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Written Answers To Questions

Tuesday 29 November 1983

Energy

Gas And Electricity

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what will be the Government subsidy for generation of electricity during the financial years to 31 March 1984 and 1985.

None.

Israel (Oil Imports)

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if there are any current restrictions on the export of oil from the United Kingdom to Israel; and if he will make a statement.

I have nothing to add to the answer given to my hon. Friend by my predecessor on 8 February 1982.

Prime Minister

Engagements

Q6.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

Q61.

asked the Prime Minister what are her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

Q62.

asked the Prime Minister whether she will list her official engagements for 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 29 November.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 29 November.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 29 November.

I have been asked to reply.My right hon. Friend is attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in New Delhi.

Severn Bridge

Q11.

Hughes asked the Prime Minister if she will inroduce legislation to extend the boundaries of Wales to ensure that the Secretary of State for Wales has responsibility for the Severn bridge.

I have been asked to reply.No. Such a course is neither necessary nor desirable.

Departmental Co-Operation

Q52.

asked the Prime Minister if she is satisfied with the co-operation between the Departments of Education and Science and Employment.

I have been asked to reply.Yes.

Gardenstown

Q63.

asked the Prime Minister if she will make an official visit to Gardenstown.

I have been asked to reply.My right hon. Friend has at present no plans to do so.

Leeds

Q64.

asked the Prime Minister if she has any plans to pay an official visit to Leeds.

I have been asked to reply.My right hon. Friend has at present no plans to do so.

Transport

Civil Aviation Authority

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many hectares of land have been purchased by the Civil Aviation Authority during the past five years within a mile radius of Stansted airport.

None by the Civil Aviation Authority. However, the British Airports Authority has purchased a certain amount of land in connection with its proposals to develop Stanstead airport. I suggest that my hon. Friend contacts the chairman of that authority for details of the amount of land.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what financial target he has currently set for the Civil Aviation Authority.

The Secretary of State has no statutory power to set a financial target for the Civil Aviation Authority. However, the authority has adopted the aim of achieving during the two years 1983–84 and 1984–85, an average annual return, before taking account of interest, of 7 per cent. on net assets revalued at current cost. The target applies to all the authority's activities with the exception of United Kingdom airspace traffic services, upon which, by international agreement, charges are set to break even, and the operation of the Highlands and Islands aerodromes, which is subsidised by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Trunk Roads (Staffordshire)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what sums are intended to be expended on trunk road improvement in Staffordshire in the financial years 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87, respectively.

Funds for new road construction and improvements are not allocated by county, but to individual schemes on the bases of priority and state of readiness. Our programme contains a number of schemes in Staffordshire, both under construction and in preparation. It is, however, not possible at this stage to forecast how much will be spent on these schemes in each of the years mentioned.

British Railways Board

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what subjects he expects to discuss at his next meeting with the chairman of the British Railways Board.

Matters of mutual interest.

British Airways

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what financial target he has currently set for British Airways.

British Airways' present financial target requires it to achieve an average annual rate of return in current cost terms of at least 5·75 per cent. on net assets during the two financial years 1982–83 and 1983–84.

British Rail

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the minimum size of investment proposals by British Rail which require specific authorisation by his Department: and what criteria are used in assessing the proposals.

By arrangement with the Railways Board, it is open to my right hon. Friend to call in any of the board's projects or programmes for specific authorisation. Normally only a sample from among those schemes costing over £5 million are called in. In considering proposals, my right hon. Friend has regard to the Government's transport and other relevant policies, and aims to satisfy himself that the investment appraisal demonstrates that the project is justified financially and in relation to business requirements.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions are taking place between his Department and British Rail on the inter-city major strategic review of its markets, pricing policy, resource and investment needs: and when he expects them to be completed.

Discussions are proceeding at official level. I understand that the Railways Board hopes to complete its review of inter-city strategy early in the new year.

House Of Commons

Telephone Answering Service

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will consider reverting to the previous telephone operator answering service for calls to hon. Members.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Highgate (Mr. Finsberg) on 21 November.—[Vol. 49, c. 26–27.]

Home Department

Police (Interviews)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to ensure that suspects interviewed at police stations are in all cases permitted access to pen and paper with which to make their own contemporaneous notes of police interviews.

Clause 59 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill requires the Home Secretary to issue a code of practice in connection with the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by the police. A draft code was published to coincide with the introduction of the Bill on 27 October, and a copy is in the Library of the House. I see no need at present to make more extensive provision in regard to the matters raised by the hon. Gentleman than is contained in sections 6 and 13 of the draft code.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will introduce regulations to ensure that police transcripts of non-taped interviews with suspects will not be tendered as evidence in court, where the transcripts are unsigned and disputed by the defending party;(2) whether, in police stations where the experimental tape-recording of interviews with suspects is to be undertaken, police transcripts of non-taped interviews will still be tendered as evidence in court even when they are unsigned and disputed by the defending party;(3) if he will now bring forward proposals to amend the law so that police transcripts of non-taped interviews with suspects are made inadmissible as evidence in court, where the transcripts are unsigned and disputed by the defending party.

As is clear from the procedural guidance for the tape recording field trials—a copy of which is in the Library—there may be good reasons for not tape recording an interview, including an objection on the part of the person interviewed. It would not be right to exclude the possibility of the written record of an untaped interview being exhibited as evidence at a trial; although, where such evidence is admitted by the court, the weight given to it may well depend on whether the record of the interview was accepted at the time by the person interviewed as correct.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will extend the experiment in tape recording of interviews with suspects at police stations to include the South Wales police authority areas;(2) if he will urgently introduce the tape recording of interviews with suspects at police stations when officers of serious crimes squads are involved in the interviews.

My right hon. and learned Friend has no plans at present to do so. The timing of the introduction of tape recording on a wider basis than the field trials shortly to begin will depend on how they go.

Immigration

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals under the Immigration Act 1971 were decided in 1982; and in what proportion the appellant was successful.

According to figures provided by the appellate authorities, in 1982 a total of 16,875 appeals were decided by adjudicators, of which 2,065 were allowed; 534 cases involving appeals by immigrants were decided by the immigration appeal tribunal, of which 101 were allowed; and 71 cases involving appeals by the Home Office were decided by the tribunal, of which 32 were allowed. The figures of cases relating to the tribunal may comprise several related appeals.

Harmondsworth Detention Centre

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons of each nationality were detained in Harmondsworth detention centre in 1982; and how many of these were children under the age of 17 years.

I regret that the information requested for 1982 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information has, however, been kept on this basis since the beginning of 1983 and is contained in the following table for the period from 1 January to 22 November 1983. During that period 2,350 persons were detained at Harmondsworth, of whom 48 were aged under 17.

Persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 at Harmondsworth
Nationals of	Number detained
Afghanistan	44
Algeria	22
Antigua	2
Argentina	4
Australia	9
Austria	2
Bangladesh	108
Barbados	2
Belgium	1
Bermuda	1
Bolivia	1
Brazil	4
Bulgaria	3
Burma	1
Cameroon	2
Canada	9
Cayman Islands	1
Chile	4
China	2
Colombia	26
Cyprus	3
Denmark	2
Dominica	2
Egypt	13
Ethiopia	6
Gambia	1
Germany W.	5
Ghana	436
Greece	4
Grenada	4

Nationals of	Number detained
Guyana	2
Honduras	1
Hong Kong	18
India	388
Indonesia	2
Iran	68
Iraq	30
Israel	10
Italy	1
Ivory Coast	2
Jamaica	4
Japan	8
Jordon	8
Kenya	13
Korea	3
Kuwait	6
Lebanon	5
Lesotho	2
Libya	5
Malaysia	14
Malta	4
Mauritius	10
Mexico	7
Morocco	21
Mozambique	1
Netherlands	1
New Zealand	1
Nigeria	369
Norway	3
Pakistan	362
Panama	1
Peru	1
Philippines	7
Poland	4
Portugal	2
Qatar	3
Romania	4
St. Lucia	1
Saudi Arabia	6
Sierra Leone	4
Singapore	5
Somalia	1
South Africa	6
Spain	11
Sri Lanka	21
Sudan	7
Surinam	1
Sweden	1
Switzerland	2
Syria	7
Tanzania	17
Thailand	9
Togo	3
Trinidad	3
Tunisia	12
Turkey	36
UAE	1
Uganda	3
UKPH	5
Uruguay	6
USA	39
USSR	5
Venezuela	3
Vietnam	1
Yemen	2
Yugoslavia	5
Zambia	1
Zimbabwe	1
Stateless	10

Cable Television

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, when considering award of franchises for cable television, he will avoid any priority to those companies operating existing but archaic systems; if he will ensure that franchises are granted only to companies or consortia willing to invest immediately in fully interactive systems; and if he will make a statement.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow, East (Mr. Dykes) on 25 November.-[Vol. 49, c. 326.] When inviting applications for cable pilot project licences we said that priority would be given to those proposals which offered the most positive contribution to the application of advanced technology and which provided the capacity for interactive services. Our decisions on the 37 applications submitted to us have been taken having full regard to those criteria.

Ugandan Citizens

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications have been received in the last 12 months for exceptional leave to enter or remain from Ugandan citizens who are unable or unwilling to return due to the civil disorder in that country; how many of these applications have been turned down; and how many Ugandans who have expressed fear of returning have been deported or removed to Uganda or any other country.

I regret that information in the form requested is not available.In the 12 months to 23 November 1983, 154 Ugandans were given leave to enter or remain on an exceptional basis due to the civil disorder in their country.In the 12 months to 30 September 1983, 55 Ugandans were refused leave to enter and removed and seven Ugandans were deported. Information about whether any of those removed or deported had applied for refugee status, asylum or exceptional treatment could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Naturalisation Inquiries

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he has taken on the Home Affairs Committee third report (Session 1982–83) recommendation that proformas for reports be extended to all police forces forthwith for use on naturalisation inquiries.

The recommendation is under consideration.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he has taken in response to the Home Affairs Committee third report (Session 1982–83) discovery that no systematic efforts have been undertaken by his Department to save police time on naturalisation inquiries.

The overall time spent by the police on nationality inquiries has been reduced since 1980 through the development by the nationality division of procedures not involving interviews and the use of proforma reports. Further savings in police time are being considered in the light of the recommendations of the third report of the Home Affairs Committee.

Vietnam (Exit Visas)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state for the last 12 months for which figures are available the number of visa promise letters issued to persons resident in Vietnam wishing to come to the United Kingdom, the number of persons involved and the number of such persons who, to his knowledge, have been refused exit visas by the Vietnamese Government.,

In the 12 months to 31 October 1983, 617 visa promise letters were issued in respect of 1,650 persons resident in Vietnam. We have no information on the number of exit visas refused by the Vietnamese authorities.

Firearms

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in 1982–83 weapons were carried by criminals in the course of committing a crime; on how many occasions weapons were used; and on how many of each of the above categories of occasion the weapons were being carried legally under firearms licence by those holding them.

The information available on notifiable offences recorded by the police in which firearms 'were reported to have been used is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—chapter 3 of the issue for 1982 (Cmnd. 9048). In addition, the police recorded 221 offences in 1982 in which firearms were carried, but not used. Figures for 1983 are not yet available. Information is not available on whether the weapons were being carried legally under firearms licence by those holding them.

Stop And Search

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in the Official Report the most recent Home Office research unit information on stop and search in areas of the metropolis and other areas identifying the number and percentage carried out by (a) uniformed officers, (b) plain-clothes officers and (c) mixed squads, and distinguishing between those made during hours of daylight and darkness.

The most recent information that: is available is summarised on page 16 of "Home Office Research and Planning Unit Paper 15", a copy of which is in the Library. This information, which relates to the number of persons recorded as having been stopped by police officers based at four police stations over a two-month period in 1981, is as follows:

Station	Total number of recorded stops	Number stopped by uniformed officers	Number stopped by plain-clothes officers	Number stopped by members of mixed squads
Kensington	2,238	1,025 (46$)	353 (16$)	860 (38$)
Peckham	1,074	846 (79$)	142 (13$)	86 (8$)
Watford	704	696 (99$)	8 (1$)	—
Luton	585	576 (98$)	9 (2$)	—

Local Government Elections

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications he has received from local authorities other than Leicester city council to vary the pre-arranged date for holding local government elections under section 7 of the Local Government Act 1972; and if he will list the authorities concerned and the results in each case in each of the past 10 years.

Other than Leicester city council, the only local authority to have requested a change in its system of elections since 1974 is Hinckley and Bosworth borough council in October 1983. My right hon. and learned Friend has still to decide whether to accede to either request.

Commission For Racial Equality

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Billericay of 15 July, Official Report, c. 456, what decision he reached with regard to additional funds being made available to the Commission for Racial Equality in the light of the reduction in central Government cash limits announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 7 July.

Commission for England	Appointed by	Date
The Hon. Mr. Justice Walton	The Lord Chancellor	19 February 1980
His Honour Judge John Newey, QC	The Home Secretary	21 February 1980
Mr. T. M. H. Scott, MA	The Secretary of State for the Environment	8 September 1983

Commission for Wales	Appointed by	Date
The Hon. Mr. Justice Jones	The Lord Chancellor	17 November 1983
Mr. J. R. Long, LLB, DPA	The Home Secretary	26 June 1980
Mr. M. A. McLaggan, JP, DL, MA	The Secretary of State for Wales	14 July 1980

Prisoners (Disciplinary Offences)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to take concerning those prisoners who were charged with prison disciplinary offences following the disturbances at Her Majesty's prison, Albany, last May in the light of the recent Divisional Court judgment in the case of R. v. Board of Visitors, Her Majesty's prison, Albany, ex parte Tarrant.

I am determined that every effort should be made to ensure that those responsible for the disturbance at Albany face the legal consequences of their actions. I do not, however, think that it would be right to expect the board of visitors to proceed with the highly complex issues raised by the outstanding charges of mutiny considered in the light of the judgment in the Divisional Court on 8 November. I have accordingly decided to set aside all the disciplinary awards made by the board in respect of offences committed during the disturbance, and I am inviting the chief constable of Hampshire to investigate any criminal offences which may have been committed during the disturbance which took place at Albany on 19 to 25 May.

Employment

Youth Training Scheme

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many trainees on the youth training scheme in the Leeds area were from (a) African and West Indian, (b) Asian, (c) white European and (d) other ethnic

It has been found possible, within the revised cash limit for Class IX Vote 7 announced by my right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 27 July—[Vol. 46, c. 408–416.]—to continue to make available to the Commission for Racial Equality the additional £100,000 referred to in answer to a question from my hon. Friend on 15 July.—[Vol. 45, c. 456.]

Parliamentary Boundary Commissions For England And Wales

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will announce the present membership of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England and Wales.

Mr. Speaker is chairman of both commissions. The other members, whose appointments will expire on 31 December 1984, are as follows:backgrounds according to the latest available figures; and whether he is satisfied that each ethnic group is adequately represented.

Within the area covered by the Leeds area office of the Manpower Services Commission between April and October 1983 the breakdown of entrants to the youth training scheme by ethnic origin is as follows:

	Numbers
White/European	4,601
African/West Indian	127
Asian	45
Others	12

The youth training scheme is open equally to all eligible young people regardless of race or ethnic origin, and I am satisfied that there are adequate opportunities for young people from each ethnic group to participate in the scheme.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment, from the introduction of the Manpower Services Commission to the setting up of youth training schemes, how much public money has been given to private sector companies to assist them in setting up such programmes.

The information is not available in the form requested.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether there is a correlation between the level of unemployment and the take-up of youth training scheme places; and if he will make a statement.

The youth training scheme has not been in operation sufficiently long to establish what correlation exists between the level of unemployment and the number of young people entering the scheme. However, because the majority of people entering the scheme will have been previously unemployed, it is to be expected that at lower levels of unemployment in the economy there will be fewer entrants.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the amount budgeted by his Department for the youth opportunities programme for each year since its inception, the current budget for the youth training scheme and for those years ahead where projections are available; if he will show for each case the proportion spent on training allowances and on training costs; and if he will make a statement.

[pursuant to his reply, 24 November 1983, c. 270]: Information is not available in the precise form requested. However, expenditure on the youth opportunities programme between 1978–79 and 1982–83 and planned expenditure on the youth training scheme is set out in the following table. The figures for 1984–85 and 1985–86 are subject to revision.

Expenditure on YOP
£ millions
	Year	YOP grants to sponsors and allowances
	1978–79	56·9
	1979–80	113·5
	1980–81	198·9
	1981–82	373·2
	1982–83	512·7

Planned Expenditure on Youth Training Scheme
1983–84	1984–85	1985–86
^*852·3	1,049·0	1,084·6
^*Includes carry-over expenditure on YOP, and other residual expenditure on programmes for young people, but excludes MSC administration costs.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many trade unions have refused to cooperate with the Manpower Services Commission on the youth training scheme; and what is the estimated loss of jobs for young persons due to this action since the inception of the scheme.

[pursuant to his reply, 25 November 1983, c. 339]: In general the youth training scheme has been well supported by trade unions, but a few unions at national or local level are still opposing the scheme. It is not, however, possible at a reasonable cost to provide comprehensive figures for the number of training places for young people lost as a result.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what information is collected about Manpower Services Commission officers' visits to youth training scheme workplaces.

[pursuant to his reply, 28 November 1983]: Reports on monitoring activities will be made to the youth training hoard and local area boards.

Labour Statistics

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of unemployed adults in the Stoke-on-Trent travel-to-work area has been out of work for 12 months or longer.

On 13 October, 43·3 per cent. of all unemployed claimants aged 18 years and over in the Stoke-on-Trent travel-to-work area had been unemployed for over 52 weeks.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are unemployed in Wandsworth; and how this compares with May 1979.

On 13 October 1983, the number of unemployed claimants in the area covered by the 13alliam, Clapham Junction and Tooting jobcentres, which corresponds closely to Wandsworth, was 15,576. The number of registered unemployed in the area on 10 May 1979 was 5,698. The figures include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the unemployment levels for males and females separately in Sheffield in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and to date.

The following table gives, for the Sheffield jobcentre area, the figures for registered unemployed in October each year from 1979 to 1981 and the figures for unemployed claimants in October 1982 and 1983.

October each year
	Male	Female
Registered unemployed
1979	1,139	3,629
1980	13,317	5,385
1981	22,321	8,179
Unemployed claimants
1982	19,370	6,398
1983	20,054	7,462

Construction Industry

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers have been killed in the construction industry in England and Wales in each of the past five years to the latest date.

Information is given for reported fatal injuries for 1978–82. Figures for 1983 are not yeat available.

Fatalities to workers in the construction industry, 1978–82—England and Wales
	Employees	Self-employed^*
1978	108	26
1979	103	17
1980	118	29
1981	83	14
1982	83	17
^* Before 1981, fatalities to the self-employed were reported on a voluntary basis only. They are therefore not comparable with figures for 1981 and 1982 which are based on reports resulting from a specific requirement under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he is satisfied with the standards of health and safety in the construction industry in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

The number of fatal and other accidents in the construction industry in England and Wales continues to be of concern to the Health and Safety Commission, its construction industry advisory committee—CONIAC—and the Health and Safety Executive. The industry itself has recognised that a fundamental change in attitude is required if there are to be any lasting improvements in standards. To this end CONIAC initiated a campaign, Site Safe 83, to increase the awareness of the industry and all those connected with it of the hazards and risks of the work they do. There has been considerable support from all sections of the industry, from construction companies large and small, employers' federations, trades unions, safety organisations, the insurance industry and individuals.The HSE, principally through Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate, is giving full support to the campaign. In particular it is publishing guidance notes on scaffolding, demolition processes and the safe erection of structures, a quarterly Newsletter of which 40,000 copies are distributed free, and producing a film on the hazards of maintenance work which had its premiere last week.It is hoped that the efforts being made by the industry in the Site Safe 83 campaign will lead to lasting improvements in standards in future years.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers have suffered (a) serious and (b) minor injuries in the construction industry in England and Wales in each of the past five years to the latest date.

In 1981—the only year for which information for England and Wales is readily available—there were an estimated 1,361 major injuries as formally defined in the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 and 35,243 other injuries—involving absence from work of over three days—to employees in the construction industry reported to Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate. In addition, 27 major injuries to self-employed workers were reported. I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him earlier today.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many health and safety inspectors were employed in the construction industry in England and Wales in November 1978 and at the latest available date.

Date	Sheffield (Industrial)	Sheffield (Commercial)	Firth Park	Woodhouse	Chapel Town	Totals
1 April 1979	64	28	15	5½	5	117½
1 April 1980	69	16½	10	4	3½	103
1 April 1981	61	17	10	5	3½	96½
1 April 1982	57	19½	11	6	4	97½
25 November 1983	41	19	6	5½	4	75½
Reductions have resulted from efficiency savings, including those made after the introduction of voluntary registration and the Rayner review of employment services.

In November 1978, 65 factory inspectors were employed on the inspection of construction work in England and Wales. On 1 November 1983 the number was 77.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will introduce legislation to outlaw labour-only subcontracting in the construction industry in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

No. We do not consider that such legislation would serve any useful purpose.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he is satisfied with the current legislation on lump labour in the construction industry in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

We are satisfied that current health and safety legislation regulates the activities of self-employed persons, which is what we understand the hon. Member means by "lump labour".

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were employed in the construction industry in England and Wales at the latest available date; and what were the figures for June 1979.

In June 1983, the latest date for which the information is available, the provisional number of employees in employment in the construction industry in England and Wales was 844,000. The corresponding number in June 1979 was 1,090,000.

Job-Splitting Scheme

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the estimated net savings to date to the Government due to persons being removed from the unemployment register under the job-splitting scheme; and if he will make a statement.

The job-splitting scheme is designed to be broadly self-financing and it is estimated that no more is paid out in grants than is saved in benefits. We believe that the scheme is a valuable experiment and, as I stated on 17 November—[Vol. 48, c. 552]—it has been extended for a further year and will now close for applications on 31 March 1985.

Jobcentres (Sheffield)

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many staff were employed in jobcentres in Sheffield in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and at present.

The numbers of permanent staff employed at the five jobcentres in Sheffield were as follows:

European Community (Labour Mobility)

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on progress towards free movement of labour within the European Community.

[pursuant to his reply, 28 November 1983]: Subject to the terms of the Greek treaty of accession, which permits certain controls to be maintained by the Hellenic Republic with regard to nationals of other member states and by other member states with regard to Hellenic nationals until 1 January 1988, workers who are nationals of a member state of the European Community are entitled to move freely within the Community for the purposes of taking or seeking employment.Community law also provides for rights of establishment and the freedom to take up and pursue activities on a self-employed basis. Work on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications—on which a number of agreements have been reached in recent years—is proceeding.

Wales

Youth Training Scheme

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many trade unions have refused to co-operate with the Manpower Services Commission in Wales on the youth training scheme; and what is the estimated loss of jobs for young persons due to this action since the inception of the scheme.

[pursuant to his reply, 25 November 1983, c. 330]: I have nothing to add to the reply given today to my hon. Friend by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Department of Employment.

Trade And Industry

Motor Car Prices

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish such comparative figures as he has available for comparative motor car prices in Germany and the United Kingdom in each year since 1970.

Various comparisons of new car prices in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the European Community have been compiled by consumer interests, vehicle manufacturers and other parties. My Department has, however, no independent information in the form requested.

Car Production And Sales

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report for each year since 1970 such information as he has available showing the number of cars sold in France and produced in the United Kingdom by firms now under French control and the number of cars produced in France by such firms and sold in the United Kingdom.

The following is the available information:

Exports to France of cars produced by Talbot UK (formerely Chrysler UK)
Units
Year	Number
1970	663
1971	165
1972	1,541
1973	4,450
1974	1,752
1975	637
1976	247
1977	222
1978	4,961
1979	6,080
1980	4,296
1981	475
1982	24
1983	n/a

United Kingdom new registrations of French manufactured cars produced by Chrysler (France)
Units 000' s
Year	Number
1970	7·9
1971	24·2
1972	32·9
1973	30·7
1974	23·5
1975	17·0
1976	23·3
1977	10·1
1978	9·1
1979	32·6
1980	25·5
1981	20·0
1982	24·5
^*1983	21·2
n/a not available.
^* January to October.

Source: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

Corby (Loans And Grants)

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the total of regional development grants paid in the Corby development area in each year since 1979–80.

Payments of regional development grant in Corby travel-to-work area, which is a development area, in each year since 1979–80 have been:

Year	£ million
1979–80	Nil
1980–81	0·3
1981–82	3·1
1982–83	7·9
^*1983–84	3·9
^* Up to 30 September 1983.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many and what value of loans to the Corby development area have been made by the European Investment Bank in each year since 1979–80;(2) how many and what value of loans have been made to the Corby development area by the European Coal and Steel Community in each year since 1979–80.(3) how many and what value of grants have been made under the in-plant training scheme to the Corby development area during each year since 1979–80:

(4) how many and what value of loans and grants have been paid under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 and section 7 of the Industry Act 1972 to the Corby development area within his Department's area of responsibility in each year since 1979–80.

	1979–80^*		1980–81		1981–82		1982–83		1983–84†
	Number	Value £'000	Number	Value £'000	Number	Value £000	Number	Value £'000	Number	Value £'000
European Coal and Steel Community Loans disbursed		Nil	1	38	7	1,872	6	509	1	68
Offers and payments of regional selective assistance section 7:
Offers		Nil	7	945	45	10,081	60	6,760	33	3,567
Payments of instalments of grant‡		Nil	2	35	12	378	44	2,439	35	3,964
Offers of in-plant training grants: section 7		Nil		Nil		Nil	2	55	1	150
^* Corby became a development area on 12 December 1979.
† April to September.
‡ Payments do not necessarily relate to offers made in the same financial year. There have been no European Investment Bank loans disbursed to companies in Corby during the period.

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what were the manpower levels in his Department in June 1983; and what are his plans for those levels in June 1984.

On 1 July 1983, the nearest date on which a quarterly manpower count is made, there were 13,172 staff in post. For 1984–85, the planned manpower figures are 12,759 at 1 April 1984 and 12,754 at 1 April 1985; no specific figure is planned for June 1984.

Loan Guarantee Scheme

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for the last 12 months, what is the approximate average length of time for consideration by his Department of loan guarantee scheme proposals by banks.

Over the past 12 months the average time taken by my department to process loan guarantee scheme applications, from the date the application is received to the date the papers are returned to the banks, has been about 7 to 8 working days.

Company Investigations

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the accountancy division of the Registry of Companies has completed investigating the accounts of Ligmal Sennen Ltd., Jovine Estate Holdings Ltd., City Brae Properties Ltd. and Villagate Properties Ltd.; and whether a copy of the report will be available in the Library.

The Department's consideration of the issues arising in this case is not yet complete, but any report will be confidential to the Department.

Details of assistance which has been made available to industry in Corby in each financial year since 1979–80 from the European Coal and Steel Community and under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act are as follows:

A320 Airbus

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received regarding a Government loan for the A320 project; and if he will make a statement on possible future funding.

The Government have received representations from a number of companies, trade unions and private individuals. The position remains for the time being as set out in my answer to the hon. Member for Eccles (Mr. Carter-Jones) on 18 November 1983.—[Vol. 48, c. 587.]

Tour Operators (Insurance)

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if, in view of the continuing difficulties for people who lose money through holiday tour companies going into liquidation, he will introduce legislation to ensure that tour operators insure against the loss of holidaymakers' money.

A wide range of financial protection is already available to intending holidaymakers. Around 90 per cent. of the package holiday industry is in membership of the Association of British Travel Agents and is therefore covered by that association's bonding requirements. All air travel organisers operating from the United Kingdom are required to provide bonding as a condition of being licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority. In addition, I understand that there are now available travel insurance policies which offer cover against the financial failure of tour organisers. I do not, therefore, see any need for legislation on the lines proposed by the hon. Member.

European Community (Manufactured Goods)

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the percentage of the Common Market's imports of manufactured goods from the United Kingdom in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available; and what was the comparable percentage in the year immediately preceding the United Kingdom's membership of the Common Market.

In the year ending June 1983, 6·1 per cent. of the total imports of manufacturers by the countries of the European Community came from the United Kingdom. The figure for the same countries in 1972 was 6·3 per cent.

Newsagents

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will refer to the Office of Fair Trading the problems of retail and wholesale newsagents who receive no supplies for sale due to action by trade union members with whom the newsagents have no dispute.

No. The competition legislation administered by the Director General of Fair Trading does not cover industrial relations disputes as such.

Agriculture, Fisheries A Nd Food

Cocksparrow Fur Farm

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what date officers of the state veterinary service inspected the Cocksparrow fur farm, at Lee Marston, Warwickshire, under the Agricultural (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968; and whether they found any welfare problems.

These premises were inspected on 1 September, at which time no evidence of unnecessary pain or unnecessary distress was found.

Agricultural Development And Advisory Service

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report details of the numbers employed in die agricultural development and advisory service in each year since 1974.

The number of staff employed in the agricultural development and advisory service throughout Great Britain in each year since 1974 is as follows:

	Numbers
1 April 1974	^*5,094
1 April 1975	5,202
1 April 1976	^*5,425
1 April 1977	5,418
1 April 1978	5,447
1 April 1979	5,463
1 April 1980	5,449
1 April 1981	5,300
1 April 1982	5,057
1 April 1983	4,889

^* Details of industrial staff in ADAS are not available for 1 April in these years: staff levels for the nearest available month have therefore been included in each case.

Caesium Concentrations

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the latest concentrations of caesium in fish in the Irish sea and Scottish coastal waters; and what percentage increase this represents over the concentrations found on a similar date on each of the previous five years.

[pursuant to his reply, 24 November 1983, c. 391]: The most important species of fish—in radiological terms—from the Irish sea and Scottish waters are plaice from the Sellafield offshore area and cod from the Minch. The latest data available are fo 1982 and give concentration of caesium-137 of 510 Bq kg^-1 and 23 Bq kg^-1 respectively. The percentage changes ever the data for each of the previous five years are as follows. These figures are based on the mean concentrations for each year, since this is the quantity of radiological significance.

Year	137Cs Concentration (Bq kg^-1)	Percentage change (1982 compared with earlier years)
Sellafield Plaice
1977	940	-46
1978	1,000	-49
1979	820	-38
1980	580	-12
1981	590	-14
1982	510	—
Minch Cod
1977	41	-44
1978	48	-52
1979	42	-45
1980	35	-34
1981	44	-48
1982	23	—

Environment

London Borough Of Newham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many dwellings in the London borough of Newham were either unfit, lacked at least one basic amenity or were in serious disrepair in each five years starting from 1953;(2) what was the change in

(a) the population (b) the number of dwellings and (c) the number of households in the London borough of Newham for each five years since 1953; and what was the number on housing waiting lists for each five years over the same period.

Figures for the London borough of Newham, which was constituted on 1 April 1965, are not available in the form requested. The Department does not collect information on council housing waiting lists. Available data are as follows:

I Newham: Census Year Estimates
Thousands
	Population^*	Dwellings†	Households†	Households lacking exclusive use of the amenities re-corded†
1961	263·8	78·6	85·4	49·7	Hot and cold water, fixed bath and any WC
1966	258·7	76·2	82·6	‡49	Hot water, bath and inside WC
1971	236·2	78·9	81·0	36·7	Hot water, bath and inside WC
1981	214·7	79·8	78·2	111	Bath and inside WC
II Newham: Other Estimates║
	Population^*	All dwellings	Unfit dwellings	Fit dwellings lacking amenities¶	Fit dwellings with amenities but in disrepair
1965	260·1	74·0	7·3	N/A	N/A
1978	227·1	82·1	14·3	8·3	N/A
1979	224·3	79·6	12·0	▮ 9·7	N/A▮
1981	214·7 (mid-1982)	83·5	13·8	9·6	7·0(£3,750)
1983	(212·3)	81·1	13·4	9·1	7·6(£4,200)
^* Population: mid-year estimates by Registrar-General (OPCS), except 1961 by DOE.
† Dwellings, households, table I: Census counts of dwellings and of all households present in 1961, 1966 and 1971; 1981 dwellings estimated from census data on "household spaces"; 1981 households estimate is census counts of households with usual residents present plus households away on census night.
‡ Calculated from percentage of sampled households lacking any of these amenities.
║ Except for population estimates, figures in table II for 1965 from unit housing return (Circular No. 11/65), for 1979 from Greater London house condition (sample) survey, and for other years from borough's HIP returns.
¶ Amenities for HIP returns are bath, washbasin, sink, hot and cold water at those three points, and inside WC.
Requiring repairs of more than the cost indicated.
▮ GL house condition survey estimated overall totals of 18,600 dwellings lacking amenities and 18,700 dwellings requiring over £3,000 of repairs.

Departmental Staff

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the manpower levels in his Department in June 1983; and what are his plans for those levels in June 1984.

Staff in post in my Department—including the Property Services Agency—at the nearest date for the quarterly manpower count totalled 35,942 at 1 July 1983. The manpower totals planned for 1984–85 are 34,197 at 1 April 1984 and 33,601 at 1 April 1985; no specific figure is planned for June 1984.

Regional Water Authorities

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the basis for deciding the level of the remuneration for the members of the newly appointed regional water authorities.

The basis of the salaries of executive members was explained in reply to the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight (Mr. Ross) on 4 November—[Vol. 48, c. 480]The levels proposed for non-executive members fall within the range paid to members of similar nationlised industries.

Construction Industry

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to reduce unemployment in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement.

Stable, sustained recovery in the construction industry will come only from the success of the Government's policies to cut inflation and interest rates. The industry's work load is already picking up: output in the first half of 1983 was 3 per cent. up, and new orders in the first nine months were 16 per cent. up, on the same periods last year.

Liverpool Lime Street Railway Station

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the total cost of the refurbishment of Liverpool Lime street railway station.

The refurbishment works to Lime street station being funded through the urban programme are estimated to cost £5·4 million. Other works within the station—for example, the cleaning of the train hall roof—are being carried out by British Rail at its own expense. Additionally, the cost of refurbishing Lime street chambers, the largely disused building adjoining the station, is to be met by a private developer, Merseyside (Developments) Ltd.

Captive Balloon Advertisements

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he made of the effect on the time taken to handle other planning applications when he advised local authorities that they should treat applications for planning permission to display balloon advertisements as a top priority.

My right hon. Friend has not yet issued this advice to local planning authorities; but he has expressed an intention to do so shortly, when balloon advertisements are brought within the scope of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations. It is not anticipated that there would be any consequential delay in dealing with applications for planning permission because the number of advertisement applications relating to balloon advertising is likely to be small, at any one time, in each local planning authority's area.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what criteria he took into account in reaching his decision on whether advertisements on captive balloons should require planning permission; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend took account of the criteria specified in section 63 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, namely, the extent to which this type of advertisement should be restricted or regulated "in the interests of amenity or public safety". My right hon. Friend has also taken account of comments made in response to a consultation paper circulated by his predecessor in October 1982, of the many representations he has had from hon. Members in favour of a "deemed consent" for balloon advertisements, and of discussions with his ministerial colleagues. At present my right hon. Friend has nothing to add to his Department's press notice No. 429, issued on 10 October.

Construction Sites (Poster Hoardings)

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what criteria he took into account in reaching his decision on whether temporary poster hoardings around construction sites should require planning permission; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend took account of the criteria specified in section 63 o f the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, namely, the extent to which this type of advertisement should be restricted or regulated "in the interests of amenity or public safety". In October 1982, my right hon. Friend's predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Henley (Mr. Heseltine) consulted a wide range of organisations with an interest in advertisement control; and my right hon. Friend has also taken account of their comments in reaching his decision that this type of outdoor advertisement should have the benefit of "deemed consent" for a period not exceeding two years. At present, my right hon. Friend has nothing to add to his Department's press notice No. 429, issued on 10 October.

Land Reclamation

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) whether, in the light of the significant increase in dereliction, he will make further funds available for land reclamation;(2) when he intends to publish the 1982 derelict land survey.

I intend to maintain the provision of funds at their present level. The results of the 1982 survey will be published early next year.

Calke Abbey

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider preserving Calke Abbey in Derbyshire as an entity by accepting it for endowment in lieu of capital transfer tax.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Derbyshire, South (Mrs. Currie) on 24 November.—[Vol. 49, c. 256–57.]

Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs

Immigration Officers (Caribbean)

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the duties of the equivalent of 6.80 immigration officials in the Caribbean; and how many entries to the United Kingdom they processed to completion in the latest convenient 12-month period.

Officials employed on immigration work in the Caribbean may also have other duties in the consular, aid or administration field. The figure of 6.80 home-based staff referred to represents the proportion of staff in the Caribbean employed solely on entry clearance work processing applications from both foreign and Commonwealth nationals.During 1982, immigration officials at posts in the Caribbean issued 16,105 entry clearances for the United Kingdom.

Middle East

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the extent of the build-up of Soviet weaponry in Syria during the past few months; and what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards Soviet involvement in the middle east.

Since 1975, Syria has been almost wholly dependent for its military hardware on the Russians. In an unstable region, we believe that all interested parties, including the Soviet Union, should contribute constructively towards the common goal of establishing a just and lasting peace.

Israel

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations Her Majesty's Government have made to the Israeli Government about their failure to treat captured Palestinian fighters as prisoners of war under the Geneva convention of 1949.

We have tried to ensure that Palestinian prisoners held by the Israelis are treated humanely in accordance with the relevant Geneva conventions. To this end the Ten acted in support of the International Committee of the Red Cross by making representations to the Israeli Government in June 1982 and again in March 1983. We also made bilaterial representations to the Israeli authorities.The hon. Member will be aware that, under an agreement reached between the Israelis and the Palestinians, large numbers of Palestininan prisoners were released by the Israelis on 24 November, in exchange for the release of six Israeli prisoners.

Lebanon

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in view of the recent actions of other elements of the multinational force in the Lebanon, what part Her Majesty's Government now expect the British contingent in the Lebanon to play in the restoration of constitutional government in that country.

Like other contributors to the multinational force, we support the legitimate Government of President Gemayel in their efforts to achieve national reconciliation and restore stability and independence to Lebanon. The British contingent continues to play an important part in this process. Among its other tasks, it is providing an impartial guard for meetings of the important committee supervising the present ceasefire.

International Relations

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report any countries, other than the Republic of South Africa, in respect of which Her Majesty's Government pursue a policy of maintaining and fostering links in order to promote dialogue and thus to encourage peaceful change; and if he will make a statement.

Maintaining and fostering links to promote dialogue and thus encourage peaceful change is an important element of our policy towards a number of Governments. In southern Africa and central America in particular, we see this approach as contributing to the promotion of regional stability as well as peaceful change.

Education And Science

Private Contractors (Services)

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which education authorities are presently using private contractors for security; and what is the estimated annual saving in each authority.

The information is not available.

Children In Hospitals

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science on how many occasions in the past two years Her Majesty's inspectors have investigated the education service provided by local education authorities for children in hospitals in their areas.

As part of its normal work Her Majesty's Inspectorate in England from time to time inspects education for children in acute and orthopaedic hospitals and for children in schools for the mentally handicapped in long-stay hospitals. The number of visits to such hospitals by Her Majesty's Inspectorate in the last two years is not, however, readily available.Her Majesty's Inspectorate undertook substantial surveys of educational provision in hospitals between 1978 and 1980, and will do so again if they are needed.

Mandatory Awards

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about expenditure on mandatory awards over the next three years.

There will be an increase in the previously planned level of spending on these awards in the next three years as a result of larger numbers of students. These are likely to take the age participation rate, which is already at a record level, beyond 14 per cent. The main rates of grant have been announced for 1984. The parental contribution scale will be adjusted upwards in line with earnings, but contributions from those in the middle and upper reaches of the scale will be increased from 1984, when the minimum award will also be halved. Details of the proposed contribution scale for 1984 are as follows.

The combined effect of these and other changes will be a small increase in expenditure on awards over the next three years compared with our previous plans. Taken as a whole, they should allow us to meet the likely demand for higher education from those qualified for it without hardship to them or to their parents.

Parental Contribution Scale 1984–85
Residual Income	1984–85 Contribution
£	£
7,100	—
7,200	—
7,400	—
7,600	20
7,800	48
8,000	77
8,200	105
8,400	134
8,600	162
8,800	191
9,000	220
9,200	248
9,400	277
9,600	305
^*9,700	320
9,800	336
10,000	370
11,000	536
12,000	703
13,000	870
14,000	1,036
15,000	1,203
16,000	1,370
17,000	1,536
18,000	1,703
19,000	1,870
20,000	2,036
21,000	2,203
22,000	2,370
^* Point at which the rate of contribution changes from £1 in £7 to £1 in £6.

Notes:

1. For 1984–85 the rate of contribution is assessed at £1 in £7 for residual incomes from £7,600 to £9,700; then £1 in £6 thereafter. In 1983–84 the rate of contribution was assessed at £1 in £7 for residual incomes from £7,100 to £9,000; then £1 in £8 to £14,300; then £1 in £13 thereafter.

2. The contribution payable may be less than the contribution assessed in accordance with this scale depending on the amount of grant against which it has to be set, the impact of the minimum award and whether any of the assessed contribution is offset by allowances such as those for other dependent children.

National Finance

Stamp Duty

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the revenue from stamp duty for each of the last two years; how much in each year it has cost to collect the duty; and if he will give short particulars of how the figures are made up.

The yield from stamp duty in 1981–82 was £797 million and in 1982–83 £870 million. The figures are made up as follows:

	1981–82 £ million	1982–83 £ million
i. Conveyances and transfers
—land (including buildings)	374	398
—stocks and shares	289	344
—other property	3	3

	1981–82 £ million	1982–83 £ million
ii. Leases of land and property	37	32
iii. Capital duty	51	39
iv. Life insurance policies	34	43
v. Other duties	9	11

The estimated cost of collecting these duties in 1981–82 was £8 million and in 1982–83 £9 million. About 90 per cent. of this expenditure was on pay and accommodation.

Private Hospital Companies

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many private hospital companies have made use of (a) the business start-up scheme and (b) the business expansion scheme; and how many of these companies are American-owned.

According to information held centrally, only one private hospital has so far had investments which have received relief under the business start-up scheme. But several other companies have sought investments for which a claim for relief may be made when the qualifying trade commences. Under the business expansion scheme, claims cannot be made before 1 January 1984.Relief is available only for investments in companies incorporated and resident in the United Kingdom, and is not given for subsidiaries of overseas companies, American or otherwise. The relief is only for an individual who has a minority interest and who is resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom when the shares on which relief is claimed are issued.

Grade	Number in grade at 3 October 1983^*	Average annual cost†£
Non-industrials
Chief Executive (Executive Directing (Middle Band))	1	35,332
Deputy Chief Executive (Senior Principal)	1	30,321
Principal	2	24,368
Senior Executive Officer	4	18,024
Higher Executive Officer	4	14,898
Executive Officer	7	11,798
Clerical Officer	32½	7,915
Clerical Assistant	6	5,720
Personal Secretary	3½	9,919
Professional and Technology Officer I	1	18,193
Professional and Technology Officer II	1	14,527
Professional and Technology Officer III	3	12,124
Principal Catering Officer	2	24,368
Senior Catering Officer	15	18,930
Catering Manager I	17	15,932
Catering Manager II	35	14,270
Catering Manager III	78	12,256
Catering Manager IV	48	10,281
Chef I	5	9,768
Chef II	13	8,865
Industrials
Joint Co-ordinating Committee for Government Industrial Establishments
Band 10	49½	6,937
Band 8	138½	6,779
Band 6	259	6,616
Band 4	102½	6,456
Band 2	508½	6,294
Band 0	11½	6,134

Taxation

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing tax as a percentage of national output in 1978–79 and 1983–84 in the United Kingdom; and if he has any information on the comparable figures for France, Germany, Japan and the United States of America.

Total taxation, including national insurance contributions and local authority rates, IA as 34·1 per cent. of United Kingdom GDP at market prices in 1978–79 and is estimated to be 38·7 per cent. in 1983–84. Broadly comparable figures for the other countries are as follows for 1978 and the latest year available.

	1978	^1982*
France	39·5	43·7
West Germany	37·7	37·0
Japan	24·2	† 26·9
United States	30·2	†31·2
^* Provisional
† 1981

Civil Service Catering Organisation

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are employed in the Civil Service catering organisation; what are the numbers employed in each grade; and what is the average cost of employing each person in each grade including pension provision where applicable.

On 3 October 1983, 1,348½ staff were employed in the Civil Service catering organisation. The numbers employed in each grade and the average cost of staff in each grade are set out in the following table.

^* Part-time staff count as half.

† The average annual cost is made up of basic wages, employers' national insurance contributions, superannuation and accommodation costs. In addition all industrial staff receive either an efficiency bonus or a local productivity bonus. The bonuses vary from establishment to establishment.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of meals provided by the Civil Service catering organisation in 1982–83; and if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the average cost of each meal and the proportion spent on, respectively, pay, other emoluments, accommodation and related services, food inputs and other costs.

The Civil Service catering organisation—CISCO—served an estimated 11 million meals in 1982–83. In addition, CISCO provided other services such as morning and afternoon trolley sales, and kiosk and bar facilities.CISCO's costs in 1982–83 included £10·5 million for salaries and wages, £3·4 million for food, and £2·8 million for other supplies. These costs are not broken down between meals and the other services provided by CISCO. Estimates of the average cost of a meal are not, therefore, available.Restaurant accommodation, heavy equipment, light, heat and cleaning are provided by Government Departments including the Property Services Agency. The costs are not identified separately in Departments' overall expenditure on these items.

Domestic Credit Expansion

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1970 and each quarter since 1 January 1982 the expansion of domestic credit broken down to show (a) the net public sector contribution, (b) the net central Government contribution, (c) the net banking contribution, (d) the net overseas sector contribution and (e) other.

Domestic credit expansion—DCE—is no longer regarded by the monetary authorities as a useful indicator of monetary conditions for reasons explained in the "Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin", June 1983—page 172. The money supply counterparts are currently expressed in terms of the related aggregate "domestic counterparts". Figures on that basis back to 1970 are published in Economic Trends, annual supplement 1983 edition, page 148, and figures for the latest years and quarters are published in Financial Statistics, table 11.3 (continued). These figures can be converted to the DCE basis by subtracting "bank lending in sterling to overseas" from "external and foreign currency counterparts" and adding it to "domestic counterparts". Figures for "bank lending in sterling to overseas" are published in Financial Statistics, table 6.1. The current edition—October 1983—gives figures back to 1978; figures back to 1970 can be obtained from earlier editions.

European Community (Value Added Tax)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount of value added tax contributions made to the own resources of the EC from each member state in the most recent year for which figures are available; what were the comparable figures for each of the previous five years; and if he is satisfied with the present procedures for assessing this particular part of the Common Market's own resources.

The European Community's own resources contributions by way of value added tax have been collected only from 1 January 1979 from all member states except Germany, Luxembourg and Ireland. These three member states passed the necessary domestic legislation by 1 January 1980 and paid VAT own resources from that date. Greece has not yet passed the necessary legislation and continues topay financial contributions based on its GDP share.The figures for own resources payments by way of VAT are set out in the following table, in millions of European currency units—MECU.I am generally satisfied with the present procedures for assessing VAT own resources.

MECU
	1979	1980	1981	1982
Belgium	329·6	317·0	374·6	468·0
Denmark	183·9	189·9	212·3	244·5
Germany	—	2,286·7	2,759·3	3,347·1
France	1,720·4	1,723·1	2,236·0	2,914·8
Ireland	—	62·1	70·9	92·4
Italy	747·7	789·1	1,333·8	1,592·2
Luxembourg	—	14·6	20·7	22·0
Netherlands	453·6	438·5	494·9	638·6
United Kingdom	1,302·6	1,272·4	1,685·2	2,680·7

Source: Accounts of the European Commission

Bank Notes

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) why he will not consider, when a suitable legislative opportunity arises, amending the Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1845 to (a) raise the limit on the fiduciary issues of Scottish bank notes to a level commensurate with the devaluation of the currency since 1845, (b) allow the Trustee Savings Bank to issue its own bank notes on a comparable basis to the existing three Scottish banks, and (c) give the Treasury powers to grant a similar right to any new banks that might be established in the future;(2) if he will consult the Trustee Savings Bank in Scotland to ascertain its interest in being permitted to issue bank notes;(3) if he will list the Scottish banks certified by the commissioners under the Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1845 and the amount of bank notes certified as issued under section 1 of the Act;(4) if he will list the bank mergers that have taken place since 1953 to which the provisions of section 4 of the Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1845 applied, the dates on which the merger became effective and the certified amounts of issued banknotes determined under the said section.

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

Banks

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the banks, certified in terms of section 1 of the Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1845, which have ceased to trade other than under the terms of a merger covered by section 4 of the Act since 1953.

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

Her Majesty's Stationery Office

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer which division of Her Majesty's Stationery Office is responsible for contract printing work for non-government bodies.

Print procurement.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why Her Majesty's Stationery Office tendered for the printing of the ASH Scottish Committee book "The Scottish Epidemic"; whether it was known at the time that the work would have to be subcontracted out; and what inquiries were made to ensure that the contract would not show a loss.

The Scottish health education group invited Her Majesty's Stationery Office to tender for the printing of this book; it was known that the work would be subcontracted out. HMSO procedures ensure that it does not make a loss on this type of work, including this contract.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in calculating the comparisons with trade sources quoted in paragraph 3 of "Price Comparisons" on page 23 of Her Majesty's Stationery Office accounts 1981–82, what allowance was made for the discounts on published prices normally available to large-scale customers.

None. All comparisons exclude discounts.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what basis Her Majesty's Stationery Office chose the public sector suppliers 1 and 2 and the private sector suppliers 1 and 2 quoted in paragraph 2 of "Price Comparisons" on page 23 of their 1981–1982 accounts.

The criteria adopted were that:

(a) both trade and public sector suppliers should provide items of a similar range and quality as HMSO;

(b) trade suppliers should have a national organisation offering standard prices throughout the United Kingdom;

(c) public sector suppliers should have a large enough centralised purchasing power to enable fair comparisons to be made.

Plastic Bank Notes

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider introducing a plastic £1 note, similar to that now in circulation in the Isle of Man, in place of the £1 coin.

[pursuant to his reply, 28 November 1983, c. 358]: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 28 November 1983 to my hon. Friend )he Member for Birmingham, Yardley (Mr. Bevan).—[Vol. 49, c. 358.]

Scotland

Re-Chem Plant (Cattle Deaths)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he is taking to investigate the deaths of cattle at Bonnybridge close to the Re-Chem plant.

Investigations are being carried out by my officials to determine possible causes of illness in cattle in the Bonnybridge area and whether environment pollution may be involved. At this stage it is not possible to attribute any cause to the reported incidents.

Hospital Waiting Lists

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was the average waiting time for those awaiting a National Health Service hysterectomy in (a) the Greater Glasgow health board area and (b) Scotland as a whole;(2) what is the average waiting time for those awaiting a National Health Service operation for varicose veins in

(a) the Greater Glasgow health board area and (b) Scotland as a whole;

(3) what is the average waiting time for those awaiting a National Health Service hip joint replacement operation in (a) the Greater Glasgow health board area and (b) Scotland as a whole.

For 1981, the latest year for which it is available, the information is as follows:

Average wait^ in days during 1981*
Condition	Greater Glasgow Health Board area	Scotland
Hysterectomy	49	57
Varicose Veins	89	162
Total hip replacement	146	207
^* The time for which patients admitted from the waiting list and discharged from hospital in that year awaited admission.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many people were on National Health Service waiting lists for hysterectomies in (a) the Greater Glasgow health board area and (b) Scotland as a whole;(2) how many people are on National Health Service waiting lists for varicose veins operations in

(a) the Greater Glasgow health board area and (b) Scotland as a whole;

(3) how many people are on National Health Service waiting lists for hip joint replacements in (a) the Greater Glasgow health board area and (b) Scotland as a whole.

Information about patients awaiting hospital treatment is not collected in the form requested.

European Community (Project Aid)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the projects in the area covered by the Strathclyde, West European Assembly constituency up to the most convenient recent date, which have been assisted with funds from the Euopean Community and its agencies, and indicate the value of the assistance to each project.

The information is not readily available in the form requested. European Community aid to Strathclyde region includes:

	£ million
European Regional Development Fund—Quota Section
Infrastructure projects	107
Industrial projects	30
Non-Quota Section	7·8
FEOGA Guidance Section	5·35
European Investment Bank	228·3

£1,031 million has been allocated to the United Kingdom from the European social fund, but since the bulk of these receipts is for schemes operated on a United Kingdom basis it is not possible to identify a figure for Scotland. Notable awards in Strathclyde, however, are £1 million in 1982–83 and £1·8 million for 1983–84 for the regional council's job creation scheme.

Assistance by way of grants and loans from the European Coal and Steel Community to the United Kingdom totals £2,568 million. Most of these funds are negotiated on a United Kingdom basis by the National Coal Board and the British Steel Corporation. For the steel sector alone £144 million has come to Scotland, but it is not possible to estimate the coal sector receipts. A regional breakdown of the steel receipts with Scotland is not available.

In addition there may be grants for other purposes such as energy or research projects but information on these is not collected centrally.

Radioactive Waste

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if the radioactive effluent discharged into the sea at Sellafield will have any detrimental effect on the Solway firth and particularly the Scottish shore; and if he will make a statement;(2) if he is satisfied that the Scottish shoreline and inshore waters bordering the Solway firth are free of radioactive contamination.

For a number of years there has been systematic monitoring of the levels of radioactivity affecting the Scottish shoreline of the Solway firth. I am satisfied that the exposure of the public to radiation arising from radioactivity in marine materials is within the limits recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection as endorsed for application in this country by the National Radiological Protection Board. The monitoring will, of course, continue and I shall keep a close watch on the results.

Dr Yiamouyannis

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost to public funds of bringing Dr. Yiamouyannis from the United States of America to give evidence in the case of Mrs. Catherine McColl v. Strathclyde Regional Council.

The costs of Dr. Yiamouyannis are part of the total account assessed and paid by the legal aid central committee of the Law Society of Scotland, from the Legal Aid (Scotland) Fund. I do not consider that details should be provided of payments to individuals in legal aid cases.

Sheltered Houses, Kirkcaldy

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sheltered houses have been occupied in the Kirkcaldy district council area in each year from 1974 to the latest available date.

Information about the number of sheltered houses which are occupied is not held centrally. Returns indicate that there were 512 sheltered houses—containing 843 bed spaces—in Kirkcaldy district in 1983.

National Health Service

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to announce his plans arising from the White Paper "Structure and Management of the National Health Service in Scotland".

I refer the right hon. Gentleman to my reply to the hon. Member for Renfrew, West and Inverclyde (Mrs. McCurley) on 10 November 1983.-[Vol. 47, c. 234.]

Opera

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Arts Council and with Scottish Opera on the future financing of the opera; and if he will make a statement.

My hon. Friend the Minister with responsibility for industry and education met the chairman and the general administrator of Scottish Opera, together with the chairman and the director of the Scottish Arts Council, on 26 October to discuss the company's financial position. I understand that my noble Friend the Minister for the Arts, who has responsibility for funding the arts through the Arts Council of Great Britain, plans to meet the representatives of Scottish Opera shortly.

Nationalised Industries (Privatisation)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the nationalised industries under his control and outline the factors taken into consideration since 1979 concerning their possible privatisation.

The nationalised industries for which my right hon. Friend is responsible are the South of Scotland Electricity Board, the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and the Scottish Transport Group. The factors relevant to the consideration of privatisation include reduction in the financial commitment of the taxpayer, increased competition and improvement in the provision of services for customers.

Social Services

Mortgage Interest (Departmental Contributions)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the current contribution by his Department towards funding the interest payments on mortgages on behalf of those who have had, temporarily, to default on full mortgage repayments; and what has been the cost in the previous five financial years;

(2) how many people currently defaulting on full mortgage repayments are being helped by his Department with interest payments; and what are the corresponding numbers for each of the last five years.

Building societies are normally prepared to accept payment of interest only where the mortgagee is receiving supplementary benefit. Information on the number of claimants who have been unable to make such an arrangement is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average cost per person being assisted by social security payments in relation to the interest element on mortgage payments arising from mortgage default.

I regret that the information requested is not available.

University College Hospital (Tinnitus Clinic)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what recent discussions his ministerial colleagues have had with Dr. Jonathan W. P. Hazell regarding the tinnitus clinic at University College hospital; what reply he has sent; what action he is taking; and if he will make a statement.

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

Long-Stay Mental Handicap Hospitals

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give the amount spent per capita by each regional health authority for residents of long-stay mental handicap hospitals during the past five years for which figures are available on individual furnishings and personal clothing; and if he will make a statement;(2) if he will indicate the amount spent per capita per year for residents of long-stay mental handicap hospitals during the last five years on

(a) dental treatment, (b) eye treatment, (c) hearing and (d) aids and appliances; and if he will make a statement.

I am afraid the information is not available centrally.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps are taken to insure the personal possessions of residents of long-stay mental handicap hospitals; what advice is issued by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Health authorities have never been advised to insure the property of patients in their care, but guidance on arrangements for the custody of cash and valuables is contained in the "Hospital Memorandum on Patients' Moneys" (HM(71) 90). Detailed advice on the safe keeping of personal property of patients in hospitals is contained in a booklet "Patient's Property, Income and Allowances" which was commended to health authorities in a letter sent to all administrators of health authorities and secretaries of boards of governors on 21 September 1979. Copies of these documents are in the Library of the House.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether residents of long-stay mental handicap hospitals may maintain their own personal bank accounts or post office accounts; what advice his Department issues on this matter; and if he will make a statement.

Residents in long-stay mental handicap hospitals are encouraged to bank or invest their money in their own name and are given every facility to do so. For more information on this subject, I refer the hon. Member to part II of the "Hospital Memorandum on Patients' Moneys" (HM(71)90), a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services who is responsible for the funeral costs of residents of long-stay mental handicap hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

In the first place, it is the responsibility of relatives, but health authorities have the power to arrange and pay for the funerals of patients who die in NHS hospitals where no arrangements are made by the relatives. They have been advised to do so where relatives cannot be traced, or cannot afford to pay for the funeral. In exceptional cases, where no suitable arrangements have been made or are being made, the local authority in whose district the body lies can arrange the funeral under section 50 of the National Assistance Act 1948.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of discharges by age of residents of long-stay mental handicap hospitals, by district, for the most recent three years for which figures are available; if he will specify the number of deaths; and if he will make a statement.

I shall let the hon. Member have such information as can be obtained without disproportionate cost as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether daily, weekly and yearly outings for a resident of a long-stay mental handicap hospital are paid for out of regional funds; and if he will make a statement.

Residents of long-stay mental handicap hospitals go on frequent outings and the arrangements for funding them vary. While health authorities meet the cost of some, the cost of others may be met by voluntary or private organisations, relatives, friends or the patient himself.

Mental Handicap Hospitals (Therapists)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number and ratios of speech therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists available to each resident of long-stay mental handicap hospitals for the most recent five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

The latest available information is given in the following table. The information provided relates to all mental handicap hospitals and units as mental handicap hospitals are not classified by the length of time patients stay.

Mental Handicap Hospitals and Units: England
Reported numbers^ of whole-time equivalent staff at 30 September and rates per 100 resident patients*
	Speech Therapists		Physiotherapists		Occupational Therapists
Year	Numbers	Per 100 Resident patients	Numbers	Per 100 Resident patients	Numbers	Per 100 Resident patients
1977	32	0·07	103	0·21	113	0·23
1978	38	0·08	108	0·23	121	0·26
1979	45	0·10	124	0·27	135	0·30
1980	44	0·10	135	0·30	141	0·32
1981	59	0·14	142	0·33	150	0·35
^* Not all hospitals and units have supplied staff numbers for every year. The numbers recorded are thought to under-estimate the true totals slightly.

Mentally Handicapped Persons

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give, by region, the number of places available to mentally handicapped people aged 16 to 19, 19 to 24, 24 to 29, 29 to 35, 35 to 41,41 to 47,47 to 65, and 65 years plus, in each region in social education centres/adult training centres; and if he will give the numbers for each age group on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement.

The Department's booklet "Adult Training Centres for the Mentally Handicapped and Day Centres for the Mentally Ill, the Elderly and the Younger Physically Handicapped", which is in the Library of the House, shows the number of places provided by local authority regions on 31 March each year. No information is collected centrally on the availability of places by ages or about the number of people on waiting lists.

Benefits

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in view of section 9(4) and (5) of the Social Security Supplementary Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 1983, his Department accepts the financial responsiblity for special needs provision of residential accommodation for (a) the elderly, (b) the mentally handicapped and (c) other hostels for various groups; and if he will make a statement.

The purpose of the amending regulations was to remove from the supplementary benefit scheme the former open-ended discretion to meet charges for board and lodging accommodation, however high, and at the same time to improve the arrangements for determining basic entitlement to supplementary benefit by introducing a new three-tier system of upper limits in each locality for nursing homes, residential care homes and for others. The amendments do not represent any change in established policy or practice in health and social services responsibilities for the provision of residential accommodation.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will keep the dead files of those claimants to whom voluntary unemployment deduction may have been made up until such time as he has traced all those claimants who may have wrongly suffered deductions in benefit.

Staff in this Department's local offices have been instructed not to destroy "dead" cases until satisfied that both the automatic scrutiny of current cases and the inquiries generated from the publicity campaign are complete.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claimants have so far identified themselves as being wrongly stopped benefit under the voluntary unemployment rule.

I refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Staffordshire, South (Mr. Cormack) on 15 November 1983.—[Vol. 48, c. 487.]

Doctors

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will ensure that where overseas doctors lose the right to practise in the United Kingdom in the next year and in succeeding years, their posts are offered to jobless British doctors.

No. The suggestion is neither necessary nor practicable. I am not persuaded that there is any significant number of British trained doctors unable to find posts to practise for any length of time at the moment.

Hospitals (Charges)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to charges to patients for accommodation in public hospitals in EC countries and the level at which such charges are applied.

In respect of treatment in hospital under a state health insurance scheme, on the basis of the latest available information, four member states of the European Community make charges as follows specifically related to "hotel" expenses:

Belgium—159 Belgian Francs per day
France—20 French Francs per day
Germany—5 Deutschmarks per day up to a maximum of 70 DM
Luxembourg—153 Luxembourg Francs per day

Charges made to patients in hospitals in other member states sometimes include provision for accommodation expenses, but different systems vary so widely that clear and useful comparisons are difficult to make.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations have been made to him with regard to the possible introduction of charges in National Health Service hospitals; what has been the substance of the representations; and if he will make a statement.

I have received occasional representations in correspondence from individuals suggesting that hospital inpatients be charged for their "board and lodging". The Government are pledged not to introduce such charges.

Solvent Abuse

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many fatalities related to solvent abuse have been recorded since 1971 in (a) Bradford and (b) west Yorkshire.

Exact figures of deaths associated with solvent abuse are not available, but since 1971 there have been two deaths in Bradford and seven deaths elsewhere in west Yorkshire where solvent abuse may have been involved.

Pensioners (Housing Benefits

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many pensioners will lose entitlement to housing benefit, or will receive cuts in the level of their benefit, as a result of proposed changes in the tapers; and what are the average and maximum losses involved per week;(2) how many pensioners will lose entitlement to housing benefit as a result of proposals not to make rebates of less than £1 a week; and how many will lose

(a) more than 25p a week, (b) more than 50p a week and (c) more than than '75p a week.

The effects of the proposed changes in the tapers above the needs allowance and the proposed increases in the minima for standard cases to £1 a week for rent rebates or allowances and 50p for rate rebates will overlap and it is not really feasible to distinguish them. The following estimates therefore show the combined effect of these changes on pensioner households in Great Britain.

	Pensioner households, 000s
Numbers affected overall of which	1330
i. numbers losing
(a) 25p and over	920
(b) 50p and over	630
(c) 75p and over	460
ii. numbers losing all entitlement (includes also the effect of the proposed changes in non-dependant deductions)	270

Note: (a) Includes (b) and (c)

(b) include (c)

North western regional health authority
District health authorities	Nurses and Midwives (excluding Agency)	Administrative and Clerical	Ancillary
Lancaster	56·9	9·7	22·9
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde	57·8	12·4	18·4
Preston	47·6	10·8	20·1
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley	56·1	12·0	21·9
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale	60·0	9·5	21·4
West Lancashire	51·1	20·0	17·7
Chorley and South Ribble	58·9	12·8	18·2
Bolton	54·2	12·6	22·0
Bury	55·6	14·9	18·3
North Manchester	50·7	12·5	24·4
Central Manchester	44·4	16·1	22·2
South Manchester	45·3	14·5	23·2
Oldham	54·5	16·0	17·4
Rochdale	54·8	14·3	18·4
Salford	51·5	12·6	22·0

The average loss to pensioner households will be 80p per week. It is not possible to show a maximum loss as this will depend on the level of the household's rent and rates.

Housing Benefit Scheme

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received from local authorities or their associations concerning his proposals to amend the housing benefit scheme, in particular the tapers, from April 1984.

My right hon. Friend is consulting formally the local authority associations on the Government's proposals to reduce expenditure on housing benefit and I shall be meeting them in the near future, but we have as yet received no such representations.

Occupational Pension Schemes

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he intends to publish his proposals to improve the position of early leavers from occupational pension schemes.

I have today placed in the Vote Office and the Libraries of both Houses copies of a consultative document setting out the Government's proposals on early leavers from occupational pension schemes. I have asked for responses to this document by the end of February.

Health Authorities

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) on 4 November, Official Report, c. 492, what percentage (a) nurses and midwives, (b) administrative and clinical staff and (c) ancillary staff form of the total numbers of persons employed by each health authority.

[pursuant to his reply, 23 November 1983, c. 183–190]: The following table, which was inadvertently omitted from the original reply, shows nursing and midwifery staff, administrative and clerical staff and ancillary staff employed in each district health authority in the north western region as at 30 June 1983, expressed as a percentage of the total non-medical staff at that date.

District health authorities	Nurses and Midwives (excluding Agency)	Administrative and Clerical	Ancillary
Stockport	57·2	12·6	19·0
Tameside and Glossop	55·1	13·8	18·9
Trafford	51·3	15·4	21·4
Wigan	55·6	13·4	20·8

Northern Ireland

Grammar Schools

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in the case of grammar schools in Northern Ireland which have preparatory departments, how many of the fee payers in each of the past five years have come from the preparatory department of the grammar school into which they were accepted as fee payers.

The information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Teachers (Training)

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the average cost of training a teacher in Northern Ireland; and how this compares with England and Wales.

£4,731 in the colleges of education in the 1982–83 financial year, excluding capital expenditure and student maintenance grants. Comparable information is not available for England and Wales.

Youth Training Programme

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list travel-to-work areas in Northern Ireland which have taken up their allocation of youth training programme places.

The following travel-to-work areas have taken up their full allocations of youth training programme places: Ballymena, Craigavon, Downpatrick, Newry, Omagh.In the remaining travel-to-work areas progress towards the target allocation of places on 28 October was as follows: Armagh 91 per cent., Belfast 95 per cent., Coleraine 78 per cent., Cookstown 62 per cent., Dungannon 94 per cent., Enniskillen 98 per cent., Londonderry 97 per cent., Strabane 63 per cent.

Gas Supplies

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent by the gas undertakings in Northern Ireland and the Department of Economic Development on marketing and promotion in each of the last five years; and how much expenditure is planned for this purpose in light of the forthcoming supply to Northern Ireland of gas from Kinsale.

Expenditure incurred by the Northern Ireland gas undertakings on marketing and promotion in the past five years cannot be separately identified. Such expenditure was limited however because of the uncertain future of the industry. The Department of Economic Development does not have responsibility for marketing and promotion of town gas and has not incurred any expenditure.Initially the Northern Ireland Gas Company Ltd. will have responsibility for the promotion of natural gas. An advertising agent has been appointed and the initial budget will be determined in consultation with the agent.

Electricity (Unpaid Bills)

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total number of consumers who are in debt to the Northern Ireland Electricity Service at present; and how this compares with each of the past five years.

The total number of both current and former consumers in debt to the Northern Ireland Electricity Service at 31 March 1983 was 30,500. Comparable figures are only available for the four previous years, as follows:

Year ended	Number
31 March 1979	58,000
31 March 1980	48,000
31 March 1981	42,600
31 March 1982	34,600

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total debt owed to the Northern Ireland Electricity Service; and how this compares with each of the five previous years.

Total debt owed to the Northern Ireland Electricity Service at 31 March 1983 amounted to £7·9 million. Comparable figures are available for only the four previous years, as follows:

	£ million
Year ended 31 March 1979	8·7
Year ended 31 March 1980	8·1
Year ended 31 March 1981	8·6
Year ended 31 March 1982	8·1

Gas (Research And Development)

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent by the gas undertakings in Northern Ireland and the Department of Economic Development on research and development in each of the last five years.

The amounts spent by the gas undertakings in Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Department of Economic Development on work commissioned from consultants in each of the past five years was as follows:

Year Ending	Department of Economic Development	Gas Undertakings
	£	£
31 March 1979	—	—
31 March 1980	—	—
31 March 1981	—	^*37,584
31 March 1982	62,128	—
31 March 1983	42,157	† 26,715
^* Northern Ireland Gas Employers Board.
† Belfast Gas.

In addition, the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel's policy planning and research unit carried out considerable evaluation work.

Enterprise Ulster

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the numbers of persons now employed by Enterprise Ulster, the positions they occupy and the cost per person employed on site, including office and supervisory staff and seconded civil servants, and also the cost per person employed excluding office and supervisory staff and seconded civil servants, on an annual basis.

The information is as follows:

1. Number employed by Enterprise Ulster at November 1983: 1,222.

2. Occupations:

Staff—Headquarters and Area Offices 120
Supervisors 174
Researchers 5
Labourers 854
Miscellaneous (fitter-inspectors, instructors, cleaners, etc) 18
Agency Employees 51.

3. Current estimated annual cost to the Exchequer per employee on site including supervisory and administrative costs £6,700.

4. Current estimated annual cost to the Exchequer per employee on site excluding supervisory and administrative costs £5,900.

Employment Schemes

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the number of persons employed on Action for Community Employment schemes in Northern Ireland, the positions they occupy and the cost per person employed, including the costs of office and supervisory staff and those costs incurred by the Civil Service; and what is the cost per person excluding the costs of office and supervisory staff and those costs incurred by the Civil Service on an annual basis.

[pursuant to the reply, 24 November 1983, c. 317]: The information is as follows:

	Numbers
1. Number of Action for Community Employment employees at November 1983	2,854
2. Occupations:
Clerical	142
Community work	706
Environmental work	750
Building/Repair	1,142
Exhibitions/Surveys/Research	114
£

3. Current estimated annual cost to the Exchequer per employee including Civil Service administration costs	4,360
4. Current estimated annual cost to the Exchequer per employee excluding Civil Service administration costs	4,200

Note:

Costs of office and supervisory staff are normally met by the sponsors and are not readily available.

The Department of Economic Development currently meets 90 per cent. of the gross wage costs up to a maximum of £98 per week.

Defence

Joint Manoeuvres (United Kingdom-Turkey)

10.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the purpose of the recent manoeuvres between the military forces of the United Kingdom and Turkey.

They formed part of the annual NATO exercise, Display Determination, which is designed to exercise NATO capabilities on the southern flank. Forces from the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, France, Portugal and Turkey participated at various stages of the exercise.

Cruise Missiles

16.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the rules of engagement governing the use of cruise missiles based in the United Kingdom.

The concept of operations for ground-launched cruise missiles to be based in the United Kingdom was described in the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1981—Cmnd. 8212—a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.

19.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received against the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.

25.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received against the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.

27.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received against the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.

28.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received against the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.

29.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received against the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.

49.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received against the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.

52.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received against the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.

53.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representation he has received against the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received against the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.

My Department currently receives about 250 letters a week from Members of Parliament and from members of the public expressing a variety of views about the planned deployment of cruise missiles in this country.

20.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect of the deployment of cruise missiles on the threat of a nuclear first strike against the territory of the United Kingdom.

The deployment of US ground-launched cruise missiles and Pershing 2 missiles in Europe in accordance with NATO's 1979 twin-track decision on arms control and INF modernisation will reduce the threat of a nuclear attack against the United Kingdom by strengthening the deterrent forces of the Alliance as a whole and seeking to redress the imbalance created by the continued Soviet deployment of SS20 missiles over the past six years.

33.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will now make a further statement on cruise missile operational deployment.

34.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the further delivery of cruise missiles; and if he will make a statement.

NATO's plans provide for an initial operational capability to be achieved at RAF Greenham common by the end of 1983. Preparations to that end are continuing.

48.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many cruise missiles have now arrived in the United Kingdom.

44.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a further statement on the number of cruise missiles now installed in the United Kingdom.

I am not prepared to discus specific details of equipment delivered to RAF Greenham common. I have, however, made it clear that the first missiles were delivered to the base on 14 November, that the first flight of 16 missiles is planned to achieve initial operational capability by the end of the year, and that NATO deployments are due to be completed over a five-year period.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many representations he has received to date about the deployment of cruise missiles.

My right hon. Friend has received about 1,500 letters from Members of Parliament and from members of the public about questions connected with the deployment of cruise missiles.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many protests he has received against the siting of criuse missiles in the United Kingdom from citizens in the London borough of Brent; what is the total received nationally; and if he will make a statement.

No separate record is maintained of letters originating from particular parts of the country; but my right hon. Friend has received about 1,500 letters from Members of Parliament and from members of the public about questions connected with the deployment of cruise missiles.

South Georgia

17.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to receive the report of the joint service reconnaissance team on the construction of the new military facilities on South Georgia; and if he will make a statement.

The team's report was taken into account when the possibility of constructing an airfield on South Georgia was being considered earlier this year. There are no current plans to build such an airfield.

Type 23 Frigate

21.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what surface-to-surface missiles are to be mounted in the type 23 frigate.

I have to tell my hon. Friend that no decision has yet been taken.

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

22.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he next intends to meet his North Atlantic Treaty Organisation colleagues; and what will be on the agenda.

At the NATO defence planning committee and Eurogroup ministerial meetings, in Brussels, on 5, 6 and 7 December.That agendas will cover current issues of concern to Alliance Defence Ministers.

Trident

23.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is his most recent estimate of the total cost of the Trident project; and how much of this will have been spent or contractually committed by 1988.

47.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current estimated cost of the Trident system at 1983 prices.

I refer the hon. Member and my hon. Friend to paragraph 214 of the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1983—Cmnd. 8951. We currently expect to have spent or contractually committed about a third of the cost of Trident by 1988.

British Aerospace

24.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what financial assistance is being advanced to British Aerospace plc for research and development costs of current defence aerospace projects.

Ministry of Defence annual payments to British Aerospace plc total several hundred million pounds. A significant proportion of this expenditure is related to research and development work.

Lebanon

26.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the role of the British contingent in the peacekeeping force in the Lebanon.

40.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the current effectiveness of the United Kingdom contribution to the multinational force in the Lebanon.

Our force in the Lebanon provides a guard at the regular meetings of the ceasefire committee in Beirut as well as carrying out patrols in the city. It is one of the four national components of the multinational force that has made a major contribution to the ceasefire declared on 26 September.

Nuclear Warheads (Destruction)

30.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a complete list of all the nuclear warheads destroyed by mutual agreement between the nuclear powers.

No arms control agreements have been concluded to date which have required the destruction of nuclear warheads as such. Both SALT I and SALT II were confined to discussing limitations on launchers not warheads.

Martin Ketterick (Compensation)

31.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what further consideration he has given to compensation for ex-Marine Martin Ketterick.

I cannot add to the reply I gave to the right hon. Member on 26 October.—[Vol. 47, c. 92.]

Royal Dockyards

32.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the refitting of Her Majesty's ships in royal dockyards.

Our policy is to refit Her Majesty's ships mainly in the royal dockyards. Some refitting will also continue at Portsmouth naval base following its reorganisation next year. Naval vessels are, however, sometimes refitted commercially when peaks in work load arise in the royal dockyards. Additionally, small vessels based on the Clyde, at Belfast and at Hong Kong are refitted locally by contract.It is, however, also our policy to encourage competition in the supply and repair of equipment for the Armed Services. Accordingly, we are considering the scope for introducing an element of competition into the field of warship refitting. It will be some time before we are able to reach firm conclusions about this.

Royal Navy (Guided Weapons)

35.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make an early statement on purchase of a surface-to-surface guided weapon system for the Royal Navy.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Welwyn and Hatfield (Mr. Murphy) on 2 November—[Vol. 47, c. 377.]

Royal Ordnance Factories

36.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he now expects to bring forward a Bill to give the royal ordnance factories Companies Act status.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he intends to introduce a Bill to change the current status of the royal ordnance factories.

Very shortly.

42.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to be able to estimate the cost to public funds of the work of Messrs N. M. Rothschild & Sons and Messrs Lazard Brothers in advising on the privatisation of the royal ordnance factories.

As I explained in my reply to the hon. Member on 25 October—Vol 47, c. 62—the banks are paid according to work done; the work is kept under careful review, but how long it will need to continue depends upon determination of the detail of the implementation of our plans to change the status of the ROFs.

Nuclear Weapons

37.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current ratio of British nuclear weapons to total United States nuclear weapons; and what were the comparable figures in both 1960 and 1967 in terms of numbers and explosive power.

The proportion of British strategic nuclear weapon delivery systems to United States strategic weapon delivery systems is currently just over 3 per cent. or a ratio of about 1:30. In 1960 the ratio was about 1:9 and in 1967 about 1:28. It has been the policy of successive Governments not to discuss details of British warhead numbers or yields.

Recruitment

38.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent in recruiting advertisements and other publicity by the armed forces in the last 12 months; and if he is satisfied with co-ordination between the armed services in these matters.

The cost of recruiting advertisements over the past 12 months was £3,895 millions and the cost of other publicity—which includes research costs, films, posters, pamphlets, display material and so on—was £3·407 millions. I am satisfied with the overall coordination between the Services in these matters but this is kept under continual review.

Ss20 Missiles

39.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give his most up-to-date figure of deployment of SS20 missiles by the Union of Soviet Republics in Europe.

The Soviet Union currently has deployed a total of 360 SS20 missiles of which 243 face west. Each missile has three warheads.

Surface-To-Surface Missiles

41.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the procurement of surface-to-surface missiles.

I have nothing to add to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend on 3 November.—[Vol. 47, c. 409.]

Turkey

43.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on defence matters; and if he will make a statement.

I paid a visit to Ankara last month, during which I had valuable and wide-ranging discussions on defence matters of both bilateral and Alliance interest with the Turkish Defence Minister and other members of the Turkish Government. I agreed with Mr. Bayulken that unity of purpose and solidarity in the Alliance were more important than ever, in particular for the credibility of NATO's policy of deterrence and for the successful conclusion of arms control negotiations. We reaffirmed the value of continued co-operation in defence.

Military Establishments (Security)

45.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will now review the security arrangements at RAF Greenham common and other highly sensitive military establishments.

Security at Greenham common and at all military establishments is kept under continual scrutiny.

Gibraltar

46.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he has any plans to meet the Chief Minister of Gibraltar to discuss the defence impact if the Gibraltar dockyard is commercialised in December 1984.

No. The Government of Gibraltar have no involvement in purely defence matters and, as I explained to my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Mr. Latham) on 1 November—[Vol. 47, c. 730–31]—it is not the dockyard but the naval base that is of strategic importance. This will remain fully operational after the dockyard is commercialised.

Skynet Satellite

51.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence by which rocket-launching facility he envisages placing the next United Kingdom Skynet defence satellite in orbit.

There are two possible launch vehicles, the space shuttle and the Ariane rocket. A decision has not yet been reached.

Frigates And Destroyers

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what decisions have been taken to order new frigates and destroyers which have not yet been tendered for.

Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. of Glasgow has been invited to tender for the first type 23 frigate. We expect to order further type 23s in the future, but no decisions on precise numbers have yet been taken.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all Her Majesty's frigates and destroyers currently on order together with their expected delivery dates, the yards at which they are being constructed and their approximate cost; and if he will make a statement about the progress of each order.

The following destroyers and frigates are currently on order for the Royal Navy at the yards shown:

	Delivery expected
Destroyers
HMS Gloucester—Vosper Thornycroft (UK) Ltd.	late 1984
HMS Edinburgh—Cammell Laird (SB) Ltd.
HMS York—Swan Hunter (SB) Ltd.
Frigates
HMS Beaver—Yarrow (SB) Ltd.	1984
HMS Brave—Yarrow (SB) Ltd.	1985
HMS London—Yarrow (SB) Ltd.	1986
HMS Sheffield—Swan Hunter (SB) Ltd.	1987
HMS Coventry—Swan Hunter (SB) Ltd.
22–11—Yarrow (SB) Ltd.
22–12—Yarrow (SB) Ltd.

For reasons of commercial confidentiality, it is not our practice to reveal precise details of cost. However, at 1982–83 price levels, the average cost of ships on order is £110 million for type 42 destroyers and £127 million for type 22 frigates. Progress is satisfactory and planned deliveries are generally being maintained.

Rosyth Dockyard

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the revised cost of providing increased refitting facilities at Rosyth dockyard following the closure of Chatham and rundown of Portsmouth.

The current cost of relocating refitting facilities at Rosyth is £2·5 million.

Naval Dockyards (Control)

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he has plans to transfer control of the naval dockyards to British Shipbuilders.

No.

Nuclear Submarines (Refitting)

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if there are any plans in hand for the refitting of nuclear submarines to be done by British Shipbuilders.

There are none.

Volume 49: debated on Tuesday 29 November 1983

Written Answers To Questions

Energy

Gas And Electricity

Israel (Oil Imports)

Prime Minister

Engagements

Severn Bridge

Departmental Co-Operation

Gardenstown

Leeds

Transport

Civil Aviation Authority

Trunk Roads (Staffordshire)

British Railways Board

British Airways

British Rail

House Of Commons

Telephone Answering Service

Home Department

Police (Interviews)

Immigration

Harmondsworth Detention Centre

Cable Television

Ugandan Citizens

Naturalisation Inquiries

Vietnam (Exit Visas)

Firearms

Stop And Search

Local Government Elections

Commission For Racial Equality

Prisoners (Disciplinary Offences)

Employment

Youth Training Scheme

Parliamentary Boundary Commissions For England And Wales

Labour Statistics

Construction Industry

Job-Splitting Scheme

Jobcentres (Sheffield)

European Community (Labour Mobility)

Wales

Youth Training Scheme

Trade And Industry

Motor Car Prices

Car Production And Sales

Corby (Loans And Grants)

Departmental Staff

Loan Guarantee Scheme

Company Investigations

A320 Airbus

Tour Operators (Insurance)

European Community (Manufactured Goods)

Newsagents

Agriculture, Fisheries A Nd Food

Cocksparrow Fur Farm

Agricultural Development And Advisory Service

Caesium Concentrations

Environment

London Borough Of Newham

Departmental Staff

Regional Water Authorities

Construction Industry

Liverpool Lime Street Railway Station

Captive Balloon Advertisements

Construction Sites (Poster Hoardings)

Land Reclamation

Calke Abbey

Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs

Immigration Officers (Caribbean)

Middle East

Israel

Lebanon

International Relations

Education And Science

Private Contractors (Services)

Children In Hospitals

Mandatory Awards

National Finance

Stamp Duty