asked the Attorney-General whether Her Majesty's Government intend to introduce a further Bill in place of the Land Registration and Law of Property Bill 1984–85; and if he will make a statement.

The Government are awaiting the report of the Law Commission on overriding interests, rectification and indemnity before introducing further legislation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of decisions to allow or refuse entry under the primary purpose rule for each quarter since the rules were changed in 1983.

Information is available only for the Indian subcontinent and is given in the table.

Applications from husbands and fiances for entry clearance for leave to enter the United kingdom decided*under the 1983 immigration rules.
	Indian subcontinent	Number of persons
1983
	1st quarter	410
	2nd quarter	380
	3rd quarter	500
	4th quarter	680
1984
	1st quarter	680
	2nd quarter	610
	3rd quarter	630
	4th quarter	540
* Applications granted initially or on appeal or refused initially.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what percentage of all the decisions to allow or refuse entry clearance were based, either wholly or partly, on the primary purpose rule, in the second, third and fourth quarters of 1984;(2) what percentage of all the refusals of entry clearance were based, either wholly or partly, on the primary purpose rule in the second, third and fourth quarters of 1984.

The information requested is available only for the Indian subcontinent. Applications for entry clearance from husbands and fiances refused solely or partly because of the primary purpose rule accounted for about 40 per cent. of all applications decided, and about 80 to 90 per cent. of all applications refused in each of the last three-quarters of 1984.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis as to the numbers of police estimated to have been in attendance at, and the number of arrests made in connection with, each of the public events listed in (a) appendix 10 to the report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for 1982, (b) appendix 3(ii) of the Commissioner's report for 1983 and (c) appendix 11 to the Commissioner's report for 1981.

Information regarding the number of police officers deployed at each of these events is given in the appendices referred to. I understand from the commissioner that information regarding arrests in 1981 and 1982 is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The information in respect of 1983 is as follows:

Date	Subject	Arrests
22 January	Demonstrations on 'G' district following the incident involving Colin Roach	22
22 March	State visit of the President of Zambia	Nil
17 April	London marathon	Nil
24 April	Demonstration by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection	26
7 May	Youth CND march	28
28 May	Trooping the colour—1st rehearsal	Nil
4 June	Trooping the colour—2nd rehearsal	Nil
5 June	Peoples' march for jobs	Nil
11 June	Trooping the colour	Nil
22 June	State opening of Parliament	Nil
25 June	Demonstration by the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child	Nil
23 July	Animal Aid march	Nil
30 July	Meetings 'Y' district—in connection with the "Albert Mariner public inquiry campaign"	9
29–30 August	Notting Hill carnival	84
22 October	CND march and rally	Nil
12 November	Demonstration by the British Union for Abolition of Vivisection	24
31 December	New Year's eve festivities	32

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis as to (i) the public events which took place between 1 January 1984 and 25 February 1985 in the Metropolitan police district which required the attendance of more than 1,000 officers and (ii) the number of officers in attendance; the number of members of the public estimated by the police to have been in attendance; and the number of arrests made by the police in connection with each event, respectively.

I understand from the commissioner that the public order events requiring the attendance of more than 1,000 officers in the period specified were as follows

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is yet in a position to publish the result of his consultations on his White Paper on the use of animals in research; and if he will make a statement.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Thanet, North (Mr. Gale) on 15 May at column 126.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civil servants in his Department and at what grades are currently engaged on work associated with the abolition of the Greater London council and the metropolitan county councils; and what is the total cost.

At present one full-time principal, and the time of other staff, amounting to about eight posts in all. On the basis of the Treasury's "Ready Reckoner of Staff Costs" the total annual rate would be about £270,000.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his Department's annual budget for computerised data processing, including hardware, software, and out of house services; and how many people in his Department are employed in carrying out computerised data processing work.

The information requested is not immediately available. I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the letter sent to him on 5 March by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to restrictions on access to Downing Street.

I did so today.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now list those police forces which have indicated that they will participate in Exercise Brave Defender.

So far, chief officers of the following police forces in England and Wales have indicated an intention to participate in Exercise Brave Defender:

• Bedfordshire police
• Cambridgeshire constabulary
• City of London police
• Cleveland constabulary
• Derbyshire constabulary
• Essex police
• Hampshire constabulary
• Hertfordshire constabulary
• Humberside police
• Leicestershire constabulary
• Metropolitan police
• Norfolk constabulary
• Northamptonshire police
• Northumbria police
• North Yorkshire police
• Nottinghamshire constabulary
• South Yorkshire police
• Staffordshire police
• Suffolk constabulary
• Surrey constabulary
• Sussex police
• Warwickshire constabulary
• West Mercia constabulary
• West Midlands police
• West Yorkshire Metropolitan police

It is expected that most of the remaining police forces will also participate, although final decisions have not yet been taken.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his policy towards the return of Sri Lankan Tamils from the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.

Since the outbreak of widespread communal violence in Sri Lanka in July 1983, we have kept the situation there under close review in considering applications for leave to enter or remain in this country from Sri Lankan Tamils who have expressed a fear of return to Sri Lanka. Since April 1984 no Sri Lankan Tamil who has expressed such a fear has been removed or deported to Sri Lanka against his will. As a result there are now some 900 Sri Lankan Tamils in this country who do not qualify to remain here but whose departure has not been enforced.While the situation in Sri Lanka continues to cause concern, there is no reason to believe that Tamils returning to Sri Lanka face persecution, and few Sri Lankan Tamils are likely to qualify for refugee status in this country. A large proportion of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka has been relatively unaffected by inter-communal violence, and I do not consider that the situation is such as to justify a general policy of granting leave to enter or remain on an exceptional basis to all Tamils who express a fear to return there.I have therefore decided that any case in which a Sri Lankan Tamil fails to qualify for leave to enter or remain under the immigration rules but expresses a fear of returning to Sri Lanka should be considered on its merits, in the light of all the circumstances of the case. Such a person will be granted leave to remain on an exceptional basis (for 12 months in the first instance) only if there is reason to believe that he would suffer severe hardship if he returned to Sri Lanka. If he is unable to satisfy this test, he will be returned to Sri Lanka. This policy will be applied immediately to new and recent arrivals.Those Sri Lankan Tamils who have been here for more than a month without leave to enter or remain, but whose departure has not been enforced will be granted leave to remain exceptionally for six months. Their cases will then be reviewed on the basis outlined above. Normal appeal rights will apply.The Government will continue to urge on all concerned the need for a political settlement of the difficulties between the communities in Sri Lanka.

asked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the discussions which have taken place between Her Majesty's Government and representatives of an American corporation concerning the possibility of setting up a pilot scheme whereby the management of a National Health Service hospital would be contracted out.

The Government favour greater collaboration between the National Health Service and the independent health sector, and many discussions have taken place on the topic, at both ministerial and official levels with private sector companies. We have no plans at present for a centrally promoted scheme of the type described, but if any health authority is satisfied that such an arrangement is in the interests of its NHS patients, the Government will look sympathetically at the proposals.

asked the Prime Minister when she now expects to publish the report of the pay review body for nurses, midwives, health visitors and professions allied to medicine.

In due course.

asked the Prime Minister if she will give an up-to-date statement of the expenditure per head for each person in Scotland, in England, and Wales; what is the per capita expenditure for each person resident in Scotland for every £100 spent on each person resident in England; and if she will publish a table giving the figures for each level of public spending.

In response to a question from my hon. Friend, the Member for Aberdeen, South (Mr. Malone) a full analysis of identifiable public expenditure in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland was published in the Official Report on 22 February 1985 at columns 608–18. This included per capita comparisons and details of spending programmes. The latest available figures relate to 1983–84, and indicate that per capita expenditure in Scotland was £126 for every £100 in England.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list the total amounts given by Government Departments in grants to voluntary organisations during the financial year 1984–85.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave on 4 April to my hon. Friends the Members for Rugby and Kenilworth (Mr. Pawsey) and Ruislip-Northwood (Mr. Wilkinson) at columns 715–16. I regret that the figures for 1984–85 will not be available for some months.

asked the Prime Minister how the Government contribution to the Lord Mayor of Bradford's appeal fund will be financed.

A supplementary estimate on the Central Environmental Services Vote (class VIII, vote 2) will be presented in due course to cover the urgent expenditure on this new service. Pending parliamentary approval of this supplementary estimate, the Government's contribution of £¼ million to the Lord Mayor of Bradford's appeal fund will be met by a repayable advance from the Contingencies Fund. The cash limit is being increased by £250,000 from £143,025,000 to £143,275,000; this sum will be charged to the Reserve and therefore does not add to the planning total of public expenditure.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has yet received a report from the Director of Fair Trading arising from the findings of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report on the Ford Motor Company Limited; and if he will make a statement.

I shall make a statement on the position when discussions with Ford are concluded.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield, Official Report, 15 April, column 19, if he will give details of the European Economic Community Commission's request for the introduction of new regulations on the safety of child buggy pushchairs to be suspended; and if he will make a statement.

The Commission of the European Communities notified the Government in a letter dated 20 March 1985 that it considered the proposed Pushchairs (Safety) Regulations would hamper the free movement of goods between member states in breach of article 30 of the Treaty of Rome. The Government have responded to the Commission that the proposed regulations are needed on grounds of public health and safety, and are thus fully warranted under article 36 of the treaty. The Commission has been asked to reconsider its position.There is a further issue. The Commission had earlier notified member states of its intention to propose a directive relating to the control of chemical substances, dangerous to health, where these substances are present in objects manifestly intended for children. The Commission considers that pushchairs will be covered by the proposal and that article 9 of Directive 83/189/EEC suspends our proposed regulations until 30 October 1985.As the Government believe the proposal is only marginal to the subject of pushchairs, and as any agreed directive may turn out to be compatible with the chemical hazards part of the new pushchairs regulations, the Commission has been asked to reflect again on its position.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total cost of (a) direct and (b) indirect investment in (i) South Africa and (ii) Namibia by Britain in each year from 1979; and what was the rate of return on British investment in each of those years for (1) South Africa, (2) Namibia and (3) the rest of the world.

The value of United Kingdom outward direct investment in South Africa from 1979 to 1983 was published today in British business.Information relating to indirect investment in South Africa and Namibia and rates of return on British investment in South Africa, Namibia and the rest of the world are not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many (a) USA, (b) EEC, and (c) other foreign private sector enterprises were involved in manufacturing in the United Kingdom in (i) 1984, (ii) 1974 and (iii) 1964, respectively;(2) what information he has as to the gross output of

The information sought is not available for the years specified. Available figures are shown in the following table:

Activity in the United Kingdom in 1963, 1973, 1981 of foreign private sector enterprises classified to manufacturing
EC	USA	Rest of World
Number of enterprises
1963	47	369	86
1973	173	760	161
1981	340	827	355
Gross output (£ million, current prices)
1973	945	7,506	1,238
1981	4,565	21,798	5,546
Employment (thousands)
1963	45	406	88
1973	107	624	91
1981	127	568	163
Net capital expenditure (£ million, current prices)
1963	8	105	16
1973	49	265	46
1981	211	917	274

Estimates of gross output are not available for 1963.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the companies submitting full reports for the period ending June 1984 on the European Economic Community code of conduct, for companies with dealings with South Africa used, in responding to section 3 of the code, the supplementary living level figures rather than the minimum living level plus 50 per cent.; and if Her Majesty's Government ask any further questions of such companies.

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

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the companies submitting full reports for the period ending June 1984 used, in responding to section 3 of the code, the supplementary living level or minimum living level plus 50 per cent. for families of size five in areas where the average family size is shown in the supplementary living level minimum living level studies to be higher; and if Her Majesty's Government ask any further questions of such companies.

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

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the companies submitting full reports for the period ending June 1984, in responding to section 3 of the code, compare their minimum wage levels with poverty levels other than the household subsistence level/household effective level or supplementary living level/minimum living level for families of five or six people; and if Her Majesty's Government ask any further questions of such companies.

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

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many companies submitting full reports for the period ending June 1984 on the European code of conduct for companies with dealings with South Africa quote, in responding to section 3 of the code, separate levels for men and women and compare the two with different poverty levels; and if Her Majesty's Government ask any further questions of such companies.

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

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the companies submitting full reports for the period ending June 1984 do not give figures for their total work force of all races as called for in the reporting format; and if Her Majesty's Government ask any further questions of such companies.

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

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the companies submitting full reports for the period ending June 1984 make clear in the annual reports that their response to the code is available from the company; and what procedure is followed with those that do not.

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

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will introduce legislation to make it an offence to advertise the existence of a pirate radio station; and if he will make a statement.

Section 5(3)(f) of the Marine & Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 already makes it an offence to publish details or promote the activities of unauthorised broadcasting stations operating on the high seas. I therefore assume that my hon. Friend refers to unlicensed broadcasting stations operating in the United Kingdom.As a general principle it is preferable where possible, both on ground of clarity in establishing the nature of an offence and of fairness, to have enforce-powers against prime movers in the commission of an offence rather than those who give indirect assistance. Under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1940 we have powers to take action against the unlicensed use of radio. These powers were significantly strengthened in the Telecommunications Act 1984, particularly with the introduction of the power to seize and detain, for the purpose of legal proceedings, the apparatus used by the unlicensed stations. Using these powers, we have considerably improved the effectiveness of our action aimed at removing this nuisance. I do not therefore propose to seek further powers at the moment.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many letters he has received from the general public complaining about pirate radio broadcasting; and what is the nature of the replies which he has sent.

I have received numerous letters in the past, though the number has greatly diminished recently as the improved enforcement powers, which we took in the Telecommunications Act 1984, have proved themselves. Some have been written by people complaining that the transmissions of unlicensed broadcasting stations were interfering with their reception of programmes on authorised stations. Some have complained that unlicensed broadcasting stations offer unfair competition to authorised stations and do not pay fees for broadcast of records and news programmes.I have replied that I am determined to take effective action to stop the unauthorised use of radio which causes interference, annoyance and sometimes danger, to authorised radio users. To illustrate this determination I have pointed to our record of activity. Since the start of 1985 the Department's Radio Investigation Service has taken action on 75 occasions against 41 unlicensed broadcasting stations. In the same period, 37 people have been prosecuted and convicted for their involvement in the operation of unlicenced stations.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what were the deficits in manufacturing trade with Germany and Japan, respectively, at the most recent annual period for which figures are available; and what were the comparable deficits or surpluses in the same period five and 10 years previously.

Trade with individual countries is available only on the Overseas Trade Statistics basis with imports, but not exports, valued inclusive of insurance and freight charges. The crude balance calculated on this basis are in the table.

United Kingdom Crude Balance of Trade in Manufactures*£ Million Overseas Trade Statistics Basis
	F R Germany	Japan
12 Months ending:
March 1975	-889	-286
March 1980	-2,612	-999
March 1985	-5,227	-2978
* Standard International Trade Classification, sections 5 to 8

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what reply he has received from the Japanese Government about the complaints on unfair subsidising of the Turkish bridge project.

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

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the level or range of tariffs imposed on British exports to Japan and on Japanese exports to the United Kingdom.

When the Tokyo Round tariff reductions are completed (in 1986–87), the weighted average of tariff rates on imports into the European Community of industrial products will be 4·7 per cent. The comparable figure for Japan will be 2·8 per cent.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what quota or voluntary restraint restrictions are placed by the United Kingdom through the European Economic Community on Japanese exports to the United Kingdom; and what comparable restrictions are placed on United Kingdom exports to Japan.

Japan has agreed with the European Commission to restrain her exports of video tape recorders and cértain other industrial products. There is no voluntary restraint on United Kingdom or EC exports to Japan: we are striving to increase these. Japan has global quotas in several sectors, including for example, quotas on footwear and leather, which affect United Kingdom industry.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what evidence he has of tariff, non-tariff or other restrictions imposed by the Japanese authorites on the export of British goods to Japan; and if he will make a statement.

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

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in the Official Report all the different types of licences operated or granted by his Department and the year in which they first came into operation.

My Department operates or grants the following licences, permits and certificates to enable individuals or businesses to undertake particular activities. Road service licensing is to be abolished under the Transport Bill, against which the hon. Gentleman voted.

Licence etc	First Year of Operation (or date of current legislation)
ROAD TRANSPORT
Road Freight

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the location and classification of the lengths of road which make up the 220 mile backlog of all-purpose trunk roads in need of reconstruction, where such lengths exceed half a mile.

The information is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Transport when the results of his review of the trunk road programme will be published.

I hope to announce the outcome of the review shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the total cost of collecting and administering vehicle excise duty.

The collection of vehicle excise duty and the registration of vehicles are operated as a single integrated system and the costs of each are not easily identified. The cost of vehicle excise duty collection and vehicle registration in the United Kingdom was £88 million in the financial year 1984–85.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants are employed in the collection and administration of vehicle excise duty.

The collection of vehicle excise duty and the registration of vehicles are operated as a single integrated system and an assignment of staff to each system cannot easily be made. The number of civil servants employed in excise duty collection and vehicle registration in the United Kingdom was 4,180 in the financial year 1984–85.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the fall in deadweight tonnes of the United Kingdom-owned and registered merchant fleet between May 1979 and the end of 1984.

The United Kingdom-owned and registered fleet of merchant vessels of 500 gross tons and over fell by 20·5 million deadweight tonnes between May 1979 and the end of 1984.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received from (a) the General Council of British Shipping and (b) the National Union of Seamen about the future of the British maritime industry.

I have had a number of meetings and exchanges of correspondence with the General Council of British Shipping and the National Union of Seamen, most of which have in one way or another borne on the future of the United Kingdom shipping industry.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what policy initiative he plans in order to promote an expansion of the share of the United Kingdom's coastal trade taken by merchant ships registered in the United Kingdom.

The Government plan no such policy initiative. Our efficient coastal fleet is quite capable of defending its substantial share of this trade without intervention by the Government. Where we can—and will—help this fleet is by securing access to the closed coastal trades of our Community partners.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether in view of the continuing traffic congestion and its projected increase at the A127 and A129 road junction at Rayleigh Weir, Essex, he will consider advancing the start of the proposed engineering works before 1988.

After the current public consultations the full statutory procedures will follow. Much detailed design work will also be necessary. This makes a start of work before 1988 difficult. I am however conscious of increasing traffic congestion at the junction, and if it proves possible to advance the programme of work, this will be done.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what additional schemes he expects to include in the trunk road programmes which have not hitherto been justified by traffic forecasts, following his present review and his Department's revised traffic forecasts.

The review is not yet complete. The effect of the recently revised traffic forecasts, however, is not the only factor taken into account in deciding which schemes should be included in the national programme.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport when he proposes to reply to the hon. Member for Mid-Staffordshire in respect of the points raised by his constituent, Mr. W. Rawlinson of 5 Tilling Drive, Walton, Stone, Staffordshire, in his letter of 1 April 1985, in particular with regard to the pension rights of employees of the National Bus Company and its subsidiaries.

Shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will include in the independent study of seat belt wearing, its implications for accidents involving pedal cyclists; and if he will make a statement.

I invited Professors Durbin and Harvey to carry out an independent assessment of all the available statistical evidence on the effects of compulsory seat belt wearing. It will include the possible effects on casualty trends for all road users including cyclists and pedestrians.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 13 May, Official Report, column 63, what are the specific difficulties in implementing section 7 of the Road Traffic Act 1974.

The need to avoid new demands on public sector resources.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants in his Department and at what grades are currently engaged on work associated with the abolition of the Greater London council and the metropolitan county councils; and what is the total cost.

I shall reply to this question shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if, pursuant to the reply of the hon. Member for Wallasey on 18 March Official Report, column 618, he will publish the basis on which the marginal estimated benefits and costs of Greater London council planned subsidy levels were computed.

The figures are contained in table 7A of the 3-year plan produced by the former London transport executive and approved by the Greater London council on 26 June 1984. This showed that, at the higher level of subsidy planned by the GLC, a marginal increase of £10 million in financial support would have produced £1·4 million in additional external benefits.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will detail the circumstances under which he will use his reserve powers to take control of traffic management systems in London.

[pursuant to the reply, 16 May 1985, c. 250]: The absence of satisfactory arrangements by boroughs.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to publish the results of his review into the criteria relating to the provision of safety fencing on the A38 between Exeter and Plymouth.

[pursuant to the reply, 16 May 1985, c. 251]: The review is a national one and I shall make the results publicly available as soon as possible after its completion in about one year's time. However, the Department hopes to publish interim guidance updating existing criteria shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received about the timetable for equipping new cars with the capacity to run on lead-free petrol.

[pursuant to the reply, 13 May 1985, c. 62.]:The views of many interested organisations have been taken into account in determining the line the UK delegation should take in Community discussions about vehicle emissions and lead in petrol.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the volume and value of gas supplied by gas producers to customers by making use of the common carrier provisions of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 in each year since the Act came into force.

To date no directions have been issued under the relevant sections of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982. Arrangements for carriage of third party gas in BGC pipelines, achieved through commercial negotiations, are a matter for the BGC and the party concerned.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what publications, and in what numbers, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has produced for educational distribution on the non-proliferation treaty in preparation for the non-proliferation treaty third review conference in September of the current year.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has produced no such publications.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many special constables were employed by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in each year since 1976.

The strength of the AEA constabulary for each year since 1976 is as follows:

	Numbers
1976	435
1977	469
1978	512
1979	516
1980	589
1981	591
1982	613
1983	635
1984	646
1985	*654
* at 1 April 1985

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give information as to the trade in nuclear materials and technology between the People's Republic of China and agencies responsible to or sponsored by his Department since 1979.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and the radiochemical centre (up to 1982) are the only organisations sponsored by my Department which have traded with the People's Republic of China since 1979. The trade has comprised the supply of very small quantities of radioisotopes used in industrial analysis and academic research.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether any nuclear material deriving from Namibia or South Africa has been reprocessed on the Magnox reprocessing line at Sellafield.

Some of the spent Magnox nuclear fuel reprocessed at Sellafield was produced from Namibian origin uranium.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what research his Department has conducted into combined heat and power technology.

The Government have been examining the feasibility and economic case for combined heat and power and district heating in the United Kingdom and has published the following reports.

Energy Paper No. 20 — District heating combined with electricity generation in the United Kingdom—1977

Energy Paper No. 35—Combined Heat and electrical power generation in the United Kingdom—1979

Energy Paper No. 53—Combined Heat and Power District Heating Feasibility Programme: Stage 1 — 1984

On 5 April 1984 my right hon. Friend announced that the Government were ready to encourage the formation of local consortia. As my right hon. Friend announced on 25 January 1985, the Government are prepared to offer grant assistance of up to £250,000 each to Belfast, Edinburgh and Leicester consortia to undertake further studies into CHP provided that the major participation in the development of such schemes comes from the private sector.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales when he next expects to meet the chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board.

I have no immediate plans for a meeting.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of unemployed in the Rhymney valley, Mid-Glamorgan and Wales at the latest available date for which information is available.

On 11 April 1985, the numbers of unemployed claimants were 7,681, 35,560 and 180,031 respectively.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to reduce unemployment in the Rhondda Valley.

The Government's economic strategy is designed to attack the underlying causes of unemployment in the economy as a whole and therefore in the Rhondda Valley, as elsewhere in Wales.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in the OfficialReport all the different types of licences operated or granted by his Department and the year in which they first came into operation.

This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will clarify the objectives of the discussion his Department agreed to hold with the ad hoc committee working on a new Welsh Language Act; and if it remains his policy to consider the possibility of introducing legislation relating to the Welsh language.

I met representatives of the working party in April to discuss their demands for a new Welsh Language Act. I was not convinced that a valid case had been made for legislation but undertook to consider further any proposal which in my view would benefit the Welsh language.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether any proposals relating to the implementation of the all-Wales strategy for mentally handicapped people have been frozen by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

No. In the main, proposals under the strategy are considered in the context of the comprehensive plans prepared in each of the counties and the vanguard districts. These plans are in various stages of preparation or implementation. Those for South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan and Clwyd were approved last June and that for Gwent was approved last week. Plans for the Gwynedd (non-vanguard area) and Rhondda (vanguard district) are under consideration within the Welsh Office and the remaining four plans have yet to be formally submitted to me by the relevant planning groups.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list those local education authorities providing free school meals to children other than those covered by the statutory requirements; and what proportion of all local education authorities in Wales these represent.

Three-quarters or six of the eight local education authorities in Wales make such provision. They are:

• Clwyd
• Gwent
• Gwynedd
• Mid Glamorgan
• South Glamorgan
• West Glamorgan

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people there are in employment in Wales (a) in full-time employment, (b) in part-time employment and (c) in self-employment; and how these figures compare with the position in May 1979.

Comprehensive and comparable information is available only for June each year since, although most of the information is produced on a quarterly basis, in Wales that on self employment is an annual series for June. Separate information is not collected about male part-time employment.

Total employment (excluding HM Forces)
	Employees in employment 000s			Self employed 000s
	Male	All	Female part-time
June 1979	618	415	165	100
June 1984	504	397	173	142

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the payments made to those appointed to the various nominated bodies and non-departmental public bodies by him or any other Ministers in his Department (a) in recognition of their services and (b) towards their costs.

Details of remuneration, where appropriate, of those people appointed by me to executive bodies, advisory bodies, tribunals and health authorities in Wales and the Welsh water authority are included in "Public Bodies 1984" published by HMSO (December 1984). Information on expenses paid to appointees is not held centrally.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what financial assistance has been provided to support the development of tourism in Wales in each financial year since 1979; and what were the sources of such assistance.

Support for the tourism industry comes from many sources. The Wales tourist board has spent the following amounts since 1979–80. The figures in brackets are the amounts spent on assisting specific projects under section 4 of the Development of Tourism Act 1969:

	£000s	(£000s)
1979–80	3,652	(1,696)
1980–81	4,316	(1,696)
1981–82	5,077	(1,911)
1982–83	5,562	(1,515)
1983–84	5,032	(1,209)
1984–85	6,365	(1,800)

For 1985–86 the board has been allocated £7·196 million of which £2 million is for section 4 support. Many projects that are supported by urban development grant while not specifically for tourism have incidental tourism benefits. It is not possible readily to identify the proportions of the total assistance that relates to tourism. Some local authorities have received support for their tourism schemes under the urban programme. The following commitments on such schemes have been given since 1979–80:

	£000s
1979–80	138
1980–81	144
1981–82	62
1982–83	465
1983–84	412
1984–85	63

Tourism and recreational projects can also receive assistance from the European regional development fund. Since 1979–80, the following amounts have been committed for such projects:

	£000s
1979–80	1,835
1980–81	1,075
1981–82	2,927
1982–83	1,067
1983–84	2,998
1984–85	1,774

Both the Welsh Development Agency and the Development Board for Rural Wales contribute to the development of tourism but it is not possible to identify within their budgets the amounts involved.Details of local authority spend on tourism can be found in Summary Table 'B' of the CIPFA Leisure and Recreation Statistics for the period 1979–80 to 1984–85; copies of which are in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what grants were made by his Department and who were the recipient organisations under each of the following Acts in 1984–85: the Development of Rural Wales Act 1976, the Education Act 1944, the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968, the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1983, the Housing Act 1977, the National Health Services Act 1977, the Road Traffic Act 1972 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1972.

I will write to the hon. Gentleman shortly, and place a copy of my reply in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his Department's annual budget for computerised data processing, including hardware, software and out of house services; and how many staff of his Department are employed in carrying out computerised data processing work.

£1,316,000 is included in the 1985–86 Supply Estimates for current and capital computer expenditure. A total of 17 staff are assigned full-time to computing work within my Department. In addition, some 200 staff use computing equipment from time to time in the course of their duties.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people in Wales are known by his Department or the communicable diseases surveillance centre to have died from legionnaire's disease in the last year.

There was one death registered in Wales during 1984 for which the underlying cause of death was legionnaire's disease.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average water rate levied in (i) the Welsh water authority area and, (ii) Wales as a whole; and by how much those rates have increased in real terms since 1979.

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer provided by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, the Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Macfarlane) on 17 May 1985 at columns 249–50. The information provided there was in respect of the Welsh water authority's areas, but information for Wales as a whole is not readily available.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the increase in average water rates in the area of the Welsh water authority in 1985–86 over 1984–85.

The increase in the average household water bill in the area of the Welsh water authority in 1985–86 over 1984–85 is £11·14.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to receive the final report of consulting engineers into routes for bypasses around the five villages on the A5 on Anglesey; if any route has yet been finalised; if it is proposed to finalise some routes earlier than others; and if he will make a statement.

As my hon. Friend knows, we expect to receive by the end of the year the consultants' formal report on the extent of the need for bypasses of the five villages. This will include an assessment of environmental benefits as well as the likely cost effectiveness of the proposals. Final decisions on routes and decisions on priorities must await this report.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the leading 1,000 companies in the United Kingdom had their headquarters in Wales from 1974 to 1984.

The hon. Gentleman is presumably referring to the companies listed in the publication entitled "The Times 1,000". The addresses of the headquarters of these companies are listed in this publication which is published annually and copies of which are in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the latest estimate of the rates of infant mortality in Wales.

The infant mortality rate in Wales in 1984 was 8·8 per 1,000 live births.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many bankruptcies in Wales his Department has been notified of in each year since 1979.

I have been asked to reply. Bankruptcy cases handled by courts in Wales from 1979 to 1984 are as follows:

	Number
1979	203
1980	231
1981	306
1982	334
1983	419
1984	547

These figures are published annually in the Digest of Welsh Statistics.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on his inquiries into visiting conditions at Glenochil centre.

As I explained to the House on 2 May at column 486, visiting entitlements were improved in most penal establishments last year. This included both Glenochil young offenders institution and Glenochil detention centre where the existing minimum scales for visits for all inmates are one 30-minute visit on reception and two 30-minute visits every month thereafter. Both institutions operate a grade structure by which inmates can progress to two 1 hour visits per month. Extra visits are granted on request at the Governor's discretion. All visits are open.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those local education authorities providing free school meals to children other than those covered by the statutory requirements; and what proportion of all local education authorities in Scotland these represent.