asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to make more resources available to the Countryside Commission to enable it to discharge more effectively its functions in relation to the enjoyment of the countryside by the public.

Since 1979–80, we have increased the resources available to the Countryside Commission by 61 per cent. in real terms to enable them to fulfil effectively their statutory responsibilities, which include the promotion of recreation in the countryside. I expect to receive their corporate strategy, which will outline their plans for 1988–89 onwards, shortly and will consider their future resource requirements in that context.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps are being taken to ensure that the European Community convention on international trade in endangered species regulations are being properly implemented in the United Kingdom and other European Community states.

With the agreement of the EC member states, the wildlife trade monitoring unit of the IUCN conservation monitoring centre at Cambridge is currently carrying out an independent study for the European Commission of the implementation of the EC CITES regulations in each country of the Community. The United Kingdom will co-operate fully in this study and will shortly publish a report on the implementation of CITES in the United Kingdom to assist the conservation monitoring centre in their task. Copies of the report will be placed in the House Libraries when they are available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the ministerial appointees on all the national park authorities and give their biographical details and their dates for reappointment.

The information in respect of the seven English national park authorities is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many reports have been submitted to him by the Countryside Commission during each of the past five years concerning the establishment of long-distance routes, under the provisions of section 51 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.

None. The last such report, which concerned the Peddars way and North Norfolk coast path, was submitted on 27 August 1981 and approved on 8 October 1982. This route was officially opened on 8 July 1986. I understand, however, that the commission has two further reports in preparation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average time taken to deal with appeals under paragraph 4(1) of schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and applications for directions under paragraph 3(2) of that schedule; and if he will take steps to reduce delays.

The average time between receipt of appeal, or application for a direction and determination has been 100 and 34 weeks respectively. Steps have already been taken to reduce this by provision of extra staff in the division concerned.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many empty Government-owned properties have been licensed to local authorities or other agencies for use either temporarily or permanently for homeless families.

No information is held centrally about such lettings.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what guidance is given by his Department on the construction of hedgehog ladders.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has made in the last year to NIREX about the relative effectiveness and economies of deep disposal of low-level waste as against shallow tunnel disposal.

None.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the cost of the legal actions initiated by NIREX to obtain and sustain access to the four sites considered for the dumping of low-level nuclear waste.

NIREX estimates these costs as £50,000.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from NIREX concerning his decision to stop exploratory work of shallow-trench disposal of nuclear waste.

My right hon. Friend has had no representations from NIREX since the letter of 30 April from the chairman.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total cost of the NIREX drilling and exploratory work on each of the four sites explored for the dumping of low-level nuclear waste.

NIREX estimate that £10 million has been spent on drilling and exploratory work at the four sites, and that a further £4 million may be incurred at the sites on winding up, cancellation and reinstatement work.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the total expenditure by (a) NIREX and (b) his Department in planning, considering, promoting and exploring shallow-trench disposal of low-level nuclear waste.

NIREX estimates that its total expenditure has been £17 million, with the possibility of a further £4 million yet to be incurred. Comparable details of the Department's costs are not readily available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the cost of NIREX publicity, consultation and public relations on (a) each of the four sites considered for low-level nuclear waste and (b) in general in relation to shallow-trench disposal.

NIREX estimate that £40,000 was spent at Bradwell, £310,000 at Elstow, and £200,000 at each of Fulbeck and South Killingholme. NIREX's total expenditure on publicity, consultation and public relations for shallow trench disposal has been £1·5 million.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the cost of the planning work done in his Department to assess the best practicable options for the disposal of nuclear waste.

The direct costs of the assessment of best practicable environmental options for the management of low and intermediate level solid radioactive wastes published in March 1986 was £200,000. But this built on earlier research on nuclear waste strategies funded by the Department since 1982, on which expenditure averaged £300,000 per year between 1982 and 1985.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the estimated costs of (a) shallow-trench disposal of low level nuclear waste on each of the four sites surveyed by NIREX and (b) deep disposal undersea methods; and if he will indicate any changes in these calculations between 1986 and 1987.

Information about the estimated costs of shallow burial low-level waste is given in the letter of 30 April from the chairman of NIREX to my right hon. Friend. Work is continuing on undersea disposal methods, and details of costings will be published in due course.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the costs of the preliminary desk and geological work done by (a) NIREX and (b) his Department before the choice of the four sites for exploration as possible sites for the storage of low-level nuclear waste.

NIREX estimate the cost of their preliminary work was £1 million. Comparable figures for the Department's costs are not available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will specify why the large cost differential between shallow-trench disposal and deep disposal of nuclear waste has disappeared.

This was set out by the chairman of NIREX in his letter of 30 April, a copy of which is in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will arrange for one of the Ministers in his Department to receive a deputation on Wednesday 20 May from the residents of the Wimpey no fines dwellings in the Walsall borough to discuss the present state of their dwellings; and if he will make a statement.

I refer the hon. Member to my letter to him of 9 April on the question of a deputation by residents from Blakenhall in Walsall. It is for Walsall borough council to determine its own priorities for the repair and improvement of its housing stock within the total resources available.

chell asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what discussions he has had with the chairman of NIREX over the last month; and if he will make a statement.

It is customary for my right hon. Friend to have meetings with the chairman of NIREX from time to time, one of which took place after the meeting of the NIREX board on 29 April.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what funds voted for the purchase of specimens by the National Museum of Wales during 1986–87 were vired for other purposes; and if he will specify the sums and the purposes for which authority to vire was granted.

£545,245. of which £456,166 was for salaries and general administrative expenditure including the costs of mounting the dinosaurs exhibition and £89,079 for capital works.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has given authority to the National Museum of Wales to vire funds voted for the purchase of specimens during 1987–88; and if he will specify the sums and the purposes for which the authority to vire was granted.

No. There has been no request for virement.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will specify the departmental operating budgets of the curatorial departmemts of the National Museum of Wales in 1986–87; and those approved for 1987–88.

Decisions on departmental operating budgets are a matter for the National Museum within the total grant in aid allocation.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many new posts have been created in the National Museum of Wales since 1 February 1986 with the approval of his Department; and if he will specify them.

None requiring the approval of the Welsh Office.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether the report of the full independent inquiry into the conduct and management of the Department of Art of the National Museum of Wales has now been delivered; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

The National Museum of Wales commissioned the inquiry into the conduct and management of the art department. Decisions about the dissemination of the report which has been received are therefore a matter for the museum authorities.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what steps are being taken to give administrative autonomy to the National Gallery of Wales and a governing body; and if he will establish a separate grant in aid for its art purchases.

Careful consideration will be given to the future arrangements for the organisation and funding of the art department of the National Museum of Wales. No decisions have yet been reached.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many jobs have been lost, and how many created since June 1979 in the Mid-Wales Development Board catchment area; and if he will make a statement.

The information is not available in the form requested.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the latest developments regarding the drugs education programme in Welsh schools.

Responsibility for developing drugs education programmes in schools rests with the local education authorities. The Department has given assistance through the education support grants scheme to enable LEAs to appoint advisers to promote and co-ordinate activity aimed at preventing drug misuse. This funding amounts to £169,000 in 1987–88. All LEAs in Wales have benefited from this scheme. The education advisers work closely with county health education officers for drugs, who are also funded by the Department. In addition all LEAs in Wales have received copies of the joint Welsh Office/Department of Education and Science publication "Drug Misuse and the Young" and the Department has made available to all secondary schools a video package entitled "Double Take". The Department has also made grant of £127,000 available in 1987–88 for the in-service training of teachers in drug education.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state, in respect of the PRC dwellings and home owners, for each local authority in Wales (a) the number who have been assisted to date by local authority, by means of repurchase, (b) the average price paid for such repurchases, and (c) the minimum, maximum and average valuation, gross and net of discount, in respect of the original sale of these properties.

The number and average price of repurchases since 1984, for the 19 local authorities in which repurchase of PRC dwellings has occurred, are shown in the following table. Information on the original sale of repurchased dwellings is not collected centrally.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the policy in the Gwynedd health authority area on covering consultants' sessions where the consultant is away ill or on holiday; and if he will make a statement.

This is an operational matter for the Gwynedd health authority.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he has had any representations about the length of hours worked by junior hospital doctors in Gwynedd.

No such representations have been received.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the average hours worked by junior hospital doctors in (a) Clwyd and (b) Gwynedd; and how the average has varied over the last five years for which information is available.

This information is not available centrally.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average response time for ambulances answering emergency calls; and what is the percentage of response times taking 20 minutes or more for the counties of (a) Clwyd and (b) Gwynedd for the last five years for which figures are available.

Recommended response times for ambulances answering emergency calls are based on eight minutes for the 50 percentile and 20 minutes for the 95 percentile. The 50 percentile may be taken as the median of the total number of calls. Figures for the last five years in Clwyd and Gwynedd are as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Energy when he will publish his next report on oil and gas development in the United Kingdom, the Brown Book.

I have today published the latest edition of the Brown Book, and have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library of the House and the Vote Office stores. The report gives a detailed account of oil and gas development in 1986.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give the most recent figures available to him of the numbers of personnel working offshore on the United Kingdom continental shelf: how many are (a) United Kingdom nationals, (b) European Economic Community nationals other than United Kingdom, (c) United States nationals and (d) others; and if he will make a statement.

[pursuant to his reply, 2 April 1987, c. 568]: I regret that, due to an error of transcription, the number of "Others" offshore on fixed installations was overstated. The correct figure is 64, and the total for the column should accordingly be amended to 6,360.

asked the Paymaster General (1) what was the percentage change in unemployment in (a) Avon and (b) Wansdyke constituency between January 1986 and January 1987 for those people without a job for more than three years;(2) what was the percentage change in unemployment in

The following information is in the Library. The comparison of unemployment between 9 January 1986 and 8 January 1987 is affected by the change in the compilation of the unemployment statistics in March 1987. The table shows the published number of claimants in the county of Avon and the Wansdyke constituency on the two dates, and the numbers who had been unemployed for over three years.

asked the Paymaster General what warnings have been given to the public about the danger to health of radio frequency equipment; what screening safeguards are required; and what are the maximum levels of radiation for such equipment permissible in the United Kingdom.

Radio transmission equipment has riot been shown to create a danger to the health of the public such as to require public warnings. Operators are advised by the Health and Safety Executive and the Department of Trade and Industry to follow Medical Research Council recommendations on safe levels of exposure. These include a power density limit for continuous exposure of 10mW/cm² for the frequency range 30 to 30,000MH₃.This may require the prevention of public access to some radio frequency transmitting areas, with fencing and notices to keep out.

asked the Paymaster General what steps he is taking to ensure that radio frequency and microwave safety levels are enforceable by law.

There is no legislation requiring specific safety levels for radio frequency or microwave radiation. The general provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 require any health and safety risks from such radiation, should they arise, to be contolled so far as is reasonably practicable. Operators are advised by the Health and Safety Executive to follow Medical Research Council recommendations on limiting exposure. Domestic electrical appliances such as microwave ovens are covered by regulations made under the. Consumer Protection Act 1961. Under these regulations, the sale of appliances leaking harmful levels of radiation is not permitted. The safety limit used for this purpose is set out 'in British Standard BS5175: 1976.

asked the Paymaster General it' he will set out in the Official Report such information as he has as to the minimum requirements for safeguarding health from the dangers of radio frequency and microwave equipment in the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the Soviet Union.

In the United Kingdom, the Medical Research Council have recommended a power density limit for continuous exposure of 10 mW/cm² for the frequency range 30 to 30,000MH₃. The most recent information available on requirements in the United States of America and the Soviet Union are contained in a paper published in July 1986 in the Applied Industrial Hygiene journal, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish figures on the proportion of part-time females paid below £3·20 and £3·40 an hour in April 1986, for all agreements, industries, occupations and age groups, as listed in tables 171, 172, 173 and 174, respectively, of the new earnings survey, 1986, part F.

I am sending the hon. Member the information requested, which is also available in the Library.

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish figures from the 1985 labour force survey showing the percentages of employees aged 16 years and over, by sex, usual hours worked per week and, in the case of women, marital status.

The 1985 labour force survey estimates are shown in the table:

asked the Paymaster General if he will list the numbers employed in each parliamentary constituency in 1984, on the basis of his results from the labour force survey, showing for each constituency the gains and losses in employees since 1981.

[pursuant to the reply]: I refer the hon. Member to my reply of Tuesday 5 May 1987, at column 332.

asked the Paymaster General what is the present level of recorded unemployment and the number of reported job vacancies in the constituency of East Hampshire.

The following information is in the Library. On 12 March 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in the East Hampshire parliamentary constituency was 2,356. Vacancy figures are not collected separately for the Fleet jobcentre, which covers an area similar to the East Hampshire constituency. However, these figures are included in those for Aldershot jobcentre, where there were 662 unfilled vacancies, excluding vacancies on Government schemes, on 6 March 1987.

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish figures from the 1985 labour force survey, showing separately for full-time and part-time workers, the percentages of employees aged 16 years and over by sex, age group, and in the case of women, marital status.

The 1985 labour force survey estimates are as shown in the table:

asked the Paymaster General whether he has any information as to the number or percentage of young people who found work following the successful completion of youth training schemes in Leicester and in the east midlands; and if he will make a statement.

The latest available figures show that around 1,800 young people completed their entitlement to YTS in Leicester during the period April 1986 to September 1986 and were in work three months later; this represents around 83 per cent. of all those who completed YTS in the period. The comparable figures for the Manpower Services Commission's east midlands and eastern region are around 8,300 young people and 76 per cent. respectively.These figures clearly demonstrate that very many young people are benefiting from the opportunities available under YTS.

asked the Paymaster General how many people are currently on youth training schemes in Leicester and in the east midlands; and if he will make a statement.

On 31 March 1987 there were around 7,100 young people in training on YTS schemes in the local authority district of Leicester; the comparable figure for the Manpower Services Commission's east midlands and eastern region was around 36,200.These figures clearly show that the young people of Leicester and the east midlands recognise that YTS offers quality training and work experience in their transition from school to work.

asked the Paymaster General how many people have completed youth training schemes in Leicester and the east midlands to date; and if he will make a statement.

By the end of March 1987, the latest date for which figures are available, around 7,600 young people in the local authority district of Leicester and 69,000 in the east midlands and eastern region had completed YTS schemes since the scheme was introduced in April 1983.I am confident that the success of YTS in the east midlands as in other parts of the country will provide a secure base from which young people will be able to build a better future. For the first time in this country we have a high-quality training scheme for all 16 and 17-year-old school leavers. This will be of benefit not only to young people but to British industry, which will gain from a better trained, more flexible young work force.

asked the Paymaster General if he will estimate the numbers of unemployed people who have benefited from the Government's employment measures since May 1979; and if he will make a statement.

It is not possible to give a precise number. Certain of the schemes benefit both the employed and the unemployed. However, since May 1979, over 6·5 million people have benefited from the employment, training and enterprise measures run by my Department and the Manpower Services Commission.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what he defines as a quiet aircraft; and if he will issue up-to-date noise footprints for these aircraft.

Aircraft on the United Kingdom register which do not meet the basic noise standards of chapter 2 to annex 16 to the convention on international civil aviation have been banned from operating in this country since 1 January 1986. Such aircraft on foreign registers will he banned from 1 January 1988.The Department does not define quiet aircraft as such. For the purposes of night restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, the Department define a category of "quieter" aircraft: those with a 95 PNdB noise footprint not exceeding four square miles on take-off and 2½ square miles on landing. To be allowed to operate planned movements at night at these airports, an aircraft must be classed as "quieter". All non-jet aircraft with one or two engines are exempt from the night restrictions; all those with more than two engines meet the criteria. We are considering including 95 PNdB footprint diagrams of representative aircraft types in a future consultation document on night restrictions.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will extend aircraft noise control limits to include non-jet aircraft and noise from aircraft landing

No. Most noise near airports is made by jet aircraft taking off. Noise limits will continue to be applied to such aircraft at Heathrow and Gatwick. In addition, we will continue to encourage pilots to use operational procedures to reduce noise on both landing and take-off.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has on the effect to which the noise climate at Gatwick has changed as expressed by the noise contours for 1986 and 1985; what information he has as to the reasons for this; and if there has been any improvement between 1985 and 1986.

The area within the 35 noise and number index contour, which is generally taken to indicate the onset of disturbance, was 225 sq km in 1984, 299 sq km in 1985 and 288 sq km in 1986. The factors affecting the area are: extra aircraft movements, increasing use of the BACI-11, and the shape of the noise contours themselves. It is unlikely that any particular place will have experienced an increase of more than 2 or 3 NNI.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many bypasses and road schemes have been completed since 1979; and when he expects the Bedford bypass to be completed.

199 national road schemes have been completed since 1979, of which 67 are bypasses or relief roads. Subject to the completion of the outstanding procedures and the availability of resources, the A428 Bedford bypass could be completed towards the end of 1993.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if, pursuant to his answer of 27 April, Official Report, column 9 on pacer units, he will publish the information he received from British Rail at the time British Rail placed its orders for pacer units.

The Government do not receive information from BR when it places its rolling stock orders. We receive information in support of BR's investment submissions, but for reasons of commercial confidentiality it is not the practice to make this information public. As I explained in my earlier answer to the hon. Gentleman, questions on the reliability of the pacer units are the responsibility for the British Railways board and the manufacturers.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review the times taken by London Regional Transport to repair broken escalators in the underground.

I have no plans to do so. Responsibility for the efficient day-to-day operation of the underground rests with London Underground, which has a substantial maintenance and repair programme for escalators.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on recent developments in regard to the Manchester airport rail link.

Further to the reply which I gave the hon. Gentleman on 1 April, officials had a constructive meeting on 8 April to discuss the PTA's application for a section 56 grant. The PTA has agreed that further work needs to be done before the case for the investment can properly be assessed. I understand it is hoping to complete that work within the next few weeks.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has reached a decision on the proposals contained in the report, "Values for Journey Time Savings and Accident Prevention"; and if he will make a statement.

When I published the report in March, I promised to consult experts in transport appraisal and others before deciding on the final values for time and accident costs that are to be used in the economic appraisals of transport policy, projects and operations. The consultation period ended on 21 April. We are most grateful to all those who responded to our request for comments.The balance of responses gave strong support for the recommendations for substantial increases to the values for journey time savings and accident prevention in the report. Respondents confirmed our view that the recent research into travel time savings provided a sound basis for increasing the values of time.The main criticisms of the report concerned the proposed increases in casualty costs. Several respondents argued that there was adequate evidence to justify much higher values than those we propose. In 1980, we commissioned a study into how much people are willing to pay to reduce their risks of death or injury in road accidents. The research was of high quality, but like the other available research evidence it threw up both theoretical and practical problems. Interest has now been expressed in publication of the report of this study and we are considering this.A recent comprehensive and wide ranging interdepartmental review of road safety, which we expect to publish shortly, also had serious reservations about the available evidence on road casualty costs. After considering all the comments on this issue very carefully we decided that the best course was to retain the values proposed—which maintain the weight of safety vis-a-vis mobility—until we have had an opportunity to consider further the recommendations of the interdepartmental review.Another criticism was that the provision of separate values of time for retired people and children was contrary to the principle of a single appraisal value and that this may lead to inequities of investment between regions, particularly where local concentrations of retired people or children exist. It is our view that there will be very few circumstances where it would be appropriate to depart from the use of the single standard appraisal value. The use of separate values for pensioners, children and working age adults should only be considered in very exceptional circumstances.I have placed in the Library details of the new values of non-working time and casualty costs which—in the light of the proposals in the report and the comments received on it — we have decided to adopt. The Secretaries of State for Scotland, for Northern Ireland and for Wales have also decided to use the new values in transport investment decisions in their countries thus preserving a consistent approach throughout the United Kingdom.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with the credit industry about measures to reduce the level of personal over-indebtedness through the use of existing credit reference bureaux; and if he will make a statement.

My Department is in regular contact with the main commercial lenders about a wide range of consumer credit issues including consumer overindebtedness. I am encouraged that lenders are making greater use of the services offered by credit reference agencies to aid them in their commercial assessment of the credit worthiness of credit applicants, which in turn should help to minimise consumer over-indebtedness.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will introduce legislation to require the credit industry to offer borrowers payment protection insurance; and if he will make a statement.

I have no plans to introduce such legislation. I accept that payment protection insurance schemes can be of value in helping to minimise the risk of over-indebtedness, provided that they offer adequate protection, but they involve extra cost and consumers should be able to choose whether or not to participate.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has about the latest incidence of personal over-indebtedness; if he will finance an extension of the services of trading standards officers to provide consumers with professional financial advice; and if he will make a statement.

The definition of over-indebtedness depends on a range of individual circumstances and it is impossible reliably to estimate its total extent. However, Government statistics on the total financial liabilities of individuals are available, and for the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available, these rose by 16 per cent. Over the same period, the financial assets of individuals rose by 17 per cent. The trading standards service is funded through the rate support grant to enforce a wide range of statutory consumer protection duties. It is for local authorities to make the necessary arrangements and to allocate resources as they see fit. Information and advice to the public on a wide range of matters including consumer and financial problems is available from citizens advice bureaux. My Department provides funds, through grant in aid, to the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will introduce legislation making it an offence to import into the United Kingdom goods known to the importer to bear a false indication of origin.

Section 16 of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968, which is enforced by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise, already prohibits the importation of any goods to which a false indication of their place of manufacture has been applied outside the United Kingdom. It is an offence under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 for a person to import any goods contrary to such a prohibition under any enactment with intent to evade that prohibition.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry who are the inspectors appointed under the Companies Act to investigate the circumstances surrounding the acquisition of shares in House of Fraser during 1984 and 1985.

The inspectors are Mr. Philip Heslop QC and Mr. Hugh Aldous FCA. They were appointed under section 432 of the Companies Act 1985 to investigate and report on the affairs of House of Fraser Holdings plc and they have been asked to look in particular at the circumstances surrounding the acquisition of shares in House of Fraser plc in 1984 and 1985.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will amalgamate the tables analysing figures for places for mentally ill people in local authority day centres and National Health Service day hospitals so as to show what day care provision is available to such people by (a) district health authority and (b) local authority.

The amalgamated tables requested are not readily available because not all district health authority areas are conterminous with local authority areas: a list of conterminous areas was provided in my predecessor's reply to the hon. Member for Brent, South (Mr. Pavitt) on 9 June 1986 at columns 99–104.Information on the number of places in local authority day centres solely for mentally ill people, analysed by local authority is published in "Day centres for the Mentally Ill, the Elderly and the Younger Physically Handicapped at 31 March 1985, England", copies of which have been placed in the Library. Information collected centrally does not separately identify places for mentally ill people in day centres which cater for mixed client groups but it is planned to collect such detail in future.Figures for the number of places for mentally ill people in National Health Service day hospitals in England by district health authority as at 31 December 1985 are given in the table.