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Dr. David Clark
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement about the work on marine mammals which is carried out at the Truro veterinary investigation centre; and how many and what type have been seen at that veterinary investigation centre in each of the last five years.
Mr. Gummer
Post mortem examinations of marine mammals are carried out on behalf of research workers at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London as part of a project funded by the Department of the Environment. The number and type of submissions examined at the Truro veterinary investigation centre in each of the last five years are:
| Post mortem examinations of carcasses | Examinations of carcass viscera only (carcasses not examined) | |||||
| Whale | Dolphin/Porpoise | Seal | Whale | Dolphin/porpoise | Seal | |
| 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1990 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1991 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Table 6.7 Costs and earnings of hired labour | ||||||
| £ million (unless otherwise specified) | Calendar years | |||||
| Average of 1979–81 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 (forecast) | |
| Hired labour costs Wages and salaries1 | 906 | 1,271 | 1,271 | 1,330 | 1,375 | 1,479 |
| Insurance payments | 112 | 104 | 99 | 106 | 117 | 129 |
| Other payments2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Total | 1,021 | 1,383 | 1,378 | 1,443 | 1,500 | 1,616 |
| Hours and earnings of regular whole-time male workers, 20 years and over | ||||||
| Hours per week3 | 46·1 | 46·7 | 46·5 | 46·6 | 46·6 | 46·8 |
| Earnings per week (£)4 | 84·7 | 140·8 | 148·0 | 155·4 | 167·4 | 187·4 |
| Index of earnings in real terms (deflated by the RPI, 1985 = 100) | 91·1 | 101·5 | 102·4 | 102·6 | 102·6 | 104·7 |
| 1 Includes perquisites. | ||||||
| 2 Includes redundancy payments, workers' pension scheme and youth training scheme. | ||||||
| 3 All hours worked and statutory holidays. | ||||||
| 4 Includes pay for statutory holidays, employers' contribution to employees' community charge and payments in kind for houses, board and lodging and milk which are valued at rates laid down by the agricultural wages boards. | ||||||
| Table 6.8 Interest | ||||||
| £ million (unless otherwise specified) | Calendar years | |||||
| Average of 1979–81 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 (forecast) | |
| Interest rates | ||||||
| Average bank base lending rate in the United Kingdom (percentage) | 14·4 | 10·9 | 9·7 | 10·1 | 13·9 | 14·8 |
| Average rate of interest on bank advances to agriculture (percentage) | 16·8 | 13·3 | 12·1 | 12·5 | 16·2 | 17·1 |
| Interest charges (for current farming purposes and buildings and works) on: | ||||||
| bank advances | 423 | 656 | 595 | 636 | 881 | 991 |
| AMC loans | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| instalment credit | 20 | 30 | 29 | 34 | 48 | 59 |
| leased assets | 14 | 58 | 42 | 50 | 65 | 68 |
| other credit1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| less interest on deposits2 | 47 | 54 | 40 | 34 | 52 | 54 |
| Total | 417 | 700 | 637 | 696 | 955 | 1,080 |
| 1This includes interest paid on loans from the Agricultural Credit Corporation, from the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and from private sources. | ||||||
| 2Interest earned on money held on short term deposit. | ||||||