asked the Minister for the Civil Service whether the Government have completed the evaluation of the surveys of the ethnic origins of applicants in Civil Service recruitment schemes held in the north-west and the county of Avon; and if he will make a statement.

A report on the surveys is being published today. Copies have been placed in the Library. The surveys covered non-industrial recruitment during March to August 1984. A high response rate was achieved. The proportion of respondents classifying themselves as being of ethnic minority origin was, overall, close to the estimated proportion in the working population as a whole, but was lower for those in the younger age range. Because of the small numbers involved, it was not possible to draw firm conclusions from the results.Building on this experience, a comprehensive 12-month survey of executive officer recruitment will be conducted nationally, starting at the end of this year; there will be a continuing programme of sample surveys in the main areas of departmental recruitment; and there will be a service-wide study to follow the long term progress of staff who enter some of the main recruitment grades during 1986. In addition, ways will be explored of giving further encouragement to ethnic minority school leavers, in particular, to apply for Civil Service posts.

asked the Attorney-General on how many occasions in each of the last five years the Director of Public Prosecutions has instituted or taken over proceedings against a doctor who has issued a contraceptive to a child prostitute for either aiding and abetting the procurement of a child for immoral purposes or for enticement; and if he will make a statement.

Records maintained by the Director of Public Prosecutions relate to categories of offence which are not further classified so as to permit identification of cases the facts of which correspond with those specified in the Question. But so far as can be ascertained, the Director of Public Prosecutions has not been responsible for any prosecution of this nature in the past five years.

asked the Attorney-General in which regions of the United Kingdom experiments in 24-hour duty solicitor schemes have taken place at police stations.

Experimental 24-hour duty solicitor schemes have taken place at police stations in Birmingham and Northamptonshire as part of the Law Society's planning for a national scheme.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has as to the number of women chief executives and general managers who are running high technology or related businesses in England and Wales.

The information requested is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has as to the percentage of women employed in industry and business management at each level compared with overall management structure in industry.

Estimates from the 1983 labour force survey indicate that 7 per cent. of employed women in Great Britain were employers and managers. The comparable figure for the employed population as a whole was 13 per cent. and for employed men 17 per cent.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has as to the percentage of new businesses started up with women as the principals in the past year.

I regret that the information requested could not be provided except at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give an estimate of the date by which he expects to have eliminated pirate radio broadcasting within the United Kingdom either as a result of steps currently being taken to enforce the law, or as a result of additional new measures to be introduced; and if he will make a statement.

I cannot estimate when unlicensed broadcasting will be eliminated since the individual broadcaster, not I, takes the decision on whether to broadcast. What I can ensure is that breaking the law in this way is subject to rapid enforcement action and financially is never worthwhile. Since the start of 1985 the Department's radio investigation service has taken action on 76 occasions against 42 unlicensed broadcasting stations. In the same period, 48 people have been prosecuted and convicted for their involvement in the operation of unlicensed stations.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if any additional lenders can now offer facilities under the small firms loan guarantee scheme arrangements.

I am now in a position to announce that the Trustee Savings Bank has been added to the list of participating banks and financial institutions which are able to offer facilities under the loan guarantee arrangements.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the Government's policy towards the licensing of satellite master antenna television systems for the reception of programme services from low-powered satellites.

My right hon. Friend, the Home Secretary and I have received considerable numbers of representations from cable operators, programme providers and equipment manufacturers in support of the liberalisation of satellite master antenna television systems. We have considered these representations at length particularly because of their implications for wideband cable systems and direct broadcasting by satellite.We have now concluded that, subject to certain safeguards, some relaxation in the licensing of SMATV and other cable diffusion systems can be permitted. Systems which serve more than one dwelling house or single set of premises will require licences under the Cable and Broadcasting Telecommunications and Wireless Telegraphy Acts and the Cable Authority will be charged with the task of determining whether the licensing of a particular system is consistent with its primary duty of promoting wideband cable systems. For this reason these licences will be restricted in certain cases; the terms of such licences will be shorter; and the operator will be expected to give way in due course to any operator who is granted a wideband franchise by the Cable Authority covering the area in question. The "must carry" rule, involving an obligation to carry DBS and broadcast services, will apply. These principles are elaborated in a detailed guidance note which the Cable Authority is issuing today. All those wishing to operate SMATV and other cable diffusion systems, even if the particular system is confined to a single set of premises, should obtain a copy of that note.We have further decided that direct reception of low-powered satellite services on a single set of premises may also be permitted. Such reception will require a licence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, but this licence will not carry with it any guarantee that services will be able to be received without interference. Because of this, and the likely size and relatively high cost of a dish currently needed to receive these services, it seems unlikely that this facility will be taken up in the short term by many members of the general public, although some commercial organisations may wish to do so.Moreover, all those wishing to operate SMATV and other cable diffusion systems should note that, in most circumstances, dishes also require planning permission at present. The Government published proposals in 1984 to amend the general development order to take account of a wide range of recent developments in the telecommunications field; but these changes have not yet been introduced and are unlikely to reduce controls on dishes of the size currently required for low-powered satellite reception.The low-powered satellite services originating in the United Kingdom at present are primarily intended to be retransmitted by cable systems operating in the United Kingdom, so their content is regulated by the Cable Authority. We expect this pattern to continue. If future services should develop in this country which are intended exclusively for direct reception in the United Kingdom and clearly demonstrate the need for additional regulatory powers, the Government will consider what steps might be necessary to provide the appropriate regulation.The Government are satisfied that these steps will provide a welcome boost to the cable industry and represent a significant opportunity, both domestically and eventually internationally, for our equipment and programme service industries.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will seek to amend the insurance companies regulations to clarify whether options traded on the stock exchange are a permitted link for life insurance contracts.

Whilst it is my understanding that the insurance companies regulations do not make options traded on the Stock Exchange a permitted link, interpretation of the regulations on this point has given rise to some difficulty. I therefore intend to take an early opportunity to amend the regulations so as to put beyond doubt that traded options are not permitted links. Further consideration will be given to the suitability of traded options and other assets as permitted links within the new regulatory regime proposed in the White Paper on financial services.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in relation to Britain's membership of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation; and if he will make a statement.

We will make a final review of our membership of UNESCO towards the end of 1985 after the general conference. Until then we shall continue in consultation with other member states, to pursue vigorously the reforms set out in my letters of 2 April and 4 July 1984 and that of my right hon. and learned Friend of 5 December 1984 to the Director-General of UNESCO.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give in percentage terms the element of growth finance given to Tayside health board in each of the last 10 years.

In the years 1974–75 to 1977–78, resources were made available to health boards on the basis of the sums required to meet the cost of existing services and to fund approved new developments. Arrangements were introduced in 1978–79 — Scottish health auhority revenue equalisation formula—with a view to achieving a more equitable distribution of available resources among boards. Since then Tayside health board, which is the best funded board in Scotland in SHARE terms, has received annual increases in financial allocations intended to meet only expected increases in pay and prices.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will make a statement on the extent of his Department's involvement in the promotion of the Forth and Clyde canal for leisure, recreation and amenity purposes;(2) what consideration he has given to district council local plans within the Strathclyde region and Central region in respect of the Forth and Clyde canal.

My Department has not been involved directly in the promotion of the Forth and Clyde canal for leisure, recreation and amenity purposes. I am, however, aware that a number of local authorities, including Strathclyde regional council and Falkirk district council, and other bodies are at present involved in the preparation of a local plan dealing specifically with recreational, amenity and commercial uses which might be expected to develop on the canal. I understand that the authorities and bodies involved have agreed that the processing of the plan through its statutory stages should be the responsibility of Strathclyde regional council and Falkirk district council. Although my Department has been keeping abreast of progress on its preparation, the plan will not be formally submitted to me until such time as it has been finalised and an opportunity has been given to interested parties to make representations on its provisions. I am informed that the plan is not likely to reach that stage before the autumn of this year.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what assistance the Scottish Development Agency is providing in the development of amenity, leisure and recreational usage of the Forth and Clyde canal.

By way of land renewal schemes designed to bring about an overall environmental improvement to the canal, the agency has spent some £1·25 million. In the current financial year two further land renewal projects totalling £110,000 are planned. In addition, as a member of a working group led by the British Waterways Board, the agency will be contributing to the cost of a study of the development potential of the canal.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the change in the levels of (a) provision and (b) standards in education in the years 1979 to 1985; and if he will make a statement.

Between 1979–80 and 1984–85, the provision made for education in the rate support grant settlements increased in real terms by 5·1 per cent per pupil. In making this level of provision, the Government's aim has been to maintain standards and effect improvements in appropriate areas.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to seek to make parents responsible for their children's behaviour at school such as a system of fines; and if he will make a statement.

I believe that the regulations governing exclusion from school are adequate to ensure the early involvement of parents when problems arise over their children's behaviour at school. Moreover, there is provision in existing legislation for the prosecution of a parent whose child fails to attend school regularly without reasonable excuse, notwithstanding that the child may have been required to discontinue his attendance at school for disciplinary reasons. I do not consider that it would be possible to make it an offence for a parent to fail to ensure that his child complies with school rules, since to define the offence adequately one would have to impose an undesirable uniformity on the disciplinary policies of individual schools.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many education authorities in Scotland have now banned corporal punishment in schools; what representations he has received about the consequences; and if he will make a statement.

Of the 12 education authorities in Scotland, six have completed the process of abolition and two others expect to do so by the end of this school session. Of the remainder, three authorities have abolished corporal punishment in all but secondary schools and only one authority has decided to retain corporal punishment in both the primary and secondary sector.Such representations as I have received in this matter relate mainly to the effectiveness of the alternative sanctions, particularly the time spent in their administration.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans there are to publish the results of the research on aluminium mobilisation, commissioned by the Forestry Commission and the Department of the Environment with the Macaulay Institute of Soil Research, Aberdeen; what results the Foresty Commission has obtained in analysing the aluminium content of certain stands of stichless spruce growing in the south Wales coalfield; and if he will give the location of each study.

The research by the Macaulay Institute, the field part of which is being carried out at Loch Fleet in Galloway and Fetteresso in Grampian region, is only in its second year and results are not yet available. The Forestry Commission's work on sitka spruce is taking place in the Afan forest district, south Wales, and the indications so far are that the poor growth in some stands is due to a combination of climatic stress and infestation by green spruce aphis, rather than to aluminium toxicity.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimates the Forestry Commission has made or plans to make, of (a) crown thinning, (b) pollution damage, (c) symptoms of decline and (d) other diseases, in yew trees, in the United Kingdom and abroad.

The Forestry commission has no plans for a systematic survey of the state of health of this species. The Commission's research division investigates reports of damage and disease in yew in the same way as it does for other tree species.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what studies the Forestry Commission has made of forest decline and acid rain damage to trees in other countries.

The Forestry Commission keeps closely in touch with the situation in Europe and North America, and its scientists have made several visits to West Germany to study the problem. A Forestry Commission scientist, together with others from Britain, took part earlier this month in an advanced research workshop in Canada on the effects of acid deposition on forests, wetlands and agricultural ecosystems.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimates the Forestry Commission has made of the level of ash die-back in each of the counties of England, Scotland and Wales.

No estimates have been made by the Forestry Commission of the level of ash die-back on a national scale by counties.The incidence of this condition in woodlands is minimal. It is, however, more significant in non-woodland trees and appears to be related to the intensity of agricultural activity, particularly in areas of arable farming. The census of woodlands and trees carried out by the Forestry Commission between 1979 and 1982, on a county basis in England and Wales and a Forestry Commission Conservancy basis in Scotland, provides some information on the health of non-woodland ash trees, but this does not differentiate between ash die-back and other causes of poor health, such as old age.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment has been made of the alteration caused by the Scottish rating revaluation to the competitive position of industry in Scotland compared with industry in other parts of the United Kingdom.

We estimate that the general revaluation of all property in Scotland, taken together with the reduction in industrial derating from 50 per cent to 40 per cent both effective from 1 April 1985, leave the competitive position of Scottish manufacturing industry unchanged by comparison with England and Wales.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs he expects to become available arising from Scottish Development Agency involvement in the Coatbridge project.

The agency estimates that some 950 jobs have to date been created or safeguarded by the project. It is hoped that by the end of the project this figure will have risen to 1,500.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what figures are available about the numbers of persons suffering from heart disease in the Monklands/Cumbernauld district hospital area; and what comparisons are available at district, national and international level.

The number of patients suffering from heart disease and ischaemic heart disease who were discharged from hospital during 1983 in these areas were as follows:

Numbers
(a) Monklands/Cumbemauld health district area	1,368
(b) Lanarkshire Health Board area	5,170
(c) Scotland	50,238

Comparable statistics about discharges from hospitals in other countries are not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the extension to the accident and emergency unit of Monklands district hospital is expected to be completed.

Detailed costing of the scheme to alter and extend the accident and emergency department at Monklands district general hospital are at present under discussion. Lanarkshire health board expects a start on site in late autumn 1985, with the construction period lasting some 18 months.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of personnel employed in Monklands district hospital compared with 1977.

At September 1984, 1,393·8 staff, whole time equivalent, were employed at Monklands district general hospital. The comparable figure for September 1977 was 900 staff WTE.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients were admitted to Monklands district general hospital in 1984 compared with 1977.

In the twelve months to 30 September 1984, Monklands district general hospital had 19,447 in-patients, compared to 12,305 for the year to September 1978, the first full year for which data are available following commissioning of the hospital in 1977.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many private patients have been admitted to Monklands district hospital; and in which departments.

Monklands district hospital is not authorised to treat private patients.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the actual strength of each of the Scottish police forces, and in total at the latest date for which figures are available; and how these figures compare with the comparable month in 1979.

The information requested is set out in the following table:

Force	Actual Strength at 31 March 1979	Actual Strength at 31 March 1985	Percentage Increase
Central Scotland Police	477	548	14·9
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary	298	309	3·7
Fife Constabulary	639	659	3·1
Grampian Police	903	954	5·6
Lothian and Borders Police	2,236	2,386	6·7
Northern Constabulary	595	604	1·5
Strathclyde Police	6,599	6,778	2·7
Tayside Police	928	951	2·5
TOTAL	12,675	13,189	4·1

The figures include officers who are employed at ports, airports and oil-related industrial sites and whose costs are not borne entirely by police authorities. Also included are officers on national training courses and those seconded to central service posts.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has decided the amount of fee remission grant to allocate to schools participating in the assisted places scheme in respect of session 1985–86.

The allocations of fee remission grant for 1985–86 are shown in the table below. As in 1984–85, forty-two schools will participate.

School
£
Dollar Academy	68,000
Kilquhanity House	26,000
St. Leonard's	40,000
Albyn School for Girls	14,000
Robert Gordon's College	60,000
Gordonstoun	59,000
St. Margaret's School for Girls, Aberdeen	18,000
Fort Augustus Abbey	95,000
Merchant Company Schools	750,000
Edinburgh Academy	66,000
Fettes	67,000
George Heriot's	275,000
Loretto	58,000
Merchison Castle	106,000
Rudolf Steiner	72,000
St. Denis and Cranley	32,000
St. George's	24,000
St. Margaret's Convent	15,000
St. Margaret's (Newington)	74,000
Belmont House	13,000
Craigholme	44,000
Glasgow Academy	58,000
High School of Glasgow	75,000
Hutchesons' Grammar	156,000
Keil	97,000
Kelvinside Academy	59,000
West of Scotland School Company	338,000
Lomond	62,000
St. Aloysius' College	140,000
Wellington	43,000
Convent of the Sacred Heart	58,000
High School of Dundee	195,000
Morrison's Academy	200,000
Rannoch	52,000
Strathailan	76,000
Glenalmond College	103,000
TOTAL	3,720,000

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has made any changes in the composition of the Boundary Commission for Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

The members of the Boundary Commission for Scotland are—

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what future help he intends to provide for the mentally handicapped in the North Down and Ards area.

The Department of Health and Social Services is funding a 25-place extension to Ravara adult training centre, Bangor. The scheme is expected to be completed in the summer of 1986. In addition, a statutory residential home providing three places for mentally handicapped adults is expected to open later this year.It is too early to say anything about the practical consequences in terms of service provision for North Down and Ards of the decision to transfer responsibility for the education of mentally handicapped children to the Department of Education and the Education and Library Boards.Funds are being made available by the Department of Environment to Nih Housing Association Limited to provide, in conjunction with MENCAP, a 12-place hostel at Princetown road, Bangor, which is due to be completed shortly. Proposals from the association for an extension to its existing scheme at Bloomfield road, Bangor, which is managed jointly with the CROFT community, are currently under consideration.

Cook asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by what means he ensures that the licensed limits for activity and quantity of radioactive waste disposed of to air, land or water are adhered to in Northern Ireland.

Disposals of radioactive waste are subject to controls under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960. The certificates of authorisation issued under it contain limitations and conditions designed to ensure that the effects of disposal are regulated in accordance with the internationally recommended standards of radiological safety. Officers appointed under the terms of the 1960 Act visit premises to check that conditions of authorisation are being complied with.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many outpatients in Northern Ireland are waiting to have a hearing aid fitted or exchanged; and what is the average waiting time.

At 31 December 1984, the latest date for which figures are available, the total number for whom an appointment had been made or who were on the waiting list for the fitting of an aid, including replacements, was 742.A recent departmental survey indicates that, in general, aids are issued within seven weeks of the first appointment with a consultant.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were charged with vote stealing or personation during the recent council elections.

One.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consultations there have been between Northern Ireland Government Departments and the owner of the land concerned, about drainage works at Ross Lough, Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh; and if he will now take steps to protect the wildlife at this site.

There have been recent consultations about these works between the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland and the landowner concerned. It has been agreed that there is no reason for the works in question to stop.Ross Lough was declared an area of scientific interest under the Amenity Lands Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 and this declaration remains valid under the terms of the Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands (Northern Ireland) Order 1985, which came into operation on 14 April 1985. All Areas of Scientific Interest are being reevaluated with a view to formal re-declaration as areas of special scientific interest under the Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 which came into operation on 15 April 1985 also provides protection for wildlife.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many homes administered by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive have been reported as suffering from dampness; and what methods are used to ascertain whether this dampness is attributable to bad design, condensation or disrepair.

[pursuant to his reply, 14 May 1985, c. 96–97]: This is a matter for the chairman of the Housing Executive, who has advised me that information about the number of dwellings is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Any reported dampness is inspected by a member of the Housing Executive technical staff in order to determine the cause, which is seldom attributable to any one factor.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if regular checks of the electronic equipment on cruise missiles are undertaken, especially after each lorry journey outside the base.

Regular checks are made to ensure the continuing efficiency and reliability of ground-launched cruise missiles.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what technical evaluation there has been of the operating characteristics of cruise missiles based in the United Kingdom; if he is satisfied with the results of such evaluation; and if he will make a statement.

These missiles have been subject to an extensive flight testing, and test and evaluation programme in the United States. The overall flight testing of the ground launched cruise missile has been satisfactory. Some details were given in the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Houghton and Washington (Mr. Boyes) on 30 January 1984, column 33.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is satisfied with current methods of controlling the profits of defence contractors; and if he will make a statement.

Yes, Sir. It is MOD policy to place contracts following competition whenever possible, since we believe that effective competition is the best method of ensuring that the MOD secures best value for money. Under the 1968 agreement between the Government and industry, the profit paid on non-competitive Government contracts is determined according to a profit formula which is subject to triennial general reviews and, from 1984, intermediate annual reviews, by an independent review board. Following consultation with industry, the implementation of its recommendations is a matter for the Government. My right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary announced on 30 April—columns 97 and 98—the outcome of the first annual review by the review board, and I provided further details in my reply of 16 May—columns 207–8—to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Worcestershire (Mr. Forth).The 1968 agreement provides also for equality of information between the parties up to the time the price is fixed and for post-costing to establish the actual cost of a contract. Post-costing acts as a check on the MOD's pricing procedures, assists in the pricing for follow-on contracts and enables adjustments to be made to any price which was agreed on the basis of materially inaccurate or incomplete information.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what progress was made over the development of the European fighter aircraft during his talks on 15 May with his European colleagues.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the results of his discussions in Rome about the European fighter aircraft.

[pursuant to the reply, 17 May 1985, c. 265]: Defence Ministers, including my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence and I, met in Rome on Thursday 16 May to discuss the European fighter aircraft project.Progress was made by the potential partner nations, in particular in defining more closely the in service weight and engine thrust of the aircraft. It was agreed that the

Joint UK/US Underground Nuclear Tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site
Event	Date	Yield (kT. =kilotons)
Pampas	1 March 1962	low (less than 20 kT)
Tendrac	7 December 1962	low (less than 20 kT)
Cormorant	17 July 1964	low (less than 20 kT)
Charcoal	10 September 1965	20–200 kT
Fallon	23 May 1974	20–200 kT
Banon	26 August 1976	20–150 kT
Fondutta	11 April 1978	20–150 kT
Quargel	18 November 1978	20–150 kT
Nessel	29 August 1979	20–150 kT
Colwick	26 April 1980	20–150 kT
Dutchess	24 October 1980	low (less than 20 kT)
Serpa	17 December 1980	20–150 kT
Rousanne	12 November 1981	20–150 kT
Gibne	25 April 1982	20–150 kT
Armada	22 April 1983	low (less than 20 kT)
Mundo	11 May 1984	20–150 kT
Egmont	9 December 1984	20–150 kT

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether any contribution towards the cost of expenditure on the Falkland Islands has been made by foreign Governments or organisations.

There has been no contribution by a foreign Government or organisation to defence expenditure on the Falkland Islands.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report his letter dated 20 May to the hon. Member for Linlithgow about log books and signals of HMS Superb, HMS Warspite, HMS Courageous and HMS Splendid.

Yes. It is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a list of the nuclear weapons tests conducted by or for the United Kingdom at the Nevada test site in the United States of America or jointly conducted by or for the United Kingdom and United States of America at the Nevada site; if he will give code names and dates for these tests; and whether these were above ground or underground.

The United Kingdom, jointly with the United States of America, has conducted 17 nuclear test explosions at the Nevada test site; all tests were conducted underground. A list of the tests, detailing the event name. date and yield range is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 May to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, North (Mr. McNamara) Official Report, column 386, if he will make a further statement on the exchange of telephone calls between the commercial director of British Aerospace and the principal director of contracts (air) on 13 March concerning the new trainer aircraft for the Royal Air Force.

I am aware that the group commercial director of British Aerospace, Mr. Alan Smith, denies that in the telephone call made to him by the Ministry of Defence's Principal Director of Contracts (Air) on 13 March, he was told that an end point of midday on 14 March had been set for improved offers in respect of the new trainer aircraft for the Royal Air Force.The Government regret that such a misunderstanding should have arisen. This matter has been fully discussed in a debriefing given to British Aerospace by the Ministry of Defence on the competition. While each side maintains its position on what was said during the telephone call, both now regard the matter as closed.

asked the Lord Privy Seal what has been the daily average of starred and unstarred questions for such of the last 10 parliamentary sessions as figures are available and the current session to date.

Over the last 10 sessions the daily average numbers of questions appearing on the Order Paper were as follows:

	Oral	Written
1974–75	59	138
1975–76	63	167
1976–77	59	163
1977–78	68	170
1978–79	69	153
1979–80	64	164
1980–81	63	139
1981–82	65	135
1982–83	66	149
1983–84	79	188
1984–85*	106	185
* To 26 April 1985.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment in respect of which local authorities he has used his powers under (a) section 17(4) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and (b) section 17(5) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

I have recently exercised my powers under section 17 (4) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 to direct the London boroughs of Brent, Haringey, and Greenwich, and the metropolitan district of St. Helens, to submit special reports on new building work carried out by their direct labour organisations. I have not yet exercised my powers under section 17(5) of the Act.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is yet in a position to respond to the "First Report of the Environment Committee on the Operation and Effectiveness of Part II of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981", published in January; and if he will make a statement.

The Government have already implemented several of the recommendations made by the Select Committee. We feel this area is of sufficient importance to publish our formal response today as a Command Paper, issued jointly by my Department, the Welsh Office and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Although the Committee's report did not deal directly with Scotland, the Secretary of State for Scotland wishes to be closely associated with the approach set out in response.The Committee clearly recognised the major contribution of the Wildlife and Countryside Act to the valuable developments that have taken place in our drive to conserve the resources of the countryside. We are especially encouraged by their firm endorsement of the voluntary approach to conservation. We would like to record a special tribute to the vast majority of those who live on and work the land for the constructive way in which they have responded to the policy for consent and co-operation embodied in the Act.The Government response deals with the detailed recommendations, and sets these in the context of its overall policies. It makes it clear that we will continue to support voluntary co-operation with the selective use of more rigorous measures. The Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Bill, which we are supporting through Parliament, will provide useful improvements in the effectiveness of the 1981 Act.The Committee expressed concern about the balance of the Government's priorities between agriculture and conservation. The Government's policies are not of course those of a single Department or Minister but represent a balance of the Departmental objectives of the various Departments involved. My Department works closely with MAFF and the Welsh and Scottish Offices and other Government Departments to seek to ensure this balance. The agriculture industry and those concerned with the ownership and management of the countryside are becoming much more aware of the importance of conservation and the changing policies of agriculture departments both foster and reflect these changing attitudes. As examples, I would mention the changes to the farm capital grant scheme to achieve a closer integration of conservation and agricultural policies, and the Government's success in negotiating a provision in the new structures regulation for special payments to farms in environmentally sensitive areas. The joint MAFF — Countryside Commission three-year experiment to conserve the unique landscape of the Broads is a very positive example of this approach.Many of these initiatives meet criticisms made by the Committee and represent a real attempt by the Government to pull together the various aspects of policy in this area. There has, for example, been a move away from providing support for operations such as hedge removal and land reclamation in favour of assistance for positive conservation measures. And we broadly accept the Committee's recommendation that ADAS staff should give greater priority to advisory effort related to conservation of the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside.The Government are grateful to the Environment Committee for its hard work, which has resulted in a very valuable report. We welcome it as an important contribution to the emerging consensus on how best to safeguard our precious countryside and its wildlife. Our Command Paper sets out in detail the many actions we have already taken to meet recommendations made by the Committee. We intend to press ahead with our policies, reviewing them where necessary to cope with changing circumstances.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether there have been any occasions in recent years when aluminium levels in water supplies in the United Kingdom have not been within the limits laid down by the European Community directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption.

Aluminium levels in some United Kingdom water supplies do exceed the limit laid down by the European Community. Derogation or delay applications have been received by the competent national authorities in the United Kingdom in respect of 179 water supply zones in which the maximum admissible concentration for aluminium of 0·2 mg per litre is exceeded on the basis of a three-monthly average. These applications are under consideration.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what emission factors are used in calculating the emissions of sulphur dioxide from oil refineries; and in which year these were last reviewed.

Oil refinery fuel is a mixture of very low sulphur gas oil and high sulphur fuel oil. Emissions are therefore calculated on the basis of three quarters of total fuel consumption assuming a sulphur content as for fuel oil. Account is taken of the fact that the sulphur content varies from year to year.The method of calculation is currently under review.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentages of sulphur dioxide emissions in the United Kingdom are calculated by his Department to have originated in oil refineries in each of the last 20 years for which figures are available; and what forecasts his Department has made of such emissions.

The percentage of United Kingdom sulphur dioxide emissions originating from oil refineries, were as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what advice is given by his Department and the Nature Conservancy Council regarding the application of organochlorine pesticides to timber in roof spaces and other enclosed situations.

The Department of the Environment participates in the pesticides safety precautions scheme under which organochlorine pesticides used in timber treatment are evaluated and cleared for safety in use. Advice on the application of pesticides cleared under the scheme is issued by the Health and Safety Executive, and recommended precautionary measures are included on the label of products offered for sale. Technical advice on the use of these pesticides in buildings is provided by the Department's Building Research Establishment.The Nature Conservancy Council's advice on the application of pesticides in timber treatment was summarised in my answer to the hon. Member's question on 4 March 1985, column

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each of the residuary bodies to assume responsibility in the event of abolition of the Greater London council and metropolitan county councils the names of the people who have been appointed as shadow chairmen and core members of each body.

No such appointments have been made.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will take steps to retain skilled Greater London council computer staff in a temporary body divorced from executive functions;

The future of the GLC's computer services and their staff is a matter for the successor authorities, but we expect that the operation of general purpose computers will pass initially to the residuary body. My noble Friend Lord Elton has undertaken to bring forward an amendment to the Local Government Bill in another place providing for residuary bodies to take an active part in identifying and securing the future of worthwhile centres of expertise.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total amount which his Department acquired resulting from penalties which were imposed on councils for spending in excess of required amounts during the 1984–85 financial year.

The total amount of block grant held back by the exchequer from local authorities in England which budgeted to exceed their expenditure guidance in 1984–85 was £455 million.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the Government's consideration of changes in the rating system will include consideration of any consequent changes in the present system of water charges to domestic consumers.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Leeds Central (Mr. Fatchett) on Tuesday 30 April, column 85

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is now in a position to announce his decision on the proposed stolport development in London's dockland.

I have today granted planning permission for the proposed stolport in the Royal Docks, Newham, subject to a number of conditions. I have placed a copy of the decision letter in the Library of the House.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects the Basildon development corporation to be wound up.

Although the Development Corporation has been vigorously pursuing the tasks which must be completed before it is wound up, the target date of 30 June 1985, which my right hon. Friend announced on 21 December 1983, has not proved attainable. We now consider that the corporation's remaining assets and liabilities should transfer to the Commission for the New Towns in April 1986. The Department will initiate consultations with the Essex county council and the Basildon district council as soon as possible, with a view to the making of an order under section 41 of the New Towns Act 1981, winding up the corporation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May, Official Report, column 467–8, if he will give resasons for the annual increases of £2,600 between 1981–82 and 1982–83 in respect of costs to provide cars for the Secretary of State and five of the departmental Ministers; why the increases were uniform; why the costs of car provision for one of the Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State declined by £8,060 between 1980–81 and 1981–82 when costs were increasing for all other Ministers; what caused the annual increase in car costs of £4,680 for all Ministers between 1982–83 and 1983–84 except one; and why the costs remained stable for the Secretary of State's car between 1983–84 and 1984–85 whilst over the same period it declined by a uniform £2,600 per annum in respect of four of his departmental Ministers.

[pursuant to his answers, 22 May 1985, c. 441, and 9 May 1985, c. 267–8]: The costs identified for 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83 were those incurred by PSA Supplies on behalf of DOE in providing ministerial cars as described. The annual increase in cost for those years reflects increases in the cost of provision, including increases in drivers' wages and overheads, fuel, maintenance, management and garaging. It is coincidental that the sum of these increases were uniform for these two years. The cost of provision of a car for one Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State reduced between 1980–81 and 1981–82 because he was in office for only six months in 1981–82. His successor does not use an allocated car. In 1983, the property repayment services scheme was introduced whereby Government Departments paid PSA Supplies, subsequently the Crown Suppliers, direct according to tariffs reflecting different levels of service provided, such as different models and different periods of time for which the cars were available. The increase in cost of provision of cars for all Ministers, except one who was in office for only nine months of 1983–84, reflects the levels of service provided and increases in operating costs as detailed above. In 1984–85, the Secretary of State required the same level of service as provided in 1983–84, four of his departmental Ministers required a lower level of service, while one departmental Minister required a higher level of service.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment further to his reply to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow (Dr. Godman) on 13 May, Official Report, column 26, what public bodies were consulted about the transportation of asbestos contaminated material from Faslane; what form the consultation took; and how they responded.

I will answer this question shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what estimates he has as to the percentages of broadleaved woodland in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, which are contained within sites of special scientific interest;(2) if he will estimate for England, Scotland and Wales respectively, the percentages of total woodland and the areas represented by

I will answer this question shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what responses he has had to the Government's discussion paper on the privatisation of the water industry.

The discussion paper was sent to all water authority chairmen and to the chairman of the Water

Persons travelling as part of a family
	1980*	1981*	1982*	1983†	1984†	Total
Australia	—	2	—	—	—	2
Argentina	—	5	—	—	—	5
Bangladesh	—	3	3	—	—	6
Barbados	7	4	10	3	7	31
Canada	6	—	—	—	—	6
Dominica	—	8	2	—	—	10
Grenada	10	—	6	2	—	18
Guyana	—	—	2	4	—	6
India	—	—	6	2	—	8
Jamaica	52	34	75	61	14	236
Malaysia	—	—	3	—	—	3
Mauritius	6	8	6	—	—	20
New Zealand	—	—	—	—	7	7
Nigeria	7	8	2	3	—	20
Pakistan	—	—	—	—	4	4
St. Lucia	2	2	—	3	—	7
St. Vincent	—	—	4	2	4	10
Trinidad	5	—	4	4	4	17
United States	—	3	6	4	—	13
Zimbabwe	—	20	55	6	—	81
Total	95	97	184	94	40	510
*Shows departures by the year in which they were confirmed to the Home Office by International Social Service of Great Britain.
†Shows departures by number of persons who travelled during that year, as confirmed to the Home Office by International Social Service of Great Britain.

Persons travelling singly
	1980*	1981*	1982*	1983†	1984†	Total
Barbados	1	1	1	2	—	5
Dominica	2	1	1	1	2	7
Fiji	1	—	—	—	—	1
Gambia	—	—	—	1	—	1
Grenada	2	2	2	1	—	7
Guyana	—	1	—	—	—	1
India	—	2	2	1	—	5
Jamaica	15	11	26	31	14	97
Kiribati	—	—	—	—	2	2
Mauritius	—	—	2	2	—	4
Nigeria	—	5'	1	1	—	7
Pakistan	1	1	—	—	—	2
Seychelles	—	—	—	—	1	1
Sierra Leone	1	—	—	—	—	1
Somalia	1	—	—	1	—	1

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons identified as families arid single persons have been voluntarily repatriated and to which countries, by name, under section 29 of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the past five years.

The scheme operated under section 29 of the 1971 Act on behalf of the Government by International Social Services of Great Britain provides financial assistance to non-British citizens who wish to return permanently overseas but do not have the means io do so. The available information about persons who have been so assisted in the period 1980 to 1984 is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received any reports on the performance and reliability of the Lion intoximeter; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. and learned Friend has received the report of the forensic science service on the operation of the Lion intoximeter and Camic breath analyser evidential breath testing instruments, which will be published in due course.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the results of pilot schemes to tape-record interviews between police officers and persons suspected of criminal offences; and if he will make a statement.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to a Question from my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East (Mr. Bruinvels) on 10 January, at columns 529–530. Since that time, the field trials have been continuing, and it is hoped shortly to extend them to an additional police station in the Metropolitan police district, and to establish a new scheme in Gloucestershire. The continuing picture from all the field trial areas is of a favourable police response to tape recording, and the earlier signs of a general increase in pleas of guilt have also continued. The lessons to be learned from the field trials are being assessed in the planning now under way for the transition to a national tape recording scheme as provided for by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suicides have occurred in Her Majesty's Prison Featherstone situated near Wolverhampton since the prison was opened.

One—in October 1980.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the recommended and average sentence for (a) child abduction and (b) child kidnapping; and if he will make a statement;(2) how many people have been convicted of (i) child abduction and (ii) child kidnapping in each of the past five years and the current year to date.

The maximum penalty for child abduction, for merely child stealing, is seven years imprisonment, for kidnapping life imprisonment and for abduction of an unmarried girl two years imprisonment. The Child Abduction Act 1984 introduced from October 1984 the offence of child abduction in place of child stealing. The sentences imposed within these maxima for the courts to decide. Information on sentencing for offences of child stealing—offence classification 13—abduction—offence classification 25—and kidnapping, etc. — offence classification 36 covering kidnapping, hijacking, and false imprisonment — is published annually in 'Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementay Tables'. In the latest issue for 1983, tables 1.1(A) and 2.1(A) give convictions and sentences and tables 2.3–2.5 lengths of custodial sentences. Information on convictions is summarised in the following table.

Offenders found guilty of certain offence
England and Wales	Number of persons
Offence	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
Child stealing	15	10	9	7	19
Abduction	27	26	21	17	19
of which, abduction of unmarried girl under 16	19	11	8	9	6
Kidnapping	22	39	44	45	40

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has yet reached a decision on the cases of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

On 1 March I informed the House that I was asking the local review committees at the prisons in which Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are held and the parole board to consider these cases—column 311. The parole board has now recommended to me that neither Ian Brady nor Myra Hindley should be released and that the case of Ian Brady should be considered again by the local review committee where he is then held in ten years' time and that that of Myra Hindley should be similarly considered in five years' time. I have accepted these recommendations. I would repeat that the review then of these cases does not mean either that the periods of detention necessary to meet the requirements of retribution and deterrence will have been completed or be near completion; or that the parole board will recommend the release of either prisoner; or that the then Home Secretary would necessarily accept such a recommendation if it were made.

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland what complaints have been submitted to procurators fiscal that a British defence policy based on the threatened use of nuclear weapons is illegal; what action has been taken as a result; and whether he will arrange to meet the complainants concerned to discuss their evidence.

Such a complaint was submitted to the procurator fiscal at Stirling on 29 March 1985 by a delegation of students from the University of Stirling. The matter was referred to Crown counsel who instructed "no proceedings" and I do not think that any further purpose would be served by meeting the complainers.I am not aware of any other complaints of a similar nature having been made.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Foreign Affairs Council of 20–21 May.

My right hon. and learned Friend and I represented the United Kingdom at the Foreign Affairs Council which met in Brussels on 20 May.The Council briefly discussed some of the few remaining issues in the enlargement negotiations still to be resolved before the treaty of accession is signed on 12 June.There was also a brief discussion of progress in following up the proposals in the first report of the "People's Europe" Committee. The Commission urged member states to speed up implementation of some of these recommendations.There was further consideration of the negotiating mandate for the second EC-Yugoslavia financial protocol. Discussion of this will continue at the June meeting of the Council.The Council agreed a declaration on relations with the United States in the steel sector, stressing the need to find satisfactory solutions to outstanding problems as soon as possible and reiterating the declaration agreed by the Council of Industry Ministers on 26 March that the Community would react strongly to any unilateral restrictions on trade imposed by the United States. Copies of the declaration are being placed in the Library of the House.Ministers of the Ten briefly discussed the situation in the Lebanon, and issued a short statement. Copies of this are also being placed in the Library of the House.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects the Colombo commission to report.

We expect the Colombo commission to make an interim report in mid-June.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has received from Her Majesty's Ambassador in Saudi Arabia regarding the meeting of the Islamic bureau for the boycott of Israel in Jeddah on 27 April, in which the Secretary-General of the Islamic Conference Organisation called for a strengthening of the boycott; and whether Her Majesty's Ambassadors in Islamic conference nations have stressed to their host Governments that the United Kingdom does not recognise or observe the boycott in any way.

It is well know that we are strongly opposed to all attempts by third parties to restrict our trade with Israel.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has had from Her Majesty's ambassadors in Baghdad or Tel Aviv relating to the claim made by the Palestine Liberation Organisation on Palestine Liberation Organisation Central Radio in Baghdad at 16.36 hrs Greenwich mean time on 12 May that they had been responsible for explosions in Jerusalem during Mr. Shultz's visit and describing violent action of this kind as a major national option; and whether Her Majesty's ambassador has made any protest to the Iraqi Government about continuing violence and its effect on peace negotiations.

All concerned in the Arab-Israeli dispute are well aware that we condemn the use of violence from whatever quarter. We continue to believe that a just and lasting settlement can only be achieved through negiotiations at which the voice of the Palestinians would be heard. We therefore welcome the agreement between King Hussein and Mr. Yasser Arafat to work for a peaceful, negotiated settlement.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what report he has received from Her Majesty's Ambassador in Tunis about the statement on 13 May on Radio Monte Carlo by the leading member of the central committee of Al-Fatah, known as Abu Iyad, that the Palestine Liberation Organisation would be mistaken to approve an initiative by King Hussein which involved a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation and which would negotiate an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza; and whether he has received any confirmation from other ambassadors in Arab countries that this is the official view of Yasser Arafat's branch of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

We are aware of the statement referred to, and of the commitment by King Hussein and Mr. Yasser Arafat on 11 February that the Jordanian Government and the Palestine Liberation Organisation should work together for a negotiated settlement.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions his Department has been involved following the abduction of British children from the United Kingdom to other foreign countries in 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985 to date; and if he will detail the ages of the children and the other countries involved.

The information is not readily available. I shall arrange for it to be published in the Official Report as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Anglo-Irish encounter group has published the report of its third conference on increasing the appreciation of our cultural heritage.

The report of the third encounter conference is expected to be available towards the end of June 1985.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on recent events in Namibia.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on recent developments over Namibia.

[pursuant to his reply, 22 May 1985, column 459]: The following is the information:We remain concerned at the situation in Namibia. The new administrative arrangements announced by the South African Government have no status under the United Nations plan. It remains the South African Government's responsibility to permit the implementation of the United Nations plan.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will arrange for an exhibition relating to the Science and Engineering Research Council to be displayed in the Upper Waiting Hall.

I understand that arrangements have been made with the authorities of the House for the exhibition to be held in the Upper Waiting Hall from Monday 17 to Friday 21 June.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what work has been done, in the context of assessment of the impact of the various alternative forms of student financial support, to update the research in 1983 on the impact of grants on the rate of increase in participation in higher education.

The 1983 paper "Future Demand for Higher Education in Great Britain" (DES report on education 99) was updated in July 1984 by "Demand for Higher Education in Great Britain 1984–2000" (report on education 100). The variant Y projection of demand in ROE 100 reflected the student support levels then current and the effects of any changes in student support arrangements should be shown by revisions to that projection.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what assessment has been made of the impact of replacing the grant system by a students loan scheme on access to higher education in both universities and polytechnics to social classes below A and B.

None, but in the review of student support, attention will be given to loans in place of grants, in part at least, as one possibility for change in the present student support arrangements.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science why the decision was taken to restrict salary increases for teachers to 4 per cent in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

The teachers' pay increase for 1985 has not yet been decided. The Burnham committee adjourned last week but negotiations will continue when the committee reconvenes today.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many families living in the west midlands region are presently receiving assistance for their children to have free school dinners.

The number of pupils taking a free school meal in schools in the local education authorities in the west midlands region on the day of the annual school meals census in October 1984 is shown in the report on the 1984 school meals census, which is available in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the pupil-teacher ratio in special schools, excluding hospital schools, for each year since 1979–80.

The pupil-teacher ratios in maintained and non-maintained special schools in England from January 1980 to January 1984 were:

January	Pupil-teacher ratios*
1980	7·7
1981	7·7
1982	7·5
1983	7·4
1984	7·1
* Excluding hospital schools.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the projected rate of expenditure on special education, expressed in (a) cost and (b) real terms for each year from 1984–85 to 1987–88.

The following are the figures requested in respect of education in special schools in England over the period 1984–85 to 1986–87; the sum provisionally allocated in the Government's Cmnd. 9428 plans to local authority current expenditure on education in 1987–88 has not been divided between sectors. Information is not available on expenditure on pupils with special needs outside special schools, or on students with special needs in further education.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to make available the report of Her Majesty's Inspectorate on the effects of local authority expenditure policies on the education service in England in 1984.

The Her Majesty's Inspectorate report on the observed effects of local authority expenditure policies on the education service in England in the autumn of 1984 has been published today. Copies are available in the Vote Office. This report, the fifth since this Government decided that Her Majesty's Inspectorate's findings should be published, should be read with attention by all of us concerned with the provision of education.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the numbers of bursaries which have been allocated to individual students

Number of classes and pupils in them by size of class in January 1984 (Primary schools)
	Size of class taught by one teacher
	0–30		31–35		36–40		41 and over
	Classes	Pupils	Classes	Pupils	Classes	Pupils	Classes	Pupils
Barking	520	12,185	23	753	5	188	0	0
Barnet	790	17,069	70	2,252	3	116	0	0
Bexley	425	10,506	158	5,135	8	294	2	115
Brent	765	15,735	32	1,070	1	36	0	0
Bromley	610	14,942	129	4,118	3	108	0	0
Croydon	726	16,751	155	5,069	5	180	0	0
Ealing	841	17,965	80	2,558	6	216	0	0
Enfield	622	14,716	148	4,840	2	75	1	41
Haringey	655	14,307	2	62	1	37	0	0
Harrow	506	10,961	120	3,919	7	257	0	0
Havering	612	14,920	119	3,823	0	0	1	43
Hillingdon	557	12,849	116	3,764	15	568	0	0
Hounslow	573	11,849	69	2,229	9	336	1	46
Kingston upon Thames	271	5,995	79	2,598	6	222	0	0
Merton	260	5,932	46	1,500	6	223	1	43
Newham	721	16,744	29	923	1	36	1	60
Redbridge	428	9,737	143	4,666	7	263	0	0
Richmond upon Thames	314	7,059	33	1,061	1	36	1	64
Sutton	245	5,866	109	3,582	21	770	0	0
Waltham Forest	570	12,754	70	2,276	4	144	1	42
Inner London	6,360	127,637	166	5,308	4	148	1	43