asked the Secretary of State for Wales when all the necessary translations of general certificate examination syllabuses into Welsh will be complete; how many of the translation staff of the Welsh Office have been seconded for this purpose; when this was done; and what proportion of the work has now been done.

The assistance being provided by the Welsh Office relates to the translation of those subject syllabuses corresponding to the 10 training manuals already translated into Welsh. They number some 24 syllabuses. Work is in hand on all the syllabuses so far received from the WJEC. The aim is to complete the translations by the end of July so that they can be available to schools by the beginning of the next school year. One member of the Welsh Office translation unit is coordinating the work.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to how many teaching days per year have been provided by visiting teachers in each year from 1979–80 to 1985–86, inclusive, in Welsh secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.

I presume that the hon. Gentleman is referring to foreign teachers on exchange visits to this country. Information on this subject is not centrally collected.

	Number of schools in Wales where subjects listed were examined in the summer of:
	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Latin	72	128	110	103	97	91
German	166	158	136	158	154	153
Needlework	187	177	167	167	169	176
Geology	128	126	117	122	118	107
Drama	—	51	67	72	74	83
Music	206	207	207	204	207	209
Religious Studies	—	15	17	21	24	26
Scripture	234	221	227	227	208	190

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many Welsh secondary and sixth form pupils sat examinations in (a) Latin, (b) German, (c) needlework, (d) geology, (e) drama, (f) music and (g) religious

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the estimated total cost of outstanding urgent repairs to Welsh schools, at the latest date for which such information is available; and if he will make a statement.

This information is not held centrally. Local education authorities are responsible for the maintenance of schools.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to how many remedial staff have been employed by Welsh local education authorities in each of the last seven school years; and if he will make a statement.

Information in the form requested in not centrally collected. That which is available relates only to peripatetic remedial teachers, figures for which are given in the table:

	Full-time	Part-time
1978–70	206	123
1979–80	186	119
1980–81	200	108
1981–82	208	78
1982–83	244	128
1983–84	221	110
1984–85	238	118

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to how many schools in Wales provided teaching in the following subjects from 1979–80 to 1985–86: Latin, German, needlework, geology, drama, music and religious education; and if he will make a statement.

Information supplied by the Welsh Joint Education Committee indicates the following numbers of schools where the subjects were examined as GCE O-level subjects.education at all levels, from 1979–80 to the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

The information, as supplied by the Welsh Joint Education Committee, is given in the table:

asked the Secretary of State for Wales why Her Majesty's inspector's report on education services in Wales in 1984–85 was delayed.

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Thomas) on 9 June 1986, in column 11.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will be taking any further steps to encourage the introduction of unleaded petrol to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

The Government are committed to the earliest practicable introduction of unleaded petrol in this country. Under the terms of directive 85/210/EEC, itself the result of a United Kingdom initiative, unleaded petrol should be generally available throughout the Community by 1 October 1989; and member states should take appropriate steps to ensure its balanced distribution and to encourage its use.The need for additional provisions arises, first, from incompatibility of unleaded petrol with many of the engines in the present car fleet, as the use of unleaded petrol in cars designed for running on leaded petrol could cause severe mechanical damage to the engine; and, secondly, from the likelihood that unleaded petrol will be more expensive than leaded petrol to produce and distribute. Last November, the Department therefore consulted a wide range of interested bodies on ways to ensure that our target is met. Having considered the responses to our consultation exercise very carefully, I am now able to announce various measures to encourage the sale and use of unleaded petrol in the United Kingdom.An important first step has already been taken.My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in his Budget statement that he would create a tax differential to offset the higher production costs of unleaded petrol, and that officials would discuss with the oil companies how this can best be achieved in time for next year's Budget.It is important to ensure the availability of suitable cars as soon as possible. The Environment Council has been considering a draft EC directive on vehicle emissions, which sets out the dates from which member states may require new cars to be capable of running on unleaded petrol. At present it is subject to reserves by Denmark and Greece, which must be lifted before it can be adopted by the Council of Ministers. As soon as it has been adopted, we will implement the earliest dates set out in the directive; 1 October 1988 for new model cars over 2 litres; 1 October 1989 for all new model cars; and 1 October 1990 for all new registrations, unless a manufacturer can certify that major re-engineering would be involved.We intend that there should be at least a minimal network of petrol stations offering unleaded petrol in 1987, building up to wide availability of the fuel by October 1989. I hope this can be achieved voluntarily by the industry, but the Government do not rule out taking measures to require the provision of unleaded petrol for garages above a particular size.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has received any recent representations about dealing with potential defects in title in right-to-buy sales; and if he will make a statement.

Representations have been received from my hon. Friend and from my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, West (Mr. Sackville). I refer my hon. Friend to my reply of 23 April at column 283.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities in the north-west have made representations seeking increases in housing investment programme allocations for the current financial year.

Six authorities have made formal representations seeking increases.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many acres of green belt land have been built on in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.

I regret that this information is not available centrally. Green belt land should not normally be built on because the long-standing policy is that inside a green belt approval should not be given, except in very special circumstances for purposes other than agriculture, sport, cemeteries, institutions standing in extensive grounds, or other uses appropriate to a rural area.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received regarding the preservation of the green belt between Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield in the light of the Haven Green leisure park and housing plan submitted to him by Welwyn Hatfield district council.

Welwyn Hatfield district council has forwarded to the Department over 60 individual representations, together with two petitions, concerning a proposal for a leisure park at Haven Green and an application for residential development on an adjoining site. Many of these representations refer to the green belt between Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield. Two letters have been sent direct to the Department requesting that these two applications be called in for my right hon. Friend's decision. The proposed leisure park at Haven Green was not referred formally to the Department, and I understand that Welwyn Hatfield district council has now deemed itself planning permission for this development. The proposed residential development has been referred to my right hon. Friend as a substantial departure from the development plan. He is considering whether it should be called in for decision.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the definition of the role and function of the community services liaison department of the London Docklands Development Corporation.

LDDC's community liaison department co-ordinates links between the corporation and local community groups, both directly and through the area teams.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce legislation to permit local authorities to commission and carry out surveys and research on their own behalf in order to assess and attempt to verify the findings of any investigation by NIREX into the suitability of sites in their area for the construction of nuclear waste repositories.

Local authorities already have powers under the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1976 to deem themselves planning permission for development which could include geological surveys, where this is necessary. I am not aware that legislation is required to enable local authorities to carry out research not involving development under planning legislation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council owned houses have been sold by each district council in Cornwall since 1980.

The district councils in Cornwall have reported selling the following numbers of houses and flats between 1 April 1980 and 31 March 1986:

	Number
Caradon	631
Carrick	*725
Kerrier	631
North Cornwall	807
Penwith	570
Restormel	793
Isles of Scilly	*7
* Returns incomplete.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to the number of residential units in each of the district council areas in Cornwall which are second houses or holiday homes, and as to what percentage they represent of the housing stock.

The latest available information is the numbers of household spaces counted in the 1981 census as being second residences or holiday accommodation which were unoccupied on census night. The figures are derived from table 18 of the census 1981 county report for Cornwall.

Unoccupied second residences and holiday accommodation, April 1981
	Number	Percentage of all household spaces
Caradon	1,811	6·3
Carrick	1,669	5·1
Kerrier	1,362	4·0
North Cornwall	3,169	10·9
Penwith	1,953	7·8
Restormel	1,657	5·2
Isles of Scilly	156	15·7

Dwellings Acquired for Retention in Council Stock*
	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	l985–86†
Caradon	—	5	5	—	—	1
Carrick	—	—	2	—	—	n.a.
Kerrier	—	1	4	1	2	—
North Cornwall	11	—	2	1	3	—
Penwith	—	—	—	—	—	1
Restormel	—	—	11	—	—	—
Isles of Scilly	—	—	—	5	—	‡—
* Including any acquisitions in housing action areas, priority neighbourhoods and general improvement areas for resale to housing associations, before 1985–86. Excluding repurchases under the 1984 Housing Defects Act.
† Provisional
‡ April to September 1985
n.a. = not available

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many houses are owned by each district council in Cornwall.

The latest information relates to 1 April 1985 and was provided in the council's housing investment programme returns. The figures are listed in column All of "HIPI (1985) all items print" which is available in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many residential units have been built by each district council in Cornwall for each year since 1980.

The numbers of house building completions reported by each district council in Cornwall for the years 1980 to 1983 appear in issue 73 of "Local Housing Statistics" and for 1984 and 1985 in issue 77. Copies are available in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the estimated net revenue expenditure on bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless households recorded by local authorities on his Department's RO4 forms for the financial years (a) 1982–83, (b) 1983–84, (c) 1984–85 and (d) 1985–86; and if he will give this information for England as a whole and for each local authority area.

I will place the information available, shortly, in the House of Commons Library.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish any estimates prepared by

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many residential units have been bought from the private sector to enable them to be let to council tenants by each district council in Cornwall for each year since 1980.

The district councils in Cornwall have reported acquiring the following numbers of dwellings in the financial years from 1980–81:his Department of the potential effect on the number of homeless households currently placed by local authorities in bed and breakfast accommodation of a relaxation in his Department's controls on local authority acquisition of empty private sector properties.

No such estimates have been prepared.We look to local authorities to make the best possible use of their existing stock.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what data he has available on failures by highway authorities to comply with section 27(2)(d) of the Countryside Act 1968; and if he will make a statement.

We have no recent information as to progress made by highway authorities in the signposting of public rights of way. Failure by an authority to comply with this statutory requirement is a matter for the courts.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment to what extent the United Kingdom's emergency reference levels for radioactivity are drawn from a basis of acceptable risk of cancer resulting from wholebody doses of radioactivity; and to what extent emergency reference levels for one radioisotope take account of other radioisotopes to which individuals may be simultaneously exposed.

The United Kingdom's emergency reference levels for radioactivity, which are advisory for Government, were issued by the National Radiological Protection Board in 1981. They are figures for dose received by whole body and individual organs or tissues from all radionuclides. They are based on balancing the level of risk from harmful effects of radiation with the social cost and risk of counter measures.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the total capital assets of the West Yorkshire metropolitan county council on 31 March at the time of the abolition of that county council.

Local authorities are not required to maintain a balance sheet recording their total capital assets and no such record exists for West Yorkshire county council.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what account he takes of the adequacy of

(£ million, rounded)
	Number of schemes	UDG and other public expenditure	Private investment	Total
1983–84	70	37	185	222
1984–85	56	23	91	114
1985–86	54	25	79	103
1986–87*	14	6	32	38
Totals	194	92	386	478
* To date.

These figures relate to offers of grant which have been accepted or which are on the table. Offers which were not taken up are excluded. The expenditure figures relate to total estimated costs; not all of the expenditure has yet been incurred.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many estates have been improved under the priority estates projects in each of the last three years; at what cost; and if he will make a statement.

During the last three years the priority estates project has worked with local authorities to improve and localise management on 28 estates.In 1983–84, three projects were under way; 17 began in 1984–85; and eight in 1985–86. Work with all but the original three projects is continuing. The direct costs of the priority estates project in these three years, including national advisory and promotional work drawing experience from the 28 estate schemes, was £530,000.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the contracts, with the subject of the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by his Department in 1985, with the name of the consultants concerned.

Local liaison committees can provide a useful forum to deal with any matters arising in connection with mineral operations and provide an opportunity for views and information to be exchanged between the operator and those most closely affected; their establishment is to be encouraged. However, the setting up of a liaison committee and the terms under which it operates are essentially matters for local negotiation and agreement.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many urban development grants were made in each of the last three years; at what total cost; and if he will make a statement.

For each of the last three financial years, and for this financial year to date, offers of urban development grant made are as follows:

I will provide the information as soon as our current survey of consultancy contracts let in the financial year 1985–86 is completed.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what consideration he has given to the inclusion of a general store type of shop in the proposed Palace Chambers development.

As I advised my hon. Friend the Member for Wells (Mr. Heathcoat-Amory), on 16 June., at column 405, plans for the new Palace Chambers are at an early stage. It is intended to reprovide shops on the ground floor and I will give careful consideration to the suggestion that there should be a general store.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how long the outstanding recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commissioners on where parish councils should be established have been with him awaiting a decision.

Between one month and two years.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to make a decision on Leicester's inner area partnership submission for 1986 to 1989.

My decision on the Leicester inner area programme was conveyed to the city and county councils on 19 June.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, by county, all the applications for gipsy sites in England which he has called in for his determination; if he will state in each case the date when he called in the applications; and whether in each case the proposed sites have or have not been the subject of a public inquiry.

There have been two such applications called in during the present Parliament. They are:

(1) in Oxfordshire: application called in on 12 October 1983, and a public local inquiry held on 9 October 1984; and

(2) in Hampshire: application called in on 18 April 1986, and a public local inquiry arranged for 1 July 1986.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment on what date he expects to make a decision on the proposal for a gipsy site at Hinksey Hill in Oxfordshire; and on what date he called in the proposal.

My right hon. Friend hopes to issue his decision very soon. The Oxfordshire county council applied for planning permission for the gipsy site to the then Secretary of State on 15 August 1984, following a direction issued by him on 12 October 1983.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library of the House a copy of the research carried out by the Building Research Establishment into the standards of draught proofing for existing windows and doors; and if he will make a statement.

Table 1 National estimates: regional distribution of homeworkers, England and Wales 1981
Region	Manufacturing homework		Other work at home		Total working at home (excluding childminders and family workers)
	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.
North	710	1	6,460	4	7,180	3
Yorkshire & Humberside	4,050	7	9,480	6	13,530	6
East Midlands	14,280	24	10,890	6	25,170	11
East Anglia	1,990	3	13,100	8	15,090	7
Greater London Council	5,630	10	31,880	19	37,510	16
South East (except GLC)	11,950	20	56,100	33	68,050	30
South West	8,360	14	13,610	8	21,970	10
West Midlands	5,830	10	10,380	6	16,200	7
North West	4,280	7	16,040	9	20,320	9
Wales	1,670	3	3,120	2	4,780	2
Total	58,750	100	171,050	100	229,790	100

The work is continuing, and no final report has yet been prepared.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he plans to provide the departmental trade union side with details of the report of the review team considering the future of the Crown Suppliers and of their recommendations; and if he will make a statement.

Copies of the review team's report, excluding only certain commercially sensitive material, were sent to the departmental trade union side last December. I will make a statement when we have fully considered all the factors which need to be taken into account when deciding on the future of the Crown Suppliers, including the views of the central unit on purchasing.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what discussions he has had with representatives at the Yorkshire water authority about the removal of payment charges from pensioners wishing to pay water rates by instalments; and if he will make a statement.

I have not discussed this with the authority. Detailed charging arrangements are a matter for individual water authorities acting within their powers and duties.

asked the Paymaster General what was the number of home workers by region and trade at the latest date for which figures are available.

The most recent national estimates of home workers are from the 1981 survey of home-based workers in England and Wales. Table 1 shows the number of home workers by region, distinguishing manufacturing home work from other white-collar and service sector work done at home. Table 2 shows the number of home workers in industry.

asked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the progress of special employment measures for young people.

Progress in setting up two-year YTS, the Government's main training measure for young people, has been excellent. The new programme began in April and we have already been offered all the places that will be required. We have also introduced the new workers scheme to follow on from YTS to help many more young people gain a foothold on the employment ladder.

asked the Paymaster General what are the total numbers of unfilled job vacancies currently recorded at (a) all jobcentres and (b) the Leicester jobcentre; of those vacancies, how many have remained unfilled for (i) six months and (ii) 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

On 2 May 1986 there were 178,801 unfilled vacancies at jobcentres in Great Britain, and 1,061 unfilled vacancies at the Leicester jobcentre. Analysis of the length of time vacancies remain unfilled is not available in the form requested.

asked the Paymaster General if the Highfields task force is receiving the full co-operation of Leicester city council; and if he will make a statement.

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

asked the Paymaster General (1) if he will arrange to give more specific advice to applicants for the enterprise allowance scheme at the information session about the need to apply for help whilst still in receipt of social security benefits;

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

asked the Paymaster General what information he has about the trend in employment in the pharmaceutical industry over the last five years and about how this compares with the trend in employment in manufacturing industry over the same period.

The table shows the trends in employment in the pharmaceutical industry, as defined by activity heading 2570 of the Standard Industrial Classification 1980, and in manufacturing industries.

Enployees in Employment Great Britain
thousand
	Pharmaceutical Industry	All Manufacturing Industry
March 1982	81·3	5,869·6
March 1983	80·2	5,540·5
March 1984	81·0	5,427·5
March 1985	81·3	5,421·1
March 1986	82·4	5,370·1

asked the Paymaster General (1) when the circular 109/252 was issued; when it was withdrawn; and how many changes in the rules relating to claims from school leavers occurred betwen those two dates;(2) if he will investigate the circumstances in which a telex was sent to local unemployment benefit offices referring to circular 109/252 which was three years old and which contained incorrect in formation about entitlement to benefits; and if he will make a statement;(3) what steps he is taking to ensure that those young people who have been discouraged from claiming supplementary benefit by staff in local unemployment benefit offices on the basis of the erroneous information contained in circular 109/252 are now encouraged to make a claim.

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

asked the Paymaster General why his Department has stopped publishing figures relating to numbers employed on YTS schemes;(2) how many young people were employed on or about to leave YTS schemes in the United Kingdom in May.

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

asked the Paymaster General what response he has sent to the chief executive of Leicester city council regarding his request for a six-week work permit for a Polish national permanently resident in Strasbourg, who wishes to join a training attachment for Strasbourg secretaries organised by the Leicester/Strasbourg twinning association, which his Department is dealing with under reference GW 8608681.

An official in my Department's overseas labour section telephoned the chief executive on 10 June to explain that the application could not be approved because it did not satisfy the requirements of the work permit scheme. A letter confirming in detail the reasons for this decision will be sent shortly.

asked the Paymaster General what is the estimated cost of relocating in Sheffield the occupational medicine and hygiene laboratories of the Health and Safety Executive; and if he will make a statement.

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

asked the Paymaster General why his Department has stopped publishing the details of the numbers of people on temporary employment measures and the YTS with the unemployment and vacancy figures; and if he will arrange for these figures to be made available on a monthly basis together with their effect on the register.

The numbers of people assisted by employment measures and YTS are now published regularly in the Employment Gazette.It is difficult to calculate precisely the effect on the unemployment count of employment measures; their estimated average effectiveness was set out in table 3.7.13 of the public expenditure White Paper, Cmnd. 9702. YTS is a permanent training scheme.Although estimates of the overall effect on unemployment of the employment measures are available, it is not appropriate to present these routinely as a reliable monthly indicator because of the uncertain assumptions involved in their calculation. It is also not necessary to present them since they represent only one detail of the overall labour market.

asked the Paymaster General when was the last time that (a) he and (b) officials of his Department paid an official visit to a bakery.

Neither I nor my right hon. and learned Friend has undertaken an official visit to a bakery.The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost given the large number of officials of the Department who visit premises, including bakeries, in connection with their statutory function.

asked the Paymaster General what technical and vocational initiative proposals he has approved in the Batley and Spen constituency.

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

asked the Paymaster General how many representations for repeal of the Baking Industry (Hours of Work) Act in the past three years he has received from baking employers.

During recent consultations with employers' associations on the baking industry, the Federation of Bakers, National Association of Master Bakers, Confectioners and Caterers, Cake and Biscuit Alliance and the Co-operative Employers' Association all favoured repeal.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what arrangements it is proposed should be made to improve the occupational health care of civil servants; and if he will make a statement.

An efficiency scrutiny was carried out in 1985 on the occupational health and hygiene provision throughout the Civil Service. The report recommended the merging of existing services to create an integrated and more efficient and effective organisation. This recommendation has been accepted, and an occupational health service will be formed with effect from 23 June 1986 by the amalgamation of the Civil Service Medical Advisory Service of the Cabinet Office (Management and Personnel Office) and the Civilian Medical Services Directorate of the Ministry of Defence. It will be located within the Cabinet Office (MPO). My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has approved this transfer of responsibilities from the Ministry of Defence to the Management and Personnel Office.The creation of the occupational health service will facilitate a fundamental change from a therapeutic medical and nursing service to one centred on the work place and essentially preventive in character. It will be well placed to take advantage of developments in recent years of scientific technique for the identification and measurement of environmental hazards, and of the substantial contribution which scientists and nurses trained in occupational health are able to make.There will be substantial economies of scale through the integration of the present fragmented services, with long-term benefits for management from reductions in the duplication of facilities provided elsewhere and by promoting greater efficiency.Copies of the scrutiny report and of the proposed charter for the occupational health service have been placed in the Library of the House.

asked the Second Estates Commissioner what financial help the Church Commissioners have been able to offer Broken Rites, the self-support group of deserted ex-wives of clergy.

None to this organisation, but the Commissioners have discussed how the House of Bishops can be helped in its exercise of pastoral care in such cases.

asked the Second Estates Commissioner when plans for building a new See house for the London Diocese were received; and what sum from the Commissioners is asked towards the project.

I shall write to the hon. Member.

asked the Attorney-General when the extradition notices will be served upon the Liverpool football club supporters who are alleged to have been involved in the disorders at the Heysel stadium in May 1985.

I understand from my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary that no such application for extradition has been received from the Belgian Government, although it has indicated an intention to apply. As and when such application is received he will consider making an order under section 7 of the Extradition Act 1870.

asked the Attorney-General what was the percentage acquittal rate, in cases where defendants plead not guilty, in the last four six-month periods for which figures are available, at Snaresbrook Crown court.

The percentage of defendants acquitted after pleading not guilty to all counts at Snaresbrook Crown court in the last four six-monthly periods is as follows:

	per cent.
April 1984 to September 1984	51·9
October 1984 to March 1985	58·7
April 1985 to September 1985	50·3
October 1985 to March 1986	48·6

asked the Attorney-General what action he proposes to take to give effect in United Kingdom law to the judgment of the European Court in the case involving the hon. Member for Peckham (Ms. Harman).

There is no judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the application brought by the honourable Member for Peckham. A friendly settlement, within the meaning of article 28(b) of the European Convention on Human Rights, has been reached between the parties, and the European Commission of Human Rights has recently adopted a report recording this solution. The Government are now considering how best to carry into effect the undertaking to seek to change the law given in those proceedings.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were employed by the oil industry in Scotland in (a) offshore work and (b) onshore and downstream work at the latest date for which information is available and in each of the last 10 years.

It is not possible to provide a breakdown of employment in the oil industry into offshore and onshore employment. The classification available from census of employment results is as follows:

(a) The extraction al mineral ail and natural gas in Scotland:
	Number
September 1981	17,500
June 1978	10,200
June 1977	5,900

(b) Mineral oil processing in Scotland:
	Number
September 1981	3,400
June 1978	2,400
June 1977	2,500

Information is not available for the intervening years, nor as yet from the 1984 census of employment.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average weekly wage in (a) Scotland and (b) the North sea oil industry at the latest date for which information is available; and what is the average weekly wage in Scotland not including the earnings of those employed in the oil industry.

In April 1985, the average gross weekly earnings of full-time male employees on adult rates in Scotland, whose pay was not affected by absence, was (a) £189·7 in all industries; (b)£329·8 in the extraction of mineral oil and natural gas (Activity heading 1300); and (c) £186·5 in industries excluding those in Activity heading 1300. These figures are derived from the new earnings survey, and are consequently subject to sampling error.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people are employed in the oil rig and module production yards in Scotland; and if he will give the corresponding figure in each of the last five years.

The last available estimate of employment in oil rig and module production yards in Scotland over the last five years is as follows:

Year	Employment
June 1981	8,036
June 1982	9,392
June 1983	8,425
June 1984	6,684
June 1985	4,941

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the average quarterly output of the North sea oil fields in barrels per day in each of the last eight quarters for which records are available.

The average quarterly output of the North seal oilfields in barrels per day is estimated to have been as follows:

Thousand of barrels per day average rate per quarter
	Daily average
1984
Q2	2,414·5
Q3	2,391·7
Q4	2,601·3
1985
Q1	2,638·7
Q2	2,439·8
Q3	2,384·8
Q4	2,573·7

Site name	Local Authority District	Local Authority Region	Site area (hectares)	Date of re-notification
Cairngorms	Kincardine and Deeside	Grampian	25,948·5	—
Affric Cannich Hills	Inverness	Highland	17,073·2	27 January 1984
Parallel Roads of Lochabcr	Lochaber	Highland	16,664·0	—
Being Dearg	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	13,715·0	10 July 1984
Foinaven and Meall Horn	Sutherland	Highland	13,307·0	—
North Harris	Western Isles	Western Isles	12,920·6	12 September 1984
Eastern Cairngorms	Kincardine and Deeside	Grampian	12,141·0	—
Ben Klibreck	Sutherland	Highland	11,182·0	—
Cuillins	Skye and Lochalsh	Highland	10,915·8	20 August 1985
Inverpolly	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	10,857·0	—
Monadhliath	Badenoch and Strathspey	Highland	10,696·3	—
Rhum	Lochaber	Highland	10,684·0	—
Rannoch Moor	Perth and Kinross	Tayside	10,232·0	19 April 1985
Arran Northern Mountains	Cunninghame	Strathclyde	10,198·4	—
Drumochter Hills	Perth and Kinross	Tayside	9,690·0	31 August 1985
Fannich Hills	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	9,546·9	—
Cromarty Firth	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	8,523·9	—
Ben More Assynt and Breabag	Sutherland	Highland	8,401·0	—
Moorfoot Hills	Tweeddale	Borders	8,125·0	—
Beinn A Ghlo	Perth and Kinross	Tayside	7,933·11	15 December 1983
Merrick Kells	Merrick	Dumfries and Galloway	7,928·8	—
Langholm—Newcastleton Hills	Roxburgh	Borders	7,679·0)	4 July 1985
Creag Meagaidh	Badenoch and Strathspey	Highland	6,986·	12 July 1983
Ben Nevis	Lochaber	Highland	6,981·0
Letterewe Forest	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	6,974·2	—
Ben Lawers	Perth and Kinross	Tayside	5,943·2	23 August 1985
Tweedsmuir Hills	Tweeddale	Borders	5,544·0	—
Ben Wyvis	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	5,471·9	16 May 1985
Caerlaverock	Nithsdale	Dumfries and Galloway	5,469·1	—
Monar Forest	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	5,420·0	5 March 1984
Inner Tay Estuarty	Perth and Kinross	Tayside	5,400·0	23 August 1985
North Hoy	Orkney	Orkney	5,346·1	—
Southern Parphe	Sutherland	Highland	5,311·7	—
An Teallach	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	5,239·7	3 May 1984
Garabal Hill	Argyll	Strathclyde	5,180·0	—
Caenlochan	Angus	Tayside	5,043·4	29 November 1984
Culbin Sands, Forest and Findhorn Bay	Moray	Grampian	4,975·8	14 February 1984
Beinn Eighe	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	4,758·0	26 February 1985
Cree Estuarty	Merrick	Dumfries and Galloway	4,739·3	—
Ben Loyal	Sutherland	Highland	4,431·0	25 February 1985
Glen Muick and Lochnagar	Kincardine	Grampian	4,306·8	5 January 1984
Beinn Bhan	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	4,235·0	3 May 1984
Knockfin Heights	Caithness	Highland	4,188·3	19 September 1984
Glen Tanar	Kincardine	Grampian	4,185·0	14 February 1984
Ardnamurchan	Lochaber	Highland	4,135·0	—
Cam Nan Tri Tighearnan	Inverness	Highland	4,106·0	25 November 1983
Ben Heasgarnich	Perth and Kinross	Tayside	4,064·0	19 April 1985
Glen Strathfarrar (including NNR)	Inverness	Highland	4,030·6	12 April 1984
Cape Wrath-Durness	Sutherland	Highland	3,880·0	—
Torridon Forest	Ross and Cromarty	Highland	3,773·8	—
Ronas Hill-North Roe	Shetland	Shetland	3,743·5	—

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the largest 100 sites of special scientific interest located within Scotland, in each case giving the area covered in square miles and the area in which it is located.

The Nature Conservancy Council has provided the following information. Areas are given in hectares.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the various broadleaved assistance schemes in reversing the decline of deciduous woodlands.

[pursuant to his reply, 20 June 1986, c. 670]: The Forestry Commission introduced a broadleaved woodland grant scheme on 1 October 1985 which offers significantly higher rates of grants for the use of broadleaved species on their own. This scheme has had an encouraging start, with over 1,800 applicationss being received in the first six months covering nearly 11,400 hectares of existing broadleaved woodland and land proposed for planting with broadleaves.In the year ended 31 March 1986, the Forestry Commission grant-aided some 850 hectares of new broadleaved planting under its various schemes, including 46 hectares under the broadleaved woodland grant scheme: this represented a total increase in new broadleaved planting of some 42 per cent. over the previous year. This figure is expected to be significantly higher in succeeding years as planting under the broadleaved woodland grant scheme gets into its stride.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report Her Majesty's Government's conservation and landscape strategy in relation to forestry and woodlands.

[pursuant to his reply, 20 June 1986, c. 670]: Landscape and conservation policies and strategies for forestry and woodlands have been drawn up by the Forestry Commission and published in the following papers: Policy and Procedure Paper No. 3 — The Forestry Commission and Landscape Design; Policy and Procedure Paper No. 4—The Forestry Commission and Conservation.The Government's policy for broadleaved woodlands was set out in the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Ayr (Mr. Younger) on 24 July 1985, in columns 557 to 561 and further information has been given in the following Forestry Commission publications: Policy and Procedure Paper No. 5 — The Policy for Broadleaved Woodlands; Guidelines for the Management of Broadleaved Woodlands. Copies of all these publications are available in the Library of the House.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has any plans to meet the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities to discuss alternative methods in controlling forestry planting.

[pursuant to his reply, 20 June 1986, c. 670]: My right hon. and learned Friend has no plans to meet the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities on this subject.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make an integrated approach to agriculture and forestry in the uplands and lowlands of the United Kingdom.

[pursuant to his reply, 20 June 1986, c. 670]: An integrated approach to agriculture and forestry developments is sought through the consultations which take place between the Forestry Commission and the Agriculture Departments over applications for grant aid for afforestation proposals. This continues to be our policy.