asked the Attorney-General if he will give an estimate of the percentage of public records retained for eventual release for public scrutiny which remained closed after 30 years in 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978 and the last year for which the information is available.

About 1 per cent. at present. Comparable information for earlier years is not available.

asked the Attorney-General if he will list the grounds on which public records are not opened to public inspection after 30 years of closure.

The criteria used in considering applications for extended closure of records under section 5(1) of the Public Records Act 1958 are:

(i) Exceptionally sensitive papers, the disclosure of which would be contrary to the public interest whether on security or other grounds (including the need to safeguard the Revenue);

(ii) Documents containing information supplied in confidence the disclosure of which might constitute a breach of good faith;

(iii) Documents containing information about individuals, the disclosure of which would cause distress to or endanger living persons or their immediate descendents.

asked the Attorney-General if he will make a statement on the procedure for arriving at a decision to open public records which have been subjected to a period of closure in excess of 30 years; and whether regular reviews are made at fixed intervals to ascertain whether the original reasons for maintaining the closure are still valid.

Public records closed for more than 30 years are opened automatically on the expiry of the extended closure period unless the Lord Chancellor, having regard to the particular case, has authorised either a further period of closure or the accelerated opening of the record in question because its sensitivity has lapsed. Although there are no regular reviews, in 1982 there were 93 cases in which earlier opening dates were authorised.

asked the Attorney-General if any public records opened to public inspection after a period of closure of 30 years have subsequently been withdrawn and subjected to an additional prescribed period since 1 January 1979; and if he will make a statement.

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. The answer to the second part of the question accordingly does not arise.

asked the Attorney General which Cabinet, Cabinet Committee, or chiefs of staff committee and sub-committee files relating to the Falkland or Anglo-Argentine relations have been removed from public scrutiny at the Public Records Office.

I am looking into this matter and will answer the hon. Member's question as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report (a) the annual figures of planned aggregate capital expenditure on county council services from 1977 to date and (b) the annual figures of outturn capital expenditure on county council services from 1977 to date.

Planned aggregate capital expenditure is not separately available for county and district services. Annual outturn figures for the financial years 1977–78 to 1981–82 are given in the following table.

£ million
Year	County council capital expenditure*†	District council capital expenditure*
1977–78	55	129
1978–79	63	139
1979–80	79	163
1980–81	99	172
1981–82 (provisional)	97	146
* Capital expenditure charged to the capital account. Including expenditure on rate fund services, trading services and, for districts, housing to which HRA relates.
† Including expenditure incurred by Joint Police Authorities.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the video cameras installed for the surveillance of police interrogation in Northern Ireland cost; how long it took to install them; and how much it would cost to convert them to produce video recordings for the determination by the courts of the reliability of confession statements.

The closed-circuit television cameras used by the Royal Ulster Constabulary at a number of police stations throughout Northern Ireland to aid supervision of the interrogation of terrorist suspects and certain other persons cost approximately £50,000, and were installed over a period of approximately six months in 1979. It is estimated that it would cost £76,000 to provide these cameras with a video recording facility.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the cost in the current and the next financial year of the potato stock feed purchase scheme recently announced.

I have been asked to reply. We estimate that the scheme will cost up to £1·5 million, and that all of the expenditure will be incurred during the next financial year.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now introduce legislation to deal with anomalies in Sunday trading laws.

We have no plans for legislation at present, but my right hon. Friend is considering the options for resolving the present state of disagreement.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether husbands of European Community citizens settled in the United Kingdom, who had limited leave to remain before the present immigration rules came into force, will be given further leave to remain when their present leave expires.

Yes, provided they qualify to do so under the rules, which have not changed in this respect.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions guns have been issued to Metropolitan Police officers since the beginning of 1983, excluding weapons issued in connection with diplomatic protection.

These figures are collated each quarter and the figures for the first quarter of 1983 will not be available for some time.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what public and private organisations he recommends should be included in civil defence planning.

Most organisations could contribute to civil defence planning. Central and local government and their agencies have statutory obligations, but we also attach importance to the work of volunteer groups including the voluntary aid organisations. There is already some participation by industy in present plans, and this is an area where we hope to see greater future involvement.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he makes of deterrence as a factor in punishment for crime.

Deterrence is accepted as one of the fundamental purposes of sentencing. It is, however, for the courts to decide how the principle of deterrence should be reflected in individual sentencing decisions in all the circumstances of each case. It is inherently difficult to measure the deterrent effect of sentencing, particularly in relation to those who do not offend.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is now able to make a statement as to when he expects to introduce legislation to improve and update the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876.

As I said on 3 February in reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Atkinson), we hope to publish proposals for legislation in the spring and to introduce new legislation as soon as parliamentary time permits.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied that Italian nationals who have been involved with political terrorist groups are being excluded from the United Kingdom.

Where information has been received that an Italian or any other national seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom has been involved with political terrorist groups, refusal of leave to enter is the normal course. I am satisfied with the arrangements for securing this.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received any further request from the Bedfordshire police authority to increase the size of the Bedfordshire police force; and if he will make a statement.

No applications for a further increase in the authorised establishment of Bedfordshire constabulary has been received since an increase of five posts was approved in August 1982.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the latest available figure for the number of shotgun licences which have been issued.

The latest available figure is for 31 December 1981 when there were 785,225 shotgun certificates on issue in England and Wales.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied with current provisions for animal welfare; and if he will make a statement.

The Government are committed to updating the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 and hope to publish proposals in the spring. Other relevant legislation is kept under review but we have no proposals for further amending legislation at present.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number and age of children currently in prison with their mothers.

Twenty on 21 February. Their ages were one month (three), two months (three), four months (three), five months (three), six months (one), seven months (one), eight months (three), nine months (two) and 14 months (one).

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Metropolitan Police will introduce further measures to seek to reduce the number of burglaries in London.

In his recent preliminary report to me the Metropolitan Police commissioner included information about the measures he proposes to take to prevent and detect burglary. These include a better use of manpower by directed foot patrols in areas with a high incidence of this crime, the organisation and concentration of detective manpower and improvements in the gathering and use of information. The commissioner also proposes to strengthen and extend co-operation between the police and the community through both the new local consultative arrangements and specific crime prevention projects such as neighbourhood watch and property marking schemes.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will increase substantially the financial provision in respect of crime prevention publicity, notably in regard to bag-snatching and street crime.

Expenditure on crime prevention publicity is substantial and has in recent years been an increasing proportion of the Home Office publicity budget. Both we and the police already issue advice in various forms on precautions against street crime, including bag snatching. However, publicity is only one aspect of preventive action. Police forces are increasingly adopting operational measures to prevent this type of crime.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will have discussions with the police to consider introducing a booklet for women on self-defence in the event of a physical or sexual assualt.

We and the police are reluctant to issue general advice on self-defence, whether for women or men, since the circumstances of an assault can vary greatly and active resistance can result in greater danger to the victim. The police freely issue leaflets such as "Woman Alone" on the avoidance of circumstances of potential danger, and can give specific advice on self-defence where it appears appropriate to do so.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes of violence were committed in the borough of Bournemouth in 1982; and how this compares with figures for 1977 and 1972, respectively.

The information collected centrally is for police force areas and is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—table 2·5 of the volume for 1981, Cmnd. 8668. It should be noted that the local authority re-organisation in 1974 affected the boundaries of Hampshire police force area.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his assessment of the report of the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis as it affects the future policing of London.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to a question by my hon. Friend, the Member for Ravensbourne (Mr. Hunt) on 24 January.—[Vol. 35, c. 266–68.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the number of convictions successfully brought under the provisions of the Education Act 1944 for offences related to truancy.

The available information, which may be incomplete, relates to all offenders found guilty of offences against the Education Act 1944 and is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—offence classification 112 of table S1.1(A^ of volume 1 of the Supplementary tables for 1981. This information does not distinguish truancy offences from other offences under this Act.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to reduce the use of psychotropic drugs in prisons.

A medicine is only prescribed when, in the professional judgment of the doctor concerned, it is necessary for the restoration of health or the relief of symptons. Prison medical officers have complete clinical freedom and it would not be appropriate to give them instructions about such clinical decisions.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of police officers in England and Wales at the latest available date; and what was the equivalent figure in May 1979.

On 31 December 1982 the total strength of the police service in England and Wales was 120,951. This is a gain of 9,458 on the strength of 111,493 in May 1979.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has completed his consideration of the concessions on television licences to which he referred in his reply to the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) Official Report, 3 February, c. 159.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend gave a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley, West (Mr. Blackburn) on 23 February 1983.—[Vol. 37, c. 439.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent he estimates crime in London is understated by official statistics.

I cannot offer a useful estimate at present, since no analysis of data from the British crime survey has yet been carried out to assess the extent of unrecorded crime in London. The value of such an exercise is limited by the size of the London sub-sample, but an analysis will be attempted when resources permit.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward proposals to alter the constitutional position of the United Kingdom in relation to Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the reasons why he will not now remove all unconvicted and untried persons in prison on remand from closed prisons and place them into open prisons, and place the tried and convicted persons in open prisons into the cells so vacated.

In cases where bail is not granted, the prison service is under a specific obligation to the courts to hold defendants in custody and produce them again in court as directed. This obligation could not properly be discharged if remand prisoners were placed in open establishments with minimum physical security. In addition, open establishments lack the facilities needed for remand prisoners and are in general inconveniently situated for access to the courts and for visits by legal advisers. They do however fulfil an important role in relation to that part of the sentenced population which does not require to be held in conditions of security.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations he has received from bodies within the Metropolitan Police district requesting a larger police presence on the streets.

It is not possible to specify how many such representations may have been received but my right hon. Friend is aware, as is the Commissioner, that many people regard a larger police presence on the streets as desirable. In his recent report to my right hon. Friend the Commissioner indicated that he proposes to make available a further 650 officers for this purpose, by savings in other areas of operation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters he has received from the general public about the provisions of the British Nationality Act.

Information about the number of letters to the nationality division about the provisions of the British Nationality Act 1981 is not available. But on average 5,800 inquiries a month about nationality matters were received from the public during the period September 1982 to January 1983.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the Queen's counsel who over the past five years have considered appeals from police officers against punishments imposed on them by their chief officers for discipline offences and the names and occupations of other advisers to the police appeals tribunal; and whether on any occasion the Queen's counsel have had support from any persons save one of Her Majesty's inspectors of constabulary in service or retired.

From the records available, for the period 1 January 1978 to 31 December 1982 the following were Queen's counsel when appointed as chairmen of police disciplinary tribunals:

A. B. Ewbank Q.C.	B. J. Appleby Q.C.
A. R. Vandermeer Q.C.	H. J. Byrt Q.C.
A. P. Leggatt Q.C.	J. M. Lever Q.C.
J. B. Mortimer Q.C.	A. L. Mildon Q.C.
G. M. Hamilton T.D. Q.C.	R. M. G. Simpson Q.C.
T. M. Dillion Q.C.	C. D. R. Rose Q.C. (twice)
G. E. Moriarty Q.C.	H. C. Taylor Q.C.
J. M. Drinkwater Q.C.	E. D. R. Stone Q.C.
I. Judge Q.C.	J. W. Rant Q.C.
J. H. Rooke T. D. Q.C.	J. A. Chadwin Q.C.
B. A. Hytner Q.C. (twice)	H. K. Goddard, Q.C.
M. J. Turner Q.C.	B. Hargrove O.B.E. Q.C. (twice.
D. N. Keating Q.C.	G. J. K. Coles Q.C.
P. N. Garland Q.C.	D. Barker Q.C.
R. M. Yorke Q.C.	B. S. Green Q.C.
Miss S. A. Ritchie Q.C.	B. H. Pryor Q.C.
J. M. T. Rogers Q.C.	J. Lloyd-Eley Q.C.
P. Ashworth Q.C.	A. W. Palmer Q.C.
S. A. Stamler Q.C.	A. T. Hoolahan Q.C.
R. G. Rougier Q.C.	J. W. Rogers Q.C.
R. D. Grey Q.C.	J. D. Alliott Q.C.
D. 0. Thomas Q.C.	R. N. Thomas Q.C.
A. F. Waley Q.C.	J. P. Gorman Q.C.
P. M. Baker Q.C.	M. J. Pratt Q.C.

In addition the following juniors were appointed as chairmen:

J. M. A. Barker	D. A. Smith
A. J. D. Nicholl	D. B. D. Lowe
H. H. Andrew	L. G. Krikler
C. J. Crespi	D. E. Roberts
A. C. Macdonald	J. A. Stannard
P. M. Beard	D. J. R. Wilcox
C. N. Lees	J. S. Oakes
J. C. Willis	R. D. L. Kelly

and two solicitors, Mr. D. H. Harrison and Mrs. M. F. Norrie.In each case the chairman would be supported only by a serving or retired member of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he proposes to take in the light of the report by Lord Jellicoe to reduce the possible incidence of terrorism in the United Kingdom.

My right hon. Friend intends to make known the Government's preliminary reaction to some of Lord Jellicoe's recommendations when the renewal of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1976 is considered on Monday 7 March.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will withdraw his proposals to cut the salaries of trainee probation officers.

No. I would refer the hon. and learned Member to the reply I gave to a Question by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Short) on 24 February.—[Vol. 37, c. 494.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from the Liverpool Canning Street Residents Association concerning the nuisance and problems of kerb crawling.

We received a letter on this subject from the Canning Area Residents' Association in 1981.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the increase in hours worked by Metropolitan police officers on the beat in recent months.

I regret that the information on which such an estimate would need to be based is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the maximum and minimum pay rates for each grade of policeman in April of 1980, 1981, 1982 and the likely figures for 1983, expressed (a) in cash terms and (b) in 1980 prices.

The April pay rates of police officers in 1980, 1981 and 1982 are the same as those for September in the previous years. These were given in the reply to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Preston, North (Mr. Atkins) on 24 January.—[Vol. 35, c. 270.] The tax and price index stood at 130·8 in April 1980, 151·3 in April 1981 and 166 in April 1982; it is not possible to predict accurately the likely figure for April 1983.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the number of county councils seeking powers through private legislation to require notice of street processions, whether he will consider bringing forward public legislation to deal with this matter.

The need for a general requirement is being considered in my right hon. Friend's review of the Public Order Act 1936 and related legislation. He hopes to announce the conclusions of the review in the not too distant future.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will increase recruitment to the police.

Since May 1979, the establishment of the police service in England and Wales has been increased by 2,485 and its strength by 9,400. Forces remain at or very close to their authorised establishment. Force establishments are kept under review by chief officers, police authorities and Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary. Police authorities are responsible for fixing the authorised establishment of forces, subject to my approval. I shall consider carefully any requests for my approval to increases in establishment for 1983–84, but I shall have to be satisfied that existing manpower is being used as effectively as possible to meet current priorities.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ealing, North on 28 February, concerning the fees paid to assistant boundary commissioners, he will publish so much information as is readily available without incurring disproportionate cost.

I understand from the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England that some information may shortly become available, and I shall write to my hon. Friend when it is.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria he takes into account when appointing persons as assistant boundary commissioners; if he takes into consideration whether a person is or has been a member of any political group; and if he will make a statement.

Paragraph 1(1) of part II of schedule 1 to the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 provides:

"The Secretary of State may, at the request of any Commission, appoint one or more assistant Commissioners to inquire into, and report to the Commission upon, such matters as the Commission think fit."

It is the practice to appoint Queen's counsel and senior barristers. All those approached to serve as assistant commissioners are asked to say whether they have taken any prominent part in politics either as a candidate at local or parliamentary elections or on behalf of a candidate. If the answer is affirmative, the appointment is not made.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the effect of the abolition of the milk co-responsibility levy on retail milk prices.

There would be no direct effect on retail milk prices as the levy is charged on deliveries to dairies by milk producers. However, if the levy were abolished, as we have continued to advocate, prices could be set correspondingly lower without reducing producer returns.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made as to the level at which producer milk prices in the European Community would need to be set to stop the expansion of production.

Production in the dairy sector is influenced by many factors other than milk prices, including changes in production costs, technological developments and producers' own expectations of the future prospects for dairying. To tackle the dairy surplus needs real restraint on prices and that is why we have argued that the Commission proposals for increases in support prices in the milk sector this year are not justified.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what grounds the European Commission has proposed the continuation of the milk co-responsibility levy.

The European Commission has proposed the continuation of the milk co-responsibility levy because it believes it helps

"to establish a better balance on the market for milk by creating a more direct connection between production and the scope for disposal of milk products."

We do not share this view and shall continue to press for its abolition and for more effective measures for tackling the problem of surplus milk production.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much it costs per carcase a British pigmeat exporter to have carcases inspected for export purposes; what are the comparative costs for meat export inspection in each of the European Community countries; and if he will make a statement.

Meat inspection charges are determined by local authorities and vary considerably between different slaughterhouses, but a recent survey carried out by the Meat and Livestock Commission indicates that the average charge in large slaughterhouses in Great Britain is in the region of 30p per pig. Export slaughterhouses have in addition to pay the cost of supervision by official veterinary surgeons but this is normally calculated on a contract basis and the amount payable per exported animal depends on various factors including the percentage of throughput exported. I understand that in other member states there is considerable variation in the methods of applying inspection charges, which in some cases are higher than in this country and in others lower.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what have been the costs, both direct and indirect, to the United Kingdom taxpayer of operating a deficiency payments system for sheepmeat.

Member states contribute to the Community's budget as a whole and not to individual common agricultural policy regimes. In 1982 the Community financed expenditure on sheepmeat premiums totalling about £140 million, of which £126 million was spent in the United Kingdom.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the rise in farm costs in the European Community and in the United Kingdom, respectively, in the latest year for which figures are available; and what are the comparable figures for the previous three years.

The information requested is as follows:

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown by size of farm and type of production of the figures for changes in farm incomes in the United Kingdom between 1972 and 1981.

Column 4 of table 25 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture 1983" White Paper (Cmnd. 8804) shows the average net income per farm for farms of various types in 1980–81 (not 1981–82 as printed). Corresponding figures for 1981–82 are shown in column 5 of the same table, and footnote (a) lists publications which analyse the data according to business size. Figures for previous years are contained in the annual review White Papers published each year throughout the period referred to.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the statement of the right hon. Member for North Angus and Mearns (Mr. Buchanan-Smith) Official Report, 17 February, c. 253–54, that British consumers of sheepmeat benefit from the effect of retail prices of using deficiency payments, rather than intervention, he will not propose similar systems for beef and pigmeat.

For beef, a deficiency payment system, the beef variable premium scheme, already exists. There have been no public intervention arrangements for pigmeat for many years, although aids to encourage private storage are paid from time to time when the market is weak. There are no plans to introduce a deficiency payment system for pigs.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce legislation to make compulsory compliance with the current codes of practice which relate to the welfare of farm animals.

The Farm Animal Welfare Council is considering the provisions of the welfare codes of recommendations, including those for cattle and pigs revised in December 1982 with the approval of Parliament, in order to advise Ministers on which parts of the codes might more appropriately be made mandatory. Section 3(4) of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 already provides that a failure on the part of any person to observe a provision of a code may be relied upon by the prosecution as tending to establish guilt where that person is accused of causing or permitting unnecessary pain or distress under section 1 of the Act.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any plans to discourage the use at current levels of nitrates on farmland; and if he will make a statement.

My Department already advises farmers to apply no more nitrogenous fertilisers than is needed in the interests of good husbandry, and is undertaking related research.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the funds allocated for the Sea Fish Industry Authority marketing project will be spent on staff, offices and administration overheads.

This is a matter which the Sea Fish Industry Authority will be considering in the context of its overall budget for 1983–84 and its marketing programme for this and future years.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects a full scale marketing project to be undertaken by the Sea Fish Industry Authority; and what is the total cash budget allocated for this purpose.

The Sea Fish Industry Authority is in the process of developing a programme for improving the marketing of fish. It is, therefore, not yet possible to predict what level of funding will be required to support this programme, which will cover a number of years. The authority intends to submit its plans to my right hon. Friend as soon as they are prepared.

Index of industrial production: 1975=100 Seasonally adjusted
		All industries excluding construction									Manufacturing industries
Year		UK	USA	Italy	France	FRG	Canada	Japan	OECD	EEC	UK	USA	Italy	France	FRG	Canada	Japan	OECD	EEC
1970	1	97	92	93	86	96	83	89	91	n/a	97	93	94	87	97	83	89	n/a	n/a
	2	97	92	91	88	97	81	92	91	n/a	98	92	92	88	98	81	92	n/a	n/a
	3	97	92	92	88	97	82	93	92	n/a	98	92	93	88	98	81	93	n/a	n/a
	4	98	90	92	90	97	82	93	91	n/a	99	89	93	90	98	80	94	n/a	n/a
1971	1	97	92	91	91	99	84	94	92	n/a	97	91	93	91	100	83	94	n/a	n/a
	2	98	93	90	92	98	85	93	93	n/a	98	92	90	91	99	85	94	n/a	n/a
	3	97	93	92	94	98	88	95	93	n/a	97	93	92	93	98	88	95	n/a	n/a
	4	97	95	94	96	96	89	95	94	n/a	97	95	95	96	97	89	95	n/a	n/a
1972	1	93	98	94	96	99	90	97	96	n/a	95	98	95	97	100	89	97	n/a	n/a
	2	100	100	95	98	101	92	99	98	n/a	100	101	94	99	101	92	99	n/a	n/a
	3	101	102	94	99	100	93	102	100	n/a	101	103	94	101	101	93	102	n/a	n/a
	4	104	106	101	101	103	97	107	104	n/a	105	107	102	104	104	97	107	n/a	n/a
1973	1	107	108	96	103	107	101	113	106	104	107	109	96	106	108	101	114	n/a	n/a
	2	108	110	105	104	107	102	115	108	106	108	111	105	108	108	101	116	n/a	n/a
	3	108	111	110	106	107	103	117	109	107	109	112	110	110	108	103	118	n/a	n/a
	4	108	112	111	107	108	105	119	110	109	109	113	112	109	109	105	120	n/a	n/a
1974	1	101	110	112	109	107	108	119	110	108	105	112	114	113	108	108	120	n/a	n/a
	2	108	111	114	110	107	107	114	110	109	109	113	115	113	108	107	115	n/a	n/a
	3	107	112	112	110	105	106	110	109	107	108	114	112	114	105	106	110	n/a	n/a
	4	104	106	102	103	101	104	104	104	104	105	107	103	106	101	104	105	n/a	n/a
1975	1	103	96	100	100	98	100	98	98	102	104	96	101	101	98	99	98	98	n/a
	2	99	97	98	99	98	99	99	98	98	99	97	97	98	97	99	99	98	n/a
	3	98	102	100	99	98	100	101	100	97	98	103	100	99	98	100	101	100	n/a
	4	100	105	102	103	101	101	102	103	101	99	105	102	102	100	102	102	103	n/a
1976	1	100	108	105	106	104	103	107	106	104	100	109	106	106	104	104	107	106	n/a
	2	103	110	112	108	106	106	110	108	107	102	112	111	110	107	107	111	109	n/a
	3	102	112	114	110	107	107	113	110	108	101	113	114	112	107	107	113	110	n/a
	4	106	112	118	110	108	106	114	111	110	103	114	119	112	108	106	114	111	n/a

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid was given to Senegal in each of the last five years; and how much is proposed in the next two years.

Following are the figures for British bilateral aid to Senegal in 1977–81:

1977	1978	1979	1980	1981
£	£	£	£	£
141,000	755,000	980,000	213,000	300,000

Expenditure in 1982 is expected to be about £400,000. Expenditure will increase from 1983 onwards with the resumption of capital aid.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will give the index numbers for (a) total industrial output and (b) manufacturing output, for every quarter since 1970, first quarter, based on 1975=100 for the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Italy, France, West Germany, Canada and Japan, compared with the average for all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries and the average for all European Economic Community countries.

[pursuant to his reply, 21 February 1983, Vol. 37 c. 338]: Such information as is readily available is given in the following table:

asked the Minister for Trade what tariffs or other duties apply to (a) silicon chips and other microelectronic components imported from outside the United Kingdom and (b) fully or partially assembled microelectronic products imported from outside the United Kingdom.

The customs duties on representative examples of electronic components and finished products are as follows:

(a) Components	Rate of duty percentage
Fixed capacitors, other than electrolytic	6·0
Other capacitors	7·0
Resistors	6·7
Printed circuit boards	8·1
Diodes, transistors and similar semi·conductor devices; light emitting diodes; electronic microcircuits	17·0

(b) Finished products	Rate of duty percentage
Radio and television receivers, whether or not incorporating sound recorders or reproducers	14·0
Combined sound recorders and reproducers	7·8
Television image and sound recorders or reproducers	8·0
Automatic data processing machines	6·0

As regards partially assembled products it is not possible to provide specific information because the rate of custom duty depends on the classification of the product within the custom tariff. Some partially assembled or incomplete articles—including finished products imported unassembled or disassembled—are classified as if they were finished products provided they have the essential characteristics of the finished products.

asked the Minister for Trade whether it is his policy to support the planned European Community directive to ban the use of different trade marks for the same pharmaceutical product; and if he will make a statement.

The proposed EC Council directive 7583/80 (COM(80) 267 final) banning the use of different trade marks for the same proprietary medicinal product in different member states was withdrawn by the Commission in December 1981.However, work is proceeding on draft directive 11788/80 (COM(80) 635 final) to approximate the laws of member states relating to trade marks. This contains a provision requiring invalidation of a trade mark, whether applied to pharmaceuticals or other goods, when the goods have been marketed in another member state under another trade mark, unless there are legitimate reasons for doing so. In the Government's view, this would create considerable legal uncertainty without corresponding benefits for the consumer. Moreover, the EEC treaty already contains adequate powers to prevent illegal partitioning of the market by trade mark owners, which the Commission have successfully employed in the past.

asked the Minister for Trade whether he will seek to ban the import of high speed tape copiers on the grounds that their use could infringe the terms of the Copyright Act 1956.

No. A ban on the import of high-speed tape copiers because their use could infringe copyright would not be possible under our EEC and GATT obligations.

asked the Minister for Trade what is the level of the quota for babies' outer garments and garments for girls, multi-fibre arrangement category 71, imported from Macao which has been agreed by the European Commission for 1983.

The 1983 United Kingdom quota level for category 71 (babies' outer garments and garments for girls) from Macao is 65 tonnes.

asked the Minister for Trade what action has been taken to press the European Commission to act speedily upon the anti-dumping submission regarding Taiwanese doors presented to it by the British Woodworking Federation, through the European Joinery Federation; and if he will make a statement.

[pursuant to the reply, 23 February 1983, c. 440]: Officials in my Department's anti-dumping unit have been in close touch with the British Woodworking Federation and have strongly supported this case to the Commission. We shall continue to press the Commission, which has the responsibility here, to take urgent action at every possible opportunity.

asked the Minister for Trade if there are any constraints imposed by the French Government on British car manufacturers when selling in the French market.

[pursuant to the reply, 28 February 1983, c. 1]: I am not aware of any such constraints adversely affecting the sale of British cars in France. My Department is, of course, ready to assist British exporters if they experience problems of this kind.

asked the Minister for Trade if he will estimate the number of jobs in the European Economic Community which depend on exports to the United Kingdom.

[pursuant to the reply, 28 February 1983, c. 3]: No such estimate is available.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many maintained schools exist with an age range of five years to 13 years; and which education authorities have such schools.

There are no ordinary maintained schools in England with a designated age range of five to 13 years. In January 1982, the latest date for which information is available, 403 maintained schools in England were classified as first and middle schools with a designated age range of five to 12 years. These schools were maintained by the following local education authorities:

Ealing	Cheshire
Harrow	Devon
Birmingham	Dorset
Dudley	East Sussex
Wirral	Hampshire
Doncaster	Hereford and Worcester
Sheffield	Humberside
Kirklees	Lincolnshire
Leeds	Norfolk
Wakefield	Staffordshire
Berkshire	Surrey
Buckinghamshire	Warwickshire
Cambridgeshire	West Sussex

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which social security benefits local education authorities should exclude when they use their discretion under the Education Act 1980 to extend the minimum entitlement of free school meals by adopting an additional means test.

Mobility allowance, by virtue of section 37A(8) of the Social Services Act 1975.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how much money has been spent on redundancy payments and for early retirements to academic and non-academic staff, respectively, in the universities in Yorkshire and Humberside, indicating the total amount for each university, the total amount and the distribution between the academic disciplines and grades and non-academic grades for the academic years since 1980; and what is his estimate for each university for the years 1982–83 and 1983–84;(2) how many academic staff, indicating grade and discipline, and non-academic staff have been made redundant in the universities in Yorkshire and Humberside for each academic year since 1980, indicating the total for all universities and distinguishing the loss in each university; and what is his estimate for future redundancies in the academic years 1982–83 and 1983–84;(3) how many academic staff in universities in Yorkshire and Humberside have been made redundant for each academic year since 1980 in the following disciplines

Following are: (a) payments to universities in Yorkshire and Humberside recommended by the University Grants Committee for expenditure on redundancy compensation (under the arrangements announced on 25 January and 27 March 1982) in the academic year 1981–82;