asked the Secretary of State for Trade what further progress has been made towards the normalisation of British trade relations with Indonesia; and if he will make a statement.

As I explained to my hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk, North-West (Mr. Brocklebank-Fowler) on 19 January, following the recent visit to Jakarta of my right hon. Friend the previous Secretary of State, the Indonesian Government have make it clear that normal trade with the United Kingdom has been resumed.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will list the names of companies which have been referred to his Department by the Stock Exchange for investigation under the Companies Act's insider dealing clauses.

The Stock Exchange has referred to my Department information concerning dealings in the securities of seven companies, so that the Department may consider whether in any case there are grounds for a prosecution for insider dealing under the Companies Act 1980. The companies concerned are:

• Petrocon Group Ltd.
• Wilkinson Match Ltd.
• County District Properties Ltd.
• Cornell Dresses Ltd.
• Pennine Commercial Holdings Ltd.
• Grand Metropolitan Ltd.
• Coral Leisure Group Ltd.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what steps he is taking to ensure that garages which sell petrol in litres also display the price per gallon prominently.

Under the Price Marking (Petrol) Order 1980 it became obligatory from 1 January in the case of metric sales of petrol for the equialent price per gallon to be displayed with equal prominence to the price per litre, both at the pump and in any voluntary roadside display: enforcement is the responsibility of local weights and measures authorities.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many end-user certificates received by his Department in support of applications for arms exports have proved to be suspect on examination in the past 10 years; and if he is satisfied with the present safeguards against fraudulent end-user certificates.

In most cases documents other than end-user certificates are used to authenticate arms transactions, and I am satisfied that all reasonable steps are taken to establish the good faith of applicants for export licences. If doubts arise about the integrity of any previous certificate purporting to have been issued on behalf of a particular country that is, of course, taken into account in considering further sales to that country. No statistical record of suspect certificates is kept.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade on how many occasions he has evidence to suggest that arms exported from the United Kingdom have been diverted to countries other than the one stated on the end-user certificates.

None, but every year a number of export licence applications for arms are refused because of doubts about the consignee.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what discussions took place between his Department and Tate and Lyle concerning the proposed closure of the Liverpool refinery.

None.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what was the total level of imports of steel castings in tonnes and value in the years 1970 to 1980;(2) what was the total level of imports of steel bottom plates and ingot moulds in tons and value for the years 1970 to 1980.

[pursuant to his reply, 26 January 1981]: Steel bottom plates are not separately identified in the trade statistics. The available information is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what progress is being made in harnessing wind energy in the United Kingdom.

It is hoped that a major step forward in the development of wind energy in this country will be taken with the building of the United Kingdom's first megawatt-size wind powered generator-aerogenerator. Subject to planning consents and contractual arrangements, the machine will be built at Burgar Hill, Orkney. It will have a 60 metre blade diameter and a generating capacity of about 3 megawatts. It is hoped to have the machine in operation by 1983–84, and connected to the island's electricity supply.My Department will provide support of up to £4·6 million for the project. The North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board (NSHEB) will provide the remaining £1 million, and will also provide the site. In addition, my Department will meet the costs of monitoring the aerogenerator performance.The aerogenerator will share the site with a smaller, 20 metre machine of 250 kilowatt capacity, which is expected to come into operation in October 1981, and will provide some useful data for the larger machine.This project is an important step in the development of wind power in the United Kingdom and will enable us to gain experience of the basic problems of aerogenerators through the development of a large prototype. The wind speeds on Orkney together with its relatively small capacity electricity grid and the high generating costs of its diesel sets, make it a good site for testing wind generators.This type of grid is a characteristic of other isolated communities which often rely on diesel generation and these too could benefit from the use of wind power.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will list the price to bulk users in the United States of America, each European Economic Community country and Japan of coal, electricity, fuel oil, gas and diesel, according to his latest estimates.

[pursuant to his reply, 15 January 1981]: Estimates of up-to-date industrial bulk user prices for all fuels in each country collected on a reasonably comparable basis are not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.The latest available European price data for coal is drawn from an EEC bulletin "Carnet de Prix" and relates to pithead prices at 1 October 1980 and is shown in the table below. The price quoted for coal in the USA is based on the September 1980 average pit head price of metallurgical coal—high volatility—and may not be comparable with EEC figures.Electricity price figures are based on a survey conducted by the Electricity Council and relate to tariffs in force on 1 August 1980.The heavy fuel oil price data below are drawn from the EEC weekly "Commission Oil Bulletin" and relates to prices at 12 January 1981 for a consumption of 24,000 tonnes per annum; the information is compiled from informal price estimates. International consumer prices for greater annual consumption levels are not available to my Department. The figure quoted for Japan is the average price charged to industrial consumers for residual fuel oil—high sulphur content—in the Tokyo area at the beginning of January 1981 and may not be comparable with EEC figures.For the latest information on natural gas prices to industrial consumers I refer the hon. Member to the replies given to the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire, East (Mr. McQuarrie) on 19 December 1980 and to the right hon. Member for Doncaster (Mr. Walker) on 31 July 1980.—[Vol. 989, c. 801–4.] Comparable data for USA and Japan are not available.International price data for industrial bulk purchases of diesel oil are not available.It must always be borne in mind when making international price comparisons that difficulties can arise in times of changing prices and exchange rate fluctuations. There can, moreover, be a wide range of prices within countries and differences in the methods of collecting the data in each country may not always provide comparable figures.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what is the total cost at current prices of the Torness and Heysham nuclear power stations; how many Central Electricity Generating Board coal-fed stations are currently planned for closure; and what is the number of jobs being lost by the Central Electricity Generating Board and planned for 1981;(2) if he will place in the

[pursuant to his reply, 26 January 1981]: I am asking the chairman of the CEGB to write to the hon. Member in respect of power stations in England and Wales.Power stations in Scotland are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Scotland.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been in prison awaiting trial for periods above 12 months; what is the cost of keeping these people in prison; and when he expects them to have a chance of contesting the charges made against them in a court of law.

Precise information can be made available only at disproportionate cost. It is estimated that on 30 November 1980 about 50 persons awaiting trial in prison department establishments in England and Wales had been remanded in custody more than 12 months earlier; some of them had spent some time on bail. On the cost of maintaining an inmate in custody I would refer to the answer given to the hon. Member on 23 January 1981.For defendants elsewhere than in the South-East the average waiting time between committal and trial is about eight weeks; in the South-East it is just under 16 weeks. Special measures are being taken in the South-East to reduce delays between committal and trial.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have entered the United Kingdom under the voucher scheme introduced by the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968.

About 30,000 United Kingdom passport holders with special vouchers were admitted to the United Kingdom under the special voucher scheme between the start of the scheme in 1968 and 30 September 1980. The number of dependants of these people who were admitted to the United Kingdom during the same period is not identified separately in the statistics.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give for the latest and most convenient stated date the number of convicted prisoners now serving their sentences in open prisons, the number of unconvicted prisoners on remand awaiting trial in such open prisons at the same time and the number of such persons in closed prisons; and whether he will arrange for all such unconvicted persons on remand to be given the chance of being held on remand in an open prison in preference to those who have convictions and serving prison sentences.

On 30 November 1980, 3,220 persons were in open prisons serving sentences for criminal offences; 2,222 persons were in closed prisons on remand awaiting trial and none was in an open prison. Unconvicted persons on remand in custody must continue to be held in closed prisons to make sure that they appear in court for trial.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much of Lord Kagan's sentence was served in a closed prison before he was moved to an open prison.

Lord Kagan spent a total of 14 days in a closed prison in England before he was transferred to an open prison.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the light of the growing number of all-night and several day and night drinking parties held in the overcrowded areas of some cities, particularly in London, whether he will cause an investigation to be made into problems and difficulties caused by the practice.

My right hon. Friend recognises the concern that has been expressed recently about incidents which have followed all-night parties and the problems which such parties raise. In our view these matters are best dealt with locally. Responsibility for dealing with complaints about noise rests with local authorities; the police are, in general responsible for investigating allegations that offences have been committed.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the deportation of Mr. Michael Johns.

Mr. Johns was refused leave to enter the United Kingdom on 1 January and was returned to India on 21 January because he did not qualify for entry under the immigration rules. The detailed reasons for this decision were set out in my letter of 16 January to the hon. Member.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide particulars of the number of sentences passed of 14 days, 28 days, one month, 56 days and up to three months by judges at Liverpool Crown court during 1979–80.

Information for 1979 is given in the following table; that for 1980 is not yet available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will ensure that the hon. Member for Melton receives a reply to his letter of 29 October, regarding the future citizenship of Gibraltarians, before the Second Reading of the British Nationality Bill.

I am sorry that I have not replied sooner. I have written to my hon. Friend today.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what compensation has been paid out in each of the past five years by his Department to persons making claims for injury and damage for which his Department was responsible.

The following payments have been made over the past five years by the Home Office in respect of claims for injury or damage.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent the improved facilities for prisoners in Northern Ireland announced on 19 December 1980 will be made available to prisoners in England and Wales.

There are no plans at present to introduce in England and Wales the arrangements that have been made in Northern Ireland but my right hon. Friend will be studying developments in Northern Ireland to see what lessons can be learned.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set up an inquiry into the supply and distribution of firearms and sporting guns in England and Wales.

My right hon. Friend sees no need for such an inquiry.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to make mandatory the carrying of photo-identity cards by all persons holding firearms certificates and shotgun licences.

No.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 27 January.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 27 January.

I refer my hon. Friends and the hon. Members to the reply which I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Burton (Mr. Lawrence).

asked the Prime Minister whether she will raise the question of reciprocal arrangements for visas between the United States of America and the United Kingdom when she meets the President of the United States.

As my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs told the House during the Adjournment debate on 20 January, we shall take an early opportunity of raising this matter with the new American Administration.

asked the Prime Minister if she will pay an official visit to Brinnington.

I have at present no plans to do so.

asked the Prime Minister if Her Majesty's Government have received the first repayment of £100 million from the European Community funds which was negotiated by her as part of the full £800 million repayment; and if she will make a statement.

Yes. The United Kingdom received a first payment of £97·6 million under the supplementary measures scheme on 31 December. Further payments of some £211 million under the financial mechanism and some £60 million under the supplementary measures scheme ale being made in the next few days.

asked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the general progress of Government policy in dealing with the problem of unemployment.

The Government are laying the foundation for sound sustainable recovery by curbing inflation and encouraging enterprise and initiative.The special employment measures covered 828,000 people at the end of December. Of these 595,500 were receiving assistance under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme to preserve 270,000 potentially redundant jobs.My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment announced on 21 November 1980 the continuation of the measures in 1981–82, including a major expansion of the youth opportunities programme.

asked the Prime Minister when next she intends to meet the Confederation of British Industry.

At NEDC on 4 February.

asked the Prime Minister whether she has any plans to visit Kabul.

No.

asked the Prime Minister if she will designate one Cabinet Minister to deal with all matters of energy conservation, including renewable sources.

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy already has general responsibility for the co-ordination of the Government's energy conservation policy, as well as responsibility for policy on the renewable sources of energy.

asked the Prime Minister if she will dismiss the Secretary of State for Energy.

No. The hon. Member may assume that I do not intend to make any changes in ministerial appointments or responsibilities unless or until I make a statement to the contrary.

asked the Prime Minister if she will include the successful British Olympic Athletes in the Department of Trade's delegation which leaves for Moscow shortly in pursuance of Her Majesty's Government policy of strengthening British trading contacts with the Soviet Union.

No. Department of Trade and Soviet officials are meeting to review the long-term intergovernmental co-operation programme established in 1975.

asked the Prime Minister what are the numbers in each Civil Service administrative grade as at 1 January; and what are her targets for their reduction.

The table below shows the staff in post in administrative grades in the Home Civil Service at 1 October 1980, the latest date for which figures are available centrally. I have not set targets for reductions in each grade.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the total cost of meeting all public sector index-linked pensions last year; what the cost will be in the next year; and if he will estimate what the cost would be if indexation were limited to (a) 5 per cent., (b) 7½ per cent., (c) 10 per cent., (d) 12½ per cent. and (e) 15 per cent.

Information is not held centrally about expenditure by all public sector pension schemes, including those for which Ministers are not responsible. In 1980–81, expenditure on pension benefits in the public services, including local government, teachers, the National Health Service, the Civil Service, the Armed Forces and police and fire services, is estimated at £3·35 billion. Expenditure in 1981–82 will depend on the increase applied in November 1981, but for the stated levels of increase expenditure is estimated as follows:

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is proposing to make any changes in the coinage.

Yes. I have decided to introduce both a £1 coin and a 20p coin within the next three years. The Royal Mint is therefore proposing to issue in the course of next year a seven-sided cupro-nickel 20p coin of approximately ⅞" (22mm) diameter, which is the specification envisaged by the Decimal Currency Board when it completed its work in 1971. Subsequently, during the course of 1983, a £1 coin would be introduced.The Royal Mint has recommended that the £1 coin be struck in a yellow metal and that it should be of approximately the same diameter as the gold sovereign (⅞"), but considerably thicker and with a distinctive security edge. The present intention is that the new £1 coin would initially circulate alongside the £1 note and that the Bank of England would phase out the latter over an extended period.Over the next few months, the Royal Mint will be consulting the banks and others most closely concerned about these proposals, and I expect to be ready by the middle of this year to announce the precise specifications of the new coins and their date of issue. In the meantime the selection of designs for the new coins will proceed.A Treasury press notice is being issued today and copies will be made available in the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office of the House of Lords.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the number of civil servants employed in Customs and Excise in Scotland, giving a breakdown into appropriate grades; and how this compares with 1970 and 1975.

The numbers and grades of Customs and Excise staff employed in Scotland at 1 January 1975 and 1 January 1981 were:

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what effect the action of the EEC Assembly in increasing the 1980 and 1981 budgets will have on the United Kingdom gross and net contributions for each of these years; when the additional contributions will be payable; and what effect the Assembly's action will have on the borrowing requirement, all other things being equal.

The increases made by the European Parliament to the supplementary budget for 1980 increase the United Kingdom's gross contribution to the 1980 budget by 64 million European currency units (about £43 million at the rate of exchange used in preparing the 1980 budget estimates of £1=1·4813 ecus). It is estimated that the supplementary budget will reduce the United Kingdom's net contribution to the 1980 budget by 9 million European currency units (about £6 million).The amendments to the 1981 Community budget adopted by the European Parliament on 18 December 1980 are estimated to increase the United Kingdom's gross, and net, contribution to the 1981 Community budget by five million European currency units—about £3 million at the rate of exchange used in preparing the 1981 budget estimates of £1=1·5889 ecus.The additional contribution to the 1980 Community budget was paid on 2 January. Contributions to the 1981 Community budget will be made each month in the normal way. All other things being equal, the borrowing requirement would be reduced by the amount of the changes.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a list showing the substantive legislation which has been enacted under the sponsorship of his Department under section 2 of the European Communities Act and which would cease to have effect if that section were to be repealed.

The following are the current statutory instruments made under section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 for which the Chancellor of the Exchequer's departments are responsible. If the section were repealed these regulations would fall. We have no intention of repealing it.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now publish the details of the Civil List provisions for 1981–82.

I shall publish these details when the Supply Estimates are presented to Parliament in March.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an assurance that no recipient of an annuity on the Civil List will receive an increase of more than 6 per cent. in each of the next two years, in conformity with the policies of Her Majesty's Government.

In accordance with past practice, parliamentary approval for the expenses of the Royal Households will be sought on a basis which is consistent with other public services subject to cash limits.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from bridge associations concerning value added tax on entry fees; and if he will make a statement.

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is the total acreage of agricultural land which is attracted to capital transfer tax in each of the years 1976 to 1981 inclusive; and what proportion of the annual total acreage for those years is accounted for agricultural land which has been let;(2) what is the total amount of capital transfer tax derived from agricultural land which is

I shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration he has given to the recommendations of the Country Landowners Association that tax payable in respect of compulsory purchase interest be limited to the amount which would have been payable had the interest been earned at a prevailing rate of interest over the whole period during which payment of compensation was delayed.

I shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what have been the total payments to and receipts from the EEC since the United Kingdom became a member of the EEC, and if he will express the difference as a ratio.

[pursuant to his reply, 26 January 1981]: Gross payments made by the United Kingdom to the EEC from 1 January 1973 to 31 December 1979 amounted to £4,858 million. Receipts from the EEC in the same period amounted to £2,494 million. The difference expressed as a ratio is 1·95: 1.

asked the Lord Privy Seal if Her Majesty's Government will propose in the United Nations Security Council action to compel the withdrawal of the armed terrorists of the Palestine Liberation Organisation who are illegally occupying areas of Lebanon and have carried out cross-border atrocities in the State of Israel.

We have made it clear on many occasions in the Security Council that we deplore violence by both Palestinians and Israelis. There are, however, limits to the extent to which the United Nations is able to impose a solution on the various parties.

asked the Lord Privy Seal if Her Majesty's Government will propose in the United Nations Security Council action to compel the withdrawal of Syrian army units currently occupying large areas of Lebanese territory.

No. The Arab deterrent force, which operates under a mandate from the Arab League, is in Lebanon at the request of the Lebanese Government.

asked the Lord Privy Seal what steps have been taken by Her Majesty's Government through the United Nations Security Council to ensure that the UNIFIL troops in Southern Lebanon prevent movement by armed Palestinian terrorists within the zone of supervision of the United Nations force.

Her Majesty's Government supported Security Council resolution 467, which condemned all obstructions of UNIFIL's ability to ensure the peaceful character of its area of operation, to control movement in that area and to take measures deemed necessary to ensure the effective restoration of Lebanon's sovereignty.UNIFIL is doing a good job in difficult circumstances. In the six-month period from mid-June to mid-December, the force intercepted or turned back 384 armed Palestinian infiltrators. It would be able to deal more effectively with terrorist infiltration if it were allowed to deploy down to the border and were not subject to harassment from Major Haddad's forces.

asked the Lord Privy Seal what evidence he has received that members of the Diplomatic Corps in London have issued fraudulent end-user certificates for use by arms purchasers; and what action he has taken upon receiving such evidence.

I assume the hon. Gentleman is referring to recent reports in The Observer newspaper. We are in close touch with the head of the only mission featured in those reports, who is investigating them. Meanwhile, allegations against the diplomat concerned are vigorously denied by the mission concerned. The question of action by Her Majesty's Government would arise only if firm evidence were produced of illegal or improper activities by members of diplomatic missions in this country or other persons.

asked the Lord Privy Seal what further aid Her Majesty's Government propose to give to those affected by the earthquake in Southern Italy.

In addition to immediate relief in the period immediately following the Italian earthquake, Her Majesty's Government have thought it right to offer further help to the victims of this tragic disaster. They have therefore offered to provide British manufactured prefabricated buildings for longer-term relief. The total cost of this additional aid will be up to £0·5 million. The arrangements for procurement and transport will be made by Crown Agents.The Italian Government have warmly welcomed this proposal. Parliamentary approval for this expenditure will be sought in a supplementary estimate to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Vote.

asked the Lord Privy Seal what changes have been made in the arrangements for the supply of credit for exports to the Soviet Union in consequence of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

As envisaged in the statement by my right hon. Friend in the House on 24 January 1980, the British-Soviet credit agreement of 1975, which expired on 16 February 1980, was not renewed. Credit is now being considered on a case-by-case basis and is being made available at the rates set by the international consensus on credit terms. The Government's view remains that all trade should be pursued on a basis of mutual advantage. As already indicated on 24 January 1980, we shall apply that principle to British Soviet trade—[Vol. 977, c. 655–60.]

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will publish in the Official Report a statement of forthcoming business in the European Council of Ministers.

At present three meetings of the Council of Ministers are planned for February. The usual written forecast was deposited in the House on 27 January.The Agiculture Council is expected to meet on 9–10 February to discuss the post-1980 arrangements for New Zealand butter; the common organisation of the market for sugar: refunds to United Kingdom distillers on Community cereals used in exported whisky; the controlling of the use of hormones in domestic animals; proposals on policy concerning agricultural structures; proposals in relation to beef imports into the Community and possibly the sluicegate prices for poultry imports. There is also likely to be discussion on the Commission's paper "Reflections on the Common Agricultural Policy" or, if they are available, on the CAP price proposals for 1981–82.The Finance Council is expected to meet on 16 February to discuss the financial and budgetary background to decisions on the Commission's forthcoming proposals for the 1981 agricultural price-fixing. Ministers may also consider amendments to the Community loan mechanism and the "New Community Instrument" (Ortoli loan facility).The Foreign Affairs Council is expected to meet on 16–17 February to discuss a draft regulation for Community aid to non-associated developing countries and the enlargement of the European court of Justice. Ministers may also discuss relations with Japan; a first report by the Commission on discussions with the new United States Administration about current trade problems affecting in particular the textile sector, an adaptation protocol to the European Community—Yugoslavia agreement of 1980, to take account of Greek accession to the Community, and the revision of the method Administration about current trade problems affecting in particular the textile sector, an adaptation protocol to the European Community—Yugoslavia agreement of 1980, to take account of Greek accession to the Community, and the revision for the method of reviewing the pay of Community staff.

asked the Lord Privy Seal what financial support is available from Her Majesty's Government and the European Economic Community to the European League for Economic Co-operation and other United Kingdom organisations for the furtherance or discussion of European co-operation.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides no financial support at present to the European League for Economic Co-operation nor to any other non-governmental organisation of this kind. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office itself finances and administers the European discussion centre at Wiston House, Steyning, at an approximate cost of £50,000 in the current financial year.I do not have details of European Community financial support for such organisations in the United Kingdom, but there was provision in the 1980 Community Budget of some 185,000 EUA under the heading "Subsidies to European Movements". This is equivalent to £110,778 at the average rate for 1980 of £1=1·67 EUA.

asked the Lord Privy Seal if, wherever European moneys are associated with a project or activity in the United Kingdom, he will ensure that it is made clear publicly that these moneys are a partial refund only of funds previously raised from the United Kingdom public.

No. The Government are content with the existing arrangements for publicising Community expenditure in the United Kingdom. The question of the United Kingdom's net contribution to the Community Budget and the reduction in this contribution negotiated by the Government on 30 May last year have already received wide publicity.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide figures as to the change which has taken place over the past two years in the number of filled consultant posts relative to the numbers of qualified junior doctors seeking vacancies for consultant posts, area by area, within the Principality.

There were 614, 614 and 622 consultants—whole-time equivalents—in post in Wales on 30 September 1978, 1979 and 1980 respectively. Figures concerning advertisements and applications for consultant posts in Wales are not held centrally in the Department.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many consultant posts for each specialty remain vacant in Wales at the present time; and how many posts have been vacant for three months, six months and one year.

The information is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the establishment figures as well as the actual figures of qualified health visitors for each area health authority; if he is satisfied with each establishment; if he will indicate any help or advice he is giving to overcome any shortfall; and if he will make a statement.

The number of qualified health visitors—whole-time equivalents—employed by area health authorities in Wales at 30 September 1980 was:

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the names and addresses of all places currently approved under the terms of the Abortion Act 1967 in Scotland for terminating pregnancy; which are approved for terminating pregnancies of 20 weeks or more duration; which are approved for day care; and how many approved beds each place has.

The information is set out in the table below:

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pregnancy advisory bureau service centres are currently licensed by his Department; what are their names and addresses; and which bureaux are registered charities.

The information is as follows:The British Pregnancy Advisory Service245 North StreetGLASGOWThe Sister Rose Pregnancy Advisory Centre28 St. Enoch SquareGLASGOWThe British Pregnancy Advisory Service is a United Kingdom body and I understand is a registered Charitable Trust; charities are not registered in Scotland.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the establishment figures as well as the actual figures of qualified health visitors for each area health authority; if he is satisfied with each establishment; if he will indicate any help or advice he is giving to overcome any shortfall; and if he will make a statement.

The numbers of health visitors (whole-time equivalent) in post at 30 September 1980 in each health board in Scotland are set out in the table below. No figures for establishments are available; it is for each health board to decide the numbers it should employ in the light of its priorities, resources and local circumstances. Places are available for the training of over 200 health visitors each year.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to give students from Hong Kong "home student" status similar to that enjoyed in France by the children from French dependent States or colonies.

The Government recognise the case presented by Hong Kong and the other British dependent territories, but the cost of applying the home rate of fee these students would be of the order of £8 million per annum.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what consideration he is giving to the possibility of introducing a national education voucher scheme.

My right hon. and learned Friend has at present no plans to introduce a national education voucher scheme. Individual education authorities are free to experiment with local voucher schemes if they wish.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total cost of providing midday supervisory assistance in schools in 1979–80.

The total cost in maintained schools in England was £49 million at 1979–80 out-turn prices.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East on 12 November 1980, Official Report, c. 231, he is yet able to update the information contained in his reply of 15 May as to what percentage of children in secondary schools (a) have free school lunches, (b) pay for school lunches and (c) bring packed lunches.

This information will be published shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his policy in relation to educational tours by schools; if he will take steps to support such ventures; and if he is satisfied that current policy does not hinder such tours.