asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that post mortem examinations are not required for those persons who prior to death have been registered as suffering from 100 per cent. dust in the coal mining, slate quarrying and allied industries.

We understand the distress that may be involved, but such deaths must be reported to, and investigated by, the coroner, whose duty to establish the cause of death may be carried out either by holding an inquest or simply by ordering a post mortem examination if he is satisfied that this will dispense with the need for an inquest. The decision is netirely for the coroner and my right hon. Friend has no power to intervene.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish figures showing the number of successful prosecutions for offences relating to the emission of obnoxious fumes by road vehicles during the last five years for which records are available.

The number of findings of guilt in England and Wales for offences relating to emission of smoke by road vehicles is as follows:

Year	Number of findings of guilt
1970	1,774
1971	1,757
1972	2,438
1973	2,259
1974	1,900

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Depart what powers he has to regulate the conduct of private security companies.

Private security companies are subject to the law like other companies. My right hon. Friend has no specific powers to regulate their conduct.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total sum so far spent fulfilling the provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act; and how much it is envisaged will be spent by the end of 1976.

The Equal Opportunities Commission has the main responsibility for ensuring the effective enforcement of the Sex Discrimination Act in the public interest. The costs falling directly on the Commission are estimated at £269,000 for the period ended 31st March 1976. The estimated total cost of the Commission in the next financial year is £1,315,000.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff it is intended to recruit to operate the Sex Discrimination Act; and what is the current estimate of the annual expenditure that will be incurred.

Approval has been given for an initial complement of 98 staff. Additional staff will be needed as the work of the Equal Opportunities Commission develops and regional offices are opened. It is estimated that when the Commission is fully operational the staffing requirement will be about 400 and the total cost of remuneration and other expenses will be £2·25 million.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children imprisoned with their mothers have been allowed out for visits to relatives; and on how many occasions, in the last year for which figures are available;(2) how many requests have been made for children imprisoned with their mothers to be allowed out to visit their relatives; how many were refused; and for what reason.

No children are imprisoned.In 1975, two women who have their children with them in prison were granted one day's temporary release to visit their parents with their child. In addition, four mothers took their children with them on home leave. There were no requests for a child to be allowed to visit relatives.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of mothers and children at present in Holloway Prison; and what are the ages of the children;(2) what was the age and offence of those women imprisoned with their babies; how many other children each of the women have; and who is looking after them.

On 21st January 1976 there were six mothers and six children in Holloway Prison. The children were aged between two months and nine months. Of the six mothers, two were under 21 and the others were aged between 21 and 27. Their principal offences were theft (3), illegal importation of drugs (2) and robbery (1). Four of these mothers have no other children. One has six other children, of whom five are in the care of a local authority and one is being looked after by the mother's parents. One mother has three other children, all of whom are being cared for by her parents.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if any mother imprisoned with her child has been parted from it on the grounds of age, or for other reasons, in the last year for which figures are available.

In 1975, 13 children were parted from their mothers in custody. Of these:

(a) six were either taken into care or looked after by relatives after their mothers had abandoned the children by absconding from custody;

(b) three were transferred to the care of relatives at the mothers' request;

(c) two went to live with their father because the governor had received medical advice to the effect that their mothers were not able to care for them;

(d) one was taken into care by a local authority (reason as in (c));

(e) one was taken into care by a local authority because it had reached the age (12 months) at which the mother and baby unit was no longer able to make satisfactory provision.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what restrictions are applied to the movements of personnel coming ashore from Russian trawlers and other Soviet vessels putting into United Kingdom ports.

Soviet crews are treated in the same way as other foreign seamen. Unless barred on grounds of individual undesirability they are permitted ashore without restrictions on their movements while their ships are in port.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost of producing and distributing the report of the Working Party of the Home Office Standing Committee on Crime Prevention, Protection Against Vandalism.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total cost of producing the recent report "Protection Against Vandalism", prepared by the Working Party of the Home Office Standing Committee on Crime Prevention.

The cost of printing 15,000 copies of the report was £1,856. I regret that the other information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been committed to prison for contempt of court during each of the past five years in matrimonial cases involving a breach of a court's order regarding the custody of children; and what was the average, and the maximum time spent in prison by the people so committed during each of those years.

I regret that this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will give details of the numbers and salaries of the extra public relations and information officers recruited by his Department and agencies for which it is responsible between 1970–71 and 1974–75.

The number of staff from the Information Officer Group employed in the Civil Service Department during the financial year ended 31st March 1975 was 19, the same as that for 31st March 1971. The number had risen from 15 to 19 between 1st April 1970 and 31st March 1971 with an increase in salary cost at the latter date of some £13,000 per annum.During the whole period covered by this Question, neither the Government Actuary's Department nor Her Majesty's Stationery Office employed any members of this group, while the numbers in the Central Office of Information fell by 86. Work which includes the dissemination of information and the fostering of good public relations are among the duties of some other staff in the four departments for which I am responsible but precise details are not readily available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service how much money has been spent per annum on official Government advertising on Independent Television and how much on BBC television, respectively, from the most convenient date for which figures are available.

The total amounts spent on official Government advertising on Independent Television during the last three financial years have been:

1972–73	£3,368,900
1973–74	£5,590,600
1974–75	£5,101,500

BBC television does not accept advertising.Both ITV and BBC show official public service short filler films free of charge.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many nurses were in the last group which finished their training at Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry; how many of these were retained in the hospital staff; of those retained how many were citizens of the Irish Republic; and whether the work permit system operates in the nursing profession.

There were 24 student nurses in the last group which finished training at Altnagelvin Hospital. Six were retained in the hospital, of whom one was a citizen of the Irish Republic.Any person who wishes to take up employment in Northern Ireland as a nurse and who is not a Northern Ireland worker as defined by the Safeguarding of Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 1947 requires a permit under the Act from the Northern Ireland Department of Manpower Services.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the number of administrative staff and nursing administrative staff, respectively, in Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry; what is the total of nursing staff; and whether the hospital is understaffed.

Following is the information:

Administrative staff	7
Nursing administrative staff	5
Nursing staff	328

The hospital is not understaffed in these categories.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what action he will take to compensate pneumoconiosis sufferers or their dependants where this disease has been contracted in industries other than coal mining; and if he will make a statement.

I have nothing to add in relation to the provision of compensation to the reply I gave to a question by the hon. Member for Caernarvon (Mr. Wigley) on 13th January 1976.—[Vol. 903, c. 133.]

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total cost of, and number of people employed in his Department in 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74 and 1974–75.

The average number and cost of staff employed in my Department were as follows:

	Number	Cost
1970–71	31,723	£51,394,000
1971–72	32,719	£62,979,000
1972–73	34,954	£67,452,000
1973–74	34,337	£77,808,000
1974–75	22,454	£64,408,000

In addition, casual staff whose average number varied between 685 and 2,926 during the period were employed mainly on unemployment benefit work in local offices.The figure for 1974–75 shows a reduction mainly because the Training Services Agency, the Employment Service Agency and the Health and Safety Executive became independent organisations during that year.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment by how many the number of civil servants in his Department and other categories of public sector officials, including any industrial civil servants, increased between 1970–71 and 1974–75.

The increase in the average number of civil servants in my Department and other categories of public sector officials remunerated from the Department's Vote between 1970–71 and 1974–75 was 6,408.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give details of the numbers and salaries of the extra public relations and information officers recruited by his Department and agencies for which it is responsible between 1970–71 and 1974–75.

Comprehensive figures of the numbers of all information officers recruited between 1970–71 and 1974–75 are not available but the average num- bers employed in the information officer group in my Department in 1970–71 and in my Department and its executive agencies in 1974–75 are as follows:

1970–71	24
1974–75	43
Increase	19

The annual salaries of the additional 19 officers in 1974–75 is estimated to have been £78,000.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current rate of unemployment in all the new towns in the United Kingdom, giving the male and female unemployment rate, respectively.

The following table shows the provisional rates of unemployment for employment office areas, singly or grouped to form travel-to-work areas, which include either the whole or parts of the new towns.

New Town	Male	Female
Basildon*	9·3	3·9
Bracknell*	5·5	2·2
Crawley*	3·4	1·4
Harlow*	5·4	3·3
Hatfield*	4·1	1·7
Hemel Hempstead*	4·5	1·6
Milton Keynes:
Bletchley	5·6	3·5
Wolverton	6·9	5·8
Peterborough	4·8	4·1
Northampton*	5·5	1·7
Stevenage	6·3	2·8
Welwyn Garden City*	Included in Hatfield
Newton Aycliffe*	6·1	4·5
Corby	7·3	6·7
Telford: Oakengates*	8·9	7·6
Peterlee*	10·8	7·5
Central Lancashire:
Bamber Bridge*	6·5	33
Chorley
Leyland
Preston
Redditch	7·3	3·8
Runcorn*	9·9	6·6
Skelmersdale*	12·7	8·7
Warrington*	5·8	4·2
Washington*	13·2	6·7
Cwmbran*	9·4	4·9
Newtown	9·3	5·0
Cumbernauld	11·8	11·6
East Kilbride*	10·4	10·2
Glenrothes*	8·9	6·9
Irvine*	11·9	7·7
Livingston*	9·1	8·1
*Travel-to-work area.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what progress has been made in establishing a separate prices index for Scotland.

We have no present plans to produce such an index.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will specify the amount of grants made to Scotland, England and Wales, respectively, from the EEC Social Fund in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Allocations from the European Social Fund are made in respect of calendar years. The last year for which firm figures are available is 1974, when, it is estimated, allocations to Scotland, England and Wales were, respectively, £5·4 million, £12·7 million and £3·5 million.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if the study of the footwear industry by Loughborough University, the Shoe and Allied Trades Research Council and the Department of Employment's Work Research Unit being sponsored by his Department will have access to the research being carried out by the Footwear Study Group sponsored by the Department of Industry.

Yes. Arrangements already exist for liaison between the people involved in the Department of Industry's Footwear Study Group and the research project sponsored by the Department of Employment.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether, in view of the current dispute between the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers concerning the level of dust in certain coal mines, he will ask the Health and Safety Commission to make an immediate investigation into this matter as it is entitled to do under the Health and Safety at Work &c. Act 1974; and if he will make a statement.

The Chairman of the Health and Safety Commission informs me that it would not be appropriate for the Health and Safety Commission to undertake an investigation of that kind under the Health and Safety at Work &c. Act 1974. I understand that there are negotiations proceeding between the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers about the future of one colliery, at Llangwith, in which possible dust levels have been represented as one of the relevant factors.I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy to the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) on 12th January.—[Vol. 903, c. 3.]

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he plans to bring into force during 1976 Schedule 11 to the Employment Protection Act.

No decision has yet been taken on the timing of implementation of Schedule 11.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will rescind the 1946 Fair Wages Resolution on the implementation of Schedule 11 of the Employment Protection Act.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of school leavers in the Bournemouth employment area who left school in June/July 1975 and who remain registered as unemployed.

Forty-six on 8th January 1976.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the total number of unemployed males and females, respectively, in the Bournemouth employment area currently notified to his Department; and what were the comparable figures for each year from 1971 to to 1975, inclusive;

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how the £6 pay limit affects employees whose earnings are based upon commission payments governed by a scheme which was in existence before the introduction of the present pay policy.

Schemes for payment of commission which were established before 11th July 1975 may continue to operate under the present policy. The only restriction applies to those earning £8,500 a year or more who should not receive any increase in the coming year as a result of commission earnings or anything else.

				Scotland		England
				Average numbers unemployed	Percentage	Average numbers unemployed	Percentage
1949	…	…	…	59,775	2·9	204,832	1·2
1950	…	…	…	62,092	2·9	209,859	1·2
1951	…	…	…	50,628	2·4	162,317	0·9
1952	…	…	…	62,580	3·0	241,475	1·4
1953	…	…	…	60,837	2·9	234,272	1·3
1954	…	…	…	56,486	2·6	193,036	1·1
1955	…	…	…	48,414	2·3	147,899	0·8
1956	…	…	…	47,778	2·2	163,632	0·9
1957	…	…	…	53,213	2·5	217,924	1·2
1958	…	…	…	74,443	3·5	302,419	1·6

Following is the information available:

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what arrangements should be made for commission earning employees whose pay last year exceeded £8,500; and whether their employers are obliged to stop paying them altogether as soon as their earnings reach this figure.

The present pay policy states that no one earning £8,500 or more should take an increase of any kind in the coming year. It follows that for people at these levels the current year's earnings, including commission payments, should not exceed last year's earnings. It is for the parties concerned to negotiate appropriate arrangements to meet the requirements of the policy.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the average numbers and percentage unemployed in Scotland and England, respectively, for each year since 1945.

The current series of unemployment statistics started in July 1948 and the following table shows annual averages from 1949:

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the numbers and percentage unemployed in Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Switzerland and Austria at the most recent convenient date.

The table appended gives the numbers unemployed and the percentage rate of unemployment for each country for September 1975, the latest

NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
		Numbers Unemployed		Percentage rate of unemployment
		September 1975	Latest available	September 1975	Latest available
Scotland	…	129,561	162,123* (January 1976)	6·0	7·5* (January 1976)
Norway	…	20,400	24,100 (November 1975)	1·3	1·3 (September 1975)
Sweden	…	76,000	64,000 (December 1975)	1·8	1·6 (December 1975)
Finland	…	50,000	50,000 (September 1975)	2·1	2·1 (September 1975)
Switzerland	…	12,499	12,449 (September 1975)	N.A.	N.A
Austria	…	40,000	54,000 (October 1975)	1·5	2·0 (October 1975)
*Provisional.

NOTES:(1) In Finland and Sweden unemployment is measured by labour force sample survey statistics. The date for other countries are based on employment office statistics(2) The figures in the table are not seasonally adjusted

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out a table showing the unemployment figures on a percentage basis, for each of the last 12 months for the following countries, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland. Italy, Norway and Sweden.

The table attached gives the information for the 12 months to December 1975. An official percentage rate is not available for France but an estimate of the rate has been made by this Department based on available data. The figures reflect different national concepts and practices in measuring unemployment and are not strictly comparable.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has decided where to allocate the 1,000 additional places for community industry announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 17th December 1975.

Yes. I give below details of the areas to which 510 of these places have been allocated. The Community Industry National Management Board is considering possible areas for the allocation of the remaining 490 places, and will advise my right hon. Friend accordingly.

EXPANSION AUTHORISED IN EXISTING AREAS OF OPERATION
Area	Present capacity	Additional places
Dundee	100	50
North Lanarkshire	150	50
Coventry*	50	50
Knowsley	150	25
Liverpool	150	25
Camden/Islington	40	10
*This unit will also assist young people in Nuneaton.

Extension to new areas	Capacity
Tower Hamlets, Newham	100
Nottingham, Broxtowe	50
Gedling
Corby	50
Wandsworth	50
Southampton, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Portsmouth, Havant	50

asked the Secretary of State for Employment:(1) how many full-time students applied for unemployment benefit during the summer of 1975; and what were the comparable figures for the previous year;(2) what was the total cost of paying unemployment benefit to full-time students in the summer of 1975; and what were the comparable figures for 1974.

Our records of claims and payments of unemployment benefit do not distinguish between claims made by students and those made by other unemployed persons.The number of unemployed students registered for employment was 91,963 at 14th July 1975, 93,464 at 11th August 1975 and 97,399 at 8th September 1975. The comparable figures for the same three months of 1974 were 24,358, 27,634 and 29,301 respectively.

asked the Prime Minister whether the remarks of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the economy on London Weekend Television on 4th January represent Government policy.

asked the Prime Minister if the television interview given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Sunday, 4th January, on the economy, represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.

asked the Prime Minister whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer's interview on television on 4th January represents Government economic policy.

asked the Prime Minister if the Independent Television interview on the state of the economy given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Sunday, 4th January represents Government policy.

asked the Prime Minister if the television interview given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Sunday, 4th January on the economy represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.

I refer the hon. Members to the reply which I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Reigate (Mr. Gardiner).

asked the Prime Minister if he will now answer questions about Cabinet Committees.

No.

asked the Prime Minister if he will place a transcript of his interview on BBC "Panorama" on Northern Ireland on 12th January in the Library.

asked the Prime Minister if he will place a transcript of his BBC television interview on "Panorama" on 12th January on Northern Ireland in the Library of the House of Commons.

I did so on 14th January.

asked the Prime Minister when he next intends to meet the TUC General Council.

asked the Prime Minister when he next expects to meet the TUC.

I refer my hon. Friend and the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) on 25th November.

asked the Prime Minister whether he intends to make an official visit to Hull and North Humberside.

asked the Prime Minister if he will pay an official visit to Langwith.

asked the Prime Minister when he intends to visit Dodoma.

asked the Prime Minister when he intends to visit Dodoma.

asked the Prime Minister when he intends to visit Dodoma.

asked the Prime Minister when he intends to visit Dodoma.

I have at present no plans to do so.

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his meeting with European Heads of Government in Copenhagen on 18th-19th January.

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his meeting with Heads of Government in Copenhagen on 18th-19th January.

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his meeting with Heads of Government in Copenhagen on 18th-19th January.

I attended a meeting of Social Democratic Party leaders and Heads of Government in Elsinore on 18th and 19th January. We heard an account of the political situation in Portugal from the First Secretary of the Portuguese Socialist Party, Mario Soares, and in Spain from the Chairman of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party, Felipé Gonzales. This was followed by a discussion of possible assistance to these two countries. We also had a useful debate on the world economic situation and measures to deal with unemployment. A copy of my statement during this debate, which I subsequently released to the Press, has been placed in the Library of the House. I was able during my visit to have talks with a number of Heads of Government, including the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Chancellor of Austria.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will place in the Library a transcript of his radio broadcast about the state of the economy on the BBC programme "World This Weekend", on 28th December.

I did so on 7th January.

asked the Prime Minister if the public speech by the Secretary of State for Education and Science at Lancaster University on 9th January on educational matters represents Her Majesty's Government's policy.

Yes.

asked the Prime Minister if the statement issued by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Heathrow, following his return from the IMF on Sunday 11th January 1976, represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.

Yes.

asked the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for 27th January.

I met the Icelandic Prime Minister for further discussions this morning and these discussions will be resumed later today. In addition, I shall be holding a number of meetings with my ministerial colleagues and others during the day.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement about his proposal for all-party meetings on security in Northern Ireland.

I announced on 7th January that I would be approaching the Opposition with the suggestion that the two major parties should discuss arrangements for formal meetings of Government, the Conservative Opposition, the Liberal Opposition and representatives in this House from Northern Ireland, on the subject of security in Northern Ireland. This initiative was favourably received and the first meeting was held at 10 Downing Street on 15th January. There was a confidential briefing of the current security situation in the Province and a discussion of the arrangements for future meetings.The purpose of the meetings is to discuss all aspects of security in Northern Ireland. Decisions on security must continue to rest with the Government, but we have made it clear that we would welcome the emergence of any constructive ideas which could be taken into account in our planning. A further meeting will be held at 10 Downing Street early next month.

asked the Prime Minister if he will arrange a meeting with the Prime Minister of Eire.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Epping Forest (Mr. Biggs-Davison) on 13th January.

asked the Prime Minister (1) how many Royal Commissions are currently at work; if he will list them; and how this compares with 1960, 1965 and 1975;(2) how many of the Royal Commissions currently sitting are temporary; and how many are permanent;(3) how many members there are on each Royal Commission at present sitting; how many members on each are paid; and what is the total remuneration and the average per paid member.

The following is the information:

	Number of Members (excluding the Chairman)
Standing Royal Commissions (6)
Distribution of Income and Wealth	8
Environmental Pollution	16
Exhibition of 1851	21 (including 7 ex-officio)
Historical Manuscripts	18
Historical Monuments—
England	14
Wales	10
Scotland	7
Royal Fine Art Commission	17
Royal Fine Art Commission—
Scotland	9

asked the Prime Minister which Minister is responsible for the coordination of policies relating to the UNCTAD meeting in April.

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is responsible for the general co-ordination of policies relating to all United Nations bodies, including UNCTAD.

asked the Prime Minister if he will define the responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Employment.

I would refer the hon. Member to the list of ministerial responsibilities within Departments as at 1st January 1976, a copy of which is available on request from the Whip's Offices.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will now announce the name of the Chairman of the Royal Commission on the National Health Service.

The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Alec Merrison, FRS, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol, as Chairman of the Commission. I shall announce the appointment of the other members as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what total sum was requested in grants by local education authorities in 1974 and how much was allocated; how much of the latter sum was allocated to new reorganisation projects and how much to providing extra facilities in existing comprehensive schools; how much was allocated to Derbyshire Education Authority, split into the two categories above; and whether he will publish full details of these allocations.

My Department does not pay grants to local education authorities for school building projects. Capital authorisations are given which represent ceiling figures for loan sanction. In 1974 local education authorities in England received lump sum authorisations totalling £110·6 million for major projects to meet basic need for additional places and £62·8 million for minor projects, in each case to start in 1974–75. The figures for Derbyshire were £1·545 million and £1·175 million respectively. Within their individual totals authorities were free to choose which projects they wished to start.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will

POLYTECHNICS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
					1970–71		1974–75
Polytechnic					Student Numbers (as full-time equivalents) November 1970	Teaching Staff Costs £ outturn prices)	Student Numbers (as full-time equivalents) November 1974	Teaching Staff Costs £000 outturn prices)
Birmingham		…	…	…	—	—	4,539	3,289
Brighton		…	…	…	2,414	936	2,459	1,784
Bristol		…	…	…	3,962	1,362	3,525	2,291
Hatfield		…	…	…	1,828	900	2,403	2,122
Huddersfield		…	…	…	1,432	841	2,330	3,401
Lanchester		…	…	…	3,584	1,436	3,515	2,918
Leeds	…	…	…	…	3,504	1,471	4,451	3,199
Leicester		…	…	…	3,144	1,281	3,526	2,839
Liverpool		…	…	…	4,599	1,453	4,182	3,335
Kingston		…	…	…	2,780	1,170	3,252	2,614
Middlesex		…	…	…	—	—	4,180	4,025
North East London			…	…	3,583	1,518	4,411	4,264
City of London			…	…	4,098	6,537*	4,070	13,102
Central London			…	…	3,936		3,810
North London			…	…	—		3,811
South Bank		…	…	…	4,023		3,619
Thames		…	…	…	1,841		2,039
Manchester		…	…	…	4,556	1,739	5,031	3,831
Newcastle upon Tyne					3,053	1,142	4,361	3,169
North Staffordshire			…	…	2,382	1,139	2,478	2,279
Oxford		…	…	…	1,708	773	2,260	1,740
Plymouth		…	…	…	1,316	495	1,723	1,536
Portsmouth		…	…	…	3,900	1,725	4,455	3,663
Preston		…	…	…	—	—	1,378	1,271
Sheffield		…	…	…	2,446	946	3,230	2,862
Sunderland		…	…	…	1,870	855	2,062	1,886
Teesside		…	…	…	1,559	581	1,787	1,518
Trent	…	…	…	…	3,608	1,172	4,702	2,902
Wolverhampton			…	…	2,234	1,052	2,275	2,188
Wales	…	…	…	…	1,273	551	1,573	1,875
*These five polytechnics are all administered by the ILEA. Separate cost data are not available for each institution.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list for each university the total staffing costs and the total number of students, expressed as full-time students, for each of the following academic years 1970–71 and 1974–75.

UNIVERSITIES IN GREAT BRITAIN
					1970–71		1973–74
University					Student Numbers (as full-time equivalents) December 1970	Academic Staff Costs £ outturn prices)	Student Numbers (as full-time equivalents) December 1973	Academic Staff Costs £000 outturn prices)
Aston	…	…	…	…	3,206	1,599	3,890	2,276
Bath	…	…	…	…	2,035	956	2,807	1,414
Birmingham	…	…	…	…	6,993	3,861	7,622	5,703
Bradford		…	…	…	3,654	1,490	3,645	2,221
Bristol		…	…	…	6,124	2,840	6,242	3,951
Brunel		…	…	…	1,935	794	2,237	1,373
Cambridge		…	…	…	10,720	4,222	11,368	5,686

Teaching staff cost data are available only for financial years. On this basis the information is as follows:

The following table relates to the academic years 1970–71 and 1973–74 as information is not available for 1974–75.