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt £ per week

  Quintile Q1 = lowest

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Percent, growth

  Q1

  28

  38

  *

  41.40

  **

  Q2

  Q3

  43

  67

  Q4

  Q5

  All

  37

  55

  *

  41.40

  **

  (c) All pensioners

  Percentage of units in receipt

  Average amount for those in receipt £ per week

  Quintile Q1 = lowest

  1979

  1989

  1979

  1989

  Percent, growth

  Q1

  47

  58

  18.10

  22.60

  25

  Q2

  Q3

  Q4

  67

  81

  74.60

  96.10

  29

  Q5

  All

  55

  67

  45.90

  58.00

  26

  Notes to tables 2–5:

  (i) A pensioner unit is defined as a single pensioner aged above state pensionable age (SPA) or a pensioner couple where the husband is aged over SPA.

  (ii) A recently retired pensioner unit is defined as a single pensioner aged less than five years above SPA or a pensioner couple where the husband is aged less than five years above SPA.

  (iii) * denotes where low sample sizes make any estimate unreliable.

  (iv) ** denotes where percentage growth estimates are inappropriate.

  (v) Where single quintile estimates are not reliable, due to low numbers of sample cases, an estimate is given for a number of combined quintiles

  (vi) All amounts are given at 1989 prices.
  299
  (vii) Tables I and 3 are based on the separate income distributions for single pensioners, pensioner couples and all pensioner units respectively. Tables 2 and 4 are based on separate income distributions for recently retired single pensioners, pensioner couples and all pensioner units respectively.

  European Court of Justice
  Mr. Jenkin
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what additional provision for annual recurring expenditure in his Department has been made following rulings of the European Court of Justice in each year since the implementation of the Single European Act.

  Miss Widdecombe
  Special provisions are made only on a case-by-case basis, for annual recurring expenditure as a result of cases referred to the European Court of Justice. None of these cases arose as a result of the Single European Act, which does not contain any specific measures relating to social security. Provision for expenditure since 1 July 1987 is in the table.

  £ million

  1988–89

  3.0

  1989–90

  3.0

  1990–91

  8.3

  1991–92

  13.7

  1992–93

  23.5

  Disability Living Allowance
  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what action the Government intend to take following the statement by the Under-Secretary of State in a letter dated 7 April to the hon. Member for Walsall, North that local authorities including Walsall were in breach of the law as regards the concessionary fares for those in receipt of the disability living allowance.

  Mr. Scott
  Walsall council has undertaken to ensure that its concessionary travel scheme complies with the law. We intend to remind all local authorities that, in accordance with section 73(14) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, they must not refuse concessionary fares, or levy a contribution towards the cost of them, specificallly because a person receives the mobility component of disability living allowance.

  Non-contributary Benefits
  Mr. Higgins
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the social security and other benefits available at national, county and local level, to which persons arriving in the United Kingdom are and are not entitled if they have not paid United Kingdom taxes or national insurance contributions.

  Mr. Burt
  The administration of benefits in Great Britain is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to my hon. Friend with such information as is available and a copy will be placed in the Library. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is responsible for the arrangements in Northern Ireland.

  Letter from Michael Bichard to Mr. Terence Higgins, dated 7 May 1993:
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  As Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency it is my responsibility to answer questions about relevant operational matters. I am therefore replying to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security asking if he will list the Social Security and any other benefits available at national, county and local level, to which persons arriving in the United Kingdom are and are not entitled to if they have not paid United Kingdom taxes or National Insurance contributions.

  I should point out that, although benefits may be administered locally they are national benefits. I enclose a copy of leaflet FB2 which lists all social security benefits which are available. Entitlement is dependent on a person's individual circumstances. Most Social Security benefits employ a residence or contribution test and so are not immediately available to those entering Great Britain. However, the usual entitlement conditions may be modified if the applicant has either come from an EC country and is able to take advantage of EC regulations concerning Social Security for migrant workers or has come from a country with which the United Kingdom has concluded a Reciprocal Social Security Agreement.

  Income Support is an exception since it has to serve as a safety net. Entitlement depends on immigration status. All those people who have a right to live in the UK permanently, including those who have been granted refugee status, may receive benefit if they satisfy all other relevant conditions of entitlement. It would be inconsistent to allow people to make their home in this country and then deny them financial support in times of need.

  People who are applying for refugee status, that is asylum seekers, are not entitled to benefits under the normal rules. However, decisions on refugee status are very complex and take a long time to determine. While these questions are being considered, such customers can receive Income Support at a reduced rate under the Urgent Cases Rules.

  All Benefits Agency offices have comprehensive written guidance on how to deal with claims from people from abroad. Our procedures for processing such claims involve close liaison with the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Department.

  I also understand that these people can claim Housing Benefit from their Local Authority subject to the normal rules but this may affect their right to stay in the country.

  I hope this information is helpful. A copy will appear in the Official Report and a copy will also be placed in the Library.

  Income Support
  Mrs. Beckett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants of income support there are(a) in total, (b) who are single parents, (c) who are signing on as unemployed, (d) who are disabled and (e) who are pensioners (i) at each of the Benefits Agency offices having customers in Derbyshire and (ii) who are resident in Derbyshire.

  Mr. Burt
  The administration of Income Support is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available and a copy will be placed in the Library.

  Letter from Michael Bichard to Mrs. Margaret Beckett, dated 7 May 1993:

  As Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency it is my responsibility to answer questions about relevant operational matters. I am therefore replying to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security asking how many claimants of Income Support there are (a) in total, (b) who arc single parents, (c) who are signing on as unemployed, (d) who are disabled and (e) who are pensioners (i) at each of the Benefits Agency offices having customers in Derbyshire and (ii) who are resident in Derbyshire.

  The complete range of information requested is not available except at a disproportionate cost. This is because

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  information regarding the number of Income Support recipients who are either lone parents or disabled are not routinely collected, nor do we collect information on the basis of county of residence.

  I have appended the latest available statistics relating to each of the Benefits Agency offices in Derbyshire. The figures relating to those customers who receive either a lone parent or a disability premium will not equate exactly to the number of lone parents or disabled people. This is because a single parent may be in receipt of a more advantageous premium, and a person in receipt of a disability premium may not necessarily be registered as disabled. You should also note that, for Income Support purposes, a pensioner is a person of either sex aged 60 or more.

  I hope you find this reply helpful. A copy of this let ter will appear in the Official Report and a copy will also be placed in the Library.

  Income support statistics for benefits agency offices in Derbyshire as at 28 February 1993

  Derby (London Road) office:

  Signing unemployed

  5,850

  Pensioners

  4,104

  Receiving lone parent premium

  3,352

  Receiving disability premium

  1,071

  Total recipients

  16,000

  Derby (Becket Street) office:

  Signing unemployed

  6,644

  Pensioners

  6,798

  Receiving lone parent premium

  2,426

  Receiving disability premium

  1,224

  Total recipients

  19,078

  Ilkeston office:

  Signing unemployed

  4,899

  Pensioners

  3,275

  Receiving lone parent premium

  2,311

  Receiving disability premium

  1,090

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  Income support statistics for benefits agency offices in Derbyshire as at 28 February 1993

  Total recipients

  12,851

  Buxton office:

  Signing unemployed

  835

  Pensioners

  1,011

  Receiving lone parent premium

  357

  Receiving disability premium

  184

  Total recipients

  2,611

  Chesterfield office:

  Signing unemployed

  7,917

  Pensioners

  6,650

  Receiving lone parent premium

  2,782

  Receiving disability premium

  1,574

  Total recipients

  21,177

  Domestic Violence
  Mr. Jon Owen Jones
  To ask the Attorney General what guidelines the Crown Prosecution Service has on prosecutions in cases of domestic violence.

  The Attorney-General
  [pursuant to his reply, 2 March, Official Report, c. 76]: The Crown Prosecution Service has updated its guidance to staff on the review and prosecution of domestic violence cases.

  The service has provided a copy of its statement of prosecution policy on domestic violence to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry on domestic violence and copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

  The service is distributing the policy statement to interested agencies.