asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the present employment level in Welsh Development Agency factories; and how it compares with the figures for 1979.

At 31 December 1985 employment in Welsh Development Agency factories and estates totalled 43,887. This is the latest available figure. At 31 December 1979 the number was 58,100.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many registrations his Department has made under the Data Protection Act; how many people are involved with implementing the legislation in his Department as a significant part of their job description; and how much he estimates it will cost to conform with the eight data protection principles.

My Department has submitted 35 applications for registration under the Data Protection Act. Three officials have specific responsibilities under the Act which will occupy a significant portion of their time. No reliable estimate of the cost of conforming with the data protection principles can he made until administrative procedures for response to subject access requests have been finalised.

Total births (live births and stillbirths) to women usually resident in Wales, 1984
	Birthweight in grammes
Health authority	Under 1,500	1,500 to 1,999	2,000 to 2,499	2,500 to 2,999	3,000 to 3,499	3,500 to 3,999	4,000 and over	Not stated	All birthweights
Clwyd	41	55	177	782	1,767	1,454	515	7	4,798
East Dyfed	18	30	100	382	936	748	279	9	2,502
Pembrokeshire	10	14	65	211	550	389	138	1	1,378
Gwent	61	90	255	1,049	2,234	1,582	526	2	5,799
Gwynedd	15	37	111	448	1,094	750	247	2	2,704
Mid Glamorgan	74	94	375	1,337	2,901	2,121	736	14	7,652
Powys	13	17	57	200	461	386	131	1	1,266
South Glamorgan	47	76	265	1,010	2,025	1,476	462	26	5,387
West Glamorgan	42	43	188	791	1,706	1,354	454	6	4,584
Wales	321	456	1,593	6,210	13,674	10,260	3,488	68	36,070

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many public sector housing starts are planned for 1986–87 in Wales; what was the comparable figure for 1980–81; and if he will make a statement.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the perinatal mortality rates for 1984 for babies weighing (a) under 1,500 g, (b) 1,500 to 2,499 g (c) 2,500 plus g and (d) babies with unstated birthweight in Wales and each health authority.

The information requested is given in the following table. At the district health authority level some of the perinatal mortality rates are based on very small numbers of perinatal deaths and quite large differences are to be expected by chance variation.

Perinatal mortality rates*, 1984
	Birthweight:
Health authority	Under 1,500 g	1,500 to 2,499 g	2,500 g and over	Not stated
Clwyd	317·1	69·0	5·1	142·9
East Dyfed	444·4	84·6	2·6	222·2
Pembrokeshire	600·0	25·3	2·3	1,000·0
Gwent	360·7	46·4	4·5	500·0
Gwynedd	266·7	74·3	4·3	—
Mid Glamorgan	500·0	49·0	3·8	428·6
Powys	615·4	13·5	7·6	—
South Glamorgan	383·0	32·3	2·0	269·2
West Glamorgan	333·3	56·3	3·3	166·7
Wales	405·0	50·8	3·8	279·4
* Stillbirths and first week deaths per 1,000 total births.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the total number of births in 1984 of babies weighing (a) under 1,500 g, (b) 1,500 to 1,999 g, (c) 2,000 to 2,499 g, (d) 2,500 to 2,999 g, (e) 3,000 to 3,499 g, (f) 3,500 to 3,999 g, (g) 4,000 plus g and (h) babies with unstated birthweight for Wales and each health authority.

The information is given in the following table:

The figures for planned public sector housing starts are not available as estimates are not held centrally.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how much has been spent by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory on investigating the impact of bus deregulation in Wales; how much is budgeted for future spending; and if he will make a statement.

The Transport and Road Research Laboratory is investigating the impact of bus deregulation throughout Great Britain. In Wales two area studies are being undertaken; one is West Glamorgan and one in the districts of Colwyn, Rhuddlan, Glyndwr and Montgomery. These two studies are being funded jointly by the Welsh Office and the Department of Transport. The total cost, including that of any associated surveys, is expected to be of the order of £120,000 in the two years up to December 1987. Expenditure to date has been £6,700.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he plans to take to avoid or reduce errors in the design or construction of Welsh hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

We constantly have under review the effective management and control of health building schemes to avoid and reduce the incidence of errors in design and construction. The code of practice covering all aspects of building and engineering contracts has been revised and expanded. The procedural guidance for progressing health building schemes throughout all stages from inception to completion has been strengthened and improved.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any plans to increase resources for hospital, nursing and ancillary geriatric services in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

The revenue provision this year for hospital and community health services in Wales has been increased by £47 million or an increase of 7·6 per cent. by comparison with last year. The level of funds to be made available in future years will be decided within this year's public expenditure survey.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many secondary schools subject to a section 12 order have been kept open as the result of an appeal to the Secretary of State by parents or governors in each of the last seven years in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales rejected section 12 proposals involving the proposed closure of two secondary schools in 1983, and three secondary schools in 1984. In making such decisions, he takes into account not only statutory objections but all relevant information available.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many representations he has now received in total against the proposed introduction of the general certificate of secondary education; and how many of these are from (a) local education authorities, (b) examination boards or groups, (c) independent or private schools, (d) state schools and (e) right hon. and hon. Members and other individuals; and if he will make a statement.

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given on 9 June to my hon. Friend the Member for Vale of Glamorgan (Sir R. Gower).

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has on expenditure (a) in the last year for which figures are available and (b) in 1982–83 on training of part-time youth leaders in Wales; if he plans to increase funds available to the youth service; and if he will make a statement.

Information about expenditure on the training of part-time youth leaders is not collected centrally. Funding of the statutory youth service is a matter for the local authorities which are responsible for providing a service in their own areas. Welsh Office funding for the voluntary youth service is expected to be maintained at its present level.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the estimated costs to his Department of carrying out the accepted recommendations of Select Committee reports for the year March 1985 to March 1986.

As far as the Committee on Welsh Affairs is concerned, there are no extra costs to my Department for meeting the accepted recommendations of the Committee's report on coastal sewage pollution in Wales. The necessary administrative actions were either in train or would have been put in train as part of the Welsh Office's oversight of water and sewage matters. The Welsh water authority has identified the work needed to improve the quality of bathing waters around the Welsh coast. This has been estimated to cost some £200 million, and the authority plans to complete it over the next 15 years.

asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the effect of lower oil prices on North sea developments, she has plans to introduce any alterations to the fiscal regime governing oil-related activity; and if she will make a statement.

I am not convinced that the effect of lower oil prices on North sea developments requires any easing of the fiscal regime governing oil-related activity. We shall, however, continue to keep the position under review.

asked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the advice and material assistance given by Britain to the Soviet Union since the start of the Chernobyl incident.

As we have already told the House, Her Majesty's Government have offered whatever help and assistance they can provide to the Soviet Union following the Chernobyl accident. The answer given on the 9 May by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to the hon. Member for Northampton, North (Mr. Marlow), at column 269, sets out details of the equipment which has been provided to the USSR by the United Kingdom.

asked the Prime Minister what further measures she proposes to take to seek to increase output from manufacturing industry.

We shall continue to pursue vigorously policies which encourage sustained economic growth, falling inflation, and competitive enterprise. That is the best way to increased output both in manufacturing and in industry generally, as the experience of the past five years has shown.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 10 June.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 10 June.

This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House I shall be having further meetings later today. This evening I hope to have an audience of Her Majesty the Queen.

asked the Prime Minister if she will raise at the next meeting of the European Council the progress made in implementing the Council agreement of December 1984; and if she will make a statement.

Budgetary questions will be on the agenda of the 25–26 June European Council.

asked the Prime Minister, pursuant to her answer of 23 May to the hon. Member for Dundee, West (Mr. Ross) on quangos, Official Report, column 351, if she will state, out of the 756 quangos which she listed as having been abolished, rationalised or substantially reduced, how many of those which had been reduced are still in existence; what form the rationalisation took in the relevant cases; of those which were rationalised how many are still in existence; how many of the 756 were completely abolished; and how many of the 756 still exist.

[pursuant to her reply, 9 June 1986, c. 42]: Four hundred and seven non-departmental public bodies have been completely abolished since 1979. In addition there has been a reduction of 194 in the number of NDPB's which form part of composite organisations such as the wages councils or area manpower boards. But in these cases the composite organisations themselves have not been abolished. A further 155 NDPB's have been rationalised, including five which have been subsequently abolished. The main forms of rationalisation have been:

(i) merging of two or more NDPB's;

(ii) abolition of an NDPB and its replacement by a new body;

(iii) absorption of an NDPB by its sponsor department or another NDPB;

(iv) transfer to the private sector.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each of the last six years the number of redundancies notified to his Department, the total number of jobs involved and the number of company closures.

There are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies. The table shows information on the number of redundancies and closures affecting 10 or more workers notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in Scotland during the period January 1980 and December 1985.

Confirmed redundancies and closures in Scotland from January 1980 to December 1985
	Number of firms which have closed	Number of workers redundant through closure	Total number of redundant workers (including those in column 2)
1980	258	20,659	60,826
1981	283	18,441	59,039
1982	312	13,506	48,944
1983	227	12,238	41,538
1984	190	8,867	30,164
1985	204	8,738	26,424
	1,474	82,449	266,935

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many redundancies have occurred in each of the following categories in Scotland in each year since 1979 (a) manufacturing and (b) construction; and what has been the percentage total decline in employment in each category.

There are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies. The table shows the number of redundancies affecting 10 or more workers notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in Scotland in the manufacturing and construction industries during the period January 1979 to December 1985. The percentage decline in manufacturing employment between 1979 and 1985 was 28 per cent; and the corresponding decline in construction industry employment was 26 per cent.

Confirmed redundancies in the manufacturing and construction industries from January 1979 to December 1985
	Manufacturing	Construction
1979	27,519	4,057
1980	44,804	9,143
1981	40,372	10,882
1982	32,054	8,403
1983	28,397	6,228
1984	18,601	5,607
1985	14,175	5,344
	205,922	49,664

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to announce details of special financial and employment assistance for areas in Scotland hit by the recently announced shipbuilding closures comparable to the measures announced for the north-east of England by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; and if he will make a statement.

The main element of the Government's measures in response to British Shipbuilders' decision to reduce its shipbuilding capacity will be the creation of British Shipbuilders Enterprise Ltd., with support of up to £5 million in the current financial year. BSEL will operate in all the areas affected by job losses in British Shipbuilders, including Scotland, and will provide expert and practical services for former shipyard workers. An appropriate proportion of the additional £1 million for training made available by the Manpower Services Commission will also be deployed in Scotland, according to the needs of the workers to be made redundant, over and above the training and employment services normally made available by the MSC during redundancies.The other Government assistance announced for the north-east of England by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, notably measures for derelict land reclamation and measures under the urban programme, are matters dealt with in Scotland principally by the Scottish Development Agency, and I am currently considering with the agency what measures might be taken in addition to its present activities in the affected areas. It is important to keep in mind that these areas already benefit from substantial Government assistance towards measures for job creation and physical and economic regeneration, including European regional development fund aid for shipbuilding closure areas.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the largest 25 closures or redundancies in Scotland since 1979, giving date, company name and total jobs lost in each instance.

The information requested cannot be provided since details of redundancies confirmed by individual companies are provided to the Manpower Services Commission in confidence.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the Scottish Development Department's Scottish housing statistics for 1985 will be published.

Publication of "Scottish Housing Statistics, 1985" is expected before the end of July. It is also planned, later this month, to publish a statistical bulletin relating to the fourth quarter of 1985. This bulletin will contain a selection of key annual figures.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the 10 contractors who have received the largest share of motorway and trunk road construction contracts in the past three years, giving for each contractor the total value of contracts received.

During the three years ended 31 May 1986, 84 contracts each costing over £100,000 were awarded to 42 contractors. The 10 contractors who received the largest total shares of these contracts were as follows:

	£ million
1. Balfour Beatty Ltd.	22.6
2. Tractor Shovels (Contracts) Ltd.	19·9
3. Shanks & McEwan Ltd.	15.5
4. Whatlings (Civil Engineering) Ltd.	13·6
5. Norwest Holst Ltd.	12·4
6. Tarmac Construction Ltd.	11·2
7. Fairclough Scotland Ltd.	8·8
8. Morrison Construction Ltd.	7·8
9. A. Monk & Co. plc	6·6
10. W. J. Barr and Sons (Scotland) Ltd.	5·3

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the road construction contracts which his Department intends to award in 1986–87, showing in each case the total value of the contract and the expenditure likely to be incurred in that year.

Contracts for the following major schemes, each estimated to cost over £1 million, are expected to be let in 1986–87:

	Estimated Total Cost £ million
A75 Annan Bypass	15·29
A75 Castle Douglas Bypass	3·88
A75 Ringford Bypass	1·58
A82 Auchendennan to Arden (Loch Lomond)	1·50
A830 Kinsadel to Mallaig, Stage I	2·94
A9 Mound Bridges	1·90
A92 Murcar to Balmedie	5·90
A929 Kingsway to Powrie	3·50
A96 Auldearn Bypass	2·30
A96 Bucksburn to Tyrebagger, Stage I	3·30
A96 Forres Bypass	3·39

Start dates during the year, and hence likely expenditure in the year, are dependent on the completion of statutory procedures and monitoring of expenditure on schemes in progress. Depending on these factors, it might prove possible to bring some additional schemes into the programme for 1986–87.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total number of births in 1984 of babies weighing (a) under 1,500 gs, (b) 1,500 to 1,999 gs, (c) 2,000 to 2,499 gs, (d) 2,500 to 2,999 gs, (e) 3,000 to 3,499 gs, (f) 3,500 to 3,999 gs, (g) 4,000 gs plus and (h) babies with unstated birthweight for Scotland and each health board.

The available data are as follows:

Total births by birthweight and health board of residence 1984
	Birthweight (gs)
Health board	1,500	1,500 to 1,999	2,000 to 2,499	2,500 to 2,999	3,000 to 3,499	3,500 to 3,999	4,000 plus	Not known	Total
Argyll and Clyde	65	71	244	1,033	2,159	1,635	515	7	5,729
Ayrshire and Arran	59	84	222	789	1,761	1,428	431	20	4,794
Borders*	11	14	47	193	414	291	121	—	1,091
Dumfries and Galloway	6	23	79	277	699	504	176	1	1,765
Fife	29	53	173	789	1,707	1,269	363	4	4,387
Forth Valley	38	36	136	580	1,188	910	339	6	3,233
Grampian	84	86	239	1,109	2,367	1,824	596	—	6,305
Greater Glasgow	144	199	598	2,510	4,747	3,212	1,049	9	12,468
Highland	15	28	89	386	918	839	333	5	2,613
Lanarkshire	71	110	355	1,299	2,700	2,127	727	4	7,393
Lothian*	74	122	383	1,476	3,136	2,465	847	8	8,511
Orkney	4	4	13	33	78	70	44	—	246
Shetland	—	3	11	39	104	104	50	—	311
Tayside	48	58	184	830	1,799	1,417	438	—	4,774
Western Isles	2	1	6	25	123	108	52	1	318
Other areas/not known	3	1	3	3	7	7	3	—	27
SCOTLAND*	650	930	2,849	11,363	24,470	18,115	6,146	84	64,607
* 1983 Data

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the perinatal mortality rates for 1984

Perinatal mortality rates* by health board of residence 1984
Health Board	Birthweight (Grams)
	‹1,500	1,500–2,499	2,500+	Not known	Total
Argyll and Clyde	461·5	54·0	3·6	1,000·0	12·7
Ayrshire and Arran	372·9	58·8	3·6	50·0	11·9
Borders†	181·8	16·4	2·9	—	7·3
Dumfries and Galloway	333·3	78·4	4·8	—	10·2
Fife	448·3	70·8	4·1	—	10·5
Forth Valley	368·4	40·7	4·0	—	10·2
Grampian	452·4	40·0	4·1	—	11·9
Greater Glasgow	305·6	57·7	3·4	222·2	10·5
Highland	266·7	94·0	5·3	—	10·7
Lanarkshire	380·3	53·8	2·5	500·0	9·6
Lothian†	527·0	51·5	3·5	125·0	11·0
Orkney	—	117·6	—	—	8·1
Shetland	—	71·4	6·7	—	9·6
Tayside	312·5	45·5	2·5	—	8·0
Western Isles	500·0	285·7	3·2	—	12·6
Scotland†	421·5	46·8	3·7	226·2	10·7
* Rates per 1,000 total births.
† 1983 data.
Data for 1984 are provisional.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the estimated costs to his Department of carrying out the accepted recommendations of Select Committee reports for the year March 1985 to March 1986.

There are no costs involved for either the Scottish Office or the Highland and Islands development Board in implementing the accepted recommendations of the Scottish Affairs committee report on the HIDB other than the administrative costs of assessing the recommendations, and these are not readily quantifiable. Those recommendations of the Scottish Affairs Committee report on fisheries protection accepted by the Government

The available data are as follows:called for changes in emphasis rather than new developments and therefore the associated costs are likely to be very small.It is not possible to quantify the costs involved in assessing and, where appropriate, implementing the recommendations of other Select Committee reports in so far as they have a bearing on my responsibilities.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the Scottish organisations consulted before Mr. Richard Branson was invited to supervise the national clean-up scheme; what resources he will make available to the campaign; from what areas they will be transferred; if an estimate can be made of the number of people to be employed in the scheme; and what they will receive by way of a weekly wage.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will make a statement on any consultations which have taken place or are proposed between his Department and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities about the national clean-up scheme;(2) if he will make a statement giving details of the national clean-up scheme as it will apply to Scotland.

I refer the hon. Members to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment to the hon. Member for Copeland (Dr. Cunningham) on Thursday 5 June 1986.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the implications of the deployment of Stinger missiles with anti-Government forces in Afghanistan for the prospects of peace in that country; and if he will make a statement.

The prospects for peace in Afghanistan would be most improved by the immediate withdrawal of Soviet troops. Until that happens the Afghan people will undoubtedly continue to do their utmost to defend themselves against Soviet aggression.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the estimated costs to his Department of carrying out the accepted recommendations of the Select Committee reports for the year March 1985 to March 1986.

The accepted recommendations of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs' second report on famine in Africa were generally in line with existing Government policy and did not result in any additional costs.The fourth report on overseas programme expenditure 1985–86 contained two accepted recommendations. The conclusions of the review of the way the FCO is charged by the British Airports Authority for VIP lounges are still under negotiation. The review of Government-funded award schemes for overseas students, which was published in December 1985, had no specific cost implications.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will indicate the main achievements of Her Majesty's Government with respect to urban and new town affairs in the last seven years.

The main initiatives and expenditure programmes of my Department which are specifically targeted on urban areas are as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in his Department and the number and rank of staff reporting to each.

The responsibilities of the deputy secretaries in my Department (other than in the Property Services Agency) are as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the debts and liabilities of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission at the end of the last financial year; who the creditors were; and if he will make a statement.

The commission's report and accounts for 1983–85 were laid before the House on 22 October 1985 and a copy is available in the Library. The accounts for 1985–86 will he published similarly later this year.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the commissioners and principal management personnel of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission; if he will state their qualifications for their appointment; and what income each received in respect of their work with the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission in the last financial year.

My right hon. Friend appoints commissioners with a view to achieving a wide representation of interests relevant to the duties and functions of the Commission. The present commissioners and their remuneration are:

• Lord Montagu of Beaulieu: (Chairman) Founder President of the Historic Houses Association. £22,071.
• HRH the Duke of Gloucester: (Deputy Chairman) Architect and Queen's Trustee of the British Museum.
• No remuneration.
• Councillor Jeremy Beecham: Solicitor and leader of the Council, Newcastle upon Tyne. £1,595.
• Mr. Jeremy Benson: Architect. £3,190.
• Mr. Peter Burnham: Accountant and Deputy Managing Director of Coopers and Lybrand Associates. £1,595.
• Professor Rosemary Cramp: Professor of archaeology at the University of Durham. £3,190.
• Sir Arthur Drew: Chairman of the Museums and Galleries Commission and a trustee of the British Museum. £4,292.
• Mr. Anthony Emery: Director of Business Press International and a specialist in late medieval domestic architecture. £1,595.
• Mr. Donald Insall: Architect. £3,190.
• Professor Colin Renfrew: Disney professor of archaeology at the University of Cambridge and a member of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. £3,190.
• Lord Shelburne: A member of Wiltshire county council. £1,595.
• Mr. Simon Jenkins: Political editor of the Economist, author and writer on the conservation of historic buildings. £3,190.
• Professor William Whitfield: Visiting professor of architecture at the University of Manchester and surveyor to the fabric at St. Paul's Cathedral. £3,190.
• Lord Camoys: Director of Barclays Bank. £1,595.
• Mr. Robert Vigars: Solicitor and member of the former Greater London council. £1,595.

The commission is responsible for the appointment of its senior management staff who are selected on the basis of competitive recruitment according to the individual vacancy. Present principal management staff together with their current annual salary are:

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has about the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission's plans for those activities for which it is responsible in London in the current financial year.

Each year the commission prepares a corporate plan which the chairman discusses in detail with my right hon. Friend. The commission's plan for 1986–87, which was prepared in the spring of 1985, indicated that it would take over the GLC's historic buildings division and the three historic house museums as smoothly and efficiently as possible. The commission has since indicated in more detail how it intends to carry forward its new statutory responsibilities under both the Local Government Act 1985 and the Museum of London Act 1986, and my right hon. Friend has welcomed the positive approach which the commission has adopted. The Commission's corporate plan for 1987–88 has now been received and my right hon. Friend will be discussing it with the chairman in due course.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to the answer of 16 April, Official Report, column 389, if he is yet in a position to say when the review of statutory rating formulae will begin; if he will make it his policy to ensure that, in so far as the inquiry relates to the electricity supply industry, evidence is taken from the London Electricity Board, the London Electricity Consultative Committee and the associations representing local authorities in London; and if he will make a statement.

Officials of the relevant Government Departments have begun work on drawing up guidelines for the review of statutory rating formulae. Meetings, involving representatives of the industries affected and the local authorities, are expected to start later this year. Full consideration will be given to the position of the London Electricity Board.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the areas where the Local Government Boundary Commissioners have recommended that parish councils be established, but where his decision is still awaited.

Following is the list of proposed new parishes, for which parish councils would be established. Some are amalgamations of existing parishes: areas at present unparished, in whole or in part, are distinguished by an asterisk.

District	Proposed new parish
Adur	*Southwick
Ashford	*Stanhope
	Wye and Hinxhill
Barrow in Furness	*Askham and Ireleth
	*Lindal and Marton
	*Dalton Town with Newton
East Lindsey	Ashby with Scremby
	Beesby with Saleby
	Bolingbroke
	Brackenborough with Little Grimsby
	Calcethorpe with Kelstern
	Candlesby with Gunby
	Claxby with Moorby
	East Barkwith
	East Kirby
	Edlinglon with Wispington
	Elkington
	Greetham with Somersby
	Ludford
	Lusby with Winceby
	Reston
	Revesby
	Roughton
	Scamblesby
	South Thoresby
	Stixwould and Woodhall
	Tetford
	Withern with Stain
	Woodhall Spa
Ellesmere Port and Neston	*Ince
Gedling	Ravenshead
Leominster	Birley with Upper Hill
Maldon	*Maldon
	*Heybridge
Mid Sussex	*Haywards Heath
	*Lindfield Urbaʼn

District	Proposed new parish
North Norfolk	High Kelling
	Ryburgh
	Walsingham
Pendle	*Barnoldswick
	Bracewell and Brogden
	Blacko
	*Barrowford
	*Trawdon Forest
Solihull	*Olton
	*Knowle
	*Dorridge and Bentley Heath
	Smiths Wood
South Shropshire	Chirbury with Brompton
	Abdon
	Craven Arms
	Newcastle-on-Clun
	Worthen with Shelve
Staffordshire Moorlands	Caverswell and Werrington
Uttlesford	Hatfield Heath
Waveney	Sommerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
West Derbyshire	*Grindleford
Wycombe	Hazlemere
	*West Wycombe

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will make a decision about the areas where the Local Government Boundary Commissioners have recommended that parish councils be established.

My right hon. Friend's decisions on the commission's proposals are announced as soon as his consideration of each report is concluded.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many staff are employed by his Department to process recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commissioners for the establishment of parish councils and to supervise the creation of such bodies.

Six staff process the commission's proposals for new parishes and for boundary alterations to other areas. Some legal and cartographic staff time is also involved. Parish council elections, whether for new parishes or others, are supervised by returning officers appointed for that purpose by the appropriate district council.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps have been taken against those local authorities which have failed to carry out parish reviews in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972.

None. The district councils' duty under section 48(8) of the Local Government Act 1972 to keep the parish arrangements in their districts under review does not extend to an obligation always to carry out parish reviews under section 60 of the Act.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is compiling information on voluntary organisations which have lost their funding following abolition of the West Yorkshire metropolitan county council; and if he will make a statement.

Responsibility for grants to voluntary organisations transferred on abolition to the district councils, and we have no plans to collect information centrally about such grants. However, we have received no evidence that abolition has given rise to serious problems for voluntary organisations previously funded by the West Yorkshire metropolitan county council.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when funds allocated for the St. Barnabas community centre, Bristol, will be released under the inner cities partnership programme.

I have reaffirmed my commitment to fund up to £185,000 through the traditional urban programme for additional works at the centre.The next step is for Avon county council, in conjunction with the St. Paul's Community Association, to draw up draft contract documents with fully detailed cost estimates and drawings. When my Department has received these documents consideration will be given to the issue of formal grant approval.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the local authorities where more than 20, 50 and 100 homeless households, respectively, were living in bed and breakfast hotels at the end of December 1985 and the end of March 1986.

A list of local authorities by number of homeless households in bed and breakfast accommodation is shown below. The numbers relate to the end of December 1985 except for authorities marked with an asterisk, for which the information supplied by the authority for an earlier period has been used. The information is not yet available for March 1986.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the number of homeless households accepted by local authorities in England living in bed and breakfast accommodation at the end of June and the end of December in each of the years from 1980 to 1985.

The numbers of homeless households accepted by local authorities in England living in bed and breakfast accommodation are as follows:

	Number
1980
June	2,050
December	1,330
1981
June	1,620
December	1,520
1982
June	2,030
December	1,640
1983
June	2,460
December	2,660
1984
June	3,020
December	3,270
1985
June	3,850
December	4,270

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) the number of homeless households accepted by local authorities in England whose homelessness resulted from mortgage arrears and (b) the percentage of all homeless households which these represented, in each of the years from 1979 to 1985.

The numbers and percentages of homeless households accepted by local authorities in England whose homelessness resulted from a court order for mortgage default are as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on how many mortgagors (a) with a building society mortgage and (b) with another source of mortgage were estimated to be (i) at least one month in arrears with their mortgage repayments, (ii) at least six months in arrears with their mortgage repayments and (iii) subject to repossession action by the mortgagee in each of the years from 1979 to 1985.

Information on mortgage arrears is available only for building societies and local authorities, and is not available in exactly the form requested. Information is not available for mortgagors less than six months in arrear. Information on repossession actions is not broken down by mortgagee. The information is given in the following table.

Mortgagors over six months in arrears: Building Societies (UK)
Calendar year	Number of mortgagors over six months in arrear at end of period
1979	*8,420
1980	*13,490
1981	*18,720
1982	28,600
1983	32,120
1984	50,200
1985	60,390
* Figures for these years are available only for those between 6 and 12 months in arrear.

Mortgagors more than six months in arrear: Local Authorities (England)
Financial year	Number of mortgagors over six months in arrear at end of period
1978–79	not available
1979–80	not available
1980–81	not available
1981–82	not available
1982–83	13,200
1983–84	14,500
1984–85	14,900