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Written Answers To Questions

Friday 6 July 1984

Wales

Cultivated Land

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimate of the acreage of land under agricultural cultivation in Wales; and how this compares with the position in 1979 and 1974.

The area of tillage (crops and fallow) amounted to 226,462 acres in June 1983, 264,308 acres in June 1979 and 275,778 acres in June 1974.

Drainage Schemes

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the total expenditure on land drainage schemes in Wales since 1974.

Responsibility for agriculture in Wales was transfered to the Welsh Office on 1 April 1978 and I can give details only from that date.Grant is available under the Land Drainage Act 1976 to the statutory bodies (water authority, internal drainage boards and local authorities) for the improvement of arterial drainage and the construction of flood defences, including tidal and urban flood protection. Grants are available also to farmers under farm capital grant schemes for the drainage of agricultural land. The total grant expenditure is:

Farm Capital Grant Schemes
Calendar Year	Grant £
1979	1,805,068
1980	2,565,198
1981	2,498,219
1982	4,356,609
1983	4,762,151
Land Drainage Act
1978–79	701,771
1979–80	1,251,000

Session	Bill	Stages	Date
1953–54	Hire Purchase	Lords Amendments	23 July 1954
	Slaughter of Animals (Amendment)	Lords Amendments	23 July 1954
1954–55	Public Libraries (Scotland)	Report	27 April 1955
		Third Reading	27 April 1955
	Public Service Vehicles (Travel Concessions)	Report	26 April 1955
		Third Reading	26 April 1955
1955–56	Death Penalty (Abolition)	Second Reading	12 March 1956
		Committee	25 April 1956
			16 May 1956
		Report	28 June 1956
		Third Reading	28 June 1956
	Hotel Proprietors	Lords Amendments	18 July 1956
	Marriage (Scotland)	Lords Amendments	30 July 1956

Calendar Year	Grant £
1980–81	3,088,000
1981–82	2,549,000
1982–83	2,870,000
1983–84	2,989,000

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average cost per acre of land drainage schemes grant-aided by his Department.

This information is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the current projections of public expenditure on land drainage schemes in Wales.

Provision for capital expenditure for arterial drainage under the Land Drainage Act 1976 is as follows:

	£
1984–85	3,635,000
1985–86	3,938,000
1986–87	3,942,000

Grant for field drainage under the farm capital grant schemes is not separately identifiable within the overall provision for these schemes.

Water Supplies

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what action he is taking to ensure that the Welsh water authority is not compelled to ration water.

The Welsh water authority has already taken, and will continue to take action to ensure continuing supplies of water throughout their area. I cannot however guarantee that in the event of the drought continuing, that rationing might not be needed.

House Of Commons

Private Members' Bills

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will publish in the Official Report the dates on which extra Parliamentary time was given by the Government Ito Private Members' Bills in each session since 1954.

[pursuant to his reply,29 june 1984 c. 535]: The information requested is given in the following table:

Session	Bill	Stages	Date
	Sanitary Inspectors (Change of Designation)	Report	18 July 1956
		Third Reading	18 July 1956
1956–57	Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions)	Lords Amendments	26 July 1957
1957–58	Divorce (Insanity and Desertion)	Lords Amendments	18 July 1958
	Licensing of Bulls and Boars [Lords]	Second Reading	18 July 1958
	Merchant Shipping (Liability of Ship Owners and others)	Lords Amendments	23 July 1958
	Variation of Trusts	Lords Amendments	18 July 1958
1958–59	Fatal Accidents	Lords Amendments	22 July 1959
	Landlord and Tenant (Furniture & Fittings)	Lords Amendments	22 July 1959
	Legitimacy	Lords Amendments	28 July 1959
	Obscene Publications	Lords Amendments	22 July 1959
1959–60	Adoption	Committee	1 July 1960
		Report
		Third Reading
	Clean Rivers (Esturaries and Tidal Waters)	Lords Amendments	21 July 1960
	Noise Abatement	Lords Amendments	25 October 1960
	Offices	Lords Amendments	8 July 1960
	Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings)	Lords Amendments	25 October 1960
	Road Traffic (Driving of Motor Cycles)	Lords Amendments	25 October 1960
1960–61	Credit-Sale Agreements (Scotland)	Report	4July 1961
	Third Reading	Report	4July 1961
	Highways (Miscellaneous Provisions)	Lords Amendments	24 July 1961
	Police Federation	Lords Amendments	24 July 1961
	Rivers (Prevention of Pollution)	Lords Amendments	24 July 1961
1961–62	Local Government (Records)	Lords Amendments	26 July 1962
	Lotteries and Gaming	Lords Amendments	26 July 1962
1962–63	Animal Boarding Establishment	Lords Amendments	26 July 1963
	Dog Racing (Betting Days)	Lords Amendments	26 July 1963
	Limitation	Lords Amendments	26 July 1963
	Local Government (Financial Provisions)	Lords Amendments	29 July 1963
	Matrimonial Causes	Lords Amendments	26 July 1963
	Performers (Protection) [Lords]	Third Reading	26 July 1963
	Wills	Lords Amendments	29 July 1963
1963–64	Betting, Gaming & Lotteries	Lords Amendments	24 July 1964
	Divorce (Scotland) [Lords]	Report	21 July 1964
		Third Reading	21 July 1964
	Episcopal Church (Scotland)	Second Reading	18 February 1964
		Committee	26 February 1964
		Third Reading	26 February 1964
	Hairdressers Registration	Lords Amendments	27 July 1964
	Local Government (Pecuniary Interests)	Lords Amendments	24 July 1964
	New Forest [Lords]^*	Second Reading	7 May 1964
		Committee	20 July 1964
		Third Reading	20 July 1964
	Scrap Metal Dealers	Lords Amendments	20 July 1964
	Riding Establishments	Lords Amendments	20 July 1964
	Trading Stamps	Lords Amendments	20 July 1964
1964–65	Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty)	Second Reading	21 December 1964
		Committee	24 March 1965
			31 March 1965
			7 April 1965
			14 April 1965
			28 April 1965
			5 May 1965
			12 May 1965
			19 May 1965
			26 May 1965
		Report	25 June 1965
			13 July 1965
		Third Reading	13 July 1965
		Lords Amendments	28 October 1965
	Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries [Lords]	Third Reading	4 August 1965
	Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses)	Lords Amendments	4 August 1965
1965–66	Nil
1966–67	Live Hare Coursing (Abolition)	Second Reading	1 May 1967
	National Health Service (Family Planning)	Third Reading	8 May 1967

Session	Bill	Stages	Date
	Sexual Offences (No. 2)	Report	23 June 1967
			3 July 1967
		Third Reading	3 July 1967
	Abortion	Report	29 June 1967
			13 July 1967
		Third Reading	13 July 1967
		Lords Amendments	25 October 1967
	Civic Amenities	Lords Amendments	21 July 1967
	Road Traffic (Amendment)	Lords Amendments	21 July 1967
	Matrimonial Homes [Lords]	Report	21 July 1967
		Third Reading	21 July 1967
	Road Traffic (Driving Instruction)	Lords Amendments	26 July 1967
	Vessels Protection	Report	26 July 1967
		Third Reading	26 July 1967
1967–68	Adoption	Lords Amendments	25 July 1968
	Caravan Sites	Lords Amendments	25 July 1968
	Clean Air	Lords Amendments	15 October 1968
	Design Copyright	Report	25 July 1968
		Third Reading	25 July 1968
	Domestic & Appellate Proceedings (Restriction of Publicity)	Lords Amendments	15 October 1968
	Friendly & Industrial & Provident Societies	Lords Amendments	25 July 1968
	Hearing Aid Council	Lords Amendments;	25 July 1968
	Highlands & Islands Development (Scotland)	Lords Amendments	25 July 1968
	Maintenance Orders	Lords Amendments	21 June 1968
	Theatres	Lords Amendments	25 July 1968
1968–69	Divorce Reform	Second Reading	16 December 1968
		Report	12 June 1969
		Third Reading	12 June 1969
		Lords Amendments	17 October 1969
	Employers' Liability (Defective Equipment)	Lords Amendments	3 July 1969
	Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance)	Report	11 July 1969
		Third Reading	11 July 1969
		Lords Amendments	17 October 1969
	Auctions (Bidding Agreements)	Lords Amendments	17 October 1969
1969–70	Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons	Lords Amendments	27 May 1970
	Indecent Advertisements (Amendment) [Lords]	Second Reading	28 May 1970
		Committee
		Third Reading
	Trees	Lords Amendments	27 May 1970
1970–71	Nil
1971–72	National Health Service (Family Planning) Amendment	Lords Amendments	23 October 1972
1972–73	Nil
1973–74	Nil
1974	Nil
1974–75	Nil
1975–76	Sexual Offences (Amendment)	Report	15 October 1976
		Third Reading	18 November 1976
1976–77	Housing (Homeless Persons)	Lords Amendments	27 July 1977
	Unfair Contract Terms	Lords Amendments	22 July 1977
			28 July 1977
1977–78	Nil
1978–79	Nil
1979–80	Nil
1980–81	Nil
1981–82	Nil

Session	Bill	Stages	Date
1982–83	Road Traffice (Driving Licences)	Committee	11 May 1983
		Third Reading	11 May 1983
	National Audit	Report	11 May 1983
		Third Reading	11 May 1983
	Broadcasting of Parliament (Annual Review)	Committee	11 May 1983
		Third Reading	11 May 1983
1983–84†	Nil

Note: Reference to Committee are to Committee of the whole House.

^* This was a Hybrid Bill.

†To date.

Home Department

Shotguns

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to classify shotguns with barrels less than two feet long as prohibited weapons.

We have no plans to do so. They are already more strictly controlled than long barrelled shotguns under the Firearms Act 1968.

Blind Persons (Television Licence)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is his latest estimate of the administrative cost of the reduction of £1·25 pence in the television licence fee for registered blind people;(2) how many registered blind people are currently holders of television licences issued at the reduced rate; and what proportion this represents of the total number of adult registered blind people in England and Wales.

Some 38,000 blind people in England and Wales—about 30 per cent. of all adult registered blind persons there—and a further 4,000 elsewhere in the United Kingdom pay a reduced licence fee. The administrative cost of issuing these licences is not identified separately, being included in the charge for issuing television licences generally, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Repatriation (Financial Assistance)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will describe the composition of the delegation referred to in his reply to the hon. Member for Billericay on 22 June, Official Report, column 300, which he met in April 1984; whether representations were made previously or subsequently concerning requests for improvements in assistance for repatriation; and if he will make a statement.

The delegation consisted of my hon. Friend the Member for Reigate (Mr. Gardiner), five representatives of Asian community organisations (all of whom were Sikhs) and a representative of an Afro-Caribbean body.We have received no other recent representations about the arrangements for providing assistance to those who wish to return permanently overseas.

Immigration Officers

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the main criteria observed in deciding to transfer an immigration officer within the United Kingdom; whether immigration officers requested to transfer are entitled to receive written notice giving an explanation for the transfer request; and what right of appeal an immigration officer has against a transfer request.

A decision to transfer an immigration officer within the United Kingdom is taken in the light of the particular circumstances of the move; main criteria will normally be the operational, the management, and the personal considerations. Immigration officers serve in a grade having a mobility obligation and they may be required to serve anywhere in the United Kingdom or at posts abroad. Notice of a transfer, although this is not a requirement, is always given in writing and the officer normally knows the reasons for the move. There is no right of appeal on the specific point, but any officer who has a grievance relating to his employment (which would include a grievance about an instruction to transfer) may approach his manager, the personnel department, his trade union, the staff welfare officer, or the head of the department.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give figures showing the total establishment of immigration officers, serving in the United Kingdom, in each of the last three years and the number in post for each year in the same period.

The figures are as follows:

1 April
	1981	1982	1983
Complement	1,258	1,258	1,278
In post	1,219	1,244	1,264

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration officers, serving in the United Kingdom, have been transferred within the United Kingdom in each of the last three years.

The figures are as follows:

Year to
31 December 1981	48
31 December 1982	54
31 December 1983	53

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total cost of the transfer of immigration officers within the United Kingdom in each of the last three years; and what expenses or allowances immigration officers, subject to transfer within the United Kingdom, are entitled to claim.

I regret that information on the total cost of transfers of immigration officers is not held in the form requested and cannot be obtained without disproportionate costs.The expenses and allowances are fully set out in the pay and conditions of service code; broadly speaking they provide for reimbursement of the allowable costs of the officers and of his family in making preliminary visits to the new station, finding temporary and permanent accommodation, the actual household removal (including subsistence and pantechnicon costs), the legal expenses of house purchase or sale, miscellaneous expenses grants and provision for payment in part of higher housing costs in the new area. Officers' circumstances vary, but each officer is told the terms upon which he is being transferred.

Northern Ireland

Tribunals

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total cost of operating supplementary benefit tribunals in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

The available accounting information relates only to the total cost of all social security benefit tribunals and I regret that it is not possible to provide a separate figure for the cost of operating supplementary benefit tribunals.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total cost of operating medical tribunals in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

The total costs of fees, travelling and other expenses of members of medical boards and appeal tribunals in respect of social security benefits, including the expenses of claimants, appellants and witnesses in each of the last five years was:

	£
1979–80	357,739
1980–81	503,766
1981–82	716,853
1982–83	808,583
1983–84	918,410

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what training or other facilities are available to assist (a) chairmen and (b) members of rent assessment tribunals in Northern Ireland in carrying out their function.

This is a matter which falls within the responsibility of the rent officer for Northern Ireland. I am advised that the rent officer issues guidance and instructions as appropriate to the chairman and members of the rent assessment panel.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what training or other facilities are available to assist (a) chairmen and (b) members of medical tribunals in Northern Ireland in carrying out their function.

Newly appointed chairmen and members are given an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the procedures of the medical appeal tribunals, both through discussion with other members and through study of the legislation and the literature concerning them.In view of the legal and medical qualifications and experience of the chairmen and members it is not considered necessary to have any other system of training.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what fees are paid to (i) chairmen and (ii) members of medical tribunals in Northern Ireland.

Medical appeal tribunals consist of a Chairman and two medical practitioners.Under existing arrangements the Department of Health and Social Services (Northern Ireland) appoints chairmen from a panel comprising the three full-time Social Security Commissioners, who do not receive any fee for this work as they are remunerated by salary, and an ex-Chief Social Security Commissioner who is employed on a part-time basis at a fee of £122 per day. Members of medical appeal tribunals are paid a fee of £100 per day or £54 per three and half hour session.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what fees are paid to (i) chairmen and (ii) members of supplementary benefit tribunals in Northern Ireland.

From 4 June 1984 supplementary benefit appeal tribunals are called social security appeal tribunals. They consist of a chairman and two other persons.Chairmen of social security appeal tribunals are paid a fee of £110 per day or £55 per three and a half hour session. Members do not receive a fee but are entitled to claim for loss of earnings.Both chairmen and members may claim for travelling expenses.

Family Income Supplement

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the average amount of family income supplement unclaimed by families entitled to it in Northern Ireland at the latest date.

This information is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, the number of claimants of family income supplement in Northern Ireland has increased by some 74 per cent. since 1979 partly as a result of Government publicity campaigns. It is estimated that the level of take-up is now very high and the amount of unclaimed benefit is likely to be small.

Employment

Labour Statistics

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the total number of young people under the age of 18 years who were registered as claimants at unemployment benefit offices at the latest date for which statistics are available in each travel-to-work area in the county of Cumbria;(2) what proportion of (i) unemployed males and (ii) unemployed females in the Workington travel-to-work area has been out of work for

(a) one year, (b) two years and (c) three years at the latest available date;

(3) what proportion of (i) unemployed males and (ii) unemployed females in the Barrow in Furness, Kendal, Whitehaven, Carlisle, Keswick and Penrith travel-to-work areas had been out of work for (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) three years at the latest available date;

(4) how many young persons aged 16 to 18 years were unemployed in the Workington travel-to-work area during the last month for which statistics are available.

The figures are available quarterly. The latest are for 5 April and these were given in my replies to similar questions from the hon. Member on 24 May 1984 at columns 535, 536, and 538.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what are the unemployment figures for the county of Cumbria, categorised by sex, age and the duration of unemployment, for the last month for which statistics are available;(2) how many people in the Workington travel-to-work area have been unemployed for

(a) up to six months, (b) six months to 12 months, (c) 12 months to 18 months, (d) 18 months to two years and (e) over two years, during the last month for which statistics are available.

The figures are available quarterly. The latest are for 5 April and these were given in my replies to similar questions by the hon. Member on 22 May 1984 at columns 439–440.

Yts And Community Programme

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many additional places were sponsored by Allerdale district council under the youth training scheme, and the community programme separately for the last month for which statistics are available; and what is the total number of places now being supported by that authority under each scheme.

No youth training scheme places are currently being supported by Allerdale district council. The council has a community programme agency for 395 places. Projects with 354 places have been approved and 276 were filled at the end of June.

Community Industry

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the monthly increase and the total number of persons employed by community industry in West Cumbria during the last month for which statistics are available.

In June 1984, 103 young people were employed by the community industry unit in West Cumbria, an increase of three compared with the previous month. In addition, 18 adult staff are employed at the unit.

Youth Training (Barnsley)

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of places in the Barnsley and district youth training schemes, indicating separately those sponsored by voluntary organisations under mode B1 for years 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983, respectively.

The youth training scheme did not begin until April 1983. 2,041 places were approved for the Barnsley area in 1983–84. Of these, 155 were sponsored by voluntary organisations under mode B 1.

Information Technology Booklets

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the result of the Manpower Services Commission's review of its publishing policy on information technology booklets.

I am informed that the Manpower Services Commission has discontinued publication of some free booklets on information technology and is introducing others for which a charge will be made.

Prime Minister

Sri Lanka

asked the Prime Minister what plans she has to seek to pay an official visit to Sri Lanka.

I hope to visit Sri Lanka in the near future.

South African Prime Minister

asked the Prime Minister if, in her recent talks with the Prime Minister of South Africa, she discussed the regular demonstrations in Trafalgar square outside South Africa house.

No.

Common Agricultural Policy

asked the Prime Minister if, under the recent agreement on Common Market budgetary discipline in respect of agriculture, common agricultural policy expenditure will be able to increase in real terms, provided this increase is below the increase in own resources.

The European Council at Fontainebleau asked the Council of Ministers to adopt provisions putting into effect a financial guideline for agriculture, but final decisions have yet to be taken.

Ec (Own Resources)

asked the Prime Minister what commitment has been given by Her Majesty's Government to agree to a further increase in own resources to 1·6 per cent.

None.

Intervention Food Stores

asked the Prime Minister if she will give details of the European Economic Community intervention food stores held in Coventry, Nuneation and Warwick.

On 29 June 1984 the following products were held in intervention food stores in Coventry, Nuneation and Warwick.

Coventry—breadwheat: 1,788 tonnes; barley: 370 tonnes
Nuneaton—skimmed milk powder: 48 tonnes
Warwick—butter: 1,216 tonnes

Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs

Anti-Apartheid Demonstrations

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been received from the South African Government in recent months about the anti-apartheid demonstrations and vigils outside South Africa house; and what answers he has given.

I can confirm that representations have been received at official level from the South African embassy. The content of these and of any replies is confidential. The policing of demonstrations in the metropolis is a matter for the Commissioner of Police.

Ec (Agricultural Expenditure)

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the March European Council meeting decision to keep the rate of growth in agricultural spending below that of the own resources base will need to be modified in the light of the recent decision to increase value added tax own resources by 40 per cent.

I have nothing to add to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend, East (Mr. Taylor) by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 4 July at columns 149–50.

European Community

European Union (Spinelli Report)

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out in the Official Report those proposals contained in the Spinelli report on European union to which Her Majesty's Government do not object; and if he will make a statement.

The report has to be read as a whole. We fully support its intention, to bring about closer cooperation in Europe. We believe, however, that the Community will achieve that end most effectively by implementing the existing treaties, before considering changes in the powers of the respective Community institutions as the report proposes.

Residents aged 16 or over in Employment in Dundee city by District Ward
per cent.
	Industry Group
District Ward	Agriculture Forestry Fishing	Energy and Water	Manufacturing	Construction	Distribution and Catering	Transport and Communication	Other Services	Total: All Industries
Wellgate	0	2	29	7	20	10	32	100
Baxter Park	0	2	25	4	19	8	42	100
Craigie Bank	0	1	28	9	20	6	35	100
Craigie Barns	1	1	28	7	15	3	45	100
West Ferry	0	1	31	10	17	4	36	100
Broughty Ferry	1	2	22	10	23	3	37	100
Balgillo	1	2	26	6	14	7	43	100
Eastern	1	2	21	9	21	7	39	100
Douglas	0	4	44	6	15	6	24	100
Drumgeith	0	3	41	8	18	8	21	100
Longhaugh	1	1	37	8	19	6	25	100
Whitfield	0	4	30	7	22	3	33	100
Fintry North	0	1	42	10	17	4	26	100
Fintry South	0	0	39	9	18	4	28	100
Caird	1	2	36	4	19	6	31	100

Budgetary Discipline

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs at which forthcoming meeting of the Council of Ministers of the European Economic Community the mechanics for future budgetary discipline will be on the agenda.

Budget discipline is expected to be discussed at the Economic and Finance Council on 9 July.

Scotland

Industrial Sectors (Dundee)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has on the percentage of people in Dundee in each industrial sector; and if he can provide a similar breakdown by district council ward from the 1981 census.

Information from the 1981 census of employment at district ward level is currently available only for the Dundee employment office area, and this is as follows:

Employees in employment
Industry Group	per cent.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	0·9
Energy and water supply industries	1·7
Manufacturing industries	26·5
Construction	6·2
Distribution, hotels and catering; repairs	18·4
Transport and communication	6·2
Other services	40·0
All industries and services	100·0

Source: 1981 census of employment

Information at district ward level is available from a 10 per cent. sample of results from the 1981 census of population and is set out in the following table. Figures include both employed and self-employed persons, and relate to residence of workers rather than workplace. Because sample sizes are in some cases very small, the percentages from which they are derived have high associated levels of error. Differences betweeen percentages therefore need to be interpreted with caution.

	Industry Group
District Ward	Agriculture Forestry Fishing	Energy and Water	Manufacturing	Construction	Distribution and Catering	Transport and Communication	Otner Services	Total: All Industries
Midmill	0	5	41	7	18	6	22	100
Clepington	1	3	31	4	20	4	35	100
Maryfield	0	2	26	8	15	6	43	100
Coldside	0	2	34	8	26	5	25	100
Hilltown	0	2	32	8	19	5	34	100
Central	0	1	24	4	20	2	50	100
Riverside	0	1	16	7	20	4	50	100
Dudhope	0	1	29	4	30	7	28	100
Logie	0	1	25	6	21	3	44	100
Law	0	1	20	8	18	6	46	100
Ancrum	0	1	22	4	23	5	45	100
St. Ninians	0	1	30	8	12	6	42	100
Menzieshill	0	1	28	9	14	7	40	100
Gourdie	0	2	39	8	17	4	29	100
Pitalpin	0	1	35	6	16	7	35	100
Lochee West	0	1	41	8	16	6	27	100
Lochee East	1	2	39	6	17	7	27	100
Rockwell	0	1	22	13	15	6	42	100
Fairmuire	0	4	24	8	24	5	35	100
Trottick	1	1	29	9	20	10	28	100
Gillburn	1	1	20	12	21	7	39	100
Downfield	0	2	31	7	16	7	37	100
St. Mary's	0	3	40	10	15	5	27	100
Ardler	0	0	38	9	18	7	28	100
Blackshade	0	2	39	9	17	4	29	100
Monifieth West	1	6	25	8	17	7	37	100
Monifieth East	1	2	24	5	14	5	48	100
Gowrie	7	2	24	4	14	5	45	100
Sidlaw	17	1	23	8	14	4	31	100
Dundee City	0·9	1·7	30·0	7·4	18·0	5·7	35·2	100·0

Source: 1981 Census of Population (10 per cent. sample).

Note: Where figures have been independently rounded, the sum of constituent items may not sum to that shown.

One-Parent Families

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information his Department has on the numerical and percentage incidence of one-parent families in Dundee and Scotland.

Answers to the question on relationship in the 1981 census were processed on a 10 per cent. sample basis and no analysis of these is available for Dundee city district. From answers to the questions on age, sex and marital status relating to usual residents of private households which were occupied on census night, it is known that 2,161 (3·2 per cent.) of these households in Dundee city district consisted of one person aged 16 or over and one or more under 16. It is estimated that 4,600 (6·8 per cent.) of the households contained at least one one-parent family with dependent children (under 16 or single students under 25).The comparable figures for Scotland are 40,455 (2·3 per cent.) and 97,700 (5·5 per cent.), while the estimate of the latter figures derived from the 10 per cent. sample, using the answers to the question on relationship, is 93,600 (5·2 per cent.).

Job Losses (Dundee)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland in how many instances since May 1979 a (a) manufacturing, (b) service and (c) construction company or firm has closed down operations in Dundee; how many jobs were lost as a result; and if he will provide similar information for the numbers paid off.

Between May 1979 and December 1983 24 manufacturing, 24 service and six construction firms closed down in Dundee. The number of jobs lost were 1,554, 552, and 188 respectively. The total number of redundancies for these industries in Dundee during this period was 9,821, 702 and 1,064.

Note: There are no comprehensive statistics on closures or redundancies. The figures shown above refer to closures notified to the Manpower Services Commission involving 10 or more workers. The industries are defined using the standard industrial classification 1968 ie manufacturing comprises orders III-XIX, services orders XXII-XXVII and construction orders XX.

Skill Training (Dumbarton)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what conclusions the Manpower Services Commission came to when it recently examined skills-training provisions in the area of Dumbarton.

An independent study of training needs in the Dumbarton skillcentre catchment area, commissioned by the Manpower Services Commission, was carried out in October 1983 as a contribution to a review of the role of the skillcentre. The study concluded that, at that time, demand from local employers for the skills provided by the skillcentre was likely to remain limited and the alternative training capacity in the area was likely to be capable of meeting anticipated future requirements. The future of the skillcentre will be decided in the light of the present wider review of the skillcentre network as a whole, the outcome of which the commission expects to consider in the autumn.

Rates

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the overall average domestic rate bill by householders in Scotland in each year since 1970.

The information is as follows:

Average domestic rate bill
	£
1970–71	52·97
1971–72	63·29
1972–73	66·44
1973–74	71·08
1974–75	82·97
1975–76	108·10
1976–77	122·74
1977–78	139·20
1978–79	132·01
1979–80	149·33
1980–81	199·08
1981–82	272·44
1982–83	309·54
1983–84	309·73
1984–85	328·23

Students domiciled in Scotland
Year	Male		Female		Total
	Arts	Science	Arts	Science	Arts	Science
1979		n/a		n/a	3,747	2,770
1980		n/a		n/a	3,641	2,857
1981	1,515	2,225	2,016	632	3,531	2,857
1982	1,633	2,508	2,127	719	3,760	3,227
1983	1,578	2,904	2,266	877	3,844	3,781

Students domiciled in the United Kingdom
Year	Male			Female			Total
	Arts	Science	Total	Arts	Science	Total	Arts	Science	Total
1979		n/a			n/a		44,445	33,115	77,560
1980	19,896	25,672	45,568	22,828	7,452	30,280	42,724	33,124	75,848
1981	17,563	25,288	42,851	22,166	7,683	29,849	39,729	32,971	72,700
1982	16,638	26,606	43,244	23,289	8,560	31,849	39,927	35,166	75,093
1983	16,067	29,067	45,134	23,930	9,624	33,554	39,997	38,691	78,688

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the percentage increase in course fees for the Open University since 1979.

The information requested is as follows:

Academic year	Undergraduate Tuition Fees £	Percentage increase over previous year
1979	55	—
1980	67	21·8
1981	98	46·3
1982	120	22·4
1983	127	5·8
1984	133	4·7

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the number of students registered in the Open University in (a) Scotland and (b) the United Kingdom, by sex, in each year since 1979

For undergraduate students, the information is as follows:

Notes:

(a) For the years 1970–71 to 1976–77 the figures are calculated from information published in the Scottish Office's "Rates and Rateable Values in Scotland".

(b) For the years 1977–78 to 1981–82 the figures are those published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in "Rating Review".

(c) The figures for the years 1982–83 to 1984–85 are provisional figures.

Education And Science

Open University

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the number of students (a) on science-based courses and (b) on arts-based courses, and registered in the Open University in (i) Scotland and (ii) the United Kingdom, by sex, in each year since 1979.

The following table relates to undergraduate course enrolments. Information in respect of students cannot be provided, as an individual may study for arts and science credits in the same year.

Students domiciled in Scotland
Year	Male	Female	Total
1979	2,897	2,143	5,040
1980	2,989	2,169	5,158
1981	2,951	2,291	5,242
1982	3,328	2,523	5,851
1983	3,570	2,796	6,366

Students domiciled in the United Kingdom
Year	Male	Female	Total
1979	34,833	25,746	60,579
1980	35,079	25,928	61,007
1981	33,822	26,146	59,968
1982	34,905	28,214	63,119
1983	36,522	29,881	66,403

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received about the funding of the Open University; and if he will make a statement.

So far my right hon. Friend and I have received over 600 letters about the level of Government funding for the Open University. A commentary on the issues raised in the letters is being sent to those who have written.

Class Sizes

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the numbers of classes and of pupils in classes in each local

Number of Pupils in classes taught by one teacher in primary Schools
	January 1979				January 1983
	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+
Barking	10,829	3,305	330	94	11,959	984	184	0
Barnet	14,785	6,835	581	82	17,124	2,330	226	0
Bexley	10,754	7,685	952	42	10,135	5,720	402	0
Brent	15,691	3,171	858	0	14,875	1,808	109	0
Bromley	16,960	6,350	843	0	15,185	4,711	147	0
Croydon	18,282	7,332	1,663	45	17,116	5,323	222	100
Ealing	19,251	5,221	1,153	0	18,355	2,534	182	0
Enfield	11,497	10,205	1,591	44	14,367	5,130	262	67
Haringey	14,752	3,369	72	47	14,121	190	0	0
Harrow	11,738	4,895	1,227	42	11,971	2,875	328	0
Havering	14,511	7,457	666	94	16,019	3,087	36	58
Hillingdon	13,184	5,188	1,240	0	124,27	4,231	557	65
Hounslow	11,365	4,128	1,068	41	11,588	2,919	74	187
Kingston-Upon-Thames	6,175	2,922	591	0	5,866	2,696	258	0
Merton	5,919	2,548	402	41	5,974	1,714	144	0
Newham	17,436	2,921	146	0	17,211	1,137	0	58
Redbridge	10,375	5,667	1,539	0	9,417	5,199	377	0
Richmond-Upon-Thames	6,172	2,838	436	101	7,015	1,245	109	0
Sutton	7,096	4,162	1,152	0	6,187	3,740	667	0
Waltham Forest	14,193	5,576	456	0	12,416	3,132	183	41
Ilea	139,085	25,282	2,202	259	129,480	6,123	297	0
Birmingham	55,106	47,047	2,599	0	46,846	38,931	2,100	41
Coventry	22,461	9,238	697	125	17,501	7,205	744	42
Dudley	13,774	13,910	2,390	335	17,775	6,405	704	163
Sandwell	19,068	13,144	1,997	144	19,369	7,393	519	56
Solihull	14,129	7,823	774	137	12,437	4,366	440	82
Walsall	20,790	6,234	881	44	20,093	2,260	109	0
Wolverhampton	17,756	5,904	1,276	50	18,757	1,645	190	59
Knowsley	13,020	6,511	893	41	11,590	3,582	401	118
Liverpool	40,353	8,878	2,165	255	34,891	6,530	989	41
St Helens	12,517	6,286	2,425	124	12,020	4,066	1,099	108
Sefton	17,367	11,057	2,208	93	18,920	5,394	332	0
Wirral	21,744	10,342	2,385	0	21,027	7,733	1,106	0
Bolton	12,394	10,801	4,574	341	13,445	7,381	1,901	271
Bury	10,622	5,473	1,648	0	9,875	4,014	706	0
Manchester	35,433	8,190	1,034	151	27,557	8,065	856	172
Oldham	12,081	8,541	2,957	131	12,526	5,889	1,611	249
Rochdale	13,520	4,694	1,903	42	13,138	3,842	339	0
Salford	16,365	6,867	2,444	213	17,157	2,606	412	225
Stockport	12,441	13,760	2,821	131	16,758	5,962	370	0
Tameside	12,168	8,163	2,656	125	13,458	5,068	825	0
Trafford	13,060	5,294	1,139	41	10,323	3,965	1,224	48
Wigan	20,706	8,972	4,113	43	19,185	5,558	2,020	41
Barnsley	16,254	7,165	297	0	16,912	1,917	225	0
Doncaster	24,354	4,897	595	189	22,572	2,412	226	49
Rotherham	17,185	9,529	1,087	137	18,129	4,340	343	131
Sheffield	41,989	10,399	1,564	212	37,284	3,533	747	53
Bradford	28,062	6,342	485	0	25,398	3,613	228	84
Calderdale	12,813	6,593	1,369	41	14,381	2,989	217	0
Kirklees	19,764	13,739	2,963	391	21,167	8,593	1,299	52
Leeds	30,688	22,292	3,883	169	31,427	12,591	1,456	179
Wakefield	18,052	8,861	1,604	44	17,216	5,031	528	0
Gateshead	17,913	3,040	293	48	16,299	1,059	116	0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	19,235	1,984	0	43	16,680	958	0	84
North Tyneside	13,677	2,037	227	0	12,017	1,194	75	0
South Tyneside	13,701	1,875	110	41	11,690	740	0	43
Sunderland	21,341	9,717	931	0	21,632	4,914	146	154

education authority with 30 and under, 31 to 35, 36 to 40 and over 40 pupils per class for primary and secondary school in 1979 and 1983, respectively.

The numbers of pupils in classes and classes in four size bands for both primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England, for 1979 and 1983 are as follows. The analyses are in respect of classes supervised by one teacher; two or more teacher classes are excluded.

	January 1979				January 1983
	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+
Isles of Scilly	148	32	0	0	93	0	0	0
Avon	42,322	31,342	3,669	42	41,309	26,389	3,276	46
Bedfordshire	29,853	9,619	705	0	24,376	7,184	1,526	130
Berkshire	37,946	19,464	2,618	141	37,226	13,732	1,983	218
Buckinghamshire	39,897	18,785	2,345	298	36,505	17,084	2,491	335
Cambridgeshire	37,234	16,439	1,250	92	34,351	13,779	1,512	45
Cheshire	59,025	28,238	5,735	341	55,450	20,370	3,586	85
Cleveland	41,865	15,954	2,147	45	43,137	6,125	1,431	83
Cornwall	22,671	11,969	4,016	170	22,014	10,432	2,175	87
Cumbria	32,756	11,944	770	44	32,664	5,484	147	0
Derbyshire	52,262	27,644	6,451	92	51,855	18,378	2,656	232
Devon	46,588	23,767	7,142	314	46,890	17,767	3,299	263
Dorset	24,054	13,746	4,199	166	22,696	10,561	2,274	174
Durham	45,695	13,453	1,352	256	38,918	11,232	518	59
East Sussex	31,312	14,533	2,578	214	32,335	8,287	1,170	126
Essex	80,652	54,212	2,798	311	84,421	34,423	1,396	145
Gloucestershire	25,765	17,021	3,018	65	25,790	12,068	1,664	0
Hampshire	83,640	52,799	6,175	482	76,418	40,034	5,006	216
Hereford and Worcester	29,468	17,633	2,464	128	25,772	16,746	1,580	0
Hertfordshire	58,334	24,417	2,578	125	53,875	19,222	1,988	71
Humberside	59,108	15,881	1,841	87	55,427	7,988	823	98
Isle of Wight	4,073	2,319	411	0	4,366	1,354	73	0
Kent	76,575	48,627	6,161	434	67,692	41,317	4,003	43
Lancashire	70,781	45,152	16,689	989	71,367	33,337	8,473	561
Leicestershire	58,262	20,103	1,963	367	54,329	14,497	1,116	443
Lincolnshire	33,581	15,661	3,491	94	28,012	14,183	3,207	87
Norfolk	47,444	16,370	1,286	307	46,408	11,691	1,151	69
North Yorkshire	39,387	15,825	2,398	152	35,034	12,331	1,732	135
Northamptonshire	31,312	16,537	1,916	82	33,359	8,809	926	0
Northumberland	12,356	7,613	914	0	11,214	6,008	296	0
Nottinghamshire	51,841	35,881	7,068	176	64,122	11,366	1,802	132
Oxfordshire	27,207	11,726	1,029	128	23,309	10,281	769	46
Shropshire	22,121	11,508	2,551	86	24,500	5,705	1,003	0
Somerset	19,433	13,997	1,241	88	17,776	11,745	1,272	42
Staffordshire	64,760	27,912	5,712	375	65,419	12,876	1,455	215
Suffolk	31,590	12,159	988	82	31,889	6,415	217	60
Surrey	60,449	22,598	2,970	187	56,095	16,003	1,029	122
Warwickshire	34,805	15,524	1,858	0	30,020	12,118	1,509	112
West Sussex	29,496	18,329	3,664	41	31,025	13,053	2,199	101
Wiltshire	32,125	14,433	1,321	138	29,104	11,859	955	43
England	2,740,146	1,273,820	208,037	11,952	2,632,822	840,805	103,055	7,745

Number of Pupils in classes taught by one teacher in primary Schools
	January 1979				January 1983
	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+
Barking	10,870	489	0	0	10,796	284	0	0
Barnet	16,251	3,147	73	0	16,417	1,484	39	0
Bexley	15,862	1,727	36	0	16,096	1,227	38	71
Brent	14,053	1,848	0	0	14,023	789	0	0
Bromley	17,173	2,841	110	54	16,970	2,603	36	0
Croydon	20,377	3,994	256	104	19,736	2,632	0	0
Ealing	13,900	1,666	36	55	13,303	921	0	0
Enfield	12,990	6,229	551	0	15,170	3,431	39	66
Haringey	13,061	1,757	0	0	11,680	538	37	0
Harrow	9,190	1,533	144	0	9,073	1,021	0	0
Havering	16,307	3,560	182	0	17,359	1,553	110	45
Hillingdon	15,126	2,208	37	0	14,855	1,282	36	90
Hounslow	12,202	2,949	0	0	13,185	1,371	36	0
Kingston-upon-Thames	6,673	2,012	0	0	6,900	1,362	38	179
Merton	12,172	3,264	72	0	10,803	3,135	38	0
Newham	14,148	1,072	40	0	14,898	723	0	0
Redbridge	12,971	2,238	147	46	13,055	1,582	111	45
Richmond-upon-Thames	6,457	1,056	0	0	5,956	660	0	0
Sutton	8,168	4,245	36	43	8,865	2,989	150	111
Waltham Forest	14,897	664	0	0	14,490	385	110	142
ILEA	140,265	15,904	371	425	123,329	6,845	72	43
Birmingham	70,596	14,763	582	0	66,240	14,323	221	170
Coventry	23,342	3,461	39	0	21,966	3,150	0	46

	January 1979				January 1983
	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+
Dudley	16,548	4,100	444	46	20,344	1,804	75	84
Sandwell	23,078	2,827	112	0	23,241	2,518	73	0
Solihull	16,299	1,308	0	0	15,801	2,611	183	0
Walsall	21,673	3,114	145	0	22,231	2,666	36	60
Wolverhampton	20,162	2,088	72	0	19,490	1,408	0	0
Knowsley	16,115	1,766	38	0	13,275	1,341	73	0
Liverpool	38,552	5,346	38	45	30,526	7,009	259	141
St. Helens	12,530	2,838	0	0	13,292	2,391	115	0
Sefton	19,482	5,776	484	0	20,428	3,050	109	0
Wirral	20,751	5,010	363	0	21,337	2,356	75	0
Bolton	16,324	3,284	108	0	17,231	3,221	76	0
Bury	10,827	2,180	36	145	11,474	1,432	0	0
Manchester	32,407	5,537	255	52	29,566	3,788	181	0
Oldham	11,674	3,654	255	0	13,841	2,729	37	41
Rochdale	15,574	1,884	295	57	16,761	1,048	37	0
Salford	19,715	1,458	219	0	18,024	1,438	36	0
Stockport	19,553	4,097	110	0	20,802	2,431	110	52
Tameside	14,662	1,974	149	0	15,363	1,920	74	0
Trafford	16,520	956	36	0	14,532	1,041	0	41
Wigan	22,803	4,247	182	0	25,862	2,074	36	99
Barnsley	17,835	819	0	0	17,481	1,153	0	0
Doncaster	22,052	2,444	296	78	22,189	2,294	40	0
Rotherham	15,824	4,957	182	41	18,943	2,706	113	0
Sheffield	31,644	7,278	292	43	34,379	2,742	260	0
Bradford	36,029	7,572	914	0	38,373	6,301	876	0
Calderdale	11,434	3,006	36	0	13,727	1,915	0	0
Kirklees	24,031	5,745	476	56	27,181	4,580	146	46
Leeds	49,372	17,097	1,360	229	53,676	9,735	658	48
Wakefield	21,572	4,815	325	0	23,164	4,170	259	0
Gateshead	13,590	2,394	73	88	13,577	1,225	0	0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	20,660	2,113	0	41	20,020	602	0	0
North Tyneside	16,484	1,869	217	0	15,754	1,122	0	0
South Tyneside	12,105	1,494	0	132	11,264	850	40	66
Sunderland	22,154	2,163	294	42	22,032	1,998	36	0
Isles of Scilly	138	0	0	0	141	0	0	0
Avon	55,164	11,002	441	42	57,872	6,412	370	0
Bedforshire	42,498	5,025	75	107	43,049	4,878	74	0
Berkshire	42,987	8,192	397	41	44,532	6,742	252	210
Buckinghamshire	29,667	3,772	150	48	31,930	2,300	76	0
Cambridgeshire	35,409	3,628	221	55	35,304	4,668	113	105
Cheshire	61,313	11,064	401	50	61,376	11,131	442	0
Cleveland	44,082	5,884	182	43	44,384	3,143	257	52
Cornwall	26,624	4,258	189	0	27,107	4,575	182	43
Cumbria	33,502	3,464	0	0	34,218	2,929	110	0
Derbyshire	53,897	14,691	656	104	58,381	10,810	365	0
Devon	47,431	12,665	959	43	52,731	9,113	222	96
Dorset	30,518	6,647	437	168	34,988	5,541	461	82
Durham	37,665	8,770	554	56	40,566	5,772	72	0
East Sussex	30,128	6,045	517	169	32,203	5,012	0	53
Essex	95,161	16,493	439	303	101,178	12,261	402	88
Gloucestershire	31,952	7,662	109	45	31,659	5,389	254	186
Hampshire	91,394	13,288	661	144	88,573	11,731	448	120
Hereford and Worcester	39,147	12,205	677	151	43,618	10,207	702	306
Hertfordshire	68,327	8,837	258	115	69,050	6,605	75	0
Humberside	67,129	12,375	994	87	68,356	9,347	446	92
Isle of Wight	8,013	2,625	254	45	8,863	1,975	36	134
Kent	100,587	11,971	631	327	105,125	9,329	229	0
Lancashire	84,449	16,599	737	41	85,404	14,664	915	99
Leicestershire	58,910	5,908	220	0	61,890	4,395	110	56
Lincolnshire	33,056	5,801	487	41	34,883	4,168	370	45
Norfolk	37,496	5,386	554	82	40,249	3,465	76	0
North Yorkshire	41,047	7,846	638	45	43,247	6,925	409	0
Northamptonshire	38,248	6,644	795	90	41,947	5,666	186	43
Northumberland	22,100	5,021	402	0	24,102	4,977	414	41
Nottinghamshire	67,097	10,717	445	234	72,572	7,122	147	87
Oxfordshire	34,631	6,019	293	234	35,069	4,304	219	50
Shropshire	25,042	4,111	72	0	27,894	2,813	220	0
Somerset	23,645	5,602	289	0	24,125	6,464	184	59
Staffordshire	63,984	13,073	1,525	134	71,483	11,469	405	46

	January 1979				January 1983
	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+
Suffolk	39,833	8,455	515	137	45,358	4,774	294	0
Surrey	48,393	6,254	255	53	46,281	5,519	145	140
Warwickshire	26,079	5,321	220	92	27,167	4,686	113	0
West Sussex	33,655	9,450	402	0	35,611	7,553	436	97
Wiltshire	33,013	6,499	443	49	34,993	4,437	326	0
England	2,980,497	529,106	28,012	5,197	3,057,825	397,230	15,681	4,016

Number of Pupils in classes taught by one teacher in primary Schools
	January 1979				January 1983
	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+
Barking	461	102	9	2	504	31	5	0
Barnet	676	208	16	2	796	72	6	0
Bexley	441	237	26	1	410	177	11	0
Brent	786	97	23	0	739	55	3	0
Bromley	675	197	23	0	610	147	4	0
Croydon	794	224	45	1	754	163	6	2
Ealing	898	159	31	0	870	78	5	0
Enfield	496	311	43	1	622	157	7	1
Haringey	652	105	2	1	649	6	0	0
Harrow	531	149	33	1	554	88	9	0
Havering	605	230	18	2	662	96	1	1
Hillingdon	541	160	33	0	527	130	15	1
Hounslow	510	127	29	1	549	91	2	4
Kingston-upon-Thames	286	89	16	0	268	81	7	0
Merton	267	78	11	1	258	53	4	0
Newham	746	91	4	0	739	36	0	1
Redbridge	439	174	41	0	413	159	10	0
Richmond-upon-Thames	268	87	12	1	310	39	3	0
Sutton	315	128	31	0	261	114	18	0
Waltham Forest	628	172	12	0	556	97	5	1
ILEA	6,725	775	60	5	6,506	191	8	0
Birmingham	2,375	1,425	71	0	2,024	1,184	57	1
Coventry	961	286	19	3	765	222	20	1
Dudley	571	426	65	6	779	197	19	3
Sandwell	817	400	54	3	876	227	14	1
Solihull	605	240	21	3	529	134	12	2
Walsall	922	192	24	1	951	70	3	0
Wolverhampton	818	182	34	1	907	51	5	1
Knowsley	535	199	24	1	491	110	11	2
Liverpool	1,807	272	59	4	1,560	202	27	1
St. Helens	535	191	65	3	527	125	29	2
Sefton	753	338	60	1	809	166	9	0
Wirral	901	318	64	0	897	238	30	0
Bolton	534	328	122	6	568	224	51	5
Bury	463	168	44	0	435	122	19	0
Manchester	1,589	252	28	3	1,189	247	23	4
Oldham	495	259	79	2	550	180	43	4
Rochdale	567	144	51	1	563	118	9	0
Salford	696	209	66	4	757	81	11	5
Stockport	490	418	77	3	682	184	10	0
Tameside	530	248	71	3	589	156	22	0
Trafford	602	161	31	1	452	121	33	1
Wigan	943	274	110	1	864	171	54	1
Barnsley	684	222	8	0	730	60	6	0
Doncaster	1,025	152	16	3	983	75	6	1
Rotherham	702	292	29	3	756	135	9	3
Sheffield	1,804	323	42	5	1,643	110	20	1
Bradford	1,246	196	13	0	1,107	113	6	2
Calderdale	553	202	37	1	640	93	6	0
Kirklees	880	421	80	8	956	264	35	1
Leeds	1,292	679	105	3	1,352	389	39	4
Wakefield	767	273	43	1	722	156	14	0
Gateshead	775	94	8	1	759	33	3	0
Newca 2	Bradford	1,246	196	13	0	1,107	113	6
Calderdale	553	202	37	1	640	93	6	0
Kirklees	880	421	80	8	956	264	35	1

	January 1979				January 1983
	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+
Leeds	1,292	679	105	3	1,352	389	39	4
Wakefield	767	273	43	1	722	156	14	0
Gateshead	775	94	8	1	759	33	3	0
Newcasfle-upon-Tyne	917	61	0	1	819	30	0	2
North Tyneside	602	63	6	0	558	37	2	0
South Tyneside	616	58	3	1	531	23	0	1
Sunderland	911	296	25	0	929	150	4	2
Isles of Scilly	9	1	0	0	7	0	0	0
Avon	1,782	958	100	1	1,731	807	90	1
Bedfordshire	1,318	297	19	0	1,071	222	41	3
Berkshire	1,611	597	71	3	1,599	422	54	3
Buckinghamshire	1,661	576	63	6	1,553	524	67	7
Cambridgeshire	1,586	506	34	2	1,445	426	41	1
Cheshire	2,508	864	155	8	2,405	623	97	2
Cleveland	1,737	491	58	1	1,867	190	38	2
Cornwall	1,006	365	108	4	980	320	59	2
Cumbria	1,412	369	21	1	1,464	170	4	0
Derbyshire	2,285	844	174	2	2,303	565	72	5
Devon	2,006	724	192	7	2,049	543	89	5
Dorset	1,060	420	112	4	992	324	61	3
Durham	2,009	413	37	4	1,683	346	14	1
East Sussex	1,355	446	70	4	1,419	256	32	3
Essex	3,258	1,670	77	6	3,444	1,073	38	3
Gloucestershire	1,150	521	82	1	1,125	371	45	0
Hampshire	3,450	1,617	168	10	3,200	1,226	136	5
Hereford and Worcester	1,270	541	67	3	1,092	512	43	0
Hertfordshire	2,515	751	70	3	2,345	591	54	1
Humberside	2,547	492	50	2	2,472	248	22	2
Isle of Wight	172	71	11	0	182	42	2	0
Kent	3,177	1,492	167	9	2,789	1,264	109	1
Lancashire	3,031	1,374	447	23	3,047	1,021	228	11
Leicestershire	2,504	623	53	8	2,364	450	30	9
Lincolnshire	1,479	478	94	2	1,203	432	87	2
Norfolk	2,095	504	35	6	2,050	362	31	1
North Yorkshire	1,789	486	65	3	1,622	379	47	3
Northamptonshire	1,317	507	52	2	1,444	273	25	0
Northumberland	559	232	25	0	517	185	8	0
Nottinghamshire	2,157	1,097	190	4	2,820	353	47	3
Oxfordshire	1,108	363	28	3	954	317	21	1
Shropshire	969	351	69	2	1,110	176	27	0
Somerset	815	427	34	2	743	359	35	1
Staffordshire	2,821	856	154	7	2,900	396	39	4
Suffolk	1,368	375	27	2	1,427	198	6	1
Surrey	2,690	692	81	4	2,449	492	28	2
Warwickshire	1,248	477	50	0	1,337	370	41	1
West Sussex	1,260	560	99	1	1,341	400	60	2
Wiltshire	1,360	443	36	3	1,219	367	26	1
England	118,711	39,033	5,617	249	115,570	25,854	2,784	154

Number of Pupils in classes taught by one teacher in primary Schools
	January 1979				January 1983
Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+
Barking	573	15	0	0	546	9	0	0
Barnet	876	98	2	0	903	47	1	0
Bexley	762	54	1	0	792	39	1	1
Brent	797	58	0	0	811	25	0	0
Bromley	887	89	3	1	894	82	1	0
Croydon	1,058	124	7	2	1,025	83	0	0
Ealing	744	52	1	1	717	29	0	0
Enfield	701	193	15	0	815	106	1	1
Haringey	661	55	0	0	647	17	1	0
Harrow	527	47	4	0	487	32	0	0
Havering	861	110	5	0	915	49	3	1
Hillingdon	772	69	1	0	786	40	1	2
Hounslow	661	92	0	0	695	43	1	0
Kingston-upon-Thames	369	63	0	0	362	43	1	1
Merton	595	101	2	0	546	98	1	0

	January 1979				January 1983
Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+
Newham	689	34	1	0	768	23	0	0
Redbridge	646	70	4	1	683	49	3	1
Richmond-upon-Thames	305	33	0	0	283	21	0	0
Sutton	454	131	1	1	474	93	4	2
Waltham Forest	821	21	0	0	805	12	3	1
ILEA	7,544	501	10	7	6,874	217	2	1
Birmingham	3,636	460	16	0	3,259	448	6	3
Coventry	1,162	109	1	0	1,065	100	0	1
Dudley	832	127	12	1	1,034	57	2	2
Sandwell	1,165	89	3	0	1,187	79	2	0
Solihull	794	41	0	0	779	81	5	0
Walsall	1,158	97	4	0	1,216	84	1	1
Wolverhampton	1,028	65	2	0	999	44	0	0
Knowsley	812	55	1	0	676	42	2	0
Liverpool	1,966	168	1	1	1,590	221	7	3
St. Helens	635	88	0	0	698	75	3	0
Sefton	971	178	13	0	1,014	96	3	0
Wirral	1,055	155	10	0	1,090	74	2	0
Bolton	827	103	3	0	868	101	2	0
Bury	548	68	1	1	597	45	0	0
Manchester	1,746	170	7	1	1,519	118	5	0
Oldham	594	112	7	0	689	85	1	1
Rochdale	853	58	8	1	910	33	1	0
Salford	1,005	45	6	0	922	45	1	0
Stockport	972	128	3	0	1,069	76	3	1
Tameside	748	61	4	0	799	60	2	0
Trafford	832	30	1	0	725	33	0	1
Wigan	1,184	132	5	0	1,316	65	1	2
Barnsley	857	26	0	0	856	37	0	0
Doncasster	1,064	76	8	1	1,117	72	1	0
Rotherham	815	154	5	1	944	84	3	0
Sheffield	1,653	255	8	1	1,765	86	7	0
Bradford	1,818	233	25	0	1,880	194	24	0
Calderdale	581	93	1	0	693	60	0	0
Kirklees	1,223	178	13	1	1,381	142	4	1
Leeds	2,470	524	37	3	2,752	300	18	1
Wakefield	1,048	149	9	0	1,125	129	7	0
Gateshead	695	76	2	2	699	39	0	0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1,103	66	0	1	1,091	19	0	0
North Tyneside	885	58	6	0	867	35	0	0
South Tyneside	620	47	0	2	594	27	1	1
Sunderland	1,112	67	8	1	1,138	63	1	0
Isles of Sciily	10	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Avon	2,724	342	12	1	2,890	200	10	0
Bedfordshire	2,054	157	2	2	2,098	153	2	0
Berkshire	2,209	255	11	1	2,362	211	7	3
Buckinghamshire	1,521	118	4	1	1,663	72	2	0
Cambridgeshire	1,782	114	6	1	1,805	147	3	2
Cheshire	3,064	344	11	1	3,177	346	12	0
Cleveland	2,070	185	5	1	2,214	99	7	1
Cornwall	1,357	132	5	0	1,392	143	5	1
Cumbria	1,712	108	0	0	1,781	92	3	0
Derbyshire	2,687	455	18	2	2,954	336	10	0
Devon	2,316	393	26	1	2,596	284	6	2
Dorset	1,509	207	12	3	1,765	173	12	1
Durham	1,908	273	15	1	1,992	182	2	0
East Sussex	1,513	188	14	3	1,592	157	0	1
Essex	4,627	516	12	6	4,937	384	11	2
Gloucestershire	1,607	238	3	1	1,617	168	7	1
Hampshire	4,606	415	18	3	4,401	367	12	2
Hereford and Worcester	1,954	377	18	3	2,164	317	19	6
Hertfordshire	3,687	276	7	2	3,708	208	2	0
Humberside	3,427	384	27	2	3,537	291	12	2
Isle of Wight	395	81	7	1	441	61	1	1
Kent	4,854	377	17	5	5,122	296	6	0
Lancashire	4,292	515	20	1	4,340	458	25	2
Leicestershire	2,977	184	6	0	3,088	138	3	1
Lincolnshire	1,718	181	13	1	1,741	130	10	1
Norfolk	1,814	167	15	2	2,013	109	2	0

	January 1979				January 1983
Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+	Under 31	31–35	36–40	40+
North Yorkshire	2,131	244	17	1	2,230	216	11	0
Northamptonshire	1,970	207	22	2	2,147	177	5	1
Northumberland	1,097	155	11	0	1,206	155	11	1
Nottinghamshire	3,354	334	12	5	3,720	223	4	2
Oxfordshire	1,726	188	8	5	1,757	134	6	1
Shropshire	1,296	127	2	0	1,427	88	6	0
Somerset	1,123	174	8	0	1,181	201	5	1
Staffordshire	3,277	405	41	3	3,648	357	11	1
Suffolk	1,935	264	14	3	2,229	150	8	0
Surrey	2,568	194	7	1	2,467	173	4	3
Warwickshire	1,312	164	6	2	1,376	146	3	0
West Sussex	1,675	293	11	0	1,841	236	12	2
Wiltshire	1,636	200	12	1	1,727	138	9	0
England	151,264	16,452	762	99	156,108	12,422	425	70

Environment

Planning Inquiries

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his practice to make public all advice, including briefing notes from his Department, given to inspectors at planning inquiries.

Briefing notes are already made available on request to anyone reasonably entitled to know what they contain from the opening of an inquiry or the opening of any pre-inquiry meeting until six weeks after the issue of the decision.

Rates (Empty Warehouses)

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment why he decided not to give rating relief for empty warehouses until 1 April 1985.

Rating authorities who currently levy rates on empty warehouses will have set their rates for 1984–85 on the assumption that empty warehouses will be liable for rates. Such a change part way through the financial year would not be justified.

Wildlife And Countryside Act

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will establish a review to consider any amendments necessary to the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

I have received a number of representations calling for various amendments to the Act —notably to close the so-called three-month loophole. I hope to be in a position to make a statement shortly. I will then write to the hon. Member.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received in the last three months urging changes in the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mr. Hunter) on 2 May at column 149. I have since received representations from the Country Landowners Association and The Timber Growers Organisation urging changes in the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

Halvergate Marshes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what area of land on or abutting Halvergate Marshes has been drained and ploughed in preparation for cereal production since 1 May.

None as yet, but Mr. David Wright sprayed 92 acres of land on 3 July and moved in drainage equipment on 4 July.

Moorland Areas

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce further planning controls to protect moorland areas.

The Town and Country Planning Acts, and subordinate legislation, apply to moorlands as to other parts of the country.National parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty within moorland areas, as elsewhere, are governed by a slightly more restrictive regime.

Energy

Nationalised Industries

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will set out in the Official Report the income and expenditure of each public sector industry for which his Department has been responsible in each of the last 10 years: and if he will indicate the loss or surplus and his Department's level of subsidy in each case.

[pursuat to the reply, 24 May 1984, c. 482.]: The following tables set out the information sought:

British Gas Corporation
£m
Year	Income	Expenditure	Profit/(loss)^*
1973–74	971	865	106
1974–75	1,207	1.101	106
1975–76	1,566	1,379	187
1976–77	1,958	1,758	200
1977–78†	2,568	2,254	314
1978–79	2,972	2,529	443
1979–80	3,513	3,047	466
1980–81	4,295	3,914	381
1981–82	5,235	4,924	311
1982–83	5,958	5,295	663

Source:BGC Annual Report and Accounts

^* After interest but before taxation

† From 1978–79 BGC have produced main accounts in current cost form. The figures for this and subsequent years are not therefore directly comparable with the historic cost figures for proceeding years.

There have been no Government subsidies made to the BGC in this period.

British National Oil Corporation
Year^*	Income	Expenditure	Profit/ (loss)†	Subsidies from Central Government
1976‡	26	58	(32)	—
1977	28	58	(30)	—
1978	432	458	(26)	—
1979	3,245	3,168	77	—
1980	4,323	4,014	309	—
1981	5,752	5,314	438	—
1982(7 months to 31 July)║	3,913	3,651	262	—
1982 (5 months to 31 Dec)║	3,157	3,155	2	¶—
1983	7,910	7,909	1	—

Source: Annual Reports.

^* BNOC has a calendar accounting year.

† Profit/(loss) after net interest, before tax.

‡ Corporation established on 1 January 1976.

National Coal Board
£ million
Year	^Income*	Of which Operating and Social Grants	†Expenditure	Deficit Grant	‡Profit/(loss)
1973–74	1,033	130	1,164	—	(131)
1974–75	1,663	68	1,663	—	—
1975–76	2,199	32	2,193	—	5
1976–77	2,532	55	2,505	—	27
1977–78	2,903	75	2,882	—	21
1978–79	3,310	172	3,329	—	(19)
1979–80	3,861	92	4,020	159	—
1980–81	4,615	105	4,822	149	(58)
1981–82	4,983	147	5,411	428	—
1982–83	5,098	146	5,583	374	(111)

Source: Annual Reports and Accounts.

^* Including adjustments for taxation, minority interests, extraordinary items and exchange losses.

† After interest.

‡ After Government subsidies.

Transport

Tachograph Records (Falsification)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many prosecutions have taken place involving the falsification of tachograph records since their use became compulsory; where the prosecutions took place; if he will list the defendents in each case; if he will publish details of the verdicts and penalties awarded in each case; if he is satisfied that there is no widespread evasion of the tachograph regulations; and if he will make a statement.

Since the use of tachographs was made compulsory in 1982, more than 400 prosecutions have been brought by the Department for misuse of the tachograph itself. Separate figures are not kept of prosecutions for falsification of tachograph records, or of prosecutions by the police.Details of where prosecutions took place, names of defendants, and verdicts and penalties awarded are not held centrally and cannot be provided at reasonable cost.

║ The 1982 accounts show separately the results for the period before and after 1 August, the date the Corporation unstream business was stransferred to Britoil prior to privatisation later in the year. The results attributable to the upstream business are included in the accounts for the period to 31 July, but excluded from those for the remainder of the year. ¶—As part of a financial restructuring to terminate its link with the National Oil Account the Corporation was provided with capital reserves of £30 million with effect from 31 December 1982.

Electricity Supply Industry
£ million
Year	Income	Expenditure	^Profit/(loss)*
1973–74	1,982	2,168	(186)
1974–75	2,656	2,924	(268)
1975–76	3,496	3,487	9
1976–77	4,143	3,936	207
1977–78	4,779	4,646	133
1978–79	5,445	5,194	251
1979–80	6,171	6,134	37
1980–81†	7,511	7,783	(272)
1981–82	8,471	8,556	(85)
1982–83	9,187	8,855	332

Source: Electricity Council Annual Report 1982–83.

^* After interest (no tax period during period 1973–74 to 1982–83).

† From 1980–81 current cost accounting basis.

There have been no Government subsidies made to the Electricity supply industry in this period.

Most firms in the goods and passenger road transport industries are well aware of the regulations on drivers' hours and use of the tachograph. My Department is, however, increasing the number of checks carried out by traffic examiners on tachograph records both at the roadside and at operators' premises, and we have introduced a computerised system for analysing the records in each of the traffic area offices.

Waiting Restrictions (Signs Study)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the study financed by his Department and undertaken by Norfolk county council into the method of signing waiting restrictions in environmentally sensitive areas.

My Department agreed, in 1981, to fund an experiment on waiting restriction signing in an environmentally sensitive area in Norfolk. Because of local opposition to the scheme, it was never undertaken. Experiments are taking place in other counties, but no formal reports have yet been produced.

Sealink Uk Ltd

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he has now received a recommendation from the British Railways Board on the sale of Sealink UK Ltd.; and if he will make a statement to the House before taking a decision as to whether to give his consent to the sale.

The answer to both parts is no.

Roads (Weight Restriction Signs)

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what representations have been received by his Department from the county surveyor of Essex county council and the Surveyors' Society of the Association of County Councils concerning the cost of erecting regulatory road signs for weight restrictions on roads; and what response he has made.

I have not received any representations from either source on this particular matter.

London Regional Transport

asked the Secretary of State for Transport which member of London Regional Transport has been appointed to represent the interests of disabled people; what is his profession; and what qualifications he has for this particular position.

I have asked Mr. Keith Brown to take on a special responsibility for the interests of disabled people on the board of London Regional Transport. By profession he is an investment analyst. Mr. Brown has taken a special interest in disabled people and their needs, particularly in his role as a local councillor formerly in a London borough and now in Essex. He will be meeting various groups over the coming months to listen to their views and to ensure that these views are known to the board of London Regional Transport.

Trade And Industry

Spain (Duty Quota)

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what further consideration he has given to the worsening imbalance in trade in cars between the United Kingdom and Spain, in view of the imminence of the Spanish Government's decision on the reduced duty quota for 1984–85.

Reduced duty quotas for 1984–85, on the same terms as those for 1983–84, were announced in the Spanish official Gazette on 22 June.Her Majesty's Government have made it clear to the Spanish authorities that they regard the imbalance in trade in cars as due in large measure to the anomalous tariff regime between Spain and Member States of the European Community and that there must be an urgent remedy for this in the terms negotiated for Spain's entry to the Community.The Community drew specific attention to the problem of Spain's high tariffs the week before last when it presented its proposals to Spain for eliminating industrial duties between Spain and member states after its accession.

Companies (Kirklees)

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the number of companies with (a) head offices and (b) other facilities registered in the last year in the Kirklees metropolitan district; and if he will detail the amount of Government aid or grants these companies have received from his Department and the number of people they employ.

This information could not be made available without disproportionate cost.

Regional Assistance (Northern Region)

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total number and value of offers of regional assistance made to companies in West Cumbria travel-to-work areas, in Cumbria as a whole, in the north-west region and in the northern region for the last month for which statistics are available.

In May 1984, 11 offers of assistance totalling £2·14 million were made under section 7 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 towards projects in the North-West region. Of these two offers totalling £198,000 were made towards projects in the west Cumbria travel-to-work area, but no other offers were made to companies in Cumbria. 17 offers totalling £1·505 million were made towards projects in the north-east region.

Copyright

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what opportunity there will be for interested individuals to make representations to him before publication of the White Paper on copyright.

My Department received several hundred representations in response to the Green Paper on "Copyright, Designs and Performers' Protection" (Cmnd 8302) published in 1981. Although consideration of these views and formulation of policy are now well advanced, we will take into account any further representations which are received before the Government's legislative proposals are finalised.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has had an opportunity of considering the judgment of the Court of Appeal in British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. v. Armstrong Patents Co. Ltd.; and if he has any proposals for the reform of the law of copyright in the light of those judgments.

The protection of functional designs by copyright was discussed in the Green Paper "Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation" (Cmnd. 9117) and is now being examined during our formulation of views on the Green Paper. The judgment of the Court of Appeal in British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. v. Armstrong Patents Co. Ltd. will be taken fully into account.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what consultations he has had recently with interested bodies on the subject of copyright;

(2) whether he has had exchanges with other member Governments of the European Economic Community on the subject of copyright;

(3) what consultations he has had with interested bodies about possible restrictions on the freedom to make photocopies of documents, manuscripts, magazines and books.

The Green Paper on "Coyright, Designs and Performers' Protection", published in 1981, sought views widely, and my Department has been in consultation with many interested organisations and individuals since then. These consultations have included many on the subject of photocopying of copyright material.There have so far been no exchanges on copyright with other Governments within the European Community. The Commission is expected to publish its proposals on copyright harmonisation later this year, and discussions will then take place with the Commission and between member states.

Dumping

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action is taken to protect the interests of a British firm or industry which complains of dumping, where the corresponding EEC industry suffers little or no damage.

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

Take-Away Food Retailers

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.

[pursuant to the reply, 5 July 1984, c. 214.]: I am aware of the representations that have been made by small businesses involved with take-away foods and of reports of a reduction in demand during the early weeks of the imposition of VAT on hot take-away foods. It is too soon to form a reliable assessment of whether there is any longer term effect.

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food

Milk Quotas

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if milk producers will be allowed to exchange milk quota between direct sales and wholesale deliveries.

Not at this stage. We shall however be making separate provision for quota transfers in due course.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the official advice sent to dairy farmers since January 1981 advising them of the possibilities of some form of quota being introduced with respect to milk production.

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

Cultivated Land

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his latest estimate of the acreage of land under agricultural cultivation in England; and how this compares with the position in 1979 and 1974.

The following table shows the areas of the main categories of land used for agricultural purposes in England at June of each year.

Thousand hectares
	1974	1979	1983
Arable (crops plus grass under 5 years old)	5,374	5,203	5,280
Grass 5 years old and over	3,234	3,281	3,151
Rough grazing (excluding common rough grazing)	816	778	765
Woodland and other land	211	299	322
Total agricultural land (excluding common rough grazing)	9,634	9,561	9,518

Source: June agricultural census.

Drainage Schemes

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the total expenditure on land drainage schemes in England since 1974.

Grant is available under the Land Drainage Acts to the statutory drainage bodies (water authorities, internal drainage boards and local authorities) for the improvement of arterial drainage and the construction of flood defences, including tidal and urban flood protection; and to farmers under the farm capital grant schemes for the drainage of agricultural land.The total grant expenditure is:

Land Drainage Acts
Financial year	Grant £ million
1974–75^*	8·411
1975–76^*	14·093
1976–77^*	12·414
1977–78^*	13·504
1978–79^*	16·263
1979–80†	26·833
1980–81†	23·358
1981–82†	25·776
1982–83†	30·244
1983–84†	29·929
^* England and Wales.
† England.

Farm Capital Grant Schemes
Calendar year	Grant £ million
1979	17·025
1980	28·004
1981	25·324
1982	32·299
1983	29·893
Information for earlier years is not available.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average cost per acre of land drainage schemes grant-aided by his Department.

This information is not available.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the current projections of public expenditure on land drainage schemes in England.

Provision for public expenditure on land drainage schemes in England is not separately identified in table 2.3 of the "Government's Expenditure Plans 1984–85 to 1986–87" (Cmnd. 9143 Vol. II). That for arterial drainage forms part of programme 3.6 (land drainage and flood protection) and that for field drainage under the farm capital grant schemes part of programme 3.2 (other agricultural support).

Milk Producers

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing for 1983, or the latest available year, the number of milk producer retailers in England, Scotland and Wales, the amount of milk they produced in that year, in gallons and as a percentage of total national milk production, the number of producer retailers who were self-sufficient, the number selling milk to the Milk Marketing Board and the number buying milk to satisfy their retail needs and the quantities involved.

The numbers of producer retailers and quantities of milk sold under producer retailer licence are as follows. Information on the quantities sold by producer retailers under wholesale contract to the milk marketing board, and on the numbers buying milk and on the quantities involved, is not readily available.

	England and Wales	Scotland	Total
Number of producer retailers at March 1983	2,909	242	3,151
Total milk produced under producer retailer licence in 1982–83 million litres	208^*	37†	245
(million gallons)	(46)	(8)	(54)
Sales under PR licence as a percentage of total milk sales off farms in 1982–83 per cent.	1·5	2·7	1·6
Numbers of producer retailers with a producer's wholesale contract at March 1983	2,654	221	2,875
^* Includes sales by producer processors.
† Includes sales by producer wholesalers.

Source:

"United Kingdom Dairy Facts and Figures" published by the Federation of UK Milk Marketing Boards.

National Finance

Value Added Tax

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he intends to take to implement his Budget proposal to change the system for collecting value added tax on imports; and whether he will make a statement.

The Budget proposal to charge VAT on imports by withdrawing the system of postponed accounting will be given effect by regulations made by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise under powers in the Value Added Tax Act 1983. These regulations have now been made and are being laid before the House today. They are subject to the negative procedure.The regulations withdraw the facility for postponed accounting for VAT on imported goods and goods removed from warehouse, which at present allows registered taxable persons to account for the tax on a VAT return instead of paying it at the place of importation or on removal.The regulations also make certain consequential changes. VAT will be excluded from the relief from customs duty which is afforded by the inward processing provisions. VAT relief for goods temporarily imported will be confined to importations by persons not registered for VAT. There will, however, be a relief to prevent a further VAT charge on re-imported goods, provided certain conditions are met. And postponed accounting will continue in force for certain postal importations.The changes under these regulations will take effect from 1 October 1984.

Customs And Excise Computer

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will describe the circumstances under which the records held for a person on the Customs and Excise departmental reference and information computer are deleted from the computer, stating the number of such deletions since the computer became operational.

When it appears that the Department no longer has an interest in that particular subject. Since the computer became operational 30 such deletions have been made.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what numbers of persons for whom personal data are now held on the Customs and Excise departmental reference and information computer reflect (a) replacement of other records held before this computer became operational and (b) new work and investigations since this computer became operational.

(a) Approximately 70,000; (b) Approximately 36,700.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will identify the equipment and software of the Customs and Excise departmental reference and information computer, stating the storage capacity of the system.

The Honeywell DPS 8/20 mainframe computers, each with 2 megabytes of memory working under the control of a GCOS 8 operating system. The software is the STATUS free text information storage and retrieval package developed by UK AERE, Harwell. The storage capacity is 1,200 megabytes.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will describe the circumstances under which a person first becomes the subject of an entry on the Customs and Excise departmental reference and information computer, identifying the number and ranks of Customs and Excise staff authorised to initiate such entries.

An entry is made at the time when an investigation is commenced. Any member of the Department's staff graded from clerical officer upwards to assistant Secretary, who number approximately 20,000, could initiate such a record although all are scrutinised before entry by line management and are authorised by the project management team.

High Technology Exports

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps have been taken to ensure that Her Majesty's Customs and Excise officials are given full and detailed briefing regarding Her Majesty's Government's policies relating to the export of high technology goods.

Government policies relating to the export of high technology are the subject of frequent discussion in inter-Departmental Committees attended by officials of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the formal agreements under which Her Majesty's Customs and Excise officials co-operate with United States of America customs officials over the export of high technology products from the United Kingdom and indicate (a) what name or names are given to the operations to which these agreements refer, (b) if he has any information as to how many United States of America customs officials are involved, (c) at what level liaison takes place, (d) whether any of the arrangements relate to United States' Exodus, Conduit or Arrow programmes, (e) how many of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise officials are involved and (f) what is the position and work of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise official who has overall responsibility for such operations.

There are no such formal agreements but as I informed the hon. Member on 12 April in a written reply to his question at column 348 there is a good working relationship with United States customs officials.

The Arts

Works Of Art (Taxation)

asked the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State answering in respect of the Arts if he will list in the Official Report the occasions since 1979 when works of art have been accepted in lieu of tax and in each case the total value of tax exemption granted.

The information requested is as follows:

Amount of tax satisifed
Works ofArt	£
1980–81
(i) Collection of paintings by Cezanne, Manet and Monet	131,000
(ii) A sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth-Nicholson	23,536
(iii) Paintings by David Teniers the Younger, Philips Wouverman, Gillis Peeters, Gainsborough Dupont and William Hoare	122,500
An Archive of manuscripts and other documents
1981–82
(i) Two water-colours by J. M. W. Tumer	50,662
(ii) Drawings by Michelangelo and Pieter Breugel	628,887
(iii) Collection of 28 paintings	53,277
(iv) "The Betrayal of Christ' by Sir Anthony Van Dyck	702,635
(v) A fourteenth century ivory diptych	12,813
(vi) J. M. W. Turner water-colour	15,150
1982–83
(i) Four paintings by Dominic Serres	37,050
(ii) Verzelini glass gablet	52,750
(iii) Collection of portraits and papers related to William Wordsworth	9,900
(iv) A painting by Eric Kennington	12,119
(v) The Godman collection of Islamic pottery	1,750,000
(vi) A double-sided drawing by Albrecht Durer	259,492
(vii) A collection of Chinese ceramics and works of art	50,112·50
1983–84
(i) Two paintings by Antonio Jolio	45,625
(ii) Papers of George Constantinesco	6,000
(iii) Chattels at Clandon House	14,400·36
(iv) Rembrandt Drawing	7,335
(v) The papers of Sir William and Lady MacTaggart	14,840
(vi) 17 paintings by Sir Winston Churchill	82,564
(vii) Needlework casket	2,056·25
(viii) Two paintings by Canaletto	312,098
(ix) Two paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby One painting by Michele Marieschi	72,275
(x) A painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds	138,423
(xi) A painting by Francis Wheatley "The Return from Shooting"	110,690

Admissions 10 mental illness hospitals and units in East Anglian RHA with a main diagnosis of drug dependence
District Health Authority	1977	1978	^1979*	^1980*	^1981*	^†l982*
Cambridge	18	22	13	14	11	5
Peterborough	4	3	Nil	3	2	4
West Suffolk (formerly Bury St. Edmunds)	1	Nil	1	Nil	Nil	7
East Suffolk (formerly Ipswich)	8	5	6	5	2	Nil
Norwich	27	32	16	9	15	12
Great Yarmouth and Waveney	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	1	Nil

Works ofArt	£
(xii) Four paintings by Allan Ramsey	9,040
1984–85
(i) Drawings by Sir Jacob Epstein	70,000
(ii) Sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth-Nicholson	145,191

Social Services

Nhs (Casualty Units)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total number of National Health Service casualty units operating in England and Wales in each of the past 20 years.

I shall let my hon. Friend have the available information that can be provided without incurring disproportionate cost as soon as possible.

Towers Hospital, Leicester (High Security Unit)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will set up an inquiry into the operations of the mixed high security unit at Towers hospital, Leicester; and if he will make a statement;(2) if, in view of the pregnancy of a patient at the mixed high security unit at Towers hospital, he will segregate units until such an inquiry has taken place.

We have made enquiries into the incident to which my hon. Friend refers. We can see no reason to intervene in the management of the Arnold lodge secure unit, or to question the professional policies adopted in such units, including those in relation to segregation of the sexes. My noble Friend will be writing to my hon. Friend about the incident at the Arnold lodge unit.

Drug Addiction

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients are currently being treated for heroin and other hard drug addiction in each health authority in the East Anglia region; and what have been the comparable figures in the last five years.

Information is not collected centrally in precisely the form requested but the information in the table may be of help to the hon. Member. The chairmen of the respective district health authorities may be able to supply the hon. Member with further information.

District Health Authority	1977	1978	^1979*	^1980*	^1981*	^†1982*
West Norfolk and Wisbech (formerly Kin's Lynn)	4	1	Nil	1	Nil	Nil
Huntingdon (formerly part of Cambridge and Peterborough)	—	—	—	—	—	Nil
Total	62	63	36	32	31	28
^* The figures from 1979 may not be precisely comparable with the figures for earlier years because of changes in the coding system used.
† Because of NHS reorganisation in 1982 some district figures may not be directly comparable with those for earlier years.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he has any plans to set up or allocate resources for the setting up of hard drug addiction units in health regions; and whether he will make a statement.

It is for health authorities to assess local needs, decide on appropriate services, determine priorities and provide resources from within their allocations. As stated in his reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Castle Point (Sir B. Braine) on 6 June at column 200 my right hon. Friend attaches high priority to improving services for drug misusers and has asked health authorities to report back by December on their plans for tackling the problem urgently.A central fund of £6 million has additionally been made available for projects to improve services for drug misusers. Over £5 million has already been allocated for 81 projects.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of hospital beds set aside for the rehabilitation of drug addicts in each health area; and if he will estimate the total number of heroin addicts in each area who rely on these facilities.

Information is not collected centrally in precisely the form requested. The latest available information on beds for the treatment of drug addicts is given in the table. The figures refer only to those beds reported as being in distinct units or wards and thus exclude available beds which are located in general psychiatric wards. Estimates of the number of heroin addicts in each regional health authority are not available centrally. My hon. Friend may wish to contact the chairmen of the respective health authorities for further information. The latest available information on numbers of narcotic drug addicts notified to the Home Office, analysed by police force area, is included in table 15 of the report entitled "Statistics on the Misuse of Drugs, United Kingdom, Supplementary Tables, 1982" copies of which are in the Library.

Beds reported as available in special in-patient units and wards in mental illness hospitals and units in England at 31 December 1982
Regional Health Authority	Drug Addiction	Joint Alcoholism/Drug Addiction
Northern	nil	18
Yorkshire	nil	12
Trent	nil	16
East Anglian	nil	nil
North West Thames	nil	57
North East Thames	nil	nil
South East Thames	46	nil
South West Thames	nil	nil
Wessex	nil	nil
Oxford	11	nil
South Western	nil	nil
West Midlands	nil	27
Mersey	nil	28

Regional Health Authority	Drug Addiction	Joint Alcoholism/Drug Addiction
North Western	6	nil
Special Health Authorities	21	nil
Total	84	158

Mental Health Act Commission

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he last met the chairman of the Mental Health Act Commission; and what matters they discussed on that occasion.

My right hon. and learned Friend met the chairman on 1 November 1983, shortly after he had taken up his appointment. They had a wide-ranging discussion about the very important responsibilities which the commission was taking on. Our noble Friend who has special Ministerial responsibility for mental health services has also had discussions with the chairman and we have been kept informed by officials of the progress which the commission is making.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the estimated cost to public funds of the Mental Health Act Commission in 1983–84 and 1984–85; how many staff are employed; and if he will make a statement.

The Mental Health Act Commission came into being at the end of September 1983. Its estimated cost in 1983–84 was £280,000. The estimate for 1984–85 is £965,000. Fifteen staff are employed in servicing the commission in London, Liverpool and Nottingham.

Regional Health Authorities (Expenditure)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what recognition he is able to give in his allocation of capital to the regions to spending designed to save recurrent expenditure, either by increasing the allocation or giving permission to borrow.

We allocate capital resources to regional health authorities reflecting our objective assessment of the relative needs of the different regions for resources. The saving of recurrent expenditure is one criterion health authorities are required to use in planning their capital programmes. Where an RHA can make better use of capital in the short term, we make arrangements to move capital allocations between regions within the resources available to the Health Service. Health authorities are not permitted to borrow capital funds.

St George's Hospital

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the current and inclusive costs of providing security at the former St. George's hospital at Hyde park corner since the building became unoccupied.

The building became unoccupied in June 1980 since when security costs of some £60,000 a year have been shared between the Department and the Grosvenor estate which owns approximately half of the site.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what steps he is taking in connection with water penetration which has recurred on all floors at the former St. George's hospital at Hyde park corner; and what is the cost of putting this right;(2) what steps he is taking at St. George's hospital at Hyde park corner to repair severe leaking in the roof, to replace stolen roof coverings and flashings, to repair damage done by vandalism and to remedy the general neglect consequent upon it having been empty for several years; at what cost; and if he will make a statement.

I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to him on 7 June at column 273. We will keep the need for more substantial repair work under review, having regard to the likelihood of the conclusion of negotiations for the sale of the Department's interest in the site. The cost of such work would be dependent on its precise nature.

Tuberculosis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what facilities are available for the treatment of tuberculosis of the breast; and how many cases have occurred during each of the last five years.

As with other forms of tuberculosis, a range of treatment facilities is available through district general hospitals. Tuberculosis of the brest is one of the less common manifestations of the disease, and information about its incidence is not available centrally.

Health Education Programmes (Screening And Check-Ups)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what consideration he is giving to the introduction of a wider range of screening services and regular check-ups within health education programmes.

A range of specialised screening services is provided by the National Health Service for those identified as being at risk. This includes ante-natal screening, screening of newborn babies and cervical cytology screening. Research is underway in a number of areas to evaluate screening programmes to detect other conditions, such as breast cancer and hypertension. There is no evidence to suggest that general health screening of the whole population would be an efficient means of detecting disease.

Smoking (Heart Disease)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he is taking to improve public awareness of the link between heart disease and smoking; and if he will make a statement.

The Government-funded Health Education Council is very active in alerting the public to the health hazards of smoking, including the increased risk of coronary heart disease, through its smoking education programme. The Council's booklet "Beating Heart Disease" specifically advises on the dangers of smoking in relation to heart disease. Earlier this year the Government gave the HEC an extra £500,000 to spend on anti-smoking campaigns. We also recently sent a leaflet to schools throughout the country which, among other things, draws attention to the connection between smoking and heart disease and Ministers regularly warn about the risk of smoking in speeches and on other occasions.

Hip Replacement Operations (West Devon)

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps are being taken to reduce the waiting time for hip replacement operations in West Devon.

My hon. Friend may care to approach the district health authorities in West Devon for this information.

Mrs Julia Hollis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will investigate the serious allegations that have been made concerning the care and the death of Mrs. Julia Hollis; and if he will make a statement.

I understand that my hon. Friend the Member for Thanet, North (Mr. Gale) has referred some aspects of this case to Kent family practitioner committee and the General Medical Council. Certain other matters have been brought to the attention of the police. Responsibility for monitoring the privately run residential home concerned and for taking action, if necessary, to ensure adequate standards rests with Kent county council. We shall write to my hon. Friend shortly about the allegations of social security fraud.

Furniture Grants

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when the Social Security Inspectorate will complete its report on furniture grants for supplementary benefit claimants; and whether he will publish the report.

We expect to receive the report of the social security policy inspectorate shortly and we will then take decisions about its publication.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total number of supplementary benefit claimants awarded furniture grants under single payments regulation 10(1)(a) over a recent 12 months period, broken down by the head of regulation 10(1)(a) in the period, and broken down into the average amount awarded under each of the heads.

The information requested is not available. Data from the December 1982 annual statistical enquiry show that under all heads of Single Payments Regulation 10 some 500,000 grants had been made for essential furniture and household equipment over the previous 12 months with an average payment of £74.62. But because data on which this estimate is based relate only to claimants still in receipt of supplementary benefit during one week in December 1982, and not to those who ceased to receive benefit before that week, this is an underestimate of the total number of such single payments in 1982.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, for the two Departments of Health and Social Services offices in Coventry, over the last 12 months (a) the number of claims submitted for a furniture grant, (b) the number of successful claims, (c) the average payment made and (d) the average waiting time between application and payment.

This information is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the decision of the supplementary benefit commissioners, RSB8/84, about claimants applying for furniture grants and the availability of furnished accommodation.

The decision by a recent tribunal of social security commissioners (R(SB)8/84) and the related guidance from the chief adjudication officer (a copy of which is in the Library) should help to ensure that the supplementary benefit regulations relating to payments for essential furniture and household equipment to claimants moving into unfurnished accommodation are applied fairly and consistently throughout the country. The basis for present policy in this area is set out in my replies to the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Mr. Smith) on 4 July column 205 and to the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Mr. Foster) on 8 May at column 374.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applicants for furniture grants in Lambeth in the last 12 months have been refused grants on the grounds that suitable furnished accommodation is available.

The information is not available.

Supplementary Benefit

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make amendments to the supplementary benefit regulations to ensure that bed and breakfast accommodation is used to house homeless people only in the last resort.

Responsibility for providing appropriate assistance to homeless people in finding accommodation rests with local housing authorities under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, rather than with the supplementary benefits scheme. It is for local authorities to consider how to fulfil their duties, having regard to the Government's code of guidance which advises them to use bed and breakfast accommodation only as a last resort. The role of supplementary benefit is to provide appropriate financial support for those homeless people in need of it, whatever the accommodation they may be able to obtain. We have no plans to amend the regulations in this respect.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many young people aged 18 to 20 years in Scotland have lost the £3·10 non-dependant rent addition as a result of the recent changes in housing benefits; how many of these young people have subsequently claimed supplementary benefit as single householders; and what are the estimated gross and net savings from the withdrawal of this rent addition in 1983–84 and 1984–85.

[pursuant to his reply, 28 June 1984, c. 524]: The information is not available in the form requested. It is however estimated that there were 36,000 18 to 20 year old non-householders claiming supplementary benefit in Scotland in December 1982.

Chiropodists And Podiatrists

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will name those organisations which are recognised by his Department as representing chiropodists and podiatrists.

[pursuant to his reply, 3 July 1984, c. 138]: The Society of Chiropodists is recognised in relation to the negotiation of terms and conditions for chiropodists employed in the NHS and is the examining body for the award of diplomas necessary for the state registration which is a statutory prerequisite for employment in the NHS.Our Department is always willing to talk to any organisation representing chiropodial interests in the NHS or elsewhere.

Ante-Natal Clinics

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many, and what percentage of, antenatal clinics provide crèche facilities for children of women attending; and if he has any plans to make such facilities generally available.

The information requested is not collected centrally. It is for health authorities to decide what facilities are required locally.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what schemes exist to assist women with transport to and from ante-natal clinics; and if he has any information about the percentage of women who should attend such clinics but do not: make or keep appointments because of transport difficulties.

Such information is not held centrally. We expect unit managers to take local factors, such as the availability of public transport, into account when making and reviewing arrangements for hospital antenatal clinics. The Maternity Services Advisory Committee, in its first report, suggested a number of ways in which ante-natal services could be reorganised to improve their uptake, and we have commended these recommendations to health authorities for action.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of pregnant women attended ante-natal classes in the years 1974 to 1984; and what plans he has to encourage and enable more women to do so.

The information is not available in the precise form requested; The nearest available information—on classes run by health authorities— is given in the table. A proportion of pregnant women attend classes run by GPs for their own patients, and a considerable number attend classes provided by voluntary organisations such as the National Childbirth Trust. We hope that the suggestions of the Maternity Services Advisory Committee will help increase uptake of health services ante-natal classes.

Number of women who attended ante-natal mothercraft and relaxation classes run by health authorities per hundred births
Year	^Number*
1974	19
1975	20
1976	21
1977	23
1978	25
1979	25
1980	26
1981	30
1982	29
1983	31
1984	†
^* Numbers of women who were pregnant in each year are not available.
‡ Not available until after end of year.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what attempts his Department has made to find out from women who attend ante-natal clinics what improvements they would like to see in ante-natal classes; and what action he is prepared to take to implement their suggestions;(2) what attempts his Department has made to find out from pregnant women who do not attend ante-natal classes their reasons for non-attendance.

The views of pregnant women on the adequacy of antenatal classes and on ways to improve them, were represented to the Maternity Services Advisory Committee through its lay members, and taken into account in the advice given in its two reports to date. We have commended those reports to health authorities for action and expect them to identify and remedy any problems there might be locally in the provision and take up of ante-natal services. Maternity services liaison committee, which the MSAC recommended should be set up in each district, have an important role to play in voicing the views of users of the service and suggesting where improvements may be made.

Racial Equality

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will place in the Library the instructions which have been given and disseminated in his Department concerning the implementation of the Commission for Racial Equality's code of practice and in particular on the recommendation for ethnic monitoring.

[pursuant to his reply, 24 May 1984, c. 509]: We are taking the fullest account of the Commission for Racial Equality's code of practice. Our Department, in common with other Departments, was involved in ethnic surveys which took place in the northwest and Avon. The results of these surveys are currently being evaluated. We have informed the staff in our Department of the appointment of the departmental equal opportunities officer and provided them with a policy statement which followed exactly the statement contained in the Report entitled "Race Relations: A review of Policies and Procedures in the Civil Service", copies of which were placed in the Library. I have also placed copies of extracts from the relevant departmental instructions in the Library.Discussions with the departmental trade union side on the subject of discrimination are due to take place shortly and these could lead to amended instructions being issued.

Housing Benefit

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people are currently in receipt of housing benefit (a) in England, (b) in Lancashire and (c) in Burnley.

[pursuant to his reply, 4 June 1984, c. 29]: My reply cited estimates provided by Burnley borough council in August 1983 of the number of households in Burnley receiving housing benefits. Unfortunately the figure I gave represented the total number of rent rebate, rent allowance and rate rebate awards over a period of time. As such, and since some households receive both rent and rate rebates, the number of recipients at a fixed point was overestimated. I am sorry that this mistake should have occurred.I understand that Burnley borough council has provided revised figures for its mid-year estimate for 1983–84. It estimates that there were about 16,000 rate rebate recipients at that time, including about 5,900 in the private sector. The number of rate rebate recipients is generally used as a proxy for the total number of recipients.

Volume 63: debated on Friday 6 July 1984

Written Answers To Questions

Wales

Cultivated Land

Drainage Schemes

Water Supplies

House Of Commons

Private Members' Bills

Home Department

Shotguns

Blind Persons (Television Licence)

Repatriation (Financial Assistance)

Immigration Officers

Northern Ireland

Tribunals

Family Income Supplement

Employment

Labour Statistics

Yts And Community Programme

Community Industry

Youth Training (Barnsley)

Information Technology Booklets

Prime Minister

Sri Lanka

South African Prime Minister

Common Agricultural Policy

Ec (Own Resources)

Intervention Food Stores

Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs

Anti-Apartheid Demonstrations

Ec (Agricultural Expenditure)

European Community

European Union (Spinelli Report)

Budgetary Discipline

Scotland

Industrial Sectors (Dundee)

One-Parent Families

Job Losses (Dundee)

Skill Training (Dumbarton)

Rates

Education And Science

Open University

Class Sizes

Environment

Planning Inquiries

Rates (Empty Warehouses)

Wildlife And Countryside Act

Halvergate Marshes

Moorland Areas

Energy

Nationalised Industries

Transport

Tachograph Records (Falsification)

Waiting Restrictions (Signs Study)

Sealink Uk Ltd

Roads (Weight Restriction Signs)

London Regional Transport

Trade And Industry

Spain (Duty Quota)

Companies (Kirklees)

Regional Assistance (Northern Region)

Copyright

Dumping

Take-Away Food Retailers

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food

Milk Quotas

Cultivated Land

Drainage Schemes

Milk Producers

National Finance

Value Added Tax

Customs And Excise Computer

High Technology Exports

The Arts

Works Of Art (Taxation)

Social Services

Nhs (Casualty Units)

Towers Hospital, Leicester (High Security Unit)

Drug Addiction