asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the number of persons prosecuted by his Department for failing to make annual returns of limited companies in the years ended 31st March, 1962 and 1963, respectively; and if he will state the amounts recovered from such persons in each year in fines and costs separately.

1,077 persons were prosecuted in the first period and 1,310 in the second. The fines imposed amounted to £1,995 and £5,143; and the costs awarded to £1,332 and £2,572.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what instructions he has issued to his Department in regard to the prosecution of technical offences under the Companies Acts.

My right hon. Friend does not accept "technical" as a proper description of any of the offences under the Companies Act which lead to prosecutions. Except where fraud or misfeasance is in question and damage has been caused, the Board of Trade do not ordinarily proceed to prosecution unless requests to the company to comply with the Act have been made and have failed.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of the 161 invention submissions from universities in the United Kingdom during the year 1961–62 was submitted from universities in Scotland.

I assume that the hon. Member is referring to inventions submitted to the National Research Development Corporation. My right hon. Friend is informed by the Corporation that nine of these inventions were submitted to them by Scottish universities.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the production of linoleum is being transferred from a factory in Kirkcaldy to Staines, causing the loss of more than 500 jobs; and what steps he will take to provide alternative industry in the town.

Yes. My right hon. Friends the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the President have announced new incentives which I am confident will give greater encouragement to the introduction and expansion of industry in Kirkcaldy and other localities of high and persistent unemployment.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many proposals for assistance under the Local Employment Act, 1960, have been granted to new industries starting in development districts after the railway lines thereto have been closed down.

My right hon. Friend cannot obtain this information without a disproportionate expenditure of time and effort.

asked the President of the Board of Trade on what basis he has selected leading companies with growth prospects for the purposes of expansion in development districts; how many of these companies' representatives he has met in the past month; and what have been the results of these discussions.

In making the selection, the Board of Trade have taken into account information available to them about the companies' capital investment plans and other factors which suggest that they might be able to help in the development of these districts. The first of these discussions will take place at the end of April.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish the list of development districts, together with those stop-listed, stating the number and percentage rate of wholly unemployed in each district for the past 12 months.

The following is the information:

DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS UNDER THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT ACT, 1960
Wholly Unemployed, average for the year April, 1962-March, 1963
Districts on the stop list marked *
Local Office or Group of Offices	Year ending March, 1963,
	Average Numbers	Average Percentage
NORTHERN REGION
Aspatria	77	5·2
Bishop Auckland, Crook, Shildon and Spennymoor	2,775	6·0
(3) Blaydon	639	5·4
Blyth	576	4·3
(5) Chester-le-Street	573	5·1
(5) Guisborough, Loftus and Saltburn	605	5·9
(1) Consett	627	3·0
(4) Darlington	1,272	2·6
Hartlepools	2,858	7·6
Haswell	163	4·8
Horden	709	5·1
Houghton-le-Spring	805	5·3
Prudhoe	165	5·0
Seaham	594	3·8
Seaton Delaval	289	8·5
(1)Stanley	806	4·2
Sunderland, Pallion and Southwick	5,668	6·5
(6) Tees-side: Middlesbrough, Billingham, Redcar, South Bank, and Stockton and Thornahy	8,603	4·9
South-East Tyneside	4,366	6·5
Whitby	286	6·4
(1) Wingate	454	4·9
Workington, Cockermouth and Maryport	1,080	4·0
YORKSHIRE AND LINCOLNSHIRE
Bridlington	379	4·6
SOUTH WESTERN REGION
(6) Bideford	313	4·0
Camelford	103	5·5
Falmouth	799	8·0
Gunnislake	78	11·3
Helston	202	5·3
Ilfracombe	223	7·2
Liskeard and Looe	258	5·5
Newquay and Perranporth	364	5·0
Penzance, St. Ives and St. Mary's	725	5·8
Redruth and Camborne	783	5·3
NORTH WESTERN REGION
(6) Widnes	1,105	5·2
Merseyside and Prescot	31,550	5·1
WALES
Ammanford and Garnant	407	5·0
Anglesey	1,054	9·1
Blaenau Ffestiniog	124	2·8
Caernarvon, Bangor, Bethesda and Penygroes	1,055	6·3
(2) Llanelly, Burry Port, Gorseinon, Kidwelly, Pontardulais and Tumble	2176	5·3
*Merthyr Tydfil Group	947	4·0
Milford Haven	724	13·5
*Pembroke Dock	373	9·6
Pwllheli and Portmadoc	432	5·4
Rhondda Group	1,742	6·2
*Rhyl	623	4·8
*Tonyrefail and Pontyclun	372	5·1
*Ystalyfera and Pontardawe	363	4·0

Local Office or Group of Offices	Year ending March, 1963,
	Average Numbers	Average Percentage
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen, Inverurie and Stonehaven	3,354	3·5
Anstruther	133	5·3
Ardrossan, Irvine, Kilwinning and Stevenston	1,727	6·7
Bathgate, Broxburn, East and West Calders	1,725	6·4
Cumnock	844	6·0
Dumbarton, Alexandria and Helensburgh	1,683	7·0
Dundee/Broughty Ferry	3,224	3·7
Dunfermline, Burntisland, Cowdenbeath and Inverkeithing	2,408	4·8
Girvan	184	5·7
Glasgow Group (including Barrhead, Clydebank, Kirkintilloch and Rutherglen)	27,283	4·6
Greenock and Port Glasgow	3,413	8·1
Highlands and Islands	5,639	6·9
Kilbirnie and Dairy	348	4·7
(3) Kilsyth	213	2·7
(1) Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes, Leven and Methil	2,976	6·0
Lesmahagow	219	6·9
North Lanarkshire	9,616	6·3
*Paisley, Johnstone and Renfrew	2,563	3·6
Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Banff and Buckie	1,389	5·7
Rothesay	192	6·7
Sanquhar	181	7·5
Shotts	491	7·5
Stranraer	478	7·7
(1) Became a development district on 7th May, 1962.
(2) Restored to the list of development districts on 26th June, 1962.
(3) Became a development district on 19th July, 1962.
(4) Became a development district on 19th September, 1962.
(5) Became a development district on 8th November, 1962.
(6) Became a development district on 26th February, 1963.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many inquiries have been made in the last month by firms willing to expand in the development districts; how many expressed interest in Scotland; and when they will be able to begin their activities in cases where financial assistance is being offered.

Inquiries have been received from 132 firms interested in the development districts. Fifty-two of these firms expressed interest in Scotland. These inquiries, all made since 18th March, 1963, have not reached the stage where financial assistance has been offered.

asked the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to publish the report of the Monopolies Commission on Petrol Distribution.

My right hon. Friend expects to receive the Report within the next twelve months.

asked the President of the Board of Trade when he will lay before Parliament the Monopolies Commission's report on electrical equipment for the motor industry; and whether he will make a statement.

The Report is now being prepared for publication and my right hon. Friend hopes that it will be published during the summer.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the proposed 25 per cent. standard building grant will be in addition or in substitution for the grant provided in Section 3(2) of the Local Employment Act, 1960.

In substitution.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many industrial certificates have been issued in the last five years for industrial development in Blaydon; if he will state the amounts in grants and loans provided during the last 12 months under the Local Employment Act to projects in Blaydon Employment Exchange area; and what is his estimate of the number of new jobs which will be created as a result of his further efforts to promote industrial activity in the area.

Fifteen industrial development certificates have been issued for the Blaydon employment exchange area since 1st January, 1958. I cannot give the amount of financial assistance offered since to do so would reveal details of the aid given to individual undertakings. Over 500 jobs are estimated to arise from projects assisted in these ways.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of continuing heavy unemployment in the Accrington area, it will now be scheduled as a development district.

The rate of wholly unemployed in Accrington is well below the levels prevailing in development districts, and my right hon. Friend would not be justified in adding it to the list.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the outcome of the regional study of the North-East; and whether the area of South-East Northumberland is within a recognised development area.

The regional study of the North-East is being pursued with all possible speed, but I cannot yet say what th outcome will be. Blyth and Seaton Delaval, those parts of South-East Northumberland where there is high and persistent unemployment, are scheduled as development districts.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what credits providing for repayment over a period of five years or more have been granted to cover contracts for capital goods being exported to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Hungary.

As regards credits and contracts which the Export Credits Guarantee Department has agreed to cover, it would be against our commercial interest for us to make public this sort of information for any country. It is always open to individual firms to give appropriate information about particular pieces of business in which they are engaged should they feel it in their interests to do so.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if the trade talks with the Russian delegation visiting Great Britain have yet been completed; and if he will make a statement on the results.

Representatives of one of the Soviet importing corporations have recently been in this country for negotiations over specific contracts with British manufacturers. This was a private visit and there has been no discussion with Government Departments.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on his negotiations during the last six months with Russia and other European and Asiatic countries for the purpose of encouraging trade and exports between them and Scottish industries; and what have been the results.

Our trade arrangements are made on behalf of the United Kingdom as a whole and provide opportunities for Scottish and other industries to expand exports.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what consideration has been given to the facilities available to industry in the areas of Morpeth Borough and Ashington Urban District Council, in the county of Northumberland in view of the need to secure alternative means of employment.

The rate of unemployment in the Morpeth and Ashington Employment Exchange Areas is below that prevailing in the development districts, and the situation is such that my Hat hon. Friend could not justify adding them to the list. But he will continue to encourage suitable industrial development in the area whenever it is practicable to do so.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total

UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CINEMATOGRAPH INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES
—	1958		1959		1960
	Number	£	Number	£	Number	£
Cameras—Complete
From: Japan	1,467	17,711	4,807	39,819	16,614	153,949
East Germany	2,933	21,067	9,180	44,947	12,175	81,457
West Germany	237,192	1,236,273	371,085	1,923,809	488,196	2,497,042
Cinematograph and other projection apparatus and cinematograph sound reproducing apparatus
From: Japan	4	57	4	37	823	3,886
East Germany	50	1,090	81	1,319	656	2,699
West Germany	15,359	184,168	34,752	387,710	70,678	487,317
Photographic and cinematograph lenses and other optical elements
From: Japan	6	144	310	1,979	4,218	19,485
East Germany	17	239	701	4,607	972	7,725
West Germany	21,164	66,481	99,486	315,464	155,830	308,527
Other photographic and cinematograph appliances and parts
From: Japan	—	1,637	—	11,526	—	43,402
East Germany	—	1,117	—	4,394	—	9,204
West Germany	—	640,475	—	795,965	—	1,035,649

—	1961		1962
	Number	£	Number	£
Cameras—Complete
From: Japan	34,749	343,247	117,741	1,065,426
East Germany	15,786	120,362	15,271	125,640
West Germany	376,376	1,934,134	147,133	1,464,997
Cinematograph and other projection apparatus and cinematograph sound reproducing apparatus
From: Japan	975	6,233	47,573	252,066
East Germany	205	9,513	571	4,396
West Germany	53,278	660,121	43,885	461,246
Photographic and cinematograph lenses and other optical elements
From: Japan	113,646	83,578	193,595	129,485
East Germany	4,717	25,221	8,026	33,539
West Germany	116,664	284,879	113,677	256,630
Other photographic and cinematograph appliances and parts
From: Japan	—	260,161	—	365,891
East Germany	—	21,991	—	44,190
West Germany	—	1,116,306	—	986,681

The above figures do not include photographic and cinematographic supplies, e.g., plates, films, photographic chemicals.

The following is the information:

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a statement on the appointment of a new Chairman of the Central Land Board in Kenya.

I am not yet in a position to make a statement.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the discussions between the Government of Brunei and the Government of the Malayan Federation have now been completed; and what conclusions have been reached in respect of the inclusion or otherwise of the Brunei Sultanate in the Malaysian Federation.

I have nothing to add at present to the reply given to the hon. Member on 9th April.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further developments have taken place in respect of the South Arabian Federation; if frontier conditions are now quiet; and whether the present Yemen Government have made any approaches respecting frontier demarcation.

Two further States, Shaib and Haushabi, acceded to the Federation on 30th March, and a common market, embracing the whole Federation, and the Alawi Sheikhdom, came into being on 1st April, 1963. The frontier with the Yemen has been quiet in recent weeks, apart from two or three minor exchanges of fire, mainly by night. The Republican authorities have made no approaches to Her Majesty's Government of the kind mentioned.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will now make a statement on the development of the naval base at Malta since the Government took over from Messrs Bailey; if he will state the number of men employed today; and what further developments are contemplated.

Approximately 5,000 men are at present on the payroll of Messrs. Bailey (Malta) Ltd. It is expected that Managing Agents wilt be appointed shortly. They will be responsible to the Council of Administration for conducting the business of the Dockyard and the work of converting it.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement about the recent riots in British Guiana.

I have little to add to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge (Mr. Hornby) on 9th April. As I mentioned then, these disturbances are primarily a matter for the British Guiana Government. In addition to the one man who was killed thirty-one people were injured, including 12 policemen.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what new proposals he has made to the International Monetary Fund on the best means of expanding international liquidity in order to achieve a faster rate of growth in world trade.

I have made no new proposals. But these matters, including the suggestions which I made at the last annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund, are constantly under discussion with other interested countries.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the Greek National Debt is held by bondholders in this country; what are the rates of interest; and from what years the bonds are dated.

It is not possible to say what proportion of the Greek external bonded debt is held by bondholders in this country as the bonds are in bearer form. The outstanding capital debt denominated in sterling amounts to roughly £60 million, of which it is safe to assume that a substantial part is held by British bondholders. Information about rates of interest and dates of issue is to be found in the Annual Report of the Council of the Corporation of Foreign Bondholders, and I am sending the hon. Member the relevant material from this publication.

asked the Minister of Labour what were the unemployment figures at the nearest available date for Aspatria, Bishop Auckland, Crook,

Employment Exchange Area			Unemployment at 8th April, 1963			Estimated Number of Employees Mid-1962
			Males	Females	Total
Aspatria	…	…	86	32	118	1,612
Bishop Auckland	…	…	989	283	1,272	13,387
Crook	…	…	662	138	800	10,819
Shildon	…	…	190	54	244	6,520
Spennymoor	…	…	769	242	1,011	15,076
Blaydon	…	…	626	181	807	12,084
Blyth	…	…	716	176	892	12,996
Chester-le-Street	…	…	505	115	620	11,629
Cleveland Area
Guisborough	…	…	158	25	183	2,367
Saltburn	…	…	390	81	471	3,999
Loftus	…	…	185	33	218	4,202
Consett	…	…	607	157	764	19,759
Darlington	…	…	1,311	387	1,698	50,141
Hartlepool	…	…	695	104	799	37,917
West Hartlepool	…	…	2,433	651	3,084
Haswell	…	…	163	6	169	3,315
Horden	…	…	607	259	866	14,716
Houghton-le-Spring	…	…	630	226	856	15,201
Prudhoe	…	…	120	39	159	3,508
Seaham	…	…	475	256	731	15,745
Seaton Delaval	…	…	287	74	361	3,132
Stanley	…	…	711	177	888	19,354
Sunderland	…	…	3,073	505	3,578	87,750
Pallion	…	…	1,893	444	2,337
Southwick-on-Wear	…	…	1,117	186	1,303
Jarrow and Hebburn	…	…	1,797	554	2,351	28,163
South Shields	…	…	2,965	546	3,511	38,302
Whitby	…	…	413	65	478	5,014
Wingate	…	…	447	112	559	9,198
Workington	…	…	723	361	1,084	17,115
Maryport	…	…	381	126	507	5,681
Cockermouth	…	…	98	37	135	4,376
Billingham (Haverton Hill)	…	…	590	155	745	72,989
Stockton and Thornaby	…	…	2,296	617	2,913
Middlesbrough	…	…	4,178	1,051	5,229	58,552
Redcar	…	…	499	199	698	8,926
South Bank	…	…	946	222	1,168	33,451
North Shields	…	…	1,482	290	1,772	25,544
WhitleyBay	…	…	545	155	700	9,502
Wallsend-on-Tyne	…	…	1,041	288	1,329	25,932
Newcastle-on-Tyne	…	…	3,020	644	3,664	176,650
Elswick	…	…	1,767	492	2,259
Walker	…	…	1,075	139	1,214
Gateshead	…	…	2,174	399	2,573	54,206

The following is the information:

asked the Minister of Labour when it is intended to open the industrial training centre in Hull; what skills it is intended to teach there; how many trainees it will cater for; and if he will make a statement.

The centre will be opened as soon as premises have been acquired and equipped; training will be in building and engineering trades; the centre will cater for about 80 trainees.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the action of the owners of the new ship "Welsh Herald", chartered to the British Iron and Steel Corporation for 15 years, in recruiting Asiatic crews at a wage rate well below the agreed wages paid to British seamen; and, in view of the possibility of large scale unemployment of British seamen, if he will hold an inquiry into the facts and discuss the matter with the company and the National Union of Seamen.

I have been told that an Asiatic crew has been recruited on the customary terms and conditions for such crews. Our officers have been in touch with the union and the Shipping Federation. At this stage the issues should first be dealt with by the shipping industry's normal machinery for discussing differences which arise between an owner or manager and the union. The services of the Ministry will be available should they be required.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent the organisation for Civil Defence includes the setting up of military government in the event of nuclear attack.

I would refer the right hon. Gentleman to the statement made today by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now instruct the governor of Wandsworth Prison to forward a letter from a prisoner to the hon. Member for Orpington.

As I have explained to the hon. Member, the letter, which was to have been an invitation to speak to a discussion group, never got beyond the draft stage, and the draft no longer exists.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will instruct the governor of Wandsworth Prison to rescind the transfer of an officer, whose name has been given to him, until a full explanation for the necessity for this transfer has been given to the hon. Member for Orpington and the latter has had an opportunity of making such representations to the Secretary of State as he considers necessary following his receipt of the letter promised by the Secretary of State.

The hon. Member will by now have received a letter from me explaining that his question is based on a misunderstanding of the facts.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many copies of the Spies for Peace document, R.S.G.6, have been impounded to date by the Metropolitan Police Force; and what is his estimate of the number of copies still in public circulation in the United Kingdom.

By the Metropolitan Police, 16: several thousand are probably now in circulation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the fact that their contents are now public property and have been read by thousands of members of the general public, he will place copies of the publication, Danger: Official Secret R.S.G.6, which has been impounded by his Department, in the Library of the House of Commons.

I have done so.

asked the Minister of Health whether he will arrange for British tourists leaving British ports or airports to be warned of the outbreak of typhoid or any other serious disease in the area to which they are proceeding.

I regret that this would not be practicable to the extent suggested.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what were the average county rates for England and Wales, and the county rates for Hertfordshire, in 1937–38 and yearly since 1952–53; and, in the current year, what the equivalent rates would have been under the old valuation lists.

The average rate poundages for administrative counties are as follows. Information on which to calculate comparable figures for 1963–64 is not yet available. Separate figures of county precepts are not collated by the Department:

		Estimated average rate for Hertfordshire County (1)		Average rate for administrative Counties outside London (2)
		s.	d.	s.	d.
1937–38	…	10	8	12	1¾
1952–53	…	23	6	20	6
1953–54	…	25	11	22	9
1954–55	…	26	11	23	4
1955–56	…	26	4	23	4
1956–57	…	17	7	16	2
1957–58	…	18	10	18	0
1958–59	…	19	5	18	5
1959–60	…	19	1	19	3
1960–61	…	19	11	20	1
1961–62	…	21	9	21	2
1962–63	…	24	0	22	10

(1) The average rate for Hertfordshire is the estimated average rate of the county districts within Hertfordshire (including the county precepts). It is obtained by dividing the aggregate rate income of the districts by the aggregate of their penny rate products.(2) The average rate for counties outside London is the estimated average rate of all county districts in England and Wales.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what was the average contract price for four-bedroomed houses built by local authorities in 1962–63.

In tenders approved during the 12 months ended 28th February, 1963, the average cost of construction of a four-bedroomed house was £2,504.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what sum was paid out in unemployment benefit in the last financial year.

Total payments in 1962–63 are estimated to have been nearly £65 million.

asked the Postmaster-General what plans are being prepared for the transfer of postal mail from rail to road transport; and whether he will make a statement.

In collaboration with British Railways we shall shortly be introducing an experimental reorganisation of the arrangements for carrying parcel mails in East Anglia which we believe will improve the reliability of the service and reduce our costs. The mails will be concentrated on suitable centres and greater use made of road transport for their conveyance especially over the shorter distances. Extension of this experimental reorganisation to the rest of the country—if as we expect it is successful—and changes in the shape of British Railways will involve further transfer of mails from rail to road. It is too early yet to say what this will amount to, but we expect that the great bulk of the mails will continue to be carried by rail.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he is satisfied with the extent to which the current world output of scientific and technological literature is available in London; and if he will make a statement.

Current scientific and technological literature is available in London in the Libraries of the British Museum, the British Museum (Natural History), the Science Museum, the Patent Office, the University of London and its Colleges, and the Learned and Professional Societies, as well as in other local and specialised libraries. In addition to these developing research and reference facilities, a quick loan service is now available, through local and specialised libraries, from the National Lending Library of Science and Technology, at Boston Spa, whose coverage is worldwide.Nevertheless, the Government considers there is room for improvement in the provision of such literature in London and has therefore already announced the setting up of the National Reference Library of Science and Invention on the South Bank to be administered by the British Museum. This Library will incorporate the present Patent Office Library and substantial holdings of current scientific material to be transferred from the British Museum. The acquisition of additional periodicals and books from all over the world to complement these two collections has already been begun following the first annual grant to the British Museum of special funds for the purpose. A start on building itself will be made early in 1964.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average weekly rate burden on local authority houses in each local authority area in Scotland.

pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 10th April, 1963; Vol. 675, c. 164], circulates the following information:

Estimated average weekly rate burden per local authority house in 1962–63 Burghs (198)
		s.	d.
Aberchirder	…	7	5
Aberdeen	…	14	6
Aberfeldy	…	9	4
Aberlour	…	8	10
Abernethy	…	8	0
Airdrie	…	14	0
Alloa	…	11	4
Alva	…	11	4
Alyth	…	8	11
Annan	…	10	2
Arbroath	…	11	4
Ardrossan	…	11	11
Armadale	…	13	9
Auchterarder	…	8	0
Auchtermuchty	…	14	2
Ayr	…	10	7
Ballater	…	9	8
Banchory	…	9	0
Banff	…	8	11
Barrhead	…	9	0
Bathgate	…	11	7
Bearsden	…	12	1
Biggar	…	12	2
Blairgowrie and Rattray	…	9	8
Bo'ness	…	10	0
Bonnyrigg and Lasswade	…	11	7
Brechin	…	10	0
Bridge of Allan	…	11	5
Buckhaven and Methil	…	14	8
Buckie	…	11	5
Burghead	…	6	7
Burntisland	…	13	10
Callander	…	10	11
Campbeltown	…	8	8
Carnoustie	…	11	7
Castle Douglas	…	8	7
Clydebank	…	20	1
Coatbridge	…	13	11
Cockenzie and Port Seton	…	10	9
Coldstream	…	10	2
Coupar Angus	…	8	4
Cove and Kilcreggan	…	12	6
Cowdenbeath	…	12	5
Crail	…	12	8
Cneff	…	8	2
Cromarty	…	6	5
Cullen	…	10	5
Culross	…	15	1
Cumnock and Holmhead	…	10	2
Cupar	…	10	2
Dalbeattie	…	6	11
Dalkeith	…	11	8
Darvel	…	7	9
Denny and Dunipace	…	11	5
Dingwall	…	10	0

	s.	d.
Dollar	11	3
Dornoch	10	2
Doune	7	7
Dufftown	8	9
Dumbarton	16	6
Dumfries	13	1
Dunbar	12	0
Dunblane	8	11
Dundee	15	3
Dunfermline	16	9
Dunoon	10	3
Duns	9	11
East Linton	10	5
Edinburgh	10	8
Elgin	9	1
Elie and Earlsferry	14	6
Ellon	7	0
Eyemouth	10	6
Falkirk	13	8
Falkland	11	7
Findochty	9	7
Forfar	10	3
Forres	6	7
Fortrose	7	3
Fort William	9	1
Fraserburgh	9	1
Galashiels	13	2
Galston	7	7
Gatehouse-of-Fleet	9	8
Girvan	12	11
Glasgow	16	10
Gourock	10	8
Grangemouth	11	7
Grantown-on-Spey	7	8
Greenock	12	5
Haddington	12	2
Hamilton	12	3
Hawick	12	7
Helensburgh	15	0
Huntly	9	1
Innerleithen	13	7
Inveraray	8	5
Inverbervie	7	9
Invergordon	6	9
Inverkeithing	14	3
Inverness	11	5
Inverurie	8	7
Irvine	11	11
Jedburgh	10	11
Johnstone	9	4
Keith	10	5
Kelso	11	5
Kilmarnock	15	3
Kilrenny, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester	13	1
Kilsyith	8	2
Kilwinning	9	5
Kinghom	13	8
Kingussie	8	0
Kinross	9	2
Kintore	7	7
Kirkcaldy	16	8
Kirkcudbright	9	1
Kirkintilloch	13	4
Kirkwall	7	7
Kirriemuir	8	2
Ladybank	12	1
Lanark	11	1
Langholm	7	10
Largs	12	2
Lauder	9	6
Laurencekirk	7	6

		s.	d.
Lerwick	…	7	1
Leslie	…	12	4
Leven	…	13	0
Linlithgow	…	11	9
Loanhead	…	11	8
Lochgelly	…	13	11
Lochgilphead	…	9	3
Lochmaben	…	6	4
Lockerbie	…	7	4
Lossiemouth	…	9	2
Macduff	…	9	3
Markinch	…	12	0
Maybole	…	9	10
Melrose	…	8	7
Millport	…	15	3
Milngavie	…	15	8
Moffat	…	8	7
Monifieth	…	11	3
Montrose	…	9	10
Motherwell and Wishaw	…	11	11
Musselburgh	…	12	4
Nairn	…	8	1
Newburgh	…	10	4
New Galloway	…	8	2
Newmilns and Greenholm	…	9	3
Newport-on-Tay	…	11	11
Newton Stewart	…	11	0
North Berwick	…	12	0
Oban	…	9	8
Oldmeldrum	…	8	8
Paisley	…	11	10
Peebles	…	13	7
Penicuik	…	9	9
Perth	…	14	4
Peterhead	…	9	11
Pitlochry	…	10	8
Pittenweem	…	12	11
Port Glasgow	…	10	6
Portknockie	…	10	1
Portsoy	…	9	3
Prestonpans	…	9	5
Prestwick	…	10	11
Queensferry	…	9	10
Renfrew	…	11	4
Rosehearty	…	8	2
Rothes	…	5	8
Rothesay	…	13	3
Rutherglen	…	14	6
St Andrews	…	10	9
St. Monance	…	10	11
Saltcoats	…	11	4
Sanquhar	…	9	0
Selkirk	…	11	8
Stevenston	…	12	9
Stewarton	…	8	3
Stirling	…	11	7
Stonehaven	…	8	9
Stornoway	…	8	5
Stranraer	…	11	0
Stromness	…	6	2
Tain	…	8	9
Tayport	…	11	11
Thurso	…	8	5
Tillkoultry	…	12	0
Tobermory	…	7	2
Tranent	…	10	10
Troon	…	11	1
Turriff	…	7	11
Whitburn	…	12	1
Whithorn	…	10	10
Wick	…	6	0
Wigtown	…	7	7

				s.	d
Aberdeen	…	…	…	10	1
Angus	…	…	…	10	4
Argyll	…	…	…	7	9
Ayr	…	…	…	9	10
Banff	…	…	…	9	2
Berwick	…	…	…	9	9
Bute	…	…	…	10	5
Caithness	…	…	…	5	4
Clackmannan	…	…	…	14	0
Dumfries	…	…	…	10	10
Dunbarton	…	…	…	14	5
East Lothian	…	…	…	10	6
Fife	…	…	…	14	0
Inverness	…	…	…	10	1
Kincardine	…	…	…	7	9
Kinross	…	…	…	8	2
Kirkcudbright	…	…	…	8	7
Lanark	…	…	…	11	3
Midlothian	…	…	…	11	9
Moray	…	…	…	7	5
Nairn	…	…	…	8	1
Orkney	…	…	…	3	2
Peebles	…	…	…	11	1
Perth	…	…	…	9	0
Renfrew	…	…	…	11	0
Ross & Cromarty	…	…	…	8	5
Roxburgh	…	…	…	11	6
Selkirk	…	…	…	12	1
Stirling	…	…	…	13	0
Sutherland	…	…	…	9	7
WestLothian	…	…	…	12	0
Wigtown	…	…	…	10	0
Zetland	…	…	…	6	5

asked the Minister of Transport (1) what was the total passenger mileage of journeys made by passengers on British Railways in 1962; (2) how many passenger journeys were made on British Railways in 1962.

This information will be published later in the year in the annual report for the British Transport Commission for 1962. But since the House is to debate next week the recent Report by the British Railways Board on the Reshaping of British Railways, I have asked the Board to provide the figures now. The total passenger miles on British Railways in 1962 were 19,772 million, and the total passenger journeys amounted to 997,718,000.

asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the dangerous conditions for pedestrians in Victoria Street at the junction with Buckingham Palace Road, especially those in a hurry to catch trains leaving from the main line station; and what action he will take to improve the position.

I am satisfied that the control of traffic at this junction by police gives adequate assistance to pedestrians who wish to cross. I do not consider that further measures are necessary at present.