asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will take into account in fixing the guaranteed prices at the price review in February next the increases in metered water charges which in some parts of Hampshire have risen to 70 per cent.

Changes in the cost of water supplied to farmers will be taken into account at the Annual Review, together with all other relevant cost changes.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many access orders in the past five years have been made under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, 1949.

I have been asked to reply.No access orders have been made in the last five years. I gather that local planing authorities are generally able to negotiate access on a voluntary basis.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will make a statement on the sale of council houses by local authorities.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply to the Questions by my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Walton (Mr. Heffer) on 24th October —[Vol. 751, c. 431.]

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will send a circular to local housing authorities requesting them to report what arrangements they have for ensuring that disabled persons living in council houses receive those facilities which can best help them to lead a normal life.

Housing authorities meet the needs of the disabled by the adaptation of existing dwellings, by designing bungalows and ground floor flats so that they can be used by the disabled and by providing purpose-built accommodation.As my right hon. Firend, the Minister of Health, announced in answer to a Question on 23rd October, the Government Social Survey will be carrying out a study next year of disabled adults living at home with the object of ascertaining the extent to which they receive and need help from local authority services. The housing aspects of disablement will be included in the survey. I cannot anticipate the findings of the survey but, where local authorities already have disabled tenants in council houses, I have no reason to think that they are failing to provide adequate facilities for them. If the hon. Member has any specific case in mind, I shall be pleased to look into it.—[Vol. 751 c. 1332–1333.]

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what percentage of houses in England are over 80 years old.

Approximately 26 per cent. of the dwellings are over 80 years old.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the reason for the delay in approving the Hawkesly Street No. 2 Compulsory Purchase Order, Oldham, in respect of which a public inquiry was held and completed on 25th July.

I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to a Question by him yesterday on this compulsory purchase order. —[Vol. 753; c. 174.]

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government, in view of the time and cost involved for councils to trace owners of derelict vehicles and then to convey them to the pounds, if he will send a circular advising local authorities that it would be cheaper and easier for them to offer a nominal £2 fee for all cars driven to the councils' pounds and thus actively assist in removing these dangerous vehicles from the roads.

Before considering the hon. Member's suggestion my right hon. Friend would prefer to gain experience of the working of Part III of the Civic Amenities Act, 1967, the relevant parts of which do not come into operation until 27th January, 1968.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is aware that as from 27th January, 1968, under the Civic Amenities Act, local councils will have powers to remove and dispose of abandoned vehicles; and what action he has taken, or intends to take, to circulate and advise local authorities of the urgent need to avail themselves of this opportunity, in view of the number of such vehicles which are now on the roads and streets causing damage and injury to children who tend to play on them and causing explosions of the petrol tanks.

Yes. My right hon. Friend and his right hon. Friends the Minister of Transport and the Secretary of State for Wales sent a circular in August to local authorities drawing their attention to the provisions of Part III of the Civic Amenities Act, 1967, which deals with the removal and disposal of abandoned vehicles and other refuse. My right hon. Friends intend to issue another circular early next year when regulations are made. They have no doubt that local authorities are fully aware of their new powers and duties.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is aware that, under an agreement made in 1962, the Southampton Water Board have increased the charge for metered supplies to farmers in the Andover rural district, the Kingsclere and Whitchurch rural district, by an amount varying from 20 per cent. to 70 per cent.; and whether he is satisfied that this does not contravene the prices and incomes policy of the Government.

The increases end the preferential terms which a limited number of consumers have enjoyed for the past five years. They are now paying the same charges as other consumers supplied by the Southampton City Council. My right hon. Friend does not regard these increases as inconsistent with the policy.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he has now received the management study of development control by local authorities outlined in paragraph 27 of Command Paper No. 3333; and whether he will make a statement.

The report of the study group has been received. Its recommendations are being studied by my right hon. Friend and by the local authority associations who joined in sponsoring the study. The report is being printed and will be published before Christmas.

asked the Attorney-General how many cases under the statutory legal aid advice scheme were dealt with in each of the last three years; and what was the average remuneration received by the solicitor in each case.

The information required is set out in the table below:—

Year	Number of Legal Advice Cases	Average Remuneration of Solicitor per Case
		£	s.	d.
1964–65	58,593	1	19	1
1965–66	59,717	1	19	10
1966–67	61,981	2	0	0

asked the Attorney-General (1) if he will increase the income limits on persons seeking advice under the legal aid statutory advice scheme from the present maximum of £7 10s. 0d. to a more realistic figure;(2) if he will raise the maximum of £2 17s. 6d. per case payable to solicitors under the statutory legal advice scheme.

The Legal Aid Advisory Committee have invited the Law Society to make a detailed study of the existing procedure for legal advice with a view to providing a system under which a person without means to pay for a solicitor will be encouraged to seek legal advice under the scheme at the earliest stage. The existing scheme will also require amendments to enable advice to be given to people in custody. Income limits and the scales of solicitors' remuneration will be considered in the light of these requirements.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the acreage of land occupied by the armed forces in Scotland; and what was the figure for 1965 and 1963.

The following is the information:

Date	Total Area of Land in Acres
1963	60,002
1965	60,112
1967	59,408

asked the Secretary of State for Defence which types of aircraft he proposes to use at Aldabra.

There are no facilities for military aircraft at Aldabra, and the Government have taken no decision to create such facilities.

asked the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing, by professional and trade qualification, the number of emigrants from the United Kingdom in each of the past five years, and total capital resources removed from the United Kingdom by emigrants in each of those years.

The following table gives information on emigration from Great Britain. It is based on the International Passenger Survey, which began in 1963.

EMIGRATION FROM GREAT BRITAIN
Year	Total	Professional and Managerial Workers	Clerical and Manual Workers
1963	230,100	36,300	80,500
1964	271,700	44,400	99,300
1965	293,900	47,100	109,600
1966	301,600	48,400	108,700

Estimates for engineers, scientists and technologists based in part on non-official sources were published in the recent Report of the Working Group on Migration (Cmnd. 3417).Estimates for the total capital resources removed from the U.K. are available only for the non-sterling area (n.s.a.). It is estimated that between 1963 and the first half of 1967 the sums transferred to the n.s.a. over the official exchanges, and the sums restricted and available for transfer through the security sterling market or (in the case of emigration after 20th July, 1966) through the investment currency market, have been:—

SUMS TRANSFERRED OVER THE OFFICIAL EXCHANGES
(£ million)
1963	1964	1965	1966	1967 (first half)
12	12	15	21	11

SUMS RESTRICTED
1963	1964	1965	1966	1967 (first half)
10	19	26	26	7

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total grant from his Department to the Workers' Educational Association during each of the years 1960 to 1967, inclusive.

GRANT PAID TO THE WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Educational Year	Towards the teaching costs of providing courses of adult education £	Towards general Head-quarters expenditure £	Total £
1959–1960	111,214	1,000	112,214
1960–1961	120,139	2,000	122,139
1961–1962	131,759	2,000	133,759
1962–1963	136,051	2,000	138,051
1963–1964	160,444	2,150	162,594
1964–1965	172,971	2,300	175,271
1965–1966	191,610	2,300	193,910
1966–1967 (Estimated)	222,116	2,765	224,881

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will detail the occasions on which access to Mr. Gerald Brooke has been requested specifying in each case the results of the representations.

Mr. Brooke was arrested in April, 1965. Between then and May, 1966 he was visited on four occasions by Her Majesty's Consul and three times by Mrs. Brooke, who last saw her husband in February, 1966. Throughout this period the British Embassy in Moscow pressed on every possible occasion for more frequent consular access to Mr. Brooke. For example between 6th August and 30th September, 1965, the Minister at the Embassy made 14 approaches to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.After Mr. Brooke's transfer to a labour camp in May, 1966, many further requests for a visit by Her Majesty's Consul were made by the Embassy. These had no result, although in response to repeated enquiries the Embassy was informed in August, 1966 that Mrs. Brooke might visit her husband once a year. The Embassy continued to press for consular access on every possible occasion. The Prime Minister spoke about Mr. Brooke to Mr. Kosygin in Moscow both in February and in July 1966. In October, 1966 my right honourable Friend put the request for access to Mr. Gromyko in New York, and repeated it to Mr. Kosygin and to Mr. Gromyko in Moscow in November, 1966. Permission was then granted for an interview in Moscow between Her Majesty's Consul and Mr. Brooke which took place in December, 1966.The Embassy has continued to press for another visit by Her Majesty's Consul and for a visit by Mrs. Brooke frequently throughout 1967, but without result. The Prime Minister spoke to Mr. Kosygin in London in February this year and my right honourable Friend spoke to Mr. Gromyko in New York in September. He spoke to the Soviet Ambassador again in London on 25th October and the Permanent, Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office followed this up with the Ambassador on 6th November. Despite these repeated requests, permission for further visits by Mrs. Brooke and by Her Majesty's Consul has not yet been given.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will publish an up-to-date list of British citizens known by the Foreign Office to be held under duress in foreign countries, with the names of the countries and the charges, if any, made against each of them.

No. It is not our practice to publish the names of those undergoing prison sentences or under trial without their consent.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered the communication dated 31st October from the hon. Member for West Ham, North, together with photographs showing that a vehicle last licensed in July, 1967 was illegally on the road, illegally parked on a yellow band in London; and what action he has taken or intends to take in this instance.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply to a Question which he asked yesterday.—[Vol. 753; c. 152.]

asked the Minister of Labour how many wage settlements have been concluded during the period of extreme moderation in the incomes policy; how many workers are affected by these settlements; what is the average increase in rates and earnings arising from these settlements; and what is the corresponding information for salary earners.

Seventeen major wage settlements affecting about 790,000 workers, the average increase on minimum rates being 5·7 per cent. Five salary settlements cover about 340,000 workers and the average increase is 5·4 per cent. It is not possible to estimate the effect of these settlements on earnings.

asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to deal with the redundancies at E.C.C. Ltd., Wolverhampton.

Arrangements are being made to interview and register the workers. Everything possible will be done to help them find other jobs.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give detailed figures of Scotland's total receipts from all Exchequer sources.

I have been asked to reply. No apportionment to Scotland can be made of central government expenditure on military defence and other services the Great Britain total of which in 1966–67 (excluding debt interest and net lending) was £3,400 million. Central Government expenditure in Scotland which can be separately identified was about £770 million in that year. The details are:—

	£ million
Roads (including lighting)	33
Airports	3
Ports	…
Promotion of Local Employment	19
Agricultural Support	33
Agriculture and Fisheries Services	10
Forestry*	3
Housing	24
Environmental Services	4
Libraries and Museums	…
Police	10
Prisons	3
Other Law and Order (including Fire Services)	4
Education, excluding Universities etc.	18
Universities and C.A.T.'s	37
Health and Welfare	141
Children's Services	33
Benefits and Assistance	248
S.E.T. Additional Payments	3
General, Rate Deficiency and Equalisation and Transitional Grants to Local Revenues, etc.	129
Other Services, etc.	15
Total (rounded)	770
… Less than £1 million.
* Excluding Increase in value of stocks.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of expenditure on roads in the United Kingdom is to be spent in Scotland this year; and what it is to be in 1968–69.

The Roads &c., Scotland Vote for 1967–68 is 11·5 per cent. of the net total of the Votes for England, Scotland and Wales, but the Vote for England carries some items having general application to all roads in Great Britain. As regards 1968–69 I would ask the hon. Member to await the publication of the Estimates.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of trunk roads in Scotland is overloaded according to the standards of his Department.

I regret that I cannot give a figure for the present proportion. In 1965 about 30 per cent. of Scottish trunk roads were carrying more traffic than would be allowed for in designing new roads to the ideal standards, but this does not mean that they were necessarily congested or dangerous.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether it was with his authority that officials of his Department sent a congratulatory telegram from Dover House to the hon. Member for Hamilton on Friday, 3rd November; and if he will make a statement.

I wrote on 6th November to my hon. Friend the Member for West Lothian in the following terms:—

"I have your message this morning about a press report of a telegram from certain civil servants to Mrs. Ewing. I see Mrs. Ewing is reported as saying it came from London; but whether it bore to be sent from the Scottish Office, or whether it was genuine, I do not know. In any event I am confident that no senior official would so far forget his professional code as to have any part in such a thing and I do not propose to conduct any interrogation.'

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what Government financial assistance has been provided for the encouragement of sport in Scotland in each of the last two years.

The following grants were given:

	1965–66 £	1966–67 £
Scottish Council of Physical Recreation	78,730	115,624
National Voluntary Sports Organisations	18,613	27,583
Local Voluntary Sports Organisations	71,576	94,485
District Councils	20,838	33,284
Prototype Sports Centre, Glasgow	—	20,000
Totals	183,757	290,976

asked the Minister of Technology whether he will list the contracts so far placed under his preproduction order scheme for advanced

Company	Machine	Value £
Bennett Tools Ltd.	Double action spring coiling machine	17,000
Churchill-Redman Ltd.	Numerically-controlled P5 lathe	160,000
Ferranti Ltd.	3D inspection machines and drawing measuring machines	138,000
Alfred Herbert Ltd.	Eight different models of new machines including multi-spindle autos, machining centres and numerically-controlled turning machine	1,250,000
Hydra-Quip Ltd.	Variable speed hydraulic milling unit	41,000
Midland Machine Tool Co. (Birmingham) Ltd.	3-spindle turning and boring machine	44,000
Molins Machine Co. Ltd.	3-axis numerically-controlled twin spindle milling machine	140,000
Stats System Ltd.	Pre-setting tooling systems for Warner & Swasey 2AC lathe	28,000
Wickman Lang Ltd.	Numericon lathe	90,000

asked the Minister of Technology which Government Departments under the Development of Inventions Act, 1965, have asked the National Research Development Corporation to undertake projects on their behalf at the Department's risk and expense; and if he will give details of the financial out-turn so far.

The National Research Development Corporation has been asked to undertake only one project at a Government Department's risk and expense.The Corporation is managing on behalf of my Department a scheme intended to encourage the wider use of numerically controlled machine tools by enabling suppliers to offer them to customers on a "sale or return" basis. Twelve manufacturers are participating in the scheme and three machine tools have been sold and delivered. Further sales are in prospect. The scheme is capable of supporting sales to a total value of £3½ million–£4 million. It is not at this early stage possible to assess its financial outcome.The response to the scheme from users has so far been very limited. I welcome this opportunity of drawing attention to

Pre-production orders for advanced machine tools and associated equipment have so far been placed to a value of £1,908,500. Following are the details:—it and very much hope that industry will appreciate its advantages.

asked the Minister of Technology whether he will now make a statement on the structure of the electronics industry and its relationship with the Post Office.

Not yet. But the rationalisation following the GEC-AEI merger will strengthen the industry.

asked the Minister of Technology if he will list the universities and technical colleges at which his Department is helping to set up low-cost automation centres.

My Department is helping to establish low-cost automation centres at:—

• Paisley College of Technology.
• Heriot-Watt University.
• Welsh College of Advanced Technology, Cardiff.
• Sheffield College of Technology.
• Nottingham Regional College of Technology.
• Leicester Regional College of Technology.
• University of Birmingham.
• Bristol Technical College.
• Gloucester Technical College.
• Borough Polytechnic.
• West Ham College of Technology.

asked the Minister of Technology whether he will list the 27 contracts totaling £1·52 million under his

No.	Firm	Subject	Period of Contract		Total Cost £	Min. Tech. Liability £
1.	I.C.T.	Design automation	2 years to 9.67	…	92,000	46,000
2.	I.C.T.	Optical store	2¼ years to 11.67	…	73,000	36,500
3.	S.T.C.	Speech recognition	2 years to 10.68	…	100,000	50,000
4.	B.T.R.	Fluid logic	2 years to 9.67	…	52,000	26,000
5.	I.C.T.	Interconnected integrated ciruit modules	2 years to 12.67	…	77,000	38,500
6.	I.C.T.	Fluid logic	2 years to 12.67	…	65,700	32,850
7.	Ferranti	Bipolar transistor store	2 years to 2.68	…	31,000	15,500
8.	Mullard	MOST store	1½ years to 6.67	…	154,000	77,000
9.	Plessey	Plated wire mass store	1½ years to 9.67	…	52,000	26,000
10.	Plessey	High speed plated wire memory system	1 year to 6.67	…	27,500	13,750
11.	Plessey	Production control	1 year to 6.67	…	26,100	13,050
12.	Mullard	Character recognition	16 months to 8.67	…	32,000	16,000
13.	I.C.T.	Basic machine language	2 years to 7.68	…	106,000	53,000
14.	Bedford Computer Services Ltd.	Production control	2 years to 5.68	…	60,000	30,000
15.	Freelance Programmers	Programs for B.S. specifications	8 months to 5.67	…	1,600	800
16.	Ferranti	Further integration of digital computers	2 years to 6.68	…	109,000	54,500
17.	Plessey	High speed digital sub-systems	2 years to 6.68	…	100,000	50,000
18.	Plessey	Optical Character Recognition	1 year to 11.67	…	30,000	15,000
19.	G.E.I.R.	Software Programming Language	1 year to 10.67	…	35,000	17,500
20.	I.C.T.	Visual Display Software	1 year to 2.68	…	30,000	15,000
21.	Elliott	Multi Access	1 year to 12.67	…	57,500	28,750
22.	Elliott	Graphical Data Processing	1½ years to 6.68	…	58,200	29,100
23.	Plessey/B.T.R.	Automatic Speech Recognition	1 year to 1.68	…	24,000	12,000
24.	Plessey	H.S. Digital Light Beam Deflectors	14 months to 4.68	…	27,700	13,850
25.	S.T.C.	Magnetic Printer	1 year to 12.67	…	23,000	11,500
26.	I.C.T.	H.D. Magnetic Recording	1 year to 7.67	…	54,000	27,000
27.	Ferranti	Fast Logic Gate	1 year to 31.5.68	…	27,500	13,750
		Total		…	1,525,800	762,900

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that in the first half of 1967 the value of footwear exported to the Soviet Union increased by 113 per cent. compared with the first half of 1966; and what was the reason for this increase.

Yes. I welcome this increase and realise that British footwear manufacturers have made special efforts to export to this market.

The list is as follows:

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the cost to the Patent Office of processing a request for an extension of time from 12 months to 15 months within which to file a complete specification pursuant to a patent application filed originally with a provisional specification; what relationship this cost bears to the fee charged on such a request; what proportion of such requests is estimated to come from United Kingdom applicants; and what falls in the annual receipts of the Patent Office he estimates would result from reducing the fee charged to £1 and to 10s. respectively.

This fee is intended to encourage applicants to file specifications within the normal period of 12 months rather than to reflect the actual cost of processing requests for extensions of time. It was first fixed at £2 in 1885, and was increased with other fees to £3 in 1955 and £3 10s. 0d. in 1964 to compensate for the fall in the value of money. At least 90 per cent. of such requests come from United Kingdom applicants. If the fee were reduced to £1, the receipts would fall by £7,500, and by £9,000 if it were reduced to 10s. Any loss so occasioned would need to be offset by a rise in other fees as the Patent Office aims to balance expenditure by receipts.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the location of the advance factories in Scotland in which 515 people have been employed for the first time between 3rd July and the latest count in August, 1967.

Bellshill, Blantyre, Carluke, Cumnock, Queenslie and Stranraer.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the sum spent by British tourists in the overseas sterling area in the 12 months ended 31st October, 1967; and how this compares with the 12 months ended 31st October, 1966 and 1965.

£43 million (provisionally), £40 million and £38 million in the nine months ended 30th June, 1967, 1966 and 1965, respectively. Information for the quarter ended 30th September, 1967 is not yet available, but £35 million was spent in the third quarter in 1966 and £36 million in 1965.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement setting out the various official forms of credit available to exporters.

I assume that my hon. Friend has in mind the guarantees pro- vided through the Export Credits Guarantee Department, which enable exporters to get finance for export credit on favourable terms from the banks. The facilities available are described in Board of Trade Export Handbook No. 2 and, somewhat more fully, in the booklet "E.C.G.D. Services". I am sending copies to my hon. Friend.

asked the President of the Board of Trade why two forms, described respectively as Notice of Increase and Statement of Increase, are required for the registration of increase in nominal capital of a company; and if he will now dispense with one of these forms.

The Notice of Increase is a Board of Trade form required under Section 63 of the Companies Act, 1948, and the Statement of Increase an Inland Revenue form required under Section 112 of the Stamp Act, 1891. The two forms serve different purposes. I will consider, however, whether it is possible to combine the forms.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is satisfied that, following the report of the Monopolies Commission and his agreement with the detergent manufacturers, the new square deal brands are being adequately promoted; and whether he will make a statement.

The two manufacturers concerned agreed to use their best endeavours and marketing skills to launch these new reduced-priced brands in a thoroughly commercial manner, and I have seen no evidence to suggest that they are acting otherwise. It has always been understood that these brands would be less heavily promoted than the higher-priced branks. I shall, however, continue to watch the situation.

asked the Minister of Transport if she will state the total number of accidents, and the proportion by rail and road, respectively, which have been due to high speeds of transport.

No statistics are available of the number of accidents, either by rail or by road, which were caused by high speed alone. Accidents are nearly always due to the interaction of a number of factors, of which excessive speed may be one.

asked the Minister of Transport when work will begin on a by-pass for Witney; and if she will make a statement.

No forecast can be given of when work on this expensive scheme could start. It has not yet been possible to include it in the trunk road programme because of the higher priority of other schemes.

asked the Minister of Transport if she will give details of the accident which caused the M4 to be closed for part of one evening recently; how many casualties there were; what proceedings are being taken against any of the drivers involved; and what lessons are to be learned from this accident.

The westbound carriageway of the M4 was closed for approximately two hours on Friday evening 3rd November as a result of the cumulative effect of 15 accidents. Fifteen casualties are known to the police; in four cases injuries were serious. Police inquiries are still proceeding as to what action, if any, will be taken against drivers involved. Weather conditions were bad at the time with heavy rain and muddy spray reducing visibility. The lesson to be learned is that in such conditions drivers must reduce speed and exercise great care.

asked the Minister of Transport if she will give details of the accidents which caused long hold-ups on the M1 on successive evenings recently; how many casualties there were; what proceedings are being taken against any of the drivers involved; and what lessons are to be learned from these accidents.

I assume the hon. Member is referring to the accidents that occurred on M1 in Hertfordshire in October. There were 58, involving altogether 186 vehicles. There was one fatal injury, and 2 serious and 24 slight injuries. 3 prosecutions are pending.The accidents occurred on lengths of road where reconstruction works are being carried out on the hard shoulders. In these areas the slow lane takes the place of the hard shoulder and normal traffic is restricted to two lanes. During peak periods these restrictions reduce the speed of traffic flow and call for increased patience on the part of drivers.The police have said that the cause of the accidents is impatience and bad driving.

asked the Minister of Transport if she is aware that on the unlighted section of the M4 there are no reflector studs on the right-hand edges of the carriageways where they join the centre strip; and if she will have this defect remedied.

The Panel on Road Markings appointed by the Road Research Board has recommended revised standard edge markings for rural motorways. These will include amber reflecting roadstuds on the off-side edges of the carriageway. The new standards will be provided on all future rural motorways and will be installed on existing motorways as soon as is practicable.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fees and prices charged by Government Departments and other central Government agencies have been increased wholly or partly to cover the incidence of Selective Employment tax on civil employment by the central Government.

I regret that this information is not available centrally, and its compilation would involve disproportionate cost.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much a salary of £3,000 before tax would have to be increased to maintain the purchasing power as at October, 1964.

A single man earning at the rate of £3,000 in October, 1964 would need £3,393 today to maintain the same purchasing power. The corresponding figure for a married man without children is £3,395 and for a married man with two children both under 11 is £3,402.These figures take into account Income Tax, family allowances and the social

Department		Nature of Assignment	Consultants Used
Ministry of Aviation	…	Review of American experience in the application of technological developments arising out of Government sponsored aerospace programmes	Arthur D. Little Limited
Ministry of Aviation	…	Investigation of industrial experience in development and application of cost estimating to the department	Associated Industrial Consultants Limited
Ministry of Aviation	…	To review Functions, Staffing and Organisation of Directorate of Accountancy	Cooper Brothers and Company
Ministry of Aviation	…	Cost Estimating Study; preparation of Case Histories on specified items	P.A. Management Consultants Limited
Ministry of Aviation	…	Preparation of Code of Practice on Cost Estimating	A.I.C. Limited and P.A. Management Consultants Limited
Ministry of Aviation	…	Syllabus etc. for Project Management Training Course	A.I.C. Limited
M.O.D. (Central)	…	Operational Research Study of maintenance standards	P.A. Management Consultants Ltd.
M.O.D. (Central)	…	Operational Research Study of loading and unloading of stores	Corporation for Economic & Industrial Research Limited
M.O.D. (Air)	…	Survey of the organisation and effectiveness of the R.A.F. Careers Information Offices and Schools Liaison Organisation	S.A. International Limited
M.O.D. (Air)	…	Efficiency at Industrial establishments; feasibility of budgetary systems and incentive schemes	P.A. Management Consultants Ltd.
M.O.D. (Army)	…	Operational Research study of development control for new projects	Metra Sigma Martech
M.O.D. (Army)	…	Operational Research study of process of formulating typical weapon requirements	Metra Sigma Martech
M.O.D. (Army)	…	Review of administrative activities in B.A.O.R.; with reference to organisation, methods and cost effectiveness	Cooper Brothers and Company
M.O.D. (Army)	…	Training in Network Analysis and application to a number of large projects	Management Sciences Limited and A.I.C.
M.O.D. (Army)	…	Study of the application of Value Analysis in particular Army Department activities	Mead Carney & Company Limited
M.O.D. (Army)	…	4 Value Analysis or Value Engineering studies of individual weapons	Mead Carney & Company Limited
M.O.D. (Army)	…	Value Engineering study of fuses	Production Engineering Research Association
M.O.D. (Army)	…	System Analysis and systems programming at Royal Armament R&D establishments	Corporation for Economic and Industrial Research
M.O.D. (Army)	…	Costing in R & D establishments and other locations	Cooper Brothers and Company
M.O.D. (Army)	…	Review of organisation, procedures and staffing for costing in R.E.M.E.	Cooper Brothers and Company
M.O.D. (Army)	…	To assist in evaluation and implementation of reports on costing in R.A.O.C. and other supply organisations	Cooper Brothers and Company

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will list the management consultancy assignments which have been started or completed in the public sector during the last two years, giving the general nature of the consultancy and the name of the consultant in each case.

My Department's records show that the following management consultancy assignments for Government Departments other than the Post Office have been started or completed since March, 1965:

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many senior civil servants have attended a graduate business school in each of the last two years.

Two in the training year 1st August, 1965 to 31st July, 1966 and 14 in the year 1st August, 1966 to 31st July, 1967. In addition, the Post Office nominated directly three officers in 1965–66 and five in 1966–67.

EXPENDITURE PER HEAD OF POPULATION 1966–67
			Total Public Expenditure						Central Government Expenditure†
Service*			Scotland			England and Wales			Scotland			England and Wales
			£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Roads (including Lighting)	…	…	9	19	11	8	4	10	6	6	0	4	8	2
Airports	…	…		12	9		7	8		12	9		4	1
Ports	…	…		16	7		12	4			5		—
S.E.T. Additional Payments	…	…		13	1		15	9		13	1		15	9
Promotion of Local Employment	…	…	3	12	1		9	3	3	12	1		9	3
Agricultural Support	…	…	6	6	0	4	0	7	6	6	0	4	0	7
Agriculture and Fishery Services	…	…	1	19	4		13	7	1	19	4		12	0
Forestry‡	…	…		11	2		1	7		11	2		1	7
Housing	…	…	32	15	9	16	10	4	4	12	1	1	18	4
Environmental Services	…	…	15	10	11	12	11	8		15	0		10	7
Libraries and Museums	…	…		11	11	1	3	8		2	4		4	10
Police	…	…	4	4	4	4	16	6	1	18	11	2	2	5
Prisons	…	…		13	1		11	9		13	1		11	9
Other Law and Order (including Fire Services)			1	17	0	2	6	2		15	10		17	8
Education (excluding Universities etc.)	…	…	31	14	11	27	15	4	3	10	2	1	5	3
Universities and C.A.T.s	…	…	7	3	9	4	16	2	7	3	4	3	17	5
Health and Welfare	…	…	30	1	1	27	2	1	27	3	3	23	2	0
Children's services	…	…	7	5	8	6	10	2	6	6	0	5	11	5
Benefits and Assistance	…	…	47	13	11	44	14	6	47	13	11	44	14	6
General Rate Deficiency and equalisation and transitional grants, to Local Revenues, etc.		…		—			—		24	15	1	22	3	2
* As listed in Table 62 of the Digest of Scottish Statistics October, 1967.
† Including Transfers to other spending authorities within the Public Sector, other than consolidated fund loans to Local Authorities (not separately identifiable).
‡ Excluding increase in value of stock.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the expenditure per head of the population in Scotland, and England and Wales, respectively, on each of the services for which a separate calculation can be made for the year 1966–67.

The following table shows public expenditure and central Government expenditure per head of population in Scotland, and England and Wales, respectively, for 1966–67, on each of the services for which a separate calculation can be made.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of houses in Wales are over 80 years old.

About 31 per cent.

asked the Minister of Social Security what total amounts of social security benefits were paid to the families of dockers on unofficial strike in Liverpool for each week in September and October, 1967; and what number of payments was involved.

Assuming the hon. Member's Question relates to Supplementary Benefit paid, the following is the information requested:—

Week ending	Number of payments of Supplementary Benefit to families of strikers	Total amount of payments
		£
19th September*	NIL	NIL
26th September	NIL	NIL
3rd October	3,349	21,477
10th October	4,455	26,796
17th October	5,090	31,086
24th October	5,374	32,793
28th October	5,048	31,316
Total	23,316	£143,468
* The strike commenced on 18th September.

asked the Minister of Social Security what was the total amount paid in social security benefits to families of strikers in the last two years; and what proportion of this went to the families of those on unofficial strike.

I assume the hon. Member is referring to payments of National Assistance in the period up to 28th November, 1966 and of Supplementary Benefit thereafter. Payments of these benefits for the families of men involved in trade disputes of all kinds amounted to £223,583 in the two years ending 30th September, 1967, the latest date for which full information is available. A separate figure of the amount paid in unofficial disputes is not available.

asked the Minister of Social Security how many families were on the books of her Department in Rhondda at the most recent date who were reduced in their supplementary benefits because of the wage stop; and how this compares with the corresponding date last year.

On 26th September of this year 283, and on 27th September, 1966, 154. These figures relate to Rhondda Municipal Borough and surrounding localities.

asked the Minister of Social Security how many industrial widows in Scotland will have the Overlapping Benefits Regulations applied to them after 1st November, 1967.

I regret that this information is not available.