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Written Answers To Questions

Wednesday 21 July 1982

House Of Commons

Car Park

asked the Lord President of the Council how many official car parking badges have been issued to Members and other persons entitled to use the Members' underground car park.

533 and 468 respectively.

asked the Lord President of the Council if he will seek to make arrangements to ensure that all cars in the Members' car park without a valid parking authority are excluded from the car park, or are removed therefrom.

All cars parked in the underground car park should display a permit. I shall write to my hon. Friend on this matter.

asked the Lord President of the Council if he will list in the Official Report the categories of persons entitled to use the Members' underground car park and the number of parking spaces allocated to each category.

The information requested is as follows:

Members	260 spaces
Members' private secretaries with at least 15 years' service	20 spaces
Officers of the House	39 spaces
Late night staff	39 spaces
Whips and staff of the Parliamentary Labour Party	5 spaces
Remaining staff and staff of supporting agencies	133 spaces

Serjeant At Arms Department

asked the right hon. Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the House of Commons Commission, to whom the staff inspector referred to in his answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr, 21 December 1981, Official Report, c. 289, will report on pay anomalies in the Serjeant at Arms Department; if any changes will apply back to the date of temporary ad hoc payments; and if the amount of temporary ad hoc payments in this Department eliminate the chance of staff suffering a reduction in basic salary on promotion.

The staff inspector reports to and is answerable only to the House of Commons Commission. The effective date for implementation of any recommendations made when the staff inspector carries out his reviews will be decided by the Commission, in the light of the evidence provided in his reports. The Commission has under consideration a proposal that, pending these reviews, the temporary ad hoc payments which have been made to staff since January 1980 should be continued for a further period of six months from 1 October 1982; and that they should be increased with effect from 1 April 1982 by an average of 5·5 per cent., in line with the 1982 Civil Service pay settlement. If accepted, this will ensure that no staff will suffer a reduction in basic salary on promotion.

Church Commissioners

Stipends

asked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, whether he will set out in tabular form for each of the years since 31 March 1975 the sums paid by the commissioners to augment the stipends of clergymen.

The sums paid by the commissioners for stipends of clergymen in each year since 31 March 1975 are as follows:

Year to	From the crs' own resources	Diocesan and other contributions paid via the crs^*	Total
	£m	£m	£m
31 March 1976	18·8	2·8	21·6
31 March 1977	20·1	4·2	24·3
31 March 1978	21·2	4·6	25·8
31 March 1979	23·8	9·5	33·3
31 December 1979†	19·2	10·3	29·5
31 December 1980	27·1	18·0	45·1
31 December 1981	28·9	25·6	54·5
^* From 1 April 1978 includes glebe income.
† 9 months.

asked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, whether he will make a statement on the proposals fo the commissioners, as central stipends authority, to increase the level of stipend ranges and scales for beneficed clergy and assistant curates in the current financial year; and what progress has been made in recent years in improving the payments by parishes towards the essential working expenses of incumbents.

The commissioners, as central stipends authority, recommended for the year from 1 April 1982 an increase in the national minimum stipend for incumbents to £5,500 with a range extending to £6,000 within which each diocese sets its own minimum stipend. The increased national scale recommended for assistant curates starts at £4,500 with five annual increments of £120 up to £5,100. The CSA emphasises that dioceses are free to remunerate assistant staff with family commitments, greater seniority, exceptional experience or responsibility, at a higher level than that indicated by the scale.The CSA has recently made the following recommendations for increases in stipend levels to be effective from 1 April 1983; a national minimum stipend for incumbents of £6,050 with a range for diocesan minima extending to £6,450 and a scale for assistant curates starting at £5,150 with four annual increments of £125 up to £5,650. In addition to their stipends, incumbents and assistant curates are provided with a house free from rent, rates repairs and insurance (or an appropriate housing allowance).There has been a continuing improvement in the average levels of reimbursement of expenses of incumbents—and parochial clergymen of similar status—in recent years. In 1975·76 some 57 per cent. on average, was reimbursed by PCCs and others, but by 1980·81 this figure had risen to 78 per cent.The CSA has also distributed to dioceses a booklet called "The Parochial Expenses of the Clergy—a Guide to their Reimbursement". It is hoped that this booklet will serve to encourage parishes to improve further the levels of reimbursement to the clergy. I am arranging for a copy of this booklet to be sent to the hon. Member.

Pensions

The sums paid by the commissioners by way of pension to retired clergymen and clergy widows are as follows:

Year to	Clergy and their widows £ million
31 March 1976	5·7
31 March 1977	6·5
31 March 1978	8·4
31 March 1979	9·4
31 December 1979^*	8·3
31 December 1980	13·8
31 December 1981	16·9
^* 9 months.

In addition, the commissioners paid sums by way of pensions to deaconesses and licensed lay workers which in the year ending 31 December 1981 amounted to £1 million.

Imports of Carpets from Belgium-Luxembourg
	October	November	December	January	February	March
	1981	1981	1981	1982	1982	1982
Thousand square metres	2,177	1,944	1,418	1,165	1,258	1,803
Value (£ thousand cif)	5,949	5,060	3,865	3,240	2,996	4,515

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, SITC (R2) 659.2 to 659.6 inclusive, excluding 659.63.

Manchester Airport

asked the Minister for Trade how many licence applications have been received from operators wishing to use Manchester airport since the beginning of 1981; and how many of these have been accepted.

I understand that since the beginning of 1981 the Civil Aviation Authority has received 62 licence applications from operators specifically mentioning Manchester airport as a route-point; 28 of these applications have been granted. Forty-four other applications have been received which do not mention Manchester specifically but would nevertheless allow operation from Manchester airport if the licence-holder wished; 25 of these applications have been granted. Some applications of both kinds are still being considered; the rest have been withdrawn or refused.

Church Of England

asked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners what was the total sum of money provided by the laity for each of the years since 1975 towards the expenses of the Church of England showing separately (a) stipends and (b) working expenses.

From the information available, the best estimate I can offer is that the total sum provided by the laity for the expenses of the Church in each of the years since 1975 has been as follows:

	(a)	(b)
	For stipends	For clergy working expenses	Total giving including (a) and (b)
	£ million	£ million	£ million
1976	6·6	3·8	42·3
1977	7·5	5·1	46·8
1978	9·0	6·0	55·5
1979	12·0	6·9	64·4
1980	16·2	7·8	78·6
1981	22·0	(est 8·7)	(est 91·1)

Trade

Carpets (Imports)

asked the Minister for Trade if he will set out the figures for monthly imports of carpets from Belgium for the latest available six month period.

The information is as follows:

Imports And Exports

asked the Minister for Trade whether he will bring up to date the figures published in the Official Report in his reply dated 3 March, Official Report, c. 138, to the hon. Member for Grimsby concerning trade with the EEC Six and with the rest of the world.

Annualised figures are an unreliable guide to a year's out-turn; with this qualification the information is as follows:

United Kingdom: Crude Balances^*billion Overseas Trade Statistics basis.
	With European Community†	With Rest of World
Manufactures less precious stones	-5·5	6·6

	With European Community†	With Rest of World
Total trade less crude oil and precious stones	-6·6	1·1
^* Based on September 1981-April 1982 figures expressed at an annual rate.
† Original six members.

Source: United Kingdom Trade Statistics.

Car Imports (Korea)

asked the Minister for Trade whether he will give as much detailed information as may be readily available as to the number of Korean-made cars which have been allowed into the United Kingdom for any stated period of time; what action Her Majesty's Government take to ensure that these are made under the normal standards that apply to all other types of foreign and British-made vehicles; and what action he takes to ensure that they are not being unfairly subsidised by the Korean Government.

In the first five months of 1982, of 3,006 Pony cars manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Company imported into the United Kingdom, 981 were sold. Cars entering the United Kingdom from South Korea are subject to the same type approval regulations and safety measures as apply to such imports from other countries. Her Majesty's Government will vigorously pursue any well documented cases of unfair trading brought to its attention.

Terms Of Trade

asked the Minister for Trade whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the terms of trade for manufactures, finished manufactures and semi-manufactures at the latest available date and the corresponding figures for the fourth quarter of 1976, the 12 months ended in the second quarter of 1974 and the years 1970, 1960 and 1950.

Data for 1950 and 1960 are not available. The remainder of the information requested is as follows:

Terms of Trade^*1975 = 100: Overseas Trade Statistics Basis
	Total manufactures	Of which
		Finished manufactures	Semi-manufactures
SITC (Rev 2)	5-8	7+8	5+6
1970	98·7	100·0	96·9
12 months ending
Q2 1974	91·3	94·5	87·7
Q4 1976	96·1	95·6	96·4
May 1982	112·6	116·3	105·6
^* Export Unit Value index as a percentage of the Import Unit Value index.

Machinery

asked the Minister for Trade whether he will bring up to date the information in his reply of 27 October 1980, Official Report, c. 41·2, concerning United Kingdom trade in machinery, including figures for 1982 to date.

The information requested is as follows:

United Kingdom Exports of Machinery SITC (REV 2) Divisions 71 to 77 1975 = 100: Overseas Trade Statistics Basis
	Volume Indices			Unit Value Indices
	Consumer	Intermediate	Capital	Consumer	Intermediate	Capital
1979	104	^*103	95	164	180	174
1980	98	115	100	183	203	188
1981	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1976 Q4	117	^*103	95	129	127	135
1980 Q1	^*98	^*112	^*102	^*175	^*194	179
Q2	^*105	^*118	^*101	^*178	^*200	^*186
Q3	99	111	99	191	209	192
Q4	89	119	97	187	211	193
1981 Q1	86	105	90	184	217	194
Q2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Q3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Q4	75	123	105	188	234	205
1982 Q1	61	111	95	198	238	212
Notes:
^* = revised

1. Other previously published data unchanged.2. Quarterly volume figures are seasonally adjusted: unit values are not seasonally adjusted.

Air Transport Arrangements (Middle East)

asked the Minister for Trade what air transport agreements exist between the United Kingdom and Israel, Syria and Lebanon; and how many flights between London and those countries have been agreed.

Bilateral air services agreements exist with each of the three countries. Texts are published in the treaty series. The number of flights between London and each of the countries varies from season to season reflecting the demands of the travelling public. The current edition of the "ABC World Airways Guide" gives full details of the present services provided by the designated airlines, although the London—Beirut service is subject to interruption.

European Community Trade Marks Office

asked the Minister for Trade whether he will make a further statement about his attempts to have the Community trade marks office established in London.

It was announced in the House on 18 January that the Department of Trade had produced a brochure in collaboration with the Greater London Council underlining the advantages of London as the seat for the Community Trade Marks Office.Since then the brochure has been widely distributed in diplomatic and commercial circles throughout the Community and this activity is continuing.Every opportunity will continue to be taken of impressing on our Community partners the outstanding qualifications which London possesses for this particular Office.

Microlight Aircraft

asked the Minister for Trade if he will introduce use and construction regulations for microlight aircraft.

The Civil Aviation Authority is responsible for controlling the operation and airworthiness of microlight aircraft. This type of aircraft is subject to the provisions of the Air Navigation Order 1980, but temporary exemptions from certain requirements have been issued by the authority while approprate forms of control are being considered. Aircraft registration requirements have now been introduced, pilot licensing requirements will be effective from 1 September 1982 and airworthiness standards will be applied as soon as possible thereafter.

Knitwear And Clothing (Reclassification)

asked the Minister for Trade whether Her Majesty's Government will make representations to the United States of America about the United States Customs proposal for the reclassification of certain types of knitwear and clothing as "ornamental" in view of the fact that this would make them liable to a higher tariff on entry to the United States of America.

Strong representations about the United States Customs proposal have already been made to the United States Administration both by the European Commission, and by the Government.

Policy Programme (Achievement)

asked the Minister for Trade whether he will make a statement on the results of his Department in achieving the Government's policy programme since the previous Secretary of State's reply to the hon. Member for Melton on 14 July 1981, Official Report, c. 365.

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

Departmental Staff

asked the Minister for Trade how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

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

Dyce Airport

asked the Minister for Trade if he is satisfied with the operation of air traffic control facilities at Dyce airport, Aberdeen; and if he will make a statement concerning recent separation difficulties and the need for secondary surveillance radar.

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

asked the Minister for Trade what controls are exercised by national air traffic services over the separation and route patterns of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and other military aircraft in the vicinity of Dyce airport, Aberdeen.

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

Chile

asked the Minister for Trade if he will set out in the Official Report the value of United Kingdom exports to the Republic of Chile in 1980 of (a) machinery, (b) chemicals and (c) whisky; and if he will set out also the value of United Kingdom imports from Chile in 1980 of (i) copper and (ii) agricultural produce.

[pursuant to his reply, 16 July 1982, c. 487]: The information is as follows:

United Kingdom trade with Chile in selected items, 1980
Exports	£ million fob
Machinery	21·7
Chemicals	7·2
Whisky	5·4

Imports	£ million cif
Copper	71·2
Agricultural produce	10·0

(Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, SITC(R2) Divisions 71 to 77 (machinery); Section 5 (chemicals); Item 112.41 (Whisky); Sub-groups 287.1 and 288·1 (part), Items 288·21 and 522·59 (part) and Group 682 (copper); Section O, Division 22 and Section 4 (agricultural produce).)

Latin America

asked the Minister for Trade if he will list in the Official Report the four largest markets in Latin America for British goods; if he will give the current level of trade in each case; and if he will list the major items of exports and imports in each case with their individual values.

[pursuant to his reply, 16 July 1982, c. 488]: In the period January to April 1982 the four Latin American countries to which the largest fob values of goods were consigned from the United Kingdom were Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina. The other information requested is as follows:

United Kingdom trade with the largest Latin American export markets, January-April 1982
(£ million)
	United Kingdom Imports cif
Mexico	18·3
of which,
non-ferrous metals	7·6
crude fertilisers and minerals	3·2
organic chemicals	1·5
Brazil	140·8
of which,
coffee, tea, cocoa and spices	22·3
meat and meat preparations	20·0
metalliferous ores and metal scrap	11·7
cork and wood	11·4
footwear	10·0
iron and steel	9·4
vegetables and fruit	9·4
Venezuela	56·3
of which,
petroleum and petroleum products	54·8

	United Kingdom Imports cif
Argentina	54·3
of which,
meat and meat preparations	22·7
animal feedstuffs	7·2
petroleum and petroleum products	5·4

	United Kingdom Exports fob
Mexico	73·1
of which,
power generating machinery and equipment	17·8
machinery specialised for particular industries	13·3
road vehicles	9·0
general industrial machinery and equipment	5·4
metalworking machinery	4·7
rubber manufactures	4·4
Brazil	54·8
of which,
medicinal and pharmaceutical products	12·2
telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment	6·5
electrical machinery, apparatus and equipment	6·3
machinery specialised for particular industries	4·9
power generating machinery and equipment	4·8
general industrial machinery and equipment	4·4
Venezuela	52·8
of which,
beverages	11·2
chemical materials and products	7·5
iron and steel	5·7
machinery specialised for particular industries	3·3
power generating machinery and equipment	2·5
general industrial machinery and equipment	2·4
Argentina	35·4
of which,
power generating machinery and equipment	5·2
transport equipment other than road vehicles	3·8
road vehicles	2·2

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom. Tables II and V.

Gas Appliances

asked the Minister for Trade what were the exports to and imports from the EEC of gas appliances in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what were the comparable total amounts in the previous 10 years.

[pursuant to his reply, 16 July 1982, c. 488.]: The information is as follows:

Year	Imports from EEC	Exports to EEC
	(£'000)	(£'000)
1970	1,677	1,085
1971	2,401	1,325
1972	5,869	1,545
1973	4,441	1,378
1974	4,358	1,410
1975	3,875	1,964
1976	5,704	2,268
1977	7,950	2,731
1978	10,100	2,278
1979	15,827	5,142
1980	11,936	3,461

Note: The figures relate to the imports and exports of the principal products of the domestic gas appliances industry as defined by the Minimum List Heading 399.9 of the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification.

Home Department

Motoring Offences

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of convictions for motoring offences in the Leek parliamentary constituency in each of the past three years.

The total numbers of findings of guilt for motoring offences in the magistrates' courts at Biddulph, Cheadle and Leek were 2,878 in 1979 and 3,781 in 1980. Figures for 1978 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for dangerous driving there were in England and Wales in each of the past five years.

The offence of "dangerous" driving was repealed by the Criminal Law Act 1977 from 1 December 1977. Information on numbers of prosecutions for reckless driving is published annually in "Offences relating to motor vehicles, England and Wales" table 1 of the supplementary tables for 1980, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House.

Mr And Mrs Samuel Ofosu

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the several approaches made to him by the hon. Member for Newham, North-West and the approaches made by the Park ward of the Newham, North-Wes Labour Party concerning the case of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ofosu, a Ghanaian couple, he will reconsider his decision to return them to their home country.

I have just received the further representations from the hon. Member and these will be considered.

Pharmacists (Safes)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider extending the time period for which a police authorisation for pharmacists to have a strong safe applies.

A working group of the advisory council on the misuse of drugs is currently reviewing all aspects of the security of drugs controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Changes in the regulations relating to the storage of such drugs will be considered in due course in the light of the council's recommendations.

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

The numbers of civil servants, by grade and functional category, employed on 1 April 1982 are given in the tables attached. Pay scales for general Civil Service grades are given in the annexes to paragraph 1050 of the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the main Library. Details of the pay scales of the large number of departmental grades could be provided only at disproportionate cost; these scales are, however, based on those for posts carrying comparable responsibilities elsewhere in the Civil Service and in, for example, the police and fire services, the National Health Service and local authority further education establishments.

Prison Department
	Headquarters Offices, Regional Offices, and Directorates	Outstations	Total
Senior Staff
Deputy Secretary	1		1
UIPP (L)	1		1
Under Secretary	4		4
Administration Group
Assistant Secretary	14		14
Senior Principal	3		3
Principal	39½	1	40½
Senior Executive Officer	31	15	46
Higher Executive Officer	93	92	185
Executive Officer	155	244	399
Clerical Officer	255½	1,152	1,407½
Clerical Assistant	104	246½	350½
Administration Trainee	4		4
Professional and Technology Group
Directing Grades	1		1
Superintending Grades	7		7

Home Office Central and Administrative Services
	Management, Personnel, and Common Services	Immigration and Nationality Department	Police Department	Criminal Department	General Department	Fire Department	Community Programmes and Equal Opportunities department	Radio Regulatory Department	Statistical Department	Broadcasting Department	Finance Department	Research and Planning Unit	Total
Senior Staff
Permanent Secretary	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Secretary	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Under Secretary	3	1	3	2	1	1	—	1	1	1	1	—	15
Executive Director	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Administration Group
Assistant Secretary	8	4	7	7	4	3	3	2	—	2	2	—	42
Senior Principal	5	3	5	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	16
Principal	24	12	35	27	11	9	6	3	—	4	9	1	141
Senior Executive Officer	34	30	39	16	5	7	2	3	2	1	8	—	147
Higher Executive Officer	100	113	117	56	15	22	6	11	10	6	23	2	481
Executive Officer	215	311	207	54	15	19	8	27	19	5	42	3	925
Clerical Officer	214½	501	107	50½	17	24½	7	47	60	3	52	3	1,086½
Clerical Assistant	65	363½	74½	33½	5	13½	2	23	22	—	19	1	622
Administration Trainee	—	3	—	8	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14
Professional and Technology Croup
Directing Grade	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	2
Superintending Grades	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	5
PPTO	½	—	15	—	—	1	—	9	—	—	—	—	25½
PTO I	1	—	49	—	—	1	—	16	—	—	—	—	67
PTO II	10	—	77	—	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	92
PTO III	10	—	140	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	153

	Headquarters Offices, Regional Offices, and Directorates	Outstations	Total
PPTO	27		27
PTO I	101	5	106
PTO II	79	45	124
PTO III	55	42	97
PTO IV	8		8
Drawing Office Grades	2		2
Information Officer Group	1		1
Librarian Class		1	1
Secretarial Category	70	390½	460½
Office-Keeper, Messenger, and Paper-Keeper Grades	39	63½	102½
Stores Grades	31	373½	404½
Data Processing Category	2		2
Telephonists	2	10	12
Catering/Housekeeping Grades	6	7	13
Education Officers	12		12
Medical Officers	5	99½	104½
Pharmacists	1	21½	22½
Psychologists	17	96	113
Chaplains	6	100	106
Farm Managers	12	32	44
Nursing Staff		144	144
Social Workers		1	1
Civilian Instructional Officers		957	957
Governor Grades	48	527	575
Prison Officer Class	24	17,025½	17,049½
Other Miscellaneous Grades	1	2	3
Industrial Grades	382½	2,191	2,573½
TOTAL	l,644½	23,884½	25,529

	Management, Personnel, and Common Services	Immigration and Nationality Department	Police Department	Criminal Department	General Department	Fire Department	Community Programmes and Equal Opportunities Department	Radio Regulatory Department	Statistical department	Broadcasting Department	Finance Department	Research and Planning Unit	Total
PTO IV	1	—	408	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	109
TTO A	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
TTO B	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	3
TTO I	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	15	—	—	—	—	19
TTO II	—	—	7	—	—	—	—	30	—	—	—	—	37
TTO III	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	15	—	—	—	—	17
Radio Technician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	5
Drawing Office Grades	14	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16
Scientific Group
Chief Scientific Officer	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer	—	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8
Senior Principal Scientific Officer	—	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	16
Principal Scientific Officer	—	—	74	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	79
Senior Scientific Officer	—		149	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2	152
Higher Scientific Officer	—	—	96½	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	98½
Scientific Officer	—	—	106	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	107
Assistant Scientific Officer	—	—	119	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	119
Research Officer Group
Chief Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Senior Principal Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Principal Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	9
Senior Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19½	19½
Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7
Statistician Group
Chief Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	3
Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	—	—	14
Senior Assistant Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	4
Assistant Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1
Immigration Service Grades
Chief Inspector	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Chief Inspector	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Assistant Chief Inspector	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8
Inspector	—	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33
Chief Immigration Officer	—	209	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	209
Immigration Officer	—	1,238	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,238
Information Officer Group
Chief Information Officer B	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Principal Information Officer	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Senior Information Officer	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Information Officer	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11
Assistant Information Officer	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Legal Category
Assistant Solicitor	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Senior Legal Assistant	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Legal Assistant	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Librarian Class	9	—	4	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	15
Secretarial Category	253½	41	117½	26½	16½	17	7	8	7	5	4	4	507
Officekeeper, Messenger and Paperkeeper Grades	381½	80	19	3½	—	3	—	1	3½	—	4	—	495½
Stores Grades	—	—	38	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	39
Data Processing Category	125	—	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	196
Photoprinting Grades	49	—	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	52
Security Officers	43	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	53
Telephonists and Teleprinter Operators	—	3	10½	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13½
Probation Inspectorate	—	—	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18
Cruelty to Animals Inspectorate	—	—	—	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16
HM Inspector of Constabulary	—	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
HM Inspector of Fire Services	—	—	—	—	—	35½	—	—.	—	—	—	—	35½
Other Miscellaneous Grades	10	8	65½	—	—	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	122½
Industrial Grades	14	2	803½	—	—	168½	—	2	½	—	—	—	990½
TOTAL	1,633	2,966½	3,014	304	108½	371	42	230	147	27	169	63½	9,075½

Prime Minister

Departmental Staff

asked the Prime Minister what was the number of staff in post at 1 April in the Prime Minister's office; and what is the estimated annual cost of the office for the year 1982–83 at constant 1980 prices, including provision for pensions and administrative overheads.

The number of staff at 1 April 1982, excluding messengerial and cleaning staff, was 62 full-time and two part-time. The estimated annual cost of the office for the year 1982–83, at 1980–81 outturn prices, is £1,815,256.

Cabinet Office (Staff)

asked the Prime Minister what was the number of staff in post in the Cabinet Office, excluding the Central Policy Review Staff, at 31 March; and what is the estimated annual cost for 1982–83 at constant 1980 prices, including provision for pensions and administrative overheads.

The number of staff in post was 514. The estimated annual cost for 1982–83 at 1980 prices is £8,068,000.

Central Policy Review Staff (Manpower)

asked the Prime Minister what was the number of staff in post in the Central Policy Review Staff at 31 March; and what is the estimated annual cost for 1982–83 at constant 1980 prices, including provision for pensions and administrative overheads.

The number of staff in post was 32. The estimated cost for 1982–83 at 1980 prices is £817,000.

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food

Elm Trees

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will take further steps to ensure the survival of the elm tree by encouraging local authorities to take more particular action to remove dead and dying specimens.

No. Elms which have been killed by Dutch elm disease and which have been dead for some time are rarely sources of further infection and an increase in felling in southern Britain would have no practical effect on its spread. In general, the only hope of saving a proportion of the remaining healthy elms for a few more years lies in Northern Britain, where local authorities have powers enabling them to fell, or to require the felling of, infected trees. They are already encouraged by the Forestry Commission to exercise these powers and to concentrate their resources where they will be most effective, that is in towns and areas of high amenity value where the incidence of the disease is still low.

Departmental Staff

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

In view of the length and detailed nature of the information requested, I am sending it to my hon. Friend. I have also arranged for copies to be deposited in the main Library. Pay scales are given in the annexes to paragraph 1050 of the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the main Library.

Employment

Earnings (Statistics)

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage increase between the second quarter of 1979 and the latest available figures in (a) earnings per week and (b) earnings per hour of (i) full-time manual male workers in manufacturing and (ii) all other full-time male workers excluding the public sector.

The available information is as follows:

Percentage increase in average gross earnings of employees whose pay was not affected by absence between April 1979 and April 1981
	Weekly earnings	Hourly earnings
Full-time manual men aged 21 and over in manufacturing	27·4	34·4
All other fall-time men aged 21 and over, excluding those in the public sector	37·8	40·5

Source: New Earnings Survey

Burton And Uttoxeter

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many adults and young people have been helped by the Government's unemployment relief schemes in (a) Burton-upon-Trent and (b) Uttoxeter in the past year; and what has been the cost of providing this relief.

It is not possible to provide the information exactly in the form requested. Detailed records on the numbers participating and their age are not kept on a cumulative basis, nor is information available on the cost of providing the measures to the two towns. The following table details the number of people being supported at the latest date together with the total estimates for Great Britain in this financial year.

Measure	Numbers supported at end of June		Age of participants (if known)	Estimate for 1982–83
	Burton	Uttoxeter	£m
Temporary Short-Time Working	509	Nil
Compensation	See note	See note	Not
Scheme	1	1	known	118
Job Release Scheme	62	31	60·64	243·5
	19,900
Youth Opportunities Programme	See note 2		16·18	729·5
	285
Community Enterprise Programme	See note 3		18·64	149
	See note	See note
Community Industry	4	4	16·18	24
Young Workers Scheme	131	20	Under 18	58·9

Notes:1. The figure constitutes the number of workers sharing short-time to save the potentially redundant jobs for which reimbursement was claimed under the scheme in June 1982.2. The figure represents the number of entrants in 1981–82 in the area administered from the Wolverhampton Area Office of the Special Programmes Division of the Manpower Services Commission.3. The figure represents the number of filled places at the end of June in the county of Staffordshire.4. At the present time there is neither an area office nor a "unit" in Staffordshire.

Hazardous Materials (Storage)

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he is satisfied with the present controls for the storage of liquid petroleum gas and other hazardous materials; and what improvements or alterations in the regulations have been introduced in the past year.

Existing legislation on flammable gases, which includes liquefied petroleum gas, has been reviewed. New regulations to cover the manufacture, storage, use and disposal of all flammable gases and oxygen are being drafted. They will be the subject of a consultative document. A similar review is in hand on flammable liquids.The storage of liquefied petroleum gas and other hazardous materials in quantities deemed to constitute a possible major hazard will be covered by the new notification regulations for installations handling hazardous substances, proposals for which have been put to me recently by the Health and Safety Commission.

Temporary Short-Time Working Compensation Scheme

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what reply Her Majesty's Government have sent to the British Textile Confederation representations for the extension and improvement of the temporary short-time working compensation scheme.

I have replied to the British Textile Confederation's representations explaining the purpose of the existing conditions of the scheme and undertaking to consider the points it raised during the annual review of the scheme.

Baking Industry

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what were the average hours worked by manual workers in the baking industry at the latest date for which this information is available; and if he will give comparable figures for the same date in each of the two preceding years;(2) if he will publish in the

Official Report as much information as is readily available about hours of work in the baking industry and about the maximum number of hours worked per week by any group of manual workers in the baking industry.

Information on the hours of work of adult manual male employees in the baking industry is published regularly in the reports on the annual new earnings survey, which for the years up to 1981 are available in the Library. The report on the 1982 survey will be published later this year. Table 2 in part 1 of the reports gives average hours—distinguishing overtime within total hours—for those covered by the national joint committee of the baking industry, and table 48 in part 2 shows the percentage of employees with total hours in various ranges.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he is satisfied with the current provision for employee participation in health and safety arrangements at work places in the baking industry; and if he has received any representations for improvements in this field.

Employee participation in health and safety arrangements at the workplace is provided for in the baking industry, as elsewhere, by the Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulations 1977. It is the responsibility of employers and trade unions in the industry to set up suitable arrangements within the framework of the regulations. I understand that safety representatives and committees have been appointed in a substantial number of plants in the baking industry, and I have received no representations about the present situation.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether, in view of tha hazards expressed in the "Safety Representatives' Handbook" published by the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union, a copy of which has been sent to him, he is satisfied with the standards of health and safety in the baking industry.

While some of the hazards outlined in the safety handbook published by the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union are present in many of the workplaces in the baking industry, the control of these hazards is generally satisfactory. The publication of the handbook should alert the workpeople in the industry to the contribution they can make to the maintenance of these standards.

Rural Jobcentres

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will undertake consultations with hon. Members, local authorities, trades unions and other interested bodies about the review of rural jobcentres, which is recommended in the Rayner report on general employment services.

The Manpower Services Commission is currently considering the report it published last month and on which it invited comments from interested organisations and individuals. It will be reporting its conclusions to Ministers. If the review team's recommendation that a number of jobcentres should be reviewed between now and 1983–84 is accepted I am sure that, in accordance with past practice, the commission will ensure that there is adequate opportunity for those concerned in the localities affected to have their say before decisions are taken on the future of individual offices.

National Health Service (Dispute)

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice which has been sent to Department of Employment managers warning staff not to take sympathetic action in support of National Health Service workers.

Managers were instructed last week to report on any sympathetic action by their staff in connection with the present National Health Service dispute or any other dispute outside the Civil Service. Letters were issued to the very small proportion of Department of Employment group staff who had taken sympathetic industrial action on 23 June warning them that they would be liable to disciplinary proceedings if they took sympathetic action in future. It is not my practice to publish internal "management in confidence" or "staff in confidence" documents of this kind.

Attorney-General

Criminal Trials

asked the Attorney-General what percentage of contested criminal cases in the Crown Court, in which he was responsible for nominating prosecuting counsel, resulted in (a) the conviction of the full offence, or offences, for which the defendant was indicted, (b) the conviction of a lesser offence, or offences, than the one(s) for which the defendant was indicted or (c) the total acquittal of the offence, or offences, for which the defendant was indicted.

This question can be answered only at disproportionate cost.

One-Parent Families

asked the Attorney-General if he will list the recommendations of the Finer committee on one-parent families which relate to the work of the Lord Chancellor's Department, showing whether the recommendation (a) has been implemented, (b) is under consideration or (c) was rejected.

The recommendations—numbered as in pages 495–498 and 509–510 pf the Finer Committee's report—which relate to the work of the Lord Chancellor's Department are: 26–40, 42–51, 134–135, 137 and 141. Recommendations numbers 134 and 135 have been implemented; 26–40 and 42–51 on the establishment of family courts are under consideration; and 137 has been rejected. In its Third Report on Family Property (1978; Law Com. No. 86) the Law Commission advised that it was not necessary to implement recommendation number 137 since the purpose of that recommendation can be achieved by the exercise of the court's powers under section 24 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Recommendation number 141 is not a matter for the Government, but since 1974 more attention has been paid to all aspects of matrimonial law, including questions or rights in the matrimonial home, in the training of prospective solicitors and banisters, and the College of Law and other bodies also arrange courses on matrimonial law for qualified solicitors and their staff.

Unification Church

asked the Attorney-General whether he is yet in a position to forward to the Charity Commissioners further and better particulars in the matter of the standing as a charity of the Unification Church requested from him on 5 October 1981.

I am advised that attempts to inquire into the charitable status either of the church or of the two trusts related to the church which have been registered as charities would require the investigation of matters which are the subject of continuing litigation since an appeal has been entered against the dismissal of the libel action brought by Mr. Dennis Orme against the Daily Mail. I must in these circumstances, take care neither to pre-judge nor to interfere in the appeal, and it would therefore be inappropriate for me at this juncture to comment further.

Royal Family

asked the Attorney-General what offences in connection with assault upon the sovereign or criminal acts against her family or residences require his consent for prosecution.

The Attorney-General's consent is required to prosecute any offence under the Explosive Substances Act, 1883, or conspiracy to commit any such offence. Thus, my consent would be necessary to the prosecution of all such offences if they were directed against the sovereign, her family or residences.

Industry

Iron And Steel (Output)

asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing output of the iron and steel industry in MLH 311 and 312 in the second quarter of 1979 and in the latest available quarter at an annual rate and at 1975 prices.

The index of production for these MLHs combined, seasonally adjusted, 1975=100, was 116 in the second quarter of 1979 and 87 in the first quarter of 1982.

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

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

British Shipbuilders

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he has received British Shipbuilders' annual report and accounts for 1981–82.

My right hon. Friend will tomorrow, in accordance with sections 17(9) and 18(6) of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977, lay before each House copies of British Shipbuilders' annual report and accounts for 1981–82.

Telecommunications Equipment (Liberalisation)

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what evidence he possess of new jobs being created in the United Kingdom directly or mainly as a result of the Government's policy of liberalisation of sale and installation of telecommunications equipment.

[pursuant to his reply, 12 July 1982, c. 260.]: Quantitative evidence on this is almost inevitably uncertain and subjective. From discussions with industry, however, I am aware of numerous individual cases of job creation resulting or in prospect from liberalisation of the telecommunications monopoly. This is the result of such activities as new companies entering the industry, new technology and joint ventures with overseas companies. In due course the Mercury joint venture and the development of a more efficient and competitive telecommunications manufacturing industry as a consequence of liberalisation will also add to these numbers.

Gas Appliances

asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many Common Market countries imposed national safety standards on the import and sale of gas appliances after the agreement on a European standard; and if these national standards have had an effect on the export of British appliances.

[pursuant to his reply, 16 July 1982, c. 500.]: All 10 member States apply safely standards on the sale of gas appliances. There is no evidence that this has had a significant effect on the exports of British appliances.

Wales

Local Authority Housing

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many dwellings were completed by Welsh local authorities in the last quarter and corresponding quarters in 1979, 1980 and 1981.

The information requested is as follows:

Number of local authority dwellings completed
1st quarter 1979	726
1st quarter 1980	814
1st quarter 1981	949
1st quarter 1982	578

Housing Conversion And Improvements

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many housing conversions and improvements were approved to private persons in Wales in the last year.

The number is 4,491.

Housing Starts

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses were started in Wales in each month of the current year in the private and public sectors, respectively.

The information requested is given in the following table:

Grade	Local Government and Housing	Education	Health and Social Work Department	Finance	Management Personnel and Common Services	Agriculture	Industry	Economic Planning	Land Use Planning	Transport and Highways	Total
Senior Staff
Permanent Secretary					1						1
Deputy Secretary					2						2
Under Secretary	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11
Industrial Director							1				1
Administration Group
Assistant Secretary	2	2	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	25
Senior Principal	1	1	1	1	1		1				6
Principal	5	8	10	7	9	12	7	6	4	5	73
Senior Executive Officer	4	1	8	10	9	8	7	5	3	4	59
Higher Executive Officer	12	8	18	17	26½	35	18	8	13	15	170½
Executive Officer	21	9	26	31½	58½	104	17½	10	22	28½	328
Clerical Officer	16	11	51	27½	113½	166½	20	8	24	33	470½
Clerical Assistant	4	3½	40	4½	32½	152	7½	6	6	2	258
Administration Trainee			1			1		1		1	4
Professional and Technology Group
Directing Grades	2										2
Superintending Grades	2		1						1		6
PPTO	13						1		2	12	28

Number of housing starts: Wales
	Public sector	Private sector
January	351	229
February	256	351
March	290	382
April	145	357
May	146	474

Housing Starts

asked the Secretary of State for Wales, how many houses were started in Wales in each of the last three years; what are the comparable figures for Mid-Glamorgan; and if he is able to estimate starts, in both instances, for 1982.

The total number of dwellings started in Wales in 1981 was 6,066, compared with 7,858 in 1980 and 11,426 in 1979. The corresponding figures for Mid-Glamorgan are 992, 973 and 2,094. During the first five months of 1982 there were 2,981 dwellings started in Wales, an increase of 26 per cent. compared with 1981. The comparable figure for Mid-Glamorgan was 497, an increase of 2 per cent. It is not possible to make any realistic estimate of the number of dwellings which will be started by the end of the year.

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

The numbers of civil servants, by grade and functional category, employed on 1 April 1982 are given in the table attached. pay scales are given in the annexes to paragraph 1050 of the Civil. Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the main library.

Grade	Local Government and Housing	Education	Health and Social Work Department	Finance	Management Personnel and Common Services	Agriculture	Industry	Economic Planning	Land Use Planning	Transport and Highways	Total
PTO 1	6								3	26	35
PTO2									1	3	4
PTO3			2						2	4	8
PTO4			3						2	2	7
Other Technical and Drawing Office	1								26½		27½
Scientific Group
Senior Principal Scientific Officer			1								1
Principal Scientific Officer							2		1		3
Research Officer Group
Principal Research Officer					1		1		2	1	5
Senior Research Officer					3		2		4	1	10
Planning Group
Directing Grades									1		1
Superintendent Planner									1		1
Principal Planning Officer									4		4
Senior Planning Officer									3		3
Principal Housing and Planning
Inspector									1		1
Senior Housing and Planning
Inspector									7		7
Housing and Planning Inspector									1		1
Economics and Statistics Group
Senior Economic Adviser					1						1
Chief Statistician					1						1
Economic Adviser					1						1
Statistician					6						6
Assistant Statistician					1						1
Information Officer Group
Chief Information Officer 'A'					1						1
Principal Information Officer					1						1
Senior Information Officer					8						8
Information Officer					7						7
Assistant Information Officer					3						3
Solicitors
Assistant Solicitor					3						3
Senior Legal Assistant					9						9
Legal Assistant					1						1
Ancient Monuments and Historical Buildings
Principal Inspector of Ancient
Monuments									1		1
Inspector of Ancient Monuments									4		4
Curatorial Grade E									1		1
Custodians									33		33
Inspector of Schools
Chief Inspector		1									1
Staff Inspector		7									7
HM Inspector		45									45
Medical
Principal Medical Officer			2								2
Senior Medical Officer			4								4
Medical Officer			11								11
Dental
Senior Dental Officer			1								1
Dental Officer			3								3
Nursing
Dep Chief Nursing Officer			1								1
Principal Nursing Officer			1								1
Nursing Officer			5								5
Social Work Service
Chief Social Work Service Officer			1								1
Social Work Service Officer			11								11
Secretarial and Typing
Secretaries	6	9	17	4	17	11	4	4	5	3	80
Typing grades		1	1		112	47	1				162
Office Service grades				2	74½	50½			1		128
Other Miscellaneous grades			8		3						11
Industrial grades					3	8			137		148
Total	96	107½	234	108½	512½	598	94	52	319½	145½	2267½

Psychiatric Patients

asked the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Caerphilly on 16 June, Official Report, c. 283, if he will take steps to collect centrally information on the ages of outpatients.

No. The cost could not be justified.

Energy

Coal Stocks

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what steps are being taken by his Department in conjunction with the National Coal Board to encourage privatisation of coal stocks; and what consultations are planned with the National Union of Mineworkers on this matter.

I understand that the NCB is looking into the possibility of broadening its markets by selling limited amounts of coal to investors with a view to improving the financial position of the industry and reducing interest charges on stocks. No specific proposals have been put to the Department. Any question of consultation between the NCB and the NUM and other mining unions is a matter for the board.

Public Sector Pay

asked the Secretary of State for Energy which groups and grades in the public sector for which he has ministerial responsibility have so far settled at 4 per cent. or less in the current 1981–82 pay round.

Persons in England and Wales by socio-economic group of father (1981)
	Socio-economic group of father			Approximate percentage
	Professional/employers and managers	Intermediate and junior non-manual	Skilled manual/own account non-professional/semiskilled manual and personal service/unskilled manual	Total
Age	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
18–24 with GCE A-level qualifications	50	20	30	100
All persons	25	15	65	100

Notes:

(1) Including Higher School Certificate.

Due to rounding components do not necessarily sum to total.

Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs

Hong Kong (Vietnamese Refugees)

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects the remaining Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong to be resettled; and if he will make a statement.

It is not possible to predict when the remaining Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong will be resettled. Because refugees continue to arrive in Hong Kong and resettlement places are diminishing it is

First and second-year apprentices, and juniors, in the grades represented by the National Joint Industrial Council and the national joint board of the electricity supply industry did not receive an increase this year.

Education And Science

Liverpool (Ministerial Visit)

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement following his visit to Liverpool.

As my right hon. Friend said yesterday in answer to a question from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Scotland Exchange (Mr. Parry):

"Parliamentary business meant that I had to curtail my visit. It is to my hosts' credit that I still managed to hold my planned discussions with the leaders of the three parties and have talks, unfortunately truncated, with representatives of the teachers' associations. I also met briefly a deputation of parents with children at Croxteth school. I was encouraged by the commitment and effort of all concerned to make progress in developing a city-wide plan for Liverpool's schools and I am hopeful that this will be forthcoming in the autumn."—[Official Report, 20 July 1982; Vol. 28, c. 125.]

School Population

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish figures showing by socio-economic group what proportion of young people stay on at school after the school leaving age.

Information is not available in the form requested, but the socio-economic group of young people aged 18–24 with A-level qualifications is as follows:expected that by the end of 1982 the refugee population will be approximately the same as it was at the end of 1981.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Vietnamese refugees remain in Hong Kong awaiting resettlement in other countries.

The number of Vietnamese refugees awaiting resettlement on 17 July 1982 was 11,358. There were also 486 awaiting repatriation to China where it is believed they had previously settled before coming to Hong Kong illegally.

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

The numbers of staff of the Diplomatic Service and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including

Diplomatic Service/Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	Heads of Overseas Posts	Political	Economic	Commercial	Aid	Information and Culture
Mainstream
Senior Grade	113	26	5	2	—	2
Grade 4	67	96	14	40½	2	5
Grade 5	12	213½	27½	65	8	34½
Grade 6	11	39	8½	65	9½	27
Grade 7D/8	—	72	3	4	½	5½
Grade 7E	1	74	8½	100	22½	40
Grade 9	—	69	3	57½	15	16
Grade 10/Clerical Officer	—	108	6	9	½	21½
Clerical Assistant	—	—	—	—	—	6
	204	697½	75½	343	58	157½

	Consular	Immigration and Visa	Finance Personnel and Administration	Miscellaneous (Scientific, Labour Attaches etc)	Training, Transit and Leave
Mainstream
Senior Grade	—	—	5	—	3
Grade 4	2½	1	20½	16	15
Grade 5	7	3	45	37	—
Grade 6	35	5	64	6	10
Grade 7D/8	½	—	16	3	13
Grade 7E	56	17	134	1	40
Grade 9	96	100	257	3	120
Grade 10/Clerical Officer	31	37	477½	7	70
Clerical Assistant	8	5	16	—	—
	236	168	1,035	73	271

Secretarial, 650½; Legal, 22; Research, 56; Security, 348½; Communications, 1364½; Common Services, 630. Total DS/FCO Staff, 6390.

	Passport Office	Overseas Development Administration
		Headquarters	Special Units
Open Structure	—	11	—
Administration Group
Assistant Secretary	1	23	—
Senior Principal	1	5	—
Principal	4	73½	—
Senior Executive Officer	7	51	4
Higher Executive Officer	27	130½	4
Executive Officer	125	187	17
Clerical Officer	507	321	46
Clerical Assistant	219½	39	3
Administration Trainee	—	2	—
Secretarial Group	20	121½	33
Other Grades	72½	247½	646½
Total	984	1,212	753½

Total DS/FCO, Passport Office and ODA Staff 9,339½

the Passport Office and the Overseas Development Administration, by grade and function, employed on 1 April 1982 are given in the following table. In many posts there is an overlap of function, for example, the work done by a head of mission in promoting exports. Pay scales are given in the annexes to paragraph 1050 of the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the main Library.

Mutual And Balanced Force Reductions

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement about the draft treaty on the mutual reduction of armed forces and associated measures tabled on 8 July by the Western direct participants in the MBFR talks in Vienna.

The tabling of the draft treaty is an important move by the Alliance. By meeting a major Eastern requirement—that all direct participants should undertake at the outset to take a significant share of the force reductions required—this latest proposal reinforces the long-standing Western commitment to reach an agreement based on significant reductions, equal force levels, effective verification and confidence-building measures. The Government hope that this clear proof of the Alliance's wish to make progress will elicit an encouraging response from the East.

Foreign Affairs Council

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Foreign Affairs Council on 19 and 20 July.

The Foreign Affairs Council met in Brussels on 19 and 20 July. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and I represented the United Kingdom on 19 July. My hon. and learned Friend the Minister of Trade was our representative on 20 July.The Council was preceded by a political co-operation meeting at which Foreign Ministers of the Ten discussed the situation in the Lebanon and in the Middle East region as a whole. They re-affirmed the position taken at the European Council on 28 and 29 June that an early solution was needed to the crisis and that it was important that progress should be made towards a solution of the wider Palestinian problem. They also expressed their serious concern about the recent escalation of fighting between Iran and Iraq.At the Council itself the Ministers agreed upon specific terms to be put to Portugal for the conclusion of a voluntary restraint arrangement on textiles for the pre-accession period; and transitional arrangements to last for four years from the date of accession.The Council then considered the question of aid to Central America and agreed to look at this again in September on the basis of specific Commission proposals for individual countries.Ministers also discussed the implementation of the agreement reached on 24 and 25 May on refunds of the United. Kingdom net contribution in respect of 1982 including the precise arrangments for financing the refunds, but no decision was taken. The Council will return to this in September.The Council agreed two draft regulations providing for further funds totalling 55 million ecu for the Community's programme of support for demonsration projects in alternative energy sources and energy saving.There was a thorough discussion of European Community-United States relations. The Council agreed that these continued to cause serious concern. On steel the Commission reported that the United States Administration was not prepared to negotiate realistic terms for a Community-wide settlement. It therefore recommended that the five member States, including the United Kingdom, whose ability to export to the United States is seriously affected by provisional countervailing duties should enter into negotiations for separate bilateral agreements but on a coordinated Community basis. This was accepted by the Council.In addition, the Council approved the Commission's proposal to take action in the GATT against the United States system of DISC export subsidies and endorsed its action in raising, also in the GATT, the recent decision by Congress to extend the copyright manufacturing clause, which requires printing of books by American authors to be carried out in the United States.The Council generally endorsed the broad orientations proposed by the Commission on preparations for the GATT ministerial meeting, while noting that more detailed discussion would be required in the Autumn.Discussions on trade matters also covered EFTA, Manioc and European Community-Japan relations. The Council adopted the annual report on the Community's relations with EFTA and agreed in part Commission proposals for simplifying the rules of origin requirement for European Community-EFTA trade. It authorised the conclusion of agreements with certain supplier countries limiting European Communiy imports of manioc.Under other business the Commission reported that progress in recent consultations with Japan remained inadequate. It was agreed that there should be substantive discussion at the next meeting of the Council on 20 and 21 September.Also under other business, the Commission reported on the latest developments in UNLOSC and called for continuing close co-operation within the Community.

European Community

Expenditure

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the EEC Commission spent in the last year; what is the provision this year on propaganda, public relations and information, including the national and local offices of the Commission; and how much of this expenditure is directed at the United Kingdom.

The Commission spent a total of £9,660 million in 1981—17,485 million ecu converted at 1·81 ecu to the pound, the average exchange rate for 1981. The 1982 budget contains provision of about £6·4 million for information—12·25 million ecu at 1·91 ecu to the pound, the 1982 budget rate. The costs of Commission offices related to information activities are not separately identifiable, nor is the amount of expenditure on activities related to the United Kingdom.

Scotland

Public Sector Pay Settlements

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland which groups and grades in the public sector for which he has ministerial responsibility have so far settled at 4 per cent. or less in the current 1981–82 pay round.

Electricians and plumbers and their assistants in the National Health Service settled within 4 per cent. Following the announcement on 23 June that additional resources had been made available to improve pay offers to Health Service staff, these negotiations were reopened and a revised agreement within 6 per cent. has now been reached.

Mental Patients (Visits By Relatives)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will authorise an emergency subsidy of road transport to assist relatives to visit patients in mental hospitals in place of the assisted rail journey scheme rendered ineffective by the rail dispute.

Persons on supplementary benefits can obtain assistance from the Department of Health and Social Security towards the cost of visiting relatives in hospital. Such assistance is not restricted to rail travel. I am not aware of any other centrally administered scheme of assistance.

Elderly Persons

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average weekly cost of providing for an old person (a) a bed in a geriatric ward, (b) a place in an old people's home and (c) a home help.

The following information relates to 1980–81:

(a) the average cost per week of a bed in a geriatric hospital was £192;

(b) the average cost per week of a place in a local authority old people's home was £123; and

(c) the average cost per week of providing a home help to a household was £12.

These figures do not take account of interest charges on capital expenditure on buildings or of income accruing by way of payment from those in receipt of the services.

Housing

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what percentage of houses currently vacant are in the public sector; and if he will provide a numerical and percentage classification for those which are being (a) modernised or improved and (b) waiting to be re-let;(2) if he will estimate how many houses in Scotland are currently vacant; and how many of these are privately owned.

From the post-enumeration survey of vacant and occupier absent properties, it is estimated that about 97,600 houses in Scotland were vacant at the time of the census; 53,300–55 per cent.—of these were privately owned, and 32,200–33 per cent.—were public sector dwellings, including housing association properties. Tenure was unknown for 12,100–12 per cent.—dwellings.Of the vacant public sector dwellings, 4,400–14 per cent.—were being rebuilt or converted. An estimate of the number of dwellings waiting to be relet is not available.These figures excluded second homes, holiday lets and properties where the occupier was absent on census night.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many council house modernisation programmes were approved by his Department in the years 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82.

Since June 1979 local authorities have not been required to submit individual modernisation programmes for my Department's approval, but have been free to determine their own spending priorities between new building and modernisation within their annual capital allocations. An indication of local authority progress with modernisation schemes will, however, be found in the table on page 18 of Scottish housing statistics No. 16, a copy of which is in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of Scottish households currently living in overcrowded conditions, as defined by bedroom standards; and what percentage of the total number of households they comprise.

The available information derives from the general household survey which in its application to Scotland is subject to a wide margin of sampling error. With this qualification, recent survey figures have been in the range 140,000 to 180,000, that is, about 8–10 per cent. of all households.

Second Homes

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the number of second homes in Scotland.

The post-enumeration survey of vacant and occupier absent properties suggests that there were some 15,500 known second homes in Scotland which were unoccupied at the time of the 1981 census. I have no reliable information about the number of second homes that were occupied at the time of the census.

Unemployment Statistics

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young people are registered unemployed; and how many of them are graduates.

On 15 April 1982, the latest date for which information is available, 42,402 young people under the age of 19 years were registered as unemployed in Scotland. Information is not collected centrally on the educational qualifications held by these young people.

Sheltered Housing

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sheltered housing projects his Department has approved in the years from 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82.

Local authorities have not been required to submit housing projects for the approval of my Department since June 1979. A total of 130 sheltered housing projects providing 3,626 units of accommodation submitted by other public sector agencies received approval during the three-year period ended 31 March 1982. The details for each year are as follows:

	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82
New Town Development Corporations
Number of schemes	—	—	1
Number of units			15
Scottish Special Housing Association
Number of schemes	6	4	9
Number of units	177	107	197
Registered housing associations
Number of schemes	40	28	42
Number of units	1,266	735	1,129

Some sheltered housing is also provided in tenemental rehabilitation projects submitted for approval during the same period.For progress with the provision of public sector sheltered housing generally the hon. Member may wish to refer to the table on page 32 of Scottish Housing Statistics No. 13, a copy of which is in the Library.

Housing (Dampness)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action his Department is taking to eradicate the problem of dampness in houses.

The Government consider condensation in local authority housing as the most serious aspect of the general problem of dampness in housing. The cost of remedial treatment has been given special weight in the housing allocations to local authorities for 1982–83. In addition, further studies are being carried out by my Department into methodology and effectiveness of various means of dealing with the problem.

Lurchers Gully Development

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to announce his decision following the public inquiry into the Lurchers Gully development.

My right hon. Friend received the report of the public local inquiry into the proposed development on 8 July. He is now examining the report carefully and will announce his decision as soon as possible.

Rural Jobcentres

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will undertake consultations with hon. Members, local authorities, trade unions and other interested bodies about the review of rural jobcentres which is recommended in the Rayner report in general employment services.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him today by my right hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Employment.

Council House Sales

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in view of the substantial administrative costs incurred by local authorities as a consequence of the compulsory sale of council houses, he will take steps to provide for the reimbursement of those costs.

Housing support grant settlements in recent years have taken account of all the relevant evidence as to management costs which COSLA has produced, including evidence of costs related to the implementation of the Tenants' Rights etc. (Scotland) Act 1980.

National Finance

Departmental Staff

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

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

Value Added Tax

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the net revenue yield to the Exchequer of traders registered for value added tax having a turnover of (a) less than £50,000 and (b) less than £30,000.

The net revenue yield in 1980–81 from traders registered for value added tax, who had taxable turnover of less than £50,000 a year, was about £490 million. Traders with taxable turnover of less than £30,000 a year had a net revenue yield of about £300 million.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of traders registered for value added tax have a turnover of (a) less than £50,000 per annum and (b) less than £30,000 per annum.

[pursuant to his reply, 21 July 1982, c.115]: About 50 per cent. of traders registered for value added tax have taxable turnover of less than £30,000 per annum and about 65 per cent. have taxable turnover of less than £50,000 per annum.

Inland Revenue (Record Keeping)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he proposes any change in the Inland Revenue's present system of record keeping; and, if so, whether taxpayers and their representatives will be given the opportunity to comment on the change before it takes place.

Following a recent review by the Inland Revenue we have concluded that for the majority of taxpayers dealt with under the pay-as-you-earn arrangements, much of the material held in tax office files is retained unnecessarily. We believe that there is a case for changing the present practice of retaining all communications for a considerable period and that only communications of a substantial or contentious nature should be retained.Naturally this will have consequences for taxpayers in their dealings with the Inland Revenue and we should like to have people's reaction before coming to a final decision. A consultative paper is being published today by the Inland Revenue which sets out the nature and effect of the proposed change and which invites comment on that change. Copies have been placed in the Library.

Social Services

Public Sector Pay Settlements

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services which groups and grades in the public sector for which he has ministerial responsibility have so far settled at 4 per cent. or less in the current 1981–82 pay round.

Electricians and plumbers and their assistants were the only National Health Service group to settle within 4 per cent. Following my right hon. Friend's announcement in his statement to the House on 23 June—[Vol. 26, c. 299–304]—that additional resources had been made available to improve pay offers to Health Service staff, these negotiations were reopened and a revised agreement within 6 per cent. has now been reached.

Pregnancy

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many girls under the age of 16 years became pregnant in the latest year for which figures are available; and what action his Department is taking to reduce this number.

The best estimate that I now have are that in England and Wales in 1979, the latest year for which this calculation has been done, some 8,100 girls under the age of 16 became pregnant. This includes the proportion of births and abortions to girls aged 16 which were likely to be the result of conceptions occurring before the sixteenth birthday.Last year we issued revised guidance to health authorities on the provision of contraceptive advice to children under 16 which emphasised the desirability of making separate informal arrangments at family planning clinics for young people. We also stressed the importance of parental responsibility in these matters.

Regional Health Authorities (Cash Limits)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much each regional health authority overran its 1981–82 cash limits.

Final figures for each region's over or underspending will not be available until authorities' audited accounts for 1981–82 are received later this year. Provisional figures are as follows for each region's over or underspending against their capital and revenue cash limits respectively.The total capital overspend represents 0·6 per cent of regions capital cash limits. The total net underspend on revenue represents 0·3 per cent. of their revenue cash limits.

Regional Health Authority	Under/(Over) Spending £ million
	Capital	Revenue
Northern	0·5	0·9
Yorkshire	2·2	2·1
Trent	(2·6)	(0·5)
East Anglian	(0·2)	(0·9)
North-West Thames	(0·7)	5·1
North-East Thames	1·1	0·5
South-East Thames	3·7	1·8
South-West Thames	(3·0)	5·2
Wessex	3·4	3·9
Oxford	1·1	1·2
South-Western	1·2	1·9
West-Midlands	(3·9)	0·6
Mersey	—	1·8
North-Western	(6·8)	1·9
TOTAL	(4·0)	25·5

Pharmacists (Pay)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will ensure that funds are allocated for the out-of hours work of hospital pharmacists, entirely independently of any other pay negotiations involving hospital pharmacists.

The funds allocated to the pharmaceutical Whitley council include additional money towards the introduction of an emergency duty agreement for hospital pharmacists.

Consultants

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply on 28 January, Official Report, c. 232, what is the proportion of consultants on the full-time contracts who have exceeded the 10 per cent. time limit on working for private patients.

I have no further information to add to my hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Stockton, North (Mr. Bennett) on 28 January 1982—[Vol. 16, c. 431.]

Heating Allowances (Scotland)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Dundee, East on 31 March 1981, Official Report, c. 70, he will give an official response to the report from the Scottish electricity consumers' council which advocated that special attention should be paid to the colder climatic conditions in Scotland when assessing the levels of heating allowances.

I am satisfied that the existing arrangements for providing help with fuel costs to those on supplementary benefit represent a fair method of distributing available resoureces and I have no plans to single out climatic or other local factors as a basis for determining differential levels of heating additions. To do so would introduce considerable extra complexity into the scheme. Heating additions are intended to provide for extra resources for heating to those who need it because of their age, their state of health, the condition of their accommodation, or their type of heating system. They are not intended to meet precisely the different heating costs of individual households which vary according to personal preference and many other circumstances of which climatic conditions is only one. Help is also available by way of single payments where exceptionally severe weather results in increased consumption.

Christmas Bonus

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people received Christmas bonuses in 1979, 1980 and 1981.

About 10,115,000 in 1979, 10,270,000 in 1980 and 10,500,000 in 1981.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will increase the pensioners' Christmas bonus to £35; and if he will make a statement.

No. Such an increase would cost an extra £250 million and given the need for continuing restraint in public expenditure no priority can be given this year to any increase in the level of bonus, at the expense of necessary improvements in weekly benefits.

Mobility Allowance

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many representations he has received from pensioners organisations during the last two years regarding the abolition of the 65-year-old age limit qualification for mobility allowance.

We have records of two such representations.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many (a) pensioners and (b) persons other than pensioners received mobility allowance in 1979, 1980, 1981 and to the nearest available date in 1982.

The information for 1980 onwards is as follows. I regret that equivalent figures for 1979 are not available.

	Men aged 65 and over and women aged 60 and over	Under pensionable age
	(a)	(b)
As at 31 December 1980	28,770	155,900
As at 31 December 1981	40,620	170,190
As at 12 July 1982	47,880	182,270

Child Support

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the rate at which total child support for families receiving (a) short-term benefits and (b) long-term benefits has dropped since 1979.

The rates of child support—child benefit and child dependency additions—in November 1979 and November 1981 are as follows together with the cash and percentage increases in these rates. During the same period, there was an increase of 29·1 per cent. in the retail price index.

Short-term benefits

November 1979 £.5·70
November 1981 £6·05—increase of £0·35 or 6·1 per cent.

Long-term benefits

November 1979 £11·10
November 1981 £12·95—increase of £1·85 or 16·7 per cent.

Between November 1979 and November 1981 supplementary benefit additions for children increased by between 26·4 per cent. and 27·1 per cent. The amount of this increase was affected by the two per cent. shortfall in the November 1981 uprating which is to be made good in November 1982.

Hospital Services (Private Contracts)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of the hospital service subcontracts (a) its laundry and (b) its catering, to private firms; and what evidence there is that this has been cost-effective.

In the financial year 1980–81 contracts with private companies accounted for 0·31 per cent. and 11·96 per cent. respectively of the revenue expenditure on catering and laundry services by health authorities in England.Evidence of the cost effectiveness of individual contracts is not available centrally. I would expect that health authorities who have let contracts have satisfied themselves that the service provided is cost effective.

Availability For Work

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received against availability for work tests.

A number of comments have been made both in correspondence and in the press about the pilot exercise on the initial availability test recently carried out in unemployment benefit offices. The main representations about the test have been made by Lady Lockwood, chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission, who is concerned that certain aspects of the test may discriminate against single parents and mothers. A number of representations from other bodies have also been made to the social security advisory committee, which is currently considering amending regulations dealing with changes stemming from voluntary registration and the transfer of availability testing from jobcentres to unemployment benefit offices.

Benefit Claimants

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report for each of his Department's local offices serving the Hammersmith North constituency and the Hammersmith, Fulham, constituency the current number of non-pensioner and pensioner claimants; and if he will give comparable figures for 1979, 1980 and 1981 where available.

The information requested is as follows:

Number of non-pensioner and pensioner claimants at offices dealing with both the Hammersmith North and the Hammersmith Fulham constituencies.
Office	8 June 1982	9 June 1981	10 June 1980	12 June 1979
Supplementary Benefits
Kensington
Non-pensioners	4,446	3,717	2,681	3,050
Pensioners	2,670	2,711	2,630	2,801
Acton
Non-pensioners	7,251	5,440	3,889	4,375
Pensioners	4,503	4,547	4,482	4,212
Chelsea
Non-pensioners	6,397	4,783	3,393	3,636
Pensioners	4,032	3,926	3,979	4,081
Contributory Benefits
Kensington
Non-pensioners	^*8	^*8	Not available
Pensioners	†86	†60	Not available
Acton
Non-pensioners	1,552	1,481	1,961	2,111
Pensioners	682	539	603	642
Chelsea
Non-pensioners	^*7	^*10	Not available
Pensioners	†ll6	†85	Not available
^* Widow's benefit only. Other benefits work is processed at the Department's Aldershort office and details by local office are not available.
† Death grant only. Other benefits work is processed at the Department's London Pensions Group and details by local office are not available.

Figures for supplementary benefits are the number of cases in action on the dates shown. Figures for contributory benefits are the number of claims received in the four week period ended on the date shown.

Social Security Offices (Staff)

asked Secretary of State for Social Services if he will place in the Library the documents used to measure work loads and to fix staffing levels in social security offices.

A document which is now in the course of preparation, explaining the complementing system and the effects which work loads have on staffing levels in the regional organisation will be placed in the Library as scion as it is ready.

Social Security Statistics

asked Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update table 7.05 of Social Security Statistics.

The information requested is as follows:

Thousands
	1981
All women
Maternity grants
Awards	654
Grants	659
Maternity Allowance	365
Married women
Maternity grants
Awards	611
Grants	616
Maternity Allowance	325
Other women
Maternity grants
Awards	43
Grants	43
Maternity Allowance	40

These figures are for the calendar year ending 31 December 1980. Figures for the Quarter ending March 1981 are not available due to industrial action in the Civil Service.

Surgical Shoes

asked Secretary of State for Social Services if he has issued a national directive for the supply of surgical shoes under the National Health Service; how many pairs may be issued initially; and how often they may be replaced or repaired.

My right hon. Friend does not issue directives on what consultants should prescribe but the Department has provided some general advice that two pairs of surgical footwear should be the minimum supplied and that a third pair should be prescribed where the consultant considers it justified, for example, where the patient's employment causes excessive wear and tear to his footwear or for youngsters with active recreational pursuits. Similarly, the advice points out that the frequency of repair or replacement cannot be determined arbitrarily and that footwear should be repaired as often as necessary and replaced when repair is no longer economically possible.Despite this there is a fairly widespread misconception among patients that there is a laid-down scale of issue and frequency of repair or replacement, and I welcome this opportunity to make the position clear.

Transport

Policy Programme (Achievement)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will make a statement on the results of his Department in achieving the Government's policy programme since his predecessor's reply to the hon. Member for Melton on 9 July 1981, Official Report, c. 217.

The sale of the National Freight Company Ltd. to a consortium of managers and employees has been successfully completed. The Transport Act 1981 has opened the way for further transfers to the private sector, by providing for the introduction of private capital into the British Transport Docks Board and the subsidiary businesses of British Rail. The Act also abolished the National Ports Council and gave the ports increased responsibility for their own affairs. The process of transferring British Rail's subsidiary businesses to the private sector has continued, with the sale of over £40 million of non-operational property and the privatisation of three further hotels, the hovercraft business and a number of other subsidiary activities. The sale of new leases on English motorway service areas should be virtually completed by the autumn, when these sales will have brought some £48 million to the Exchequer.The current Transport Bill paves the way for the introduction of private capital into the National Bus Company's express coach services, following its successful expansion since the Transport Act 1980 came into force; into National Holidays; and into certain of the group's property interests. The Bill thereby creates a major opportunity for improving services to the travelling public.Over the past nine months, the Monopolies and Mergers Commission has been conducting an investigation into the costs and efficiency of four publicly owned bus undertakings. I look forward to the publication of its report.The Transport Act 1981 includes the first major road safety legislation for over a decade. There are new measures to combat drinking and driving, improve motor cycle safety and the safety of children in cars and provision is also made for the replacement of the totting-up procedure by a new penalty points system. I have also taken steps to implement Parliament's decision on seat belt wearing by adults by laying draft regulations this month. The current Transport Bill will improve and extend the fixed penalty system for motoring offences. It will also improve the enforcement of parking regulations. There have been steady improvements in vehicle safety and environmental standards over the year.Our first two-year programme of trunk road construction and improvement was implemented. In 1981–82, more work was done than expected, and at lower cost. More than 90 towns and villages will be bypassed by trunk and local road schemes under construction at the end of 1981. Many more are starting during 1982 and planned for the next few years. I have recently added to the active trunk road programme schemes which will bypass 25 more towns. We have recently invited the private sector to consider with us whether we can devise a scheme to raise supplementary private funds to enable this work to be speeded up. Some 70 miles of motorway have been renewed to modern standards in the past 12 months.My transport supplementary grant settlement for 1982–83 enabled local authorities to start 35 bypasses and relief roads, and supported increased road maintenance expenditure. The TSG system will continue for 1983–84. I intend to give particular support to new bypasses and relief roads, to special measures to mitigate the effects of heavy lorries and to schemes to promote cycling.Comprehensive measures were announced in the White Paper "Lorries, People and the Environment" to deal with the long neglected problems caused by heavy lorries. Action already taken includes increased expenditure and staff on enforcement and encouragement of the vigorous use of lorry controls by local authorities. In the past 12 months, we have announced nine grants at a cost of £5·5 million for rail freight facilities under section 8 of the Railways Act 1974. These facilities will remove a considerable number of lorries from the roads with considerable environmental benefit. We have also extended this system to grants to waterway users, under section 36 of the Transport Act 1981.Further action has been taken to help disabled people and to draw attention to their transport needs. I have consulted widely on new regulations designed to improve the operation of the orange badge scheme and these will come into operation shortly. A national guide to transport for disabled people was published in April 1982. I have supported Carbodies Ltd. to ensure that the new model of the London taxi will be accessible to wheelchairs. Work is being done to develop audible and tactile signals to help blind and partially sighted pedestrians.We have completed the transfer of the work of designing and supervising new trunk road schemes, mainly to private sector consultants.In the past 12 months, staff numbers in my Department have been reduced by 458, or 3½ per cent., making a total reduction since 1 April 1979 of 1,728, or 12 per cent. By 1984 I expect to achieve a 22 per cent. reduction overall.

Blind Persons (Delegation)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what response he has made to the letter dated 30 June from the chairman of the Southern and Western regional association for the blind; and whether he will accede to the request to meet a delegation.

I am writing to Mr. Wall suggesting a meeting between the Southern and Western regional association for the blind and officials from the Department to discuss the issues raised in Mr. Wall's letter of 30 June.

Supplementary Benefit

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in view of the increased telephone charges, he will alter the sums of money available in supplementary benefit for single pensioners living at home for whom the telephone is needed in an emergency.

Local authorities have powers to assist with the provision of telephones for elderly and disabled people. In the supplementary benefit scheme, the scale rates are intended to relate to all items of normal expenditure in day-to-day living and there is no separate provision for telephones. We have no plans to introduce such a provision.

Neonatal Intensive Care

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now increase the number of neonatal intensive care units to the level of 400 as recommended by the Select Committee on Social Services in its report on perinatal and neonatal mortality; what has been the total provision of such units in each of the past three years; and if he is satisfied that existing policies are meeting the requirements for such units.

It is the responsibility of health authorities to assess needs to decide on the number of neonatal intensive care cots to be provided. Information on the number of intensive care cots is not held centrally.

Rubella

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what evidence he has that consultant gynaecologists do not immunise their patients against rubella when they are being treated for infertility and other complaints in order to have children; and if he will make a statement.

We have no evidence of this. Immunisation of susceptible women of child-bearing age against rubella has been advised by the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation and immunisation in the circumstances referred to would seem a matter of good professional practice.

Social Security Acts (Report)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has yet received a report by the Government Actuary on the operation of the Social Security Acts since 1975.

I have laid before the House the report that the Government Actuary has made on the operation of the Social Security Acts between April 1975 and April 1980 in accordance with section 137 of the Social Security Act 1975. The report provides principally a detailed analysis of the possible future costs of benefits paid out of the national insurance fund and of the contributions that will be needed to pay for them. The Government will be considering this report very carefully before reaching any conclusions. We shall also be consulting widely with interested organisations and inviting comments by the end of this year.

S Manual

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when the S manual will be published.

Substantial further work has proved necessary in order to ensure that the manual is prepared for publication in a form that maximises its usefulness both to our staff and to the public. I regret the delay this entails.I hope now to be able to publish, along the lines indicated in my predecessor's answer on 17 December 1981—[Vol. 15, c.

202]—early in 1983. Meanwhile, the chief supplementary benefit officer's guidance will continue to be published.

Northern Ireland

Civil Service

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is now the length of time taken to process an application for jobs in the Civil Service in Northern Ireland; and what were the periods in each of the last five years.

Detailed figures are not available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost, I understand from the Civil Service Commissioners for Northern Ireland, that they are not aware of any significant change in processing applications in recent years, despite large increases in the numbers of applicants.The time taken to process an application varies. In special competitions held to fill known vacancies in specific areas, the commissioners aim to have all stages between the close of applications and the issue of letters of appointment completed within eight weeks. In more standard competitions, for example for clerical posts, where the demand for staff is expected to be continuous, the first batch of appointments may be made within one month of the competition closing. But, because of the large numbers of candidates who are attracted by such competitions, a much longer period is needed to process all the applications.

Foyle Fisheries Commission

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums were paid to the Foyle

Financial Year ending 31 March	Amount	Date Paid	Total
	£		£
1977–78	30,197	11 January 1978
	14,000	31 March 1978	44,197
1978–79	16,000	23 August 1978
	20,000	20 March 1979	36,000
1979–80	10,000	28 August 1979
	44,000	31 March 1980	54,000
1980–81	14,280	7 August 1980
	5,720	30 September 1980
	17,000	19 January 1981
	31,000	25 March 1981	68,000
1981–82	7,812	10 July 1981
	40,000	9 December 1981
	33,000	2 March 1982	80,812

These payments represent 50 per cent. of the commission's annual deficits. The balance of the annual deficits are funded by the Department of Fisheries and Forestry in the Irish Republic.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occassions the boats used by the staff of the Foyle Fisheries Commission have broken down or not been available for anti-poaching river patrols and Lough Foyle patrols in the current year and in each of the preceding five years in the months of May, June, July and August.

I understand that the Foyle Fisheries Commission employ three boats full-time on anti-poaching river patrols and Lough Foyle patrols and that details of breakdowns are not readily available.

Drift Net Fishing

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he is satisfied that all interested parties in Northern Ireland were consulted before the recent changes were made in the regulations governing drift net fishing in the Foyle area, including persons in the area covered by the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland who might be affected.

Yes, I am satisfied that the Foyle Fisheries Commission took the necessary steps to consult interested parties before introducing the recent changes in the regulations governing drift net fishing in the Foyle area.

Fisheries Commission by his Department in each of the last five years and the current year; on what dates these payments were made; what were the sums paid by the Government of the Republic of Ireland; and on what dates they were paid.

The commission's annual accounts, published in its annual report, contain full details of income received from various sources. Details of the payments made to the Foyle Fisheries Commission during the past five years by the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland are as follows:

River Watchers

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is now the pay for a river watcher employed by (a) the Foyle Fisheries Commission and (b) the Fisheries Conservancy Board in Northern Ireland; what is the overtime rate in each area; and what is the travel allowance in each area.

The information that has been provided by the Foyle Fisheries Commission and the Fisheries Conservancy Board is as follows:

	Pay	Travel Allowance
	£	£
Foyle Fisheries Commission River Watcher	87·30 per week	0·191 per mile
Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland Bailiffs	4,165–7,115 per year	0·223 per mile

The Fisheries Conservancy Board does not employ river watchers but bailiffs' responsibilities include those of the Foyle Fisheries Commission river watchers.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff are now employed as river watchers and on anti-poaching activities on Lough Foyle and the River Foyle by the Foyle Fisheries Commission in the current year; what were the figures for each of the preceding five years; and how many man-hours in total have been spent in the months of May, June and July, respectively, in each of those years and the current year on anti-poaching patrols.

Details of the staff employed by the commission are published in the Foyle Fisheries Commission's annual report. The commission does not keep detailed records of the man-hours worked in any given period.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff are now employed as river watchers and on anti-poaching activities by the Fisheries Conservancy Board in Northern Ireland in the current year; what were the figures in each of the preceding five years; and in each of those years and the current year, how many man-hours have been spent in the months of May, June and July on anti-poaching activity.

The Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland has provided the following details of its staff employed on conservation and protection duties:

Year	Bailiffs^*	Inspectors
1977	17	4
1978	17	4
1979	18	4
1980	17	4
1981	14	4
1982	12	4
^* The Fisheries Conservancy Board does not employ river watchers but its bailiffs' responsibilities include river watching.

A number of temporary bailiffs are also employed in the period June-September each year to assist the full-time staff. The board does not keep detailed records of the man-hours worked in any given period.

Salmon Redds

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the number of salmon redds counted in each salmon river in the Fisheries Conservancy Board area and the Foyle Fisheries Commission area in each of the past five years.

Details of the numbers of salmon redds counted in each salmon river are published in the annual reports of the Foyle Fisheries Commission and the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland.

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

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

Mr Clive Abbott

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland further to his reply of 13 July, Official Report, c. 347, when the author of the notes was seen, and when he expects that a statement will be made.

An appointment has been made for this afternoon. I am anxious to make a statement as soon as possible.

Firearms Certificates

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in the OfficialReport showing how many (a) shotguns, (b) rifles and (c) handguns are legally held in Northern Ireland and indicate how many firearms certificates are at present held in Northern Ireland; how many are due for renewal in the current or financial year and how many were renewed in each of the previous five years.

[pursuant to his reply, 20 July 1982, c. 118]: The number of weapons held legally under firearms certificates in Northern Ireland is as follows:

	Number
(a) Shotguns	76,803
(b) Rifles	13,747
(c) Handguns	10,234

A total of 83,695 firearm certificates were in force at 30 June 1982 and 20,250 are due for renewal in 1982.The numbers of firearm certificates renewed in each of the five previous years were as follows:

	Number
1981	29,704
1980	14,201
1979	19,121
1978	28,710
1977	13,065

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the fee for a (a) new firearms certificate, (b) renewal of a firearms certificate, (c) variation of a firearms certificate.

[pursuant to his reply, 20 July 1982, c. 118]: The information is as follows:

	£
Grant of a firearm certificate	21·00
Renewal of a firearm certificate	13·25
Variation of a firearm certificate	^*13·25
^* Payable only when:
(i) the number of firearms to which the certificate relates is increased; or
(ii) a firearm (other than a shotgun or air weapon) of a higher calibre or different type is substituted.

Defence

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

Civilian staff in my Department are not generally managed on the basis of functional job categories and information is, therefore, not maintained in the form requested.Some of the grades in the administration group are managed within functional specialisms and details of the numbers employed, by rank, as at 1 April 1982 are as follows:

	Finance	Personnel Management	ADP	Supply Management	Procurement and Other Posts	Total
Senior Executive Officer	184	218	133	224	179	938
Higher Executive Officer	621	613	466	622	502	2,824
Executive Officer	1,480	1,026	952	1,581	861	5,900
Total	2,285	1,857	1,551	2,427	1,542	9,662

A wide range of details of civilian numbers, including a functional analysis of the provision made in Estimates for United Kingdom-based and locally engaged staff overseas, is shown in section 5 of volume II of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1982" (Cmnd. 8529—II).As regards pay scales, I refer my hon. Friend to the reply by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment on 8 July.—{Vol. 27, c.

210.]

Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding (Centenary Ceremony)

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will announce details of the Royal Air Force participation in the ceremony to be held in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, on 12 September 1982 to mark the centenary of the birth of Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding.

Royal Air Force participation in the ceremony to be held at Moffat, Dumfriesshire on 12 September 1982, will consist of a Spitfire flypast and three voluntary pipe bands from RAF Leuchars, Lossiemouth and Kinloss. The ceremony will be attended by air officer Scotland and Northern Ireland together with the director Women's Royal Air Force and a contingent of about 60 RAF officers and airmen.If a Hurricane aircraft is available for a flypast, that too will take part.

Environment

Sports Grounds (Sales)

22.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has received representations from the Central Council for Physical Recreation on the sales of sports grounds by local authorities.

I have received some representations from the Central Council of Physical Recreation about the alleged sale of school playing fields. I am also aware of the recent statements to the press by the secretary of that council about the alleged loss of recreational land held by public bodies.

46.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will hold discussions with the secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation concerning the disposal by local authorities of playing fields for development and other purposes.

I meet regularly with the CCPR chairman to discuss a range of subjects. I am due to meet him again during the next week or two when doubtless the sale of playing fields will come up: but the CCPR have not asked for a separate meeting on this subject.

Rating Reform

23.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress he has made in evaluating the response to the Green Paper on the reform of the domestic rating system.

30.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress he is making with the reform of local government revenue raising methods.

36.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what stage has been reached in Her Majesty's Government's consideration of rate reform.

42.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will be in a position to make a statement on the response to his green paper on the alterations to the domestic rating system.

43.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to announce his conclusions on the future of the rating system.

The Government have completed their analysis of responses to the Green Paper "Alternatives to Domestic Rates" (Cmnd. 8449). We are now considering the results and examining the possible options for reform.

Liverpool (Census Returns)

25.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what study he has made of the information revealed in the census returns for Liverpool so far as it affects his responsibilities.

My officials are studying the census returns for Liverpool and will be making a report available shortly.

System-Built Housing

26.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will convene a conference of those local authorities and new towns facing substantial repair bills in respect of system-built houses and flats and the extent to which Government financial assistance is available.

No. I do not believe that a conference is the right answer. I have recently set up at the Building Research Establishment a defects prevention unit. This will allow the exchange of information between local authorities and the BRE and will, I believe, provide a more effective long-term solution to the problems that some authorities now face.

Block Grant

27.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the role of the Association of County Councils in determining the factors that should apply in building up the block grant and the weight that should be given to them.

31.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is satisfied that, when undertaking consultations for block grant purposes, the Association of County Councils adequately and accurately reflects the views and needs of the non-metropolitan counties.

Under the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980, my right hon. Friend is required to consult associations of local authorities. We recognise the Association of County Councils as representing the non-metropolitan county councils. It is for its constituent members to ensure that the association properly reflects their views.

Derelict Land

28.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total of resources available from his Department for grants under the derelict land clearance area programme.

The total for 1982–83 is £45·7 million, an increase over the provision for last year of some £9 million or just above 20 per cent.

51.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many acres of derelict land in England and Wales were reclaimed during each of the past three years; and what was the cost for each year.

Information on the acreage of derelict land reclaimed in England over the past three years is not yet available since the first results of the current national survey will only be available towards the end of 1982.The actual expenditure by local authorities in England on approved schemes of derelict land reclamation was:

	England £M	Total £M
1979–80	22·37	32·37
1980–81	30·02	38·12
1981–82	29·6	38·5

In Wales, where reclamation is the responsibility of the Welsh Development Agency, a total of 3,219 acres was reclaimed by local authorities on behalf of the WDA as follows:

		£M
1979–80	1,433 acres	12·3
1980–81	943 acres	8·1
1981–82	852 acres	8·9

Council House Rents

29.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment by what amount he is expecting local authorities to increase council house rents in 1983–84.

I cannot anticipate my right hon. Friend's determination of reckonable income for 1983–84 under section 100 of the Housing Act 1980.

Inner City Partnerships

32.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is satisfied with the economic regeneration created by the inner city partnerships.

I believe that the partnerships are making a significant contribution towards the massive task of bringing about the economic regeneration of their areas. These are supported by the highest ever level of urban programme resources.The presentations that we are holding in different parts of the country and the urban development grant that my right hon. Friend announced in April, should both help also by encouraging greater private sector involvement and investment.

South-East Dorset Structure Plan

33.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment under what circumstances he would consider appropriate any major alterations to the south-east Dorset structure plan; and if he will make a statement.

The policies of the south-east Dorset stucture plan are intended to provide for the needs of the area to 1996. The county council is currently monitoring the plan and this will establish when alterations are needed. My right hon. Friend is anxious that alterations should be made only where need is clearly established. An alteration would be appropriate for example if the forecasts on which the policies in the plan were based had proved wrong to such a degree as to cause problems for local plan work or development control.

Housing Investment Allocations

34.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to make no further reduction in the real value of housing investment allocations.

I cannot anticipate the Government's final decisions on the provision for housing capital expenditure for 1983–84 and subsequent years.

British Waterways Board

35.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the performance and prospects of the British Waterways Board.

My Department and the British Waterways Board recently received a consultants' report and recommendations on these matters. We are consulting together about the implementation by the board of those recommendations directly affecting organisation, management and prospects for increased investment and revenue and also about the development of future policies, in which the consultants' report is one of several factors. A further statement will be made in due course.

Departmental Management, Information And Accounting Systems

24.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what changes he intends to introduce to the management, information and accounting systems within his Department.

My Department continues to develop MINIS—the management information system for ministers. We are also introducing a computerised budgeting system for administrative expenditure, based on the principle of responsibility accounting for individual units within the Department, giving managers more freedom to manage their commands, and making them more accountable for performance.

Shorthold Tenancies

37.

asked Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the number of shorthold tenancies which have been registered.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Ardwick (Mr. Kaufman) on 24 February.—[Vol. 18, c. 428–30.]Detailed information about the number of shorthold lettings created after the end of November 1981 will not be available because of the lifting of the compulsory rent registration requirement for new shortholds outside London.

Gipsies

38.

asked Secretary of State for the Environment what action he is taking to alleviate the problems associated with travelling people.

The main Government contribution is payment of 100 per cent. grant to local authorities to cover the cost of providing or improving sites for gipsy caravans. In the last financial year grant aid of £3·6 million was given and the estimate for the current year is £4·5 million.Once appropriate provision has been made for gipsies by the local authority its area can be designated under section 12 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 as an area where the additional powers of control provided in sections 10 and 11 apply. In the last 12 months five designation orders have been made. Applications for further orders are being considered.

Weather Damage (Expenditure)

39.

asked Secretary of State for the Environment whether expenditure on remedial works arising from the winter emergencies will be exempted from spending targets in 1982–83 as well as 1981–82.

I am considering the case for such an exemption in consultation with the local authority associations.

Lake District National Park

40.

asked Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will monitor the incidence of acid rainfall in the Lake District national park.

Monitoring of acid rain has been carried out at a site at Lake Windermere since December 1977. The site is one of those employed in the recently reported study by the United Kingdom review group on acid rain. There are copies in the Library.

Public Sector Housing

41.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the number of vacant dwellings in the public sector; and if he makes any estimate of numbers of empty dwellings in the private sector.

Local authorities' 1981 housing investment programme returns provide the latest available estimates of about 140,000 public sector and about ½ million private sector dwellings vacant in England on 1 April 1981. These estimates cover dwellings empty between one tenant or owner occupier moving out and another moving in, those vacant while awaiting or undergoing repair or other work, and those newly built but not yet occupied. Second homes and "holiday lets" are excluded. Authorities' estimates are not generally based on detailed surveys and their accuracy will vary with the private sector figures less firmly based than those for the public sector.

London Docklands

44.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to approve the code of practice relating to the activities of the London Dockland Development Corporation and London dockland boroughs.

Preparation of the code of practice on consultation with local authorities is the responsibility of the London Docklands Development Corporation. It is not subject to my approval.

Sites Of Special Scientific Interest

45.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the number of sites of special scientific interest in danger of being damaged by agricultural practices.

Very few instances of such damage have been reported to me and the provisions of section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 should ensure that they are kept to a minimum, throughout the 3,800 SSSI's.

Council House Sales

47.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities currently have to make a monthly report to him on their progress in selling council houses.

The answer is 82 local authorities and one housing association.

56.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about his policy towards council house sales in Sheffield.

My right hon. Friend's policy is to ensure that all tenants in Sheffield obtain their legal rights under the right to buy provisions of the Housing Act 1980. Any tenant who is having difficulty in doing so should ensure that he or his solicitor writes to me.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is now the total number of council house sales in the Sheffield area; what is the target for sales by the end of the current year; and if he is now satisfied with progress, and the degree of ease with which tenants wishing to buy their homes in that area can do so.

The number of sales completed by 2 July was 863. The Council have been told that my right hon. Friend expects that all 4,519 cases where the right to buy was admitted as at 29 January 1982 should be taken to legal completion by not later than 31 December 1982 where the tenant wishes to complete and he and his solicitor proceed reasonably expeditiously; and that cases where the right to buy had been admitted well before 29 January 1982 should be taken to completion well before the end of 1982. As far as subsequent right to buy claims are concerned, my right hon. Friend expects that it should now normally be possible for tenants who claim the right to buy to complete the purchase of their homes within 3–4 months of their right to buy being admitted, where they and their solicitors proceed reasonably expeditiously. My right hon. Friend is not satisfied that coucil tenants in Sheffield may not be having difficulty in exercising the right to buy effectively and expeditiously and I saw representatives of the council on 19 July.

Historic Buildings

48.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is satisfied with the procedures for listing buildings of historic or architectural interest.

Yes. The main problem hitherto has been the time needed to complete the revision and updating of the statutory lists of buildings of special architectural or historic interest. This task, begun in 1970 and only one-third complete, was expected to take another 20 years. The new scheme which my right hon. Friend announced on 10 May and which is now being launched should enable it to be completed much more rapidly—within about three years.

Local Government (Reform)

49.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any proposals for the reform of the structure of local government in England.

No.

Yorkshire (Waterways)

50.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what help and guidance he is giving to the British Waterways Board to ensure that the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation improvement scheme is commercially successful; and what evidence he has of private sector investment in new barges for this waterway and for the Aire and Calder Navigation.

Commercial policies for BWB waterways are matters for the Board to consider, including monitoring of private sector investment. We maintain an interest in such policies to ensure proper rates of return and value for money from Government loans and grants, but the board has not asked for any guidance over marketing policies on the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation or the Aire and Calder.

Gatwick Airport

52.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what stage has been reached in his consideration of the planning application for terminal 2 at Gatwick; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friends, the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Trade, are still considering the further representations made by the parties to the inquiry into the planning applications relating to the second terminal at Gatwick airport; these representations were invited following the making available of new air traffic forecasts.

House Building Statistics

53.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many new public and private houses have been built within the district council boundaries of the following cities: Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham and Leeds since May 1979.

From the second quarter 1979 to the first quarter 1982, inclusive, the local authorities have reported the following numbers of dwellings completed in their areas:

	Public sector	Private sector
Birmingham	5,435	3,031
Leeds	3,693	2,928
Liverpool	2,237	2,062
Manchester	3,182	966
Sheffield	3,309	2,693

In addition, 449 council dwellings for Birmingham were completed outside the authority's area.

Housing Revenue Accounts

54.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local housing authorities are budgeting for a surplus on their housing revenue accounts in the current financial year.

On the basis of information contained in subsidy claim forms submitted by local authorities to my Department, it is estimated that 138 authorities may be budgeting to make a surplus on their housing revenue account in 1982–83.

Vacant Land (Registers)

55.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment which authorities have not yet published registers of publicly owned vacant land in their area.

The only districts in which land registers have yet to be published are Bolsover, Castle Morpeth and Sedgefield.

Aldermaston (Plutonium Liquid Waste)

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what facilities are planned to be established at Aldermaston in connection with the pumping of treated plutonium liquid waste; what amounts are to be pumped into the river Thames; and what planning procedures apply to the construction of such facilities.

There is already a pipeline for the discharge of liquid effluent from Aldermaston to the Thames. These discharges do not constitute a danger to the public. They are the subject of consultation with, and monitoring by, the Radiochemical Inspectorate of my Department and information about them, has been given in the annual survey of radioactive discharges in Great Britain.The new treatment plant will replace the existing plant with a more modern and efficient one, which will reduce the volume of discharges by about 50 per cent, without increasing the very small quantity of plutonium that they contain.The planning procedures applicable to Crown premises such as Aldermaston are set out in Department of the Environment circular 7/77. The local district council, as planning authority, will be notified about the proposed plant by the Ministry of Defence at the appropriate time.

Liverpool Garden Centre

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is satisfied that the site of the Liverpool garden centre is sufficiently free of the effects of methane and naphtha contamination to allow for the long-term cultivation of plants.

The detailed arrangements for the international garden festival of Liverpool, including measures to deal with the questions of methane and naphtha contamination, are a matter for the Merseyside development corporation.

Mersey Barrage

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from the Merseyside county council since November 1981 about the construction of a Mersey barrage; and what have been his replies.

I have received a number of representations about this proposal. These include letters from several hon. Members, the leader of the Merseyside county council and the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors. My replies have indicated that my officials and those of other interested Departments were examining the report by the Merseyside enterprise forum and considering the county council's request for financial assistance with proposed further studies. In addition I have had helpful discussions with the council, members of the forum's panel which produced the report, the North-West water authority and representatives of the civil engineering industry. I intend to continue discussion of the proposal with the county council at a meeting I shall shortly be having with them.

Liverpool Ice Rink

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, followng his Department's letter of 2 July, to the Merseyside county council solicitor, he will make a statement on the funding of the Liverpool ice rink.

As I said in my speech in Liverpool on 24 May, I hope that my Merseyside sports initiative—the £ for £ scheme—will play a significant part in the improvement of facilities at Liverpool ice rink. My officials are working closely with those of the Sports Council and the two local authorities on a package of capital and revenue measures aimed at completing the refurbishment of the rink and, over the next three years, helping to put it on a self-sustaining footing.The purpose of the Department's recent letters to the two local authorities was to encourage the submission of appropriate bids under the urban programme. When these come in they will receive urgent and sympathetic consideration.

Disabled Persons Act 1981

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether his consultation letter concerning implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981, issued on 5 July, covers Wales.

Yes.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a list of those bodies and persons to whom he sent his consultation letter of 5 July concerning the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981.

I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library and have sent one to the hon. Member.

Safety Glazing

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) whether, in the revision of British Standards code of practice CP152, he will ensure that all glass doors, side lights and panels within 30 inches of the floor or ground are to be safety glazed;(2) whether, in view of the contribution of safety glazing to reducing accidents, he will make the British Standards code of practice CP152, concerning safety glazing, mandatory in all building regulations.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Essex, South-East (Sir B. Braine) on 23 June 1982.—[Vol. 26, c. 138.]

Agrément Board

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement on the progress, morale and performance of the Agrément Board since 8 April 1981.

During the financial year 1981–82 the Agrément Board issued 83 new certificates and renewed 56. This represented an increase of about 30 per cent. compared with the previous year, achieved without significant changes in staff numbers, and was a commendable performance. The Property Services Agency are giving precedence in their specifications to independently certificated construction products, including those with agrément certificates. On 27 May 1982 we published major consultation documents setting out proposals for a new system of building regulations, and indicating how agrément certificates could be given a role in it as "approved documents". The board has welcomed these proposals.

Acid Rain

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether Her Majesty's Government are financing any research into the incidence of acid polluted rain and its effects on crops, forests and lakes.

I refer the hon. Lady to the reply I gave to her on 21 June 1982.—[Vol. 26, c. 33.]

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make arrangements to ensure that officials in his Department have an opportunity during their Civil Service careers to serve in local government.

I am in favour of greater interchange. Arrangements are made for selected staff in my Department to have experience of work in outside organisations, including local government.

House Building

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many houses he expects to be completed by the end of the current year, both in the private and public sector, respectively, and in total; and how many will be fitted with solar panels, heat pumps for heating, heat pumps for air conditioning and heating, double glazing, and high standard wall and roof insulation, or a combination of these, respectively.

No estimates have been made of house building in 1982. In the first five months of the year, on a seasonally adjusted basis, 42,200 private sector and 20,600 public sector dwellings were completed in England, but the other information requested is not available.

Vauxhall Cross

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the total cost to public funds of the special development order procedure in respect of the Vauxhall Cross site.

The Vauxhall Cross special development order is secondary legislation which has yet to complete its progress through both Houses. It is not the practice to give estimates of costs to public funds of individual pieces of legislation.

"Beacons Exercise"

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish the results of the departmental study known as the "Beacons Exercise" in connection with the return that registered fair rents give on the capital value of residential property.

I refer my hon. Friend to my Department's supplementary memorandum to the Select

£ million November 1979 prices
	Greater London		Other Met Counties		Shire Counties		England
	Accepted	Grant	Accepted	Grant	Accepted	Grant	Accepted	Grant
1976–77	344	139	456	159	768	154	1,568	452
1977–78	301	135	343	115	569	93	1,213	343
1978–79	268	113	354	126	530	84	1,152	323
1979–80	281	121	332	106	590	110	1,203	337
1980–81	272	120	296	90	557	109	1,125	319
1981–82	285	131	296	92	532	92	1,113	315

The figures for the earlier years must be treated with revserve. It is only possible to use generalised realuation factors, which may differ significantly from the experience of particular classes of authority or the actual pattern of spending.

Committee on the Environment regarding the Committee's inquiry into the private rented housing sector, a copy of which I placed in the Library in October 1981. The memorandum includes the background to, and a description of, the Department's beacons exercise together with the first results. I will consider whether the beacons results should be made more widely available.

Naphill

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the contract for building the new Royal Air Force permanent static war headquarters at Naphill was awarded to the lowest tenderer; and, if not, what were the reasons for accepting the tender.

The contract was awarded to the lowest tenderer.

Transport

British Rail (Exchequer Funding)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how much money has been provided from the Exchequer to British Rail since the railways were nationalised.

The cumulative total of subsidies, compensation and other payments to March 1982 paid to the British Railways Board from the Exchequer is £5,926·4 million. In addition, payments totalling £357 million have been made by passenger transport executives. Also capital debt to the Exchequer totalling £1,451·1 million has been written off. These figures exclude subsidies paid to the British Transport Commission and the reconstruction of the commission's capital debt since the amounts cannot be apportioned between the railways and other activities.

Grants

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report figures for each year since 1976–77 showing at constant prices the levels of expenditure accepted for grant and transport supplementary grant for (a) Greater London, (b) other metropolitan counties, (c) shire counties and (d) England as a whole.

The local transport expenditure accepted for transport supplementary grant—TSG—purposes, and the grant paid, for each year from 1976–77 to 1981–82, were as follows:Following the Government's decision to move to a cash basis for public expenditure planning, the 1982–33 TSG settlement was announced at cash prices, and it is not possible to make constant price comparisons with previous years.

Local Authority Expenditure

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what increases of planned local transport current expenditure are to be authorised during the present financial year; how much such totals will compare in real terms with the authorised expenditure during the previous financial year; and what are the reasons for any changes in the levels of authorised expenditure.

I have no proposals for changing the 1982–83 provision shown on Cmnd. 8494. Any decisions to change the provision for 1983–84 and subsequent years will be taken as part of this year's public expenditure survey, and announced in due course.

Road Construction (Land Loss)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport on average how many acres of all types of land are lost to motorway and trunk road building in England each year.

	Licensing and Testing	Transport Industries/Local Transport	Highways	Research	Management and Central Services	Total
Senior Staff
Permanent Secretary	—	—	—	—	1	1
Deputy Secretary	—	—	—	—	3	3
Under-Secretary	1	7	3	2	4	17
Executive Director	1	—	—	—	—	1
Administration Group
Assistant Secretary	3	15	5	—	6	29
Senior Principal	7	4½	6½	—	1	19
Principal	35	49	19	1	12	116
Senior Executive Officer	58	25	31	2	6	122
Higher Executive Officer	226	91½	61½	9	30	418
Executive Officer/Admin Trainee	628½	138	165	18	41	990½
Clerical	4,714	200	243½	38½	69	5,265
Professional and Technology Group
Directing Grades	1	5	21	—	—	27
Superintending Grades	4	14	35	2	—	55
PPTO	19	46	116	4	—	185
PTO I	45	92	216	10	—	363
PTO II	89	54	91	7	1	242
PTO III/IV	433	20	62	18	1	534
Other Technical/Drawing Office	—	1½	19½	5	1	27
Scientific Group
Chief Scientific Officer	—	—	—	1	—	1
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer	—	2	—	9	—	11
Senior Principal Scientific Officer	—	—	1	20	—	21
Principal Scientific Officer	—	1	1	80	—	82
Senior Scientific Officer	—	—	4	80	—	84
Higher Scientific Officer	—	—	3	119½	—	122½
Scientific Officer	—	—	—	57½	—	57½
Assistant Scientific Officer	—	—	—	21½	—	21½
Economics and Statistics Group
Chief Statistician/Senior Economic Advisor	—	—	1	—	7	8
Statistician/Economic Advisor	—	2	4	—	24½	30½
Senior Assistant Statistician/Senior Economic Assistant	—	—	2	—	4	6
Assistant Statistician/Economic Assistant	—	—	1	—	2	3

A new single carriageway trunk road takes on average 15 acres per mile, and new motorways or other dual carriageway trunk roads between 25 and 30 acres per mile though there are wide variations between schemes. On the basis of these averages, we estimate that motorways and trunk roads completed in 1980 and 1981 took about 2,200 acres of land a year.

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

The numbers of civil servants, by grade and functional job category, employed on 1 April 1982, are given in the following table. Pay scales are given in the annexes to paragraph 1050 of the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the main Library.

	Licensing and Testing	Transport Industries/Local Transport	Highways	Research	Management and Central Services	Total
Information Officer Group
Chief Information Officer	—	1	—	—	1	2
Principal Information Officer	—	—	—	1	1	2
Senior Information Officer	—	—	—	—	3	3
Information Officer	—	—	—	2	4	6
Assistant Information Officer	—	—	—	1	2	3
Solicitors Group
Assistant Solicitor	—	—	—	—	4	4
Senior Legal Assistant	—	—	—	—	5	5
Driving Examiner Group
Chief Driving Examiner	1	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Chief Driving Examiner	2	—	—	—	—	2
Assistant Chief Driving Examiner	11	—	—	—	—	11
Supervising Driving Examiner	80	—	—	—	—	80
Senior Driving Examiner	400	—	—	—	—	400
Driving Examiner	1,158	—	—	—	—	1,158
Traffic Examiner Group
Supervising Traffic Examiner	—	11	—	—	—	11
Senior Traffic Examiner	—	46	—	—	—	46
Traffic Examiner	—	140	—	—	—	140
Photographers Group
Chief Photographer	—	—	—	1	—	1
Principal Photographer	—	—	—	6	—	6
Senior Photographer	—	—	—	9	—	9
Photographer	—	—	—	2	—	2
Secretarial, Typing and Data Processor Grades	988½	42	41½	48½	28	1,148½
Office Service Grades	418½	4	10½	4	—	437
Other Miscellaneous Grades	17	6	1	3	4	31
Industrial Grades	469	—	5	170	10	654
TOTAL	9,809½	1,017½	1,170	752½	275½	13,025

Rail Electrification

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will now announce the availability of investment funds for British Rail for the electrification of the East Coast main line; and if he will make a statement.

In reaching decisions on future railways investment the British Railways Board and the Government will first need to assess the financial position of the railways following a very damaging strike and the terms on which other outstanding issues are resolved.

Seat Belts

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make available an explanatory statement on his draft regulations for introducing the compulsory wearing of seat belts.

To facilitate the debate on the draft regulations, which is to take place on 22 July, I have arranged for copies of the memoranda to the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments to be made available in the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office.

Social Services

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

The staff of the Department—95,543 on 1 April 1982—carry out a wide range of functions connected with the administration of the health and social services of this country and its social security system. In

	a^*	b^*	c^*	d^*	e^*	f^*	g^*	h^*	i^*	j^*	k^*
Senior Staff
Permanent Secretary	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Second Permanent Secretary	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Secretary	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Under Secretary	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Executive Director	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Administrative Group
Assistant Secretary	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Principal	—	—	—	—	1	—	5	1	1	3	2
Principal	253	—	—	—	3	5	20	4	4	9	6
Senior Executive Officer	464	4	11	2	8	18	54	15	11	30	20
Higher Executive Officer (D)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Higher Executive Officer	2,486	88	70	27	43	53	183	48	43	91	86
Administration Trainee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Executive Officer	—	8	53	96	183	112	532	197	200	370	177
Local Officer I	15,099	868	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Clerical Officer	—	7	21	147	368	30	1,510	1,189	618	1,220	251
Local Officer II	32,167½	368	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Clerical Assistant	9,316½	78	26	26½	187	8	880	664	225	1,357	127
Professional and Technology Group
Directing Grades	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Superintending Grades	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
PPTO	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
PTO I	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
PTO II	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
PTO III	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
PTO IV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other Grades	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Statistical and Research Group
Directing Grade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chief Statistician	—	—	——	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chief Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Principal Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Principal Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Assistant Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	——	—	—	—
Assistant Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Economics Group
Chief Economic Adviser	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Economic Adviser	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Economic Adviser	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Economic Assistant	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Economic Assistant	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Scientific Group
Chief Scientific Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Principal Scientific Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Principal Scientific Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Scientific Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Higher Scientific Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

order to keep the following table to manageable proportions, some functions have been grouped together: for example the headquarter's health group includes staff as diverse as pharmacists working on drug safety, engineers examining faulty hospital equipment, architects concerned with hospital design, administrators who work on policy and the secretariats of the NHS Whitley committees. Pay scales for the main grades are given in the annexes to paragraph 1,050 of the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the main Library. Pay scales for some professional staff in the health and personal social services field are linked to NHS or local authority pay scales; if my hon. Friend would care to write to me about any particular grades in which he has an interest, I shall let him have the information he seeks.

	a ^*	b ^*	c ^*	d ^*	e ^*	f ^*	g ^*	h ^*	i ^*	j ^*	k ^*
Scientific Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Assistant Scientific Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Medical Group
Chief Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Chief Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chief Medical Adviser	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Principal Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Principal Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dental Group
Chief Dental Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Chief Dental Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Dental Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dental Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nursing Group	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chief Nursing Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Chief Nursing Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Principal Nursing Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nursing Officers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Social Work Services Group
Chief Social Work Services Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Director Social Work Services	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Assistant Director Social Work Service	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Principal Social Work Services Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Social Work Services Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pharmacy Group
Directing Grades	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Chief Pharmacist	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Superintendent Pharmacist	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Principal Pharmacist	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pharmacist PTO I	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pharmacist PTO II	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Information Officer Group
Director Information	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Director Information	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Principal Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Assistant Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Solicitors
Solictor	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Principal Assistant Solicitor	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Assistant Solicitor	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Legal Assistant	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Legal Assistant	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Librarian
Principal Librarian	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Librarian	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Librarian	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Assistant Librarian	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Secretarial, Typing and Data
Data Processor Grades	—	—	—	—	2	244	641	—	—	856	119
Office Services Grades	1,414	12	5	5	18	9½	3	—	—	—	1
Industrials	—	—	—	78½	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other Miscellaneous	1,522	5½	5	392½	13½	40	4	—	—	—	—
Hospital/Technical Grades	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	62,722	1,438½	191	774½	827½	520½	3,832	2,118	1,102	3,936	789

Senior Staff

Permanent Secretary

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	l ^*	m ^*	n ^*	o ^*	p ^*	q ^*	r ^*	s ^*	t ^*	u ^*	v ^*
Second Permanent Secretary	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Secretary	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	—	7
Under Secretary	3	—	—	11	6	5	—	—	—	—	25
Executive Director	—	—	—	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	4
Administrative Group
Assistant Secretary	8	1	1	38½	17	27	—	—	—	—	93½
Senior Principal	8	—	—	5	6	51	1	—	—	—	84
Principal	52	4	6	130	62	120	2	—	—	—	680
Senior Executive Officer	84	5	23	64	77	328	—	1	2	1	1,222
Higher Executive Officer (D)	3	—	—	12	3	17	—	—	—	—	35
Higher Executive Officer	210	18	58	225	166	817	11	1	20	3	4,747
Administration Trainee	3	—	—	14	10	2	—	—	—	—	29
Executive Officer	374	35	91	277	116	1,192½	22	1	69	3	4,108½
Local Officer I	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15,967
Clerical Officer	509	24	122	403	55	1,580	56	3	398	7	8,518
Local Officer II	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32,536½
Clerical Assistant	237½	7	43	203½	40	744	11	—	272	1	14,454
Professional and Technology Group
Directing Grades	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	11
Superintending Grades	—	—	—	24½	—	—	—	—	—	—	24½
PPTO	—	—	—	69½	—	—	—	—	—	—	69½
PTO I	—	—	—	78	—	—	—	—	2	—	80
PTO II	—	—	—	53	—	—	—	—	9	—	62
PTO III	—	—	—	29	—	—	—	—	45	—	74
PTO IV	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	43	—	47
Other Grades	—	—	—	16½	—	—	—	—	44	—	60½
Statistical and Research Group
Directing Grade	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Chief Statistician	—	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Chief Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Principal Research Officer	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Statistician	—	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22
Principal Research Officer	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Senior Research Officer	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Senior Assistant Statistician	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5
Research Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Assistant Statistician	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5
Economics Group
Chief Economic Adviser	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Senior Economic Adviser	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	3
Economic Adviser	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	10
Senior Economic Assistant	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	2
Economic Assistant	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	2
Scientific Group
Chief Scientific Officer	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Senior Principal Scientific Officer	—	—	—	2	—	5	—	—	—	—	7
Principal Scientific Officer	—	—	—	10	—	10	—	—	—	—	20
Senior Scientific Officer	—	—	—	8	—	8	—	—	—	—	16
Higher Scientific Officer	—	—	—	12	—	6	—	—	—	—	18
Scientific Officer	—	—	—	5	—	1	—	—	—	—	6
Assistant Scientific Officer	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Other	—	—	—	1½	—	—	—	—	—	—	1½
Medical Group
Chief Medical Officer	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Chief Medical Officer	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Chief Medical Adviser	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senior Principal Medical Officer	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	11
Principal Medical Officer	—	—	—	13	4	—	—	—	—	—	17
Senior Medical Officer	—	—	—	70	32	—	—	—	6	—	108
Medical Officer	—	—	—	64	118	—	—	—	29	—	211
Dental Group
Chief Dental Officer	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Chief Dental Officer	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Senior Dental Officer	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Dental Officer	—	—	—	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	28
Nursing Group
Chief Nursing Officer	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Chief Nursing Officer	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	3

	l ^*	m ^*	n ^*	o ^*	p ^*	q ^*	r ^*	s ^*	t ^*	u ^*	v ^*
Principal Nursing Officer	—	—	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	9
Nursing Officers	—	—	—	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	38
Social Work Services Group
Chief Social Work Services Officer	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Director Social Work Services	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Assistant Director Social Work Services	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Principal Social Work Services Officers	—	—	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	16
Social Work Services Officer	—	—	—	82½	—	—	—	—	—	—	82½
Pharmacy Group
Directing Grades	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Deputy Chief Pharmacist	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Superintendent Pharmacist	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Principal Pharmacist	—	—	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	20
Pharmacist PTO I	—	—	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	25
Pharmacist PTO II	—	—	—	6½	—	—	—	—	—	—	6½
Information Officer Group
Director Information	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Director Information	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Principal Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	5
Senior Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	—	7
Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	3
Assistant Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Solicitors
Solictor	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Principal Assistant Solicitor	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	3
Assistant Solicitor	—	—	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	—	11
Senior Legal Assistant	—	—	—	—	—	33½	—	—	—	—	33½
Legal Assistant	—	—	—	—	—	15	—	—	—	—	15
Librarian
Principal Librarian	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Senior Librarian	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	3
Librarian	—	—	—	—	—	9	—	—	—	—	9
Assistant Librarian	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	—	—	—	8
Secretarial, Typing and Data
Data Processor Grades	7	—	14	—	—	2	6	—	—	—	1,891
Office Services Grades	28	1	9	212½	37	1,005	41	5	31½	1	2,838½
Industrials	—	—	—	—	—	158	—	33	11	—	280½
Other Miscellaneous	8	—	1	54	6	1,803	—	7	9	—	3,871
Hospital/Technical Grades	—	—	—	—	—	—	2,645	177½	59½	—	2,882
Total	1,534½	95	415	2,390	756	8,012	2,795	228½	1,050	16	95,543
Notes: Other Miscellaneous includes Domestic Service and Dietry Officers, Messengers, Cleaners, Telephonists, Photoprinters, Paperkeepers, Office keepers etc. Other Professional and Technical includes Ocular Technicians and miscellaneous technical staff.
^* Key:
a=Social Security: Local Office.
b=Social Security: Specialist Posts.
c=Social Security: Training Centres.
d=Resettlement Units, Re-establishment Centres and Polish Home.
e=War Pensions including WP Offices.
f=Computer Centres (Payment of UB).
g=Centralised Social Security Benefits and Pensions.
h=Child Benefit.
i=Overseas Pensions and Benefits.
j=Centralised NI Contributions Work.
k=NHS Superannuation.
l=Finance.
m=Occupational Pensions Board.
n=Statistics and Research (including the Local Office Project).
o=Headquarters—Health.
p=Headquarterii—Social Security.
q=Management, Personnel and Common Services.
r=Special Hospitals.
s=Youth Treatment Centres.
t=Artificial Limb and Appliance Centres and Artificial Eye Unit.
u=Medical Practices Committee.
v=Total.

Scotland

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

1. Scottish Office Departments
	Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland	Scottish Development Department	Scottish Economic Planning Dept	Scottish Education Dept	Scottish Home and Health Dept	Central Services	Total
Senior Staff
Permanent Secretary	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Deputy Secretary	1	1	1	1	2	2	8
Under Secretary	4	7	4	5	6	6	32
Administration Group
Middle Executive Directing	—	—	1	—	—	1	2
Assistant Secretary	10	10	7	10	14	11	62
Senior Principal	1	—	1	2	1½	5½	11
Principal	18½	26	17	22	36½	38	158
Senior Executive Officer	16	18	11	16	30	72	163
Higher Executive Officer D	1	3	2	1	2	10	19
Higher Executive Officer	64½	100½	29	65	88	172½	519½
Administration Trainee	1	2	1	2	4	2	12
Executive Officer	107½	78	37	96	131	237½	687
Clerical Officer	233	124	36	143½	199	268	1003½
Clerical Assistant	144½	79	31	58	144	152½	609
Accountants
Chief Accountant	—	—	—	—	—	6	6
Senior Accountant	—	—	—	—	—	8	8
Economists
Senior Economic Adviser	1	—	2	—	—	—	3
Economic Adviser	4	—	6	—	—	—	10
Senior Economic Assistant	3	—	3	—	—	—	6
Economic Assistant	2	—	1	—	—	—	3
Legal Group (Scotland)
Divisional Solicitor	—	—	—	—	—	7	7
Senior Legal Officer	½	—	—	—	—	27½	28
Legal Officer	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Professional and Technical
Directing P and TO	—	6	—	—	—	—	6
Superintending P and TO	1	22	—	—	1	1	25
Principal P and TO	18	70	—	—	2	2	92
P and TO Grade I	56	106½	—	—	3	5	170½
P and TO Grade II	32	34	—	—	8	3	77
P and TO Grade III	36	37	—	—	10	9	92
P and TO Grade IV	27	16	—	—	2	1	46
Research Staff
Chief Research Officer	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Senior Principal Research Officer	—	3	—	—	—	—	3
Principal Research Officer	—	9	—	—	—	—	9
Senior Research Officer	—	16½	—	—	—	—	16½
Scientific Staff
Chief Scientific Officer	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Dep Chief Scientific Officer	4	—	—	—	—	—	4
Sen Princ Scientific Officer	12	—	—	—	—	—	12
Principal Scientific Officer	42	—	1	2	—	—	45
Senior Scientific Officer	65	—	—	—	1	—	66
Higher Scientific Officer	60	—	—	—	—	—	60
Scientific Officer	66	—	—	—	—	—	66
Assistant Scientific Officer	57	—	—	—	—	—	57
Laboratory Attendent	10	—	—	1	—	—	11

The numbers of civil servants, by grade and functional category, employed in my Department on 1 April 1982 are given in the table attached. Pay scales for the majority of the grades employed in the Department are given in the annexes to paragraph 1050 of the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

	Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland	Scottish Development Department	Scottish Economic Planning Dept	Scottish Education Dept	Scottish Home and Health Dept	Central Services	Total
Statisticians
Chief Statistician	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Statistician	1	1	2	3	1	2	10
Sen Asst Statistician	—	1	2	3	1	—	7
Assistant Statistician	—	—	1	—	—	—	1
Agricultural Inspectorate
Deputy Chief Agricultural Officer	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Assistant Chief Agricultural Officer	5	—	—	—	—	—	5
Principal Inspector	17	—	—	—	—	—	17
Senior Inspector	65	—	—	—	—	—	65
Inspector	13	—	—	—	—	—	13
Fatstock Officers
Chief Fatstock Officer	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Area Fatstock Officer	3	—	—	—	—	—	3
Marketing Officer
Senior Marketing Officer	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Higher Marketing Officer	4	—	—	—	—	—	4
Assistant Marketing Officer	6	—	—	—	—	—	6
Food and Dairy Inspectorate
Chief Food and Dairy Officer	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Food and Dairy Officer	5	—	—	—	—	—	5
Egg Inspectorate
Higher Marketing Officer Poultry	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Marketing Officer Poultry	5	—	—	—	—	—	5
Field Officers
Higher Field Officer	50	—	—	—	—	—	50
Field Officer	125	—	—	—	—	—	125
Fisheries Inspectorate
Chief Inspector	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Chief Inspector	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Inspector	8	—	—	—	—	—	8
Fishery Officer	22	—	—	—	—	—	22
Assistant Fishery Officer	21	—	—	—	—	—	21
Salmon Inspector	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Marine Staff
Marine Superintendent	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Assistant Marine Superintendent	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Engineer Superintendent	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Commander	8	—	—	—	—	—	8
First Officer	12	—	—	—	—	—	12
Second Officer	10	—	—	—	—	—	10
Fishing Mate Senior	4	—	—	—	—	—	4
Fishing Mate Junior	7	—	—	—	—	—	7
Chief Engineer	8	—	—	—	—	—	8
Second Engineer	34	—	—	—	—	—	34
Radio Officer	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Royal Botanic Garden
Curator	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Assistant Curator	6	—	—	—	—	—	6
Sergeant Park Constable	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Corporal Park Constable	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Park Constable	8	—	—	—	—	—	8
Garden Supervisor	11	—	—	—	—	—	11
Ancient Monuments
Principal Inspector	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Inspector	—	5	—	—	—	—	5
Assistant Inspector	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Curatorial Officer 'E'	—	2	—	—	—	—	2
Curatorial Officer 'F'	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Graphics Illustrator	—	1	—	—	—	—	1

	Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland	Scottish Development Department	Scottish Economic Planning Dept	Scottish Education Dept	Scottish Home and Health Dept	Central Services	Total
Museum Technician III	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Conservation Officer 'C'	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Conservation Officer 'E'	—	3	—	—	—	—	3
Conservation Officer 'F'	—	3	—	—	—	—	3
Head Warder	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Sergeant Warder	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Senior Warden	—	3	—	—	—	—	3
Warder	—	24	—	—	—	—	24
Chief Publications Seller	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Publications Seller	—	4½	—	—	—	—	4½
Custodians	—	63	—	—	—	—	63
Keykeepers	—	3½	—	—	—	—	3½
Part-time Custodian	—	1½	—	—	—	—	1½
Day Relief Custodian (PT)	—	14½	—	—	—	—	14½
Park Sergeant	—	2	—	—	—	—	2
Park Constable	—	14	—	—	—	—	14
Garden Supervisor	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Cartographic Draughtsmen
Senior Grade Draughtsmen	—	4	—	—	—	—	4
Higher Grade Draughtsmen	—	8	—	—	—	—	8
Basic Grade Draughtsmen	—	10½	—	—	—	—	10½
Cartographic Draughtsmen	—	4	—	—	—	—	4
Cartographic Assistant	—	5	—	—	—	—	5
Drawing Office Assistant
Drawing Office Assistant	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Industrial Pollution Inspectorate
HM Chief Industrial Pollution Inspector	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
HM Deputy Chief Industrial Pollution Inspector	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
HM Senior Industrial Pollution Inspector	—	3	—	—	—	—	3
HM Industrial Pollution Inspector	—	8	—	—	—	—	8
Schools Inspectorate
Deputy Senior Chief Inspector	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Chief Inspector	—	—	—	10	—	—	10
Inspector (HG)	—	—	—	36	—	—	36
Inspector	—	—	—	61	—	—	61
Social Work Staff
Chief Adviser	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Deputy Chief Adviser	—	—	—	2	—	—	2
Senior Adviser	—	—	—	8	—	—	8
Adviser	—	—	—	19½	—	—	19½
Royal Scottish Museum
Director	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Curatorial Officer A	—	—	—	4	—	—	4
Curatorial Officer B	—	—	—	5	—	—	5
Curatorial Officer C	—	—	—	9	—	—	9
Curatorial Officer D	—	—	—	3	—	—	3
Curatorial Officer E	—	—	—	15	—	—	I5
Curatorial Officer F	—	—	—	6	—	—	6
Curatorial Officer G	—	—	—	12	—	—	12
Conservation Officer E	—	—	—	5	—	—	5
Conservation Officer F	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Reproduction Grade AIV	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Reproduction Grade BII	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Reproduction Grade BIII	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Museum Technician III	—	—	—	8	—	—	8
Museum Superintendent	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Dep Museum Superintendent (Warder IV)	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Superintendent Warder (VI)	—	—	—	7	—	—	7
Warder (VII)	—	—	—	39	—	—	39
Senior Pub Salesman	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Senior Photographer	—	—	—	1	—	—	1

	Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland	Scottish Development Department	Scottish Economic Planning Dept	Scottish Education Dept	Scottish Home and Health Dept	Central Services	Total
Assistant Photographer	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Leading Housemen	—	—	—	2	—	—	2
Housemen	—	—	—	8	—	—	8
Medical Staff	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Principal Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	7	—	7
Senior Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	20	—	20
Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	15½	—	15½
Dental Staff
Chief Dental Officer	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Senior Dental Officer	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Dental Officer	—	—	—	—	2	—	2
Nursing Officers
Chief Nursing Officer	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Deputy Chief Nursing Officer	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Nursing Officer	—	—	—	—	6	—	6
Nurse Receptionist	—	—	—	—	2	—	2
Police Service
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Commandant (Police College)	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Fire Service
HM Inspector	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
HM Inspector Grade II	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
HM Assistant Inspector	—	—	—	—	4	—	4
Commandant (Fire School)	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Stores Supervisory Officers
Stores Supervisory Officer Grade B	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Stores Supervisory Officer Grade C	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Catering Officers
Catering Manager Grade I	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Catering Manager Grade II	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Catering Officer III	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Assistant Catering Officer IV	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Typing
Chief Superintendent	—	—	—	—	—	6	6
Senior Superintendent	—	—	—	—	—	27	27
Superintendent	—	—	—	—	—	22	22
Senior Personal Secretary	—	—	—	—	—	22	22
Personal Secretary	—	—	—	—	—	176	176
Specialist Typist	—	—	—	—	—	217½	217½
Typist	—	—	—	—	—	147½	147½
Telephonist	—	—	—	—	—	33½	33½
Teleprinter Operator	—	—	—	—	—	10½	10½
Wireless Technicians
Senior Wireless Technicians	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
Wireless Technicians	—	—	—	—	—	9	9
Data Processing Staff
Senior Data Processor	—	—	—	—	—	27	27
Data Processor	—	—	—	—	—	98	98
Trainee Data Processor	—	—	—	—	—	4	4
Office Keeping Staff
Office Keeper I	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Office Keeper II	—	—	—	—	—	3	3
Office Keeper III	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
Inspector of Custody Guard	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Paperkeeping	—	—	—	—	—	57	57
Messengerial	—	—	—	—	—	150	150
Cleaner	—	—	—	—	—	91	91

	Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland	Scottish Development Department	Scottish Economic Planning Dept	Scottish Education Dept	Scottish Home and Health Dept	Central Services	Total
Security Guards	—	—	—	—	—	37	37
Stores Grade D	—	—	—	—	—	3	3
Librarian
Librarian II	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Librarian III	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
Librarian IV	—	—	—	—	—	10½	10½
Reporters
Deputy Chief Reporter	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Principal Reporter	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Reporter	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
Information Officers
Chief Information Officer A	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Chief Information Officer B	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Principal Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Senior Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	10	10
Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	6	6
Assistant Information Officer	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Photoprinters
Assistant Chief Photoprinter	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Leading Operator	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Photoprinter I	—	—	—	—	—	9	9
Photoprinter II	—	—	—	—	—	15	15
Warden of Regalia	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Miscellaneous Grades	31	20	—	—	6½	—	57½
Industrial Grades	316½	385	—	—	100	66	867½
Total Scottish Office Departments	1,920	1,375	196	703	865	2,347	7,406
2. Scottish Prison Service
Governor Grades
Governor I	—	—	—	—	—	—	5
Governor II	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Governor HI	—	—	—	—	—	—	21
Governor IV	—	—	—	—	—	—	17
Assistant Governor	—	—	—	—	—	—	38
Medical Grades
Senior Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Medical Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Nursing Sister	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Chaplains/Clergymen
Administration Group
Steward I	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Steward II	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Professional and Technical Grades
P & TO II	—	—	—	—	—	—	9
P & TO III	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Prison Officers
Chief Officer I	—	—	—	—	—	—	12
Chief Officer II	—	—	—	—	—	—	53
Principal Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	291
Senior Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	310
Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	l,684½
Training Grades
Civilian Instructor I	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Civilian Instructor III	—	—	—	—	—	—	80
Civilian Instructor IV	—	—	—	—	—	—	13

	Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland	Scottish Development Department	Scottish Economic Planning Dept	Scottish Education Dept	Scottish Home and Health Dept	Central Services	Total
Miscellaneous Grades
Cleaner	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Messenger	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Typists	—	—	—	—	—	—	38½
Stores Supervisors	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Telephonist	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Industrial Grades	—	—	—	—	—	—	108
Total Scottish Prison Service							2728

3. State Hospital, Carstairs
	Total
Medical Grades
Consultants	4
Clinical Assistant	1
Professional and Technical Grades
Clinical Psychologist	1
Principal Education Officer	1
Education Officer	1
Social Workers	1
Administrative and Clerical Grades
Secretary	1
Deputy Secretary (Administration)	1
Deputy Secretary (Finance)	1
General Administrative Officer	2
Executive Officer I	1
Higher Clerical Officers	5
Clerical Officers	7
Personal Secretaries	8
Shorthand Typists	2
Catering Officer	1
Security Officer	1
Occupations Grades
Chief Occupations Officers	1
Senior Occupations Officers	2
Occupations Officers	20
Occupations Assistants	10
Nursing Grades
Divisional Nursing Officer	1
Senior Nursing Officers	2
Senior Tutor	1
Clinical Teacher	1
Nursing Officers	13
Charge Nurses	50
Ward Sisters	4
Staff Nurses	25
Senior Enrolled Nurses	14
Enrolled Nurses	97
Pupil Nurses	46
Student Nurses	2

Grade	Management, Personnel and Common Services	Schools; Further and higher education	Finance and Planning	Pensions and Teachers	Science	OAL	HM Inspectorate	Stats and Computing	UGC Secretariat	Museums (V and A and Science)	Grand Total
Senior Staff
Permanent Secretary	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Deputy Secretary	3	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	5
Under Secretary	1	5	2	1	1	1	—	1	1	—	13
Chairman UGC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1
Director Financial Services Unit	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Administration Group
AS	2	19	4	4	2	2	1	1	3	—	38
Senior Principal	3	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Principal	6	36	11	9	6	5	—	3	7	2	85
SEO	19	15	2	8	—	1	2	12	2	2	63

	Total
Assistant Nurses	25½
Ancillary Grades
Head Cook	1
Assistant Head Cook	1
Cook	1
Assistant Cooks	4
Kitchen Porters	2
Kitchen/Dining Room Maids	7½
Groundsmen	5½
Storekeeper	1
Telephonist	1
Hall Porters	2
Storemen Drivers	3
Drivers	8
Gate Porters	14
Cleaners	2½
Sewing Maid	½
Total State Hospital	407½
Grand Total Scottish Office	1,0541½

Education And Science

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category: in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each rank, what are the maximum and minumum pay scales.

The numbers of civil servants, by grade and functional category, employed on 1 April 1982, are given in the following table. Pay scales are given in the annexes to paragraph 1050 of the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the main Library.

Grade	Management, Personnel and Common Services	Schools; Further and higher education	Finance and Planning	Pensions and Teachers	Science	OAL	HM Inspectorate	Stats and Computing	UGC Secretariat	Museums (V and A and Science)	Grand Total
HEO (including (D))	39	74	17	25	5	8	1	33	13	5	220
EO	50	79	22	55	3	5	13	64	12	9	312
CO	98	78	11	128	2	4	26½	63	17	50	477½
CA	89	19½	10	49	2	1	15	48	2	14	249½
AT	—	5	2	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	9
Secretary, Typing, Data Processor and Other Miscellaneous Grades
Data Processors	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	59	—	2	62
Secretaries	13	31	9	6	4	4	52½	3	3	8	135½
Typists	75½	4	1	1	1	½	71	—	5½	14½	173½
Messengers	79	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	14	98
Paperkeepers	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	48
Officekeepers	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Cleaners	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	½	47	51½
Security Officers	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8
Telephonists	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	4
Pbotoprinters	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	39
Information Officer Group
CIO	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
PIO	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
SIO	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	6
IO	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	7
AIO	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2
Graphics 2, 3 and 4	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	17
Library Group	7½	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	11½
Professional and Technical Group
Directing Grades	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Superintendent Grades	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	8
PPTO	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	21
PTO I and ll	—	11½	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	12½
PTO III and lV	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Furniture Designer	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Scientific Group
SPSO	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
PSO	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	3
SSO HSO	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1 2	2 2
Research Officer Group
PRO	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	2
SRO	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Catering Group
Senior Catering Adviser	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Catering Adviser	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Econ. and Stats Group
Chief Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	2
Senior Econ. Adviser	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8½	1	—	9½
Econ. Adviser	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Senior Assistant Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	2
Senior Econ. Assistant	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Assistant Statistician	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	2
Econ. Assistant	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Curatorial, Museum and Other Miscellaneous Grades
Curatorial A	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	10
Curatorial B	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Curatorial C	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	18	19
Curatorial D	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	19
Curatorial E	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	23
Curatorial F	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	25	26
Curatorial G	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42	42
Mus Tec 3	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	81	82
Mus Tec 4	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	2
HM Inspectorate
CI	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	6
DI	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	7
SI	—	—	—	—	—	—	52	—	—	—	52
HMI	—	—	—	—	—	—	326½	—	—	—	326½
Development Officer	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Accounting Group
Chief Cost Accountant	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Senior Cost Accountant	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Manual attendants	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	80	80
Nightwatchman	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	9
Director	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Keepers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	12
Assistant Keepers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	30
Research Assistants	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44	44
Museum Assistants	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58	58
Restorers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4
Conservation Officers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	30
Studentships	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	8
Packers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
Photographers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	25
Repro AI—AV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	11
Repro BI—BIII	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3
Publication Sales	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16½	16½

Grade	Management, Personnel and Common Services	Schools; Further and higher education	Finance and Planning	Pensions and Teachers	Science	OAL	HM inspectorate	Stats and Computing	UGC Secretariat	Museums (V and A and Science)	Grand Total
Warders (I—4;VII)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	290	290
Houseman (Stewards)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	11
Graphics Officer III	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Cloakroom Attendants	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	13
Switchboard Operator	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
P and TO—IV (Draughtsmen)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	9
GRAND TOTAL	591	416	107	288½	26	41½	574½	303½	80	1,092	3,520

Volume 28: debated on Wednesday 21 July 1982

Written Answers To Questions

House Of Commons

Car Park

Serjeant At Arms Department

Church Commissioners

Stipends

Pensions

Manchester Airport

Church Of England

Trade

Carpets (Imports)

Imports And Exports

Car Imports (Korea)

Terms Of Trade

Machinery

Air Transport Arrangements (Middle East)

European Community Trade Marks Office

Microlight Aircraft

Knitwear And Clothing (Reclassification)

Policy Programme (Achievement)

Departmental Staff

Dyce Airport

Chile

Latin America

Gas Appliances

Home Department

Motoring Offences

Mr And Mrs Samuel Ofosu

Pharmacists (Safes)

Departmental Staff

Prime Minister

Departmental Staff

Cabinet Office (Staff)

Central Policy Review Staff (Manpower)

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food

Elm Trees

Departmental Staff

Employment

Earnings (Statistics)

Burton And Uttoxeter

Hazardous Materials (Storage)

Temporary Short-Time Working Compensation Scheme

Baking Industry

Rural Jobcentres

National Health Service (Dispute)

Attorney-General

Criminal Trials

One-Parent Families

Unification Church

Royal Family

Industry

Iron And Steel (Output)

Departmental Staff

British Shipbuilders

Telecommunications Equipment (Liberalisation)

Gas Appliances

Wales

Local Authority Housing

Housing Conversion And Improvements

Housing Starts

Housing Starts

Departmental Staff

Psychiatric Patients

Energy

Coal Stocks

Public Sector Pay

Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs

Hong Kong (Vietnamese Refugees)

Education And Science

Liverpool (Ministerial Visit)

School Population

Departmental Staff

Mutual And Balanced Force Reductions

Foreign Affairs Council

European Community

Expenditure

Scotland

Public Sector Pay Settlements