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Written Answers To Questions

Friday 22 June 1984

Prime Minister

Income Redistribution

asked the Prime Minister if she will set up an inquiry into the whole of the income redistribution system, including income tax, national insurance contributions, domestic rates and other statutory contributions and the full range of cash benefits available to citizens, including national insurance, supplementary benefit, housing subsidies, educational support and training allowances.

I do not believe that such a broad inquiry would be very useful. The Government keep these matters under review, setting up formal inquiries when necessary. In 1982 Government Departments submitted a substantial amount of evidence to the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee's Sub-Committee on personal income taxation and support. This year my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services has set up inquiries into all the major social security benefits.

Subversion

asked the Prime Minister if she will now answer questions which ask whether the activities of named legal organisations are considered to fall within the current definition of subversion used by Her Majesty's Government.

No. As I told the hon. Member for Stockton, South (Mr. Wrigglesworth) on 4 November 1983, at column 500, I propose to continue my practice, which has always been the practice of my predecessors, not to answer questions on security or intelligence matters.

Minister (Dismissal)

asked the Prime Minister if she will dismiss Baroness Young from her post as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

No.

Inmos

asked the Prime Minister what discussions Ministers have had with the managers and directors of INMOS since January.

The British Technology Group has responsibility for the oversight of INMOS. However, the chairman of INMOS has accompanied the chairman of the BTG to a number of meetings with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and Ministers since January. Also the Secretary of State for Wales has visited the INMOS plant at Newport and had discussions there with managers and a director of the company.

Armed Forces (Heavy Vehicles)

asked the Prime Minister, further to her answer of 14 June, Official Report, column 533, which plants are currently building heavy vehicles which are needed by the armed forces; which plants have the potential capacity to do so; and what is the current annual requirement for such vehicles.

The Services' heavy vehicle requirements are currently being met by a number of manufacturers with plants situated throughout the United Kingdom, principally: Bedford (Luton); Ford (Langley); Foden (Sandbach); BL (Leyland); Seddon-Atkinson (Oldham); Scammell (Watford).In addition to these plants, a considerable number of other companies in the United Kindom are assessed to have a potential capacity to fulfil the services' requirements in this field—for example, Chubb (Hanwell), Dennis (Guildford), ERF (Sandbach), Fairey (Stockport), GKN (Wolverhampton), Gloster-S aro (Gloucester), Marshalls (Cambridge), Reynolds-Boughton (Amersham), Volvo (Irvine). The services' annual requirements vary, but currently amount to some 2,000 to 3,000 vehicles.

Transport

A1 (Cycle Racing)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions he has given permission for cycle races or cycle time trials to be held on the Al during the past 12 months; why such permission was given; and what account was taken in each case of the rights of other road users.

Cycle races and time trials are governed by the Cycle Racing on Highways Regulations 1960. These lay down certain conditions which must be met, but the authorisation of such events is a matter for local police forces. The Department has no power to intervene in such authorisation and does not require any notification when they are given.

A1 (Road Races)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport why permission was given to three pro-Campaign for Nuclear Disarrnament runners to run down the A1; and what account he took of the potential danger both to the runners and to other road users, and the necessity for a mobile police guard for the runners.

Neither my Department nor the police are aware of the incident to which my hon. Friend refers. Formal permission for runners to use the highway is not required, but, in the interests of road safety, those organising events which involve running or walking on the carriageway are strongly advised to consult the police in advance as to the suitability of the route proposed, and the need for precautionary measures.

Road-Widening Schemes

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many representations he has received from the Automobile Association, in each year since 1979, requesting specific road-widening schemes.

Many organisations and individuals comment regularly on the national road programme and suggest additions and amendments to it, including the AA. But we do not keep central records of the many representations we receive from the AA, or from other organisations or individuals, about the need for road-widening schemes.

London Regional Transport Authority

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the numbers of persons who will need to be appointed to supervise the activities of the proposed London Regional Transport Authority within his Department, together with an estimate of the annual cost of the relevant unit.

On present expectations, up to 24 staff will be employed full-time on supervision of London Regional Transport at an annual cost of about £580,000, including overheads and accommodation. These posts will be contained within my Department's manpower ceiling.

Toll Bridges

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the price structure for all toll bridges on trunk and other A class roads.

The price structure on tolled crossings on trunk and other A class roads is as follows:

England
Severn Bridge (M4)
(i)	Motorcycles	10p
(ii)	3 wheeled Motor Cycle or vehicle not included in Category (iii)	20p
(iii)	Goods Vehicle with unladen weight over 30 cwt, or vehicle carrying more than 16 passengers.	40p
Dartford Tunnel (A282)
(i)	Motor Cycles	20p
(ii)	Motor Cars	60p
(iii)	Light goods vehicles and coaches over 30 cwt unladen with 2 axles.	£1.00
(iv)	Heavy vehicles over 2 axles and special vehicles	£1.60
	Trailers charged same toll as towing vehicle.
Humber Bridge (A15, trunk)
(i)	Motor cycles	50p
(ii)	Cars and light vans up to 30 cwt capacity	£1.00
(iii)	Light vans 30 cwt-3 tons, Mini Buses 8–16 passengers.	£2.00
(iv)	Heavy commercial vehicles, over 3 tons
	2 axles	£4.50
	3 axles	£6.00
	4 or more axles	£7.50
(v)	Buses and coaches, over 17 passengers.	£4.50
Mersey Tunnel (A41/A533)
(i)	Motor Cycles	20p
(ii)	Cars and light vehicles, up to 3 tons unladen weight	40p
(ii)	Coaches and vehicles over 3 tons unladen weight	£1.00
Tyne Tunnel (A1 trunk)
(i)	Motor Cycles	10p
(ii)	Vehicles not exceeding 30 cwt unladen weight or for up to 16 passengers.	40p
(iii)	Heavy vehicles, or for more than 16 passengers	80p

England
Tamar Bridge (A38)
(i)	Horses and Carts	10p
(ii)	Vehicles up to 3·5 tons gross weight or licensed to carry up to 8 people.	40p
(iii)	Vehicles over 3·5 tons gross weight or for more than 8 people
	2 axles	90p
	3 axles	£1.35
	4 or more axles	£1.80
	Trailers charged same toll as towing vehicle.
Itchen Bridge (A3025)
(i)	Motor Cycles and Invalid Carriages.	10p
(ii)	Cars, Light Vans, Vehicles not exceeding 1 ton unladen weight
	Peak hours	30p
	Off Peak hours	20p
(iii)	Buses, Vehicles with unladen weight of 1–3 tons	40p
(iv)	Heavy commercial vehicles with 2 axles	£1.60
(v)	Other Heavy vehicles	£15
Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge (A178)
(i)	Pedestrians, Bicyles	10p
(ii)	Motor Cycles	20p
(iii)	Private Cars, Vans, with unladen weight not exceeding 30 cwt and laden weight not exceeding 3 tons.	40p
(iv)	Trailer drawn by vehicle in Category (iii)	30p
(v)	Vehicle exceeding weight in Category (iii).	95p
Dunham Bridge, Notts (A57 trunk)
(i)	Motor Cycle	5p
(ii)	3 wheeled Car	10p
(iii)	Cars/Light Vans	15p
(iv)	Car and Trailer	20p
(v)	Lorry, Vans over 10 cwt, Coaches
	4 wheels	20p
	6 wheels	30p
	8 wheels	40p
	Every extra axle	10p
Selby Bridge, North Yorkshire (A63/A19, trunked)
(i)	Car, including 3 wheelers	5p
(ii)	Car and trailer	10p
(iii)	Commercial vehicle, per ton of total weight. Inhabitants of local settlements pay only once per day.	5p
Shard Bridge, lancashire (A588)
(i)	Pedestrians, Livestock	1P
(ii)	Bicycles	2p
(iii)	Motorcycles	4p
(iv)	Vehicle not exceeding 2 tons unladen weight.	8p
(v)	Vehicle from 2–6 tons unladen weight.	15p
(vi)	Vehicle over 6 tons unladen weight.	30p
	Trailers in Categories (iv) to (v), same toll as towing vehicles.
(vii)	Bus/Coach for more than 16 passengers.	30p
Scotland
Forth Bridge (A90)
(i)	Vehicles not exceeding 1,525 Kg unladen weight.	30p
(ii)	Buses for more than 12 passengers.	50p
(iii)	Vehicles over 1,525 Kg unladen weight.	80p
Tay Bridge (A92)
(i)	Motor Cycles	5p
(ii)	Motor Cycles with Sidecar, Vehicles not exceeding 1,525 Kg unladen weight.	20p
(iii)	Scheduled Buses	30p
(iv)	Goods vehicles exceeding 1,525 Kg unladen weight, and other vehicles.	60p
Erskine Bridge (A898, trunk)

England
(i)	Motor Cycles	10p
(ii)	Vehicles up to 1,525 Kg unladen weight.	30p
(iii)	Scheduled Buses	50p
(iv)	Goods vehicles over 1,525 Kg or coaches carrying more than 16 passengers.	80p
Wales
Cleddau Bridge (A477)
(i)	Horses, Horse Drawn Vehicles, 1–2 wheel trailers excluding caravans. Motor Cycles, 3 wheelers.	20p
(ii)	Vehicles up to 2 tons unladen weight, minibus with up to 15 seats.	40p
(ii)	Caravan, 4 wheeled trailers, drawn by vehicles in Category (ii).	40p
(iv)	Vehicles greater than 2 tons unladen weight, buses with over 15 seats.	80p
(v)	Caravans, 4 wheeled trailers, drawn by vehicles in Category (iv).	80p
Portmadoc Cob (A487)
	All vehicles	5p

Northern Ireland has no such tolled crossings

Pedal Cycles (Regulations)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the organisations which he consulted when formulating the Pedal Cycles (Construction and Use) Regulations; and which of these expressed a definite preference as to whether bells should be made mandatory.

One hundred and forty organisations were invited to comment on the draft regulations, and in particular whether bells should be made mandatory. Replies were received as follows:In favour of a mandatory requirement for bells:

Bicycle Association
British Standards Institution, Consumer Standards Advisory Committee
Cambridge Road Safety Council
Association of Chief Police Officers
Association of Chief Police Officers (Scotland)
Association of County Councils
Association of District Councils
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
Friends of the Earth

Joint Committee on Mobility of Blind and Partially Sighted People
Road Safety Council of Northern Ireland
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

Transport and General Workers Union

Against a mandatory requirement for bells:

British Cycling Federation
British Standards Institution, Bicycle Committee
Cyclists Touring Club
London Cycling Campaign
London St. Christopher's Catholic Cycling Club
Association of Metropolitan Authorities

Institution of Municipal Engineers
Pedestrians Association
Road Time Trials Council
Royal Automobile Club
Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign

Expressed no view on this aspect of the Regulations:

National Union of Railwaymen
National Association of Local Councils
Office of Fair Trading
Institute of Trading Standards Administration
Health and Safety Executive
Motor Agents Association
Local Authorities Co-ordinating Body on Trading Standards
Automobile Association
Staffordshire County Council
Association of Cycle Traders
London Boroughs Association
Motor Industry Research Association
Electric Vehicle Association

Airports Policy (South-East)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many times since holding his present office he has attended functions or meetings with the chairman of the British Airports Authority when Mr. Payne has made statements relevant to the determination of airports policy in the south-east.

[pursuant to his reply, 21 June 1984]: I have attended a number of meetings and functions at which the chairman of the British Airports Authority has made statements relevant to airports policy in the southeast. The authority has, of course, submitted. at the request of the Government, a planning application for the development of Stansted, the inspector's report on which is awaited. I need hardly say that, given my role in the decisions to be taken on that report, I have at no time discussed with the chairman the merits of the authority's application.

British Railways Board And National Bus Company

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what was, for each appointment made since 1979, the date of appointment and determination of salary of each member of the British Railways Board and the National Bus Company, the date on which the salary determination in each case was laid before Parliament under paragraph 8(2) of schedule 1 to the Transport Act 1962, the date of each redetermination of salary and the date on which each such redetermination was laid before Parliament; and if he will make a statement as to the maximum period he normally expects to elapse before such notifications are laid before Parliament.

[pursuant to his reply, 21 June 1984]: The details requested are given in the tables. Statements are laid as soon as possible in the normal course of business.

British Rail
				Increase(s) with effect from 1.4.79		Increase with effect from 1.4.80		Increase with effect from 1.4.80
Position and Name	Commencement date of appointment (A) or reappointment (R)	Date of determination of salary	Date statement was laid	Date of redetermination(s) of salary	Date statement(s) was laid	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid	Incremental increase	Date of determination/ redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid
Chairman
Sir Peter Parker^*	12.9.81 (R)	25.3.82	27.4.82	24.5.79 & 31.7.79	21.9.79	20.3.80	28.4.80	5.11.80	4.12.80	—	—	—
Mi. R. B. Reid^†	12.9.83 (A)	2.9.83	2.11.83	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dep. Chairman
Mr. J.M.W. Bosworth^‡	17.6.81 (R)	22.4.82	27.4.82	24.5.79 & 31.7.79	21.9.79	20.3.80	28.4.80	5.11.80	4.12.80	—	—	—
Sir Richard Cave	1.10.83 (A)	26.9.83	2.11.83	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
FULL-TIME MEMBERS
Vice-chairman
Mr. I. M. Campbell	1.3.80 (A)	18.2.80	29.2.80	24.5.79 & 31.7.79	21.9.79	—	—	5.11.80	4.12.80	—	—	—
Vice-chairman
Mr. D. Fowler	14.4.80 (R)	6.6.80	4.12.80	24.5.79 & 31.7.79	21.9.79	20.3.80	28.4.80	5.11.80	4.12.80	—	—	—
Mr. R. B. Reid^║	1.3.80 (A)	18.2.80	29.2.80	24.5.79 & 31.7.79	21.9.79	—	—	5.11.80	4.12.80	—	—	—
Mr. J. Urquhart	10.1.77 (A)	—	—	24.5.79 & 31.7.79	21.9.79	20.3.80	28.4.80	5.11.80	4.12.80	10.1.81	5.12.80	31.3.81
Mr. G. Myers	1.3.80 (A)	18.2.80	29.2.80	—	—	—	—	5.11.80	4.12.80	1.3.81	11.3.81	31.3.81
Mr. J. J. O'Brien	2.4.84 (A)	28.3.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
PART-TIME MEMBERS
Mr. I. M. Campbell	11.1.83 (A)	20.4.83	11.5.84	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mr. M. V. Posner	1.1.77 (A)	—	—	24.5.79 & 31.7.79	21.9.79	18.3.80	28.4.80	5.11.80	4.12.80	—	—	—
Lord Caldecote	1.3.79 (A)	—	—	24.5.79 & 31.7.79	21.9.79	20.3.80	28.4.80	5.11.80	4.12.80	—	—	—
Mr. H. R. Macleod	3.6.80 (A)	17.1.80	4.12.80	—	—	—	—	5.11.80	4.12.80	—	—	—
Miss P. M. Leith	1.10.80.(A)	30.7.80	4.12.80	—	—	—	—	5.11.80	4.12.80	—	—	—
Mr. S. D. Jenkins	1.12.79 (A)	18.2.80	29.2.80	—	—	20.3.80	28.4.80	5.11.80	4.12.80	—	—	—
^* Until 11.9.83.
^† w.e.f. 12.9.83.
^‡ Until 30.6.83.
^║ Until 11.9.83.

Position and name	Increase with effect from 1.4.81		Incremental increase	Date of redetermination of salary	Increase with effect from 1.4.82		Incremental increase	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid
	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid			Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid
Chairman
Sir Peter Parker (until 11.9.83)	7.9.81	27.4.82	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—
R. B. Reid (w.e.f. 12.9.83)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Chairman
J. M. W. Bosworth (until 30.6.83)	22.4.82	27.4.82	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—
Sir Richard Cave	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Full Time Members
Mr. L. M. Campbell (vice chairman)	7.9.81	27.4.82	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—
Mr. D. Fowler (vice chairman)	7.9.81	27.4.82	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—
Mr. R.B.Reid (until 11.9.83)	7.9.81	27.4.82	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—
Mr. J. Urquhart	7.9.81	27.4.82	10.1.82	11.10.82	20.4.83	11.5.83	10.1.83	20.4.83	11.5.83
Mr. G. Myers	18.9.81	27.4.82	1.3.82	11.10.82	20.4.83	11.5.83	1.3.83	20.4.83	11.5.83
Mr. J. J. O'Brien	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Part-time Members
Mr. I. M. Campbell	—	—	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—
Mr. M. V. Posner	7.9.81	27.4.82	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—
Lord Caldecote	7.9.81	27.4.82	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—
Mr. H. R. MacLeod	7.9.81	27.4.82	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—
Miss P. M. Leith	7.9.81	27.4.82	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—
Mr. S. D. Jenkins	7.9.81	27.4.82	—	—	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—

Position and name	Increase with effect from 1.4.83		Increased time input	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid	Restructuring of board	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid
	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid
Chairman
Sir P. Parker (until 11.9.83)	7.6.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—	—	—
R. B. Reid (w.e.f. 12.9.83)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Chairman
J. M. W. Bosworth (until 30.6.83)	10.4.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sir Richard Cave	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Full-time members
Vice Chairman
Mr. I. M. Campbell	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vice Chairman
Mr. D. Fowler	10.4.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	1.4.84	10.4.84	15.6.84
Mr. R. B. Reid (until 11.9.83)	10.4.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mr. J. Urquhart	10.4.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	1.4.84	10.4.84	15.6.84
Mr. G. Myers	10.4.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	1.4.84	10.4.84	15.6.84
Mr. J. J. O'Brien	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Part-time members
Mr. I. M. Campbell	10.4.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mr. M. V. Posner	10.4.84	15.6.84	1.6.83	31.5.83	11.7.83	—	—	—
Lord Caldecote	10.4.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mr. H. R. MacLeod	10.4.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—_	—	—
Miss P. M. Leith	10.4.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mr. S. D. Jenkins	10.4.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—	—	—

National Bus Company
	Increase(s) with effect from 1.4.80		Increase with effect from 1.4.81		Increase with effect from 1.3.82		Increase with effect from 1.9.82		Increase with effect from 1.3.83
Position and name	Date of redetermination(s) of salary	Date statement(s) was laid	Date of redetermination of salary	Dale statement was laid	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid
Chairman
Rt. hon Lord Shepherd	27.3.80 and 1.10.80	19.5.80 and 27.10.80	18.9.81	28.10.81	16.12.82	16.12.82	—	—	12.4.84	15.6.84
Deputy Chairman
Mr. G. R Brook	27.3.80 and 1.10.80	19.5.80 and 27.10.80	18.9.81	28.10.81	16.12.82	16.12.82	8.4.83	11.5.83	12.4.84	15.6.84
Full lime Members
Mr. F. K. Pointon	27.3.80 and 1.10.80	19.5.80 and 27.10.80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mr. G. Carruthers	27.3.80 1.10.80and	19.5.80 27.10.80and	18.9.81	28.10.81	16.12.82	16.12.82	—	—	—	—
Mr. R. St. C. Sandall	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mr. D. G. F. Rawlinson	19.4.80 and 1.10.80	19.5.80 and 27.10.80	18.9.81	28.10.81	16.12.82	16.12.82	8.4.83	11.5.83	12.4.84	15.6.84
Mr. I. Dalton	—	—	18.9.81	28.10.81	16.12.82	16.12.82	8.4.83	11.5.83	12.4.84	15.6.84
Part time Members
Sir Robert Lawrence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mr. A. P. de Boer	19.4.80 and 1.10.80	19.5.80 and 27.10.80	18.9.81	28.10.81	16.12.82	16.12.82	—	—	12.4.84	15.6.84
Mr. G. Heywood	27.3.80 and 1.10.80	19.5.80 and 27 10.80	18.9.81	28.10.81	16.12.82	16.12.82	—	—	12.4.84	15.6.84
Miss K. Mortimer	19.4.80 and 1.10.80	19.5.80 and 27.10.80	18.9.81	28.10.81	16.12.82	16.12.82	—	—	12.4.84	15.6.M
Mr.G.Parker	19.4.80 and 1.10.80	19.5.80 and 27.10.80	18.9.81	28.10.81	16.12.82	16.12.82	—	—	12.4.84	15.6.64
Mr. R. T. Kanter	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mr. J. Orme	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mr. R. H. Grierson	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

National Bus Company
				Increase(s) with effect from 1.4.79		Increase (for increased time input) with effect from 1.1.80
Position and Name	Commencement date of appointment (A) or reappointment (R) since 1979	Date of determination of salary	Date statement was laid	Date of redetermination(s) of salary	Date statement(s) was laid	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid
Chairman
Rt. Hon. Lord Shepherd	1.1.79 (A)	21.9.78	20.3.79	24.5.79 & 3.8.79	21 & 24.9.79	10.3.80	26.3.80

				Increase(s) with effect from 1.4.79		Increase (for increased time input) with effect from 1.1.80
Position and Name	Commencement date of appointment (A) or reappointment (R) since 1979	Date of determination of salary	Date statement was laid	Date of redetermination(s) of salary	Date statement(s) was laid	Date of redetermination of salary	Date statement was laid
Deputy chairman
Mr. G. R. Brook	1.4.78 (A) 1.1.82	—	—	24.5.79 &3.8.79	21 & 24.9.79	—	—
Full-time members
Mr. F. K. Pointon	1.1.79 (A)	8.1.79	19.3.79	24.5.79 & 3.8.79	21 & 24.9.79	—	—
Mr. G. Carruthers	1.1.79 (A)	8.1.79	19.3.79	24.5.79 & 3.8.79	21 & 24.9.79	—	—
Mr. R. St. C. Sandall	1.1.79 (A)	8.1.79	19.3.79	24.5.79 3.8.79	21 & 24.9.79	—	—
Mr. D. F. Rawlinson	24.1.80 (A)	22.1.80	29.2.80	—	—	—	—
Mr. I. Dalton	1.4.81 (A)	31.3.81	5.5.81	—	—	—	—
Part-time members
Sir Robert Lawrence	1.1.83 (A)	20.4.83	11.5.83	—	—	—	—
Mr. A. P. de Boer	28.11.68 (A) 1.1.80 (R)	—	—	24.5.79 & 3.8.79	21 & 24.9.79	—	—
Mr. G. Heywood	1.9.78 (A) 1.1.84 (R)	—	—	24.5.79 & 3.8.79	21 & 24.9.79	—	—
Miss K. Mortimer	1.1.80 (A)	22.11.79	29.2.80	—	—	—	—
Mr. G. Parker	1.1.80 (A)	22.11.79	29.2.80	—	—	—	—
Mr. R. T. Kanter	1.3.84 (A)	29.2.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—
Mr. J. Orme	1.3.84 (A)	29.2.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—
Mr. R. H. Grierson	1.5.84 (A)	29.2.84	15.6.84	—	—	—	—

Trade And Industry

Consumer And Capital Goods

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing on the basis of 1980=100 the volume of imports and exports of consumer goods from the European Economic Community, the present members of the European Free Trade Association, Denmark, the Irish Republic, the Commonwealth and the rest of the world for 1970 and 1983;(2) whether he will publish in the

Official Report a table showing on the basis of 1980=100 the volume of imports and exports of capital goods from the European Economic Community, the present members of the European Free Trade Association, Denmark, the Irish Republic, the Commonwealth, and the rest of the world in 1970 and 1983.

The information is not available.

Manufactured Goods

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the same information as given in annex A to the memorandum submitted by his Department to the Trade and Industry Committee on 6 March 1984, HC 329-i of 198384 for (a) the world less the European Economic Community and the European Free Trade Association, (b) the Commonwealth and (c) the Irish Republic and Denmark.

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1970 (or the earliest possible

date thereafter) and 1983 the same information as given in annex B to the memorandum submitted by his Department to the Trade and Industry Committee on 6 March 1984, HC 329-i of 1983–84 for (a) manufactures and (b) each division and each class of manufactures.

Annex B to the memorandum submitted to the Trade and Industry Committee on 6 March 1984 included information for 1975; this is the earliest year for which information on this basis is available. Information for 1983 is currently being prepared.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1970 (or the earliest possible date thereafter) the same information as given in annex B to the memorandum submitted by his Department to the Trade and Industry Committee on 6 March 1984, HC 329-i of 1983–84, for Groups 221, 223, 251, 259, 313, 321, 324, 327, 343, 351, 353, 373, 415, 418, 432, 435, 433, 438, 481–82 and 494.

Annex B to the memorandum submitted to the Trade and Industry Committee on 6 March 1984 included information for 1975; this is the earliest year for which information on this basis is available.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, on the basis of 1980=100, the volume of imports and exports of finished manufacturers from the EEC, the present members of the European Free Trade Association, Denmark, the Irish Republic, the Commonwealth and the rest of the world in 1983 and 1970.

The information is not available.

Trade Statistics

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the United Kingdom which depend on the maintenance of trade with the European Economic Community; and what share of the total relates to manufactured and other products or services, respectively.

In the absence of reliable information, I have made no such estimate. Increased trade will, however, lead to the greater prosperity of the Community as a whole and so will help to create employment within individual member states, including the United Kingdom, in all sectors of the economy.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the number of jobs in the United Kingdom which depend on the maintenance of trade with the world apart from the European Economic Community; and what is the share of the total which relates to manufactured goods and other exports, respectively.

It is not possible to make a reliable estimate of the extent to which employment in the United Kingdom depends on particular trade flows.

Heavy Vehicles Plants

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many heavy vehicles plants are still in operation in the United Kingdom; and how many of these are independent of supplies of imported components.

There are currently 10 plants in the United Kingdom involved in the final manufacture of heavy vehicles, excluding buses and special-purpose vehicles. This number includes Leyland Trucks' Bathgate plant, whose progressive closure over the next two years has been announced. As would be expected from the international structure of the vehicle and component industry, no plant is totally independent of foreign-sourced components.

Booker Mcconnell

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he proposes to refer to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission the proposed takeover of the Booker McConnell group by the Dee Corporation; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend announced today that he had decided, in accordance with the advice of the Director General of Fair Trading, to refer this proposed merger to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.

Motor Vehicles (Spain)

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what allocation to companies was made of the United Kingdom portion of the Spanish reduced tariff quotas for the import of motor vehicles during the current quota year ending 30 June.

The Spanish authorities did not allocate the reduced tariff quotas to individual countries but rather to maufacturers. No announcement of the allocation was made by the Spanish authorities, but I believe that British manufacturers did as well as others.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what arrangements there are for the carry over into the next quota year starting 1 July of any unused portions of the Spanish reduced tariff quotas for the import of motor vehicles arising from failure to perform by (a) United Kingdom companies and (b) other member states of the European Economic Community;(2) what increase in the Spanish reduced tariff quotas for the import of motor vehicles he has negotiated for the quota year beginning 1 July; and how they are to be allocated as between

(a) member states of the European Economic Community and (b) United Kingdom companies.

The reduced duty quotas expire on 30 June. No announcement has yet been made by the Spanish Government about quotas for the coming year, their allocation or whether there will be provision for carryover. I am in touch with Spanish Ministers about the priority Her Majesty's Government attach to all these questions.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress the Spanish Government have made with the introduction of value added tax to replace the compensation tax and the luxury tax on imported motor vehicles.

I understand that legislation to introduce value added tax is in preparation. It will require ministerial approval before being presented to the Cortes. The tax must be in force by the date that Spain joins the Community.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has as to Spanish production of motor vehicles for 1983; and how these compare with United Kingdom production.

Comparable Spanish and United Kingdom vehicle production figures for 1983 are readily available from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' publication "Monthly Statistical Review" (April 1984 issue, table 3D), a copy of which is available in the Library.

Anglo-Spanish Balance Of Trade

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the current balance of trade between Spain and the United Kingdom (a) overall and (b) in motor vehicles.

In the period January to April 1984, the United Kingdom had a crude deficit on trade with Spain of £139 million overall and £72 million on motor vehicles.

Source: Data corresponding to table 1B, groups 781–783 and sub-group 784.1, in the United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.

Note: The crude balance of trade is calculated as exports (fob) less imports (cif).

Inmos

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will seek to ensure that no jobs will be lost at INMOS in Newport and that the plant has a long-term prospect as a result of his decision on INMOS ' s future.

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Exchange Rate

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the change in the United Kingdom real exchange rate based on relative export prices between 1970 and (a) 1982 and (b) 1983 for Canada, the United States of America, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Spain and Hong Kong.

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Tobacco Sales (Scotland)

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the amount of tobacco sold in Scotland in each of the last 10 years; and if he will give figures to show, separately (a) cigar and pipe tobacco and (b) cigarettes.

[pursuant to the reply, 21 June 1984]: The only information available relates to average weekly household expenditure in Scotland, which is published in table 10.15 of the Scottish Abstract of Statistics, a copy of which is in the Library.

Scotland

Foodstuffs (Eec Intervention)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount of foodstuffs placed in EEC intervention foodstores in Scotland in the latest available year; and if he will provide a breakdown by item.

Amounts of intervention foodstuffs placed in stores in Scotland in the period 1 June 1983 to 31 May 1984 are as follows:

Commodity	Tonnes
Skimmed milk powder	2,207
Butter	7,172
Barley	73,167
Beef	1,275

Labour Statistics

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number out of work by standard industrial classification in Scotland; and what were the corresponding job vacancies at the latest available date.

The information requested regarding the number of people out of work by standard industrial classification is not available. The industrial analysis for people unemployed was last completed in May 1982 and has since been discontinued. Estimates of unemployment by broad sector of industry groups are expected to be available for Scotland later this year from the 1983 labour force survey.The table shows the number of vacancies notified to jobcentres in Scotland and remaining unfilled on 4 May 1984 by standard industrial classification. The figures exclude community programme vacancies.

Unfilled Vacancies—Scotland 4 May 1984
	Vacancies Unfilled
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	82
Coal Extraction	3
Mineral Oil and Natural Gas Extraction	41
Mineral Oil Processing	9
Nuclear Fuel Production	2
Gas, Electricity and Water	93
Extraction of other Minerals and Ores	9
Metal Manufacturing	26
Manufacturing of Non-Metallic Products	61
Chemical Industry	78
Production of Man-made Fibres	8
Manufacturing of Metal Goods	108
Mechanical Engineering	413
Manufacturing of Office Machinery and Data Processing Equipment	39
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	205
Manufacturing of Motor Vehicles	11
Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing	42
Manufacturing of Aerospace and other Transport Equipment	24
Instrument Engineering	37
Food, Drink and Tobacco	363
Textiles	265
Leather, Footwear and Clothing	297
Timber and Furniture	96
Paper, Printing and Publishing	102
Other Manufacturing	108
Construction	1,708
Wholesale Distribution	402
Retail Distribution	2,298
Hotel and Catering	2,406
Repair Consumer Goods and Vehicles	90
Transport	273
Telecommunications	38
Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services	865
Public Administration and Defence	2,697
Medical and Other Health Services	661
Other Services—not elsewhere specified	1,190
Total	15,150

Jobcentres

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the average in each case in Scotland for (a) the size by area of communities served by jobcentres and (b) the size by population of communities served by jobcentres.

On average, each jobcentre in Scotland covers (a) 263 square miles and (b), on the basis of the 1981 census, a usually resident population of males aged 16 to 64 years and females of 16 to 59 years of 26,500.

Teachers

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the current salaries of primary and secondary teachers in Scotland, excluding responsibility elements for promoted posts, by incremental point.

Determination of the remuneration of teachers in Scotland is the statutory responsibility of the Scottish joint negotiating committee for teaching staff in school education. The salary scales currently payable to primary and secondary teachers are published in circulars SE/17 and SE/18, issued by the committee on 17 and 24 April 1984, copies of which are available in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the average salary of primary and secondary teachers in Scotland.

I am informed by the Scottish joint negotiating committee for teaching staff in school education that the average annual salaries of primary and secondary teachers in Scotland, including salary additions and allowances, were £8,614 and £9,800, respectively, at October 1983, the most recent date available. The salaries of all Scottish teachers were increased by 4·5 per cent. with effect from 1 April 1984.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the salaries of primary and secondary teachers, excluding responsibility elements for promoted posts, following the implementation of the Houghton report by incremental point; and if he will express each value at current prices.

The information is set out in the table:

Primary		Secondary
At 24.5.74	Value at January 1984^*	At 24.5.74	Value at January 1984^*
£	£	£	£
1,848	5,280	1,995	5,700
1,893	5,408	2,085	5,957
1,938	5,537	2,154	6,154
2,001	5,717	2,271	6,488
2,103	6,008	2,400	6,857
2,205	6,300	2,535	7,242
2,307	6,591	2,670	7,628
2,409	6,883	2,805	8,014
2,511	7,174	2,940	8,400
2,613	7,465	3,135	8,957
2,727	7,791	3,330	9,514
2,841	8,117	3,525	10,071
2,955	8,442	3,720	10,628
3,069	8,768	—	—

Notes:

Since 1974 the lengths of the primary and secondary scales have been reduced to 13 points and 12 points, respectively.

^* Based on movement in the retail price index between January 1975 and January 1984.

Nurses

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the average annual earnings of nurses in Scotland in 1980; what are the latest available figures; and if he will express both figures at current prices.

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

Police

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the average earnings of the following police ranks in Scotland in 1979 and for the latest year: constable, sergeant, inspector and chief inspector.

The information is not readily available in the form requested and could be obtained from police authorities only at disproportionate cost. Annual rates of basic pay for the years in question are set out in the following table:

	As from 1 Sept. 1979		As from 1 Sept. 1983
Rank	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
	£	£	£	£
Constable	4,086	6,471	6,708	10,620
Sergeant	6,186	7,095	10,155	11,652
Inspector	7,095	8,058	11,652	13,230
Chief Inspector	8,058	8,967	13,230	14,718

Average Earnings

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the average earnings of employees in Scotland in 1979 and in the latest year; and if he will subdivide the figures into manual and non-manual earnings

The estimated average weekly earnings of full-time employees whose pay was not affected by absence is set out in the table:

	Men (aged 21 and over)		Women (aged 18 and over)
	Manual	Non-manual	Manual	Non-manual
	£	£	£	£
April 1979	93·6	113·0	54·3	63·0
April 1983	145·8	196·6	86·4	110·1

Dundee

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what number and percentage of both unemployed men and women in Dundee have been out of work for (a) over 52 weeks and up to 104 weeks, (b) over 104 weeks and up to 156 weeks and (c) over 156 weeks.

The information requested, which is set out in the table, relates to the number of unemployed claimants in the Dundee jobcentre area on 5 April 1984, the latest date for which information is available.

	Male unemployment		Female unemployment
	Number	per cent.	Number	per cent.
Over 52 weeks and up to 104 weeks	1,901	18·1	951	17·3
Over 104 weeks and up to 156 weeks	1,074	10·2	414	7·5
Over 156 weeks	1,795	17·1	404	7·4

Prisoners (Detention)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prisoners are held in detention in Scotland under rule 36.

On 21 June 1984, 25 prisoners were being held under the provisions of rule 36 of the Prison (Scotland) Rules 1952.

Attorney-General

Mr John Gaul

asked the Attorney-General who communicated with the Director of Public Prosecutions and in what circumstances they become aware of the information which precluded further reliance upon the evidence of an important witness in the case of Mr. John Gaul.

'The view which the Director of Public Prosecutions formed as to the reliability of the witness in question was based upon information contained in a report from the Sussex police who made inquiries at the request of the director, prompted by an approach by solicitors acting on behalf of Mr. John Gaul.

asked the Attorney-General if he will provide details of the circumstances which precluded further reliance upon the evidence of an important witness of which the Director of Public Prosecutions became aware in the case of Mr. John Gaul.

No. It is the policy of the director not to give detailed reasons for his decisions in particular cases.

Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs

Hong Kong

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement about the up-to-date state of the negotiations on the future of Hong Kong.

The content of the talks is confidential. The sixteenth round in the second, more detailed, phase took place in Peking on 12 and 13 June. The agreed press statement described the talks as "useful and constructive". It announced the establishment of

"a working group to consider documents submitted by the two sides in pursuit of their objective of reaching agreement as soon as possible on the question of Hong Kong".

The next round will be on 27 and 28 June, again in Peking.

Eec And Efta

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the total number of persons employed by the European Economic Community and by the European Free Trade Association organisation, respectively, at the most recent date for which figures are available.

The number of officials employed by each of the Community institutions is as follows:

	Number	Date
Commission	9,313	31.12.83
European Parliament	2,739	1.8.83
Council of Ministers	1,792	31.12.83
Economic and Social Committee	390	1.8.83
Court of Justice	444	1.8.83
Court of Auditors	252	1.4.83

The total number of officials employed by the secretariat of the European Free Trade Association is 72 (30.4.84).

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the benefits enjoyed by EEC members which are not enjoyed by members of the European Free Trade Association organisation.

Members of the European Community enjoy the benefits of belonging to the world's largest single economic and political unit which makes a major contribution to their economic prosperity, to the furtherance of democracy and to the preservation of liberty. Member states of EFTA enjoy the limited benefits of participation in an industrial free trade area with the Community, but they do not participate in Community decisions which can affect their industrial and trade interests.

British Embassy, Warsaw

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will increase the staff at the British embassy in Warsaw to speed up the procedure for the issuing of holiday visas to Poles visiting the United Kingdom.

The problem of delays in the issue of visas to Polish citizens applying in Warsaw to come to this country has recently been examined in conjunction with the Home Department. We hope shortly to introduce new visa issuing procedures in Warsaw which will considerably reduce the waiting time for visas. Arrangements are in hand to make additional staff resources available to process the backlog of applications which has built up in recent months.

Overseas Development

Liverpool (Ministerial Visit)

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Minister for Overseas Development's recent visit to Liverpool.

On 6 June I visited the Liverpool school of tropical medicine at the invitation of the chairman to see something of its work and to meet members of the staff, students and others associated with the school. The ODA has a long and vaired association with the school. In 1984–85 we expect to contribute about £500,000 towards its activities.

Education And Science

Schools (Establishment, Discontinuance And Alteration)

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science in how many cases in each of the last three years, following his rejection of a proposal by a local education authority under section 12 of the Education Act 1980, the same, or substantially the same, proposal has again been submitted within a period of six months; how many such resubmissions have resulted in him approving the proposal; and if he will make a statement.

There have been three such proposals since section 12 of the Education Act 1980 came into force. Of these my right hon. Friend has approved two. Those making the proposals having taken account of his reasons for the earlier rejection in the detail of what was subsequently proposed. The third has yet to be decided.

asked the Secretary of State for Education if he will introduce legislation to provide that where a proposal in respect of a particular school by a local education authority, under section 12 of the Education Act 1980 has been rejected by him, no further proposal regarding the same school may be made for a specified period; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend has no plans to introduce such legislation.

Teaching Posts (Vacancies)

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information his Department collects on vacancies for teaching posts in individual local education authority areas.

Since 1979 the Department has conducted an annual survey of the number of vacancies on a date in January of each year for full-time secondary school teachers in each local education authority, by teaching subject. National results for surveys up to 1983 were published in September last year in statistical bulletin 14/83, which is available in the Library.

Teachers

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he takes to encourage unemployed trained teachers to move to parts of the United Kingdom where there are shortages of teaching staffs.

None. It is for local education authorities, as the employers of teachers, to take such steps as they consider necessary to attract teachers in their areas so as to make good any shortages. Teachers seeking work in other parts of the country may make use of professional and executive recruitment and other facilities provided by the public employment service.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate, for each principal teaching subject in secondary education, whether the supply of trained teachers exceeds or is less than the demand.

There are too many unknown factors to give a precise estimate of the relationship of supply demand. Indicators which give a measure of the relative strength of demand are the extent of unemployment amongst newly trained specialist teachers—obtained from the annual surveys conducted by the Department and by the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers—and the number of vacancies in each secondary school subject reported by local education authorities in the Department's annual survey. On these indicators, demand is currently higher than average in mathematics and science, craft, design and technology, business studies and music, and lower than average in English, foreign languages, religious education, geography, history and art; for home economics and physical education the evidence is mixed.

Secondary Schools (Liverpool)

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will now make a statement on the reorganisation of secondary schools in Liverpool.

My right hon. Friend is consulting Liverpool LEA as required by section 12(6) of the Education Act 1980 on two modifications to its proposals to reorganise county secondary provision in the city.

School Holidays

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to require that the number of occasional days for school holidays may not increase because of particular years being a leap year.

My right hon. Friend has no proposals to change the regulations governing occasional days of holiday in term-time. The Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 1981 permit maintained schools to be granted not more than 20 sessions of occasional holidays during term-time within the school year which must comprise at least 400 sessions.

Education Vouchers

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement about education vouchers.

I was intellectually attracted to the idea of education vouchers because it seemed to offer the possibility of some kind of market mechanism which would increase the choice and diversity of schools in response to the wishes of parents acting as customers. In the course of my examination of this possibility, it became clear that there would be great practical difficulties in making any voucher system compatible with the requirements that schooling should be available to all without charge, compulsory and of an acceptable standard. These requirements—difficult though the latter two are to achieve effectively under any dispensation—were seen to limit substantially the operation, and the benefits, of free market choices; and to entail an involvement on the part of the state—centrally and locally—which would be both financial and regulatory and on a scale likely to necessitate an administrative effort as great as under the present system. These factors would have applied whether vouchers were available only within the maintained system or could be used in the independent sector as well.A change of this magnitude would desirably be preceded by pilot schemes undertaken by volunteer LEAs. These would require legislation and there was serious doubt whether they could adequately establish the feasibility of a voucher system within a manageable time scale.I concluded that the difficulties which would arise from the many and complex changes required to the legal and institutional framework of the education system, and the additional cost of mitigating them, were too great to justify further consideration of a voucher system, as a means of increasing parental choice and influence.For these reasons, the idea of vouchers is no longer on the agenda.

National Finance

Imported Goods (Vat)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received about the effect on importers and freight forwarders of his proposal to levy value added tax on imported goods at the time of importation; and if he will make a statement.

A number of representations have been received from importers and freight forwarders on various aspects of the Budget proposal to levy VAT on imported goods at the time of importation. The House will have the opportunity to consider the matter when the amending VAT regulations, giving effect to the proposal, are laid next month.

Hot Take-Away Food (Vat)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates the Government originally made of the effect on the turnover of hot take-away food outlets, particularly fish and chips, of the imposition of 15 per cent. value added tax from 1 May 1984; what is his most recent estimate of the effect on turnover; and what estimates he has made of the consequential effect on the tax yield.

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

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reports he has received on the exploitation of loopholes in the application of the 15 per cent. value added tax to hot take-away food; and what action he has taken to prevent abuses.

I am aware that a number of schemes have been devised which are claimed to avoid tax in this area. Most of them are ineffective and it is very doubtful whether others could be operated successfully in practice. Customs and Excise follows up all cases of alleged avoidance which are reported to it or which come to light during the course of routine control visits. Those who are attempting to apply tax avoidance schemes run a serious risk of having to account later for tax which they have not recovered from their customers.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reports the Government have received of the effect of the imposition of 15 per cent. value added tax from 1 May 1984 on fish and chip, Chinese and other hot take-away food outlets.

We have received a number of reports about the effect of the tax on the take-away food trade. The majority of these indicate the expected fairly sharp reduction in trade during the first weeks of the tax. However, these early reports must be viewed with some caution. It is too soon to form any reliable conclusions about the long-term effect.

Wine (Taxation)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the impact on tax revenues of the European Economic Community requirement to reduce the net tax burden on wine; and what have been the changes in the market share of wine and other alcoholic drinks since the decision was made.

As my right hon. Friend informed the House in his Budget statement, the increase in the duty on beer was the minimum amount needed to comply with the judgment of the European Court of Justice and maintain the revenue. It is too soon to assess changes of shares in the market for alcoholic drinks.

Eec And Efta (Growth Rates)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has about the relative annual growth rates of the nations within the European Economic Community and the European Free Trade Association organisation within the period from 1973 to the present time.

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

Official Hospitality

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent by his Department on official hospitality in each of the past five years.

[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1984, c. 149]: The amounts spent by my Department on official hospitality in each of the past five years are shown in the following table:

	Treasury	National Economic Development Office
	£	£
1979–80	8,709	31,179
1980–81	10,445	34,153
1981–82	23,178	45,902
1982–83	26,235	45,967
1983–84	21,990	51,251

In the Treasury the increased expenditure in 1981–82 and subsequent years is for the enlarged Department following the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. No. 1680) which provided for the transfer of certain functions from the Civil Service Department to the Treasury on 7 December 1981.

Defence

American National Guards

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers of American National Guards who have been on exercise in the United Kingdom thus far in 1984.

Two hundred and fifty members of the United States National Guard have undertaken exercises in Great Britain so far this year.

Services (Pay)

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the average annual earnings by rank in each of the armed forces in 1979 and in the latest available year.

It is not possible to provide the information requested without incurring disproportionate cost. Pay records are not held in the form of average earnings by rank. However, statistics relating to basic pay and allowances in the form of pay can be obtained from the annual reports of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body, which, following their consideration by the Government, are published and made available to the House. The reports relating to the periods requested are the Review Body's eighth report (published May 1979) and the thirteenth report (published June 1984, Cmnd. 9255). Further information of a similar nature was supplied by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces in answer to a question by the hon. Member for Fife, Central (Mr. Hamilton) on 24 May 1984 at columns 553–55.

Energy

Coal Industry Dispute

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the effects on production of the present dispute in the mining industry.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mr. Parry) on 21 June.

Enterprise Oil

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he is able to make any further announcements concerning the privatisation of Enterprise Oil.

[pursuant to the reply, 19 June 1984, c. 90]: Pending parliamentary approval of a Winter Supplementary Estimate for the main sale expenses on Class IV, Vote 21, the necessary expenditure will be met by repayable advances from the Contingencies Fund.

House Of Commons

Motor Mileage

asked the Lord Privy Seal when he expects to publish the report of the independent inquiry looking into the means by which hon. Members should be reimbursed the cost of their motor mileage; and if he will make a statement.

The report of the independent inquiry has now been received, and copies are available in the Vote Office. The inquiry was undertaken by Lord Barnett, Lord Peyton of Yeovil and Mr. Richard Wilkes under the chairmanship of Lord Peyton of Yeovil. I am sure the House will wish to join me in expressing thanks to them for the speedy and effective way in which they have carried out their tasks.The report proposes that Members of Parliament should be reimbursed the cost of their motor mileage by way of a payment per mile appropriate to the engine size of their car, based on the RAC schedule of motoring costs, and subject to an upper limit. A higher rate should be payable for the first 20,000 miles per annum, a lower rate for mileage beyond this. Using the approach proposed by the inquiry team, the following table shows the rates applicable to cars of different size:

	Up to 1300cc	1301–2300cc	2301 and above
First 20,000 miles	18·0p	25·9p	39·0p
After 20,000 miles	11·3p	14·7p	19·5p

The report also recommends that where a Member wishes to claim mileage allowance for distances in excess of 25,000 miles per annum, he should be required to furnish detailed particulars of all journeys covered by the claims.The Government accept the approach recommended in the inquiry team's report, and I propose to bring in a resolution before the summer recess which would give effect to these proposals.

Environment

Research Programmes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the principal research programmes in order of expenditure funded by the European Economic Community into (a) air pollution, (b) marine pollution and (c) river pollution; and when their reports are expected.

This information is not available in the form requested. I am writing to my hon. Friend to explain what information is to hand.

Waltham Forest (Housing Budget)

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from Waltham Forest council for a meeting about its housing budget; and what response he has made.

A request has been received for additional resources. I am already aware of the particular needs within the borough. None the less, I have indicated that I would be willing to meet council members.

House Of Commons Library (Air Conditioning)

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider installing air conditioning in the Library.

The heating system in the Palace of Westminster is currently being modernised, and the new work incorporates the facility to supply, at a later date, chilled air as well as warmed air. The possibility of connecting the Library to the chiller system, subject to there being sufficient capacity in the chilled water plant, is already being investigated. The installation of full air conditioning would be extremely expensive, bearing in mind the structural changes that such work would require in this grade I listed building. I do not think that such expenditure could be justified.

Ordnance Survey

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is able to make a statement about the review of the basis of the Ordnance Survey trading accounts.

In January of this year my right hon. Friend, acting on the advice of the Ordnance Survey Advisory Board, announced that the annual trading accounts for the Ordnance Survey, including statements on revenue and expenditure by main product groups, would be published, and that the basis of these accounts would be independently reviewed by commercial auditors to ensure that there is no cross subsidisation of Ordnance Survey's commercial activities from its Exchequer Vote.Tenders have been received from for firms from this review. The contract has been awarded to Peat Marwick Mitchell and Company. Its detailed study will take some weeks, and it proposes to report in September.The intention is that publication of Ordnance Survey trading accounts will commence with the financial year 1984–85.

Local Government Reform

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list together the announcements made since 4 May amending the Government's proposals in respect of Cmnd. 9063.

On 14 June my right hon. Friend announced, in answer to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Bury, North (Mr. Burt), at column 545, that a paper describing our revised proposals on planning had been issued.

House Purchases (Inducements)

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce measures to control the use by building firms of inducements to purchase first homes by inclusive offers of furnishings, legal fees, mortgage services and so on in view of evidence that those who purchase such homes are only able to sell at a loss subsequently; and if he will make a statement.

No.

Wales

Dental Caries

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the incidence of dental caries in five-year-olds, both numerically and as a percentage of the total five-year-old population, for the last 10 years for which figures are available, in Anglesey.

This information is not held centrally.

Post Offices

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether the Post Office has any proposals for the administration within Wales of all Welsh post offices and sub-post offices; and if he will make a statement.

The administration of Welsh post offices and sub-post offices is the responsibility of the Wales and the Marches Postal Board.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many sub-post offices in Wales were closed during 1983 and during the first five months of 1984.

The Wales and the Marches Postal Board informs me that the network was reduced by 30 sub-post offices in 1983. The most recent figures for 1984, covering the period up to April, report 15 closures.

New College, Cardiff

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what grant-aid has been given by the industry department of the Welsh Office to New college, Cardiff; and what other grants have been given for such purposes by his Department.

Under arrangements announced in July 1974, details of selective financial assistance are published in British Business after the first payment is made. Pending such publication, information relating to individual applications is normally treated in confidence. In this instance, however, the principal of New college, Cardiff, has agreed to my confirming that an offer of grant of £80,000 has been made subject to a number of conditions relating to the overall financing of the project. No other offers of assistance have been made for private sector educational institutions in Wales under this scheme.

Employment

Youth Training Scheme

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people, by age and sex, have left a youth training scheme in the Houghton and Washington constituency and in the borough of Sunderland; and how many of them did not obtain permanent employment.

[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1984, c. 115]: Comprehensive information on young people leaving the youth training scheme in the areas concerned is not available. However, the records of the Sunderland careers service, whose area covers Houghton le Spring, Washington and Sunderland, show that 1,432 young people (751 boys aad 681 girls) known to it left a first placement on the scheme between 1 April 1983 and 17 May 1984. Of these:

	Number	Per cent.
Entered employment	513	36
Entered another place on the scheme	420	29
Returned to full-time education or entered a community industry scheme	14	1
Were unemployed on leaving	^*485	34
^* 273 boys and 212 girls.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment, of the total recorded entrants to the youth training scheme, how many, approximately, have changed schemes and therefore been double counted; and what is his estimate of the number of individuals who have joined the scheme in its first 12 months since April 1983, eliminating those double-counted.

[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1984, c. 115]: The precise information is not available in the form requested.However, there were some 354,000 entrants to the youth training scheme in 1983–84. This figure includes the double counting of those young people who left one scheme and subsequently joined another.Over 90,000 young people left the scheme in 1983–84. Their destinations are not known but, on the basis of a small sample survey of early leavers in November 1983, it is estimated that about one third of the leavers re-entered the scheme. This suggests that about 30,000 were included more than once in the total number of entrants.On this basis, the best available estimate is that about 320,000 young people participated in the scheme in 1983–84.

Home Department

Sikh Demonstrations

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Merseyside concerning incidents of public disorder involving Sikhs which occurred in Liverpool on Friday 8 June; and if he will make a statement on the substance of the report.

The chief constable tells me that at 1.15 pm on 8 June, about 450 sikhs gathered outside the office of the assistant Indian high commissioner in Liverpool. A petition was handed in at the office, and the demonstration continued some 20 yd. away. An Indian national flag was burned. Stones, and two petrol bombs, were thrown in the direction of the building, there was no damage. The demonstrators dispersed after about three hours. Police officers were present in some numbers. There were four arrests. Two people have been charged with offences contrary to section 2 of the Explosives Substances Act 1883, and two others with assaulting a police officer and conduct conducive to a breach of the peace. Four police officers incurred minor injuries. There is in this country a freedom of demonstration within the law, and the motive for a demonstration provides no immunity from the law.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of the west midlands concerning incidents of public disorder involving Sikhs which occurred in Birmingham on Friday 8 June; and if he will make a statement on the substance of the report.

The only event in Birmingham on 8 June currently known to have involved Sikhs was a demonstration in the morning by about 300 people, outside the office of the assistant Indian high commissioner. This event passed without incident.

Demonstrations (London)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many demonstrations took place and for what purposes on 9 June and 10 June in London; how many persons were estimated to have been involved in each demonstration; how many police were employed to deal with these demonstrations and at what cost; and if he will make a statement.

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that the principal demonstrations were one organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament on 9 June, and another, by Sikhs, on 10 June. As to the other information requested, I refer my hon. Friend to the replies I gave on 15 June to two questions from the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) at columns 602–3.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what criteria are applied by the Metropolitan police in determining the number of officers to be deployed in street demonstrations;(2) if he will list those London embassies and high commissions immediately outside which demonstrations are no longer allowed.

I shall reply as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set up an independent form of assessment for estimating crowd numbers attending street demonstrations in London.

I see no need for forms of assessment in addition to those which are already available.

Birmingham Airport (Passport Clearance)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is prepared to take to speed up passport clearance for British nationals arriving at Birmingham international airport.

Since Birmingham international airport opened on 4 April 1984, there have been some initial problems of passenger clearance—for example, because of inadequate directional signs and presentairion procedures. Improvements are being discussed with the airport authorities. Despite these initial difficulties, there has been no complaint of any long delay, and the average flight clearance time for most scheduled arriving flights is approximately 10 minutes.

Vietnamese Refugees

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any of the 205 Vietnamese refugees granted leave to settle in the United Kingdom are neither spouse nor minor dependant child of the person settled in the United Kingdom.

Yes.

Firearms Act 1968

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he intends to place in the Library a copy of the report by Sir John McKay's working party into the administration of the Firearms Act 1968.

No. This was an internal report prepared in 1972 and its main conclusions and recommendations were incorporated in the 1973 Green Paper, "The Control of Firearms in Great Britain" (Cmnd. 5297).

Coal Industry Dispute

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charges of indictable offences of violence, including affray, riot and unlawful assembly, have been preferred by the police as a result of picketing during the miners' strike.

The following table gives the information available on the number of indictable offences of violence charged in connection with the miners' dispute in the period between 14 March and 19 June inclusive.

Offence	Number of charges
Riot	84
Unlawful Assembly	120
Affray	9
Grievous bodily harm	7
Assault occasioning^* actual bodily harm	113
Assault with intent to resist arrest^*	8
Total	341
^* Offences triable either way

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers and how many pickets have been injured during the course of policing the miners' strike.

Four hundred and twelve police officers were injured in policing events in England and Wales connected with the dispute in the period between 14 March and 20 June, inclusive. Statistics about the number of other people injured are not available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report the occupations of all those charged with offences of violence in the miners' dispute over the past four months, or such other period as is convenient, indicating what proportion in each category of offences were non-miners.

The information available centrally on the occupations of persons arrested in the context of the dispute does not indicate the charges involved in each arrest. The following table gives the information available on the occupations of people arrested during the dispute in the period between 14 March and 19 June, inclusive. Some 8 per cent. of those arrested were non-miners.

Occupation of person arrested	Number of arrests
Miner	3,182
Retired miner	1
Member of Parliament	1
Transport worker	4
Student	36
Health worker	2
Manual worker	37
Non-manual worker	9
Housewives	7
Unemployed	26
Retired (non miners)	2
Not known/Not given	137
TOTAL	3,444

Prisons (Post Boxes)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present policy in relation to the locking of all post boxes used by prisoners for posting their mail in Her Majesty's prisons.

It is general practice to lock boxes used by inmates to deposit outgoing letters for collection by staff in order to prevent other inmates from reading or interfering with correspondence, unless the box is located in an area to which inmates do not have unsupervised access.

Newham (Policing)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the increasing number of racist attacks, burglaries and vandalism in Newham, he will take steps to increase the police strength in that area.

The allocation of available manpower to particular police districts within the Metropolitan police district is a matter for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Since the beginning of 1983, my right hon. and learned Friend has authorised increases in the Metropolitan police's establishment totalling 500 and the strength of the force has risen by 513–2 per cent. In the same period uniform and CID strength in Newham has increased by 24–4·5 per cent.

Repatriation (Financial Assistance)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received from the Sikh community and others requesting improvements in assistance for repatriation; what response he gave; and if he will make a statement.

In April 1984 I met a delegation which included some representatives of the Sikh community. At this meeting, it was suggested that the financial assistance provided under section 29 of the Immigration Act 1971 to persons who wished to return permanently to their country of origin should include a lump sum payment to help with resettlement expenses. I explained that it was not possible to make any such payment under the section 29 scheme and that the Government had no plans for any amending legislation.

Parliamentary Constituencies

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Boundary Commission for England intends to conduct any interim reviews of parliamentary constituencies; and if he will make a statement.

The commission has informed me that under the powers provided in section 2(3) of the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 it intends to conduct an interim review of 23 parliamentary constituencies. The relevant details are as follows:

County	Constituencies
Avon	Bristol East BC
Avon	Kingswood BC
Avon	Wansdyke CC
Avon	Weston Super Mare CC
Avon	Woodspring CC
Cambridgeshire	Peterborough BC
Cambridgeshire	Huntingdon CC
Dorset	South Dorset CC
Dorset	West Dorset CC
Essex	Basildon BC
Essex	Castle Point BC
Humberside	Brigg and Cleethorpes CC
Humberside	Glanford and Scunthorpe BC
Merseyside	Knowsley North CC
Merseyside	Knowsley South CC
Somerset	Wells CC
Staffordshire	Newcastle-under-Lyme BC
Staffordshire	Stafford CC
Staffordshire	Stoke-on-Trent North BC
Warwickshire	Nuneaton CC
Warwickshire	Rugby and Kenilworth CC
Wiltshire	Devizes CC
Wiltshire	Swindon BC

Speeding Offences

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the average fine for speeding imposed by each magistrates bench in England in each of the last five years; and if he will break down the figures as between fines imposed upon (a) private motorists, (b) commercial drivers and (c) bus drivers.

[pursuant to his reply, 25 May 1984, c. 583]: Such information as may be provided without incurring disproportionate cost is given in the table, which gives for 1982 for each petty sessional division in England and Wales the average fine for speed limit offences and the number of offences on which this average was based. Variations in the average fine between petty sessional divisions may reflect variations in the types and circumstances of the offences dealt with.

Fines Imposed at Magistrates Courts for Speed Limit Offences.
England and Wales 1982
Petty Sessional Division	Number of Offences	Average Fine (£)
England
Avon
Bath	172	28.65
Bristol	871	30.91
Long Ashton	314	29.26
Thornbury	99	29.62
Wansdyke	112	26.77
Weston-super-Mare	1,924	45·07
Avon North	413	34·92
Bedfordshire
Ampthill	247	34.14
North Bedfordshire	332	38.30
Biggleswade	232	40.65
Dunstable	291	33.87
Leighton Buzzard	126	28.60
Luton	348	26.21
Berkshire
Bradfield and Sonning	281	24.91
Forest	281	28.94
Hungerford and Lambourn	12	42.33
Maidenhead	1,036	56.29
Newbury	747	50.14
Reading	487	29.98
Slough	332	27.67
Windsor	173	28.43
Buckinghamshire
Amersham	83	41.49
Aylesbury	940	25.20
Brill	9	26.22
Buckingham	97	19.89
Burnbam	966	48.61
Chesham	69	48.28
High Wycombe	353	32.88
Linslade	16	35.25
Marlow	179	31.38
Winslow	31	35.10
Wycombe (County)	142	27.06
Milton Keynes	1,704	33.83
Cambridge
Cambridge City	490	33.93
Ely	53	33.60
North Witchford	105	26.19
Toseland	231	27.00
Wisbech	304	24.37
Huntingdon	489	29.48
Peterborough	1,106	28.38
S. Cambridgeshire	644	35.02
Newmarket	170	35.18
Chester
Chester	1,787	25.71
Congleton	1,292	35.10
Crewe and Nantwich	598	27.28
Ellesmere Port and Neston	499	25.85
Halton	969	28.17
Macclesfield	1,953	26.96
Vale Royal	1,721	24.35
Warrington	2,432	24.96
Cleveland
Hartlepool	500	28.78
Langbaurgh	63	19.17
Teesside	2,241	23.23
Cornwall
Bodmin and Trigg	172	35.27
Dunheved	67	29.30
East Middle	34	25.38
East Penwith	516	18.89

Petty Sessional Division	Number of Offences	Average Fine (£)
East Powder	37	27.84
East South	21	28.14
Falmouth	9	30.44
Helston and Kerrier	35	26.03
Lesnewth	1	40.00
Liskerrett	18	31.50
Penryn	12	24.17
Penwith	53	25.85
Pydar	98	25.72
South Powder	2	39.00
Stratton	3	20.00
Truro and West Powder	88	24.65
Wadebridge	4	36.25
Cumbria
Ambleside and Windermere	40	26.63
Barrow-in-Furness	214	28.20
Bootle	3	13.33
Carlisle	792	28.56
Cockermouth	212	48.67
Eastward	166	27.32
Kendal	480	30.19
Keswick	98	46.26
Maryport	48	33·23
North Lonsdale	90	28.72
Penrith	154	36.55
West Ward	304	42.25
Whitehaven	387	32.79
Wigton	74	20.74
Workington	135	35.76
Derbyshire
Chesterfield	1,866	29·55
Glossop	261	22·23
High Peak	319	26·90
Ilkeston	734	29·24
Alrreton and Belper	1,263	45·23
Derby and South Derbyshire	1,142	29·71
West Derbyshire	304	30·29
Devon
Axminster	10	32·(60)
Barnstaple	377	24·97
Bideford and Great Torrington	53	27·32
Cullompton	263	40·15
Exeter	312	31·91
Exmouth	210	29·08
Honiton	49	26·43
Okehampton	44	37·34
Plymouth	767	26·24
Plympton	62	28·97
South Molton	22	26·59
Tavistock	34	34·56
Teignbridge	592	45·13
Tiverton	10	43·10
Torbay	269	28·81
Totnes	80	32·80
Wonfond	412	35·93
Dorset
Blandford	244	37·75
Bournemouth	1,548	36·01
Bridport	460	23·19
Christchurch	171	37·53
Dorchester	773	22·39
Poole	1,549	36·74
Shaftesbury	88	20·48
Sberbourne	129	21·28
Sturminster	106	34·75
Wareham	424	35·09
Weymouth and Portland	393	22·47
Wimborne	263	36·09
Durham
Chester-le-Street	145	31·10
Darlington	408	34·20

Petty Sessional Division	Number of Offences	Average Fine (£)
Derwentside	198	23·24
Easington	271	41·25
Sedgefield	470	32·23
Teesdale and Wear Valley	667	19·90
East Sussex
Battle and Rye	170	30·02
Bexhill	117	25·90
Brighton	738	37·87
Crowborough	52£1	27·81
Eastbourne	218	21·67
Hailsham	617	25·05
Hastings	419	34·21
Hove	512	45·37
Lewes	471	34·62
Essex
Billericay	492	47·00
Brentwood	420	45·94
Chelmsford	352	40·71
Colchester	540	38·44
Dengie and Maldon	29	29·52
Dunmow	62	32·52
Epping and Ongar	542	48·29
Freshwell and South Hinckford	106	32·56
Harlow	102	34·73
Harwich	51	55·10
Rochford	318	34·66
Saffron Waldon	391	39·25
Southend-on-Sea	819	34·41
Tendring	146	36·46
Thurrock	456	41·58
Witham	305	43·82
Halstead and Hedingham	44	29·73
Gloucestershire
Campden	61	34·30
Cheltenham	744	25·56
Coleford	106	25·51
Lydney	249	26·53
Newnham	46	22·48
Northleach	164	34·02
Stow-on-the-Wold	348	34·75
Stroud	171	28·00
Tewkesbury	144	28·88
Whitminster	2,197	45·90
Cirencester, Fairfd, Tetby	802	29·17
Berkeley and Dursley	18	37·39
Gloucester	1,407	26·56
Greater Manchester
Bolton	1,547	31·89
Bury	1,253	30·97
Manchester	2,601	21·51
Oldham	579	26·43
Middleton and Heywood	243	36·05
Rochdale	871	19·25
Eccles	506	34·05
Salford	697	31·57
Stockport	1,036	30·62
Ashton-under-Lyne	872	24·46
South Tameside	355	28·14
Trafford	1,501	29·23
Leigh	619	32·18
Makerfield	1,077	28·17
Wigan	1,105	28·29
Hampshire
Alton	200	42·41
Andover	538	58·18
Basingstoke	1,292	42·33
Droxford	115	36·67
Eastleigh	582	19·18
Fareham	981	36·23
Gosport	94	31·17
Havant	426	33·84

Petty Sessional Division	Number of Offences	Average fine (£)
Hythe	87	21·21
Lymington	239	28·54
Odiham	808	29·66
Petersfield	614	44·14
Portsmouth	930	33·29
Ringwood	189	29·51
Romsey	400	34·05
Southampton	1,442	35·79
Totton and New Forest	835	37·34
Winchester	605	44·66
Havering	469	32·39
Hereford and Worcester
Bewdley Borough	24	26·08
Bromsgrove	661	26·51
Bromyard	2	20·00
Dore and Bredwardine	4	28·50
Droitwich	52	25·37
Evesham	116	25·08
Hereford (Borough)	244	20·81
Hereford (County)	123	28·32
Kidderminster	512	25·62
Kington	40	23·25
Ledbury	10	24·20
Leominster and Wigmore	118	19·35
Malvern	50	26·50
Pershore	244	27·20
Redditch	498	25·00
Ross	168	30·01
Stourport	134	26·04
Upton on Severn	11	22·64
Worcester (Borough)	370	24·89
Worcester (County)	361	26·07
Worcester (County) (Mway)	1,031	35·86
Hertfordshire
Bishop's Stortford	74	20·53
Cheshunt	709	33·94
Dacorum	915	27·91
Hatfield	302	26·83
St. Albans	1,257	31·35
South Mimms	163	44·91
Stevenage	664	22·45
Watford	779	30·12
Welwyn	260	29·53
Hertford and Ware	709	29·88
North Hertfordshire	837	26·58
Humberside
Bainton Beacon	96	26·10
Barton-upon-Humber	108	21·23
Beverley	135	29·26
Brigg	433	22·43
Dickering	102	22·83
Epworth and Goole	1,361	33·29
Grimsby Borough	143	28·55
Cleethorpes	137	26·08
Holme Beacon	67	27·04
Howdenshire	24	38·00
Kingston upon Hull	1,303	28·97
Middle Holderness	95	19·37
North Holderness	41	22·68
Scunthorpe	832	30·77
South Holderness	45	26·58
South Hunsley Beacon	869	38·81
Wilton Beacon	111	22·09
Grimsby and Cleethorpes	360	27·93
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight	349	28·49
Kent
Ashford and Tenterden	604	25·90
Canterbury and St. Augustin	802	28·93
Dartford	2,199	39·62
Dover and East Kent	637	27·44

Petty Sessional Division	Number of Offences	Average Fine (£)
Faversham	280	39·78
Folkestone and Hythe	753	20·85
Gravesham	667	33·73
Maidstone	1,240	26·58
Margate	556	27·11
Medway	1,297	31·25
Ramsgate	380	26·53
Sevenoaks	1,172	29·92
Sittingbourne	203	38·40
Tonbridge and Mailing	1,178	30·20
Tunbridge W. and Cranbrook	347	25·31
Lancashire
Accrington	94	26·10
Blackburn	129	28·61
Blackpool	811	28·19
Burnley	248	27·81
Chorley	201	30·97
Church	106	30·54
Darwen	99	24·93
Fylde	603	29·15
Lancaster	699	30·43
Ormskirk	234	29·61
Pendle	193	31·53
Preston	206	32·78
Rossendale	129	32·19
South Ribble	233	31·23
Ribble Valley	51	31·96
Wyre	376	27·60
Leicestershire
Ashby-de-la-Zouch	130	26·47
Leicester (City)	1,268	24·32
Leicester (County)	1.19	30·29
Loughborough	348	23·74
Lutterworth	82	27·27
Market Bosworth	99	30·30
Market Harborough	54	20·13
Melton & Belvoir	167	25·71
Rutland	404	32·26
Lincolnshire
Alford	36	17·89
Boston	538	29·74
Bourne	342	26·68
Caistor	27	34·44
East Elloe	96	28·06
Gainsborough	207	23·71
Grantham	895	28·81
Horncastle	224	16·74
Lincoln (City)	629	18·83
Lincoln (Kesteven)	290	33·36
Lindsey (Lincoln, Wragby)	369	30·46
Louth	210	24·50
Market Rasen	36	26·25
Sleaford	312	25·27
Spilsby	234	20·14
Stamford	73	28·77
West Elloe	278	29·21
London (Inner)
Hampstead	201	39·23
Guildhall Justice Room	41	34·00
Mansion House Justice Room	74	36·45
Bow Street	168	27·51
Clerkenwell	557	22·19
Greenwich	403	29·66
Marlborough Street	4	52·50
Marylebone	873	36·79
Old Street	238	31·10
South Western	118	29·37
Thames	436	27·17
Tower Bridge	149	28·95
West London (Southcombe Street)	385	24·61
Woolwich	544	30·07
Wells Street	7	34·57

Petty Sessional Division	Number of Offences	Average Fine (£)
Camberwell Green	1,009	25·18
West London (Walton Street)	49	26·80
Horseferry Road	382	24·80
Highbury Corner	736	26·95
London (Outer)
Stratford	1	40·00
West Ham	276	34·89
Acton	211	40·18
Barnet	194	36·59
Brentford	411	57·51
Bromley	111	27·86
Bexley	373	30·37
Wallington	156	25·54
Croydon	177	28·59
Ealing	62	47·34
Hendon	396	33·57
Highgate	1,175	36·33
Sutton	245	36·42
Edmonton	1,362	37·87
Harrow	755	33·81
Willesden	312	44·30
Wimbledon	267	25·21
Uxbridge	198	37·68
Richmond upon Thames	298	32·80
New Spelthorne (Feltham)	303	41·83
Kingston-upon-Thames	240	34·98
Waltham Forest	254	29·91
Barking	683	29·69
Redbridge	808	38·15
Merseyside
Knowsley	865	27·88
Liverpool	3,240	32·74
St. Helens	1,907	23·30
North Sefton	414	26·87
South Sefton	760	30 ·24
Wirral	1,146	27·76
Norfolk
Norwich	1,247	32·73
Downham Market	172	29·37
Diss	140	41·54
East Dereham	219	30·00
Fakenham	36	25.78
Wymondham	129	32·17
Great Yarmouth	498	32·96
Kings Lynn	285	27·53
Cromer	43	28·56
Hunstanton	50	24·20
Swaffham	253	21·83
Thetford	149	33·11
North Walsham	19	32·38
Northamptonshire
Brackley	57	33·07
Corby	384	36·77
Daventry	374	42·62
Kettering	577	31·16
Mid-Northants	256	48·73
Northampton	954	29·29
Oundle & Thrapston	231	30·77
Towcester	210	30·02
Wellingborough	209	32·37
Northumberland
Bamburgh	180	35·64
Bellingham	61	34·51
Berwick-upon-Tweed	108	35·41
Blyth Valley	371	29·20
East Coquetdale	157	39·20
Glendale	13	32·69
Hexham	404	37·56
Morpeth	301	30·49
Wansbeck	249	27·99
West Coquetdale	246	29·49

Petty Sessional Division	Number of Offences	Average ^Fine (£)*
North Yorkshire
Allertonshire	45	26·98
Birdforth	68	31·84
Bulmer East	81	34·35
Bulmer West	10	21·00
Claro	313	39·60
Gilling East	82	44·87
Hallikeld	109	43·01
Hang East	220	28·78
Richmond & Gilling West	13	25·54
Ripon Liberty	6	29·17
Ryedale	23	21·83
Scarborough	260	27·75
Selby	580	27·86
Staincliffe	133	33·10
Stokesley	37	24·84
Whitby Strand	52	23·56
York	107	22·23
Malton	91	28·80
Nottinghamshire
Bingham	48	29·52
Nottingham (City)	1,147	27·34
Nottingham (County)	1,259	36·14
Worksop	856	33·34
Mansfield	789	29·86
Newark & Southwell	438	37·84
Oxfordshire
Bampton East	950	30·83
Bampton West	570	32·43
Bicester	241	27·78
Bullingdon	639	32·08
Chipping Norton	42	27·21
Henley	63	29·48
Moreton & Wallingford	117	33·60
North Oxfordshire	507	28·34
Oxford	979	31·10
Watlington	182	47·44
Abingdon	730	38·98
Wantage & Faringdon	198	32·40
Woodstock	586	28·78
Shropshire
Bridgnorth	41	21·07
Drayton	122	20·10
Ludlow	22	23·56
Oswestry	160	19·11
Shifnal	10	33·80
Shrewsbury	354	19·82
The Wrekin	193	31·50
Wenlock	139	21·51
Somerset
Frome	88	24·66
Ilminster	14	31·79
Sedgemoor	200	27·54
Shepton Mallet	98	25·66
Somerton	30	22·50
Taunton Deane	1,312	39·29
Wells	91	26·78
West Somerset	31	26·35
Wincanton	59	35·80
Yeovil	231	28·21
South Yorkshire
Barnsley	944	40·31
Doncaster	1,662	39·52
Rotherham	856	45·89
Sheffield	2,957	40·95
Staffordshire
Burton-upon-Trent	375	31·23
Cannock	1,111	35·37
Cheadle	75	35,15

Petty Sessional Division	Number of Offences	Average Fine (£)
Eccleshall	416	48·88
Leek	224	34·19
Lichfleld	687	34·36
Newcastle-under-Lyme	209	33·89
Pirehill North	462	40·66
Rugeley	99	35·60
Seisdon	289	29·64
Stafford	482	43·43
Stoke-on-Trent	1,456	32·94
Stone	40	39·90
Tamworth	181	31·96
Uttoxeter	34	22·15
Suffolk
Beccles	118	17·02
Blything	84	16·31
Felixstowe	130	33·42
Hartismere	45	22·56
Lackford	133	29·05
Lowestoft	128	16·16
Newmarket	332	39·87
Risbridge	12	24·17
St. Edmundsbury	384	34·26
Stow	259	33·45
Sudbury and Cosford	60	28·80
Woodbridge	87	26·76
Ipswich	711	30·26
Surrey
Chertsey	319	33·07
Dorking	282	31·26
Epsom	555	34·41
Esher and Walton	640	34·49
Farnham	337	32·79
Godstone	261	28·43
Guildford	594	37·44
Reigate	566	45·52
Staines and Sunbury	113	30·65
Woking	142	30·37
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead	488	36·35
Newcastle upon Tyne	707	22·19
North Tyneside	661	28·81
South Tyneside	619	27·54
Houghton-le-Spring	295	27·47
Sunderland	451	19·93
Warwickshire
Alcester	87	26·59
Atherstone and Coleshill	695	39·18
Kineton	10	36·70
Nuneaton	180	28·32
Rugby	324	29·02
Shipston-on-Stour	54	29·35
Southam	10	25·50
Stratford-upon-Avon	413	25·93
Warwick	717	26·97
West Midlands
Birmingham	5,320	32·33
Sutton Coldfield	726	27·79
Coventry	1,850	26·81
Dudley	1,175	33·56
Halesowen	292	30·55
Stourbridge	260	30·68
Warley	649	37·01
West Bromwich	1,321	35·66
Solihull	2,319	29·18
Aldridge and Brownhills	1,568	27·65
Walsall	1,606	30·89
Wolverhampton	1,705	24·77
West Sussex
Arundle	107	27·80
Chichester	307	45·40

Petty Sessional Division	Number of Offences	Average Fine (£)
Crawley	140	30·76
Horsham	179	37·78
Midhurst	78	42·56
Mid-Sussex	970	40·06
Petwonh	99	38·71
Steyning	318	31·35
Worthing	277	29·77
West Yorkshire
Bradford	503	30·36
Keighley	263	24·45
Brighouse	337	46·19
Calder	6	30·00
Todmorden	69	31·16
Calder	361	40·99
Batley	101	35·55
Dewsbury	472	33·42
Huddersfield	1,022	40·12
Leeds	1,710	33·15
Morley	142	53·63
Pudsey and Otley	211	41·75
Skyrack and Wetherby	940	47·51
Pontefract	652	29·66
Wakefield	603	37·20
Wiltshire
Bradford	65	29·63
Calne	32	24·00
Chippenham	756	28·27
Cricklade	199	19·28
Devizes	224	26·22
Everley & Pewsey	272	18·19
Malmesbury	19	28·89
Marlborough	286	30·61
Melksham	78	19·04
Salisbury	1,016	32·77
Swindon	1,349	35·41
Tisbury & Mere	95	30·69
Trowbridge	237	26·14
Warminster	343	29·76
Westbury	149	24·82
Whorwellsdown	118	30·39
WALES
Clwyd
Berwyn	168	19·52
Colwyn	535	28·68
Dyffryn	185	26·86
Flint	119	29·19
Hawarden	184	28·71
Mold	143	31·85
Rhuddlan	277	31·02
Wrexham Maelor	532	27·86
Dyfed
Aberaeron	49	22·49
Aberystwyth	309	22·65
Amman Valley	59	20·34
Cardigan	91	20·15
Carmarthen	486	38·14
Cemaes	44	17·41
Dewsland	20	35·25
Fishguard	16	17·44
Haverfordwest	64	32·50
Lampeter	11	16·00
Llandeilo	123	21·26
Llandovery	20	19·25
Llandyssul	3	18·67
Llanelli	578	22·43
Milford Haven	45	35·64
Narberth	29	33·38
Newcastle Emlyn	66	25·17
Pembroke	44	32·52
Pencader	15	25·33
Rhydlewis	12	27·50
St. Clears	27	30·74

Petty Sessional Division	Number of Offences	Average Fine (£)
Tenby	19	36·68
Tregaron	1	15·00
Gwent
Abergavenny	76	23·16
Bedwellty	152	24·43
Cwmbran	70	23·87
Chepstow	162	26·98
Monmouth	80	26·00
Newport	928	27·30
Pontypool	65	31·46
Usk	225	24·31
Gwynedd
Ardudwy-is-Artro	23	23·91
Ardudwy-uwch-Artro	72	28·58
Bangor	138	38·24
Conwy & Llandudno	457	33·55
Eifionydd	41	29·02
Estimaner	5	17·60
Nant Conwy	109	28·90
North Anglesey	120	32·09
Penllyn	61	21·98
Pwllheli	37	24·62
South Anglesey	81	35·77
Talybont	33	20·55
Caemarfon & Gwyrfai	209	33·25
Mid-Glamorgan
Cynon Valley	139	23·47
Lower Rhymney Valley	60	37·17
Merthyr Tydfil	162	35·73
Miskin	371	34·60
Newcastle & Ogmore	602	30·79
Upper Rhymney Valley	5	49·00
Powys
Crickhowell	36	20·83
Llandrindod Wells	20	23·00
Llanidloes	4	17·50
Machynlleth	2	27·50
Rhayader	69	17·54
Talgarth	2	17·50
Ystradgynlais	20	37·35
Brecon	18	25·44
East Radnor	8	24·13
Builth	10	20·40
Welshpool	106	26·25
Newtown	86	28·74
South Glamorgan
Cardiff	1,043	27·53
Vale of Glamorgan	336	30·05
West Glamorgan
Afan	394	34·08
Lliw Valley	346	19·99
Neath	213	29·94
Swansea City	682	30·31
Total
England and Wales	257,604	31·77

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food

Pesticides

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to ensure that the promulgation of regulations to ensure safer use of pesticides in the United Kingdom does not increase the export of hazardous pesticides to developing countries.

There is no reason why regulations to ensure the safe use of pesticides in the United Kingdom should give rise to increased exports of hazardous pesticides to developing countries. We are, however, doing all we can to assist developing countries to ensure the safe and efficient use of pesticides in their own territories.

Crayfish

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what powers he has to control the import of live crayfish.

Under section 10 of the Animal Health Act 1981, we have powers to control, by order, the import of, inter alia, live crayfish for the purpose of preventing the introduction into or spreading within Great Britain of disease.Under section 1 of the Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980, we have powers to control, by order, on ecological grounds, the import into England and Wales of, inter alia, live crayfish of a species not native to England and Wales.

Milk Producers

Hughes asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the scheme to help the small milk producer referred to in the answer to the hon. Member for Dorset, North (Mr. Baker), Official Report, 14 May, column 54, apply without prejudice as between tenants and owner-occupiers.

I am not entirely clear which part of the scheme the hon. Member has in mind, but in the reallocation of quota we would not expect to differentiate between tenants and owner-occupiers.

Rum Producers

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the effect of the provisions of the Lomé convention on the market share in the United Kingdom of rum producers from the less developed countries; and if he will make a statement.

In 1974, the year before the first Lomé convention came into operation, imports of rum from the African, Carribean and Pacific states accounted for 96 per cent. of the United Kingdom's total rum imports. In 1982, the latest year for which statistics are available, this share had risen to 99 per cent.

Social Services

Housing Benefit

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are his Department's latest estimates of the number of additional staff employed by public authorities in Great Britain as a direct result of the introduction of the housing benefit scheme; and what is the net additional expenditure attributable to these additional posts in 1984–85.

As my right hon. Friend told the Social Services Select Committee on 20 June, staff savings of 2,400 were achieved in DHSS as a result of the introduction of the housing benefit scheme. There are indications that, for a number of reasons, including transitional difficulties, increases in the number of claims and changes in the schemes themselves, the additional staff employed by local authorities may exceed this level. I will keep the hon. Member informed when further estimates become available in due course.

Asbestos

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what financial help has been given to all regional health authorities in the United Kingdom towards the cost of removing asbestos from health authority premises.

No specific funds have been allocated for this purpose. Our advice to health authorities, recently reinforced, is that where asbestos is in sound condition it is safer not to disturb it, for a hazard arises only where asbestos is affected in such a way that dust is released. The identification, and treatment or removal of asbestos in a hazardous condition is part of health authorities' duties for the care and maintenance of buildings, and they must meet the costs from their allocations. To retain centrally and separately allocate funds for this specific purpose would only create unnecessary delays.

Benefits

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, further to the answer of the Minister of State to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) 12 June, Official Report, column 750, how many benefits have an administrative percentage cost of 41·37 per cent.; and if he will list the percentage costs of administering each of the state benefits.

The estimated costs of administering the main social security benefits are as follows:

Benefit^*	Administration cost as percentage of total cost^†
Retirement pension	1½
Widows' benefit	3
Unemployment benefit	8
Sickness and invalidity benefits	6½
Industrial disablement benefit	7½
Maternity allowance	2½
War pension	3
Attendance allowance and invalid care allowance	4
Mobility allowance	2½
Supplementary benefit	8½
Child benefit	2½
Family income supplement	4½
Maternity grant	35
Death grant	41½
Housing benefit	2½
^* The administration costs of the smaller benefits cannot be estimated separately.
^†Administration costs are expressed as a percentage of benefit plus administration cost.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to the answer given to the hon. Member for Birkenhead on 14 June, Official Report, column 567, if he will detail for each of the categories of benefits listed the size of the shortfall in keeping each benefit in line with price rises since May 1979; and if he will estimate the savings in revenue which have resulted in not maintaining the real value of all benefits since 1979.

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

Area Health Authorities (Asset Sales)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the proceeds of the sale of assets by area health authorities will, in total, remain with the area health authorities which have initiated the sale.

Our policy is that proceeds from the sale of surplus land should go to the district health authority which generated the sale except where the cost of new or replacement facilities has previously been met from the regional health authority's capital programme or where the proceeds are particularly large.

Tobacco And Alcohol (Advertising)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the total grant allocation to the Health Education Council for each of the past four years; and what proportion of council spending has been on alerting the public as to the dangers associated with smoking and alcoholism for each year, respectively.

The information requested is as follows:

	Total grant allocation	Anti-smoking programme		Alcohol programme
	£ million	£ million	(per cent.)	£ million	(per cent.)
1980–81	5·0	0·7	(14)	0·2	(4)
1981–82	6·5	1·1	(17)	0·2	(3)
1982–83	8·6	2·4	(28)	0·3	(3)
1983–84	9·3	2·6	(28)	0·3	(3)

Advice on smoking and excessive drinking is also contained as elements of other HEC programmes, and that expenditure is not included in the figures. For example, about one third of expenditure on the "Look After Yourself" campaign (over £200,000 in 1983–84) is directed against smoking.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information is available to him as to the amounts spent by tobacco and alcohol companies in advertising and promoting their products.

Information about press, poster and cinema advertising expenditure for cigarette and hand-rolling tobacco is provided on a confidential basis to the Department, in accordance with the terms of appendix 2 of the present voluntary agreement on tobacco products advertising and promotion, and health warnings, a copy of which is in the Library. Information is provided under a separate agreement to my hon. Friend the Minister for Sport on the amount spent by tobacco companies on sports sponsorship.We do not receive similar information on alcohol where problems are caused by misuse rather than use.

Unemployment Benefit

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average value of unemployment benefit in the United Kingdom; and how it compares with that in each European Economic Community country.

The average weekly value of unemployment benefit in Great Britain—excluding Northern Ireland—in November 1983 was £27·35.Information as to the level of unemployment benefit in the countries of the European Community is contained in the Department's publication, "Tables of Social Benefit Systems in the Member States of the European Communities, Portugal and Spain (position at 1 January 1983)", a copy of which is in the Library.

Grant Allocations

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the organisations which have received interim payments from his Department whilst waiting to hear of their grant allocations for the year 1984–85; and if he will also list the amount of each payment.

I assume the hon. Member is referring to payments under our general scheme of grants to voluntary organisations. The table shows payments made pending a decision about the total to be paid in 1984–85 in respect of each application.

Interim payments from subhead K2(1) in 1984–85 to date	£
British Association for Adoption and Fostering	50,000
Cope	22,500
Crossroads	14,000
Cruse	20,000
English Access Committee	18,300
Family Policy Studies Centre	11,000
Family Service Units	34,000
Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence	2,750
	26,520
Merseyside, lancashire and Cheshire Council on Alcoholism	7,500
National Agency on Alcohol Misuse	20,000
	16,500
	37,000
Opus	1,500
Pre-school Playgroups Association	81,500
Standing Conference on Drug Abuse	18,400
Vortex	2,375
Widows Advisory Trust	2,500
Women's Aid Federation (England)	25,000

Dysentery

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list in the Official Report those towns and cities concerned in the official reports of 7,000 cases of dysentery made in 1983 giving the number of reports for each; if he will list the towns and cities reporting dysentery outbreaks to date in 1984; how many cases of dysentery were reported in Bradford in 1983 and to date in 1984; and if he will make a statement.

The location of the cases of dysentery in England and Wales notified in 1983 and 1984 is given in the OPCS Monitor, copies of which are in the Library. The provisional nurnbers of notifications of cases of dysentery in Bradford in 1983 and in 1984 to date are 380 and 1,381, respectively. As regards the current outbreak of dysentery in Bradford, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 18 June at column 63.

Shipley Hospital

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to agree what community geriatric unit role Shipley hospital is to adopt; what is the latest information available as to the modifications necessary to the hospital to perform that role; and what is the latest estimate of the cost of those modifications.

The future role of Shipley hospital as a geriatric facility is for Bradford health authority to determine. Any modifications and their costs will depend on this decision and the results of a feasibility study currently being carried out.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the discussions between the Bradford district health authority and doctors in the district about the future role of Shipley hospital as a community geriatric unit have been concluded; and what view the doctors have expressed about Shipley hospital becoming a community geriatric unit.

I understand that Bradford health authority's discussions with consultants in geriatric medicine on the future role of Shipley hospital are not yet complete. The hon. Member may care to contact the chairman of the health authority for the information he seeks.

Pre-School Playgroups Association

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how long a period the £81,500 interim payment to the Pre-school Playgroups Association is intended to cover;(2) on what basis the figure of £81,500 was arrived at as an interim payment to the Pre-school Playgroups Association.

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

Charities (Grant Allocations)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many charitable organisations still have to be informed of their grant allocations for the year 1984–85.

[pursuant to his reply, 18 June 1984, c. 63]: As my hon. Friend indicated in reply to the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) on 4 June, at column 39, the volume of applications made it necessary for us to look carefully at the overall pattern of grants to ensure sensible priorities.Following completion of this study, voluntary bodies which have applied for new and renewed grants will be notified as soon as possible. Meanwhile, we have sought to help where necessary by making the interim payments listed in response to another question by the hon. Member today.I am glad to say that our current basic provision of £11 million for the general scheme of grants to voluntary organisations in 1984–85 represents an increase of over 10 per cent. on the original provision for 1983–84, and thus a further clear increase in real terms.

Voluntary Organisations (Grants)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will bring up to date the reply given to the hon. Member for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley on 14 December 1983, Official Report, column 509, indicating (a) any new grants that have been awarded, (b) any grants that have been cut, (c) any grants that have been increased and (d) any grants that have remained the same.

[pursuant to his reply, 4 June 1984, c. 38]: For the reasons indicated in my reply on 14 December 1983, at columns 509–16, a simple comparison of the amount of grant paid to a particular organisation in successive years may be misleading. The tables that follow list grants paid in 1983–84. For figures for 1982–83, I refer the hon. Member to my earlier reply.

Grants to Voluntary Bodies Under S64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968—General Scheme (Subhead K2(1))Provisional Outturn
	£
Action for Dysphasic Adults	5,000
Action on Smoking and Health	118,000
Advocacy Alliance	26,000
Age Concern	265,500
Alcohol Education Centre	91,250
Alcoholic Hostels	69,733
Alzheimer's Disease Society	13,000
Anthony Nolan Fund	6,000
Apex Trust	14,000
Artshare South West—South West Arts	4,000
Association for all Speech Impaired Children	8,600
Association for Research into Restricted Growth	1,250
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus	45,000
Association of Breast feeding Mothers	1,500
Association of Carers	14,500
Association of Residential Communities for the Retarded	10,000
Association of Professions for the Mentally Handicapped	8,000
Baby Life Support Systems	1,218
Back Pain Association	21,250
Bexley Moorings	21,000
Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind	20,000
Blenheim Street Agency	7,600
Breakthrough Trust	28,500
British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering	252,000
British Association for Service to the Elderly	5,000
British Association of the Hard of Hearing	21,500
British Association of Immediate Care	25,000
British Deaf Association	15,000
British Epilepsy Association	22,000
British Institute of Mental Handicap	24,000
British Kidney Patient Association	30,000
British Red Cross	10,000
British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society	5,000
Brook Advisory Centres	34,500
Calibre	8,000
Campaign for Single Homeless People	26,000
Campaign for the Mentally Handicapped	14,000
Catholic Child Welfare Council	2,500
Catholic Marriage Advisory Council	31,000
Centre for Ethnic Minorities Health Studies	20,000
Centre for Family Policy Studies	39,687
Centre for Policy on Ageing	55,204
Centre on Environment for the Handicapped	27,000
Cherwell Housing Trust	7,625
Chest, Heart and Stroke Association	7,500
Child Accident Prevention Trust	60,766
Child Poverty Action Group	16,200
Children's Legal Centre	21,750
Church of England Children's Society	125,000
City Roads Crisis Intervention	57,200
Coeliac Society	20,250
Combat Huntington's Chorea	22,800
Community Drugs Project	5,300
Community Projects Foundation	79,500
Community Service Volunteers	27,600
Contact	22,800

	£
Contact a Family	28,150
Cope	91,500
Coronary Prevention Group	3,250
Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People	20,000
Coventry Voluntary Services Council	8,775
Crossroads Care Attendant Scheme Ltd.	78,000
Cruse	87,000
Cyrenians	42,420
Dial United Kingdom	14,000
Disability Alliance	10,000
Disabled Drivers Association	4,000
Disabled Drivers Motor Club	3,500
Disabled Living Foundation	256,000
Disablement Income Group	15,000
Doncaster I. T. Organisation	15,000
Dorney Parish Eton College Project	21,000
Downs Children's Association	6,000
Dr. Barnardo's	236,612
Elizabeth House Association	6,750
Employment Fellowship	12,000
English Access Committee	17,000
Extend	10,000
Family Forum	27,800
Family Holiday Association	3,500
Family Planning Association	74,700
Family Rights Group	19,000
Family Service Units	178,000
Family Tree	8,000
Family Welfare Association	85,000
Federation of Alcoholic Rehabilitation Establishments	85,200
Fluoridation Society	15,000
Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths	7,500
Gingerbread	58,000
Greater Manchester Council on Alcoholism	14,000
Hampshire Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders	15,000
Handcrafts Advisory Association for the Disabled	8,800
Headway Association	5,250
Holiday Care Service	5,000
Home Base	30,000
Home Start Consultancy	19,000
Human Ageing Trust	3,000
Independent Adoption Society	8,000
Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence	140,600
International Hospital Federation	15,000
International Social Service	35,000
International Voluntary Service	18,000
In Touch	2,900
Invalids at Home Trust	2,400
Joint Committee on Mobility for the Disabled	750
Kent Council on Alcoholism	3,000
Kidney Transplant Olympic Association	3,000
Kids	5,000
L'Arche Ltd.	10,000
Le Leche League of Great Britain	3,000
Leicester Council for Voluntary Service	13,050
Leonard Cheshire Foundation	55,000
Liverpool Alcoholism Services	34,400
London Voluntary Service Council	6,000
Mastectomy Association	6,000
Maternity Alliance	20,000
Medical Commission on Accident Prevention	6,000
Medical Council on Alcoholism	78,070
Mencap	256,917
Mental Health Film Council	16,000
Migraine Trust	5,000
Motability	331,228
Multi-Faith Resource Unit	8,000
National Agency on Alcoholic Misuse (NAAM)	69,000
National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society	3,000
National Association of Limbless Disabled	5,000
National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders	241,900
National Association for the Childless	13,000
National Association for the Deaf/Blind, Rubella Handicapped	29,000

	£
National Association for Maternal and Child Welfare	5,000
National Association for Mental Health	350,000
National Association for Patient Participation in General Practice	3,000
National Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital	75,000
National Association of Leagues of Hospital Friends	10,500
National Association of Victims Support Schemes	8,500
National Association of Voluntary Hostels	4,500
National Association of Young People in Care	31,250
National Association of Youth Clubs	48,000
National Childbirth Trust	15,000
National Childminding Association	92,850
National Children's Bureau	123,361
National Children's Home	39,100
National Council for One Parent Families	116,000
National Council for Carers and their Elderly Dependents	3,000
National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations	23,070
National Council for Voluntary Organisations	50,100
National Council on Alcoholism	198,133
National Eczema Society	10,500
National Elfrida Rathbone Society	12,500
National Federation of Kidney Patients	6,500
National Federation of the Blind of the United Kingdom	4,000
National Foster Care Association	82,183
National Library for the Blind	10,000
National Listening Library	10,000
National Marriage Guidance Council	35,000
National Out of School Alliance	34,000
National Playbus Association	40,000
National Schizophrenia Fellowship	93,000
National Society for Epilepsy	10,000
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children	148,000
National Tape Magazine for the Blind	500
National Youth Bureau	61,200
Network for the Handicapped	1,500
Norfolk Children's Projects	44,305
Northampton Council for Voluntary Service	15,075
Northern Regional Association for the Blind	44,840
Northorpe Hall Trust	6,250
Nottingham Council for Voluntary Services	22,000
Ockenden Venture	21,000
One to One	6,000
Opus	6,000
Outset	9,000
Organisation for Sickle Cell Research	8,000
Overseas Doctors Association	7,000
Parent to Parent Information on Adoption Services	4,500
Parents for Children	46,000
Partially Sighted Society	15,000
Patients Association	6,350
Phobics Society	5,000
Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied	20,000
Plymouth Night Shelter	20,140
Pre-School Playgroups Association	383,000
Queen Elizabeth Foundation for the Disabled	34,500
Radio Lollipop Limited	4,500
Rainer Foundation	97,130
Rape Counselling and Research Project	20,000
Richmond Fellowship	92,750
Rother Help Centre	50,000
Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation	240,000
Royal National Institute for the Blind	240,000
Royal National Institute for the Deaf	165,500
Royal School for the Blind	58,800
Samaritans	98,000
Save the Children Fund	285,578
Sequal (was Possum Users Association)	34,600
Sexual and Personal Relationships of the Disabled	32,000
Shape	10,000
Sheffield Family Service Units	5,250

	£
Sickle Cell Society	8,000
Social Work Training Grants	81,194
Society of Voluntary Associates	18,250
Southern and Western Regional Association for the Blind	60,573
Spastics Society	48,000
Spinal Injuries Association	21,000
Standing Conference on Drug Abuse	70,000
St. Albans Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility	9,000
St. Dismas Resource Centre	7,715
St. John Ambulance	52,000
Stillbirth and Perinatal Death Association	14,000
Stonham Housing Association	19,000
Sue Ryder Foundation	15,000
Sutton Welcare Association	2,000
Tacade	6,687
Tadworth Trust	20,000
Toy Libraries Association	41,000
Turning Point	139,214
Venture 12 Project	11,000
Vocal	20,000
Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children	31,003
Voluntary Organisations Liaison Committee for Under Fives	16,460
Volunteer Centre	75,854
Vortex	9,500
Wessex Rehabilitation Association	20,000
Westminster Pastoral Foundation	66,000
Widows Advisory Trust	10,000
Winged Fellowship Trust	12,000
Women's Aid Federation (England)	100,000
Women's Health Concern	9,673
Women's National Cancer Control Campaign	88,900
Women's Royal Voluntary Service	31,000
£ for £ Scheme	139,428

Grants to Voluntary Organisations Towards Capital Works For:
	£
1. Registered voluntary children's homes (subhead H1(1)(a))
Keffolds—Ockenden Venture	3,000
Talbot House management committee	4,590
Whitegates Children's Homes	1,678
Fellowship of St. Nicholas	23,750
Friends Therapeutic Community	8,042
Dr. Bamardo's	29,500
Caldecott Community School	18,398
2. Assisted community homes (Subhead H1(1)(b))
Catholic Child Welfare Society (Middlesbrough)	299,551
Dr. Barnardo's	197,000
Catholic Children's Rescue Society (Salford)	3,416
3. Grants for social work training (subhead H5)
National Institute for Social Work	216,000

Grants to voluntary organisations under schedule 5 of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (as amended (sub-head) B (3) 552)
A. General scheme grants Voluntary organisations	£
1. Aberdeen Cyrenians	4,300
2. Birmingham Committee for Night Shelter	6,700
3. Birmingham, St. Anne's	5,500
4. Birmingham, St. Basil's	6,600
5. Brighton, YMCA	4,800
6. Cambridge Cyrenians	1,250
7. Cardiff Cyrenians	3,600
8. Coventry Cyrenians	4,800
9. Edinburgh, People's Palace	6,000
10. Exeter, Shilhay	4,800
11. Glasgow, Kirkhaven	3,100
12. Guildford Cyrenians	2,400
13. Leeds Cyrenians	1,250

A. General scheme grants Voluntary organisations	£
14. Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt	3,600
15. London, Bondway	13,200
16. London, Centrepoint	8,400
17. London, Theatre Girls' Club	8,400
18. Lowestoft Night Shelter	3,600
19. Manchester Night Shelter	8,400
20. Norwich Night Shelter	6,000
21. Nottingham, Help the Homeless	4,000
22. Oxford Cyrenians	7,200
23. Plymouth Night Shelter	3,600
24. Portsmouth, Harbour Community	1,700
25. Portsmouth, St. Petroc's Community Trust	4,300
26. Preston, Homeless in	3,600
27. Sheffield, Joint Standing Committee	6,000
28. Stockton Churches Mission to the Single Homeless	4,800
29. Stoke Potteries Housing Association	4,300
30. Swansea, SASH	4,300
31. Swindon Cyrenians	3,100
32. Taunton Association for the Homeless	4,800
33. Tyneside Cyrenians	4,800
34. Wolverhampton Overnight Shelter Group	5,200
35. Worcester, St. Paul's	3,600

B. Camberwell Replacement Scheme—topping-up (revenue) grants
	£
Circle Trust	11,521
Peter Bedford Trust	3,804
North Lambeth Day Centre	4,789
Single Homeless Project	6,446
St. Mungo Community Housing Association	1,812
Bondway Housing Association	3,688
Opportunities for Volunteering Provisional Outturn (Subhead K8)
Age Concern	905,000
British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres	194,900
British Council of Churches	391,900
Church of England Children's Society	71,200
Community Service Volunteers	242,675
Consortium on Opportunities for Volunteering General Fund	1,769,315
Dr. Barnardo's	155,000
Mencap	111,200
National Association for Mental Health	227,800
National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders	156,300
National Association of Leagues of Hospital Friends	50,450
Pre-School Playgroups Association	106,200
Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation	90,600
Royal National Institute for the Blind	52,300
Spastics Society	52,500
The Panel of Four	52,500
Volunteer Centre	8,338
Grant to Kings Fund Centre (Subhead K2 (2)) (Year ending 31 December 1983)	300,000
Intermediate Treatment Fund (Subhead K5 (1))	352,500
Family Fund (Subhead K3)	4,287,780

Intermediate treatment initiative (Subhead K5(2))
	£
Barnsley Intermediate Treatment Association	72,000
Rainer Foundation	139,000
National Children's Home	113,104
Forum Weekend Club	24,000
Youth Community Help Trust	43,125
Coventry Intermediate Treatment Association	60,203
Save the Children Fund	36,000
CAYO in Sandwell	54,000

	£
St. Albans Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility	88,875
Halton Intermediate Treatment Scheme (HITS)	30,000
INTERACTION	12,000
The Sobriety Project	30,000
Community Services Volunteers (Somerset)	16,750
Community Services Volunteers (Kent)	27,250
Croydon Guild of Voluntary Organisations	41,250
Wandsworth Association for Youth	45,000
Hastings and Rother Intensive Intermediate Treatment Association	10,000
Kirklees Enterprise for Youth	26,125
Leeds Voluntary Alternatives	45,000
Bury Youth Enterprise	13,250
Alternatives in Fenland	5,000
Durham County Youth Development Trust	51,000
Norfolk Children's Projects	31,000
National Intermediate Treatment Federation	25,000

Drug Misuse Initiative—Grants Paid to Voluntary Bodies (Subheads F8 and F9)
	£
Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Standing Conference on Drug Misuse	7,499
Stevenage Drugs Liaison Group	7,300
Bournemouth and District Drugs Advisory Service	12,093
Turning Point	50,671
NACRO	45,612
Merseyside Drugs Council	15,071
TRANX	10,183
Leatherhead and District Association for the Prevention of Addiction	2,000

	£
Bradford Independent Drugs Guidance	18,297
Phoenix House	32,256
Community Drugs Project	8,885
Ley Community	4,900
Standing Conference on Drug Abuse	8,263
Meta House	38,500
City Roads (Crisis Intervention)	13,945
Yeldall Manor	70,138
The Blenheim Project	8,464
Esher Association for the Prevention of Addiction	31,763
Elizabeth House Association	3,380
Coke Hole Trust	14,565
Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence	223,990
Under Fives Initiative (Subhead K9)
National Council of Voluntary Child Care
Organisations	77,000
Dr. Barnardo's	14,280
Children's Society	21,686
Family Service Units	38,400
Family Welfare Association	13,929
Gingerbread	131,503
Home Start Consultancy	67,350
National Childminding Association	69,796
National Children's Home	22,297
National Playbus Association	62,459
Pre-School Playgroups Association	38,500
Save the Children Fund	24,728
Toy Libraries Association	25,000
Voluntary Organisations Liaison Committee for Under Fives	25,560
National Childcare Campaign	15,800

Volume 62: debated on Friday 22 June 1984

Written Answers To Questions

Prime Minister

Income Redistribution

Subversion

Minister (Dismissal)

Inmos

Armed Forces (Heavy Vehicles)

Transport

A1 (Cycle Racing)

A1 (Road Races)

Road-Widening Schemes

London Regional Transport Authority

Toll Bridges

Pedal Cycles (Regulations)

Airports Policy (South-East)

British Railways Board And National Bus Company

Trade And Industry

Consumer And Capital Goods

Manufactured Goods

Trade Statistics

Heavy Vehicles Plants

Booker Mcconnell

Motor Vehicles (Spain)

Anglo-Spanish Balance Of Trade

Inmos

Exchange Rate

Tobacco Sales (Scotland)

Scotland

Foodstuffs (Eec Intervention)

Labour Statistics

Jobcentres

Teachers

Nurses

Police

Average Earnings

Dundee

Prisoners (Detention)

Attorney-General

Mr John Gaul

Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs

Hong Kong

Eec And Efta

British Embassy, Warsaw

Overseas Development

Liverpool (Ministerial Visit)

Education And Science

Schools (Establishment, Discontinuance And Alteration)

Teaching Posts (Vacancies)

Teachers

Secondary Schools (Liverpool)

School Holidays

Education Vouchers

National Finance

Imported Goods (Vat)

Hot Take-Away Food (Vat)

Wine (Taxation)

Eec And Efta (Growth Rates)

Official Hospitality

Defence

American National Guards

Services (Pay)

Energy

Coal Industry Dispute

Enterprise Oil

House Of Commons

Motor Mileage

Environment

Research Programmes

Waltham Forest (Housing Budget)

House Of Commons Library (Air Conditioning)

Ordnance Survey

Local Government Reform

House Purchases (Inducements)

Wales

Dental Caries

Post Offices

New College, Cardiff

Employment