asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has received the report of the Rayner scrutiny of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland fisheries research and development; and if he will make a statement.

I have received the report of the DAFS scrutiny and am arranging for copies to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Before any decisions are taken on the report's recommendations, my Department will be sending the views of those industries with an interest in the report's findings and of the Scottish Office trades' unions.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many enterprise zones have been designated; how many are operative; and how many representations he has received in respect of all zones, whether designated or operational, for firms located just outside zone borders about the difference in rate burden borne by them and by firms within the zones.

Eleven enterprise zones have been designated across the United Kingdom and are in operation. An exact figure for the number of representations about the rates exemption cannot be given, but we are well aware of the concern which has been expressed, particularly by the public warehousing industry. We are watching the zones' development to see if this industry, or any other, is significantly affected.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment which Government Department now owns the former hangars on the old RAF airfield at Pollington, near Goole.

The hangars are held by my Department on transfer from the Ministry of Defence and are currently occupied by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for storage purposes.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has yet completed his consultations with the London boroughs of Harrow and Ealing concerning his intention, to make a designation order under the Caravan Sites Act in respect of the London borough of Hillingdon; and if he will make a statement.

The Department has been informed by the London borough of Hillingdon that they will be consulting six neighbouring authorities, including the London boroughs of Ealing and Harrow, in the next few days .

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will devise contingency plans to close the railway system.

I have no wish to see the railway system closed. But if strike action forces disruption, the Government will, of course, fulfil their responsibilities to safeguard the public interest.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if, in view of the evidence of damage to Caistor high street submitted to him by the hon. Member for Gainsborough, he will now instruct the contractors building the M180 to use Nettleton top quarry rather than the Grasby quarry.

[pursuant to her reply, 10 June 1982]: We have consulted the county council and have concluded that it is not practical to instruct the contractor to use Nettleton top quarry rather than Grasby quarry at this stage of the contract.However, the contractor has agreed to minimise the 1J se of Grasby quarry, and I am informed that the daily haulage of material through Caistor will be reduced and, barring unforeseen circumstances, will be completed within three to four weeks.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he has taken since January 1982 to reduce the number of unconvicted prisoners, in view of the fact that some 5,000 persons who have not been found guilty or tried have been in prison for periods of between one month and more than 12 months.

The recent report of the Home Office working group on magistrates' courts contains recommendations and suggestions which could assist magistrates' courts to reduce their waiting times and hence the length of time for which unconvicted persons remanded in custody remain in prison. Copies of the report have been sent to all clerks to justices with an indication of my right hon. Friend's hope that they will study it carefully. The efforts being made by my right hon. Friend the Lord Chancellor and by the Lord Chief Justice to improve the pace of business in the higher courts continue to make progress and waiting times are being reduced.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any plans to introduce legislation for new controls over animal experimentation and vivisection; and whether he will publish a Green or White Paper on the subject.

We intend to improve and modernise the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 when parliamentary time permits and final agreement has been reached on the terms of the draft Council of Europe convention on this subject. Substantial progress has already been made in drafting the convention, but some matters remain to be settled, and the complete draft will then have to be adopted by the Committee of Ministers. In the meanwhile, however, the Government are giving further study to detailed proposals for giving effect to its intention. Plans for carrying this forward will be announced as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to amend the Representation of the People Act 1949, as amended, to enable returning officers to publish statutory notices in ethnic minority languages in connection with local and national elections.

My right hon. Friend has no present plans to do so.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the total cost to public funds of the pastoral visit to Great Britain by the Pope; and if he will make a statement.

Most expenditure will have been incurred locally and no estimate can be made centrally of the additional costs, for example, for policing.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the conclusions reached by the Home Office research study No. 72 entitled "Public Disorder" with particular regard to the comments on police-community relations.

We regard the results of the study in Handsworth as encouraging. The extent to which they may be applicable to other localities affected by the disturbances is a matter for conjecture. Experience in Handsworth generally has contributed to our work in preparing guidelines for local consultation between the community and the police.

asked the Prime Minister what were the reasons for the closure of youth opportunities projects and in particular, the youth information project in Glasgow, Govan.

I am informed by the MSC that each project is considered on its merits and in relation to the needs of young people in the area. The decision not to continue the Govan youth information project was taken in the light of an emerging surplus of youth opportunities programme places in the area, and the need to redistribute places elsewhere; the young people on the scheme will be absorbed into other schemes run by the Community Service Agency which sponsored the project.

asked the Prime Minister when an inquiry will be established into the events leading up to the Falkland Islands conflict.

I told the House on 8 April that we would consult on the form of a review or inquiry. I hope to do so shortly.

asked the Prime Minister if she will ensure that the inquiry into events leading up to the Falkland Islands conflict will be held in public, except when dealing with security matters which the inquiry decides require a private session; and if she will ensure that such an inquiry's membership is not confined to members of the Privy Council.

In the course of the consultations which I promised on 8 April in reply to the right hon. Member for Plymouth, Devonport (Dr. Owen), I shall bear in mind the hon. Gentleman's suggestions.

asked the Prime Minister if she will arrange for the return of the bodies of British soldiers killed in the Falkland Islands for burial in the United Kingdom.

It is a traditional and well understood practice, and one which provides equal treatment for all, that Service men who are killed in action on land abroad are buried in the first instance quickly and with all possible reverence close to where they fall. Once hostilities are over they are transferred to a permanent cemetery near to the scene of action. It has been the custom to offer the next of kin the opportunity to visit the site at public expense. Those who die at sea are buried at sea.The Government believe this practice should apply to those who die in the Falklands, but we recognise that this is an extremely sensitive question and we would not wish to make a final decision until all relevant factors, including the views of next of kin, have been taken into account.

asked the Prime Minister if she will set up an independent inquiry into the handling of the Falkland Islands conflict by the Ministry of Defence information services and by other Government information services; and if she is satisfied with the co-ordination of information effort.

I do not propose to ask for an independent inquiry into the way in which the Ministry of Defence and other Government information services have dealt with the Falkland Islands conflict. In all the circumstances, I am satisfied that information has been handled properly by the Departments concerned and that the existing arrangements for co-ordination are adequate. I note, however, that the House of Commons Defence Committee intends to inquire into the handling of public and press information.

asked the Prime Minister whether, in the light of the Falkland Islands conflict and British interests in Antarctica and elsewhere, she will seek to convene a conference of friendly nations with a view to establishing a southern hemisphere defence alliance for the protection of mutual interests; and if she will make a statement.

Our first priority must be to repossess the Falkland Islands, to restore British administration, and to rehabilitate the Falkland Islanders. The main threat to our security comes in the North Atlantic. The bulk of our defence effort must therefore be concentrated there. We are, however, assessing the defence implications of recent events, and it would be premature to think of convening such a conference.

asked the Prime Minister if she will pay an official visit, as soon as practicable, to the Falkland Islands.

I shall give this my early consideration after British administration has been restored.

asked the Prime Minister whether she remains satisfied that the cost of the Falklands operation will be met from the Contingency Reserve.

The extra costs of the Falklands operation, when known, will be financed in ways consistent with the Government's economic strategy. In this respect, one of the options would be recourse to the Contingency Reserve.

asked the Prime Minister when she expects to reply to the letter of the hon. Member for West Lothian relating to General Vernon Walters' statements of policy on creating an American—Argentinian base on the Falklands; and if she will make a statement.

I expect to reply to the hon. Member's letter shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether, in view of the importance of living and learning away from home, he will offer a period of structural residential experience to all young people on schemes within his new training proposals.

The youth training scheme will provide a year-long programme of integrated training and work experience for unemployed minimum age school leavers. A residential element may be appropriate for some young people, as is the case in existing programmes. It is not, however, considered necessary for all young people, nor would it be practicable to expect all schemes run by thousands of sponsors to provide residential experience.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he intends to include a period of experience of work in the community within all schemes under the new training proposals.

The Government's proposed youth training scheme will provide all unemployed minimum age school leavers with a year-long programme of integrated training and work experience. In order to meet the young people's varied needs, places will need to be available in all sectors of the economy. This will, of course, include the voluntary and community sectors, and I am eager that they should play as important a part in the youth training scheme as they do in our current programmes.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment when he proposes to extend the secret postal ballot scheme to cover votes on wage offers as proposed in the consultative document on industrial relations issued on 23 November 1981.

My right hon. Friend intends that a revised scheme should come into operation on 1 September. A draft order will be laid on 14 June to add to the list of purposes set out in section 1(3) of the Employment Act 1980. We shall also be placing in the Library of the House a draft of the regulations which my right hon. Friend would subsequently propose to make in order to amend the current scheme.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether it is the practice of the Passport Office to send passports to applicants by unregistered mail; and what steps are being taken to issue substitute passports in the case dealt with in a letter from the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury of 2 June to the Minister of State.

The Passport Office normally sends passports to applicants by ordinary first class post. In those rare cases, like those mentioned by the hon. Member, where passports go astray in the post between the Passport Office and applicants, replacement passports are issued. Whenever possible, inquiries about the missing postal packages are made first. To despatch all passports by registered post would add considerably to the operating costs of the Passport Office. I am writing to the hon. Member about the particular circumstances dealt with in his letter of 2 June.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth. Affairs whether Lieutenant Commander Alfredo Astiz has left the United Kingdom; and whether he will make a statement.

Lieutenant Commander Astiz left the country for Rio do Janeiro on 10 June. The protecting power, Brazil, had agreed to make the necessary arrangements for his repatriation to Argentina. Her Majesty's Government decided to repatriate him because no useful purpose would have been served by keeping him further in this country. The United Kingdom had no jurisdiction to try him for any of his alleged offences, which were not committed on British territory. Nor could Astiz have been extradited under the United Kingdom's bilateral agreements with France and Sweden. He was treated fully in accordance with the third Geneva convention and was visited several times by Red Cross representatives.Certain questions were put to Astiz on behalf of the French and Swedish Governments, who will be given a detailed report as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of state for Defence to what extent napalm bombs were used or available for use by the Argentines in the Falkland Islands war of aggression.

We have recieved reports that our Forces discovered stocks of a substance which may be napalm in the vicinity of Goose Green. The substance is currently being analysed. We have had no reports from our Forces that Napalm was used against them.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what ships have now been brought forward from reserve.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to our hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Mr. Speed) on 27 May.—[Vol. 24, c. 396–97.]

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if, in order to have available two landing decks and one carrier refitting, he will now retain HMS "Invincible".

The Government will be making a rapid assessment of the proposed sale of HMS "Invincible" in the light of the recent offer by the Prime Minister of Australia as soon as events in the South Atlantic permit.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what proposals he has for replacing HMS "Coventry", "Sheffield", "Ardent", and "Antelope".

We are considering this question.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if lightweight Sea Wolf will now be fitted to HMS "Illustrious" and HMS "Ark Royal".

The possibility of fitting Sea Wolf to these ships is under consideration. The Sea Wolf system, incorporating the new lightweight tracker radar, will not be developed in time for the advanced operational date for HMS "Illustrious". In the meantime, as a temporary measure, she will be fitted with a point defence gun system. Ultimately it is intended that both ships will be fitted with point defence systems.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what progress is being made with discussions with the United States of America regarding the development of lightweight and heavyweight torpedoes.

We have a continuing exchange of information with the United States on torpedoes, and we are actively discussing the possibility of future cooperation.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report on a monthly basis since May 1979 the countries for which export licences have been granted for arms sales.

No. It has been the normal practice of successive Governments, in accordance with the wishes of most countries, not to disclose the destinations of goods covered by export licences.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if the Nissan Car Company executives and his Department propose meetings this summer concerning the location of the Nissan car plant project in Wales; if he will list in the Official Report the extent to which he, his Department and the Welsh Development Agency have so far collaborated concerning the project; if he proposes further visits to Japan; if he envisages making a statement on this matter; and what form such a statement will take.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply he received from my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Industry on 10 June. Both the Welsh Development Agency and the Welsh Office have been fully involved in the location aspects of this proposed project. My right hon. Friend has no immediate plans to visit Japan again.

asked the Minister for Trade whether he will refer the decision of the Council for the Securities Industry to exclude agreed takeover bids from its rules curbing dawn raids to Professor Gower during the consultation period on his interim report on investor protection.

Professor Gower is aware of the decision to which my hon. Friend refers.

asked the Minister for Trade if he will investigate the practice among some travel agents known as cross-border ticketing; whether he will issue advice to air travellers as to their liabilities under the terms of international conventions if they purchase tickets in this manner; and if he will make a statement.

I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

asked the Minister for Trade if he will list in the Official Report the tonnage totals of imported steel into the United Kingdom for each month since November 1981 to May 1982; if he will indicate the monthly tonnage totals imported of hot rolled coil; if he will estimate the cost of imported steel for (a) 1981 (b) 1982; and if he will make a statement.

The available information is as follows. I prefer not to venture an estimate for 1981 or 1982 as a whole.

United Kingdom Steel Imports
(thousand tonnes)
	1981		1982
	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.
Total	346	339	345	361
of which: hot-rolled coil	55	68	58	47
(value, £ million cif)
	Jan.-Jun., Sep.-Dec.		Jan.-Feb.
	1981		1982
Total	775		200

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the loss of output upon the gross domestic product due to the increase in unemployment since May 1979.

The fall in output between May 1979 and mid-1981 was the result of many factors, including external developments in the world economy, our relative competitiveness in domestic and export markets, the rate of price and wage inflation and the profitability of United Kingdom industry. The rise in unemployment should be seen as a consequence of this fall in output rather than a cause. Since mid-1981 we have seen the first signs of a recovery in output and a marked reduction in the monthly rate of increase in unemployment. Of course, if workers accepted more realistic pay settlements and industry could produce goods and services more competitively, then unemployment would be lower and output higher.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the statutory provisions governing the provision of incentive travel for staff without incurring tax liability.

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

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has considered the capital gains tax position with regard to what are known as second hand investment bonds; and if he will make a statement.

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

asked the Minister for the Civil Service, if she will publish in the Official Report the Lord Privy Seal's letter of 4 June to the hon. Member for Northampton, North, relating to redundancies of higher-paid civil servants.

The text of my right hon. and noble Friend's letter of 4 June is as follows:

"Barney Hayhoe promised in his reply to your question on 17 May about civil service redundancies that I would write as .soon as the information was collated.

The table below shows the number of staff at Principal and equivalent level and above who have been prematurely retired in the public interest or who have left on voluntary early retirement in each of the last 3 years. Particular grade levels in the Open Structure (Under Secretary and above) have not been differentiated as this could lead to individuals being identified.

Non-industrial Home Civil Service: Premature Retirements
Grade Level	1979	1980	1981
Open Structure and Executive
Directing Middle and Lower Bands
Bands	11	16	22
Assistant Secretary	18	28	60
Senior Principal	13	23	29
Principal	33	99	197
Total	75	166	308

Premature retirement 'in the public interest' covers redundancy and premature retirement on structural and limited efficiency grounds. At a time when manpower numbers are being reduced significantly we are, of course, putting increased emphasis on removing the less able first, so elements of redundancy occur in both structural and limited efficiency retirements. While the overall total shown in the table gives a more representative picture you may, however, wish to know that within this total the figures for those who left on technical redundancy grounds are 7, 16 and 90 for 1979, 1980 and 1981 respectively.I have also included in the table figures stemming from the special Voluntary Early Retirement scheme which operated in 1980–81. This was aimed at helping departments achieve their required manpower reductions and led to 93 staff at this level leaving in 1980 and 38 in 1981."

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what proportion of senior civil servants of each grade, principal and above, have been prematurely retired in each of the years 1979, 1980 and 1981; and what has been the average age, the average lump sum payment and the average pension in each case.

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

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his policy for ensuring an adequate financial return to egg producers.

The financial return to egg producers depends on their skill in producing and marketing eggs within the provisions of the regime established for eggs under the common agricultural policy of the European Community.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that eggs from France and elsewhere within the EEC are not being imported illegally via the Republic of Ireland.

Yes.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has received the report on the Rayner scrutiny of fisheries research and development; and if he will make a statement.

I have received the draft report and a copy is being placed in the Library of the House.Before reaching any decisions on the recommendations, I shall be consulting representatives of the industries concerned and the trade union side of my Department.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many executive staff in his Department have taken early retirement in the past year; and how many of their posts have been filled.

A total of 109, of which 93 were on medical grounds and 16 were retirements of those willing to leave early in the public interest. Although some of these posts have been filled by direct replacements, there has been a net reduction of 544 executive staff in the DHSS in the past year.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to permit pensioners in receipt of a State retirement pension to buy batteries for commercially produced and marketed hearing aids at a reduced price, of about 50 per cent. in the same way as they are already given a reduction in the cost of providing spectacles and dentistry.

DHSS local office	Total number of post cards		Number of post cards
	received	cleared	still awaiting action
Bradford St.	1,695	1,665	30
Edgbaston	2,933	2,235	698
Erdington	2,436	2,177	259
Handsworth	2,832	2,119	713
Ladywood	1,893	1,433	460
Northfield	2,669	2,291	378
Perry Barr	1,986	1,945	41
Ravenshurst	1,002	772	230
South Yardsley	2,484	2,444	40
Sparkhill	982	941	41
Washwood Heath	2,784	2,584	200

The cost of spectacles and dentistry for retirement pensioners on low incomes is waived or reduced only in respect of services under the NHS, not for treatment or provision obtained privately. Where a retirement pensioner or other person is provided with hearing aids under the NHS, batteries and accessories are provided free of charge.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the new social security incapacity benefit claims forms SC1 have been made more widely available in post offices and elsewhere; and whether the word "hospitals" in paragraph 2 of form WHC (82) 13 May 1982 means that all departments of the hospital, both inpatient and outpatient, are in a position to issue them to patients and that it is not necessary to involve general practitioners.

Forms SC1 will be available from doctors' surgeries, DHSS local offices and hospitals. After careful consideration, it has been decided not to make the forms more widely available through post offices or elsewhere.The forms will be available to both inpatients and outpatients of hospitals in the same way that hospital certificates are available to them at present. It is not necessary for general practitioners to be involved.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many two-parent families there are in the United Kingdom; and how many of these are (a) single-earner families and (b) two-earner families.

The estimates that are readily available relate to Great Britain. There were about 6,300,000 two-parent families in Great Britain at the end of 1979.On the basis of information collected in the 1979 general household survey, both parents were working in 51 per cent. of two-parent families and only one of the parents was working in a further 45 per cent.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for each local office in Birmingham the number of welfare rights take-up campaign post card inquiries received to the latest convenient date; and if he will make a statment.

The information requested up to 8 June 1982 is as follows:

DHSS local office	Total number of post cards		Number of post cards
	received	cleared	still awaiting action
Kidderminster	2	2	—
Redditch	57	57	—
West Bromwich	151	150	1
Totals	23,906	20,815	3,091

A full analysis of the results of the campaign will be prepared when the outstanding claims have been cleared. The results up to the beginning of April 1982 showed a total of 3,299 new or repeat claims processed, of which 610 resulted in a successful award of supplementary benefit.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many recipients of child benefit have so far indicated that they wish to continue to receive payment weekly.

A total of 4·5 million, which represents about 63 per cent. of the total number of beneficiaries.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to be able to publish in the Official Report the net benefit costs of retirement pension changes referred to in reply to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr, Official Report, 29 April, c. 334.

I hope to reply next week.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Service how many drug abuse centres there are in West London capable of providing advice and treatment to outpatients; if he is satisfied with the extent to which adequate control of drug addiction is being maintained; and if he will make a statement.

There are seven such centres in the Greater London area of the North-West Thames and South-West Thames regions.The Home Office is primarily responsible for the control of drug addiction generally. In England, the Secretary of State for Social Services is responsible for health education, treatment and rehabilitation. The advisory council on the misuse of drugs is engaged on comprehensive reviews of treatment and rehabilitation services and of prevention. The council's report on treatment and rehabilitation is expected to be completed by the end of the year and its recommendations will then be considered by the Ministers concerned.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Service if he will issue instructions requiring general medical practitioners to quote patients' National Health Service numbers on all referral letters to consultants where an opinion is being sought about the desirability of a hearing aid being dispensed, thus enabling hospital administrators and hearing aid technicians to establish the entitlement of patients to the provisions of such aids under the National Health Service.

A patient is entitled to an NHS hearing aid only on the prescription of a consultant; and, as consultants can prescribe such aids only to patients they are treating within the NHS, I can see no need to issue special instructions of the kind described.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services to what extent recent industrial action by National Health Service workers has affected the functioning of mental hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

The scale and effect of action by staff in hospitals for the mentally ill and mentally handicapped has varied throughout the country. I regret very much that action by some staff has had a direct effect on patients' services.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will take steps to encourage the glass industry to make a partial switch to electric smelting.

The Department of Energy is collaborating with the Department of Industry in bringing to the attention of the glass industry the benefits of electric smelting in small glass furnaces, and of electrically heated forehearths of glass smelters of all sizes. The Government have sponsored two full-scale demonstrations of the latter and are currently discussing an agreement to demonstrate an electric glass smelter having a capacity of 20 tonnes per day. The results of such demonstrations are widely disseminated in the industry.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will make a statement about the finances of the British Steel Corporation.

The British Steel Corporation made good progress towards eliminating its losses in 1981–82. Its target was to reduce losses before interest to £225 million within an external financing limit of £730 million. Provisional results for 1981–82 show that the loss was about £252 million with an external financing requirement of about £768 million. The BSC' s cash requirements for its own operations were, however, below the EFL of £730 million; there were additional commitments totalling £72 million in connection with joint ventures with private sector steel producers; and the exceptionally severe winter weather, followed by the ASLEF dispute, added over £40 million to BSC's losses in 1981–82.The BSC's corporate plan for 1982–85 aims to achieve break-even in 1982–83, and to achieve increasing profits after interest in subsequent years. However, in view of the uncertainties over the international steel market in 1982–83, and of the United States situation in particular, BSC indicated in March that the contingency margin in 1982–83 should be increased from £100 million proposed in the original plan to £175 million.The Government have decided, after consultation with the BSC, to confirm the profit and loss target for 1982–83, announced on 24 February 1981—namely, to achieve break-even before interest—and to approve the external financing limit—provisionally set at £350 million in November—at £365 million. The provision of this finance is subject to the approval of the European Commission.This EFL includes a contingency margin well below the £175 million requested by the BSC. The additional £15 million above the provisional EFL will be found from within the Government's Contingency Reserve and will not increase public expenditure.I warmly commend the efforts of the chairman, the board, the management and the work force in achieving the remarkable progress made so far, and I wish them continuing success.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the total area of industrial floor space allocated for industrial or service trade occupancy by the English Industrial Estates Corporation in each of the travel-to-work areas in (a) Cumbria, (b) the Northern region and (c) the North-West region for the last month for which statistics are available.

[pursuant to his reply, 17 May 1982, c. 24–25]: During the month of March 1982, the English Industrial Estates Corporation allocated the floor space as follows, subject to contract:

		units
(a) Cumbria:
Furness	225 m2	1
Workington	144 m2	2
Total Cumbria	369 m2	3
(b) North-East Region:
North Tyne	259 m2	1
Wearside	1,361 m2	2
North-West Durham	2,439 m2	5
Darlington and South-West Durham	295 m2	2
Central Durham	2,719 m2	3
Morpeth	248 m2	2
Teeside	1,384 m2	7
Total North-East Region	8,705 m2	22
(c) North-West Region:*
Widnes	232 m2	3
Bury	43 m2	1
Liverpool	3,600 m2	7
Birkenhead	1,662 m2	10
Ashton-under-Lyne	46 m2	1
Total North-West Region*	5,583 m2	22
*excluding Cumbria.