asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations she has received from teachers' organisations regarding her recent circular on comprehensive secondary education.

I received a deputation from the National Union of Teachers, and representations have been made to me by three branches of the National Union of Teachers, against the circular. I have also met the Joint Four, which welcomed the circular.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make a statement of Government policy towards Centre Europeenne de la Récherche Nucleaire.

We shall continue to participate.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals she has for increasing facilities for autistic children.

Additional places for the special education of autistic children are being provided as part of a general increase in the educational provision for handicapped children, but not as a general rule in separate schools or units.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will introduce legislation to safeguard the position of experienced but unqualified teachers currently facing dismissal.

I refer my hon. Friend to my written reply on 16th July to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Hertfordshire, East (Sir D. Walker-Smith) and my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Yardley (Mr. Coombs).—[Vol 803, c. 244–5.]

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals she has on the teaching of the Welsh language in schools in Wales.

I shall be having consultations with my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales on this matter. I am not in a position to make a statement at present.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans she has for assisting in the building of new schools in the London Borough of Newham, in view of the local authorities special problems connected with finance, slum clearance, war damage, immigrant population increase and related matters; and what schools he estimates will be built within the foreseeable future.

Work is due to start this year and next on 10 new primary schools which will provide 3,500 places at a cost of over £1 million.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make a statement of the Government's policy towards the new polytechnics.

We endorse the rôle of the polytechnics as outlined in the White Paper of May, 1966.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will send a circular to local education authorities advising them to adopt a uniform practice on the question of meeting the additional cost of fares for schoolchildren over 14 years of age resulting from the withdrawal of fare concessions by London Transport and London Country bus services.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students have been accepted for colleges of education this September, how many for universities, and how many for degree and degree equivalent courses at polytechnics and technical colleges.

Acceptance of students by colleges of education, universities and further education establishments for September, 1970, is not yet complete.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schemes for the reorganisation of secondary education in Wales have been approved in each of the six categories laid down in Circular 10/65 of her Department.

Sixty-two. Of these 49 are all-through schemes 11–18 and 11–16; 11 are partly all-through and partly two-tier schemes with automatic transfer at 13 or 14. There is one sixth form college with 11–16 schools, and one scheme involving a 9–13 middle school. There are no two-tier schemes with optional transfer at 13 or 14.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schemes for reorganising secondary education in Wales prior to the issue of Circular 10/70 had been approved; how many schemes are currently lodged with her; and what proportion of secondary schoolchildren in Wales is covered by schemes approved by or lodged with her.

Sixty-two had been approved before Circular 10/70; 12 are under consideration by my Department. The answer to the third part of the Question is not readily available.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will introduce legislation to provide that teachers employed by local education authorities should maintain political impartiality in relation to the children under their care.

No. This is a matter not for legislation but for the proper exercise of their responsibilities by local education authorities and the managing and governing bodies of schools.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of secondary schoolchildren in the Northern Region is taught in comprehensive schools, grammar schools, technical schools and secondary modern schools, respectively.

In January, 1969, the last date for which figures are available, the percentages were as follows:

Comprehensive	26·4
Grammar	15·0
Technical	1·3
Modern	45·0
Other secondary	12·3

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average percentage of children, in the last five years, who were accepted for selective secondary education in those parts of the Upper Agbrigg divisional educational area where selection is retained; and what is the national figure.

According to information supplied by the West Riding local education authority, the answer to the first part of the Question is 30·6 per cent. A national figure on a comparable basis is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the building of a new school will be started to replace the present Swinton Fitzwilliam Junior Mixed School.

I cannot say. This school is one of 212 which the West Riding local education authority wishes to be considered for improvement or replacement. When it can be included in a major building programme will depend on the resources available and the relative priorities which the authority attaches to the schools in its list.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will sanction the provision of a large hall at or near to the Swinton Fitzwilliam Junior Mixed School, in view of the distance children have to walk at present for school meals.

Within the allocations made to it for minor works, which are mainly intended to provide additional places, improvements of this kind are a matter for the local education authority.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will seek powers in the near future to review the Bachelor of Education courses now being conducted in the universities.

No. The status of degrees, including the Bachelor of Education, and the content of courses leading to them are matters for the awarding university. This is, however, a topic relevant to the inquiry which I propose to arrange into the training of teachers.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated amount of public money to be spent on special buildings for the education of children suffering from spina bifida for the years 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974, respectively.

Special schools for physically handicapped children, including those suffering from spina bifida, are planned for building in 1970–71 and 1971–72 at an estimated cost of £1·5 million in each financial year. One of these schools, to start in 1970–71 at an estimated cost of £365,000, is designed solely for children suffering from spina bifida: the proportion of such children will depend on local circumstances at any given time. Estimates for later years are not yet available.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make proposals for eliminating from the field of secondary education the principle of selection and segregation of children at the age of 11-plus; and what consultations she has had with teachers' organisations.

I would refer the hon. Member to my speech in the House on 8th July.—[Vol. 803, c. 676–88.]

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will institute an inquiry into the selection of children for different types of school at 11-plus.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what action she is taking in the light of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation resolution to plan a conference in the rôle of the fundamental sciences in the evolution of societies and living conditions of mankind;(2) what action she is taking in the light of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation resolution calling for an overall study of the institutional organisation and financing of fundamental research at the national level, in which Government officers, scientists and students will participate.

These two recommendations are addressed to U.N.E.S.C.O. and will be for the U.N.E.S.C.O. General Conference to consider.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make a statement on Government policy towards the Open University.

As yet I have no statement to make.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals she has for increasing the supply of trained community centre wardens.

The present supply of newly-qualified community centre wardens is about six a year. Under arrangements announced in Circular 3/70, training agencies will provide 160 trained workers a year from autumn 1972, qualified for employment in both the Youth Service and community centres.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will seek to extend further the programme of nursery education in the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave in the House today to the hon. Members for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Renée Short) and West Lothian (Mr. Dalyell).

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will establish sufficient diagnostic units under the child guidance service to determine what type of school, special or otherwise, is most suitable for each individual subnormal or severely subnormal child.

These are matters for individual local education authorities and not for me.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now extend the terms of reference of the Younger Committee so as to enable it to consider whether the individual also needs protection against intrusions into privacy by the agents of government, national or local.

I do not think that this would be appropriate. Under its terms of reference, the committee is already charged with an important and far-ranging inquiry; and the activities of central and local government raise issues of a different character from those of private individuals and organisations.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to amend the Commonwealth Immigrants Act, 1968 to remove the sections discriminating on racial grounds against citizens of the United Kingdom born in former colonies.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to a Question from the hon. Member for Portsmouth, West (Mr. Judd) on 9th July.—[Vol. 803, c. 87.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his policy regarding the terms of reference of the Royal Commission on the Constitution, in view of Her Majesty's Government's proposals on the question of devolution.

My right hon. Friend does not have in mind any amendment of the commission's terms of reference. They are compatible with the Government's policies.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what amount of public funds he is expending on the inquiry into crimes of violence in England and Wales; and when he expects the inquiry to be completed.

The Institute of Criminology at Cambridge University is undertaking an inquiry into crimes of violence at an estimated cost to public funds of £27,000. A survey of current and completed research on crimes of violence and a descriptive and statistical survey of crimes of violence should each be completed early in 1972. An extension of a current study in delinquent behaviour, to obtain information on aggressive behaviour by teenage boys, will extend into 1974.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the extra cost to his Department of changing the employment basis of Commonwealth citizens entering this country to alien terms.

I would ask the hon. Member to await the Government's proposals.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that problems connected with former Commonwealth citizens who are now United Kingdom citizens are raised from day to day by these citizens with their Members of Parliament; and whether he will arrange the allocation of duties at the Home Office so that the Under-Secretary dealing with such matters is a Member of the Commons as was the case prior to 18th June, 1970.

I have no reason to suppose that the present arrangements are not working satisfactorily.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will enumerate the methods of publicity he plans to employ in October of this year to ensure that all householders are fully aware of the need to register all eligible residents in their households for the 1971 Electoral Register.

There will be publicity in the national and local press and on radio and television. My right hon. Friend is considering the detailed arrangements.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the annual cost of purchasing and maintaining the Panda cars as supplied to the police forces in Great Britain.

Because of the different designs of car in use and the different accounting arrangements adopted by police authorities the information is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now recast the system of immigration control in the light of the low immigration figures for May.

I would invite the hon. Member to await the Government's proposals.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will review the arrangements at London Airport for examining Asiatic and other coloured passengers who are solely in transit to a foreign destination and seek to minimise inconvenience caused to them.

Detailed examination of a Commonwealth citizen in transit to another country is normally unnecessary once it is established that he has both the means and the intention of proceeding at once to that country and is assured of entry there.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in HANSARD a typical week's menu of an adult male prisoner, costing 17s. 11d.

It would be misleading to publish a single menu as being typical. I am sending the hon. Member a selection of menus from a number of prisons.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will ensure that disciplinary action is taken against those officers of the Metropolitan Police who refuse to carry out the enforcement of the law at the request of the general public when evidence is supplied to them of the breaking of the law.

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is responsible for the operational and disciplinary control of his force.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action has been taken by the Metropolitan Police Force when summoned to the scene of evictions when the residential occupier is still in operation at the time of arrival of the police, and when the occupiers have been compelled to vacate the premises shortly before the police arrive.

The function of the police in either event is to prevent breaches of the peace, to make such investigations as are possible on the spot into possible criminal offences, to warn those concerned of possible offences under the Rent Act, 1965, and to report on any such offences to the local authority.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the difference in the treatment by the Metropolitan Police of different classes of offence and different sections of the population, he will seek powers to enable him to give directions to the Metropolitan Police on these matters.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to impose more severe sentences on those taking part in the traffic of illegal immigrants, in view of the disservice which this does to this country.

My right hon. Friend is considering this point in preparing the legislation on immigration which the Government intend to introduce this Session.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the number of illegal immigrants into Bradford has been so far this year;(2) whether he will call for a report from the Chief Constable of Bradford on the recent discovery of clandestine organisers of illegal immigration into the city.

My right hon. Friend has received a report from the Chief Constable of Bradford, whose inquiries are continuing. He is, as yet, unable to estimate the number of illegal immigrants who have come to Bradford.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement about his policy regarding the future of private bridge clubs at present governed by the Gaming Act.

My right hon. Friend is aware of, and sympathises with, the difficulties of some bridge clubs under the Gaming Act 1968. He is considering, in the light of representations from the English Bridge Union, how these might be overcome.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whet, he intends to publish the Maxwell-Stamp Report on the taxi trade in London.

As soon as practicable after my right hon. Friend receives it—which he expects to do very soon.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to prescribe the period after which a child may not be removed from a foster mother.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to a Question by the hon. Member for Brixton (Mr. Lipton) on 21st July.—[Vol. 804, c. 84–5.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the local concern resulting from the recent Blues Festival at Shepton Mallet which 150,000 young people attended, swamping the facilities and organisation provided by the promoter, and which the police were unable to control, and causing damage to property and endangering health, he will call for a report from the chief constable on the matter; and if he will make a statement.

I have asked the chief constable for a report and shall write to my hon. Friend.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will obtain from the chief constable a report stating the strength, recruitment and wastage of the City of Leeds Police Force at the end of each year from 1964 to 1969, and for 30th June, 1970.

The information is as follows:

	Recruitment	Wastage	Strength (31st December)
1964	92*	88*	876
1965	168*	65*	965
1966	127	69	1,036
1967	90	61	1,063
1968	78	80	1,062
1969	147	78	1,133
1970 (January-June).	60	38	1,154 (as at 30th June)
* Including transfers.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking in regard to signing the Council of Europe Au Pair Agreement; and when the contract of employment will be produced.

My right hon. Friend is in sympathy with the purposes of the agreement, and consultations are taking place between the Departments concerned. My right hon. Friend cannot yet make a statement about signature of the agreement, or say when a standard form of agreement for au pair girls will be introduced.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take steps to ensure that disciplinary action is taken to deal with the growing practice of police officers in the Metropolitan Police area who do not obtain road fund licences for their private cars and park them on yellow banded areas.

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is responsible for the disciplinary control of his force. I have no evidence to support the hon. Member's allegation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his policy regarding a reform of the law of trespass and if he will make a statement.

This matter is under consideration. My right hon. Friend hopes to make a statement in due course.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce regulations under the Consumer Protection Act 1961 to control the sale of unsafe electrical plugs, sockets and portable immersion heaters.

The Home Office has taken appropriate action to deal with certain imported plugs which have been the subject of recent criticism, but my right hon. Friend is not convinced of the need for regulations applying to plugs and sockets generally. A British Standard for portable immersion heaters is about to be published, and my right hon. Friend will consider the need for regulations in the light of its recommendations.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider introducing legislation to ban the use of the Union Jack as a symbol by political parties.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the recent shooting of seals off the East Coast; and what steps were taken to prevent unnecessary cruelty.

As I explained in reply to my hon. Friend's Question on 9th July, my right hon. Friend has at present no powers to impose restrictions on the killing of the common seal; nor has he any powers to control the methods used for killing seals until the Conservation of Seals Act, 1970 comes into force on 29th August, 1970.—[Vol. 803, c. 89.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that electors are not disenfranchised at elections due to their being genuinely on holiday.

My right hon. Friend is considering this suggestion.

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he has now completed his review of the surcharge on postage from Rhodesia; and if he will make a statement.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice (Mr. Wall) on 20th July.—[Vol. 804 c. 49.]

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether, in view of the representations made to him by members of the broadcasting profession that an inquiry should take place into broadcasting, he will make a statement about the future of Lord Annan's Committee before the Summer Adjournment.

I am not persuaded of the value of launching another major inquiry into broadcasting at this time. I propose to invite my Television Advisory Committee to undertake a study designed to identify the main technical questions and to report to me early in the new year. This will provide the basis for a more informed public discussion of the issues. I will then consider whether an inquiry into the structure of broadcasting after 1976 is desirable and, if so, what form it should take. The Government are grateful to Lord Annan for undertaking to serve as chairman of a committee of inquiry into broadcasting, but in the circumstances we have decided to release him from this commitment.

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if he is aware that people in the Ystradowen part of Cwmllyfell are unable to receive the BBC Wales television service; and what steps he will take to rectify this situation.

Yes. However, the B.B.C. plans to open a U.H.F. station at Carmel; and its service area will cover Ystradowen. Transmission of B.B.C. 2 should start in 1971; and of B.B.C. Wales later in the following year.

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he will give a general direction to the Post Office requiring it to authorise suppliers other than the Post Office to provide subscriber apparatus.

No. The Post Office already approves the connection to its system of a wide range of privately provided peripheral attachments.

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he is satisfied that the Post Office Users' National Council as at present constituted adequately represents the interests of telephone users; and whether he proposes to make any alterations.

The Post Office Users' National Council was appointed under the Post Office Act 1969 to look after the interests of Post Office users generally. Its members have been chosen so as to be representative of the great variety of customers served by the Post Office. I do not propose to make any changes

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (1) what is his policy regarding review or amendment of Section 24(1) of the Post Office Act. 1969;(2) whether he will set up a body to advise him on the exercise of the Post Office's monopoly powers granted under Section 24(1) of the Post Office Act, 1969;(3) whether he will institute an inquiry into the effects of the monopoly powers granted under Section 24(1) of the Post Office Act, 1969 on the development of the British telephone industry.

I shall, of course, be considering the powers in the Post Office Act, 1969, but have no immediate plans for more formal review.

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he will give an assurance that before authorising the British Broadcasting Corporation to inaugurate any new local radio stations he will first make a statement to the House about his plans for both commercial and British Broadcasting Corporation local broadcasting.

It would not be right for me to give such an assurance. I do not yet know how my plans will develop.

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications when he will complete his examination of the British Broadcasting Corporation's priorities, including its plans for local radio; and if he will make a statement before the start of the Summer Recess.

I am not yet ready to add anything to the answer I gave on 6th July to the hon. Members for Blyth (Mr. Milne) and Kingston upon Hull, North, (Mr. McNamara).—[Vol. 803, c. 311–12.]

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reply he has sent to the letter addressed to the Prime Minister by the Institute of Directors on 25th June regarding the need for reform of the taxation system.

My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister replied to this letter on 9th July, saying that he had drawn it to the attention of Treasury Ministers. The Institute's views on the need to simplify the tax system and reduce the burden of taxation are shared by the Government.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list separately the registered companies in which the State has a shareholding; and if he will state the percentage shareholding in each company.

Following is the information:

Name of Company	Government Shareholding (*) Per cent.
British Petroleum Co. Ltd.	48·6
Beagle Aircraft Ltd. (in liquidation)	100·0
British Sugar Corporation Ltd.	11·3
Cable and Wireless Ltd.	100·0
Cammell Laird (Shipbuilders and Engineers) Ltd.	50·0(†)
Compagnie Financiere de Suez	12·0(‡)
International Computers Ltd.	10·5
Itabira Iron Ore Co. Ltd. (in liquidation)	100·0
Power Jets (R. & D.) Ltd.	100·0
S.B. (Realisations) Ltd.(§)	100·0
Toplis & Harding (Middle East) Ltd.	99·8
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd.	10·9
(*) In terms of percentage of equity held.
(†) The Public Trustee holds these shares on behalf of the Minister of Technology.
(‡) Approximate.
(§) S.B. (Realisations) Ltd. is the holding company for the Government's share in Short Brothers & Harland (69·5 per cent.).

NOTE.—The table covers all companies in which Government Departments hold shares. Preference shares etc. in the above companies and a group of shares in mixed agricultural enterprises, such as agricultural co-operatives, have been excluded. The reports and accounts of the Nationalised Industries, the I.R.C. and other public corporations give information about their shareholdings.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much imported non-wool fabric was bought by the Government purchasing department in each of the three years 1967, 1968, and 1969; and what percentage of the total purchases this represented in each year.

I am arranging to have this information collected and I will then write to the hon. Member.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of Government advertising placed in each of the various national daily newspapers in the last ascertainable period compared with the previous similar period; and if he will include any nil returns.

The information for the last two financial years is as follows:

	Year ending	Year ending
	31.3.70	31.3.69
	£	£
Daily Express	366,130	257,479
Daily Mail	101,356	50,505
Daily Mirror	751,885	454,876
Daily Sketch	52,729	40,744
Daily Telegraph	303,293	275,399
Times	80,612	64,066
Sun	36,436	39,667
Guardian	33,854	31,163
Financial Times	45,097	45,566
Morning Star	—	—
	1,771,392	1,259,465

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of Government advertising placed in each of the following weekly journals for the last ascertainable period compared with the previous similar period and on what basis was the distribution determined, namely, New Statesman, Spectator, New Society, Punch, Tribune, and Time and Tide.

Figures for the last two financial years are given below. The distribution was determined on ordinary commercial considerations.

	Year ending	Year ending
	31.3.70	31.3.69
	£	£
New Statesman	1,484	—
Spectator	420	—
New Society	759	—
Punch	5,947	8,729
Tribune	—	—
Time & Tide	—	—
	8,610	8,729

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what basis the distribution of Government advertising is determined.

On the basis of ordinary commercial considerations.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the net incomes after tax of single men over a standard range of incomes assuming income wholly earned and wholly derived from investment and a comparable table showing the same cases but assuming that the recipient of the income is blind.

The figures are in the tables below. Table A shows the net income of a single person entitled to no more than the basic single allowance; table B gives figures for a single person entitled, in addition, to the maximum blind persons allowance of £100.

TABLE A
Income before tax	Net income after tax (wholly earned)			Net income after tax (wholly investment)
£ per week	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
11	10	1	0	9	0	10
12	10	14	7	9	12	7
13	11	8	2	10	4	4
14	12	1	9	10	16	1
15	12	15	4	11	7	10
16	13	8	11	11	19	7
18	14	16	1	13	3	1
20	16	3	3	14	6	7
25	19	11	2	17	5	4
30	22	19	1	20	4	1
40	29	14	11	26	1	7
50	36	10	9	31	3	8
100	69	8	10	58	6	0

TABLE B
Income before tax	Net income after tax (wholly earned)			Net income after tax (wholly investment)
£ per week	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
11	10	16	10	9	16	8
12	11	10	5	10	8	5
13	12	4	0	11	0	2
14	12	17	7	11	11	11
15	13	11	2	12	3	8
16	14	4	9	12	15	5
18	15	11	11	13	18	11
20	16	19	1	15	2	5
25	20	7	0	18	1	2
30	23	14	11	20	19	11
40	30	10	9	26	17	5
50	37	6	7	32	14	11
100	70	4	8	59	12	5

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish figures showing the net incomes after tax, but including family allowances, of married men with ten children over a standard range of incomes.

The figures are as follows:

		Net income after tax
Earnings		Married men with 10 children under 11*
£	£	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
per week	per annum	per week			per annum
11	572	19	18	0	1,034	18	0
12	624	20	18	0	1,086	18	0
13	676	21	18	0	1,138	18	0
14	728	22	18	0	1,190	18	0
15	780	23	18	0	1,242	18	0
16	832	24	18	0	1,294	18	0
18	936	26	18	0	1,398	18	0
20	1,040	28	18	0	1,502	18	0
25	1,300	32	16	9	1,707	10	0
30	1,560	36	4	8	1,884	1	0
40	2,080	43	0	6	2,237	5	0
50	2,600	49	16	3	2,590	8	0
100	5,200	83	15	5	4,356	5	0
* For those with earnings up to £20 a week there is no liability to tax, and the net incomes are the same, regardless of the ages of the children. At the higher levels of earnings shown in the table, the net income is greater than that shown if any child is over 11. For instance taking £40 a week earnings and assuming that two children are over 16, one 14, another 12 and all the others under 11, the net income is £44 4s. 3d. per week and £2,299 2s. 6d. per year.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons hold undated War Loan stock; what is the total value of their holdings at current price; and how many of these persons are retirement pensioners on fixed incomes.

There are some 900,000 War Loan accounts altogether, but the

						Net income of a married man with
Earnings £ per week						One Child			Two Children			Three Children			Four Children			Ten Children
						£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
11	…	…	…	…	…	11	18	0	13	2	0	14	7	0	15	12	0	23	2	0
12	…	…	…	…	…	12	14	9	13	18	9	15	3	9	16	8	9	23	18	9
13	…	…	…	…	…	13	8	4	14	12	4	15	17	4	17	2	4	24	12	4
14	…	…	…	…	…	14	1	11	15	5	11	16	10	11	17	15	11	25	5	11
15	…	…	…	…	…	14	15	6	15	19	6	17	4	6	18	9	6	25	19	6
16	…	…	…	…	…	15	9	1	16	13	1	17	18	1	19	3	1	26	13	1
18	…	…	…	…	…	16	16	3	18	0	3	19	5	3	20	10	3	28	0	3
20	…	…	…	…	…	18	3	5	19	7	5	20	12	5	21	17	5	29	7	5
25	…	…	…	…	…	21	11	4	22	15	4	24	0	4	25	5	4	32	15	4
30	…	…	…	…	…	24	19	3	26	3	3	27	8	3	28	13	3	36	3	3
40	…	…	…	…	…	31	15	1	32	19	1	34	4	1	35	9	1	42	19	1
50	…	…	…	…	…	38	10	11	39	14	11	40	19	11	42	4	11	49	14	11
100	…	…	…	…	…	71	9	0	72	13	0	73	18	0	75	3	0	82	13	0
Note: It is assumed that "clawback" would be abolished.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons are still entitled to repayments of post-war credits; and if he will indicate into what age groups these persons fall.

On the first part of the Question I would refer my hon. Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Kirkcaldy Burghs (Mr. Gourlay) on 21st July. As regards the second part information is not available but probably most of the people concerned are between 50 and 60.—[Vol. 804, c. 68.]

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the net incomes after tax, but including family allowances, of married men with one, two, three, four and ten children, on the basis that child allowances are withdrawn and family allowances are paid free of tax at the rate of 18s. per week for the first child, 24s. per week for the second child and 25s. per week for the third and subsequent children.

The figures are as follows:

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is yet able to make an announcement about the future of the Royal Mint.

Following a very careful review of all the relevant considerations the Government has decided that the transfer of the Royal Mint from Tower Hill to Wales should proceed. Instructions will shortly be given for the preparation of estimates and a master plan for Phase II. Decisions on the facilities to be included in Phase II will be taken as soon as possible.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the position of the Federated Superannuation Scheme for Universities in relation to the changes in the conditions for tax approval of retirement benefit schemes set out in the Finance Act, 1970; and if he will make a statement.

We have received representations seeking a measure of exemption for F.S.S.U. from the requirements of the Finance Act, 1970As the late Chancellor, Iain Macleod, made clear during the debates on the Finance Bill, we recognise that this legislation presents special problems for the F.S.S.U., and we are prepared to consider whether there is some acceptable way of easing their difficulties. I have authorised the Board of Inland Revenue to resume negotiations with representatives of F.S.S.U. and I hope that detailed examination of the problem will lead to a satisfactory and practical solution.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what estimate he has made of the effect on the size of the Civil Service of Great Britain's entry into the European Economic Community.

It is too early to make any precise estimate, but I would expect some increase in staff working on European Communities matters.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement on the progress towards a unified grading structure.

A study has almost been completed of a possible new grading and pay structure for the top levels of the Civil Service. A study is also in progress of the levels immediately below.We are also proceeding with the consideration of interim mergers covering:The Administrative, Executive and Clerical Classes;The Scientific Classes; andThe Works Group of Professional Classes and the classes associated with it.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement on the hiving off of areas of Civil Service work.

My right hon. Friend has already announced that he will make a general statement in the autumn on the structure of Government, and that he would not wish to deal with particular aspects in the meantime.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service how many persons have deductions made compulsorily from their wages or salaries at source to meet the expenses of bodies which maintain the standards of their trade or profession and for which the Government are responsible; and by which bodies.

I am writing to my hon. Friend.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service whether, in view of the high incidence of unemployment in the Easington constituency, he will provide Government establishments in the new town of Peterlee to alleviate the position.

The Government will consider areas of high unemployment sympathetically in dealing with the location of its offices, but I cannot give any undertaking with regard to specific places.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will set a time limit for the full implementation of the National Board for Prices and Incomes Report No. 146 on the pay and conditions of industrial civil servants; and if he will make a statement.

The recommendations made in the report for the next round of central pay negotiations have all either been implemented or are still under negotiation with the trade union side. It would not be appropriate to set a time limit on the negotiations but both sides are equally anxious to reach agreement as quickly as possible.The recommendations for the longer term are couched in much more general terms and require a good deal of study and consultations before they can be translated into practice. I cannot predict when it will be possible to announce the outcome.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service why industrial civil servants do not receive the same pay and conditions in respect of extra leave as non-industrial civil servants with the same length of service.

The question of extra leave for certain grades of industrial civil servants is at present under review, and the leave arrangements for non-industrials will be among the considerations taken into account. The lower non-industrial grades do not, however, all get extra leave based on length of service.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he proposes to ensure that public service pensioners will be protected from price rises by a two-yearly review of their pension levels; and whether he will make a statement.

This matter is receiving close and urgent attention, but my right hon. Friend is not yet ready to make a statement.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will ensure that future questions of doctors' remuneration will be referred to a general body concerned with remuneration and not one particularly concerned with the medical profession.

I would refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend's reply on 14th July to my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Mr. Money).—[Vol. 803, c. 195.]

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he will take to increase the funds available for the payment of earnings-related pensions.

I must ask my hon. Friend to await the Government's proposals for reconstructing the national insurance scheme.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when the report on Scientology, prepared by the hon. and learned Member for Northwich (Sir J. Foster) on behalf of his Department, will be ready for publication.

I would refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend's reply on 20th July to the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Ogden).—[Vol. 804, c. 11.]

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many retired people in receipt of State pensions live in the Greater London Council area.

It is estimated that in the Greater London Council area about 1·1 million men over age 65 and women over age 60 receive national insurance retirement pension or widows pension or supplementary pension.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many pensioners are over 70 years of age, how many over 75 years, and how many over 80 years.

We estimate that the numbers of retirement pensioners in Great Britain for the ages in question are about:

Age 70 and over	4·1 million
Age 75 and over	2·3 million
Age 80 and over	1·0 million

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many retirement pensioners are also in receipt of a rent allowance from his Department; what the real cost of this was in 1969–70; and whether he will obtain comparable figures for Northern Ireland.

In November, 1969, supplementary pensions were being paid to 1,650,000 retirement pensioners in Great Britain; of these 1,570,000 were householders and the amount allowed for rent in their assessments was running at the rate of some £136 million a year. It is not, however, possible to say how much of any given expenditure on supplementary pensions was paid in respect of rent since the pension paid is the amount of the difference between a person's resources and his requirements, including rent. My right hon. Friend is not responsible for the supplementary benefit scheme in Northern Ireland.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council will complete its inquiries into the vibration syndrome condition.

This inquiry is still proceeding but the council has submitted to my right hon. Friend an interim report on its progress to date, and this is to be published shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total cost to public funds of supplementary benefits paid to the families of employees involved in industrial disputes, and of administrative arrangements associated with such payments, in the first six months of 1970 and of each of the six preceding years.

Supplementary benefit payments made during trade disputes to strikers' families in the first six months of the year are as follows:

Year	£
1970	560,943
1969	259,802
1968	189,299
1967	50,600
1966	83,058
1965	40,265
1964	38,144

I regret that the information asked for on administrative costs is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much has been paid during disputes to strikers' dependants, and how much to strikers themselves on an urgent need basis, in national assistance/supplementary benefit, for each year since 1951.

Following is the information requested:

Year	Strikers' dependants	Strikers
	£	£
1951	37,524	Not available
1952	30,493	127
1953	10,896	141
1954	55,511	93
1955	153,466	2,114
1956	25,381	85
1957	121,718	445
1958	80,002	263
1959	65,959	1,093
1960	75,326	463
1961	90,366	1,001
1962	52,511	316
1963	26,876	147
1964	49,413	602
1965	65,763	173
1966	126,134	1,454
1967	375,330	1,770
1968	333,722	749
1969	747,141	1,401

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proposals he has concerning negative income tax; and whether he will make a statement.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will set up an inquiry into the feasibility of a negative income tax system designed to alleviate the problems of family poverty; and whether he will make a statement.