asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the amounts of ware potato stocks in the hand of merchants and on the farms at the nearest convenient date.

The Potato Marketing Board's last stock census was taken at the end of March, 1963, when they estimated that 725,000 tons of main-crop potatoes remained from the 1962 crop.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will reconsider his refusal to make a cereal deficiency payment to Mr. F. B. Monsell on his 1962 barley crop, in view of the fact that there is substantial evidence indicating that Mr. Monsell dispatched his claim in due time.

No. As I explained in my letter of 4th February, there is no trace of any claim from Mr. Monsell for subsidy on his 1962 barley crop and, without definite proof that a claim form was posted, I cannot make a payment at this stage. Farmers are clearly warned on the claim form that they should contact the Ministry's Divisional Office if they do not receive an acknowledgment within seven days and Mr. Monsell thus had ample opportunity to discover whether his claim had gone astray.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the butter sold in the home market is produced in this country.

About 13 per cent. in 1962, including farmhouse butter.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the eggs sold in the home market is produced in this country.

Complete information on all sales of shell eggs cannot be obtained but it is estimated that about 98 per cent. of total supplies in 1962 was produced in the United Kingdom.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what proportion of the mutton and lamb sold in the home market is produced in this country;

Of total supplies commercially available in the United Kingdom in 1962, the following proportions are estimated to have been home produced:

Mutton and Lamb	41 per cent.
Pork	96 per cent.
Bacon	36 per cent.
Beef and Veal	71 per cent.

asked the Minister of Aviation if all civil parachute instructors have passed a thorough test to ensure their competence to instruct with safety.

The Ministry of Aviation allows learners to jump only under the supervision of instructors who have met the requirements of the British Parachute Association or who have qualified in the Services.

asked the Minister of Aviation if he will give figures indicating to what extent British non-scheduled flying operations have increased as a result of licences granted by the Air Transport Licensing Board.

Complete statistics of non-scheduled operations by United Kingdom airlines are not available for earlied than April, 1961, when the Civil Aviation (Licensing) Act, 1960, came into operation. Statistics of traffic at United Kingdom airports show that United Kingdom airlines' carryings of passengers on non-scheduled services—including services which do not require air service licences under the 1960 Act—to and from these airports, increased from 756,000 to 1,024,000 between 1960 and 1962. These figures include 671,000 passengers carried on international services in 1960 and 967,000 in 1962.

asked the Minister of Aviation if he will give figures indicating to what extent foreign non-scheduled flying operations to and from the United Kingdom have increased as a result of licences granted by him since 1960.

Statistics of traffic at United Kingdom airports show that foreign operators carried 371,000 passengers to and from the United Kingdom on non-scheduled flights in 1962. In 1960 they carried 100,000 passengers. It was in August, 1960, that the Air Navigation Order 1960 came into force under which foreign airlines obtain my written permission before taking on board or discharging in the United Kingdom passengers carried for hire or reward.

asked the Minister of Aviation if he will publish in the Official Report a list of major aircraft and missile projects which have been

MAJOR AIRCRAFT AND MISSILE PROJECTS CANCELLED BEFORE GOING INTO SERVICE SINCE 1951
project				Cancellation Date	Estimated Expenditure
					£M
Transport Aircraft
Brabazon transport aircraft	…	…	…	February, 1952	6·45
Princess flying boat	…	…	…	May, 1954	9·1
Vickers military transport aircraft	…	…	…	December, 1955	4·0
Orion turbo-prop, aero engine	…	…	…	January, 1958	4·75
Rotodyne helicopter	…	…	…	February, 1962	11·0
Operational Aircraft
Developed Sturgeon anti-submarine aircraft	…	…	…	March, 1951	0·5
D.H. fighter aircraft	…	…	…	May, 1952	2·5
Developed Hawker Hunter	…	…	…	July, 1953	0·14
Swift fighter aircraft	…	…	…	February, 1955	22·0
Swift photo-reconnaissance and fighter aircraft		…	…	June, 1955	0·3
Swift crescent-wing research fighter	…	…	…	December, 1955	1·6
Avro rocket interceptor aircraft	…	…	…	September, 1955	1·0
Thin wing Javelin all-weather fighter aircraft		…	…	June, 1956	2·3
Fairey supersonic fighter aircraft	…	…	…	March, 1957	0·15
Supersonic bomber (including engine)	…	…	…	March, 1957	2·05
Naval interceptor	…	…	…	December, 1957	3·2
Scorpion rocket engine	…	…	…	February, 1959	1·25
Spectre rocket engine	…	…	…	October, 1960	5·75
Missiles
Guided bomb with television eye	…	…	…	June, 1954	3·1
Vickers flying bomb	…	…	…	September, 1954	0·7
Air-to-ship guided bomb	…	…	…	March, 1956	0·9
Air-to-air missile with radar guidance	…	…	…	June, 1956	7·5
Long-range surface-to-air guided weapon		…	…	May, 1957	1·5
Heavy anti-tank missile	…	…	…	September, 1959	2·4
Blue Steel Mark II	…	…	…	December, 1959	0·825
Bloodhound Mark III	…	…	…	March, 1960	0·6
Blue Streak ballistic missile	…	…	…	April, 1960	84·0
Low-level surface-to-air guided weapon	…	…	…	December, 1961	0·8
Medium range surface-to-surface missile	…	…	…	August, 1962	32·1
Skybolt air-to-surface ballistic missile	…	…	…	December, 1962	27·0

The expenditure figures are given with some reservation; they have been extracted from records extending over a number of years and may not all be on an identical basis. They should be regarded as approximate. It would be erroneous to conclude that the total of the amounts quoted represents a loss to public funds. Some later projects have been based directly on projects cancelled earlier; and even when this is not so, much of the expenditure represents valuable knowledge and experience gained for later application. In the case of Blue Streak, development continues for a different rô1e as part of the European satellite launcher programme.

The projects and dates of cancellation are as follows:

asked the Minister of Aviation, in view of the fact that it is now in his possession, when he intends to make a statement on the Corbett Report.

In the light of the Report, I hope to make a statement about the British Overseas Airways Corporation before the end of the present Session.

asked the Minister of Aviation on how many occasions he and his predecessors have requested the Air Corporations to alter their accounts, as was done by his predecessor with regard to the British Overseas Airways Corporation's accounts in 1959; and for what reason such requests were made.

It has been the practice of the Air Corporations each year to submit to and discuss with my Department the proposed form of their accounts. The discussions have covered a wide range of matters primarily concerned with the form of the accounts.

asked the Minister of Aviation whether he has suggested that the British Overseas Airways Corporation should alter its 1962–63 accounts in any way.

No. The Corporation will shortly be submitting the proposed form of its 1962–63 Accounts to me. I will then, as is customary in exercise of my duty under Section 22(1) of the Air Corporations Act, 1949, consider them with the Treasury.

asked the Minister of Aviation for what reasons his predecessor regarded as indefensible British Overseas Airways Corporation's proposal to write down the value of certain capital assets in 1959, without bringing the adjustment through either the operating of the profit and loss account.

My predecessor considered that the method proposed might have given the misleading impression to Parliament and the public that the Corporation was to be relieved of part of its capital debt.

asked the Minister of Aviation whether he will make a statement about his visit to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

I propose to make a statement shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will publish a table showing separately the details of all grants and loans to Kenya, together with the purposes, including the Land Settlement Scheme, to which each is to be devoted, for the current year and for the future.

The following tables show the amount of financial assistance which the British Government have given, or have undertaken to give, to Kenya for the Kenya financial years 1962–63 and 1963–64.

	1962–63 (Revised Estimate)	1963–64 (Estimate)
	£ million	£ million
A. Recurrent Aid
1. Famine and Flood Relief:
(a) Grant	1·0	—
(b) Loan	0·3	—
2. Military Forces: Grant	2·3	2·7
3. Overseas Aid Scheme: Grant	2·3	4·6
Total	5·9	7·3
B. Development Aid
1. General Development:
(a) C.D.W. Grant	2·2	2·0
(b) Exchequer Loan	3·8	2·1
2. Land Bank:
Exchequer Loan	0·2	1·0
3. Land Settlement Schemes:
(a) C.D.W. Grant	1·6	2·6
(b) Exchequer Loans	1·6	2·0
4. Farm Purchase ("Special risk" cases)
(a) C.D.W. Grant	—	0·4
(b) Exchequer Loans	—	0·3
Total*	9·4	10·4
Total A and B	15·3	17·7
* C.D.C. investment not included.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much money has been spent on agricultural research on St. Helena in each of the last three years.

Expenditure on pure research has been as follows:

1960	£769
1961	£317
1962	£535

Expenditure on Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes designed to improve the standard of agriculture has been as follows:

1960	£36,656
1961	£27,039
1962	£25,878

Taken together this represents an average annual expenditure of £60 for each acre of arable land.

asked the First Secretary of State what recent estimate he has made of the number of Africans from Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland who are employed in South Africa.

The estimated figures are: Northern Rhodesia, 12,000; Nyasaland, 50,000.

asked the Minister of Education what has been the United Kingdom contribution to the finances of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation in 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1963; what contribution will be made in 1964;what is the United Kingdom assessed share of the regular budget; and what contribution is made by the United Kingdom to any voluntary funds sponsored by the organisation.

The United Kingdom's contributions to the finances of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation in the last three years were:

1960	£309,090
1961	£405,294
1962	£393,621

The contribution for 1963 will be £487,276, and that for 1964 will be £490,607.

asked the Minister of Education whether he is yet in a position to announce his proposals for an inquiry into primary education.

Yes. When the Central Advisory Council for Education (England) has completed its present task I intend to reconstitute it with the following terms of reference:

"To consider primary education in all its aspects and the transition from primary to secondary education."

In due course I shall ask the Central Advisory Council for Education (Wales) to consider the Welsh aspects of this inquiry and I am arranging for some common membership between the two Councils.I am glad to say that Lady Plowden has accepted my invitation to become the next Chairman of the Council, and that Mr. John Newsom, the present Chairman, has kindly agreed to serve as Deputy Chairman when the Council is reconstituted. I hope to announce the names of the other members before long.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in what local authority area mistakes have been made by the Inland Revenue in the recent revaluations; what steps are being taken to rectify them; and whether this involves appealing to local valuation courts.

Valuation not being an exact science, it is possible for an assessment to be amended by agreement with the Valuation Officer or as a result of appeal to the local valuation court. The revaluation covers 17 million units of assessment and there are, therefore, bound to be some changes made in the original valuation lists.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the exemption from taxation, at present given to Federal German Government annuities paid as compensation to certain German refugees in this country, is not also extended under his regulations to the pensions paid by the Federal German Government as compensation to former State employees.

The exemption from United Kingdom Income Tax given by Section 22, Finance Act, 1961, to certain annuities, payable under legislation of the Federal German Republic relating to compensation of victims of National Socialist persecution is confined to those annuities which are specifically exempted from German Tax.

asked the Minister of Health how many single-seater tricycles are currently on issue to the industrially disabled.

			1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962*
England and Wales	…	…	2,121	2,160	2,224	2,315	2,394	2,386	2,534	2,694	2,645	2,709
Scotland	…	…	196	247	247	241	251	259	264	256	282	288
* Provisional

asked the Minister of Health if he is now able to make a statement about the Scott Report on the Training of Teachers of Mentally Handicapped Children.

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply of 30th May to my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Tiley).

asked the Minister of Health if he will state the terms of reference of the Dunlop Committee on Drug Safety, and the names of the members appointed since the last official announcement.

The records kept do not distinguish between industrially disabled and other National Health Service patients.

asked the Minister of Health how many single-seater tricycles were on issue to non-war disabled persons at the latest convenient date.

13,510 at 31st March, 1963.

asked the Minister of Health how many two-seater cars have been issued to the war disabled; and how many applications are still outstanding.

3,410 and a further 242 are in course of supply; 120.

asked the Minister of Health if he will give the number of deaths from leukaemia for each of the last 10 years in England and Wales, and Scotland.

Deaths from leukaemia and aleukaemia.

The information is as follows:

asked the Minister of Health what was the total number of prescriptions, the gross expenditure and the net expenditure after deduction of prescription charges, over the last three complete years.

The information is as follows:

ENGLAND AND WALES
Calendar year	Number of prescriptions dispensed	Gross cost	Net cost (after Deducting charges)
	(million)	(£ million)	(£ million)
1960	218·7	79·2	67·8
1961	205·0	83·1	64·5
1962	196·6	85·3	65·3

asked the Minister of Health what has been the United Kingdom contribution to the finances of the World Health Organisation in 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1963; what contribution will be made in 1964;what is the United Kingdom assessed share of the regular budget; and what contribution is made by the United Kingdom to any voluntary funds sponsored by the organisation.

The United Kingdom's membership subscription to the regular budget of the World Health Organisation for the years 1960 to 1962 and the assessed subscriptions for the years 1963 and 1964 are as follows:

asked the Minister of Health how many hospitals in England contain a deep X-ray equipment; and whether any patients are known to have made a round trip from their homes of more than 300 miles to obtain treatment.

Seventy-three: I have no information on the second part of the Question.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners the new prison being built near Market Harborough will accommodate on completion.

About 400 in the men's prison and 75 in the women's prison.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is proposed to permit inmates from the new prison near Market Harborough to go without the prison walls other than in working parties in charge of wardens.

Outside work will normally be under supervision, but I do not exclude the possibility that at some time in the future individual carefully-selected prisoners may go to work for outside employers under a hostel scheme or some similar arrangement. At any prison, of course, some prisoners may be released on temporary parole for home leave, a visit to a dying relative, or in other special circumstances.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what will be the total number of men and women needed to staff the new prison near Market Harborough; and how many of these will be recruited locally.

At this stage any estimate can only be provisional, but on present plans it is expected that the eventual requirements for all grades will be of the order of 110 men and 35 women. The scope for local recruitment will depend on the availability of permanent staff for certain posts, but is likely to be of the order of 30 men and 10 women.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when it is expected that the new prison being constructed near Market Harborough will be completed and in use.

Probably in the first half of 1965.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for a review of the criminal statistics; and if he will make a statement.

I am anxious that a review should be made, and I have decided to appoint a Committee with the following terms of reference:

"To consider and report what changes, if any, are desirable in existing arrangements in England and Wales for the recording and reporting for statistical purposes of information about criminal offences and proceedings, and about non-criminal proceedings in magistrates' courts, and in the collection and presentation of statistics relating to these matters".

I am grateful to all those who have accepted my invitation to serve on this Committee. The Membership will be as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics in Scotland contain deep X-ray equipment; and in which towns they are located.

Deep X-ray facilities are available at nine hospitals situated in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the beef sold in the United Kingdom is produced in Scotland.

It is estimated that in 1962, 12·2 per cent. of United Kingdom supplies of beef and veal were produced in Scotland.

asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of school leavers unemployed for each of the exchange areas in the Counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan at the latest count.

The numbers are available for youth employment office, not employment exchange, areas. They are as follows:

County	Youth Employment Office	Number of school leavers registered for first employment on 10th June, 1963
Monmouth	Abertillery	25
	Blackwood	23
	Cross Keys	4
	Newport	8
	Pontypool	20
	Usk	2
Glamorgan	Aberdare	19
	Barry	7
	Bridgend	28
	Caerphilly	8
	Cardiff	13
	Gorseinon	9
	Merthyr Tydfil	10
	Neath	29
	Pontypridd	11
	Port Talbot	36
	Swansea	14
	Tonypandy	52

asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the rate of unemployment for each of the exchange areas in the Counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan at the latest count.

Following is the information:

Rates of unemployment for Employment Exchange areas in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire on 10th June, 1963
Glamorgan
Aberdare Group	3·0
Bargoed Group	5·0
Bridgend Group	2·8
Caerphilly Group	8·4
Cardiff Group	2·6
Llanelly Group*	4·2
Maesteg Group	4·3
Merthyr Tydfil Group	3·6
Neath Group	1·7
Pontyclun Group	4·6
Pontypridd	1·9
Porthcawl	3·9
Port Talbot	2·0
Swansea Group	3·2
Tonypandy Group	6·8
Ystalyfera Group	4·1
*Llanelly, Burry Port, Kidwelly and Tumble, which are included in the group for percentage purposes, are in Carmarthenshire

Monmouthshire
Abergavenny Group*	1·6
Chepstow	1·4
Cwmbran	0·9
Ebbw Vale Group†	3·9
Monmouth	2·7
Newport Group	1·7
Pontypool Group	3·2
Risca	3·3
*Crickhowell, which is included in the group for percentage purposes, is in Breconshire.
†Brynmawr, which is included in the group for percentages purposes, is in Breconshire.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what was the number of payments and total amount of unemployment benefit and National Assistance grants, respectively, paid out to young people in Gateshead in 1962; and what were the comparable figures for 1961.

In 1962, 2,510 payments of unemployment benefit amounting to £3,926 and 712 payments of National Assistance amounting to £1,150 were made to young persons underage 18 registered as unemployed at the Gateshead Youth Employment Office. Corresponding figures for 1961 were, for unemployment benefit, 857 and £1,242, and, for National Assistance, 138 and £201.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will state Great Britain's financial commitment to the European Nuclear Energy Agency, specifying the amount pledged and spent to date, and the amount to be made available to the Agency during the next 12 months.

The United Kingdom is at present called upon to pay about 23 per cent, of the budget of the European Nuclear Energy Agency. In the period 1957–1962 provision was made in the Atomic Energy estimates for the payment of £192,000 but only £155,000 of this were required by E.N.E.A. The contribution for the year ended 31st December, 1963, is £30,000. These figures do not include contributions to E.N.E.A. joint project which are separately assessed.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will give an estimate of Great Britain's financial commitment for each of the proposed new European Nuclear Energy Agency projects envisaged.

It is impossible to give an estimate at this stage. The costs of the proposed projects will not be available until they have been considered by the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The United Kingdom share of the costs of any joint project in which it participates will be a matter for negotiation with the other participating countries.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will state Great Britain's financial commitment to the 20 M.W. Dragon project at present under construction at Winfrith; and what estimate he has made of further sums likely to be required from Her Majesty's Government for this development.

£10,200,000. Of this, £4,556,000 has been paid, leaving £5,644,000 to be paid over the years 1963–64 to 1966–67. The Estimate provision in 1963–64 is £2,100,000.In addition certain assistance is being given in kind and certain Income Tax liabilities of foreign staff attached to the project are being undertaken as described in the 1963–64 Civil Estimates, Class VII, page 18.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science, as representing the Lord President of the Council, whether he will issue a White Paper on his plans for assisting the North-East over the next 25 years.

The form in which the Government's plan for assisting the North-East will be announced has not yet been determined. A White Paper is of course one possibility.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress has been made in establishing a duty-free industrial estate at Prestwick Airport; and if he will make a statement.

I have been asked to reply.In the course of discussions with the Departments concerned, the Ayr County Council have been fully informed of the facilities which can be made available under the existing law.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many industrial development certificates were issued in the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire and in Lancashire, respectively, from 1st January, 1963, to 31st May, 1963.

71 in the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire and 90 in Lancashire.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many applications for industrial development certificates were refused in the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire from 1st January, 1963, to 31st May, 1963.

Two applications were refused in the period.

asked the Minister of Transport, in view of the help announced to the shipping and shipbuilding industries, what action he will now take to help the ship repair yards.

Although competition is keen, the ship repair industry is not suffering from general depression, and I do not consider that special measures of assistance are needed.

asked the Minister of Transport when the Northamptonshire County Council proposed to him that an order should be made to extend for a distance of 220 yards the existing speed limit on Moulton Lane, Boughton; whether he is aware of the local residents' opinion that there should be an extension; and whether he will reconsider his refusal in the interests of road safety.

In May, 1961, and in September, 1962. I am aware that some local residents desire an extension of the speed limit; but I do not consider that the interests of road safety would be served by the extension of a 30 miles per hour speed limit in the conditions obtaining on this road.

asked the Secretary of State for War if the men involved in the descent by parachute over Salisbury Plain on 30th January, 1962, were wearing barometric safety devices; and if the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough had made any specific recommendations as to the use of safety releases in this case.

Barometric safety devices were not worn. The Royal Air- craft Establishment at Farnborough was of the opinion that such a device should be used as an additional safety measure, but they did not specify a particular device since none suitable was available in this country at the time of this descen