asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1972 and for each quarter since the beginning of 1978 (a) the landed price per ton of crude oil, (b) the ex-refinery or wholesale price of a representative barrel of petroleum products, and (c) the wholesale price of petroleum spirit.

Table 1 shows the average price of crude oil to United Kingdom refineries. All crude imports, and North Sea Oil landings where appropriate, have been taken into account in determining an average landed price. The data in table 2 is based on the net selling value of individual petroleum products—exclusive of taxes, trade discounts and commissions—which are available on a consistent basis only since 1973 in the business Monitor series of "Statistics" issued by Business Statistics Office.The data required to provide a meaningful annual average wholesale price of petroleum spirit could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Table 3 shows the average schedule price for four star petrol to industrial and commercial consumers in June of each year and at the end of each quarter since 1978 for deliveries of about 12,500 litres in the "outer zone price area"—that is, a relatively densely populated area relatively distant from oil refineries and major oil distribution centres. The prices may not be representative of those paid by individual consumers as discounts offered by the various oil marketing companies in their pricing policies have not been taken into consideration.

TABLE 1
AVERAGE LANDED PRICE OF CRUDE OIL
	£/ton
1972	8·90
1973	11·62
1974	34·16
1975	39·33
1976	52·22
1977	59·45
1978—
1st quarter	54·72
2nd quarter	55·93
3rd quarter	55·02
4th quarter	53·19
1979—
1st quarter	55·47
2nd quarter	62·78
3rd quarter	74·11
4th quarter	80·41
1980—
1st quarter*	98·24

TABLE 2
EX-REFINERY PRICE OF A REPRESENTATIVE BARREL OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
	£/barrel (excluding duty)
1973	1·82
1974	4·90
1975	5·97
1976	7·53
1977	8·67
1978—
1st quarter	7·90
2nd quarter	8·02
3rd quarter	8·03
4th quarter	7·89
1979—
1st quarter	8·46
2nd quarter	10·26
3rd quarter	12·39
4th quarter*	12·94

TABLE 3
AVERAGE SCHEDULE PRICE OF 4 STAR PETROL (OUTER ZONE)
	£/ton (including duty excluding VAT)
June 1972	102·72
June 1973	107·22
June 1974	150·84
June 1975	162·87
June 1976	195·51
June 1977	227·58
March 1978	227·58
June 1978	227·58
September 1978	227·58
December 1978	227·58
March 1979	221·64
June 1979	258·99
September 1979	225·39
December 1979	288·66
March 1980	319·11
June 1980	351·99
* Provisional.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what effect an increase of 50 per cent. in the real price of crude oil would have on the retail price index after six months.

It is extremely difficult ever to make reasonably reliable estimates for the indirect effects of such an increase, but, on the basis of such information as is available, it may not be altogether unreasonable to expect that a 50 per cent. increase in the real price of crude oil would eventually create an increase in the general index of retail prices of approximately 3 per cent. There are no estimates of the rate of growth of this figure over the period following the initial increase.The real price increase in the above estimates is taken to be the price increase over and above that of the retail price index itself.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what effect an increase of 50 per cent. in the real price of crude oil would have on the real price of refinery products, on average, at the wholesale and end-use stage; what would be the increase required in the ex-works price of competing fuels to bring their prices into line in terms of fuel efficiency; and what would be the overall effect in terms of fuel consumption.

A 50 per cent. increase in the real price of crude oil delivered to the United Kingdom would increase the average wholesale price of oil products, including duties, by 35 per cent. The end use price, including retailers costs and VAT where applicable, would increase by 30 per cent., given unchanged rates of duty and VAT.The relative efficiencies with which fuels can be used for heating and industrial processes can only be compared at the final consumer stage, and the relativities will vary from one type of consumer to another. However, in broad terms the increases in the delivered costs of oil stemming from a 50 per cent. increase in the cost of crude oil would have a similar impact on the fuel cost per useful therm as would a 30 per cent. rise in the delivered cost of electricity, 70 per cent. for coal and 95 per cent. for gas.It is difficult to analyse the effects of such a hypothetical array of increases on overall fuel consumption, but the results of some studies would suggest an initial reduction of around 10 per cent., with further long-term savings.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will elaborate his statement, Official Report, 19 June, column 597, and quantify the amount of gas at present flared that will be transmitted through the system.

I have nothing to add to the reply I gave my hon. Friend on 9 June.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the expected schedule for obtaining planning permissions and pipeline authorisations.

The timing of applications for planning permissions and pipeline authorisations would be matters for the organisations involved.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will make a statement on the seventh round of offshore licensing.

[pursuant to the reply, 1 May 1980, c. 606–7]: I wish to give the following further information.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what volume of gas liquids will be available for petrochemical development; and whether one or several fractionation plants are envisaged.

Gas liquids can be employed both for fuel and for petrochemical purposes. The BGC/Mobil gas gathering report (Energy Paper No. 44) suggests that from firm United Kingdom fields which might be connected to a new gas gathering system there could be, from the late 1980s, after meeting BGC specification gas requirements, some 3 million tonnes of liquids a year, in addition to the 4–5 million tonnes a year forecast to be available from systems already in existence or under construction. The number of fractionation plants involved will depend on the detailed systems adopted for gas liquids handling.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many women he estimates have lost their jobs as a result of the introduction of automated technology in offices and factories; and how many new jobs he estimates have been created in this process;(2) how many men he estimates have lost their jobs as a result of the introduction of automated technology in (

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many enforcement notices have been served by the Health and Safety Executive on each of the regional gas boards over the past five years; and how many prosecutions have been initiated by the executive in that period.

In the period from 1975 to 1979 HSE records show 16 enforcement notices served on the gas industry. To identify the individual gas boards to which the notices were issued would involve disproportionate cost.In this period the Eastern and Scottish boards were each prosecuted once.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how he proposes that the youth opportunities programme shall be modified in steel rundown areas so as to provide special attention to their needs.

[pursuant to his reply, 24 June 1980, c. 91–2]: I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission (MSC) that the youth opportunities programme is essentially geared to local needs and special programmes area boards took account of known forthcoming redundancies in preparing their plans for 1980–81. At this stage those plans are not being adjusted, since they are adequate to cope with need at present. They mine whether they are still meeting local will be reviewed later in the year to deter-needs.In the areas most affected by steel closures the MSC will be making particular efforts to overcome the difficulty in finding sufficient sponsors for YOP scheme, especially WEEP (work experience on employers' premises) to meet local needs.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and women are currently working short time in Wolverhampton, and in which

	Over 4 and up to 13 weeks	Over 13 and up to 26 weeks	Over 26 and up to 52 weeks	Over 52 weeks
April 1979	1,310	1,023	1,417	1,944
April 1980	1,843	1,551	1,813	2,076

The figures for April 1980 are not strictly comparable with those for April 1979 because of the introduction of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. Estimates by age or for local areas are not available but for the country as a whole the monthly figures for all unemployed from October 1979 are about 20,000 (1½ per cent.), higher than under weekly attendance.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of those unemployed in the Wolverhampton area are aged under 21 years; and how many have been unemployed for longer than three months, six months and one year, respectively.

[pursuant to his reply, 30 June 1980, c. 380–81]: The latest quarterly age and duration analysis, which is for 10 April, indicates that of all registered unemployed persons under 20 years of age in the Wolverhampton employment office area, 301 had been on the registers for over 13 and up to 26 weeks, 410 for over 26 and up to 52 weeks and 134 for over 52 weeks. Information for those under 21 years of age is not available.

My Department's statistics on short-time working do not provide information for local areas.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been out of work in Wolverhampton for (a) between one to three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six months to a year and (d) over a year; and how this compares with the figures of a year ago.

[pursuant to his reply, 30 June 1980, c. 380–1]: Following is the information at 10 April 1980, the latest date for which it is available, and at 12 April 1979 for the Wolverhampton employment office area.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether a doctor is eligible to register as an unemployed doctor.

[pursuant to his reply, 30 June 1980, c. 380]: Yes.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment, for each of the last 12 months, what proportion of those on work experience on employers' premises for the three regions of highest unemployment level have immediately secured employment on termination of their scheme.

[pursuant to his reply, 26 June 1980, c. 237]: I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information is not available in the form requested.A sample of young people leaving schemes is surveyed regularly. The sample is not large enough to provide separate regional results for work experience on employers' premises. For the four types of work experience scheme under YOP as a whole, the following table shows the percentages of young people leaving the programme in the three regions of

Percentage of young people entering normal employment on leaving the programme
	Entrants to YOP September-October 1978 per cent.	Entrants to YOP January 1979 per cent.	Rate of unemployment (all age) at mid-1979 per cent.
Northern	65	48	9·5
Wales	67	53	8·9
Scotland	68	64	8·8
BG	68	55	6·2

A sample survey of those entering the work experience element of YOP in June/July 1979 is in progress and the results will be available in the Autumn.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the total unemployed in the Liverpool travel-to-work area; and how this figure compares with the same period in 1979;(2) what is the percentage unemployed in the Liverpool travel-to-work area; and what was the percentage for the same period in 1979.

[pursuant to his reply, 30 June 1980, c. 381]: At 12 June, 1980 the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the Liverpool travel-to-work area was 64,899, an unemployment rate of 13·6 per cent. The corresponding figures at 14 June 1979 were 59,399 and 12·3 per cent.The June 1980 figures are not strictly comparable with those for June 1979 because of the introduction of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. Estimates for local areas are not available but for the country as a whole the monthly unemployment figures are about 20,000 (1½ per cent.) higher than under weekly attendance.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of vacancies in the Liverpool travel-to-work area; and what was the number in June 1979.

[pursuant to his reply, 30 June 1980, c. 381]: At 6 June 1980 there were 1,482 notified vacancies remaining unfilled at employment offices and 27 at careers offices in the Liverpool travel-to-work area. The corresponding figures at 8 June 1979 were 2,713 and 48.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what cuts in money terms will result from the reductions in the forward capital programme of the Manpower Services Commission.

[pursuant to his reply, 1 July 1980, c. 467]: I regret that this information is not available since the final allocations of the public expenditure cuts in the forward programme of the Manpower Services Commission have not yet been determined.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what additional unemployment in the building trades will occur as a result of the cuts in the capital programme of the Manpower Services Commission.

[pursuant to his reply, 1 July 1980, c 467]: The allocation of the cuts in the future programme of the Manpower Services Commission has not yet been determined and we cannot give any realistic estimates of the effect that these might have on employment in the construction industry.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will increase the retraining facilities in Liverpool, in view of redundancies at BXL Plastics Ltd.: and if he will make a statement.

[pursuant to his reply, I July 1980, c. 467]: I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that a wide range of training is available on Merseyside under its training opportunities scheme, and that this is expected to meet the needs of workers made redundant at BXL Plastics.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will take immediate steps to ensure that young unemployed persons in the borough of Walsall have a reasonable opportunity of very shortly obtaining employment.

[pursuant to his reply, 1 July 1980, c. 468]: The job prospects for school leavers, as for all other age groups, depends on the success of the Government's policies designed to reduce inflation and create a climate more favourable for industry and commerce which in turn will lead to increased economic activity and lower unemployment.I announced on 14 February that the Government had agreed to the proposal by the MSC to increase the size of the youth opportunities programme from 210,000 entrants in 1979–80 to 250,000–260,000 entrants in 1980–81. This will enable the Commission to continue to operate, under the programme, its undertakings to unemployed school-leavers and young people unemployed for 12 months or more. Both YOP and the two undertakings will continue to cover Walsall in 1980–81. Also, the temporary short-time working compensation scheme and the job release scheme will contribute towards reducing unemployment and helping hard-hit groups such as young people.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been made redundant in the cane sugar refinery industry in the United Kingdom in each year since the United Kingdom entered the European Economic Community; and if he will make a statement.

[pursuant to his reply, 1 July 1980, c. 466]: I regret that separate figures are not available for this industry.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in manufacturing industry since the beginning of 1980; and how the current total of jobs in manufacturing industry compares with the monthly totals over the last 12 months.

[pursuant to his reply, 1 July 1980, c. 468]: Precise information about job gains and losses is not available, but an indication of the net change can be seen by comparing the levels of the estimates of employees in employment at different dates.Between December 1979 and April 1980, the numbers of employees in employment (seasonally adjusted) in manufacturing industries in Great Britain fell by 143,000. The provisional estimates for each month from April 1979 to April 1980, the latest available, are as follows:

1979
April	7,044,000
May	7,043,000
June	7,035,000
July	7,030,000
August	7,019,000
September	6,993,000
October	6,959,000
November	6,937,000
December	6,915,000
1980
January	6,894,000
February	6,851,000
March	6,818,000
April	6,772,000

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing for the years 1954, 1964, 1974 and 1979 imports as a percentage of exports in the case of broad groups of manufactures, namely, textiles, corresponding to the

		Per cent.
				Imports
SIC		Imports Exports		Production (a)	Less exports
Order		1974	1979	1974	1979
III	Food, drink and tobacco(b)	476	322	26	20
IV	Coal and petroleum products	113	102	19	17
V	Chemicals and allied industries	73	73	37	43
VI	Metal manufacture	163	125	32	34
VII	Mechanical engineering(c)	60	65	40	46
VIII	Instrument engineering	92	98	97	129
IX	Electrical engineering	100	99(d)	41	60(d)
X	Shipbuilding and marine engineering(e)	396	101	130	57
XI	Vehicles	47	91(d)	30	66(d)
XII	Metal goods nes(f)	68	78	11	15
XIII	Textiles	97	119	32	50
XIV	Leather, leather goods and fur(g)	93	163	36	66
XV	Clothing and footwear	198	188	25	44
XVI	Bricks, pottery, glass, cement etc.	69	72	10	11
XVII	Timber, furniture, etc.	959	508	46	40
XVIII	Paper, printing and publishing	324	213	30	26
XIX	Other manufacturing	84	97	19	23

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the total of imports of steel into the United Kingdom from Brazil in 1979 and in the first five

	1979		January-March 1980
	Tonnes	£ thousand cif	Tonnes	£ thousand cif
Ingots, semi finished and finished steel	59,450	7,403	20,887	4,199
Alloy (including mangano-silicon and high speed) steel	1,318	1,341	451	481

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will confirm that the United Kingdom figures in table

Estimates for 1974 and 1979 are set out below in terms of the orders of the standard industrial classification 1968. Figures for years before 1968 are not available at this level of detail.months of the current year by volume and value; and what amount of special steels was included in the total.

[pursuant to his reply, 26 June 1980, c. 233]: The available information is as follows:F2 of the Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics include the erratic items and that United Kingdom figures available from statistics published by official international bodies of which the United Kingdom is a member also include these items.

Yes. I am not aware of any United Kingdom figures published by official international bodies which exclude these items.

asked the Prime Minister whether the Government intend to take action to compensate the poorer members of the Community for the fact that the proposed restrictions on imports of sheepmeat will bear most hardly on them.

The agreements being negotiated by the Community with third country suppliers of sheepmeat are intended to continue imports at traditional levels, not to reduce them, and would involve a reduction in the import duty. These arrangements together with the deficiency payments system of support secured for the United Kingdom are expected to benefit British consumers.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many slaughterhouses there are in Powys; how many of these may be closed because of Community regulations; and whether he considers the remaining number adequate to the needs of a major livestock-rearing area.

Seventeen, none of which is affected by Community regulations. I have no evidence to suggest that there is a shortage of slaughtering capacity in Powys.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide a breakdown of the contribution which the following sectors have made to the total production of agriculture in Wales for the last three years: milk and milk products, sheep, beef cattle, pigs, poultry, early potatoes, main crop potatoes, and horticulture.

The methodology of estimating the contribution of the various commodities to the value of agricultural output in Wales is currently under consideration. When the estimates are available I will write to the hon. Member.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the total production of agriculture in Wales for each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

The net output of agriculture, forestry and fishing in the last three years for which figures are available is estimated as follows:

	£ million
1975	167
1976	217
1977	260

Details of the production of crops together with livestock numbers in Wales are published in Welsh Agricultural Statistics.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions recently there have been raids by the immigration service and the police on the Hilton hotel in Park Lane; how many persons were (a) questioned, (b) detained and (c) considered to be illegally in the United Kingdom; and how many police and immigration officers were involved.

Only one such operation has been conducted recently. On 22 May immigration service officers and police officers went to the Hilton hotel to question a number of employees who were suspected of committing immigration offences. In the region of 100 people were questioned, of whom 35 were arrested. Eight of these were found to be illegal entrants, 13 were found to be overstayers, six were working in breach of their conditions, three were subject to deportation orders and one was a seaman deserter. Sixteen immigration service officers were involved, together with police officers who were deployed at the Hilton hotel, and at police stations and other premises in subsequent inquiries later the same day.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cells in Holloway designed for two are currently being occupied by three, four, or more women; how many cells designed for four are occupied by six, seven, eight, nine, 10 or more; and how many women are in rooms not designed for accommodation.

The accommodation at Holloway prison comprises cells designed for one person and dormitories designed for four persons. On 27 June 31 cells were occupied by two inmates and 28 cells by three inmates. No cells were occupied by four or more inmates. Two dormitories were occupied by six inmates, two dormitories by seven inmates and eight dormitories by eight inmates. No dormitories were occupied by nine or more inmates. No inmates were in uncertified accommodation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list the cell and dormitory accommodation in the women's section of the Risley remand centre, giving the certified normal accommodation and the current number of occupants in each case and the number of occupants now in rooms not designed for accommodation.

The women's section of Risley remand centre comprises 42 cells designed for one person, one dormitory for 12 and 31 hospital places. Out of a total population of 130 women and girls on 27 June, there were 66 in the cells, 31 in the hospital and none in the dormitory which has been emptied for essential repairs. The remaining 33 were housed in four rooms which were not originally designed for accommodation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the areas or divisions for which the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England and Wales has published its recommendations and the areas which are still outstanding; and whether it is his intention to produce proposals for their enactment within the period of this Parliament.

The Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England has published recommendations for parliamentary constituencies for the following areas:

• Counties
• Cheshire
• Cleveland
• Cumbria
• Derbyshire
• Durham
• Essex
• Hertfordshire
• Humberside
• Kent
• Lancashire
• Norfolk
• North Yorkshire
• Northumberland
• Nottinghamshire
• Shropshire
• Somerset
• Staffordshire
• Surrey
• Warwickshire
• London Boroughs
• Barking and Dagenham
• Barnet
• Bexley
• Brent
• Bromley
• Camden
• Croydon
• Ealing
• Greenwich
• Hackney
• Hammersmith and Fulham
• Haringey
• Harrow
• Havering
• Hillingdon
• Hounslow
• Islington
• Kensington and Chelsea
• Kingston upon Thames
• Lambeth
• Lewisham
• Merton
• Newham
• Redbridge
• Richmond upon Thames
• Southwark
• Sutton
• Tower Hamlets
• Waltham Forest
• Wandsworth
• The Cities of London and Westminster

Recommendations have not yet been published for the following areas:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of the Council of Europe's standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners are not accepted by Her Majesty's Government; and for what reasons.

All are accepted and almost all are implemented.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what conditions convicted prisoners are permitted to see the Prison Rules 1964 (S.I. 1964, No. 388) and amendments thereto.

Prisoners have ready access to information cards which contain relevant extracts from the Prison Rules. Complete copies are made available on request or a prisoner may purchase his own copy.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements exist between the United Kingdom and other members of the EEC for the reciprocal enforcement of maintenance orders, and with which countries.

The United Kingdom operates arrangements for the reciprocal recovery of maintenance with all the member States of the European Community. There is a bilateral agreement with the Republic of Ireland in accordance with which maintenance orders are transmitted and enforced under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Republic of Ireland) Order 1974 (SI 1974 No. 2140). Arrangements with the other member States are operated in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance: claims for maintenance are transmitted, determined and enforced in the United Kingdom under part II of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972. In addition, the United Kingdom and France are parties to the Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions relating to Maintenance Obligations, in accordance with which maintenance orders may be transmitted and enforced under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1979 (SI 1979 No. 1317).

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from immigrant organisations in the United Kingdom concerning the proposed White Paper on nationality.

Over 40 organisations representing the interests of immigrants have at various times since the publication of the Green Paper in April 1977 put forward comments on how the law of nationality should be changed. The suggestions they have made have covered most of the suggestions put forward for discussion in the Green Paper.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from Governments of the dependent territories concerning the proposed White Paper on nationality.

Representations have been received from people connected with the Governments of several overseas territories, chiefly about the scheme of new citizenships to replace that of the United Kingdom and Colonies put forward for discussion in the Green Paper of April 1977.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is yet able to give the total cost to public funds of the inquiry and inquest into the death of Jimmy Kelly.

About £160,000.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now agree that the costs of the inquiry and inquest into the death of Jimmy Kelly by the action committee be borne out of public funds.

No: there is no authority for any such costs incurred by the action committee to be met from public funds.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in England and Wales are protesting by refusing to wear prison clothes, and in which prisons, giving the numbers in the respective prisons; how many prisoners in England and Wales are making a so-called "dirty" protest, and in which prisons, giving the numbers in the respective prisons; and, in each case, to what (a) disciplinary action and (b) other loss of privileges the prisoners are subject.

Two prisoners at Albany and two at Wormwood Scrubs are protesting by refusing to wear prison clothes. Those at Albany have been adjudicated upon by the governor under paragraph 18 of prison rule 47 have received successive awards of 14 days non-associated labour, forfeiture of privileges, stoppage of earnings and loss of remission on each occasion when they have refused to dress and return to normal location from the segregation unit where they serve their awards. Those at Wormwood Scrubs are held in the segregation unit under prison rule 43 in the interests of good order and discipline. They are not subject to disciplinary action but they are not allowed association, associated labour, radios or personal possessions while they remain in the unit.No prisoners are making any type of "dirty" protest.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the differences in rights and obligations between United Kingdom citizens and persons accepted for settlement; and if a person is accepted for settlement, under what circumstances his depandants are not permitted to acquire citizenship.

A person is settled in the United Kingdom if he is ordinarily resident here without being subject under the immigration laws to any restriction on the period for which he may remain. The main difference from the immigration point of view between citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who have the right of abode in the United Kingdom and persons accepted for settlement is that the former are exempt from control under the Immigration Act 1971 while the latter remain subject to control and with certain exceptions are liable to deportation. The civic rights and obligations of British subjects extend to all Commonwealth citizens irrespective of their status under the immigration law. A person is not eligible for citizenship solely by reason of being a dependant of someone who is accepted for settlement, though he may in due course be able to acquire citizenship by registration or naturalisation when he can satisfy the qualifications laid down in the British Nationality Acts.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of persons resident in the United Kingdom accepted for settlement but not with United Kingdom citizenship.

This information is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the light of the fact that the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality does not hold the confidence of the majority of the population, he will replace him with a person who does.

I have no plans to replace the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality. He has recently accepted my invitation to continue as chairman for a further two years.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the locations overseas where the Scottish Development Agency has an office, or has agreed access to a consultancy.

The agency has offices in New York, San Francisco and Brussels and has arrangements with consultants in Zurich, Tokyo, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many redundancies in Lanarkshire have been notified to him during 1980.

Some 2,680 workers have been involved in redundancies of 10 or more people notified to the Manpower Services Commission as likely to have occurred in Lanarkshire since 1 January 1980.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the expenditure in Scotland at current prices on each of the following: trunk road construction, trunk road maintenance, local authority road construction, local authority road maintenance, local authority cleansing, gritting and snow clearance, administration, lighting, parking (net),

	£ thousand at outturn prices
	1978–79		1979–80*
	From central funds	From local authority funds	From central funds
New construction and improvement—
Trunk	58,864	—	68,142
Non-trunk	1,738	46,847	2,753
Maintenance—
Trunk†	13,554	—	14,673
Non-trunk	—	57,059	—
Cleansing, gritting and snow clearance	—	13,041	—
Administration	1,700	17,745	2,000
Lighting	503	16,802	577
Parking (net)	—	1,256	—'
Other expenditure‡	212	8,801	402
Total	76,571	161,551	88,547
* Provisional.
†It is not possible in the records of Central Government payments to distinguish between the maintenance of trunk roads and cleansing, gritting and snow clearing.
‡ Includes depots, plant, vehicles and equipment.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what legislative proposals he intends to initiate on matters of family law, illegitimacy and the rights of women; and what has emanated from the Law Commission on these matters in the last two years.

These matters are included in the Scottish Law Commission's continuing review on family law. The commission's report on occupancy rights in the matrimonial home and domestic violence will be published shortly, and they hope to complete its report on the law of ailment and financial provision later this year.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many redundancies in the Burntisland, Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth employment areas, respectively, have been notified to his Department since 1 January 1980 to the latest available date.

The number of workers involved in redundancies of 10 or more

The following table gives the information except for local authority expenditure in 1979–80 which will not be available for some time:people notified to the Manpower Services Commission as likely to have occurred between 1 January 1980 and 27 June 1980 was as follows:

Employment Office Area and Number of Workers
Kirkcaldy (including Burntisland)	301
Leven	87

ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest percentage figures of male and female unemployment in the Burntisland, Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth areas, respectively.

Separate percentage rates are not available for the areas specified. On 12 June 1980 the unemployment rates in the Kirkcaldy/Leven, Glenrothes travel-to-work area, which includes Burntisland, were 10·8 per cent. for males and 10·5 per cent. for females.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he intends any changes in the presentation or publication of criminal statistics.

Following consultation with police forces, a revised and improved classification of crimes and offences has been introduced from the beginning of 1980. Details of the revised classification will be set out in the 1979 volume of "Criminal Statistics, Scotland" to be published later this year. Other changes have made it possible to provide figures for crimes and offences made known to the police earlier than hitherto, and it is proposed in future to announce quarterly and annual figures of these under broad groups as soon as they are available and in advance of the annual volume, starting with provisional figures for 1979 and the second quarter of 1980.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether, following the announcement naming the sites where cruise missiles will be stationed, the status of these United States Air Force bases has been changed.

No. RAF Greenham Common and RAF Molesworth continue to be RAF stations made available for use by the United States Air Force.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what consultations took place with locally elected representatives before the sites chosen for the cruise missiles were announced.

None. The choice of sites was determined largely by operational considerations. Discussions with the local authorities concerned have now begun on a number of enviromental matters connected with the basing. Such discussions could not, of course, have started before I made my statement to the House on 17 June.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what percentage of the total cost of the North Sea gas gathering pipeline project is likely to be covered by Government grants under the Industry Acts 1972 and 1975.

I have been asked to reply.I cannot provide an answer to this hypothetical question. At such time as a firm project comes forward applications for assistance under the Industry Acts will be considered against the appropriate criteria.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Brigg and Scunthorpe. Official Report, 8 June, column 575, how many 1981 calendars he plans to print for small businesses; at what cost; if he will consider tenders for this work from small calendar manufacturers; and what representations he has received on this subject.

The print order for 1981 Small Firms Service calendars is expected to be in the region of 50,000, and the cost per unit is likely to be of the order of say 10p. Her Majesty's Stationery Office will follow its normal procurement procedures. A few representations have been received. The Small Firms Service follows the commercial practice of advertising its services in this way.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry when he proposes to announce the results of his review of assisted area status; and whether he has decided to allow special development area status to continue for the Newbridge area of Gwent, including the Pen-y-Fan industrial estate.

The Minister of State, Lord Trenchard, wrote to the hon. Member on 24 June about the assisted area gradings in Gwent.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will take into account the increasing high level of unemployment in the Morpeth, Ashington, Blyth and Bedington area and reconsider his decision to downgrade the area from special development to development area status.

The towns of Morpeth, Ashington, Blyth and Bedlington form part of the Morpeth travel-to-work area. At present I see no change in the relative position of the Morpeth travel-to-work area to warrant reconsideration of the decision on assisted area status taken last summer.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what view he takes of the European Economic Community draft directive on containers for beer, soft drinks and mineral waters, which proposes a ban in the European Economic Community on ring-pull cans and pilfer-proof caps, such as those that have a metal ring on the bottle; and if he will make a statement.

The Government are still awaiting the Waste Management Advisory Council report on beverage containers. Until that report, which will contain detailed consideration of United Kingdom beverage container systems, is received, the Government must reserve their judgment on the draft directive referred to by my hon. Friend.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what net payment the United Kingdom has made to the EEC in the current year to date; and whether, if the amount exceeds £370 million, he will cease to authorise further transfers.

As my right hon. Friend the Lord Privy Seal made clear in his statement on 2 June—[Vol. 985, c. 1043–57]—under the settlement on the United Kingdom's contribution to the Community Budget the United Kingdom will continue to pay over contributions each month under the own resources system. Payments to the United Kingdom to reduce the net contribution to the agreed level will be made from the Budget of the following year. The agreement does provide for advance payments, but the detailed arrangements to implement the agreement have yet to be decided.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, with reference to his written answer to the hon. Member for Warley, East, Official Report, 19 June, column 629, regarding the elimination by administrative practice of 75 per cent. of the statutory tax exemption in respect of objects surrendered to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in lieu of tax, an effect on tax debtors of such elimination by the commissioners is to benefit the commissioners financially in the first instance by increasing the amount payable in cash from the private sector by tax debtors to the commissioners, irrespective of any accounting procedures internal to the public sector which might subsequently ensue.

[pursuant to his reply, 27 June 1980, c. 348]: The agreed market value less 75 per cent. of the notional tax on acception objects is set against the tax liability on the remainder of the estate. If the net value of the object and the tax liability are the same no question of a cash payment from the private sector to the Inland Revenue arises. To the extent that the tax liability exceeds the net value a cash payment is needed.A variation in the rate of the douceur would effect any amount so payable by

Description	Valuation £	Outcome
Floral marquetry cabinet on stand, c. 1770	80,000	Purchased by Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
Painting "Liberality and Modesty" by Guido Reni	—	Licence withheld for 6 months, that is to 25 July 1980
Painting: "Apollo Crowning the Singer Pasqualini" by Andrea Sacchi	—	Licence withheld for 6 months, that is to 25 July 1980
George III ormolu mounted commode	132,817	Exported
English Soho tapestry panel, c. 1725	20,750	Purchased by the Vicotria and Albert Museum
Farm accounts of Ely Abbey, c. 1007–1025	59,800	Purchased by the British Library
Foundation Charter of Westminster Abbey c. 1139	63,800	Purchased by Westminster Abbey
Bedhead Embroidered in the grotesque style, c. 1550–1560	28,000	Export licence refused, in view of formal offer to purchase by a public institution
An enamelled gold minute-repeating watch with the cipher of Sir John Bennett, c. 1878	28,000	Purchased by the British Museum
Pair of flint lock presentation pistols	110,000	Licence withheld for 3 months that is to 30 September 1980

I have deferred a decision on the issue of an export licence for the Algardi bust pending an investigation into the circum stances of its sale.

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will list the items for which the issuing of export licences was withheld on the recommendation of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art during the year ended 30 June, specifying in each case the valuation and whether an item was eventually exported or retained, with particulars in the latter event of the acquiring institution; and whether he will list any items for which licences have been withheld but the final disposal of which is not decided, specifying in each case (a) the valuation and (b) the relevant time limit.

Details are given below. In two cases the valuation has been omitted because of the owner's wish that this should remain confidential.

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will specify the allocations made to public institutions in the United Kingdom during the half year ended 30 June, on the recommendation of the Standing Commission on museums and galleries, of individual works of art and museum objects pre-eminent for national scientific historic or artistic interest which have been accepted in satisfaction of capital transfer tax, together with information,

WORKS OF ART ALLOCATED DURING THE HALF YEAR ENDING 30 JUNE 1980
Item	Date allocation announced	Recipient institution	Testators or Executors' wishes
A painting by Sir Peter Paul Rubens, "Jacob and Esau"	24 January	National Gallery of Scotland	None
A group of portraits:	11 February	National Portrait Gallery for display in Arundel Castle	As allocated
"Thomas Howard 2nd Earl of Arundel"; "his wife Alathea" (a pair) by Daniel Mytens
"Earl of Surrey", by William Strete
"Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk", by Thomas Gainsborough
"Cardinal John Henry Newman", by Sir John E. Millais
A painting by Aert Van der Neer of a frozen river scene	28 February	Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield	None
The Garter Regalia of the First Earl of Northampton	20 March	British Museum	None
A drawing by Francesco Di Giorgio Martini, "Adam and Eve"	3 April	Christ Church Picture Vallery, Oxford	None
A painting by Giovanni Bellini, "The Madonna and Child"	3 April	Southampton Art Gallery	None
15 paintings by Sir Winston Churchill, and the USA flag flown at half mast in Washington on Sir Winston Churchill's death	3 April	National Trust for display in Chartwell	As allocated
A painting by Alfred Sisley "La Petite Place"	15 April	Aberdeen Art Gallery	None
Items of Chinese armorial porcelain	7 May	Pieces went to the Ashmolean Museum, Reading Museum and Art Gallery, Oxford County Museum	As allocated

WORKS OF ART ACCEPTED IN LIEU OF TAX AND AWAITING ALLOCATION
Item	Date acceptance announced
A painting by Luca Giordano, "The Visit of the Virgin Mary to her Cousin Elizabeth"	30 November 1978
Papers of the First Duke of Wellington	20 February 1979
A painting by Elsheimer, "The Death of Procris"	25 July 1979
A painting by Alfred Sisley, "L' Eglise de Moiet"	29 August 1979
A painting by Renoir, "St. Tropez"	14 January 1980
A drawing by Michelangelo, studies for "The Last Judgement"	14 January 1980
Henry Williamson Manuscripts	27 March 1980
Hebrew Manuscripts	30 April 1980
A drawing by Luca Signorelli, "Study of a Young Man"	30 April 1980
A collection of 18th and 19th century silver, silver-gilt and gold plate	30 April 1980
Seven Illuminated Manuscripts	30 April 1980

The table below sets out the allocation of works of art to public institutions in the United Kingdom during the half year ended 30 June 1980. The second table lists items accepted in lieu of tax and awaiting allocation.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what would be the percentage effect on the price of food and on the retail price index if the cost of food were to be reduced by £1,500 million.

£1,500 million is about 6½ per cent. of consumers' expenditure on food in 1979 and nearly 1½ per cent. of consumers' total expenditure.

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will move to refer to a procedure committee the matter of oral questions to the Prime Minister, and propose that it should examine a system of rationing in view of the large number of questions currently submitted.

The arrangements for questions to the Prime Minister were examined in detail by the Procedure Committee in 1976–77. I do not consider that a further reference would be justified at this stage.

asked the Attorney-General, for the last convenient quarterly period, if he will publish a list showing for each Crown court the number of persons awaiting trial on bail, awaiting trial in custody, awaiting sentence on bail, and awaiting sentence in custody; and how many appeals are pending.

This information is not available in the exact form requested. I will see that my hon. Friend receives a letter on the subject from the Lord Chancellor.

asked the Attorney-General what is the longest period for which a person has been on remand in Northern Ireland.

The longest period for which any person who is in custody in Northern Ireland has been on remand is 58 weeks. He has been committed for, and is awaiting, trial. The trial which is of four co-accused for murder will be listed for hearing at the commencement of the next legal term in September.

asked the Attorney-General if he will refer to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a view to prosecution under the Race Relations Acts the behaviour of those attending the meeting of coloured organisations on 29 June.

To commit an offence contrary to section 5A of the Public Order Act 1936 a person must publish or distribute written matter or must use in a public place or at a public meeting words that are threatening, abusive or insulting in a case where, having regard to all the circumstances, hatred is likely to be stirred up against a racial group in Great Britain by the matter or words in question. The tests laid down by that section are, in my view quite rightly, applied most stringently by the courts and I do not consider that the behaviour to which the hon. Gentleman refers satisfies those tests. Therefore, I do not propose to refer the matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions, who cannot institute proceedings for offences under section 5A without my consent.

asked the Attorney-General whether he will seek to extend legal aid to cover representations made on behalf of a mental patient appearing before a mental health tribunal.

[pursuant to his reply, 30 June 1980]: There are insufficient funds available for providing representation. Should additional funds become available it will be necessary to consider this with other claims. Legal advice and assistance short of representation are already available.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the consideration of the salary proposals agreed between the universities and the Association of University Teachers.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. and learned Friend gave to the hon. Member for Bedwellty (Mr. Kinnock) on 30 June.— [Vol. 987, c. 370.]

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in his plans to curb public expenditure, he will cut back the Inner London Education Authority's future rate of spending per pupil from one-and-a-half times the national average rate to the average rate.

It is for each local authority to determine the level of its expenditure in the light of its local needs and circumstances. However, the Government's proposed new block grant arrangements will provide a disincentive to expenditure significantly in excess of the level deemed to be required for an authority to provide a level of service comparable with that of other authorities.The future arrangements for the financing of education in Inner London are among the matters being considered in the course of the Government's current examination of the Inner London education service.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will discuss with the Greater London Council the problems arising from the transfer of estate houses and flats to local authorities in outer London.

If he were asked to do so by the parties to the transfer, my right hon. Friend would be glad to discuss any matters on which his intervention would be helpful.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what moneys are to be made available to Easington district council for the repair of houses in Peterlee; and if he will make a statement.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 4 June.—[Vol. 985, c. 754.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what consultations he intends to hold about the terms of reference for an inquiry into the refusal of planning permission by Northumberland county council for test drilling in the Cheviot hills by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

Arrangements for the inspector's pre-inquiry meeting will be announced shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek to take powers to overrule local authorities who fail to observe the test of public acceptability in the designation of gipsy sites.

No. The location of gipsy sites is a matter for local government.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to publicise the right to buy provisions of the Housing Bill once it becomes law.

The explanatory and financial memorandum to the Bill estimates that about £1 million will be required in this financial year to publicise the changes in the law resulting from the Housing Bill.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects that the provisions of the Housing Bill relating to the sale of council houses will come into effect.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects local authority tenants will be able to exercise the right to buy in areas where they are now being denied that right.

As indicated in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Preston, North (Mr. Atkins) on 26 June 1980, I hope that the Housing Bill will receive the Royal Assent before the Summer Recess. Clause 142 of the Bill provides that part I, dealing with the right to buy, should come into operation eight weeks after enactment.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many inquiries his Department has received from public sector tenants who are being denied the right to buy concerning the denial of that right.

About half of the nearly 2,800 letters we have received on sales of council houses have been from tenants who say that their councils will either not sell them their house or allow them the maximum discount permissible under the existing general consent for the sale of council houses.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what response he can report to his request to local authorities for information on current expenditure.

I have asked authorities to respond by 1 August. On an informal basis I have been informed of considerable activity in local authorities following my request.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will review the obligations of local housing authorities under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977.