asked the Minister for the Civil Service what is his estimate in a full year of the extra printing costs incurred by the British Parliament to ensure that hon. Members and Peers have EEC documents available to them.

EEC publications are not separately printed in the United Kingdom. Those required by Parliament are supplied through Her Majesty's Stationery Office which is official United Kingdom sales agent for EEC publications. I regret that information is not readily available about the cost of meeting demands by hon. Members for these publications; but further inquiries are being made and I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.If my hon. Friend has any particular documents in mind perhaps he will write to me.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information she has about the extent to which schools request parents to pay for equipment, visits, and other items as a

							Attendance in 1978	Percentage increases/decrease on 1977
British Museum		…	…	…	…	…	4,034,431	-2·2
British Museum (Natural History)					…	…	2,910,005	-8·9
Geological Museum		…	…	…	…	…	531,453	+4·1
Imperial War Museum			…	…	…	…	1,434,978	+3·2
National Gallery		…	…	…	…	…	2,500,109	-6·9
National Maritime Museum				…	…	…	1,260,000	+0·8
National Portrait Gallery			…	…	…	…	424,658	-20·6
Science Museum		…	…	…	…	…	4,971,894	+3·6
Tate Gallery	…	…	…	…	…	…	1,080,956	+7·5
Victoria and Albert Museum				…	…	…	1,934,439	-17·3
Wallace Collection		…	…	…	…	…	144,881	-8·5

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the total amounts at 1 January 1979 covered by certificates of indemnity issued by the national museums, galleries and libraries

None. My Department does not collect such information. Occasional complaints from parents are investigated to establish whether there has been any breach of section 61 of the Education Act 1944.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children below the age of five years are either in part or full-time education at nursery schools or infant schools in the area covered by the Macclesfield constituency.

My Department does not compute pupil numbers for parliamentary constituency areas.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will publish in the Official Report the attendance figures for 1978 reported by the national museums and galleries in England, broken down to the individual institutions but comprising their outstations, with figures in each area of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1977.

Following is the information requested:in England in respect of objects lent to their permanent collections on a long-term basis, broken down to the individual institutions, and recording the comprehensive total for all the institutions together.

The total was £22,522,847. The amounts in respect of the individual institutions are given below:

	£
British Library	1,500,000
British Museum	1,662,590
Science Museum	500,000
Victoria and Albert Museum	11,222,832
Imperial War Museum	385,900
National Gallery	10,200
National Maritime Museum	891,325
National Portrait Gallery	1,350,000
Tate Gallery	5,000,000

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will advise the Council for National Academic Awards to send unabridged copies of its quinquennial reports to the directorates, the trades unions and the students' unions of the polytechnics concerned.

CNAA is an autonomous body, and it is for the council to decide on the procedures for the dissemination of its reports. I understand that it is its practice to send an unabridged copy of its reports to the director or principal of the institution concerned, copying these at the same time to the maintaining local or national authority. The council strongly encourages the recipients to have the contents of such reports discussed widely within the institutions concerned, and attaches importance to the involvement of staff and student representatives in such discussions.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will advise the Council for National Academic Awards to make a practice of consulting student unions when it is conducting its quinquennial reviews.

CNAA is an autonomous body and it is for the council to decide on procedures for the conduct of its quinquennial review. I am informed that it is its normal practice to involve student unions in these reviews.

Maintained schools including Nursery and Special—England
							October 1977	October 1978
(i) Pupils in attendance	…	…	…	…	…	…	7,878,191	7,729,484
(ii) Numbers taking dinners	…	…	…	…	…	…	4,855,422	5,096,433
As proportion of pupils in attendance				…	…	…	61·7 per cent.	65·9 per cent.
(iii) Numbers taking free dinners		…	…	…	…	…	927,000	1,074,000
As proportion of pupils attendance				…	…	…	11·8 per cent.	13·9 per cent.
As proportion of numbers taking dinners					…	…	19·1 per cent.	21·1 per cent.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if the results of the October 1978 census of school milk are now available.

In October, 1,675,000 pupils in maintained special schools and pupils in other maintained schools in England who were entitled to it on grounds of age were receiving free school milk, representing 94·4 per cent. of the age group present on the day of the census. In addition, 1,018,000 primary pupils over the age of 7, in 55 LEAs, were receiving free milk under the new discretionary powers available to local education authorities and 23,000 such pupils were receiving free milk provided by 28 non-education authorities under their "free-rate" powers. A further 14,000 pupils in this age group were receiving free milk on health grounds.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish a table showing the estimated cost of a school dinner in each educational area; and how much of that cost is attributable to the food used.

My Department does not collect local education authority estimates of the cost of a school dinner, but the relevant figures are contained in "Education Estimates Statistics" published annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, copies of which are available in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if the results of the October 1978 census of school meals are now available; and how they compare with those of the census carried out in October 1977.

The information is as follows:

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is the intention of the EEC Commission to issue a draft directive on soft drinks in the near future; and whether this will include proposals on artificial sweeteners.

Soft drinks are included in the EEC Commission's food harmonisation programme, but I have no information at present as to when proposals will be issued or what they will contain.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he intends to publish the review of the White Paper, "Food from Our Own Resources".

Next month.

asked the Minister of Africulture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the number of regulations or directives issued by the EEC Commission since 1 January 1973 concerning the approximation of laws of the member States relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors; and how many of these documents are of current validity.

Fifteen directives have been adopted by the Council of the EEC since 1 January 1973, of which 14 are currently in force.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, pursuant to his written reply to the hon. Member for Falmouth and Camborne, dated 7th December 1978, that the code of that the code of practice for farm building (BS 5502) provides guidelines for the assessment of farm buildings for capital grant purposes, the code's provisions for fire protection in livestock buildings are, in fact, followed by his own Department when assessing buildings for grant eligibility.

Yes.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will investigate immediately the action of the Leeds Transport and General Workers' Union in refusing to allow vehicles in and out of sugar warehouses in Pontefract, Wakefield and Sheffield owned by a food manufacturing company; and if he will make a statement.

I have been asked to reply.The Government regard sugar as a priority supply. The Transport and General Workers' Union fully accepts that it is within this category and has advised its members that pickets should not seek to prevent or delay its movement. I understand that vehicles are being allowed in and out of sugar warehouses in Pontefract, Wakefield and Sheffield.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement about the prospects of release from prison of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Prisoners serving life sentences are not eligible for parole as Such but may be released on licence when the Home Secretary considers this to be justified. I cannot, however, order the release of such a prisoner unless I am recommended to do so by the Parole Board and after consulting the Lord Chief Justice and, if he is available, the trial judge.There is no fixed time at which the case of a life sentence prisoner must be formally reviewed by the Parole Board. That is a matter for the Home Secretary. But the timing of the first formal review is fixed in consultation with the board, through a joint committee of representatives of the board and of the Home Office. This committee recently considered the cases of Brady and Hindley. The committee felt unable to recommend a date for a formal review, but recommended that it should consider the cases again in 3 years' time. I have decided to accept this recommendation.Final decisions on all matters relating to the release of life sentence prisoners rest with the Home Secretary of the day. He is not bound to accept a recommendation by the joint committee. Nor is he bound to accept a recommendation by the Parole Board that a prisoner should be released. I cannot bind my successors, but for my part I have reached no view about the time in the future when serious consideration might be given to the release of either prisoner. My present decision means that, unless there is some unforeseen development which would justify a different course, nothing will be done to initiate the formal review machinery for at least the next three years.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the number of people detained in prison department establishments as (a) illegal entrants by deception and (b) illegal entrants by avoiding controls, as at 15th November 1978;(2) what was the number of people detained in prison department establishments for illegal entry under the authority of an immigration officer on 15 November 1978; how many had been detained for one month or less, for three months or less and for longer than four months; and what was the longest period for which any person was detained.

The information available is as follows:Apart from those awaiting trial or serving sentences of imprisonment, there were on 16 November 1978, 60 people detained in prison and elsewhere as illegal entrants on the authority of an immigration officer.In 10 cases the precise method of entry could not be established. In 38 it was concluded that entry had been by deception, and in 12 that entry had been by avoidance of the immigrantion controls.The periods of detention were as follows:

1 month or less	31
More than 1 month, and up to and including 3 months	24
More than 3 month, and up to and including 4 months	1
More than 4 months	4
The longest period of detention was 17 months.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the light of the difference in emphasis between Home Office circular HOC 113/1978 issued to all courts with regard to powers to direct release after recommending deportation, and paragraph 287 of "The Sentence of the Court", a handbook for courts on the treatment of offenders, whether he intends to amend the entry in the handbook to reflect present policy.

It is our intention to revise paragraph 287 of "The Sentence of the Court" when the next edition is prepared, but this may not be for some time.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the light of circular 74/1978 to chief officers of police concerning section 62 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, whether he will give (a) the total number of arrests in each force area under this section to date, (b) the total number of cases in which, following a request under section 62, the proviso has been applied and the result has been that the arrested person has been detained at the police station or other place of custody for four hours or more without an attempt being made to convey the intimation and (c) the total number of such cases in which the corresponding delay has been 24 hours or

PERSONS ARRESTED* BY POLICE FORCES BY TIME BEFORE ACTION TAKEN TO NOTIFY PERSON NOMINATED UNDER SECTION 62 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977
ENGLAND AND WALES—19TH JUNE-30TH NOVEMBER 1978—NUMBER OF PERSONS
							Request under section 62 not dealt with within
Police force area						Total arrested	4 hours	24 hours (included also in previous column)
Avon and Somerset			…	…	…	13,001	6	1
Bedfordshire		…	…	…	…	5,992	18	—
Cambridgeshire		…	…	…	…	6,990	—	—
Cheshire	…	…	…	…	…	7,762	2	—
Cleveland	…	…	…	…	…	9,022	10	—
Cumbria	…	…	…	…	…	4,785	10	—
Derbyshire	…	…	…	…	…	6,202	3	—
Devon and Cornwall			…	…	…	8,490	4	—
Dorset	…	…	…	…	…	5,238	5	—
Durham	…	…	…	…	…	6,404	4	—
Essex	…	…	…	…	…	12,265	21	1
Gloucestershire		…	…	…	…	3,895	1	1
Greater Manchester			…	…	…	36,798	8	—
Hampshire	…	…	…	…	…	17,816	33	2
Hertfordshire		…	…	…	…	6,107	14	—
Humberside		…	…	…	…	12,454	23	—
Kent	…	…	…	…	…	14,584	21	3
Lancashire	…	…	…	…	…	14,915	6	—
Leicestershire		…	…	…	…	9,048	12	1
Lincolnshire		…	…	…	…	5,085	11	—
London, City of		…	…	…	…	1,563	7	2
Merseyside	…	…	…	…	…	26,423	9	—
Metropolitan police District				…	…	142,724	410	59†
Norfolk	…	…	…	…	…	3,382	4	—
Northamptonshire			…	…	…	6,197	5	—
Northumbria		…	…	…	…	24,795	19	—
North Yorkshire		…	…	…	…	5,100	6	—
Nottinghamshire		…	…	…	…	12,457	15	9‡
South Yorkshire		…	…	…	…	15,939	5	—
Staffordshire		…	…	…	…	10,487	11	—
Suffolk	…	…	…	…	…	4,629	13	—
Surrey	…	…	…	…	…	7,196	4	—
Sussex	…	…	…	…	…	14,618	30	5
Thames Valley		…	…	…	…	15,711	24	3
Warwickshire		…	…	…	…	2,567	9	—
West Mercia		…	…	…	…	9,048	15	—
West Midlands		…	…	…	…	32,436	5	1
West Yorkshire		…	…	…	…	23,183	30	—
Wiltshire		…	…	…	…	2,969	11	3§
Dyfed Powys		…	…	…	…	2,279	7	—
Gwent	…	…	…	…	…	6,284	11	—
North Wales		…	…	…	…	3,855	4	—
South Wales		…	…	…	…	12,912	4	—
Total		…	…	…	…	593,607	870	91
* Provisional figures and subject to slight amendment.
† 19 of these persons were involved in 8 cases each of which involved 2 or 3 persons.
‡ 7 of these persons were involved in a single case.
§ These 3 persons were involved in a single case.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Rev. J. P. Haldane-Steven-

The information available is given in the following table:son's claim to the peerage of Eure has been finalised; and whether he was given the opportunity of pursuing it in accordance with article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 6(1) of the European Convention of Human Rights.

As Mr. Haldane-Stevenson's petition claiming the barony of Eure did not show a prima facie case I felt Unable to refer it to the Law Officers. It is open to him to submit a further petition without the defects to which his attention has been drawn. It would not be appropriate for me to comment on the relevance to his case of the human rights provisions to which the hon. Member refers.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were transferred to hospital under section 72 of the Mental Health Act 1959 in each of the last six years; and if he will explain the reasons for the decrease in such orders.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 17 January to his earlier question on this subject.—[Vol. 960, c. 755–6.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in Swinfen Hall prison, Lichfield, are receiving psychiatric treatment.

Sixteen.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how

PERSONS HELD UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT 1971 IN SHARED ACCOMMODATION ON 30TH SEPTEMBER 1978
						One in a Cell	Two in a Cell	Three in a Cell	Dormitory
Pentonville		…	…	…	…	—	100	—	—
Birmingham		…	…	…	…	—	—	—	8
Risley	…	…	…	…	…	4	—	—	—
Leeds	…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—

It is general policy, wherever possible, to give sympathetic consideration to requests for single accommodation or for particular detainees to share accommodation with others of the same nationality.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants have been recommended for deportation by the courts following conviction for criminal offences: how many

None committed suicide.I regret that the other information requested is not readily available. The annual returns of prison medical officers on cases of attempted suicide or serious self-inflicted injuries do not differentiate between particular categories of prisoner. A summary of the cases reported to have occurred in 1977 was given in paragraph 214 of the report on the work of the prison department 1977—Cmnd. 7290.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people detained in prisons under Immigration Act powers were required to share a cell with, respectively, one, two, three or more other people as at 30 September 1978 at (a) Her Majesty's prison, Pentonville, (b) Her Majesty's prison, Win-son Green, (c) Risley remand centre, (d) Her Majesty's prison, Armley, (e) other prisons by name and (f) prison department establishments by name.

I regret that this information is not available for all establishments. The figures for the four prisons named by my hon. Friend as are follows:recommendations have been confirmed during 1976, 1977 and to the latest convenient date; and if he will list them by country of birth.

Records are not kept in a form which would enable completely accurate information on the lines requested to be provided without disproportionate expense. A manual check through records of individual cases has produced the following information:

							1976		1977		1978
							Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportations Orders made following court recommendations
Belgium		…	…	…	…	…	4	5	—	—	5	2
Denmark		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	2	—	—	1
France		…	…	…	…	…	34	14	22	6	14	6
Germany		…	…	…	…	…	19	9	19	10	12	7
Italy	…	…	…	…	…	…	41	20	28	7	25	16
Netherlands		…	…	…	…	…	9	1	2	4	4	1
Afghanistan		…	…	…	…	…	3	3	1	—	—	—
Algeria		…	…	…	…	…	27	16	21	13	26	12
Andorra		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	—	—	—	—
Angola		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	—	—	—
Argentine		…	…	…	…	…	10	7	2	2	6	1
Austria		…	…	…	…	…	5	3	5	3	1	1
Bahrain		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	—	—	—	—
Benin	…	…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	1	—	—
Bolivar		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	—	2	—
Brazil		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	5	1	6	1
Bulgaria		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	1	—
Cameroons		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	3	2	1	3
Chile	…	…	…	…	…	…	8	4	12	8	15	6
China		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	2	—	—	—
Colombia		…	…	…	…	…	24	16	21	4	27	23
Costa Rica		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	1	—
Czechoslovakia			…	…	…	…	—	—	1	—	—	—
Dahomey		…	…	…	…	…	2	—	1	1	—	—
Djibouti		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	2	1
Ecuador		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	1	1	—	—
Egypt		…	…	…	…	…	44	19	67	27	56	20
Ethiopia		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	—	—	—	—
Finland		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	1	1	1
Greece		…	…	…	…	…	9	2	10	4	4	3
Honduras		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	—	—	—
Hungary		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	—	—	—
Indonesia		…	…	…	…	…	3	1	—	1	1	1
Iran	…	…	…	…	…	…	62	15	52	26	51	2
Iraq	…	…	…	…	…	…	2	1	5	2	4	—
Israel	…	…	…	…	…	…	7	5	6	3	8	2
Ivory Coast		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	1	—	—
Japan		…	…	…	…	…	4	—	5	3	—	—

							1976		1977		1978
							Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportations Orders made following court recommendations
Jordan		…	…	…	…	…	4	2	3	3	3	1
Kuwait		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	1	1
Lebanon		…	…	…	…	…	4	3	2	1	3	1
Liberia		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	3	1	1	—
Libya	…	…	…	…	…	…	5	4	11	5	12	3
Liechtenstein		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	1	—	—
Madagascar		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	—	—	—
Martinique		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	—	—	—	—
Mexico		…	…	…	…	…	3	—	—	—	—	—
Morocco		…	…	…	…	…	24	14	12	9	11	8
Mozambique		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	1	—
Nicaragua		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	2	1
Norway		…	…	…	…	…	1	1	2	1	2	1
Peru	…	…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	1	4	3
Philippines		…	…	…	…	…	2	—	3	1	1	3
Poland		…	…	…	…	…	8	3	7	1	5	3
Portugal		…	…	…	…	…	16	6	8	6	5	2
Qatar	…	…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	—	1	1
Saudi Arabia			…	…	…	…	4	3	4	2	5	4
Somalia		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	1	1	2	1
South Africa			…	…	…	…	4	1	8	3	8	5
Spain	…	…	…	…	…	…	9	6	14	8	13	5
Sudan	…	…	…	…	…	…	—	—	3	1	1	1
Sweden		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	3	2	2	2
Switzerland		…	…	…	…	…	3	1	1	1	5	—
Syria	…	…	…	…	…	…	3	—	2	1	2	1
Thailand		…	…	…	…	…	5	—	12	3	6	1
Tunisia		…	…	…	…	…	5	2	8	5	5	6
Turkey		…	…	…	…	…	48	13	87	58	66	28
United States of America				…	…	…	29	15	24	15	22	17
Uruguay		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	2	—	—	1
Venezuela		…	…	…	…	…	6	2	4	3	10	3
Yemen		…	…	…	…	…	2	1	6	4	5	2
Yugoslavia		…	…	…	…	…	6	2	7	3	4	4
Zaire	…	…	…	…	…	…	2	1	2	1	1	2
Stateless		…	…	…	…	…	4	—	9	3	5	4
Antigua		…	…	…	…	…	2	2	—	—	—	—
Australia		…	…	…	…	…	18	9	19	13	9	8

							1976		1977		1978
							Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportation Orders made following court recommendations	Number of court recommendations for deportation	Number of Deportations Orders made following court recommendations
Bahamas		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	1	1	—	—
Bangladesh		…	…	…	…	…	23	11	27	22	10	4
Barbados		…	…	…	…	…	2	—	—	—	2	1
Bermuda		…	…	…	…	…	—	1	—	—	—	—
Canada		…	…	…	…	…	8	5	8	2	6	3
Cyprus		…	…	…	…	…	42	16	53	28	54	28
Gambia		…	…	…	…	…	1	2	1	2	1	—
Ghana		…	…	…	…	…	77	36	94	72	97	61
Guyana		…	…	…	…	…	10	3	3	4	9	5
Hong Kong		…	…	…	…	…	11	4	9	6	6	5
India	…	…	…	…	…	…	54	36	60	46	48	33
Jamaica		…	…	…	…	…	7	3	8	2	6	5
Kenya		…	…	…	…	…	13	5	8	7	5	1
Malawi		…	…	…	…	…	1	—	1	1	—	—
Malaysia		…	…	…	…	…	16	5	13	9	6	7
Malta		…	…	…	…	…	8	5	8	9	4	1
Mauritius		…	…	…	…	…	45	30	12	9	12	9
New Zealand			…	…	…	…	6	—	5	5	4	3
Nigeria		…	…	…	…	…	88	41	125	67	107	61
Seychelles		…	…	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	3	3
Sierra Leone			…	…	…	…	7	4	6	2	8	1
Singapore		…	…	…	…	…	2	2	—	—	2	2
Rhodesia		…	…	…	…	…	2	—	2	—	3	1
Sri Lanka		…	…	…	…	…	23	15	12	9	9	2
Tanzania		…	…	…	…	…	11	4	3	3	2	2
Trinidad		…	…	…	…	…	5	3	5	3	1	—
West Indies Associated States					…	…	1	1	5	1	3	—
Uganda		…	…	…	…	…	2	—	5	—	—	—
Zambia		…	…	…	…	…	5	—	3	5	—	—
Republic of Ireland				…	…	…	75	28	59	25	38	22
Pakistan		…	…	…	…	…	97	59	74	60	38	29
TOTALS		…	…	…	…	…	1,190	556	1,175	688	980	551
The country which issued the passport is shown in column 1; this may not be the country of birth in all cases.
The number of deportation orders made in any one year does not related directly to the number of recommendations made by the courts in the same year.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if Mr. Anthony Ledger, sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Chichester Crown Court on 21 December 1977 because Grayling-well psychiatric hospital, Chichester, had refused to admit him, even though he was suffering from severe mental illness, is still in prison; if so, where, and what treatment he is receiving; and what effort has been made to find him a hospital place.

I am writing to my hon. Friend.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish a detailed analysis of the 81,331 experiments performed on living animals in the 1977 statistics.

No further analysis of these 81,331 experiments is possible beyond that shown in table 13 of "Experiments on living animals Statistics 1977," Cmnd. 7333. These experiments were carried out by licensees whose licences were revoked during 1977 and who reported in less detail before the introduction of the new form in December 1977.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list, by name and address, the laboratories which tested tobacco and its substitutes on 15,170 live animals during 1977.

It is not the practice to disclose information about experimentation at particular establishments. As explained in "Experiments on living animals: Statistics 1977"—Cmnd. 7333—licensees submitted their returns under the assurance that information would not be published in any way which would prejudice commercial or academic confidentiality.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on the suppliers of the 14,119 dogs subjected to experiments under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, distinguishing between those purchased From voluntary licensed dealers, unlicensed dealers and those bred by research establishments for experimental purposes.

This information is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the minimum qualifications of the holders of the 291 licences issued to people to carry out experiments on live animals in polytechnics during 1977; and whether he will list the polytechnics where such experiments are carried out.

Any applicant for a licence under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 must be recommended by the president of a learned society and also by a professor of a branch of medical science, unless he himself is such a professor, and must satisfy the Home Office on the advice of the Cruelty to Animals Inspectorate whose members all hold medical or veterinary qualifications as to his competence to hold a licence. Each case is considered on its merits; there is no prescribed list of minimum qualifications, but the applicant's qualifications and experience are taken into account. Where appropriate, conditions as to supervision are attached to a licence. A complete list of places registered under the Act, including polytechnics, is in the Library of the House.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for licences to experiment on live animals under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 have been refused (a) in each of the last 10 years and (b) in total since the Act came into force.

This information is not available. Refusals are not common because prospective applicants and heads of departments usually discuss the matter first with a Home Office inspector and applications which are unlikely to be successful are not put forward.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 14 inspectors under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 have been trained in behavioural science; and whether he will list the specific qualifications for appointment to these positions.

Each of the 15 inspectors possesses medical or veterinary qualifications which include training in behavioural matters, although none possesses a specific behavioural qualification. Inspectors are required to have been fully registered as medical practitioners or veterinary surgeons, to be abreast of current trends in medical and biological research, and to be experienced in two or more of the following fields: clinical practice, medical or biological research, laboratory diagnosis, the care of laboratory animals, or administration.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information is required from travellers (a) who are citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, and (b) who are citizens of some other country when they register at an hotel in the United Kingdom; under what statutory authority this information is required; what use is made of the information; and to whom it is made available.

The Immigration (Hotel Records) Order 1972 requires a person aged 16 or over who stays at an hotel to inform the keeper of his full name and nationality. An alien is required to give in addition the number and place of issue of his passport or other document establishing his identity, and on his departure his next destination and, if it is know, his full address there.The purpose is to enable information to be obtained about the addresses of aliens, who may be required to notify the police of changes of address. The records kept under the order are open to inspection by a constable or a person authorised by me.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why it took him until 11 January 1979 to reply to a letter form the hon. Member for Newham, North-West dated 17 July 1976 concerning Mr. Raj Mal Jain; and whether he will take action to ensure that letters are replied to more expeditiously.

After a question by my hon. Friend about this case was answered on 26 July 1976, letters were sent to him on 18 October and 23 November 1976 and on 6 January and 15 February 1977. In the last of these I said that the case was sub judice because of proceedings at the Central Criminal Court and that I would write again when the matter was resolved and a firm decision taken regarding Mr. Jain's position in this country. The case remained sub judice until April 1978. Mr. Jain then made further representations and he was interviewed in September. A decision regarding his position in this country was taken on 2 January 1979 and I wrote to my hon. Friend on 11 January.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which areas have not yet implemented the section in the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 requiring consultation between police and local authority social service departments before a child can be brought to court.

Section 5(3) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, which requires consultation with a local authority before a young person is prosecuted, has not yet been brought into effect. Nevertheless, I understand that it is common practice in most areas for the police to seek the views of the local authority when considering what action to take against a child or young person in respect of an offence. The Government attach importance to consultation in cases concerning juveniles. A joint circular has recently been issued by the Home Office, DHSS, DES and Welsh Office reminding all the agencies which deal with juveniles of the need for inter-service co-operation generally. A copy of this circular (HOC 211/1978) is in the Library of the House.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juvenile courts are held in buildings where adult offenders are prosecuted; how many are held in totally separate buildings; and what action he is taking to increase the latter.

The information sought in the first two parts of my hon. Friend's question could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. On the third responsibility for initiating proposals for magistrates courts building schemes rests with the Magistrates' Courts Committee and providing authority for the petty sessional division concerned. The obligation to protect children and young persons attending at court from association with their adult counterparts is already recognised in section 31 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933; but it has not been considered necessary to require separate buildings for juvenile courts.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to take to prevent the clandestine advertising of cigarettes on television, which breaks the agreement with the tobacco industry as shown by the information sent to him by the hon. Member for Brent, South.

Since 1965 the advertising of cigarettes or cigarette tobacco on independent television, whether in advertisements for cigarettes or other products or services, has been prohibited under the Independent Broadcasting Authority code of advertising standards and practice. The authority assures me that, in accordance with its statutory duties under the IBA Act 1973 to enforce its code of advertising standards and practice, indirect advertising of cigarettes and cigarette tobaccos in advertisements for other products or services would not be permitted.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) who holds the money held in the compensation fund set up by the Licensing Act 1964; and what is the annual rate of interest paid;(2) when was the last occasion on which the compensation authority made a payment out of the compensation fund under the Licensing Act 1964; how much was paid; to whom; and for what purpose;(3) if the compensation authority is still imposing charges under section 17 of the Licensing Act 1964; and when the last charge was imposed;(4) what were the expenses of the compensation authority in each year since 1964.

Licensing compention funds are held locally by 58 compensation authorities. Most of this money is invested, and the annual rate of interest varies according to the type of investment.The most recent information available centrally about the payment of compensation and the imposition of charges by the compensation authorities relates to the year ended 31 December 1977. During this period the authorities paid out a total of £95,530 in compensation in respect of 13 premises. Charges under section 17 of the Licensing Act 1964 were imposed by only two authorities and totalled £2,058.Information about the annual expenses of compensation authorities since 1964 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the amounts paid in compensation to victims of violence for each of the last three years and the average amounts paid per person.

The amounts paid by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

	Total paid	Average award
	£	£
1975–76	6,476,680	563
1976–77	9,677,389	694
1977–78	10,106,513	719

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has of the numbers of persons enrolled for Civil Defence or active in other voluntary organisations who are capable of driving a heavy goods vehicle.

The Civil Defence Corps was disbanded in 1968. I have no information about the number of members of voluntary organisations qualified to drive heavy goods vehicles.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he has issued to police authorities about proposals for legislation making it a requirement that notice be given of processions.

None. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport, North (Mr. Bennett) on 30 November—[Vol. 959, c. 351–2.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications have been received by the Government from those living in Indo-China who wish to come and settle in the United Kingdom permanently in each of the last five years and how many in 1978.

The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many magistrates in juvenile courts there are in each of the following age bands: 21 to 30 years, 30 to 40 years, 40 to 50 years, and 50 to 65 years of age.

I have been asked to reply.Except in Inner London, magistrates are not appointed to the juvenile panel directly by my noble Friend but are elected by their own benches throughout the country for a three-year term. The information asked for is not available in central records held by the Department of my noble Friend and can be ascertained only by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of time and money.

Enterprise							price increase notified (percentage)	Interim increase (percentage)
Imperial Tobacco Ltd			…	…	…	…	1·92	1·92
Air Products Ltd.		…	…	…	…	…	10·0*	Nil
Butlins Ltd.		…	…	…	…	…	14·4	Nil
BOC Ltd.	…	…	…	…	…	…	9·8	Nil§
The Daily Telegraph Ltd.				…	…	…	4·5	4·5†§
Perkins Engines Co.			…	…	…	…	10·63	10·63†‡§
Rugy Portland Cement Co. Ltd.					…	…	10·9	8·5§
United Biscuits (UK) Ltd.				…	…	…	3·96	3·96†§
* Subsequently amended by the company to 6 per cent.
† Increases under the Commission's discretionary powers in pursuance of section 4(5)(i) of the Price Commission Act 1977.
‡ Two variation notices given: firstly under the Commission's discretionary powers, subsequently under the Safeguard Regulations.
§ Investigations still in progress.

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection, in respect of each commodity, what is the amount spent on food subsidies in each of the years from February 1974 to date; and what effect these subventions have had in total on the retail prices index, the food prices index and the pensioners index, respectively.

I will reply to the hon. Member shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Romford, Official Report, 31 July 1978, columns 20–2, he will now update the information to include companies which have been investigated by the Price Commission in the last six months.

Between August 1977 and 23 January 1979 the Price Commission initiated 36 investigations under sections 4 and 5 of the Price Commission Act 1977. Thirty-one investigations have now been completed.The following table shows interim increases permitted under variation notices to enterprises subject to investigation under section 4 since the end of July 1978:

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what criteria the Director General of Fair Trading operates in granting licences under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 to private clinics which offer operations on hire purchase; how many such licences have been granted; and if he is satisfied that patients are not being unduly induced into having treatment they do not need.

This is a matter for the Director General of Fair Trading. I am asking him to write to my hon. Friend.

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection by what percentage prices have risen in the latest 12 months for which figures are available, as measured in the retail price index.

8·4 per cent.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if he will take steps to ensure that all tankers above the appropriate size limits built in the United Kingdom incorporate up-to-date safety equipment;

We have taken a leading role in the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO) in seeking international agreement on practical and effective measures to improve the safety of tankers, whether flying our flag or that of other States. The main priority now is to bring into force what has been agreed, and, for our part, one of the main reasons for introducing the Merchant Shipping Bill, currently before the House, was to enable us to ratify and implement the latest international agreements in the field.Given the international character of the shipping and oil industries, safety standards are best set on a world-wide basis, but the EEC has made a useful contribution by recommending member States to ratify the relevant IMCO agreements by specified dates.I and officials of my Department are in continuing touch with both sides of the industry about various aspects of marine safety.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what representations he has received concerning the proposed eighth directive relating to the qualifications of EEC auditors; and when he expects to make a statement.

Last October, my Department sent copies of the draft directive to over 40 bodies, inviting their comments. The Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies and some, but not all, of the others have now responded. The advice received will help to determine the United Kingdom line when an EEC Council working party begins its detailed consideration of the text.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the grants made under the new product and process development scheme in each of the past three years and the products or processes favoured in each case.

By 30 November 1978, 420 formal applications for assistance under the product and process development scheme had been received since its inception in July 1977. Of these, 130 had been approved, involving a Departmental contribution of approximately £11 million towards total project costs of £38 million. The rate of new approvals is currently about 20 per month. Details of individual grants cannot be made available, for reasons of commercial confidentiality.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what use has been made of article 90 of the Rome Treaty to date; and whether there are any comparable provisions in the Treaty of Paris.

I am not aware of any use which has been made of article 90 of the Treaty of Rome to date. There are no directly comparable provisions in the Treaty of Paris, but, under that Treaty, the Commission has certain powers to ensure that the Treaty objectives relating to competition policy are attained.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what has been the expenditure by his Department in each of the years since 1974–75 on space activities.

Expenditure in each of the years since 1974–75 on space activities has been:

	£ million
1974–75	23·31
1975–76	31·03
1976–77	36·54
1977–78	34·48

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what repre- sentations he has received from the British Textile Employers' Association relating to the lorry drivers' strike; and if he will make a statement on his Department's assessment on the long-term damage done to the textile industry and the loss of output by this strike, the dispute involving the tanker drivers and the unofficial industrial action being taken by certain employees of the North-West water authority.

The British Textile Employers' Association has made clear to me its grave concern about the situation. It is too early to try to make a detailed assessment of the impact of these disputes.

asked the Secretary of state for Industry what is the Government's policy on the transitional arrangements for the entry of the Spanish steel, shipbuilding and motor vehicle industries into the Common Market of the EEC.

We will seek a full and rapid application by Spain of the tariff reductions on industrial goods, including motor vehicles, for which provision was made in the 1970 EEC/Spain Agreement. We expected this to be followed by a fully reciprocal dismantling of tariffs between Spain and the EEC and the full application of the provisions of the treaties applicable to competition.We will aim to achieve the integration of the Spanish shipbuilding and steel industries into the Community framework in a way which minimizes any additional problems of Community overcapacity which enlargement may bring.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the total amount in grants subsidies and loans to the British Steel corporation in each year since 1970.

The annual reports and accounts for the Corporation, which are in the Library, give for each financial year the total amounts of advances under section 18 of the Iron and Steel Act 1975 and of National Loans Fund moneys, details of regional development and other grants, and net changes in the Corporation's other borrowings. BSC does not receive any subsidies.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what information he has received from the British Steel Corporation in respect of break-even trading estimates.

The Corporation is working to its objective of operating on a break-even basis by the end of the financial year 1979–80 as stated by Sir Charles Villiers on 30 November.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the total amount in grants under each of his Department's schemes to the car industry in each year since 1970.

The information is as follows:1976

asked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what recent discussions he has held with trade unions in the cutlery industry about its future organisation and development and job opportunities within the industry;(2) what recent discussions he has held with manufacturers in the cutlery industry about the future development and reorganisation of that industry;

There have been no recent substantive discussions with either side of the industry. However, with the completion of the preliminary survey of the industry the way is now clear for the joint industry Goverment working party to consider how the industry's efficiency and competitiveness might be improved. The working party is to hold its first meeting on 2 February.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many firms employing fewer than 200 people have received grants under his Department's schemes; and what sum has been provided in this way.

The figures are not readily available and can be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list in the Official Report the new jobs, numbers and sizes of factories, achieved by British Steel (Industries) Ltd. in the regions of operation, and if he will include the costs to British Steel since the formation of British Steel (Industries) Ltd.

This is a matter for the British Steel Corporation which I have asked to write to my hon. Friend.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what total payments have so far been made, and what commitments entered into, under section 8 of the Industry Act 1972.

Up to 31 December 1978 commitments totalling £882·7 million have been made under section 8 of the Industry Act 1972. Payments so far made arising from their commitments amount to £445·4 million.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what quantities of (a) tool steel, (b) high speed steels and (c) stainless steel bars were imported into the United Kingdom in 1978; and how the figures compare with 1977 and 1976.

UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS
Tonnes
					1976	1977	1978 (January-November)§
Alloy tool die and magnet steel*			…	…	23,802	35,525	36,554
High speed steel†	…	…	…	…	3,419	4,251	3,862
Stainless steel bars‡	…	…	…	…	7,955	12,201	11,654
Figures of tool steel are not available.
* Alloy tool die and magnet exclude carbon tool steel.
† High speed steel includes high speed wire rod.
‡ In addition to stainless steel bar, valve steel and tube rounds are included.
§ The figures for 1978 are on a slightly different basis from the earlier years owing to changes in the 1978 tariff codings. The tonnages involved are small.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what were the principal countries of origin of imports of (a) tool steel, (b) high speed steels (c) stainless steel bar, into the United Kingdom in 1978, 1977 and 1976 giving the approximate quantity for each country.

UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF SPECIAL STEELS
Tonnes
		Principal countries					1976	1977	1978 (January-November)
Alloy tool die and magnet steel.		France	…	…	…	…	5,154	11,236	12,061
		Federal Republic of Germany				…	2,420	4,545	8,314
		Italy	…	…	…	…	2,000	3,908	2,724
		Sweden	…	…	…	…	4,803	5,348	2,005
		Austria	…	…	…	…	1,189	2,226	611
		All countries			…	…	23,802	35,525	36,554
High speed steel bars and rods (including wire rod).		France	…	…	…	…	252	718	430
		Federal Republic of Germany				…	52	433	254
		Sweden	…	…	…	…	2,491	2,257	2,542
		Austria	…	…	…	…	382	416	484
		All Countries			…	…	3,419	4,251	3,862
Stainless steel bars	…	France	…	…	…	…	853	1,189>	1,772
		Federal Republic of Germany				…	2,127	3,011	2,693
		Italy	…	…	…	…	470	2,502	3,215
		Austria	…	…	…	…	453	749	757
		Spain	…	…	…	…	1,245	2,251	1,621
		All countries			…	…	7,955	12,201	11,654
Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.
(a) Tool steel is not separately defined in the trade accounts but is included with the figures for alloy tool, die and magnet steel. This category excludes carbon tool steel.
(b) High speed steel includes high speed wire rod.
(c) In addition to stainless steel bar this category includes valve steel and tube rounds.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what further discussions have taken place with Commissioner Davignon about imports of special steels into the United Kingdom market (a) from other EEC countries and (b) from outside the EEC;(2) what action is being taken on the findings of the National Economic

The information is as follows:

These figures are not readily available. The table which follows shows imports classified according to the country of consignment, but this analysis is probably much the same as that by country of origin.Development Organisation section working party on special steels;(3) what recent discussions he has held with Sheffield trade unions and Sheffield industrialists, respectively, about imports of special steels into the United Kingdom market;(4) what recent discussions have been held with the British Independent Steel Producers Association about the imports of special steel into the United Kingdom market.

My right hon. Friend wrote to Commissioner Davignon again in December and the Commissioner replied earlier this month. My right hon. Friend immediately sent copies to the NEDO iron and steel sector working party and to the British Independent Steel Producers Association—BISPA—and invited their comments, which we expect to receive shortly. My right hon. Friend the Minister of State also took the opportunity when in Brussels for the Council of Ministers in December to stress to Commissioner Davignon the importance we attach to the problems of the special steels industry. My right hon. Friend met a delegation from BISPA in November along with the President of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, the chairman of the NEDO iron and steel sector working party and the chairman of the TUC steel committee who is also general secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.The NEDO iron and steel sector working party has been asked to let my right hon. Friend know what it has in mind or in hand about the many issues which the report on special steels raises besides imports. My right hon. Friend has offered the help of Government under our various schemes for encouraging new investment in the industry and we have discussed the provision of temporary employment subsidy to some producers to help preserve jobs.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what imports of steel, giving classifications, took place in the year 1978–79.

I will reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what exports of steel from the British Steel Corporation took place in 1978–79.

This is strictly a matter for the British Steel Corporation, but I understand that in the calendar year 1978, which is the latest period available, the Corporation's total exports amounted to 3·01 million tones.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what further steps have been taken to control imports of steel from within the EEC and from countries outside the EEC.

The anti-crisis measures for imports from countries outside the EEC are being renewed for 1979 and have been strengthened by measures designed to ensure a greater degree of discipline in intra-Community trade.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what representations he has received from the building industry and others about a developing shortage of copper tubing, especially 15 mm diameter; and if he will announce any measures to deal with the problem.

The Departments of Industry and the Environment have received many representations from the building industry about the shortage of copper tube for domestic use, and have been in close touch with the industry. Although supplies were reduced for a month towards the end of 1978 by a strike at one of the leading producers, United Kingdom manufacturers say that deliveries to the home market in 1978 were 13½ per cent. more than in 1977, a bigger increase than in the rate of installation. The manufacturers are now on full production and are delivering as much as they can to the home market. They will consider investment in new capacity, which could not affect the immediate problem, in the light of estimates of future market demand. I have written to the British Non-Ferrous Metals Federation asking it to consider if any further action is possible to increase domestic supplies.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the total payment made so far under the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978; to how many men payments have been made; and what is the average payment for men paid out.

I understand that payments under the schemes for Great Britain and for Northern Ireland will, by the end of this week, have been made to 2,802 people to a total amount of £3,719,779·83. So far only lump sum payments have been made. The average lump sum is £1,327·54 per person. Periodical payments will commence shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the shareholdings held by the National Enterprise Board on

Company				Number and description of shares held by NEB				Percentage of nominal value and total equity	Cost (£'000)	Stock Exchange closing price on 22nd January where available
Barrow Hepburn Group Ltd				1,000,000 25p Ordinary		…	…	4·1	450	30p
BL Ltd	…	…	…	1,144,554,026 50p Ordinary		…	…	98·9	695,523	20p
Brown Boveri Kent Ltd			…	10,856,585 25p Ordinary		…	…	20·0	3,293	49p
Bull Motors Ltd		…	…	1,020,000 £1 Ordinary		…	…	100·0	1,020
BTB (Engineering) Ltd			…	30,000 £1 Redeemable Preference			…	Not equity*	30
RR Chapman (Sub Sea Surveys) Ltd				50,000 £1 Ordinary	…	…	…	47·2*	50
Computer and Systems				349,750 5p Ordinary		…	…	49·9	882
Engineering Ltd.				15,200 £1 Redeemable Preference			…	Not equity	48
Ferranti Ltd	…	…	…	10,666,666 50p Ordinary		…	…	50·0	6,993	323p
Hird-Brown Ltd		…	…	250,000 £1 Redeemable Preference			…	Not equity*	250
ICL Ltd	…	…	…	8,148,000 £1 Ordinary		…	…	24·4	12,134	430p
Monotype Holdings Ltd			…	25,000 10p Ordinary		…	…	37·5	250
Negretti & Zambra		…	…	960,000 25p Deferred Ordinary			…	29·8	710	73p
				460,622 £1 Redeemable Preference			…	Not equity	461
Pakment International Ltd			…	23,230* £1 Ordinary		…	…	34·4	47
				200,000 £1 Redeemable Preference			…	Not equity	200
Sinclair Radionics Ltd			…	75,000 £1 Ordinary	…	…	…	73·3	650
				200,000 £1 Preference		…	…
				3,800,000 £1 Redeemable Preference				Not equity	3,800
Technical Resources (equipment) Ltd				36,750 £1 Ordinary	…	…	…	24·5	37
				200,000 £1 Redeemable Preference			…	Not equity	200
* These items are corrections to the statement of 15 November 1978.