asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what were the unemployment figures in Malta on 1st January, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, and the estimated figure for 1st January, 1963.

I am informed by the Government of Malta that the figures are as follows:

1st January, 1950	…	…	1,658
1st January, 1955	…	…	1,318
1st January 1960	…	…	3,219
1st January, 1961	…	…	3,772
1st January, 1962	…	…	4,367
1st January 1963	…	…	6,356

asked the Minister of Education what estimate he has made of the number of weeks of attendance at school which would have been made by a child born in 1947 and completing the full period of compulsory attendance; and how this period compares with that of a child born in 1924.

It would be difficult to make an estimate because of the considerable local variations above the minimum number of attendances in the year required by the Department's regulations. In those schools which follow the minimum requirement of the regulations, which is the same now as pre-war, I should expect the difference of the respective number of weeks of attendance to correspond with the difference between the nine years of compulsory school attendance required in 1938 and the ten years required now.

asked the Minister of Education what recommendations about grants were made to him by the Youth Service Development Council; and which of these he has approved.

My right hon. Friend has consulted the Council generally about the principles governing the normal grants which the Department makes to the headquarters of national voluntary youth organisations towards their administrative expenses. He has accepted the Council's recommendations in respect of all applications for special grants and has made grants for the encouragement of experiments and special developments in the youth service to the following organisations:

• ^*Boys' Clubs of Wales.
• Council for Nature.
• Girl Guides Association.
• Hertfordshire Association of Boys' Clubs.
• ^*London Standing Conference of Housing Estate Community Groups.
• London Union of Youth Clubs and London Y.W.C.A.
• National Association of Boys' Clubs.
• National Association of Youth Clubs.
• National Youth Theatre.
• Ocean Youth Club.
• Royal Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb.
• ^*Sail Training Association.
• Welsh Association of Youth Clubs.
• Young Women's Christian Association.
• ^* Grant not yet taken up.

Headquarters grants have also been offered on the Council's advice to the Service by Youth Trust and the Youth Hostels Associations.There is no case in which my right hon. Friend has not accepted the recommendation of the Council on these matters.

asked the Minister of Education how much, approximately, was spent on Youth Services by central and local government, respectively, in 1962 and 1952.

The Ministry's grants for the Youth Service increased from £0·2 million in 1952–53 to an estimated £1·1 million in 1962–63. The expenditure of local education authorities on the Youth Service is thought to have been between £1¾ and £2 million in 1952–53, but separate figures were not collected at that time; this expenditure is estimated at £4·6 million for 1962–63. These figures exclude capital expenditure by local authorities.

asked the Minister of Health how many doctors, including locums, were employed whole-time in the junior medical grades of registrar and below in the hospital service on 30th September, 1961; how many of these were born outside Great Britain; if he will classify his information by grade, specialty and region to enable direct comparison to be made with the figures for 31st March, 1960, published by his department in Tables 4 and 5 of Appen-

WHOLE-TIME JUNIOR HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF. ENGLAND AND WALES OTHER THAN LOCUMS. 31ST MARCH, 1960 AND 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1961
Classification by region and grade
Region	Grade										Total
	Registrar		Junior Hospital Medical Officer		Senior House Officer		House Officer (fully registered)		House Officer (provisionally registered)
	1960	1961	1960	1961	1960	1961	1960	1961	1960	1961	1960	1961
Newcastle	126 (61)	146 (66)	48 (16)	54 (22)	179 (107)	197 (119)	17 (8)	23 (11)	82 (17)	90 (17)	452 (209)	510 (235)
Leeds	140 (64)	147 (64)	48 (23)	52 (27)	112 (71)	132 (92)	40 (20)	52 (27)	89 (19)	99 (25)	429 (197)	482 (235)
Sheffield	193 (99)	215 (113)	33 (14)	40 (19)	179 (98)	208 (121)	2 (1)	4 (—)	72 (10)	71 (12)	479 (222)	538 (265)
East Anglian	85 (41)	101 (51)	10 (3)	9 (2)	49 (24)	65 (39)	16 (3)	14 (1)	37 (9)	39 (13)	197 (80)	228 (106)
Metropolitan Regions	1,282 (421)	1,361 (507)	152 (48)	163 (68)	804 (362)	928 (450)	344 (122)	392 (124)	766 (155)	757 (123)	3,348 (1,108)	3,601 (1,272)
Oxford	87 (39)	113 (48)	23 (6)	22 (6)	63 (25)	80 (45)	31 (12)	37 (14)	50 (11)	54 (11)	254 (93)	306 (124)
South Western	67 (26)	80 (27)	60 (21)	67 (31)	136 (44)	163 (61)	24 (1)	47 (7)	82 (17)	73 (16)	369 (109)	430 (142)
Welsh	111 (38)	123 (45)	44 (19)	53 (25)	123 (60)	152 (82)	29 (7)	29 (12)	71 (10)	93 (31)	378 (134)	450 (195)
Birmingham	168 (62)	204 (83)	57 (26)	67 (28)	149 (74)	165 (92)	62 (26)	61 (17)	115 (24)	147 (43)	551 (212)	644 (263)
Manchester	234 (101)	261 (131)	71 (30)	76 (38)	236 (109)	266 (147)	45 (21)	51 (24)	132 (31)	137 (32)	718 (292)	791 (372)
Liverpool	199 (57)	184 (55)	40 (16)	42 (18)	125 (40)	131 (43)	27 (11)	35 (12)	83 (13)	94 (10)	474 (137)	486 (138)
Wessex	82 (22)	92 (29)	22 (6)	23 (6)	35 (11)	51 (22)	23 (4)	22 (6)	45 (11)	45 (10)	207 (54)	233 (73)
Total	2,774 (1,031)	3,027 (1,219)	608 (228)	668 (290)	2,190 (1,025)	2,538 (1,313)	660 (236)	767 (255)	1,624 (327)	1,699 (343)	7,856 (2,847)	8,699 (3,420)

Information for 31st March, 1960, and 30th September, 1961, is given in the two following tables. Neither includes locums, and the second does not include house officers, because for these classes of staff the information for the two dates is not comparable. I will send figures for September, 1962, to my hon. Friend when these are available.

asked the Minister of Health how many doctors, who qualified overseas but are not fully registered by the General Medical Council, are holding appointments of responsibility in the hospital service which are only available to British-trained doctors after full-registration; and what evidence he has that such doctors have all completed the year's residential appointment under supervision in an approved hospital which is required in the case of British-trained doctors before being appointed to such positions of responsibility.

I regret the information is not available. The number of such doctors in consultant posts is believed very small, mainly in locum tenens and exchange appointments.

asked the Minister of Health how many doctors, qualified overseas and holding junior medical appointments in the hospital service on 30th September, 1961, had medical qualifications which, not being recognised by the General Medical Council, do not entitle them to become fully registered medical practitioners in Great Britain.

It is estimated that in January, 1962, about 750 temporarily registered doctors held posts of registrar and below in Great Britain. It is not known how many of these would be entitled to full registration. I regret no estimate for September, 1961, is available.

asked the Minister of Health if he will give statistics regarding the incidence, consequent on the increase of anti-biotic-resistant infections, of staphylococcus deaths in the last 12 months in National Health Service hospitals in England and Wales and in West Sussex; and what steps he is taking to combat this.

I regret that the information is not available. All hospitals have recently been advised on control of staphylococcal infections and on the related matters of laundry arrangements and central sterile supply.

asked the Minister of Health what steps he proposes to take to implement the Scott Committee's recommendations.

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply on 10th December to the hon. Member for St. Pancras, North (Mr. K. Robinson).

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what special instructions he is giving to the Governor-Designate of Kenya, in view of the fact that the Masai and Somali tribes, as well as the tribes of the Zanzibar coastal strip, wish to avoid being governed by an independent African Government in Nairobi, and desire British rule of Kenya to continue; and if he will make a statement.

I am naturally aware of the need for safeguarding the interests of all peoples in Kenya. This is a matter which is being considered in the framework of the new Constitution.

asked the Minister of Labour in what industries there are now joint safety committees for the whole industry with which the Factory Inspectorate is officially associated; and what is his policy regarding the setting up of more committees of this kind.

There are joint committees for the cotton, wool, jute, paper, pottery and cutlery industries, for drop forgings, and for iron, steel and non-ferrous foundries. There is also a Joint Advisory Committee on Safety and Health in the Construction Industries of which my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary is Chairman. My policy is to set up such committees where specific problems arise which I consider can most usefully be tackled by pooling in this way the knowledge and experience of my Department and representatives of the particular industry concerned, But the job of promoting safety activities in general in an industry is better done, in my view, by machinery set up and run by the industry itself, close liaison being maintained with my Department.

asked the Minister of Labour what requests he has received to set up an official joint safety committee for the chemical industry; and what replies he has given.

A request was received in May, 1962, from representatives of the trade unions in the industry, and the matter was subsequently discussed by my Department with representatives of the T.U.C. I have now told the T.U.C. that in my view it would be better for the industry to establish its own

Class of Employment	Boys		Girls
	No. entering	Percentage of total entrants	No. entering	Percentage of total entrants
(1) Apprenticeship to skilled occupations	121,495	36·2	21,295	6·6
(2) Employment leading to recognised professional qualifications	4,264	1·3	3,508	1·1
(3) Clerical employment	30,195	9·0	113,495	35·3
(4) Employment with training lasting at least 1 year not covered in (1) to (3) above	44,516	13·2	32,033	10·0
(5) Other employment	135,455	40·3	151,047	47·0
Total	335,925		321,378

asked the Minister of Labour what consideration is being given to the question of raising the age level below which the Youth Employment Service can give vocational guidance to young people; and if he will make a statement.

The first need is to develop the Service more fully for the persons already defined in Section 7 of the Employment and Training Act, 1948. Until this is done it is premature to consider an extension to other categories.

asked the Minister of Labour what were the numbers and percentages of school leavers in 1962 who entered employment in each of the following categories, namely, apprenticeship to skilled occupations, employment leading to recognised professional qualifications, clerical employment, employment with training not covered by the preceding categories, and other employment.

The following are the figures for new entrants into employment in 1962:

asked the Minister of Labour when he expects to announce proposals to implement the recommendations in the recent Report dealing with workshops for the Blind.

The associations of local authorities and other interested organisations have been asked for their comments on the Report and I expect to receive these by the end of March. I will announce my proposals as soon as possible thereafter.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will provide a further industrial rehabilitation unit for the population of East and North-East London and metropolitan Essex, in view of the fact that some handicapped people now have to travel daily across London to Waddon or Perivale.

London is already well served by industrial rehabilitation units and I do not think a further unit would be justified at present. I will, however, continue to watch the position carefully.

asked the Minister of Labour when the existing safety regulations for the chemical industry came into effect; when the Industrial Health Advisory Committee recommended that they should be brought up to date; and why no action has been taken.

The Chemical Works Regulations were made in 1922. A proposal to review the need for revising or extending the Regulations was one of a number of proposals for action made by my Department to the Industrial Health Advisory Committee and endorsed by the Committee in 1955. Important changes covering some of these points were made by the Factories Act of 1959. Other action which will benefit workers in sections of the chemicals industry is the revision of the law dealing with lead and mercury processes and ionising radiations. When this work is completed, the question whether revision of the Chemical Works Regulations is still necessary will be further reviewed.

asked the Minister of Labour how many men working in the electrical industry in Scotland are non-British citizens.

I regret that this information is not available.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science how much money has been devoted to research in problems of mental health by the Medical Research Council in each of the past 10 years.

The approximate expenditure of the Medical Research Council on research on mental health over the past 10 years has been as follows:

				£
1952–53	…	…	…	21,300
1953–54	…	…	…	22,000
1954–55	…	…	…	23,000
1955–56	…	…	…	30,000
1956–57	…	…	…	58,000
1957–58	…	…	…	63,000
1958–59	…	…	…	130,000
1959–60	…	…	…	170,000
1960–61	…	…	…	228,000
1961–62	…	…	…	247,000

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many doctors, who qualified overseas but are not fully registered by the General Medical Council, are holding appointments of responsibility in the hospital service which are only available to British-trained doctors after full registration; and what evidence he has that such doctors have all completed the year's residential appointment under supervision in an approved hospital which is required in the case of British-trained doctors before being appointed to such positions of responsibility.

Figures in the form requested are not available in respect of consultants and senior hospital medical officers, but it is believed that few if any doctors occupying posts in these grades do not hold full British registration.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many doctors, including locums, were employed whole-time in the junior medical grades of registrar and below in the hospital service on 30th September, 1961; how many of these were born outside Great Britain; if he will classify his information by grade, specialty and region to enable direct comparison to be made with the figures for 31st March, 1960, published by his Department in Tables 4 and 5 of Appendix IV of the Report of the Joint Working Party on Medical Staffing in the Hospital Service; and whether he will give comparable figures for 30th September, 1962, in accordance with the recommendation of the Working Party.

Locums and officers below

Total Numbers of Doctors
Region		Registrar	Junior Hospital Medical Officer	Senior House Officer	House Officer (fully registered)	House Officer (provisionally registered)	Total
Northern	…	10	2	2	10	5	29
North-Eastern	…	29	16	19	8	52	124
Eastern	…	38	13	32	7	45	135
South-Eastern	…	112	17	78	124	40	371
Western	…	193	101	188	96	181	759

REGISTRARS—SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION
Specialty	Northern Region	North-Eastern Region	Eastern Region	South-Eastern Region	Western Region	Total
Medicine	5	8	10	18	31	72
Infectious Diseases	—	—	—	—	1	1
Venereal Diseases	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases	—	—	1	3	1	5
Dermatology	—	1	1	1	4	7
Neurology	—	—	—	1	1	2
Homoeopathy	—	—	—	—	—	—
Surgery	2	9	4	19	42	76
Orthopaedic Surgery	1	—	2	3	7	13
Neurosurgery	—	—	—	1	1	2
Thoracic Surgery	—	—	—	3	—	3
Dental and Oral Surgery	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery	—	—	1	4	8	13
Plastic Surgery	—	—	—	—	1	1
Urology	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ophthalmology	—	—	—	2	10	12
Gynaecology and Obstetrics	—	4	5	8	18	35
Paediatrics	1	—	1	6	3	11
Pathology	—	—	—	—	20	20
Bacteriology	—	1	—	—	2	3
Radiodiagnosis	—	—	1	4	4	9
Radiotherapy	—	—	—	2	2	4
Psychiatry	1	3	8	23	22	57
Anaesthetics	—	3	4	14	15	36
Blood Transfusion	—	—	—	—	—	—
Physical Medicine	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	10	29	38	112	193	382

I regret that country of birth is not available for doctors in post on 30th September, 1961. Statitics relating to

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many doctors, qualified overseas and holding junior medical appointments in the hospital service on 30th September, 1961, hold medical qualifications which, not being recognised by the General Medical Council, do not entitle them to become fully registered medical practitioners in Great Britain.

I cannot add to the information given to my hon. Friend by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of Health, in answer to a similar Question today.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland on what date Mr. James McKinnon lodged an appeal against refusal by the Dunbarton County Council of planning permission for a proposed filling station at Eastfield, near Cumbernauld; on what date the county council submitted its observations on the appeal; on what date the appeal was heard; on what date is was reported on to the Secretary of State; and when it is intended that a decision will be promulgated.

The appeal was received on 15th January, 1962, and the observations of the County Council on 29th May. The public local inquiry, which began on 13th September, was resumed on 25th September, and the report on it was received on 5th December. I hope to issue my decision next week.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been drawn to the further damage likely to be caused to the furniture industry by the recent reductions of Purchase Tax on other commodities; and if he is now prepared, in the interests of the industry and the consumer, to grant the industry the relief for which it asks.

I appreciate my hon. Friend's concern. On the other hand, however, the release of consumers' spending power by the recent tax reductions may benefit industries besides those directly affected.On the second part of his Question, I would refer my hon. Friend to the replies given to him by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, and to other right hon. and hon. Members by my hon. Friend the Economic Secretary, yesterday.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the rate of Purchase Tax, and the total amount of Purchase Tax collected, on linoleum goods for each of the following years, namely, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1962.

Since 1958 the rates of Purchase Tax on linoleum have been:

• Up to 7th April, 1959–15 per cent.
• 8th April, 1959, to 9th April, 1962–12½ per cent.
• 10th April, 1962, to date—10 per cent.

The amounts of Purchase Tax collected on linoleum are estimated to be as follows:

1958–59	…	…	£2 million
1959–60	…	…	£2 million
1960–61	…	…	£1¾ million
1961–62	…	…	£1¾ million*

Receipts in 1962–63 are not expected to exceed £1½ million.

asked the Secretary to the Treasury what was the expenditure on advertising for each respective Government Department, measured both in the cost and in the number of column inches used, during the present financial year to the latest convenient date, in The Times, Guardian, Daily Express, Daily Herald, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, Daily Sketch, Morning Advertiser, New Daily, and Daily Worker, respectively.

Expenditure by Government Departments on Press advertising, up to and including 31st December, 1962, was as follows:

Display advertising
TABLE A
Department			The Times		The Guardian		Daily Express		Daily Herald		Daily Mail		Daily Mirror		Daily Telegraph		Daily Sketch
			Col. Ins.	£	Col. Ins.	£	Col. Ins.	£	Col. Ins.	£	Col. Ins.	£	Col. Ins.	£	Col. Ins.	£	Col. Ins.	£
Central Office of Information expenditure on behalf of:—
Admiralty	…	…	525	5,646	382	2,251	262	9,931	—	—	—	—	995	30,617	1,112	22,260	50	480
Air Ministry	…	…	338	1,929	103	655	1,098	27,820	92	980	506	10,246	457	13,838	1,007	16,824	199	1,534
Charity Commission	…	…	66	678	—	—	66	2,568	66	812	66	1,736	66	1,775	66	1,191	—	—
Export Credits Guarantee
Department	…	…	195	2,546	195	1,240	358	13,260	—	—	325	10,078	—	—	390	7,320	—	—
Ministry of Health	…	…	—	—	—	—	128	4,147	96	1,207	128	3,527	96	2,822	104	1,920	—	—
Home Office	…	…	315	3,106	315	1,656	658	21,224	228	2,950	528	9,293	572	16,896	528	9,629	100	932
Public Trustee	…	…	—	—	99	1,811	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44	320	—	—
Scottish Office	…	…	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46	112	—	—	—	—	—	—
War Office	…	…	325	2,716	231	1,503	48	1,522	144	1,523	44	1,124	834	30,715	487	8,782	4	510
National Savings Committee	…	…	330	3,300	330	1,980	528	20,000	528	6,336	528	13,520	486	14,040	495	8,700	480	3,480
Scottish Savings Committee	…	…	—	—	—	—	88	468	—	—	20	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
Totals	…	…	2,094	19,921	1,655	11,096	3,234	100,940	956	11,432	2,191	49,666	3,466	110,703	4,233	76,946	833	6,936
Note: 1. No space was taken in the Morning Advertiser, New Daily or the Daily Worker during the period concerned.
2. The figures include departmental production costs.
3. These figures exclude expenditure by the Post Office.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the high unemployment currently prevailing in the Barnard Castle and Middleton-in-Teesdale areas, he will schedule the whole areas of the Barnard Castle Urban District Council and of the Barnard Castle Rural District Council as development districts under the Local Employment Act.

I am aware that unemployment in the Barnard Castle area is at a high level. A considerable proportion is due to seasonal factors. I am not satisfied at present that there will be persistently high unemployment in this area and therefore I should not be justified in listing it as a development district now. I shall, however, keep a careful watch on the position.