asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is (a) the proportion of working time allocated to his departmental equal opportunities officer for equal opportunities duties, (b) the other duties carried out by the departmental equal opportunities officer, (c) the proportion, and the amount, of the departmental budget allocated to equal opportunities work, (d) the number of occasions when the departmental equal opportunities officer meets equal opportunities officers from other Government Departments each year, (e) the guidelines issued to departmental training officers and equal opportunities officers to promote the use of section 47 of the Sex Discrimination Act and (f) what action has been taken to facilitate job share, part-time working and parental leave.

The information requested is as follows:

(a) Ten per cent., but see (c) below.

(b) The equal opportunities officer is also responsible for pay and allowances policy, superannuation, training including the senior management development programme, pay superannuation and conditions of service of staff of non-departmental public bodies, terms of appointment of consultants and line management of operational staff.

(c) This is not separately identifiable. The equal opportunities officer is responsible for co-ordinating the Civil Service policy on non-discrimination in my Department; other staff within personnel management division and line managers are to varying degrees responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring equal opportunities policy.

(d) There is a number of occasions throughout the year when equal opportunities officers from all Departments meet.

(e) The general guidelines on training were included in the "Programme of Action for Women in the Civil Service" issued by the OMCS(MPO) in 1984 and these were brought to the attention of the equal opportunities officer and departmental training officer.

(f) Applications for job sharing, part-time working and parental leave are sympathetically considered against the needs of efficient management. My Department will shortly be issuing to all staff a leaflet on coping with domestic changes which will provide comprehensive information and advice on the facilities available for part-time working and job sharing, special leave, maternity leave and reinstatement.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how much was spent by his Department in each of the last five years on the care and treatment of patients suffering from schizophrenia: and what percentage each figure was of total expenditure on (a) mental and (b) all health services;

The information requested is not collected in Wales.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many current occupants of National Health Service hospital and unit beds in Wales have a main diagnosis of schizophrenic psychosis; and what those figures are as a percentage of (a) mental and (b) all hospital beds in Wales; and how those figures compare with each of the past five years;(2) how many people discharged from hospital following a main diagnosis of schizophrenic psychosis and subsequently taken by the police under section to hospital have been refused admission by hospitals in Wales in each of the last five years;(3) if he will list for each of the last five years in Wales how many people discharged from mental illness hospitals, after a main diagnosis of schizophrenic psychosis, having been proved vulnerable boarders, subsequently became voluntary boarders.

The information requested is not available centrally.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people with a main diagnosis of schizophrenic pychosis were discharged from mental illness hospital in Wales in each of the last five years; and how many of them were taken into local authority residential care in the same year.

Information on the number of people discharged from, mental illness hospitals with a main diagnosis of schizophrenic psychosis is not collected centrally. The following table provides a breakdown of the total number of discharges, giving the numbers of discharges directly to local authority residential care (including those discharges to local authority homes for the mentally disordered), the number of deaths, and the numbers of those discharged elsewhere. These figures relate only to the number of discharges and will therefore include a number of patients who were subsequently readmitted and re-discharged within the same year.

Schizophrenic psychosis: Discharges from mental illness hospitals and units in Wales: 1982–1986
	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
Discharges directly to Local Authority residential care	26	14	19	21	18
Other discharges	1,627	1,701	1,682	1,812	1,750
Deaths	31	21	20	22	26
All deaths and discharges	1,684	1,736	1,721	1,855	1,794

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what funds have been specifically earmarked for the care of the mentally ill following the closure of mental hospitals in Wales in the last year; and if he will make a statement.

There have been no closures of mental illness hospitals in Wales in the last year. However, over £1·7 million of central funding has been allocated during 1987–88 under the joint finance and mental health development schemes to new projects designed to cater for mentally ill people in the community.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many community psychiatric nurses there have been in Wales in each of the last five years.

The required information, measured on the basis of whole-time equivalents as at 30 September, is as follows:

Mental Illness Community Psychiatric Nurses
	Whole-time equivalents
1983	143·5
1984	143·5

Schizophrenic psychosis, admissions by diagnosis and order of admission
Mental illness hospitals and units in Wales
	Numbers			Percentage change in numbers	Rates per 100,000 population
	1984	1985	1986	1984–86	1984	1985	1986
All Admissions
All types	1,731	1,888	1,836	+6·1	62	67	65
Simple type	31	55	37	+19·4	1	2	1
Hebephrenic type	23	18	26	+13·0	1	1	1
Catatonic type	12	20	11	-8·3	—	1	—
Paranoid type	232	265	247	+6·5	8	9	9
Acute schizophrenic episode	25	32	59	+136·0	1	1	2
Latent schizophrenia	4	—	3	-25·0	—	—	—
Residual schizophrenia	303	286	284	-6·3	11	10	10
Schizoaffective type	129	167	145	+12·4	5	6	5
Other	15	13	13	-13·3	1	—	—
Unspecified	957	1,032	1,011	+5·6	34	37	36
First Admissions
All types	209	222	193	-7·7	8	8	7
Simple type	4	12	5	+25·0	—	—	—
Hebephrenic type	3	2	1	-66·7	—	—	—
Catatonic type	1	6	2	+100·0	—	—	—
Paranoid type	51	32	36	-29·4	2	1	1
Acute schizophrenic episode	10	6	16	+60·0	—	—	1
Latent schizophrenia	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Residual schizophrenia	11	3	10	-9·1	—	—	—
Schizoaffective type	12	19	15	+25·0	—	1	1
Other	7	5	3	-57·1	—	—	—
Unspecified	109	137	105	-3·7	4	5	4

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the discharges and deaths by length of stay, including percentage change in numbers and percentage distribution, of patients suffering from schizophrenic psychosis in Wales for the years 1984–86 inclusive.

Schizophrenic psychoses, discharges and deaths by length of stay
Mental illness hospital and units in Wales
	Numbers		Percentage change			Percentage distribution
	1984	1985	1986	1984–86	1984	1985	1986
Discharges and Deaths
All lengths	1,721	1,855	1,794	+4·2	100·0	100·0	100·0

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the admissions by diagnosis and order of admissions, including percentage change in numbers and rates per 100,000 population, of patients suffering from schizophrenic psychosis in Wales for the years 1984–86 inclusive.

The information requested is given in the following table:

The information requested is given in the following table:

asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what representations he has received on the provision of community care for patients suffering from schizophrenic psychosis discharged from mental illness hospitals; and if he will make a statement;(2) what guidance his Department gives to mental illness hospitals on the retention of patients whose condition is unlikely to improve; and what is the current policy of each hospital in Wales.

Representations are received from time to time from patients, their families, carers, voluntary organisations and others. Our policy is for the development by district health authorities, in collaboration with other authorities, of a locally based pattern of services for those suffering from mental illness, including schizophrenia. To this end authorities are developing services to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and long-term institutional care.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the current level of over or underspending by each Welsh district health authority.

A number of health authorities in Wales are currently reported to be experiencing overspending relative to the budgets which they determined in their

At January each year
Welsh counties	1978–79	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87
Clwyd	19·1	18·4	17·8	18·7	18·5	18·8
Dyfed	17·0	16·6	16·4	16·7	16·8	16·7
Gwent	18·6	18·0	17·7	17·7	17·6	18·0
Gwynedd	18·3	17·0	16·1	16·2	16·0	15·8
Mid Glamorgan	18·7	18·3	17·5	18·2	17·5	18·1
Powys	16·4	16·0	15·5	15·8	15·3	15·1
South Glamorgan	18·9	18·6	18·4	18·5	18·3	18·1
West Glamorgan	17·2	16·9	16·9	17·0	16·7	16·5

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his Department's policy towards fees for subject access

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each Welsh local education authority the pupil to teacher ratio for 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 and 1987–88, respectively.

The overall pupil-teacher ratios in maintained nursey, primary and secondary schools are given in the following table. Information in respect of 1987–88 is not yet available.under the terms of the Data Protection Act; how many register entries his Department has; and what would be the total cost to a data subject seeking access to personal data held under all register entries.

My Department has registered 42 uses of personal data under the terms of the Data Protection Act. Details are contained in the register of data users, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.No charge will be made for the provision of information which is presently made available free of charge. In other cases, my Department will recover the costs, which will vary from one data holding to another, of complying with requests for access to data holdings, within the limit of the maximum fee which may be charged.

Welsh Development Agency spending in Alyn and Deeside constituency
£ million
	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87
Cash prices1	2·5	3·6	9·0	3·6	2·4	1·3	6·1	1·6
Percentage change on previous year (per cent.)	—	44	150	-150	-33	-46	369	-74
1986·87 prices2	4·2	5·1	11·5	4·3	2·7	1·4	6·3	1·6
Percentage change on previous year (per cent.)	—	21	125	-63	-37	-48	350	-75
1 The figures comprise WDA spending on land reclamation, investment, and factory building (including site development).
2 Adjusted using GDP deflator.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the expenditure upon industrial support and development in Clwyd for each of the years since 1980; and if he will make a statement.

Expenditure on regional selective assistance and regional development grants in Clwyd for the financial years 1980–81 to 1986–87 is as follows:

	£ million
1980–81	10·0
1981–82	17·3
1982–83	21·3
1983–84	15·4
1984–85	26·6
1985–86	27·9
1986–87	34·2
Total	152·7

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the annual funding of the Pre-School Playgroup Movement in Wales for each of the years from and including 1980 up to the most convenient date.

The annual grants paid to the Pre-School Playgroup Association in Wales in respect of its headquarters expenses for the years ending 31 March 1981–87 were as follows:

	£
to 31 March 1981	57,000
31 March 1982	70,000
31 March 1983	84,928
31 March 1984	95,699
31 March 1985	97,450
31 March 1986	101,800
31 March 1987	118,500

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the total amounts paid to projects in the Alyn and Deeside constituency by the Welsh Development Agency in each year since 1979 in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms based on 1986–87 prices showing the percentages in payments between years; and if he will make a statement.

The information is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many maternity beds there are in Clwyd; what percentage of births of residents in (a) Alyn and Deeside and (b) Clwyd take place in (i) Clwyd hospitals and (ii) hospitals in Cheshire; and if he will make a statement.

The figures for 1986 are as follows:

(a) average number of maternity beds available each day—134·22

(b) percentage of births of residents in Alyn and Deeside taking place in Clwyd hospitals—38·7 per cent.

(c) percentage of births of residents in Clwyd taking place in Clwyd hospitals—82·3 per cent.

The figures at

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists in Clwyd; and if he will make a statement.

Clwyd health authority was given additional funds of £56,000 in 1986–87 and has been offered some £80,000 in 1987–88 to help tackle the worst problems on hospital waiting lists. In addition, the authority is being encouraged to carry out management action aimed at shortening the time which patients have to wait.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how he proposes to help those who are deaf or hard of hearing in the schools of Wales; and if he will make a statement.

The Education Act 1981 imposes duties on local education authorities to make appropriate provision for children with special education needs, including those who are deaf or who have impaired hearing.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy not to introduce legislation imposing the community charge on Wales; and if he will make a statement.

I have already announced my intention that a complete changeover in Wales from domestic rates to the community charge should take place in 1990.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is (a) the proportion of working time allocated to his departmental equal opportunities officer for equal opportunities duties, (b) the other duties carried out by the departmental equal opportunities officer, (c) the proportion, and the amount, of the departmental budget allocated to equal opportunities work, (d) the number of occasions when the departmental equal opportunities officer meets equal opportunities officers from other Government Departments each year, (e) the guidelines issued to departmental training officers and equal opportunities officers to promote the use of section 47 of the Sex Discrimination Act and (f) what action has been taken to facilitate job share, part-time working and parental leave.

Equality of opportunity for Northern Ireland civil servants in the Northern Ireland Office and the Northern Ireland Departments is the responsibility of an equal opportunities unit within the Department of Finance and Personnel. For the much smaller group of Home civil servants in the Northern Ireland Office, responsibility lies with the establishment division in London.Taking each of the elements

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action he proposes to take to follow up the publication of the consultative paper, "Equality of Opportunity in Employment in Northern Ireland.'

[pursuant to his reply, 15 July 1987, c. 490–1]: The chairman of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights submitted the commission's "Report on Fair Employment" to me on 30 September. It forms part of a major review by the commission of the laws and institutions dealing with religious and political discrimination and equality of opportunity in Northern Ireland. The report is being published today as a Command Paper (Cm. 237). A study on "Equality and Inequality in Northern Ireland", undertaken by the Policy Studies Institute as part of the commission's review, is also being published today and I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library.I am grateful to the commission for the work which has gone into its detailed report, which will be of great value to the Government. We shall be taking the report's recommendations into account in framing our detailed proposals for new legislation on fair employment. We are firmly committed to ensuring equality of opportunity in employment for everyone in Northern Ireland whatever their religious background.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the cost of constructing the M4 between London and Maidenhead Thicket; what was the cost of widening this section of the M4 from two lanes to three; and what estimate was made at the time of construction of the cost of constructing with three lanes.

The information in the precise form sought is not readily available. I shall write to my hon. Friend.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will consider appointing two independent assessors to sit with an inspector in relation to public inquiries into highway routes, the assessors having relevant experience in the field of conservation and agriculture.

Inspectors nominated by the Lord Chancellor and appointed by the Secretary of State to conduct public inquiries into road scheme proposals are experienced in the general nature of problems faced, including conservation and agriculture. In certain cases, where particular specialist knowledge is required, assessors have been appointed to assist inspectors, and this practice will continue.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will propose changes in the existing regulations so that in his decision in relation to inquiries affecting highway routes and related matters, the statement giving the inspector's decision should be accompanied by the reasons of the inspector.

The regulations governing highways inquiries procedures are the Highways (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1976 (S.I. 1976 No. 721).Under these rules the Secretary of State is required to notify objectors and others of his decision and the reasons for it. The rules also require the inspector to report to the Secretary of State his conclusions and recommendations, if any, or his reasons for not making any recommendations. In practice, the inspector's conclusions amount to the reasons for his recommendations.There are no plans to amend these rules.If my hon. Friend has a particular case in mind, perhaps he will write to me.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is his Department's policy towards fees for subject access under the terms of the Data Protection Act; how many register entries his Department has; and what would be the total cost to a data subject seeking access to personal data held under all register entries.

The Department proposes to charge two fees for subject access by members of the public: £3·50 for inquiries of the driving licence record and £10 for other inquiries. There is no current intention to charge the Department's own staff seeking access to personal data held about them as employees.There are eight register entries. Each covers a number of separate systems. In the unlikely event of a data subject wishing to have access to all entries, the total cost would be £73·50.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will indicate the number of bus routes (a) registered and (b) deregistered between 26 October 1986 and 30 September 1987.

The number of services registered between 1 November 1986 and 30 September 1987 was 4,257 and the number deregistered 3,200.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many taxi registration plates have been issued since the Transport Act 1986 and deregulation.

On the latest figures available it is estimated that between mid-1985 and mid-1986, 1,900 new taxi licences were issued by licensing authorities in England and Wales (excluding London).

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review the procedures adopted by the Civil Aviation Authority relating to the licensing of new passenger airports.

No. The licensing of airports is the statutory responsibility of the Civil Aviation Authority, which has the necessary technical competence in such matters.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement concerning the arrangements made by the Civil Aviation Authority concerning emergency procedures at London City airport.

The approval of emergency procedures is wholly a matter for the Civil Aviation Authority in conjunction with aerodrome managers. The authority satisfied itself on these procedures before issuing the aerodrome licence.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library the emergency orders relating to emergency procedures at London City airport, stating which of the non-airport local emergency services have assented to its provisions.

Copies of emergency procedure instructions have been sent by the airport management to the local emergency services concerned, who were consulted in drawing them up. Provision of a copy for the Library is a matter for the discretion of the airport managers. I have drawn their attention to the hon. Member's request.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport when he anticipates announcing an increase in the salaries due to the board members of London Regional Transport.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 22 October, at columns 849–50. The salaries of the board members of London Regional Transport are still under review.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether there are any plans to introduce quality checks on hydraulic fluid being sold to motorists and car manufacturers.

Hydraulic fluid is produced in accordance with specific international standards and is sold to car manufacturers and motorists in sealed containers. We have no reason to suspect the quality of brake fluid sold in Britain. There are no plans to introduce quality checks.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out his reasons for ordering a further public inquiry into the proposals for the southern bypass of Knaresborough and Harrogate; and if he will give details of such evidence as he received.

The orders for the bypass require confirmation by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State cannot decide whether or not to confirm orders unless he is fully informed as a result of a public inquiry. In this case he received 79 representations after the inquiry closed, including one from the Nature Conservancy Council. These representations raised points material to the decision which the Secretary of State was to make.He has decided that the inquiry should be reopened. If he were to make a decision without being fully informed on the points in question, he would not be properly discharging his statutory functions.

asked the hon. Member for Berwick upon Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will detail the number of staff, and their grades, who are employed to staff the House's Select Committees; and if he will detail the work they have been involved in, Committee by Committee, since the middle of May, and the salary costs of their staffs since that date.

The following staff in the Department of the Clerk of the House are currently wholly or mainly employed in connection with the work of select committees:

	Number
Clerk of Committees (Grade 2)	1
Principal Clerks (Grade 3)	3
Deputy Principal Clerks (Grade 5)	11
Senior Clerks (Grade 7)	12
Assistant Clerks (AT/HEO (D))	7
Senior Executive Officers	4
Higher Executive Officers	10
Specialist Assistants	3
Chief Office Clerks	1
Senior Office Clerks	6
Senior General Assistant/General Assistants	6
Personal Secretaries (Grade 4)	20

The particular duties carried out by the staff of the House are the responsibility of the heads of the House Departments concerned. There are currently 13 Select Committees in existence; however, staff will not be fully deployed until the departmentally-related Committees have been set up.Total salaries, at the mean of the salary scale for the grades of those listed above, from 1 June to 31 October (excluding night allowances) would amount to £544,727. Inner London weighting has been included, but allowances and proficiency payments have not. The salary cost does not include provision for superannuation or employer national insurance, which together add 30 per cent. to the above figure. It is not practicable to break down this figure Committee by Committee.

asked the Prime Minister when she next expects to visit the northern region.

I have at present no plans to do so.

asked the Prime Minister if she will pay an official visit to Warrington.

I have at present no plans to do so.

asked the Prime Minister if she will estimate the current level of fraud at the expense of the European Economic Community (i) in Britain and (ii) in all the countries in the EEC; and what proposals she has to reduce the level of fraud.

Reliable estimates of fraud in the Community are not available.The United Kingdom has taken the lead in pressing for more effective Community action against all financial irregularities. Under our presidency we secured agreement on a revised food aid regulation to tighten control in this sector. When the results of a Commission review into all aspects of Community financial control is completed we shall press for such further measures as may be necessary.

asked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the trend on employment in the north-west.

The latest estimate for the civilian employed labour force (that is employees in employment plus the self-employed) in the north-west is 2,545,000 in June this year. This compares with 2,530,000 in June 1986.To help in the process of job creation, the north-west attracts very high levels of Government assistance. Many parts have assisted area status and benefit under the urban programme. Two city action teams, two urban development corporations and three inner city task forces operate there and there are three enterprise zones.The Department of Employment and the Manpower Services Commission operate over 30 employment, enterprise and training measures described in the "Action for Jobs" booklet, all of which are available in the northwest. For example, around 63,000 in the north-west are training under YTS and around 35,000 are currently benefiting from the community programme.

asked the Prime Minister what is the sum above which an answer to a parliamentary question is considered to represent disproportionate cost.

It is for Ministers to decide whether to decline to answer a question on grounds of disproportionate cost. Any question likely to cost more than £200 is referred to the responsible Minister before significant resources are committed.

asked the Prime Minister how many questions she has refused to answer since 1979 on the grounds of disproportionate cost.

This information can be supplied only at disproportionate cost.

Banks asked the Prime Minister, pursuant to her reply of 22 October, Official Report, column 847, if she will give details of the official duties she undertook in the United States of America.

My visit to the United States was a private one, during which I continued in the normal way to fulfil my duties as Prime Minister.

asked the Prime Minister, pursuant to her reply of 22 October, Official Report, columns 845–46, if she will give such details of the paintings, engravings and photographs (a) removed and (b) hung in 10 Downing street as are available.

Excluding personal possessions, the paintings, reproductions (engravings or otherwise) and photographs currently at 10 Downing street are as follows:

• Prints—Reproductions of Prime Ministers—Prints and photos on grand staircase
• Reproduction—Milsuoki Tosa—Quails and flowers
• Reproduction—Pissarro—View from Louveciennes
• Reproduction—Helder—Eynsford
• Reproduction—Klee Paul—Fish magic
• Reproduction—Turner (Michael)—Out with the rolls
• Photograph—Anon—Largs, Baron Kelvin of
• Reproduction—Monet Claude—Venice
• Reproduction—Hobbema—Avenue of trees
• Reproduction—Anon—Prospect of the city of London (facsimile of engraving)
• Reproduction—Van Gogh—Basket of fruit with blue gloves
• Reproduction—Monet—Le Seine Bougival
• Reproduction—Utrillo—Rue de village
• Reproduction—Pissarro—Seine at Marly
• Reproduction—Jean Baptiste Corot—St. Nicholas-lez-Arras
• Reproduction—Turner—Calais Sands
• Reproduction—Canaletto—Eton College
• Reproduction—Canaletto—City of London from Somerset House
• Photograph—Photo of copy of 17 Century painting—Downing, Sir George (Copyist: R. Pratt)
• Reproduction—Turner J. M. W.—Grand canal Venice
• Reproduction—Canaletto—Regatta
• Painting—Beer Richard—Oxford: Oriel college 30/100
• Painting—Beer Richard—Oxford: Magdalen college A/P
• Print—Danckerts Hendrik—Whitehall from St. James's park circa. 1675
• Painting—Lambert George—St. James's park from the terrace of 10 Downing street
• Painting—Salisbury Frank O—Churchill, Sir Winston (1874–1965) Prime Minister
• Painting—Loo Jean Baptiste Van—Orford, Sir Robert Walpole, Earl (1676–1745) Prime Minister.
• Painting—Stuart Gilbert—Siddons, Sarah (1755–1831) Actress circa 1785.
• Painting—Gainsborough Thomas—Garrick, David (1717–79) Actor.
• Painting—Stuart Gilbert—West, Benjamin (1738–1820) History Painter.
• Painting—Phillips Thomas—Chantrey, Sir Francis (1781–1841) Sculptor.
• Painting—Organ Bryan—Macmillan, Harold (B. 1894) Prime Minister.
• Painting—Chapman John—Horseguards Parade circa 1760.
• Painting—Loo Jean Baptiste Van—Orford, Sir Robert Walpole, Earl (1676–1745) Prime Minister.
• Painting—Hoare William—Chatham, William Pitt, 1st Earl (1708–78) Prime Minister.
• Print—Boys Thomas Shotter—Westminster from Waterloo Bridge.
• Print—Boys Thomas Shotter—The Club Houses and Pall Mall.
• Painting—Velde William Van De II—Dutch Men-of-War and small vessels in a calm.
• Painting—Greenwood Ernest—Downland Path, Hollingbourne 1977.
• Painting—Troubetskoy Pierre—Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) Prime Minister.
• Print—Gilbert John—The Aberdeen Cabinet considering Crimea Expedition.
• Print—Gales Henry—The Derby Cabinet of 1867
• Painting—Watts George Frederick—Terry, Dame Alice Ellen (1847–1928) Actress.
• Painting—West Benjamin—Leeds, Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of (1751–99).
• Painting—Lawrence Thomas—Moore, Sir Graham (1764–1843) Admiral.
• Painting—Landseer Edwin—Melbourne, William Lamb 2nd Viscount (1779–1848) Prime Minister 1836.
• Painting—Watts George Frederick—Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) Prime Minister 1859.
• Print—Tombleson William—Windsor Castle.
• Print—Beer Richard—St. Lawrence Jewry 1970 35/75.
• Print—Beer Richard—St. Augustine, Watling Street 1970 35/75.
• Print—Beer Richard—St. Martin, Ludgate 1970 35/75.
• Print—Beer Richard—St. Bride's Fleet Street 1970 35/75.
• Print—Beer Richard—St. Benet, Paul's Wharf 1970 35/75.
• Print—Beer Richard—St. Magnus the Martyr 1970 35–75.
• Print—Collins James—North Prospect of Westminster Abbey.
• Painting—Turner William (of Oxford)—A Watermill.
• Print—Robbie Enid—Westminster circa 1972 4/5 1974.
• Print—Hawkins George Junior—Tower of the Grey Friars.
• Painting—Gainsborough Thomas—Vestris, Marie Auguste.
• Painting—Luny Thomas—River Scene.
• Painting—Maris Jacobus H.—A Beach (Seashore and Boats).
• Painting—Gainsborough Thomas—Marlborough, A Duke of.
• Print—Anon 19 century (Waterworks London Bridge)—Waterworks at London Bridge.
• Print—Orr Chris—The Ruskin Portfolio: Ruskin's Room 1972.
• Print—Moss William—Somerset House Internal View circa 1777.
• Print—King Cecil—Berlin Suite IV 22/75 1970.
• Print—King Cecil—Berlin Suite VI 22/75 1970.
• Print—Faber Johan Senior—Gasparus, Johannes: Probably J. B. Gasparus (16207–1691).
• Painting—Burne-Jones, Edward Coley—Kipling, Rudyard (1865–1936) Writer 1899.
• Print—Birley Oswald—Baldwin, Stanley, 1st Earl (1867–1947) Prime Minister.
• Print—Anon French 18 century (Falkland)—Map of Bay and Port to East of Falkland Islands.
• Print—Seeman Enoch—Newton, Sir Issac (1642–1727) Scientist.
• Print—Beer Richard—Oxford: St. John's College A/P.
• Print—Beer Richard—Oxford: Worcester College 76/100.
• Print—Beer Richard—Oxford: Queen's College 48/100.
• Painting—Kneller Godfrey—Lexington, Lady Margaret (1673–1703).
• Painting—Cox Marian Roalfe—Young man in open neck shirt.
• Painting—Cox Marian Roalfe—Man in waistcoat.
• Print—Rowlandson T. and Pugin A. C.—St. Paul's Cathedral
• Print—Rowlandson T. and Pugin A. C.—Westminster Abbey
• Print—Marlow William—View near Blackfriars bridge
• Print—Marlow William—View near Westminster bridge
• Print—Buck S. N.—Worcester: S. W. Prospect
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• Painting—Scanlan Robert Richard—Peel, Sir Robert (1788–1850) Prime Minister
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• Painting—Abbott Lemuel Francis—Nelson, Horatio Nelson, First Viscount (1758–1805)
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• Painting—Marlow William—A view of St. Pauls and Blackfriars bridge
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• Painting—Gilman Harold John Wilde—Edwardian interior
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• Painting—Stark James—Landscape: A Country road
• Painting—Buchanan George F.—Derwentwater Circa 1850
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• Painting—Wilkinson Norman—The "Winston Churchill" goes to sea, 1970
• Painting—Fergusson David—Summer Landscape 1963
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• Painting—Nasmyth Patrick—Landscape with haystack
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• Painting—Constable John—A water mill
• Painting—Nasmyth Patrick—Landscape with boy on horseback
• Painting—O'Connor James Arthur—The devil's glen, county Wicklow 1828
• Painting—Romney George—Pitt, William (1759–1806) Prime Minister
• Painting—Aikman William—Kent, William (1685–1748) architect
• Painting—Dobson William—Two cavaliers
• Painting—Reynolds Joshua—Fawcett, Sir William (1728–1804) general and privy counsellor
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• Painting—Hogarth William—Schomberg, Sir Alexander (1720–1804) Navy Captain
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• Painting—Shackleton John—George 11 (1683–1760) Reigned 1727–60
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• Print—Highmore Anthony—The East Front of Kensington Palace
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• Print—Nash Joseph—Opening of London Bridge, I st August 1831
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• Painting—Piper John—Covehithe Church 1983
• Painting—Corot J. B. C.—Cows Standing in a Marsh
• Painting—Lavery John—Spencer-Churchill, Clementine (1885–1977) and Sarah
• Painting—Churchill Winston Spencer—Seascape
• Painting—Sherlock Marjorie—Liverpool Street Station 1917
• Painting—Fuger Friedrich Heinrich—Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount (1758–1805) Vice-Admiral
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• Print—Beer Richard—Oxford: Wadham College 55/100
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• Print—Knyff Leonard—Badminton, Seat of Prince Henry, Duke of Beaufort
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• Painting—Applebee Leonard—The Path Dardenne
• Print—Salt Henry—The Town of Abha in Abyssinia
• Painting—Dobson William—Man in Buff Jerkin with Cuirass circa 1645
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asked the Prime Minister, pursuant to her reply of 22 October, Official Report, column 845, if she will provide such details of the number of Conservative right hon. and hon. Members who have received hospitality in 10 Downing street as are readily available for any convenient recent period.

Since 1 January 1987, 71 Conservative right hon. and hon. Members have attended lunches (including working lunches), dinners (including working dinners) and receptions in 10 Downing street.

asked the Prime Minister if she will arrange for publication in the Official Report in a suitable format of all the information which she used to support her remarks at the recent Commonwealth Conference about the growth of trading links between each other Commonwealth country and the Republic of South Africa.

The figures on which I drew at Vancouver are available from published sources, including those relating to trade between Canada and South Africa.

asked the Prime Minister if she will make it a condition of acceptance of ministerial office that an individual who subsequently leaves office will not undertake work as a consultant to or a director of a company privatised from public ownership during the time the Minister was in office.

No.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 29 October.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 29 October.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 29 October.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 29 October.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 29 October.

asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 29 October.

This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. I attended the memorial service for Lord Soames at Westminster Abbey. In addition to my duties in the House I shall be having further meetings later today.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which education authorities in London pay their teachers inner London weighting; and what criteria are used in determining such authorities.

London allowances at the inner area rate are paid to primary and secondary school teachers who serve in the area of the Inner London education authority, and of the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Brent, Ealing, Haringey, Merton, and Newham. The arrangements were agreed by the Burnham committee and remain unchanged. My right hon. Friend has invited the interim advisory committee to examine and report to him on whether there should be any change in London area allowances.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on his decision regarding the future of the British Geological Survey, following the report of Sir Clifford Butler, a copy of which he has received.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he proposes to make a statement on Sir Clifford Butler's report on geological surveying.

The recommendations of the report of the study group into geological surveying, chaired by Sir Clifford Butler, that fall to be considered by Government are being discussed with the Departments concerned. My right hon. Friend will make a statement when these consultations have been completed.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give, for each education authority in England and Wales the number of children who take school meals who are entitled to free school meals by reason of (a) their family entitled to family income supplement or supplementary benefit and (b) the discretionary power of the local authority to extend free meal provision.

The information requested is included in the October 1986 school meals census, copies of which are available in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement regarding his policy towards continued British membership of CERN.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he proposes to make a statement on United Kingdom's participation in CERN.

I refer the hon. Member and my hon. Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Linlithgow (Mr. Dalyell) on 28 October.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received from Sheffield university about the implications for the university of continued United Kingdom membership of CERN; and if he will make a statement.

I have received a letter from the hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley (Mr. Michie) relaying the views of staff in the department of physics at the University of Sheffield.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what he estimates as being the additional cost likely to be incurred by local education authorities by the proposed legislation on the core curriculum. grant-maintained schools, increased financial responsibility to head teachers and open enrolment.

All these proposals are designed to give local authorities and schools the opportunity to achieve better value for the resources provided for education. Implementation of the proposals will involve some redirection of funds; any particular requirements which emerge as LEAs and governing bodies progressively put them into practice will fall to be considered in the annual public expenditure discussions.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many surplus secondary school places there are in England and Wales; and if he will give a breakdown by individual local education authorities.

It is estimated that in January 1987 there were approximately 720,000 surplus secondary school places in England. The Department does not collect information about the position in Wales or in individual local education authorities.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated total cost of providing surplus secondary school places.

The premises-related costs of retaining a surplus secondary place are estimated at £200 a year. There is also an additional but unquantified teaching cost.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many surplus primary school places there are in England and Wales; and if he will give a breakdown by individual local education authorities.

It is estimated that in January 1987 there were approximately 710,000 surplus primary school places in England. The Department does not collect information about the position in Wales or in individual local education authorities.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated total cost of providing surplus primary school places.

The premises-related costs of retaining a surplus primary place are estimated at £120 a year. There is also an additional but unquantified teaching cost.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how he measures the pupil capacity of secondary schools.

I shall write to my hon. Friend to explain how the stock of school places was assessed for the purpose of setting national targets for the removal of surplus places.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to publish a consultation document on the future machinery for the negotiation of teachers' salaries and conditions.

My right hon. Friend laid before Parliament on 27 October a Green Paper entitled "Teachers' Pay and Conditions: A Consultative Document".

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (a) teachers and (b) non-teaching staff, whole-time equivalent, are employed by each local educational authority in England at the latest convenient date.

Teaching and non-leaching staff-—First half 1987
	Teaching Staff Full-time equivalent			Non-teaching Staff Number
Local Education Authority	Schools	Further education	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total
Barking	1,422	856	2,278	650	1,568	2,218
Barnet	2,633	380	3,013	1,007	2,453	3,460
Bexlcy	1,828	270	2,098	493	1,939	2,432
Brent	2,629	644	3,274	1,252	2,417	3,669
Bromley	2,117	380	2,497	562	1,939	2,501
Croydon	2,644	551	3,195	780	2,780	3,560
Ealing	2,378	702	3,080	994	2,020	3,014
Enfield	2,367	961	3,328	617	1,963	2,580
Haringey	2,056	478	2,534	1,121	2,358	3,479
Harrow	1,616	377	1,994	491	1,544	2,035
Havering	2,202	291	2,493	621	1,815	2,436
Hillingdon	1,863	183	2,046	640	2,103	2,743
Hounslow	2,025	404	2,429	618	1,840	2,458
Kingston-upon-Thames	1,083	843	1,926	874	1,156	2,030
Merton	1,314	164	1,478	346	636	982
Newham	2,405	364	2,769	1,147	1,989	3,136
Redbridge	1,783	214	1,998	453	1,616	2,069
Richmond-upon-Thames	997	389	1,367	319	976	1,295
Sutton	1,245	217	1,461	444	1,316	1,770
Waltham Forest	2,390	336	2,727	862	2,466	3,328
Inner London	22,180	9,654	31,834	19,676	29,481	49,157
City of London	—	—	—	120	37	157
Birmingham	10,319	2,060	12,379	4,155	9,764	13,919
Coventry	3,107	1,197	4,305	2,031	4,327	6,358
Dudley	2,764	585	3,349	867	2,665	3,532
Sandwell	3,113	655	3,768	1,252	3,183	4,435
Solihull	1,960	314	2,274	431	1,875	2,306
Walsall	3,054	633	3,687	1,121	3,998	5,119
Wolverhampton	2,814	1,130	3,944	1,628	2,626	4,254
Knowsley	1,864	196	2,060	789	2,140	2,929
Liverpool	4,933	1,708	6,641	2,814	6,185	8,999
St. Helens	1,936	345	2,281	732	2,211	2,943
Sefton	2,608	412	3,019	1,067	2,471	3,538
Wirral	3,017	544	3,561	829	3,679	4,508
Bolton	2,575	650	3,225	1,222	2,872	4,094
Bury	1,634	251	1,885	524	1,779	2,303
Manchester	4,981	2,317	7,298	4,193	6,891	11,084
Oldham	2,253	330	2,582	876	2,041	2,917
Rochdale	2,267	237	2,504	966	2,200	3,166
Salford	2,316	577	2,893	1,095	2,575	3,670
Stockport	2,554	492	3,046	929	2,316	3,245
Tameside	2,067	260	2,327	862	2,024	2,886
Trafford	1,669	355	2,024	538	1,797	2,335
Wigan	3,315	680	3,995	1,103	3,076	4,179
Barnsley	2,106	298	2,404	811	2,412	3,223
Doncaster	2,852	413	3,265	1,139	3,592	4,731
Rotherham	2,597	444	3,040	772	2,621	3,393
Sheffield	5,097	1,884	6,981	2,814	6,754	9,568
Bradford	5,191	906	6,097	2,103	6,075	8,178
Calderdale	1,961	280	2,240	650	1,861	2,511
Kirklees	3,797	1,298	5,095	1,771	5,080	6,851
Leeds	6,982	1,908	8,890	3,103	7,119	10,222
Wakefield	3,041	629	3,669	1,263	3,529	4,792
Gateshead	1,979	224	2,204	868	1,651	2,519
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,789	1,232	4,021	2,282	3,281	5,563
North Tyneside	2,171	216	2,387	926	1,787	2,713
South Tyneside	1,571	412	1,982	770	1,698	2,468
Sunderland	2,995	753	3,748	1,663	3,169	4,832
Isles of Scilly	25	0	25	—	—	—
Avon	7,670	2,209	9,880	—	—	—
Bedfordshire	4,951	1,064	6,015	—	—	—

Information is not available in the precise form requested. The table shows 1987 numbers in full-time equivalent terms and full-time and part-time non-teaching staff. Non-teaching staff numbers are riot available for individual non-metropolitan counties, nor in full-time equivalent terms for any individual local education authority.

asked the Attorney-General what is (a) the proportion of working time allocated to the Lord Chancellor's departmental equal opportunities officer for equal opportunities duties, (b) the other duties carried out by the departmental equal opportunities officer, (c) the proportion and amount of the departmental budget allocated to equal opportunities work, (d) the number of occasions when the departmental equal opportunities officer meets equal opportunities officers from other Government Departments each year, and (e) the guidelines issued to departmental training officers and departmental equal opportunities officers to promote the use of section 47 of the Sex Discrimination Act; and what action has been taken to facilitate job share, part-time working and parental leave.

(a) The Lord Chancellor's departmental equal opportunities officer spends about 50 per cent. of his time on these duties. Two and a half other members of staff are also fully engaged on them;

asked the Attorney-General whether he will make a statement as to the nature of inquiries into Marconi by the Ministry of Defence police.

The inquiries by the Ministry of Defence police relate to allegations of fraud in connection with Ministry of Defence contracts with Marconi.