asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland, pursuant to the answer of 8 April, what is his estimate of the additional man hours spent by the Crown Office as a result of parliamentary interest in the project Zircon case; and if he will make a statement.

It is not possible to estimate the man hours involved.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what(a) bilateral and(b) multilateral development aid his Department has provided to Kampuchea since 1979.

British bilateral aid to Cambodia for 1979–85 was as follows:

£'000s
1979	703
1980	480
1981	110
1982	18
1983	693
1984	18
1985	18

We make contributions to a number of multilateral aid agencies, such as UNICEF and the world food programme, which have given aid to Cambodia. Figures for multilateral aid are available in an OECD Statistical publication "Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows for Developing Countries" a copy of which is available in the Library.Since 1979 Britain has provided, largely through international organisations, over £13 million to the international relief effort for refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will respond to the letters of 27 January and 17 February from the hon. Member for Dundee, East regarding his constituent Mr. J. Leach.

I shall write to the hon. Member shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many disciplinary charges were made against inmates in Her Majesty's prison Albany between 1 January 1986 and 30 June 1986; and in how many cases was the verdict not guilty.

The readily available information is given in the following table.

Offences1 against prison discipline dealt with at Albany prison in the period 1 January to 30 June 1986; by outcome of adjudication
Outcome of adjudication	Number of charges2
Charge proved	607
Charge dismissed	30
Case referred to police	3
Adjudication not completed	2
TOTAL	642
1 Including offences committed at other establishments; excluding offences committed at Albany but dealt with at other establishments.
2 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate, detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons sentenced to life imprisonment or detention during Her Majesty's pleasure are currently serving such sentences in England and Wales; and how many were serving such sentences(a) 10,(b) 20 and(c) 30 years ago.

The readily available information is given in the table below:

Population of life sentence1 prisoners in Prison Department establishments in England and Wales on 31 December 1956, 1966. 1976 and 1986
Year	Number of prisoners2 3
1956	110
1966	470
1976	1,260
1986	2,290
1 Including person detained during Her Majesty's pleasure or for life under Section 53 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and those serving custody for life.
2 The figures are rounded estimates based on records held centrally which are approximate, particularly for the earlier years. Detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.
3 Including prisoners who had been recalled after having been released on licence.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average length of sentence served by prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment in England and Wales.

Information on the distribution of time served under sentence by life sentence prisoners received since 1965 is published in Table 4(e) of "Prison Statistics England and Wales 1985", Cmnd. 9903.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what new guidelines or instructions have been issued to immigration officials concerning entry clearance of persons known or suspected to be suffering from AIDS or who are HIV positive; and if he will make a statement.

I have nothing to add to my reply the hon. Member's question on 2 March at column468.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 2 March,Official Report, column468, what information he has as to the intended purpose of the visit by the airline steward refused entry at Gatwick airport.

In the case reported in the press the passenger sought entry as a tourist.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many out of the total number of persons treated as illegal entrants in 1986 who were granted temporary entrance subsequently absconded.

Out of 613 illegal entrants who were given temporary admission in 1986, a total of 51 absconded.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the total number of passengers granted temporary admission in 1986; and how many of these subsequently absconded;(2) what was the total number of passengers detained overnight under Immigration Act powers during 1986, by nationality;(3) how many people were detained overnight during 1986 in

I shall reply as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will provide, for the latest convenient date, a table indicating the total number or persons detained under Immigration Act powers in prison department establishments, by category and individual prison establishment;(2) if he will provide, for the latest convenient date, a table indicating the period of time spent in prison department establishments by persons detained under Immigration Act powers showing the numbers detained for not more than one, two, three, four, five, six and more than six months, respectively.

On 31 March 1987, 63 persons were detained in prison department establishments under the deportation powers and 30 as illegal entrants.The number detained in individual prison establishments was as follows:

Prison establishment	Under deportation powers	As illegal entrants
Barlinnie	—	1
Bedford	1	—
Belfast	—	1
Birmingham	2	—
Bristol	1	—
Bullwood Hall	1	—
Canterbury	1	1
Foston Hall	—	1
Glen Parva	1	—
Holloway	1	—
Hull	—	1
Latchmere House	36	18
Leeds	—	1

Prison establishment	Under deportation powers	As illegal entrants
Leicester	4	—
Parkhurst	1	—
Pentonville	11	2
Perth	—	2
Risley	1	—
Saughton	—	2
Wandsworth	1	—
Winchester	1	—

The information about the period of detention is as follows:

Not more than	Under deportation powers	As illegal entrants
One month	27	16
Two months	22	6
Three months	8	5
Four months	3	—
Five months	1	2
Six months	—	1
More than six months	2	—

The information about passengers who were detained after refusal of leave to enter will take some time to assemble and I will write to the hon. Member.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the introduction of time limits for the length of time a prisoner may be remanded in custody referred to in paragraph 3 of the "Government Reply to the Third Report from the Social Services Committee, Session 1985–86", Cm. 115.

As a first step, statutory time limits on periods in custody in criminal proceedings were introduced on 1 April, in three police areas: Avon and Somerset, Kent and the west midlands.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the members of the working group set up by the president of the Royal College of Physicians to advise the director of prison medical services on qualifications and training for prison medical officers.

The following comprise the President of the Royal College of Physicians' working group.

• Sir Raymond Hoffenberg, KBE, MD, PRCP,(Chairman)
• Dr. H. Baderman, FRCP(Honorary Secretary)
• H-J. B. Galbraith Esq. MD, FRCP
• M. R. Baker Esq. MD, MFCM
• T. H. Bewley Esq. MD, PRCPsych
• Dr. J. Higgins, FRCPsych, DPM
• Dr. J. L. Kilgour, CB, FFCM, MRCGP
• R. Lancaster Esq. SRN(Royal College of Nursing)
• Dr. E. E. J. Martin, MA, FRCGP
• Dr. K. H. Nickol, FRCP, FFOM, DIH
• Dr. Richard Smith, MB MHB
• Mrs. E. Whitaker, OBE, JP,(Board of Visitors, Wakefield Prison)
• Observers
• Dr. Pamela G. W. Mason, FRCPsych, DPM,(DHSS)
• K. R. North Esq.(Home Office)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made since July 1985 in establishing a unified nursing service for prison establishments, indicating the numbers of nursing staff currently holding formal nursing qualifications and the numbers training exclusively in service.

An essential first stage in the development of a unified service is the recruitment of men and women with nursing qualifications to train as prison hospital officers (uniformed staff combining custodial management and nursing skills). Since July 1985 there has been a 60 per cent. increase in the number of hospital officers who hold a nursing qualification. Currently just under 300 members of the prison nursing service hold a qualification, including some 160 hospital officers. On 9 April, four qualified nurses were receiving or had been accepted for prison officer training with a view to becoming hospital officers and over 100 applications were under consideration.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out the proposals for changes in prison service medical documentation which have been endorsed by Ministers, indicating what changes have so far been implemented.

The proposals centre on a system of discrete medical files for individual prisoners which transfer with them from one establishment to another under sealed cover for the attention of the medical officer. In addition to the modification of various medical documents, other proposed changes include a central storage facility for the medical files of discharged inmates. Medical officers will be further encouraged to seek previous medical histories on any new inmate, irrespective of category, whenever there is reason to think that to be clinically indicated. The Department will clarify with DHSS opportunities for conveying to general practitioners medical information arising during the currency of imprisonment.Managing medical officers have been asked to introduce the central proposal; most of them have done so and the remainder are working to that end.

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 how many officers of the Metropolitan police force's equal opportunities unit, and what ranks, deal with(a) sexual and(b) racial discrimination.

I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the designated Equal Opportunities Officer is a Deputy Assistant Commissioner, who chairs the force working parties on sexual and racial discrimination. The equal opportunities unit reports to a commander, and has one inspector and one sergeant dealing full time with sexual discrimination and one inspector dealing full time with racial discrimination.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average daily prison population of those detained under Immigration Act powers in 1986.

In 1986 the average population of persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 in Prison Department establishments in England and Wales was 132.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police authorities authorise the wearing of reinforced helmets by special constables; and if he will make a statement.

The equipment issued to special constables is a matter for each chief officer of police, and the information requested is not held centrally.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that all coroners in Wales issue coroners' certificates in a bilingual format; and if he will make a statement.

There is not sufficient demand to justify this. Coroners in Wales will arrange to issue certificates in bilingual format in any particular case, if requested to do so.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are taken to ensure that the provisions of the Registration of Births, Still Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1969 and the Coroners (Welsh Forms) Rules 1970 are fully observed in Wales.

There is no evidence of noncompliance with either of these permissive regulations.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has as to how many of Her Majesty's coroners currently holding office in Wales, are Welsh-speaking; and how many are not Welsh speaking.

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

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will initiate a publicity campaign to advice United Kingdom residents that it is contrary to the law to participate in the West German state lottery; and if he will make a statement.

No. While the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 prohibits a number of activities in connection with lotteries promoted overseas, including advertising, it is not unlawful to take part in any such lottery. The Gaming Board for Great Britain draws attention to the law where there is evidence that it may have been broken.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Surrey as to the precise date on which police inquiries into the matters raised in paragraph 39 of his Department's memorandum on the Maguire case were completed.

The inquiries on which the sixth sentence of paragraph 39 is based were made by the Metropolitan police, who first arrested the Maguire family. At the time when the memorandum was drawn up, the Metropolitan police had reported that they had no written record of Vincent Maguire showing them a stick of chalk or any similar object. Subsequently, on 10 February, we were informed that none of the Metropolitan police officers involved in the case could verify his account of the matter (on which evidence had been offered at the trial).In the light of comments since made on paragraph 39 of the memorandum, we shall be consulting the chief constable of Surrey.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the representations made to him by the hon. Member for Liverpool, Mossley Hill, about the evidence provided by Mr. Denis Wilkinson which secured the conviction of a number of defendants.

We have arranged for inquiries to be made into the allegations about the evidence provided by Mr. Wilkinson. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as I can.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received any further recommendations from the Boundary Commission regarding minor review proposals for parliamentary constituency boundaries; and if he will make a statement.

We have not received any further reports from the parliamentary boundary commissions since the English commission submitted a report on 40 constituencies on 9 February 1987. In that report the commission said that it would submit a separate report on two constituencies which had been the subject of a local inquiry in February 1987.I understand that this report will be submitted very shortly. The English commission informed us on 10 December 1986 of an interim review of 55 constituencies, including Burnley. I understand that a report on 53 of these 55 constituencies will be submitted in a few weeks. The Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales informed us of an interim review of 21 Welsh constituencies on 17 February 1986 and I understand that a report on this review is also expected within the next few weeks.

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 how many times during the past 12 months a Metropolitan police helicopter has been used in Newham; what incidents were involved; and what arrests resulted from information received from the helicopter crew.

[pursuant to his reply, 11 February 1987, c. 218]: I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the Metropolitan police air support unit answered 165 calls in the London borough of Newham in 1986. These calls concerned various matters, including robberies, burglaries, traffic and searches for missing persons. Forty two arrests resulted from the incidents in which the helicopters were used.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Salvador Mendoza and Reynaldo Blanco, members of the El Salvador Human Rights Commission, were stopped and searched by immigration officals when they arrived from Ostend on 29 March.

[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 12]: Mr. Reynaldo Blanco Rojas and another Salvadorean national arrived together at Dover from Ostend on 29 March at 2.30 pm. The immigration officer examined them for the purpose of determining whether they qualified for leave to enter in accordance with the immigration rules. They at first claimed to be students and sought entry as tourists for a period of three days. The immigration officer was not at that stage satisfied that they were genuine visitors and required them to submit to further examination. At 4 pm, after further questioning and examination of their luggage and personal effects, the immigration officer decided that they could properly be admitted as visitors and granted them leave to enter the United Kingdom for a period of one month.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what, on the basis of present local authority plans for tertiary education, are the Department's estimates of the effect on the number of places taken up in traditional sixth forms;(2) what effect the introduction of tertiary colleges has had on the number of places taken up in conventional sixth form provision over the last seven years.

Information is not available in the form requested.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to publish the report of Her Majesty's inspectors on education in Brent; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend has not yet received the report from Her Majesty's inspectors. He hopes to do so by Easter. He will then consider in the normal way whether to publish it.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement on the progress of the establishment of city technology colleges and their funding.

The Dixons Group plc announced on 8 April that it would provide sponsorship of £1 million for the establishment of a second city technology college to be located in south Yorkshire. This is a further indication of the imaginative and encouraging response my right hon. Friend's proposals have received. Discussions with other prospective sponsors are well advanced and my right hon. Friend hopes soon to announce details of further city technology colleges.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table grouping local education authorities into those controlled on 1 January 1986 by the Conservative party, those controlled by the Labour party, those controlled by the alliance parties and those with no overall control, showing for each authority, the average for each group and the overall average(a) the average primary school class size for January 1985 and January 1986,(b) the average secondary school class size for pupils under 14 in January 1985 and January 1986 and(c) the average secondary school class size for pupils over 14 in January 1985 and January 1986.

I shall reply as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what discussions there have been between Stockport metropolitan borough, the Salford diocese and himself about the rebuilding of the fire-damaged section of St. Anne's secondary school, Heaton Chapel; and when he expects the work to be completed.

Discussions are currently in progress between the Salford diocese and Stockport metropolitan borough council about the rebuilding of the school's science block, for completion by September 1988.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many persons left school on the Easter leaving date in 1983, and in 1986; and what is his best estimate of the numbers who will leave school at Easter 1987.

Information for the academic year 1985–86 is not yet available. There were 45,400 pupils reported as leaving English schools in the Spring term of 1985. The corresponding figure for 1983 was 47,100. No estimate is available for 1987.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many persons leaving school at Easter in 1986 registered to take O-level or other examinations during 1986.

Information for the academic year 1985–86 is not yet available. There were 15,300 pupils reported as leaving English schools in the Spring term of 1985 who attempted GCE O-level or CSE examinations in the summer of that year.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in theOfficial Report the annual amount paid by his Department on research into autistic problems in education for each year over the past eight years indicating the local education authorities to which it was paid, the research projects involved and the number of teachers specially trained as teachers for autistic children.

No research into the educational aspects of autism has been funded over the past eight years. There are no specific qualifications for teaching autistic children.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in theOfficial Report those local education authorities which have(a) special schools,(b) centres or(c) special arrangements for the teaching of autistic children, indicating which provide boarding accommodation.

The information is not available. Since 1983 special schools have not been classified in accordance with the categories of the handicap of the pupils for which they cater. No central record is maintained of centres or other arrangements for teaching children with special educational needs.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what representatives he has received concerning the training and further professional development of teachers of children with special educational needs; whether he intends making changes to established practices in this sphere; and if he will make a statement.

I have received one letter from a group of lecturers in Wales who are concerned about this matter, and five letters from hon. Members. The Government have accepted the recommendation of the Advisory Committee for the Supply and Education of Teachers that specialist qualifications to teach deaf children, as well as children with other disabilities, should be acquired after qualification as a teacher in the normal way and after a period of experience of teaching in an ordinary school. Under the new local education authority training grants scheme, which came into operation on 1 April 1987, over £200,000 has been allocated to authorities in Wales for the training of existing teachers to meet the special educational needs of pupils with learning difficulties. The Welsh Office will be monitoring what use the local education authorities make of these funds.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the cost to the Welsh Office arising from the official opening ceremony of Ysbyty Gwynedd undertaken by the Prime Minister in March.

One official responsible for health matters represented the Welsh Office at a cost of less than £200 in travel and subsistence. In addition, two Welsh Office press officers accompanied the Prime Minister throughout her official tour of north Wales. It would not be meaningful to attempt to allocate a cost to their time spent at Ysbyty Gwynedd.

asked the Prime Minister if she will raise at the next meeting of the European Council the practice of the Government of West Germany of issuing letters in the English language to United Kingdom residents inviting them to participate in illegal lotteries designed solely to provide revenue for the West German Government; and if she will make a statement.

No. We are pursuing this matter with the appropriate authorities within the relevant states of the Federal Republic of Germany.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many complaints have been received by the Director of Fair Trading in relation to newspaper takeovers and mergers in each of the years 1980 to 1986;(2) how many complaints have been received by his Department in each of the years 1980 to 1986 in relation to undertakings given to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission regarding newspaper takeovers and mergers.

The Director General of Fair Trading has no statutory functions in relation to newspaper takeovers and mergers. Any assurances which may be given to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission regarding newspaper takeovers and mergers have no statutory underpinning. It is, however, open to the Commission to reccomend that conditions should be attached to the Secretary of State's consent to a newspaper transfer; and it is in turn open to the Secretary of State to attach to his consent such conditions as he sees fit.My Department does not keep records of the number of complaints which are received concerning undertakings to the Commission or the observance of conditions attached to the Secretary of State's consent. But recently my Department has received one complaint concerning an undertaking to the Commission which was reflected neither in a condition recommended by the Commission nor in a condition attached to the Secretary of State's consent and since 1985 six complaints related to conditions attached to a consent given by the Secretary of State.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the progress of the business improvement scheme for West Penwith.

The business improvement services scheme in the Penzance and St. Ives travel-to-work area started operating in July 1986. Since then 89 offers of assistance have been made to applicants, worth £394,412.I am pleased to see that the scheme has been well received locally.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the European Economic Community code of conduct on South Africa applies to British companies with interests in South Africa which employ more than 20 black Africans; and what is his position if these employees are located at different enterprises, none of which individually employs as many as 20 black Africans.

My Department looks for the submission of a full report in all cases where a British company holds 50 per cent. or more of the equity of a South African company. The Government recognise that provision of detailed reports would be inappropriate where the South African company's total employment includes fewer than 20 black Africans.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how the minimum wage recommended in the European Economic Community code of conduct on South Africa is calculated for a family of five; and what regard is paid to(a) sex,(b) marital status or(c) age.

The minimum wage recommendations in the EC code of conduct refer companies to the supplemented living level figures produced by the University of South Africa. UNISA's figures are based on survey data and calculated for families of varying sizes, including a family of five, which is the recommended minimum wage level in the EC code, regardless of sex, marital status or age.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what evidence he based the claim, in the Government's booklet in support of locating the European Community Trade Marks Office in London, that inexpensive housing is available in plenty both in and out of London.

The booklet's purpose is to demonstrate the advantages of London as the location of the proposed Community trade marks office relative to other European cities contending for this Office. Houses in London are not expensive when compared with houses of a similar type and in similar areas in other contending cities.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will report on the Internal Market Council held on 7 April.

The Council continued discussion on proposals for Directives on the controls and formalities applicable to EC nationals at intra-Community borders, on a right of residence for EC nationals in other member states, and on a general system for the recognition of higher education diplomas for the purposes of professional qualifications.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a further statement on progress on the disposal of Rover Group truck and bus activities.

On 19 February my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry informed the House that the Government had accepted the Rover Group's recommendation that Leyland Trucks, Freight Rover, and the related parts operations and overseas subsidiaries of the Rover Group should combine with DAF Trucks in a new joint venture company. The agreement between Rover Group and DAF to transfer these businesses to the new merged company, Leyland DAF Ltd, was completed on 6 April.On 13 January I informed the House that the sale of Leyland Bus to a management-led consortium had been completed. The Government have now accepted the Rover Group's proposal to dispose of Leyland DAB, the Group's wholly-owned bus manufacturing subsidiary in Denmark, to its management, subject to final negotiations and procedures at the annual general meeting of Leyland DAB on 14 April.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions have been held between Britain and Vietnam over the past 12 months concerning the future of Vietnamese refugees.

We have held no formal discussions with the Vietnamese Government on this subject.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been received about the Hong Kong law about the publication of false news; and what consultations have been held with the Hong Kong Government on the subject.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble (Mr. Atkins) on 3 April at column 643. While this is primarily a matter for the Hong Kong Government, they have kept us fully informed of developments.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on British assistance to Bahrein.

No money has been allocated to Bahrein from the British aid programme. There are no British loan service personnel in Bahrain at present, though some have in the past undertaken training there.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has as to the supply by British companies of security specialists or former British military personnel to the Government of Bahrein.

We are aware that a number of British citizens have been directly recruited by the Government of Bahrain. Their employment is a private commercial arrangement between them and the government of an independent country.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards the continuing role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Gaza strip and the status of refugees there.

We fully support United Nations Relief and Works Agency's vital humanitarian work on behalf of Palestinian refugees in the Gaza strip.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he proposes to seek the consent of the European Economic Community to extend British summer time.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received in support of the extension of British summer time.

We have received no such representations. The primary responsibility for British summer time rests with my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the result of the representations which his Department made to the West German authorities regarding the literature sent by the West German state lottery to the hon. Member for Southend, East and to other British citizens inviting them to participate in an illegal lottery designed to provide funds for the West German Government, details of which were supplied to the Home Secretary and the Minister for Consumer Affairs in February; and if he will make a statement.

Following representations made by the British Consulate General in Hamburg, the authorities who run the North West German lottery on behalf of the six states in the Federal Republic of Germany have instructed all agencies involved in promoting the lottery to take note of the relevant parts of the Lotteries and Amusements Act of 1976.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will invite the European Economic Community Commission to determine whether member states are empowered to prevent the distribution of lottery tickets being issued by member states in the same way as they can take action against such materials being issued by non-European Economic Community Governments; and if he will make a statement.

No. The terms of the Lotteries and Amusements Act of 1976 apply equally to lotteries promoted in European Community member states and in other countries.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will invite the Government of West Germany to return to the United Kingdom all payments made by United Kingdom residents in response to invitations sent by the West German state lottery to United Kingdom citizens asking for contributions to their official lottery; and if he will make a statement.

No. The lottery is the responsibility of states' governments rather than the Federal Government.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if there have been any changes in the amount, value and disposition of gold held under the control of the tripartite commission for the restitution of monetary gold in the past three years.

The amount and disposition of the gold have remained unchanged. Its value has changed only in accordance with changes in world prices.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the proposed recipients of the gold held by the tripartite commission for the restitution of monetary gold after settlement of outstanding claims and state what steps he has taken to inform the proposed recipients of the procedure being used for its distribution.

The allocated amounts of gold have all been delivered, except that for Albania. Once that has been delivered, the remaining gold will be distributed among the claimant countries (Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Yugoslavia) in proportion to their allocations. This final distribution will be conducted in accordance with procedures to be established by the tripartite commission.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if there have been any changes in the British commissioner to the tripartite commission for the restitution of monetary gold in the past three years.

No. The current British commissioner is Mr. M. B. Collins OBE, commercial counsellor at the British embassy in Brussels.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if any meetings of the tripartite commission for the restitution of monetary gold have taken place since his reply of 3 November 1986,Official Report, column 309.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff accredited with diplomatic status work in the offices of the British High Commissioner in(a) Australia,(b) India and(c) Canada.

[pursuant to his reply, 3 April 1987, c. 643]:

Number
(a) Australia	26
(b) India	101
(c) Canada	22

The figures include immigration and British Council staff. They also include subordinate posts in India but not in Australia or Canada, where staff have consular rather than diplomatic status.

asked the Paymaster General if he will list those bodies and organisations which have applied to become managing agents for the new job training scheme in each manpower services commission area; and in each case which of those listed have been selected.

The Manpower Services Commission are currently negotiating and signing contracts with managing agents. As soon as the relevant information has been assembled, I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.

asked the Paymaster General if he will specify the precise dates on which each of the administrative changes made to the compilation of the unemployment figures since 1979 was introduced.

The following changes have been made to the compilation of the monthly instalment figures since 1979:

asked the Paymaster General if he will provide the figures for the numbers of people who have been(a) continuously unemployed since May 1979, (b) continuously unemployed since June 1983 and(c) who have never had a job since leaving school; and if he will provide figures for each region, and for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Information is not available in the form requested. The following table gives the number of claimants in the regions of the United Kingdom who had been unemployed for over four years on 8 January 1987, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by duration is available (information on those unemployed over eight years is not available). It also shows for those areas the numbers of unemployed claimants of all ages who had not had a job since leaving full-time education at 12 February 1987, together with those aged under 18 years.

		Full-time education leavers 12 February 1987
Region	Unemployed Over 4 years 8 January 1987	All ages	Aged under 18 years
South East	71,218	51,379	10,869
(Including Greater London)	(39,965)	(33,586)	(5,904)
East Anglia	7,870	4,268	1,236
South West	17,842	10,438	3,051
West Midlands	54,920	32,766	8,806
East Midlands	22,960	4,583	4,379
Yorkshire and Humberside	38,172	30,914	9,787

asked the Paymaster General if he will list, for each parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom(a) the number unemployed in May 1979, in June 1983 and at the last date for which figures are available, (b) the long-term unemployed on these dates and(c) the percentage increase in unemployed and in long-term unemployed from both May 1979 and June 1983.

I am sending the hon. Member the available information which is also in the Library. The information relates to the number of unemployed claimants in each parliamentary constituency of Great Britain in June 1983 (not available for Northern Ireland constituencies) and of the United Kingdom on 12 February 1987. It is difficult to compare these figures directly because of seasonal factors and changes in the coverage of the data.Statistics of unemployment for parliamentary constituencies are derived from the ward-based system and are available only from June 1983. Analyses of unemployment by duration are not available for February or June: statistics for constituencies of Great Britain at July 1983 and January 1987 are available in the Library.

asked the Paymaster General on what dates the measures taken to revise the method of computing the number of unemployed took effect; what were the measures; and how many were removed from the register.

In recent years the following changes have been made to the compilation of the monthly unemployment figures:

	Date on which unadjusted count was first affected	Approximate average effect on the unadjusted count when the change occurred
Switch from count of registrants at jobcentres and careers offices to count of benefit claimants, following inroduction of voluntary registration at jobcentres.	11 November 1982	-190,000
Delay in compilation by two weeks to remove mistaken over-recording caused by late arrival of information about the status of claimants.	6 March 1986	-50,000

asked the Paymaster General if he will list the number of employees in 1981 and 1984, and any estimate he has for 1986, and the numbers employed in(a) manufacturing,(b) construction,(c) metal manufacturing, and (d) engineering and allied industries in each Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom.

[pursuant to his reply, 26 March 1987, c. 240–41]: Constituency figures can be provided only for those dates when censuses of employment are taken and the most recent are for September 1981. The September 1984 small area census estimates are expected to become available shortly and a copy will be placed in the Library.The currently available information from the 1981 census given in the table below relates only to numbers of people employed excluding self employed people, in constituencies in Great Britain. An industry breakdown and an estimate of the number of self-employed people is not available for each constituency.The figures are therefore not a measure of the number of jobs in each constituency.

Employees in employment: Parliamentary constituencies: September 1981
Constituency	Number of employees
Barrow and Furness	36,500
Berwick-upon-Tweed	22,300
Bishop Auckland	33,300
City of Durham	38,400
Copeland	29,000
Easington	32,300
Hexham	20,500
Langbaurgh	15,300
North Durham	18,000
North West Durham	17,800
Penrith and the Border	25,800
Sedgefield	23,800
Wansbeck	29,800
Westmoreland and Lonsdale	28,000
Workington	23,500
Blaydon	27,200
Blyth Valley	19,900
Carlisle	35,500
Darlington	36,500
Gateshead East	29,200
Hartlepool	33,200
Houghton and Washington	28,500
Jarrow	21,300
Middlesbrough	47,400
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	33,300
Newcastle upon Tyne East	57,500
Newcastle upon Tyne North	18,100
Redcar	42,800
South Shields	29,100
Stockton North	41,700
Stockton South	26,400
Sunderland North	42,700
Sunderland South	24,800
Tyne Bridge	62,200
Tynemouth	28,200
Wallsend	37,800
Barnsley West and Penistone	27,400
Beverley	32,500
Booth Ferry	23,100
Bridlington	23,800
Brigg and Cleethorpes	28,400
Calder Valley	28,500
Colne Valley	23,000
Dewsbury	29,900
Doncaster North	24,400
Don Valley	21,700
Elmet	20,900
Harrogate	34,200

Constituency	Number of employees
Hemsworth	20,500
Keighley	29,300
Normanton	20,000
Pontefract and Castleford	37,700
Richmond (Yorks)	29,300
Rother Valley	20,400
Ryedale	26,400
Scarborough	28,700
Selby	32,200
Sheffield, Hallam	23,500
Sheffield, Hillsborough	25,300
Shipley	21,900
Skipton and Ripon	30,600
Wentworth	15,700
Barnsley Central	27,800
Barnsley East	23,200
Batley and Spen	31,800
Bradford North	38,900
Bradford South	24,300
Bradford West	62,300
Doncaster Central	55,400
Glanford and Scunthorpe	34,500
Great Grimsby	44,900
Halifax	45,200
Huddersfield	42,500
Kingston upon Hull East	25,100
Kingston upon Hull North	22,000
Kingston upon Hull West	62,400
Leeds Central	141,200
Leeds East	19,600
Leeds North East	13,700
Leeds North West	21,100
Leeds West	23,800
Morley and Leeds South	29,600
Pudsey	26,800
Rotherham	42,700
Sheffield, Attercliffe	32,800
Sheffield, Brightside	23,300
Sheffield Central	120,900
Sheffield, Heeley	15,600
Wakefield	50,100
York	59,100
Amber Valley	29,200
Ashfield	38,200
Bassetlaw	31,800
Blaby	27,200
Bolsover	20,000
Bosworth	33,000
Broxtowe	33,200
Corby	25,900
Daventry	23,200
East Lindsey	26,400
Erewash	28,500
Gainsborough and Horncastle	22,700
Gedling	20,700
Grantham	30,700
Harborough	29,700
High Peak	28,300
Holland with Boston	27,100
Kettering	26,700
Loughborough	36,300
Mansfield	31.800
Newark	31,800
North East Derbyshire	23,100
North West Leicestershire	33,300
Rushcliffe	24,500
Rutland and Melton	31,000
Sherwood	34,300
South Derbyshire	19,000
Stamford and Spalding	26,800
Wellingborough	32,600
West Derbyshire	33,700
Chesterfield	45,400
Derby North	31,600
Derby South	75,600
Leicester East	35,300

Constituency	Number of employees
Leicester South	72,900
Leicester West	52,100
Lincoln	46,200
Northampton North	25,200
Northampton South	58,200
Nottingham East	45,900
Nottingham North	18,700
Nottingham South	96,500
Bury St. Edmunds	40,800
Central Suffolk	24,200
Great Yarmouth	31,100
Huntingdon	27,200
Mid Norfolk	17,700
North East Cambridgeshire	25,200
North Norfolk	21,600
North West Norfolk	32,000
South East Cambridgeshire	22,900
South Norfolk	20,900
South Suffolk	31,600
South West Cambridgeshire	34,100
South West Norfolk	26,600
Suffolk Coastal	29,500
Waveney	35,400
Cambridge	52,700
Ipswich	52,500
Norwich North	21,500
Norwich South	72,400
Peterborough	59,600
Barking	25,100
Battersea	31,100
Beckenham	22,700
Bethnal Green and Stepney	55,200
Bexleyheath	14,400
Bow and Poplar	29,100
Brent East	28,700
Brent North	25,100
Brent South	54,900
Brentford and Isleworth	57,900
Carshalton and Wallington	23,500
Chelsea	54,100
Chingford	16,800
Chipping Barnet	26,000
Chislehurst	19,100
Croydon Central	75,800
Croydon North East	15,700
Croydon North West	32,900
Croydon South	19,000
Dagenham	45,900
Dulwich	17,300
Ealing, Acton	49,700
Ealing North	25,200
Ealing, Southall	42,200
Edmonton	25,300
Eltham	13,400
Enfield North	45,700
Enfield, Southgate	15,000
Erith and Crayford	22,600
Feltham and Heston	76,000
Finchley	20,200
Fulham	27,700
Greenwich	25,500
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	16,800
Hackney South and Shoreditch	64,400
Hammersmith	51,400
Hampstead and Highgate	28,900
Harrow East	39,300
Harrow West	16,400
Hayes and Harlington	48,500
Hendon North	25,400
Hendon South	25,000
Holborn and St. Pancras	179,600
Hornchurch	14,900
Hornsey and Wood Green	34,300
Ilford North	17,300
Ilford South	31,900
Islington North	31,800

Constituency	Number of employees
Maidstone	46,700
Medway	53,000
Mid Kent	18,600
Mid Sussex	32,000
Mole Valley	31,600
Newbury	37,500
New Forest	23,500
North Thanet	18,900
North West Hampshire	27,000
North West Surrey	36,300
Reading East	67,600
Reading West	21,800
Romsey and Waterside	28,300
Sevenoaks	27,100
Shoreham	24,300
South Thanet	24,600
South West Surrey	27,500
Tonbridge and Malling	39,400
Tunbridge Wells	36,300
Wealden	20,500
Winchester	50,400
Windsor and Maidenhead	43,000
Woking	33,900
Wokingham	25,200
Brighton, Kemptown	18,400
Brighton, Pavilion	49,700
Chertsey and Walton	38,100
Crawley	54,400
Eastbourne	34,000
Eastleigh	43,800
Epsom and Ewell	26,200
Esher	22,100
Gillingham	16,300
Gosport	22,800
Havant	30,500
Hove	27,700
Portsmouth, North	42,500
Portsmouth, South	56,300
Reigate	34,900
Slough	59,000
Southampton, Itchen	67,200
Southampton, Test	33,100
Spelthorne	42,700
Worthing	33,200
Bridgwater	28,600
Christchurch	23,300
Cirencester and Tewkesbury	37,500
Devizes	36,100
Falmouth and Camborne	23,900
Honiton	20,400
Islington South and Finsbury	81,600
Kensington	28,900
Kingston upon Thames	43,900
Lewisham, Deptford	26,300
Lewisham East	16,900
Lewisham West	18,500
Leyton	19,800
Mitcham and Morden	22,700
Newham North East	14,200
Newham North West	36,000
Newham South	24,600
Norwood	19,200
Old Bexley and Sidcup	18,400
Orpington	17,300
Peckham	25,100
Putney	26,300
Ravensbourne	24,500
Richmond and Barnes	24,100
Romford	30,300
Ruslip-Northwood	18,800
Southwark and Bermondsey	87,500
Streatham	21,700
Surbiton	18,100
Sutton and Cheam	26,200
The City of London and Westminster South	790,400
Tooting	23,600

Constituency	Number of employees
Tottenham	26,900
Twickenham	30,500
Upminister	16,700
Uxbridge	41,600
Vauxhall	90,700
Walthamstow	22,100
Wanstead and Woodford	12,000
Westminster North	42,500
Wimbledon	36,700
Woolwich	28,600
Aylesbury	40,900
Banbury	33,100
Beaconsfield	28,100
Billericay	25,400
Braintree	34,900
Brentwood and Ongar	26,700
Buckingham	26,000
Chelmsford	45,900
Chesham and Amersham	23,700
Epping Forest	24,600
Harlow	41,100
Harwich	24,200
Henley	22,900
Hertford and Stortford	36,500
Northavon	25,700
North Cornwall	25,200
North Devon	25,800
North Dorset	18,600
North Wiltshire	31,200
St. Ives	20,700
Salisbury	35,500
Somerset and Frome	21,500
South Dorset	27,700
South East Cornwall	15,500
South Hams	20,100
Stroud	32,900
Taunton	36,800
Teignbridge	24,600
Tiverton	24,000
Torridge and West Devon	22,500
Truro	34,200
Wansdyke	24,400
Wells	27,300
Westbury	38,400
West Dorset	26,700
West Gloucestershire	30,800
Weston-Super-Mare	25,700
Woodspring	19,900
Yeovil	34,000
Bath	39,900
Bournemouth East	35,300
Bournemouth West	24,800
Bristol East	58,800
Bristol North West	49,200
Bristol South	34,300
Bristol West	65,600
Cheltenham	48,300
Exeter	54,300
Gloucester	50,800
Kingswood	26,600
Plymouth, Devonport	33,800
Plymouth, Drake	42,800
Plymouth, Sutton	16,500
Poole	40,300
Swindon	52,300
Torbay	30,200
Bromsgrove	19,700
Burton	39,700
Cannock and Burntwood	25,100
Hereford	34,000
Leominster	19,200
Ludlow	21,100
Meriden	17,300
Mid Staffordshire	32,400
Mid Worcestershire	37,300
North Shropshire	27,800

Constituency	Number of employees
North Warwickshire	30,500
Nuneaton	27,300
Rugby and Kenilworth	36,700
Shrewsbury and Atcham	35,900
South East Staffordshire	19,300
South Staffordshire	19,500
South Worcestershire	31,600
Stafford	46,600
Staffordshire Moorlands	24,900
Stratford-on-Avon	30,700
Warwick and Leamington	47,500
Wyre Forest	31,100
Aldridge-Brownhills	20,800
Birmingham, Edgbaston	43,000
Birmingham, Erdington	44,900
Birmingham, Hall Green	12,100
Birmingham, Hodge Hill	21,800
Birmingham, Ladywood	116,200
Birmingham, Northfield	37,300
Birmingham, Perry Barr	16,400
Birmingham, Selly Oak	34,800
Birmingham, Small Heath	87,100
Birmingham, Sparkbrook	42,100
Birmingham, Yardley	32,100
Coventry North East	19,000
Coventry North West	24,600
Coventry South East	74,400
Coventry South West	24,400
Dudley East	42,300
Dudley West	26,900
Halesowen and Stourbridge	35,800
Newcastle-under-Lyme	29,000
Solihull	43,300
Stoke-on-Trent Central	55,800
Stoke-on-Trent North	31,300
Stoke-on-Trent South	39,200
Sutton Coldfield	19,600
The Wrekin	36,900
Walsall North	30,000
Walsall South	53,800
Warley East	24,200
Warley West	32,100
West Bromwich East	34,300
West Bromwich West	43,400
Wolverhampton North East	36,000
Wolverhampton South East	40,100
Wolverhampton South West	31,000
Worcester	42,500
Bolton West	21,800
Chorley	26,600
City of Chester	41,400
Congleton	27,700
Crewe and Nantwich	39,400
Eddisbury	22,400
Ellesmere Port and Neston	46,200
Fylde	32,000
Halton	39,100
Hazel Grove	19,800
Heywood and Middleton	20,500
Knowsley North	29,600
Knowsley South	33,000
Lancaster	28,600
Littleborough and Saddleworth	18,200
Macclesfield	32,500
Makerfield	19,000
Morecambe and Lunesdale	18,200
Ribble Valley	24,300
South Ribble	34,800
Stalybridge and Hyde	29,000
Tatton	33,800
West Lancashire	29,600
Wirral South	23,800
Wirral West	8,800
Worsley	19,400
Wyre	23,000
Altrincham and Sale	25,600

Constituency	Number of employees
Ashton under Lyne	30,000
Birkenhead	44,300
Blackburn	43,700
Blackpool North	36,400
Blackpool South	17,000
Bolton North East	36,300
Bolton South East	35,400
Bootle	37,200
Burnley	39,700
Bury North	30,800
Bury South	20,700
Cheadle	20,000
Crosby	16,200
Davyhulme	34,300
Denton and Reddish	42,400
Eccles	36,800
Hyndburn	25,400
Leigh	29,800
Liverpool, Broadgreen	33,300
Liverpool, Garston	23,400
Liverpool, Mossley Hill	24,600
Liverpool, Riverside	125,700
Liverpool, Walton	32,700
Liverpool, West Derby	13,800
Manchester, Blackley	16,400
Manchester Central	214,500
Manchester, Gorton	11,800
Manchester, Withington	19,900
Manchester, Wythenshawe	25,900
Oldham Central and Royton	40,300
Oldham West	30,900
Pendle	29,200
Preston	63,500
Rochdale	36,000
Rossendale and Darwen	30,100
St. Helens North	16,000
St. Helens South	48,700
Salford East	40,600
Southport	24,000
Stockport	28,700
Stretford	47,900
Wallasey	17,100
Warrington North	48,200
Warrington South	26,800
Wigan	38,900
Aberavon	28,400
Alyn and Deeside	24,000
Blaenau Gwent	21,600
Brecon and Radnor	18,000
Bridgend	30,900
Carnarfon	16,600
Caerphilly	23,700
Carmarthen	22,200
Ceredigion and Pembroke North	19,900
Clwyd North West	24,800
Clwyd South West	17,000
Conwy	25,400
Cynon Valley	17,700
Delyn	20,700
Gower	15,000
Islwyn	17,700
Llanelli	27,700
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	10,700
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	23,600
Monmouth	26,900
Montgomery	14,900
Neath	22,100
Newport East	16,100
Newport West	40,900
Ogmore	13,000
Pembroke	29,800
Pontypridd	36,200
Rhondda	16,300
Torfaen	27,100
Vale of Glamorgan	21,900
Wrexham	28,400

Constituency	Number of employees
Ynys Mon	16,700
Cardiff Central	68,800
Cardiff North	24,100
Cardiff South and Penarth	34,100
Cardiff West	18,700
Swansea East	24,400
Swansea West	49,500
Angus East	21,100
Argyll and Bute	20,500
Ayr	37,000
Banff and Buchan	25,000
Caithness and Sutherland	13,300
Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley	22.200
Central Fife	25,400
Clackmannan	18,500
Clydebank and Milngavie	15,600
Clydesdale	20,100
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	14,200
Cunninghame North	15,400
Cunninghame South	21,600
Dumbarton	24,100
Dumfries	30,200
Dunfermline East	23,500
Dunfermline West	23,900
East Kilbride	28,300
East Lothian	21,400
Eastwood	14,200
Falkirk East	25,700
Falkirk West	29,300
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	22,000
Gordon	34,300
Inverness Nairn and Lochaber	42,300
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	26,900
Kincardine and Deeside	13,300
Kirkcaldy	31,400
Linlithgow	22,600
Livingston	29,000
Midlothian	24,200
Moray	24,400
North East Fife	17,100
North Tayside	22,300
Orkney and Shetland	17,100
Perth and Kinross	33,500
Renfrew West and Inverclyde	18,000
Ross Cromarty and Skye	18,700
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	17,200
Stirling	30,500
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	18,200
Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale	19,300
Western Isles	8,200
Aberdeen North	27,100
Aberdeen South	77,400
Dundee East	20,700
Dundee West	56,500
Edinburgh Central	113,400
Edinburgh East	17,800
Edinburgh Leith	40,500
Edinburgh Pentlands	18,000
Edinburgh South	18,700
Edinburgh West	21,300
Glasgow Cathcart	15,500
Glasgow Central	83,300
Glasgow Garscadden	12,600
Glasgow Govan	19,500
Glasgow Hillhead	120,200
Glasgow Maryhill	25,800
Glasgow Pollock	20,800
Glasgow Provan	9,000
Glasgow Rutherglen	17,300
Glasgow Shettleston	24,400
Glasgow Springburn	29,700
Green and Port Glasgow	33,200
Hamilton	27,800
Monklands East	17,100
Monklands West	19,500
Motherwell North	24,100

Constituency	Number of employees
Motherwell South	30,600
Paisley North	52,100
Paisley South	16,000

asked the Paymaster General if he will review the rule that prevents a young person being employed under a Manpower Services Commission scheme who has gained the relevant skills under the restart programme.

I have no knowledge of such a rule.

asked the Paymaster General to what factors he attributes the delay in the availability to regional planning authorities of the county, borough and ward level data from the employment census 1984, known as ER2 data; and whether he is able to give a date on which those data will be made available to the greater Manchester district authorities.

The processing of the 1984 census estimates for small areas has been delayed as a result of the difficulties arising out of sampling in the census. However, it is hoped that these estimates will become available for release within about a month or so. My officials will be writing to local planning authorities later this month to advise them as to availability.

asked the Paymaster General what consideration is being given to, or what consultations have taken place on, the future of the labour force survey; and if he proposes to conduct it on a more frequent basis.

My officials continually assess the quality of the Department's statistical series and seek ways to improve them. I have taken no decision to alter the present frequency of the labour force survey.

asked the Paymaster General how many men and women he estimates to be in search of part-time work.

Preliminary labour force survey results for the spring of 1986 indicate that of those unemployed according to the definition conventionally used in measuring the labour force 72,000 men and 411,000 women were looking for work as part-time employees.

asked the Paymaster General(1) what is his estimate for the United Kingdom for June 1983 and presently of(a) the number of married women or cohabitees who are out of work but not included in the benefit claimants monthly count and(b) the number of married men or cohabitees who are out of work but not included in the benefit claimants monthly count;

The information requested is not available.

asked the Paymaster General what new proposals he is considering, or what consultations are taking place, in relation to the accuracy of the monthly count of unemployed benefit claimants.

There are no such proposals being considered or consultations taking place.

asked the Paymaster General what proportion of his Department's budget for advertising and promotion is spent on regional and local newspaper advertising; and if he will make a statement.

Programme	Date	Number	Area
Community Programme	31 March 1987	2,148	Walsall Metropolitan Borough
Job Release Scheme	1 March 1987	148	Walsall Travel to Work Area
Enterprise Allowance Scheme	7 April 1987	812	Wolverhampton and Walsall Area
YTS	5 April 1987	2,688	Walsall Local Authority District

There are currently no people on community industry, the young workers scheme or the job splitting scheme in the Walsall area.

asked the Paymaster General how many people have been interviewed under the new availability-for-work procedures; how many have had their claims for benefit stopped, how many appeals have been made; and how many have been successful.

[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 37]: Claimants to unemployment benefit have always been disallowed benefit by independent statutory adjudicating authorities, in accordance with long-standing legal rules adopted by successive Governments, where they are not available for work. There have therefore always been some interviews and some refusals of claims for as long as the national insurance system has operated since its establishment in its present form in 1947. If the hon. Member is asking for information about the position since we last modified the procedures and revised the form which has always been used to enforce the rules, the answer as at 27 February 1987 is as follows:

Number
Numbers of claimants who have completed the latest version of the availability questionnaire (UB 671)	1,077,836
Number of claimants who have been disallowed benefit.	8,866

Information is not readily available about the number of appeals made against disallowance of benefit or their outcome.

asked the Paymaster General how many people have been refused full or partial unemployment

The proportion of the Department of Employment's advertising budget spent on regional and local newspaper advertising is 4·1 per cent.

asked the Paymaster General how many people are engaged in the following special employment and training measures within the employment area covering the Walsall, South constituency.(a) community industry,(b) community programme,(c) the YTS, (d) the young workers scheme, (e) the job release scheme, (f) the job-splitting scheme and (g) the enterprise allowance scheme.