asked the Minister of Aviation by what date he proposes to commence the Stage 2 development of Gatwick Airport.

The Stage 2 development of London (Gatwick) Airport falls into two phases. The first phase, expanding the terminal facilities to meet the traffic generated by the single runway, was completed in 1965. No decision has yet been taken to proceed with the second phase, which will include the construction of a second runway and passenger and aircraft facilities to match, but current forecasts suggest that the expansion will be required in the early 1970's.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many dog-handling establishments are run by his Department; where they are situated; what is the total number of dogs in each; and what is the annual cost of maintenance of each dog-handling establishment.

The answer is as follows:

Theatre	Number of Establishments	Number of dogs	Annual Cost (£000)
UK	120	653	541
Germany	12	411	574
Near East	11	282	335
Middle East	7	95	95
Far East	15	416	441
Total	165	1,857	1,986

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the position on teacher training building projects which were deferred under the restrictions introduced last July.

The outstanding projects will form part of the teacher training building programme for 1966–67 whose value has now been settled at £8 million.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects a decision to be made on Saturday closing for banking establishments.

There are many relevant factors to be considered and I cannot say when a decision can be taken.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the operation of exchange control, whether the investment dollar rate is official; what is the amount, to the nearest £10 million, that has accrued to the official reserves under the 25 per cent. rule; and what percentage he estimates will thus be withdrawn on a full year's basis from the £4,000 million which was stated last April to be the value of Great Britain's portfolio of overseas securities.

The investment currency market operates under permissions granted under the Exchange Control Act, 1947. The premium payable for investment currency depends on the interplay of supply and demand in the market; the resulting rate is unofficial.As regards the last part of the Question, I would refer to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member on 8th February, 1966.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a comparison of total net national savings each month over the last 10 years with net deposits with building societies and local authorities.

Figures of net savings each month over the last 10 years are not available for all three savings media. Quarterly figures are as follows:

	National Savings*	Building Societies†	£ million Local‡ Authorities
1956
1st qtr.	31	33
2nd qtr.	−16	33
3rd qtr.	26	35
4th qtr.	45	49
1957
1st qtr.	75	42
2nd qtr.	29	49
3rd qtr.	7	38
4th qtr.	−40	38
1958
1st qtr.	25	37
2nd qtr.	33	44
3rd qtr.	65	48
4th qtr.	76	69
1959
1st qtr.	137	80
2nd qtr.	101	67
3rd qtr.	77	57
4th qtr.	74	65
1960
1st qtr.	126	61
2nd qtr.	81	52
3rd qtr.	68	40
4th qtr.	63	52
1961
1st qtr.	124	59
2nd qtr.	70	52
3rd qtr.	16	41
4th qtr.	4	52
1962
1st qtr.	91	84	63
2nd qtr.	49	87	44
3rd qtr.	29	89	43
4th qtr.	68	112	35
1963
1st qtr.	148	126	26
2nd qtr.	51	107	27
3rd qtr.	58	120	20
4th qtr.	58	142	31
1964
1st qtr.	133	151	28
2nd qtr.	89	129	17
3rd qtr.	73	107	12
4th qtr.	61	116	63
1965
1st qtr.	96	93	109
2nd qtr.	28	100	80
3rd qtr.	−35	227	46
4th qtr.	—	238	—
* Figures are for increases in totals outstanding.
† Figures are for net increases in shares and deposits outstanding.
‡ Figures are for loans and mortgages from the personal sector: they are not available before 1962.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the Government expenditure overseas on military services, economic grants, and subscriptions and contributions to international organisations, respectively, between 1st January and 30th September 1964, and 1st January and 30th September 1965.

The figures are given in Table 4 of the appendix to the quarterly article on the U.K. balance of payments published in Economic Trends in December, 1965. A copy is in the Library.

asked the Minister of Health how much money has been made available to university health clinics by his Department for general health advice and for contraceptive advice and devices, respectively; and from which Estimates it has come.

None.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will allow minor changes proposed by the Local Government Commissioner which are in draft to continue through to public inquiry and final decision by the Minister.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will keep the Local Government Commission in being so far as it is necessary to allow it, in appropriate cases, to make recommendations for minor boundary changes which are urgently necessary.

It would not be practicable to keep the Local Government Commission in existence for so limited a purpose. Nor would it be appropriate to institute some special procedure for dealing with a particular category of the Commission's draft proposals. Powers for making boundary alterations are available under the Local Government Act 1933, however, and I can see no reason why these should not be used where a change is agreed between a county and a county borough.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table which sets out the statutes whose enforcement or operation falls within the responsibility of his Department or of local or other public authorities under the guidance or surveillance of his Department and which provide for the licensing, registration or inspection of persons, premises or institutions of a particular kind, identifying in each case the authorities or persons by

Enactment		Authority responsible for inspection etc.
1.	Truck Acts, 1831 to 1940	Ministry of Labour (Factory Inspectorate)—as regards factories.
2.	The Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act, 1920	Ministry of Labour (Factory Inspectorate)—as regards factories.
3.	Hours of Employment (Conventions) Act, 1936	Ministry of Labour (Factory Inspectorate)—as regards factories.
4.	Road Haulage Wages Act, 1938	Ministry of Labour (Wages Inspectorate).
5.	Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1938	Ministry of Labour (Factory Inspectorate)—as regards railway and certain other employments covered by Section 3(2).
6.	Disabled Persons (Employment) Acts, 1944 and 1958	Ministry of Labour.
7.	Aliens Order, 1953. (S.I. 1953/1671)	Ministry of Labour—as regards the issue of work permits under Article 4.
8.	Baking Industry (Hours of Work) Act, 1954	Ministry of Labour (Wages Inspectorate).
9.	Trading Representations (Disabled Persons) Act, 1958	Ministry of Labour.
10.	Wages Councils Act, 1959	Ministry of Labour (Wages Inspectorate).
11.	Factories Act, 1961	(a) Fire authorities—as regards provisions relating to fire (except in Crown premises).
		(b) District Councils—as regards provisions relating to sanitary conveniences and certain other minor matters (except in Crown premises).
		(c) Appointed Factory Doctors—as regards the powers of inspection, special enquiry and examination of employed persons conferred by Section 151.
		(d) Ministry of Labour (Factory Inspectorate)—as regards other provisions.
12.	Commonwealth Immigrants Act, 1962	Ministry of Labour—as regards the issue of vouchers under Section 2(3).
13.	Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963	(a) Fire authorities—as regards provisions relating to fire (except in Crown, local authority, railway and certain other premises).
		(b) Ministry of Labour (Factory Inspectorate)—as regards Crown, local authority, railway and certain other premises, in relation both to fire and other provisions.
		(c) Local authorities—as regards other premises covered by the Act (except those forming part of a mine or quarry).

I am satisfied that, in general, enforcement is effective. The implementation of the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act is, however, still in its early stages.

asked the Minister of Labour if he will estimate the number of people employed in the administration of betting.

It is provisionally estimated that there were 59,000 employees in employment in betting in November, 1965. A revised estimate will be available in the near future and I will write

The following table shows the statutes and the authorities responsible in each case:to the hon. Member to give him the figures.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many youths had been detained in detention centres in Scotland up to the end of 1964.

1,883 (of whom 138 were in detention centres at the end of 1964).

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many youths were sentenced to be detained in detention centres in Scotland in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965.

The figures are as follows:

1962	309
1963	473
1964	585

The number of sentences imposed in 1965 is not yet available but 575 youths were received into Scottish detention centres during the year.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many youths were in custody in detention centres in Scotland at the end of 1965.

141.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will draw the attention of the Geddes Committee to the case of the Swedish cruising liner "Kungsholm" whose delivery by a shipbuilding firm has been delayed, owing to absenteeism, in view of the extent to which such cases prejudice future orders from British yards.

I am sure that the Geddes Committee, whose report is expected before the end of this month, will have had all relevant information in mind when considering the problem of delivery delays.

asked the Minister of Transport what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards the construction of motorways to be financed by tolls.

The Government's present policy is that tolls should be charged on expensive new river crossings and the Severn Bridge Tolls Act 1965 is an example of this.

asked the Minister of Transport what are her road proposals for the County of Nottingham, including the A46; and whether any variation is proposed for economic reasons.

The following schemes costing over£100,000are programmed:

A.1 provision of dual carriageways between Newark by-pass and Nottinghamshire/Kesteven boundary.

A.614 dualling from Nottingham CBC boundary to roundabout junction with A.60, Loughborough Road.

A.610 Nottingham CBC boundary to M.1 motorway link at Nuthall.

A.60 Mansfield Inner Ring Road, Nottingham Road to Leeming Street.

A.614 dualling including Clifton Bridge over River Trent.

A.6008 Theatre Square improvement.

A.612 London Road: widening from Station Street to Canal Street.

A.610 Cinderhill roundabout to City boundary (continuation to M.1 motorway link at Nuthall in County Council area).

Nottingham Inner Ring Road, eastern sector phases 1 and 2.

The starting dates will be subject to the arrangements announced on 9th February in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, North, the right hon. Member for Rushcliffe and the hon. Member for Surbiton.

asked the Minister of Transport if she will list the sums she plans to spend on new road construction and improvements in the administrative counties of East Suffolk, West Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, respectively, over each of the next four years.

This information is not readily available.I am writing to the hon. Member.

asked the Minister of Transport what is the latest number of motor cars on the roads.

8,917,000 were in use during the quarter ended 30th September, 1965.

asked the Minister of Transport what is the average delay in the dispatch of postal applications from the Wimbledon Motor Taxation Office of applications for vehicle licences.

I am told that the average time between the receipt of properly completed postal applications and the dispatch of licences is four days.

asked the Minister of Transport if, in the light of the dispute over pay between the National Union of Railwaymen and the British Railways Board, she will now give a general direction to the Board, in the public interest, to appoint management consultants to look into the negotiating machinery and to report on labour relationships in the industry.

No. This would not be an appropriate subject for a general direction. The negotiating machinery, and other important issues affecting labour relations in the industry, will be discussed at a meeting which my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister is having with representatives of the Unions and the British Railways Board on 11th March.

asked the First Secretary and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs whether he will state the total staff of the East Midlands Planning Board, detailing the various grades of civil servants employed; and what is the cost of this office.

There are 12 staff in the office of the Chairman of the East Midlands Planning Board and their salaries are about £17,000 per annum. The staff consist of:

• 1 Assistant Secretary.
• 1 Chief Executive Officer.
• 1 Senior Executive Officer.
• 1 Executive Officers.
• 2 Clerical Officers.
• 2 Clerical Assistants.
• 1 Private Secretary.
• 1 Shorthand Typist.
• 1 Typist.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will estimate the reduction in housing subsidies that would result from confining the additional payment for blocks of four storeys or more to the major conurbations

My right hon. Friend regrets that he cannot make any reliable estimate without a considerable expenditure of staff time, but he is sure the amount involved is very small in relation to the sum total of all housing subsidies.