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This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House I shall be having further meetings later today, including one with the Speaker of the Syrian People's Assembly. This evening I hope to have an audience of Her Majesty the Queen.

asked the Prime Minister when she next proposes to visit Wales.

On present plans, during the first half of next year.

asked the Prime Minister what steps Her Majesty's Government have taken to promote equality of opportunity for women since May 1979.

We are firmly committed to improving the position of women in society, and we have continued to support the Equal Opportunities Commission, which has a statutory duty to promote equality of opportunity between men and women.

asked the Prime Minister if she is satisfied with the security of information and documents in central Government Departments.

Every effort is made to maintain the security and confidentiality of classified information, and security and document handling procedures are kept constantly under review for that purpose. There continue, none the less, to be unauthorised disclosures of such information. Whatever their sources and motives, they constitute deplorable breaches of professional trust and confidence. When such a disclosure can be traced to its source, appropriate action is taken.

asked the Prime Minister whether she has any plans to meet the leaders of the National Union of Mineworkers to discuss the state of the coal mining industry.

I have at present no such plans. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy met Mr. Scargill earlier this year.

asked the Prime Minister if she will make an official visit to Preston, Lancashire.

I have at present no plans to do so.

asked the Prime Minister whether she is satisfied with the co-ordination between the Department of Education and Science and the Department of Employment in obtaining financial assistance from European Economic Community funds for City and Guilds of London Institute courses in the provision of education and training in the United Kingdom.

Yes.

asked the Prime Minister, pursuant to her answer of 29 July, c. 1228, that from the 1970s to the 1980s, of every £100 of extra money in the economy, £95 went either to increased prices or to increased imports and £5 went to increased output, if she will assess how much of the increase in money supply in the periods June 1970 to February 1974, March 1974 to May 1979 and June 1979 to date has been reflected in increased output, increased prices and increased imports, respectively.

The information is as follows:

asked the Prime Minister when she expects the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to complete his consideration of the matters relating to the conduct of the De Lorean business, referred to in the answer by the Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office to the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr. McNair-Wilson) on 19 November, Official Report, c. 295.

It is for the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to consider the nature and extent of any inquiries which should be pursued into the matters relating to the conduct of the De Lorean companies which were recently referred to him. It is impossible to forecast how long these inquiries will take, but I am confident that they will be pursued as quickly as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the terms of reference for the working party recently announced to examine the administration of the Firearms Act 1968 has been amended in any way since his written answer on 28 July.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he now has any information as to the number of prisoners belonging to the ethnic minorities currently in prison.

Collection of information on the ethnic origin of all those received into prison department establishments in England and Wales began on 1 March 1982. This new collection system is not yet working satisfactorily and it will be some time before it will be possible to publish any information from it.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what blast overpressures were taken as a basis for the civil defence exercise Exercise Square Leg in London.

The London civil defence scientific advisers who participated in the military home defence Exercise Square Leg had access to the operational handbook for scientific advisers supplied by the Home Office to local authority scientific advisers.Sheet B5 of the handbook permits calculation of the ranges at which certain blast overpressures would result from various yields of weapon. The following table illustrates these calculations:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Jack Wesley Savage, an American citizen, who had been convicted of fraud and was charged with drug offences, was allowed into the United Kingdom; and whether he will deport this man to the United States of America to stand trial and answer the charges now made against him.

On the information available, Mr. Savage appears to have been admitted as a visitor. If inquiries confirm the allegations made about Mr. Savage, we shall be considering carefully his immigration status.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will request the European Economic Community member States to extend voting facilities in European Parliament elections to United Kingdom citizens resident in those States.

The Council of Ministers of the European Community is considering the right to vote at elections to the European Parliament in the context of the Parliament's proposals for a uniform electoral procedure.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the cost of keeping a prisoner in (a) a high security prison and, (b) a local prison in each of the past 10 years.

The average annual cost of keeping a male prisoner in a dispersal and a local prison is as follows. Costs for years before 1975–76 are not available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to speed up immigration procedures for foreign nationals at terminal 3, Heathrow airport, during peak periods.

The peak periods for passenger arrivals at terminal 3 Heathrow airport occur mainly in the early mornings. The scheduling of flight arrivals is outside the control of the immigration service but that service is constantly seeking to improve its procedures and make the most economic use of staff so as to produce as quick a rate of clearance as is compatible with an effective immigration control. The present zoning system operating in the control is one improvement which was introduced at the instigation of the immigration service.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will reconsider his decision not to allow Yilmaz Güney, the Turkish film director, to be admitted to the United Kingdom on the grounds that, notwithstanding his conviction on a criminal charge, he is a political refugee.

If Mr. GÜney were to seek entry to the United Kingdom he would fall to be refused leave to enter under paragraph 74 of the Immigration Rules (HC 394), notwithstanding the fact that he has been recognised as a refugee. My right hon. Friend does not propose to authorise the admission of Mr. GÜney exceptionally to the Rules.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why His Excellency the Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Court of St. James was not invited to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph during the Remembrance Service on Sunday 14 November; and if he will make a statement.

No ambassadors are invited to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph ceremony, but invitations are extended to the High Commissioners of all Commonwealth countries represented in London.

asked the Attorney-General if the Lord Chancellor will order an inquiry into the way in which Ormskirk magistrates' court makes decisions on legal aid applications.

No. The Lord Chancellor is at present conducting a survey into legal aid in some 50 magistrates' courts of which Ormskirk is one. The purpose of the survey is to discover how far apparent differences in the grant or refusals of applications are due to different interpretations of the so called Widgery criteria and how far there may be other explanations, such as differences in the number of applications or the nature of cases coming before individual courts.

asked the Attorney-General if, in the light of recent cases reported to the Lord Chancellor, he is satisfied with the way in which Ormskirk magistrates' court makes decisions on legal aid; and if he will make a statement.

These decisions are not for the Lord Chancellor but for the courts.

asked the Attorney-General how many cases have been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions since May 1979 by the chief constable of Merseyside police; and how many prosecutions have resulted.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised me that the following table of figures shows the number of cases referred to the Director by the chief constable of Merseyside police since May 1979. The number of prosecutions relates to those undertaken by the Director of Public Prosecutions and does not include the cases which the Director advised that responsibility for proceedings could be left to the chief constable. That figure could be ascertained only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Attorney-General how many matters have been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions by members of the general public in each of the past three years; and how many resulted in prosecutions.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised me that the following table of figures shows the number of matters referred to him by members of the general public in the years 1979–82.

asked the Attorney-General, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Beaconsfield of 18 November, when he intends to consult interested parties on the consolidation of the Companies Acts; and whether he intends to publish a draft Bill or Bills for this purpose.

Interested parties will be consulted in good time to allow consideration to be given to their views in the preparation of the Bill or Bills which it is hoped to introduce in the next Session of Parliament. I would hope therefore that the consultative process will begin not later than Easter of next year, and it is intended to publish a draft Bill or Bills for this purpose.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if any United Kingdom aid funds for African countries are going to hospitals which perform female circumcision and excision operations.

I confirm that the United Kingdom does not condone these practices. We have no knowledge of them taking place in hospitals in Africa for which we provide United Kingdom aid funds.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will increase British aid to Kenya; and if he will make a statement.

Kenya is already among the largest recipients of British aid and will remain so. We are giving close and sympathetic consideration to President Moi's recent request to the donor community for additional aid support, and convened a meeting of interested donors in London on 17 November to consider the issues involved. We have already agreed that some £3 million of aid funds available for Kenya in the current year should be converted to immediate balance of payments support. I hope that it will shortly be possible for my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, to send President Moi a full and positive response to his request.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will indicate, for the latest convenient period, the amount of aid by Her Majesty's Government on projects directly related to the care and nutrition of children; and if he will list some of the major projects in this area.

It will take some time to assemble this information. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many awards under the technical assistance training programme are being made by the Overseas Development Administration in the current year; what was the comparable figure for 1979–80; and what will be the number of such awards in 1983–84.

So far in the current financial year we have made over 3,700 new awards under our Government-to-Government training programmes compared with 4,133 new awards in the financial year 1979–80. Including students and trainees continuing on courses from previous years the total number supported under these programmes is over 7,900 this year compared with 8,099 in 1979–80. The number of new awards to be offered in 1983–84 is still under consideration but is not expected to fall below the current level.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many children were in care in each county in Wales for 1971 and for each of the last three years for which figures are available.

The information requested is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate the cost of supporting children in care in each county in Wales for each of the last three years for which figures are available.

The information requested is available in "Personal Social Services Statistics" published annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, copies of which are available in the Library.Actual expenditure data are available for 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81 and estimated data for 1981–82 and 1982–83.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set up an investigation into the difference in the standard of children's performance between the ages of 11 years and 15 to 16 years.

Standards of performance in mathematics and English have been investigated by the assessment of performance unit since 1978 and a number of reports have been published and placed in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set up in Wales a project on the lines of the Strathclyde community approach project in education, to improve standards and make education more attractive in some of the rundown urbanised areas of Wales.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales where in each health authority in Wales there are centres specialising in the treatment and the continued support of cases of adolescent disturbances; and whether there are any plans for more such units.

Whitchurch hospital, Cardiff and St. Cadoc's hospital, Gwent have beds designated in the specialty of adolescent psychiatry. Services for this group are provided in the NHS throughout Wales through a network of out-patient and in-patient facilities at hospitals which care for mentally ill and mentally handicapped people. These are augmented by the child guidance and family support services of consultants specialising in child adolescent psychiatry. It is the responsibility of the district health authorities to plan provision in the light of local needs.Adolescent disturbance in not necessarily a matter for the Health Service. A very much wider range of facilities is provided by education and social services authorities and further facilities are provided by the private sector and voluntary organisations.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether, in the light of the work of the Land Authority for Wales since May 1979, he will now take steps to disband that body.

No; the authority, which is self-financing, has continued to carry out effectively its function of making land available for others to develop, and has also been doing valuable work in the preparation of housing land availability studies.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will establish a Welsh equivalent of the Department of Education and Science's aspects of primary education survey.

The findings of "Primary Education in England", which was published in September 1978 following a survey of aspects of primary education, are generally applicable also in Wales. The report was complemented, in November 1978, by "Primary Education in Rural Wales" and the two documents together have since had a considerable influence on primary education in Wales which has been reinforced by the continuing work of Her Majesty's Inspectorate.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish an equivalent for Wales of the publication "Aspects of Secondary Education" on the interaction between organisations and the curriculum.

No. The conclusions of "Aspects of Secondary Education in England", which was published in December 1979 following a survey of a sample of secondary schools, are generally applicable also in Wales. The report has been complemented by the publication in Wales of a number of discussion documents on the organisation and work of secondary schools concentrating separately on arrangements in years Ito III, years IV to V, sixth form education, the roles of senior staff, and pastoral care. All have been well received and together with the continuing work of Her Majesty's Inspectorate in schools have encouraged the spread of good practice in secondary education.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many pupils in Wales are in the present school year receiving their education under the assisted places scheme; and how such pupils are distributed among the eight Welsh local education authorities.

The information requested is not yet available.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list his powers to lay down minimum standards of provision in matters such as class size and pupils to teacher ratios; and if he directs Her Majesty's inspectors of schools to carry out specific projects.

My right hon. Friend has no specific powers to lay down minimum standards of provision in matters such as class size and pupil to teacher ratios. He has the power to direct Her Majesty's inspectors of schools to carry out specific projects, but in practice proposals are discussed and settled on an informal basis.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will take steps to increase the availability of nursing of pre-school education for 3 and 4-year-olds in Wales to a level comparable with the average provision throughout England.

The proportion of children under the statutory school age for whom educational provision is being made in the maintained sector is, in fact, higher in Wales than in England. For example, figures for January 1982 show that the proportions of 3 and 4-year-olds attending maintained primary schools were 67·7 per cent. in Wales and 40·4 per cent. in England. More detailed figures will be available in due course in the appropriate statistical publication.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in the Official Report the names of those he has appointed to public bodies since taking up office in May 1979, together with the bodies to which they were appointed, their qualifications, the names of those they replaced, and, where appropriate, the interest they were appointed to represent.

The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales on what basis representatives of community health councils were excluded from the all-Wales health forum.

There is no permanent membership of the forum. Invitations to attend meetings are issued according to the subjects under discussion. To encourage a genuine exchange of views numbers must be kept to a reasonable level, but to ensure the widest airing of issues summaries of discussions are circulated extensively. The Association of Community Health Councils in Wales and each individual community health council were sent a copy of the summary of the first meeting.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give extra financial aid to Dyfed county council to carry out essential road improvements in the county; and if he will make a statement.

The 1983–84 capital allocation and the amount of transport supplementary grant to be made to Dyfed county council and to the other Welsh counties are under consideration and will be announced in due course.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any plans to expand any of the hospitals in Ceredigion during the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

No. Plans for hospital expansion in the Ceredigion area are a matter for decision by the East Dyfed district health authority.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of the adult population of Wales was unemployed during the latest month for which figures are available; and how this compares with the figures for the same month of 1981, 1980 and 1979.

The information is as follows:

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much 2,4,5-T was imported into the United Kingdom in each month since May 1979.

The following quantities of 2,4,5-T have been imported into the United Kingdom since May 1979.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what method is used by the Inland Revenue in deciding to conduct a full audit investigation of a small business enterprise; how many small businesses have been investigated in each of the last five years; what has been the average cost per firm investigated and the average tax collected following any such investigation; and if he will make a statement.

I assume that my hon. Friend has in mind the Inland Revenue's selective approach to the examination of trading accounts. A proportion are scrutinised for any necessary adjustments to the tax computations. A further smaller proportion—for the year ended 31 October 1981 about 2·75 per cent. of unincorporated businesses and 0·6 per cent. of companies—are selected for thorough examination into the records and structure of the business because the Inspector is not satisfied that they necessarily reveal the true profits.Inspectors use their considerable experience and training in the course of selecting accounts, and as well as direct evidence that accounts or returns are incorrect they will bear in mind the picture of the business presented by the accounts themselves as well as their knowledge of the taxpayer's other affairs as shown in his returns.The following table shows in respect of the last four years

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the proposals for the systematic destruction of certain pay-as-you-earn files by the Inland Revenue.

As I announced to the House earlier this year—[Vol. 28, c. 182]—we have concluded that for the majority of people who pay tax under pay-as-you-earn much of the material held in tax office files is retained unnecessarily. The Inland Revenue therefore published a consultative paper in July, a copy of which is in the Library, discussing possible changes in their record-keeping procedures. Following the responses to this paper, I have authorised the Revenue to proceed with a pilot study in 11 tax offices; the aim of the study is to test whether it is necessary to preserve all communications, and to maintain separate files, for those taxpayers who are not required to make a return of income annually.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount of foreign debt currently owed by Her Majesty's Government; how much of this is due for repayment during 1983; and how much has to be repaid between January 1984 and December 1987.

At present the foreign currency debt owed by Her Majesty's Government amounts to $4 billion. Of this sum, $0·2 billion is due for repayment in 1983, and $1·3 billion is due for repayment between January 1984 and December 1987. The official foreign penalties; (d) the number settled with interest and/or penalties; (e) the average amount of additional tax recovered from the non-interest or penalty settlements; and (f) the average yield ie tax, interest and penalties for cases where interest and/or penalties were taken.Statistics are available for only four full years because the current system of selecting accounts for in-depth investigation was introduced in 1977. The average amount recovered for cases in column

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cost to the Exchequer of the covenanting system through which parents pay parental contributions to students.

I regret that information on which to base an estimate is not available.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has yet considered comments made by the judge in the recent case of the National Coal Board v. Her Majesty's Commissioners of Customs and Excise, drawing the attention of the authorities to the desirability of altering statutory provisions so that in no circumstances would value added tax be payable in respect of activities in relation to a pension fund; if he intends introducing amending legislation; and if he will make a statement.

The commissioners of Customs and Excise have been reviewing all matters relevant to the impact of VAT on pension funds, including comments referred to by the hon. Member, and are having informal discussions with the National Association of Pension Funds. The results of the review will be announced in due course.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has made at the International Monetary Fund concerning loans to the Sudan.

In 1980 Sudan negotiated an extended arrangement which was replaced in February this year by a one-year standby. The United Kingdom supported both arrangements. The standby has broken down and negotiations are under way for a new standby. It is not the practice of Her Majesty's Government to comment on negotiations between member States and the fund staff. The Government will, however, give careful consideration to any programme for which Sudan is seeking fund assistance at such time as it is brought before the executive board.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the basis for his statement in paragraph 1.19 of his autumn statement 1982 that in the 1981–82 pay round, wage settlements averaged about 7 per cent.; and what figures are implied for public and private sector earnings in the assumption given to the Government Actuary that average earnings for the whole economy in the tax year 1983–84 will be 6½ per cent. higher than in 1982–83.

The 7 per cent. figure for the average level of wage settlements in the 1981–82 pay round is an estimate based on a number of sources. It is consistent, for example, with the CBI Pay Databank. The figure of 6½ per cent. for the increase in average earnings in the tax year 1983–84 was provided as a working assumption to the Government Actuary. It was not broken down between public and private sectors as such details were not required.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the saving in mortgage interest tax relief in (a) the current financial year and (b) a full financial year as a result of the recently announced cut in the mortgage rate.

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

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) why those local authorities represented on the joint management committee of Telford opportunities centre are individually exempted from value added tax liability but when operating jointly through the joint management committee they are not;

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

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will revise the figures given in both the Appendix 5 of the Treasury and Civil Service Committee report, Session 1981–82 on the Government's economic policy, autumn review and the updated figures given in the answer to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 25 October 1982 for those on 75 per cent., 100 per cent., 200 per cent. and 500 per cent. of national average earnings for single, married and married plus two children families, including data on gross earnings, income tax, national insurance contributions, child benefit, net earnings and indirect taxes and net earnings net of indirect taxes in each case on the basis of the most recently available price base and showing the years 1978–79 to 1982–83 and as far back to 1945 as figures will allow and including an estimate for 1983–84 on the basis of announced policy changes and the conventional assumptions incorporated in the latest forecast required under the Industry Act 1975;(2) if he will express total tax payments—income tax, national insurance contributions and indirect taxes, less child benefit where applicable—for single people, married couples and married couples plus two children families at 75 per cent., 100 per cent., 200 per cent. and 500 per cent. of national average earnings in each case as a percentage of their gross weekly earnings for each year until 1982–83 as far back to 1945 as data allows and including an estimate for 1983–84 on the basis of announced policy changes and the conventional assumptions incorporated in the latest forecast required under the Industry Act 1975.

[pursuant to his reply, 18 November 1982, c. 231-2]: Figures for 1982–83 and 1983–84 are given in the following tables. They take account of the Government Actuary's latest assumptions on earnings growth. The figures for 1983–84 assume that income tax allowances and specific duties are increased as shown in part V of the autumn statement.The figures are given both as a percentage of gross incomes and in 1978–79 prices for ease of comparison with those already given for the years 1978–79 to 1981–82 in answer to the Treasury and Civil Service Committee (Fifth Report from the Treasury and Civil Service Committee, session 1980–81, HC 232-II, appendix 6, pp. 120–23; First report from the Treasury and Civil Service Committee, HC 28, session 1981–82, appendix 5, pp. 35–36) and to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 25 October 1982.—[Vol. 29, c.