asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has completed his review of mergers policy.

Yes. I have been reviewing mergers policy in the light of the Government's general view of the role of market forces and competition in promoting the efficient use of resources and stimulating the economy, to the benefit of producers and consumers alike. I have also had in mind the desire of companies for stability and predictability in this field of policy.I am satisfied that the mergers provisions of the Fair Trading Act remain an appropriate legislative framework for mergers policy. They leave to Ministers who are accountable to Parliament the decisions on references to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and on action following adverse MMC reports. They also give Ministers the benefit of independent expert advice from the Director General of Fair Trading and leave the task of investigating the public interest in the hands of another independent body, the MMC. This system provides the flexibility that is necessary in dealing with commercial arrangements. It also allows for an authoritative independent evaluation of the public interest where necessary.I do not favour either increased rigidity or increased Ministerial discretion. I therefore propose no change in the basic framework of the Act. I am, however, raising the assets threshold in Section 64(1)

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will issue a statement on the recommendation in the Fifteenth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts that his Department should carry out an investigation into the circumstances of the National Enterprise Board's loss on NEXOS.

The Government will reply to the PAC's 15th Report in the normal way, by Treasury minute, in due course. But so far as this particular recommendation is concerned I can express our agreement now that the circumstances justify an investigation, separate from normal monitoring. The DTI will therefore conduct a full investigation into the NEXOS case.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what arrangements there are for private sector suppliers of private branch exchanges to obtain approval for their own products and sell them direct to their customers; and if he will make a statement.

I announced on 12 December 1983 at columns 303–4 an interim approval scheme for certain key telephone systems. Testing under that scheme is now under way and, with the arrangement for streamlining the approvals procedures which I announced on 9 April at column 9 becoming established, there is now scope for a new scheme covering larger call routing apparatus.I am, therefore, announcing today a further interim approval scheme, under which suppliers may apply, prior to the adoption of comprehensive standards for call routing apparatus, for approval of private branch exchanges for connection to the British Telecommunications public switched telephone network. Suppliers wishing to obtain approval for their apparatus should apply to the Department of Trade and Industry. The procedure to be followed for submitting such applications, and other relevant information, is set out in a statement which has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what evidence he has that small businesses involved in take-away food have encountered difficulties since 1 May.

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

asked the Secretary of State for Employment when the Manpower Services Commission training opportunities scheme leaflet, "Single-Parent Families, TSDL 113", was issued; and what were the circumstances of its withdrawal.

The Commission's leaflet TSDL 113 was issued in June 1979 and was withdrawn in January 1981 following changes in the rules for deciding supplementary benefit entitlement.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the Government's attitude towards a Government-backed loan scheme to enable adults to train and retrain.

The Government believe that a scheme of loans for adult trainees could well be a way of opening up further opportunities for individuals who want to invest in their own training. It was for this reason that we announced in the White Paper "Training for Jobs" that we would examine the possibility of establishing such a scheme. We are currently looking closely at possible ways ahead.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will consider making more funds available for the community programme specifically to assist with literacy and numeracy difficulties of participants.

Assistance with literacy and numeracy difficulties is already available as part of the programme of preparation for work which is mounted under the training opportunities scheme. As far as training and the community programme are concerned, I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Islington, North (Mr. Smith) on 3 July at column 128.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what consideration his Department has given to raising the £60 maximum wage for the community programme in line with inflation in the current year;(2) when he expects there will be an increase in the £60 maximum wage for the community programme.

We keep under review the operation of the community programme in order to ensure its continuing success. Changes will be introduced when these are judged necessary.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many community programme places were being supported in the Workington travel-to-work area and the county of Cumbria during the last month for which statistics are available; and how many of those places were part-time and full-time places, respectively.

On 29 June 546 community programme places were being supported in the Workington travel-to-work area, and 1,345 in Cumbria. Of those in Workington 161 were full-time and 385 part-time, and of those in Cumbria 402 and 943 respectively.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons, both male and female, were placed in employment by the Workington jobcentre in the last month for which statistics are available.

Workington jobcentre placed 209 people in the five-week period ending 8 June 1984, the latest for which statistics are available. Separate figures for males and females are not compiled monthly. There is likely to have been a substantial number of people who found jobs in the area other than through the jobcentre. Nationally it is estimated that about a quarter of all engagements are made through jobcentres.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many redundancies in (a) the textile industry, (b) machine tool engineering, (c) general engineering, (d) service trades and (e) steel fabrication work were made in the last month for which statistics are available in the Workington travel-to-work area;(2) how many redundancy notifications were given during the last month for which statistics are available in the Workington travel-to-work area.

Sixteen^* redundancies were confirmed as due to occur in the Workington travel-to-work area during May 1984, the latest month for which statistics are available, all of them in electrical and electronic engineering (Class 34 on the 1980 standard industrial classification). There were five advance notifications of redundancies in June involving 304 redundancies.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details of the proposed changes for jobcentres in the Stretford constituency; if he is satisfied with these proposals; and if he will make a statement.

The employment manager for the North-West region has prepared first draft proposals for the development of the jobcentre network in his region in the light of the broad strategy recently approved by all the commissioners and by Government. Details are being sent to the area manpower boards and other interested parties for their comments. I understand that a copy is on its way to the hon. Member. Decisions will be taken in the autumn.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs losses there have been in the take-away food industry since 1 May.

I regret the information requested is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many persons working in the nuclear industry were monitored for exposure in 1983, and in the first quarter of 1984, respectively.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what instructions have been given to the Metropolitan police regarding the application of the Vienna convention to demonstrations outside embassies.

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that he has instructed his officers that, in pursuance of their duty under articles 22 and 29 of the Vienna convention—to which the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 gives effect — no demonstration or demonstrators should be allowed on any footway or roadway immediately outside any entrance to diplomatic premises in the Metropolitan police district. The instruction extends to people handing out leaflets, petitioning or otherwise supporting a demonstration. Demonstrators are to be allowed within close proximity to and in view of diplomatic premises provided that they create no undue obstruction.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment of damage and losses to companies and firms operating in St. James's square during the siege of the Libyan embassy has been made; whether any compensation has been or will be paid; and if he will make a statement.

Where buildings in the immediate vicinity of this incident were used to provide administrative and other support facilities for the police the Metropolitan police will be meeting the direct costs involved. There are no arrangements for the payment of compensation to companies and firms for loss of business as a result of the police carrying out their duty to investigate crime and to protect life and property. No assessment of such losses has therefore been made.

Monitoring of radiation workers is a routine requirement in the nuclear industry. The total number of persons working in the industry who were monitored for exposure to radiation is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what responsibilities he will exercise for the personal data exempted by clause 27 of the Data Protection Bill; and if he will make a statement about the administrative arrangements he is establishing for the discharge of his responsibilities under this clause;(2) what plans he has to ensure that personal data exempted by clause 27 of the Data Protection Bill are adequately secure from unauthorised use;(3) what plans he has to ensure that personal data exempted by clause 27 of the Data Protection Bill are accurate.

Clause 27 of the Data Protection Bill does not impose any responsibilities upon the Secretary of State which call for the establishment of special administrative arrangements. Nevertheless, my right hon. and learned Friend is satisfied that in the organisations for which he is responsible appropriate arrangements exist for ensuring that personal data which are exempt from the provisions of the Bill under this clause are properly protected and that adequate measures are taken in respect of their accuracy.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he plans to take in the light of the 14 per cent. increase in armed robberies and violent crimes in England and Wales over the first quarter of 1984; and if he will make a statement.

The offence of robbery covers all theft involving the use or threat of violence, with or without a weapon. The available information, which is summarised in the table, does not distinguish between different kinds of robbery.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if Her Majesty's Government have any plans to adopt the recent European Economic Community Green Paper, "Television Without Frontiers", on international guidelines on the content of programmes and advertising on satellite television.

We are studying the text, which has recently become available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will give details of grants made to organisations involved in producing alternatives to animal experiments;(2) what criteria are taken into account when deciding which organisations should receive grants to produce alternatives to animal experiments.

The grant to the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments which was announced by my right hon. and learned Friend on 26 June, at column 381, was the first one to be given by any Government to an organisation dedicated to the replacement of animals used in scientific research. No other organisation has applied for funding and no general criteria for deciding whether to grant any further applications have been formulated. If there are any such applications, they will be treated individually on their merits.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider making a grant to the Dr. Hadwen Trust for Humane Research.

No request for a grant has been received from the trust. I cannot anticipate what our reaction would be to such a request.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employees in his Department are currently taking part in job-share schemes.

Six immigration officers are participating in job-sharing schemes.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vacancies in his Department have been filled through the job release scheme in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

The number of vacancies in my Department filled through the job release scheme in each of the last three years was 117 in 1981–82, 32 in 1982–83 and 89 in 1983–84.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employees in his Department are currently allowed day release facilities or other assistance to encourage them to continue their education.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total cost to his Department of assistance given to employees to encourage them to continue their education in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

The cost of such assistance in the form of fees, books, and so on, over the last three financial years was as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any of those working in his Department are young people on the youth training scheme.

There are no young people on the youth training scheme in my Department at present, though consultations are in hand about the scope for a limited number of placements.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total amount of money spent by his Department on advertising in each of the last five years for which figures are available (a) of job vacancies and (b) for other reasons.

The information requested is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visitors on holiday from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India have arrived in the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available; and how many from each country were not allowed entry.

Information by nationality on visitors admitted to the United Kingdom and persons refused leave to enter is published annually in "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom"—table 1 of the latest issue, Cmnd. 9246, for 1983. Seperate information is not available on the refusal of those seeking entry as visitors.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many male fiancés have come to the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years; and how many have been returned because the marriage was not considered a legal marriage within terms of the immigration rules.

The available information about male fiancés admitted to the United Kingdom was published in table 13 "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom, 1983" (Cmnd 9246). Information on the number of men deported from the United Kingdom on account of the circumstances of their marriage could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the annual cost of the administration of the shotgun licensing system;(2) how much money was gathered in the last financial year from licence fees for holding a shotgun.

I shall write to my hon. Friend.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what notification is given to holders of shotgun licences of their obligation to keep the guns in safe and secure custody.

There is not statutory requirement for holders of shotgun certificates to keep their guns safely, but they are encouraged to do so by the police. In addition, the British Shooting Sports Council, with the co-operation of the Home Office, has drawn up a voluntary code of practice for the safe keeping of privately held firearms, including shotguns.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications were granted for a shotgun licence in the last year; and how many were refused.

The information requested is not readily available, and I shall reply as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 2 July about cases heard by the immigration appeals tribunal, how many of the appeals were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in each year since 1979; and whether he has any information as to the number of people involved in each category in each year.

Excluding withdrawn appeals and ones in which the tribunal had no jurisdiction, the information, obtained from the appellate authorities, is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what percentage of prisoners who became eligible for parole under section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 has been or will be released during the first week of July;(2) how many prisoners who on 1 July became eligible for parole under section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 had not had their cases dealt with by the local review committee by their earliest possible parole date;(3) how many prisoners became eligible for parole pursuant to section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 during the first week of July;(4) how many prisoners who became eligible for parole under section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 have been or will be released during the first week of July;

Information in the form requested is not available centrally and could be obtained, if at all, only at disproportionate cost. We estimate, however, that about 2,000 prisoners will be released on parole during the first week in July, principally as a result of the reduction in the minimum qualifying period for parole from 12 months to six months. Information available to date indicates that about 80 per cent. of the newly eligible prisoners are being recommended for parole; the recommendation rate for those serving sentences for which the parole scheme already applied, but whose parole eligibility dates have been brought forward as a result of the reduction in the minimum qualifying period will vary according to sentence length but should, on past selection rates, be about 70 per cent. Since parole is considered individually, cases can be delayed for a number of reasons such as the obtaining of reports and the finalisation of release plans.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional housing and hostel resources have been provided to assist those prisoners released on parole during the first week of July under section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.

No additional resources have been provided specifically for this purpose. But since 1979 1,300 additional places have been provided in after-care hostels and 230 places in probation hostels.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many female remand prisoners were held overnight in police cells in the Metropolitan police area for each night during June;(2) how many male remand prisoners were held overnight in police cells in the Metropolitan police area for each night during June.

The number of male and female prisoners held overnight in police and court cells in the Metropolitan police district during June was as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether prison officers without formal nursing qualifications are permitted to administer psychotropic medicines to prisoners; and if he will make a statement.

Such medication, which may be given only on the instructions of a medical officer, may be administered by hospital officers who do not have nursing qualifications but who will have received appropriate training.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what instructions and standing orders are in force in the prison service concerning the administration of psychotropic and hypnotic medicines affecting the central nervous system by injection.

None. Such matters are for the clinical judgment of the medical officer concerned.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many doses of psychotropic medicines, hypnotic medicines and medicines affecting the central nervous system were administered by injection during 1983 in prisons and youth custody centres; and if he will give a breakdown between establishments.

This information is not readily available, and I shall write to the hon. and learned Member.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many miners who have appeared before magistrates' courts in Nottinghamshire during the current dispute have been granted unconditional bail at their first court hearing; and how many have been granted conditional bail.

I understand from the chief constable of Nottinghamshire that from 13 March up to and including 3 July, of those persons charged with offences committed in the course of activity connected with the current dispute between the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Coal Board, 39 were granted unconditional bail and 1,278 were granted conditional bail.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the nationality of forces involved and the total number of occasions on which foreign armed forces have invoked the immunity provisions of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 and the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964 for (a) civil offences and (b) criminal offences committed in Great Britain, in each of the following years: (i) 1980–81, (ii) 1981–82 and (iii) 1982–83.

Neither Act confers any immunity from the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom courts: they define the circumstances in which, when there is concurrent jurisdiction, the United Kingdom courts and the service courts of a visiting force have primary jurisdiction in criminal cases. Information about the number of occasions on which the United Kingdom's primary jurisdiction has been waived to allow a person to be tried by the service courts of a visiting force is not centrally available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many residential properties owned by his Department have been empty for more than six months; and what is the longest period for which any of the empty residential properties has remained empty.

About 1,500 vacant properties are in the process of being sold, most of which have been vacant for more than six months. It is not possible, without disproportionate cost, to provide more detailed information about the length of time that individual properties have remained vacant.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were, for the most recent convenient date, the numbers of empty residential properties owned by his Department; if he will give the figures for the same date for the previous three years; what percentage this figure represents of the total number of residential properties owned by his Department; and what plans he has for bringing these properties into use.

The information requested is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been initiated in respect of the Deer Act 1980; of these, how many were successful; and what was the average penalty imposed for the various offences.

Records available to us, which may be incomplete, show four persons proceeded against under the Deer Act 1980 since the Act came into operation at the beginning of November 1980 up to the end of 1982. All were found guilty, fined, and ordered to pay compensation; the average fine was £75 and the average compensation £29. Information for 1983 is not yet available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated number of (a) citizens of the Republic of Ireland in prisons in Great Britain and (b) citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in prisons within the Republic of Ireland.

Information is not recorded centrally on the nationality of persons held in prison department establishments in England and Wales. However, of the 35,700 sentenced prisoners in such establishments on 31 May 1984, about 700 were known to have been born in the Republic of Ireland. Information is not available about British citizens in prisons in the Republic of Ireland.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if there is any evidence to suggest that drugs are being obtained by inmates of Her Majesty's prisons.

Keeping unauthorised drugs out of prisons is a problem for prison administrations in most countries, and we know that our efforts are not totally successful all the time. We have the situation under review.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will investigate the circumstance in which files containing information about cases in Kirkby and other Merseyside courts were found near a loch in Fife, Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

From inquiries made of the chief constable of the Merseyside police I understand that the papers in question were Crown court listing documents. These documents, which are circulated to local legal practitioners, contain no information which is not publicly available. The particular documents were handed to the Fife constabulary on 27 May by a journalist who had been given them by someone who had been fishing on a loch. They were sent by the Fife constabulary to the Merseyside police. The Merseyside police carried out an inquiry which established that no criminal offence had been committed. The documents were identified as having belonged to a particular set of barristers' chambers. They have now been returned to the courts' administrator's office.

asked the Secretary of State for the Horne Department if he will make a statement on the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Mr. Bill Bush by the Metropolitan police in London on the morning of 26 June.

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that Mr. Bush was arrested on 26 June and questioned in connection with an investigation into an offence contrary to the Official Secrets Act 1911. He was later released. I understand that a report will be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the Government's plans for prosecution arrangements in the metropolitan counties on the reorganisation of local government; and if he will make a statement.

Prosecuting solicitors' departments in the metropolitan counties are administered by the county council or the police authority. If Parliament passes legislation next Session implementing our proposals for an independent prosecution service, we intend to bring this legislation into operation in the five metropolitan counties which are police areas, and in the Northumbria police area —which includes Tyne and Wear—with effect from 1 April 1986. The effect will be that responsibility for prosecution arrangements in those areas will be transferred to the new service headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions under the superintendence of the Attorney-General.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to implement the recommendations on illegitimacy laid out by the Law Commission in its report, "Family Law: Illegitimacy" (Law Comm. 118).

I have been asked to reply.The Law Commission's recommendations have been accepted by the Government. They will be implemented when resources become available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been charged with offences relating to the possession or use of firearms in each district of the Metropolitan police in each year since 1978–79; and what has been the percentage total increase over the full period.

[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1984, c. 121–22]: I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the available information relates to cautions and proceedings at magistrates' courts and identifies only those so dealt with for offences under the Firearms Act 1968. This is given in the table for the Metropolitan police district as a whole; information for individual districts is not separately available.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the recent Forestry Commission paper proposing greater support for deciduous trees.

The Government welcome the publication by the Forestry Commission of the report "Broadleaves in Britain" as a consultative paper. The report contains proposals aimed at safeguarding the future of Britain's broadleaved woodlands. The views of interested organisations and individuals will be carefully considered before any decisions are reached on these proposals.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will detail for each of the past 10 years (a) the number of police officers in Scotland charged with criminal offences arising from their duty, (b) the number of police officers subsequently convicted and (c) the nature of the offence in respect of which the officers were charged, with appropriate numbers of charges and convictions.

The information requested is not available in the form or for the complete period specified, but the table has been compiled from statistical returns by chief constables for the period 1977 to 1983. It shows the total numbers of officers charged with and convicted of crimes or offences of all categories, but it is not possible to identify separately crimes or offences committed on and off duty. Traffic offences are the main single category.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made on the disposal of the Killearn hospital site.

My Department will be making a formal application for planning permission to the planning authority when enabled to do so under powers granted in the Town and Country Planning Act 1984. These powers come into force on 12 August. The property will be placed on the market as soon as that process is completed.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much is being spent each week on security and maintenance of the Killearn hospital site.

Approximately £550.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make available a copy of the original requisition document for the Killearn hospital site; and whether that document contained an undertaking to return the land to agricultural use when the need for the hospital expired.

I understand that the land was requisitioned by the War Department in 1939 or 1940. My Department does not hold any requisition document. Killearn estates, which acquired the land in 1939, sold it free of burden and voluntarily to the Secretary of State for Scotland in 1948. I shall send my hon. Friend copies of the dispositions, which contain no reversionary clause or other undertaking relating to use of the land when no longer needed for hospital purposes.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the new system of training and examination of mental health officers will be carried out by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

Candidates for appointment as mental health officers will require to undergo a course of training and successfully complete a process of assessment recommended by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work. Courses are being planned through existing consultative arrangements on in-service training involving representatives of local authorities, voluntary agencies and educational establishments.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made in the training and examination of mental health officers under the provision of section 7 of the Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1983; and if he will make a statement.

A report by a working party on the appointment of mental health officers under the Act was circulated for comment to a number of statutory bodies and voluntary organisations in July 1983. Since then, my Department has had discussions with the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work about the arrangements for the assessment of mental health officers in line with the requirements of the Act. The council has also held meetings with interested bodies with a view to reaching agreement on the criteria and procedures for this assessment. When these consultations have been completed, my right hon. Friend intends to issue directions to local authorities under section 7 of the Act.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the percentage and number of participants in youth training schemes in Greenock and Port Glasgow who voluntarily withdrew during 1983.

Precise information in response to that sought is not available.Within Inverclyde district 270 young people, representing 27 per cent. of entrants, left individual YTS schemes early during the period to 31 March 1984, the majority either entering employment or further education, or changing to other schemes.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage and number of male and female school leavers in Greenock and Port Glasgow joined a youth training scheme in 1983–84; what is the total number of youth training schemes in Greenock and Port Glasgow in 1984; and what percentage and number of such places remain unfilled.

The information requested is available only for Inverclyde district.During the period to 31 March 1984, 482 males and 506 females entered the youth training scheme, representing 54 and 55 per cent. respectively, of male and female school leavers.Information about the number of schemes is not readily available. On 3 July 1984 there were 1,076 approved places on the scheme, of which 310–28·8 per cent.—were unfilled.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by age band the number of long-term unemployed registered at Scottish jobcentres in 1979, 1983 and 1984 to the latest available date.

[pursuant to his reply, 29 June 1984, c. 542]: The information requested is shown in the table. The figures for 1979 are derived from the average in Scotland of the quarterly analyses of people registered as unemployed for over 52 weeks. The corresponding figures for 1983 and 1984 show the number of claimants who had been unemployed for more than 52 weeks and are not directly comparable with those for 1979 because of the change to a claimant based count in October 1982.

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asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 July.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 5 July.